Switch 2 sports ~7.9-inch screen, 33% bigger tablet surface—Ars video analysis
Joy-Cons are about 18% wider, with bigger buttons and joysticks too.
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Gaming // Gaming & Entertainment
Civilization VII preview: The most complete package since IV
15 hours in, it seems like an improvement on Civilization VI's missteps.
Samuel Axon
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Intel Arc B570 review: At $219, the cheapest good graphics card
Competitive with a 4060, with 10GB RAM and a lower price (if you can get one).
Andrew Cunningham
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It’s official: Take a first look at the Switch 2
Bigger screen and Joy-Cons, new Mario Kart, and a mouse mode?
Kyle Orland
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This PDF contains a playable copy of Doom
Adobe Acrobat's little-used JavaScript support gets exploited in Chromium browsers.
Kyle Orland
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2002’s Neverwinter Nights gets a patch in 2025 from “unpaid software engineers”
Bioware's beloved Dungeons & Dragons CRPG remains a rich space for storytelling.
Kevin Purdy
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Report: After many leaks, Switch 2 announcement could come “this week”
Reveal will reportedly focus on hardware, with game announcements to come later.
Andrew Cunningham
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Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad
My Arcade's "GameStation" partnership means authentic portable Tempest, Missile Command, etc.
Kyle Orland
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Most Read
Gentrified Doom remake trades chainsaw for cheese knife
Remake of 1993 classic lets you drink wine and eat hors d’oeuvres as you admire masterpieces from art history.
Benj Edwards
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New videos show off larger Nintendo Switch 2, snap-on Joy-Cons
Accessory maker says 3D mock-up at CES is sourced from an actual console.
Kyle Orland
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Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck.
Legion Go S is cheaper without Windows; upcoming OS beta will allow for personal installs.
Kyle Orland
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New GeForce 50-series GPUs: There’s the $1,999 5090, and there’s everything else
Nvidia leans heavily on DLSS 4 and AI-generated frames for speed comparisons.
Andrew Cunningham
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Switch 2 leaks point to controllers that work like computer mice
Circumstantial rumors suggest a new hybrid hardware gimmick might be in the works.
Kyle Orland
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AMD launches new Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs for PCs that play games and work hard
Not much faster at games than 9800X3D, but with up to twice as many CPU cores.
Andrew Cunningham
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AMD’s new Ryzen Z2 CPUs boost gaming handhelds, if you buy the best one
Z2 Extreme is the only one that's faster than what AMD was offering before.
Andrew Cunningham
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Ars readers gave over $39,000 in our 2024 Charity Drive
Ars' total charity haul since 2007 now tops $540,000.
Kyle Orland
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Meet the man keeping hope, and 70-year-old pinball machines, alive
Steve Young's passion built a business that keeps historic tables running.
Tim Stevens
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Rumors say next-gen RTX 50 GPUs will come with big jumps in power requirements
We'll likely find out more about Nvidia's next GPUs at CES next week.
Andrew Cunningham
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Marvel Rivals lifts 100-year “cheating” bans on Mac and Steam Deck players
Players using Proton, CrossOver, or other tools earned "Penalty Issued" screens.
Kevin Purdy
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Why Half-Life 3 speculation is reaching a fever pitch again
New leaks and cryptic clues point to active development on the long-awaited sequel.
Kyle Orland
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Someone made a CAPTCHA where you play Doom on Nightmare difficulty
Surprisingly (or unsurprisingly?) this is not the first Doom CAPTCHA.
Samuel Axon
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Final reminder: Donate today to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
You have until the end of the day Thursday to enter and add to our charity haul.
Kyle Orland
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Ars’ favorite games of 2024 that were not released in 2024
The games that found us in 2024, from 2003 space sims to 2022 backyard survival.
Kevin Purdy
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Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
Help increases our charity haul before the sweepstakes ends.
Kyle Orland
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The quest to save the world’s largest CRT TV from destruction
440-pound 1980s behemoth rescued from an Osaka restaurant days before demolition.
Kyle Orland
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Ars Technica’s top 20 video games of 2024
A relatively light year still had its fair share of interactive standouts.
Kyle Orland
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Horizon: Zero Dawn gets the graphical remaster a modern classic deserves
This is how to do a remaster.
Nate Anderson
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Stalker 2 has been enjoyable jank, but it’s also getting rapidly fixed
"A-Life" fixes will ensure even more randomness in an already odd fallout zone.
Kevin Purdy
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The Backbone One would be an ideal game controller—if the iPhone had more games
It works well, but there still aren't enough modern, console-style games.
Samuel Axon
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The $700 price tag isn’t hurting PS5 Pro’s early sales
A sizable early adopter niche will still pay for the most powerful console possible.
Kyle Orland
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Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
Help push our charity haul past $16,000 in just over a week.
Kyle Orland
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Nvidia’s new app is causing large frame rate dips in many games
Fully disabling optional, AI-powered filters seems to fix the problem.
Kyle Orland
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Nvidia partners leak next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs, including a 32GB 5090
The 5080, 5070 Ti, 5070, and a 5090D variant for China were also listed.
Andrew Cunningham
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PS Placeable: The adorable mod that turns a PlayStation Portable into a console
The labor-of-love mod project sold out quickly, but more will be made.
Samuel Axon
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Intel Arc B580 review: A $249 RTX 4060 killer, one-and-a-half years later
Intel has solved the biggest problems with its Arc GPUs, but not the timing.
Andrew Cunningham
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Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
Add to a charity haul that's already raised nearly $9,500 in just a couple of days.
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