Ars Technica Gaming

1. Roberta Williams’ The Colonel’s Bequest was a different type of adventure game

   What if point-and-click games weren't about the puzzles?

2. Open source GZDoom community splinters after creator inserts AI-generated code

   UZDoom fork promises to fix other top-down leadership problems with the decades-old mod.

3. ROG Xbox Ally X: The Ars Technica review

   The first portable “Xbox” fails to unify a messy world of competing PC gaming platforms.

4. AMD and Sony’s PS6 chipset aims to rethink the current graphics pipeline

   Project Amethyst focuses on efficient machine learning, new compression techniques.

5. It’s time for game developers to bring back the cheat code

   Arcane hidden options can offer accessibility without confusing the "core" game experience.

6. Rubik’s Cube gets a $299 update, complete with IPS screens and its own apps

   The Rubik's WOWCube is a 2×2 cube with modern twists.

7. Rally Arcade Classics is a fun ’90s-throwback racing game

   If you like games that handle like Project Gotham Racing, you might love this.

8. Hands-on with Fallout 76’s next expansion: Yep, it has Walton Goggins

   TV tie-ins aside, it's the combat tweaks over the past year that really matter.

9. EA will be a very different company under private ownership

   Analysts see trouble for studios like BioWare, potential for Saudi meddling.

10. Fortnite disables Peacemaker emote that might resemble a swastika

    Epic will "inquire into our partner's creative intentions" before making a final decision.

11. It’s official: EA is selling to private equity in $55 billion deal

    Investors will receive $210 per share, well above the stock's all-time high.

12. 30 years later, I’m still obliterating planets in Master of Orion II—and you can, too

    There's an unparalleled purity to MOO2's commitment to the fantasy.

13. Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion

    Saudi investment fund, Jared Kushner are reportedly among the interested buyers

14. Asus’ new ROG Xbox Ally X set to break the bank at $999.99

    The lower-powered ROG Xbox Ally comes in at a more reasonable $599.99.

15. Console wars death watch: Microsoft Flight Simulator coming to PS5 in December

    What's next, Sonic games on Nintendo consoles? Oh, wait...

16. Meet the first person to own over 40,000 paid Steam games

    Feeling any better about your backlog yet?

17. Baby Steps is the most gloriously frustrating game I’ve ever struggled through

    QWOP meets Death Stranding meets Getting Over It to form wonderfully surreal, unique game.

18. Google Play is getting a Gemini-powered AI Sidekick to help you in games

    Here comes another screen overlay.

19. Microsoft raises Xbox console prices for the second time this year

    Asking prices for some models are up 33 percent in less than a year.

20. Steam will wind down support for 32-bit Windows as that version of Windows fades

    Change only affects 32-bit Windows 10; Windows 7 and 8 lost support years ago.