Pokemon Unite Is Shutting Down After Nearly Six Years

The October Edition of Steam Next Fest was, unsurprisingly, a complete mess . What was once a fun week-long festival of early game demos has become a dumping ground for vibe-coded AI slop, making it increasingly hard to find and wishlist good games. And if you weren't bothered by playing a game demo that was hastily cobbled together, the sheer volume--around

And RTX 5090s weren't cheap before.

Playing music too loud on the subway? Believe it or not, straight to jail.

Microsoft has announced a new program called the Voluntary Exit Offer that it's extending to thousands of workers at the company, including people on the Xbox team. Microsoft is doing this to shed employees, but the messaging is that a program like this could be appealing to someone who was already thinking about leaving and can now do so with a pay package.