Sony announces end of PlayStation discs, parts of digital store in the same day
… Both blog posts have comments decrying Sony’s announcements and their implications for ownership and long-term access to PlayStation games. …
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OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
… He also is an independent software and game developer for iOS, Windows, and other platforms, and he is a graduate of DePaul University, where he studied interactive media and software development.
The incredible shrinking Xbox: Five studios, 3,200 employees let go
… It’s a hard pivot that Sharma admits is necessary because of bad Xbox investments in recent years, including a focus on Game Pass subscriptions and multi-platform games that “have created meaningful value,” but “did not grow at the pace we expected.” Those relative failures led to an Xbox division … …
Valve's Steam Deck is back in stock after months, but you won't like it
… The Steam Machine was always going to have problems competing with dedicated game consoles on price, but at this point, it would be a pleasant surprise if the box launched for under $1,000 . …
AMD extends Socket AM5 support through at least 2029; AM4 refuses to die
… The first of these announcements is something we knew about already : the relaunch of 2022’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D , the first of AMD’s commercially available 3D V-Cache processors. …
Anthropic "pauses" token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK
… In April, Anthropic Head of Claude Code Boris Cherny said “our subscriptions weren’t built for the usage patterns of these third-party tools,” referring to automated agent harnesses like OpenClaw that were no longer covered under standard subscription plans. “Capacity is a resource we manage though… …
Say hi to "Siri AI"—Apple announces new, more "conversational" voice assistant
… Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games. …
The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year
… These now-routine price increases are a marked change from a decades-long period where game consoles routinely and quickly dropped in price in the years after their launch. …
Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription
…That brings us to today’s announcement. In an email and blog post to customers today, Plex said that it sold lifetime passes early in its existence “because we knew many of…
ROG Xbox Ally X20 adds OLED screen, control upgrades
… Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games. …