Microsoft has fixed the only Windows bug I’ve ever liked: the Vista startup sound ‘unexpectedly’ playing on Win 11 machines

The Windows Insider program is one designed to let users test out new features before getting to the public, but it’s incredibly rare for a person to want access to test out a bug. That happened, however, just last month, as users were hit with the nostalgic tones of the Windows Vista start-up instead of … Read more

Bucking the trend of triple-digit installs, EA confirms Battlefield 6’s file size can be as low as 55 gigs: ‘You will be able to pick and choose which components of the game you install’

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the pre-purchase page for Battlefield 6 on Steam, you might have noticed two different required file sizes: 55GB for the minimum specs and 80GB for the recommended specs. Such a large discrepancy piqued our curiosity, and we reached out to EA for clarification. “Yes, you will be able … Read more

Please enjoy this short, cheap, upsetting psychological horror game about hacking a terrifying supertech machine from the developer of Buckshot Roulette

‘s.p.l.i.t’ – Release Trailer – YouTube Watch On Indie horror developer Mike Klubnika is at it again with his latest, split—stylized s.p.l.i.t—a cerebral and tense game where you do a bunch of pure terminal input hacking to accomplish… something… with your remote black-hat collaborators. The thing you’re hacking, however, is anything but normal. It’s some … Read more

The next survival game from the developers of Green Hell plops you on an alien planet with atmospheric firestorms and a horde of giant spiders

StarRupture Playtest Announcement Trailer – YouTube Watch On The developer of Green Hell is going to an entirely new kind of hell for their next game. Sentenced to a stretch on an alien world for unspecified crimes, your miserable lot is to find research specimens, build up high-tech industrial infrastructure, and send resource shipments home … Read more

Low-Budget Repairs is like House Flipper but you’re trying to cut every corner you can as the scummiest handyman in ’90s Poland

Making beautiful living spaces in House Flipper seems to be something people enjoy. It’s like The Sims, a place of aspiration and creative joy. But what about a game for those of us who make awful crap heaps for their Sims? Who pinch every penny? Looks like that’ll soon exist: Low-Budget Repairs is an upcoming … Read more

New report alleges Microsoft Recall is still screenshotting credit card numbers and passwords

Microsoft Recall’s security woes have come back to the fore after a test caught the AI screenshotting tool capturing sensitive data (again). Ahead of its public beta release in April, Microsoft made a slew of security updates to Recall, including adding a filter that’s supposed to block Recall from recording passwords, credit card info, social … Read more