Forza Horizon 5 careens onto PS5 on April 29

Forza Horizon 5 is officially coming to the PS5 on April 29. We knew the racing sim was going multiplatform, and now we have a legit date when players will be able to race around a digital replica of Mexico.  This version does have cross-play support, which has already been a boon for Xbox and … Read more

EA releases source code for four Command & Conquer games

Video game preservation scored a win today with EA’s decision to make four Command & Conquer games open source. The company has released the source code for Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Command & Conquer: Renegade and Command & Conquer: Generals through a GPL license. All four projects are available to the … Read more

Twitch will open some monetization tools to even first-time streamers

At some point in 2025, Twitch plans to offer monetization tools like subscriptions and Bits for all streamers, according to an open letter from Twitch CEO Dan Clancy. Monetizing Twitch streams previously required reaching “Affiliate” status on the platform. Having viewers subscribe to a Twitch channel or cheer with Bits (Twitch’s digital currency) during a … Read more

Roblox is now much faster on Chromebooks

In a fitting crossover, Roblox is getting a big speed boost on Chromebooks. Google said on Thursday that a new x86 version of the online game platform and creation system is twice as fast as the Android version, which was previously the only way to play Roblox on ChromeOS. Given the overlap between Chromebooks (popular … Read more

Pokémon Champions is all about the battles

Game Freak dropped a surprise trailer at today’s Pokémon Presents livestream for something called Pokémon Champions. It’s a dedicated battle sim, recalling the glory days of Pokémon Stadium for the N64. This means that Champions distills the franchise’s formula down to just battling, with a heavy emphasis on multiplayer. To that end, the game is … Read more

Amazon joins the quantum computing race with a chip designed for error correction

Amazon announced that it has created its own quantum computing chip, joining Microsoft and Google in a push to take this potentially transformative technology from the theoretical to the practical. Ocelot is a prototype that’s intended to test the effectiveness of Amazon Web Services’ quantum error correction architecture. Compared with other chip methods, the company … Read more

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