PC News

Roblox is introducing a subscription service that encourages more shady practices, is it? Sounds about right
PC

Roblox is introducing a subscription service that encourages more shady practices, is it? Sounds about right

I truly wonder when enough will be enough for Roblox Corporation. We all know how much money Roblox is raking in, and yet yesterday it was announced that a shiny new subscription service called Roblox Plus is on the way. This new subscription is effectively replacing Roblox Premium, which for varying monthly fees you'd get varying amounts of the in-game currency Robux. Except Roblox Plus sounds like a worse deal. Read more

The Pines asks what would Alan Wake look like if it was about therapy, and I kind of want to know the answer
PC

The Pines asks what would Alan Wake look like if it was about therapy, and I kind of want to know the answer

Therapy is not the cure all that many like to make it out to be, but that doesn't mean your favourite gruff fictional detective couldn't still do it. This is, sort of, what The Pines is about, a game that if you squint real hard could probably pass for Alan Wake. The vibes are certainly similar, especially with Alan Wake 2, given that The Pines sees its protagonist finding himself in a strange, wooded (sort of) town, but it's got enough of its own thing going on to pique my interest. Read mor

GTA 6 dev Rockstar have seemingly been hacked again, but they don't seem all that worried
PC

GTA 6 dev Rockstar have seemingly been hacked again, but they don't seem all that worried

It appears that GTA 6 developer Rockstar have been subjected to yet another hack. Earlier today, The Cybersec Guru shared a report that a hacker group by the name of ShinyHunters had added Rockstar Games to its dark web leak site. The hack apparently wasn't directly targeted at Rockstar or their Snowflake data warehouse, but at Anodot, a SaaS cloud-cost monitoring tool Rockstar uses. Read more

Following mass layoffs, Epic are reportedly putting their hopes on a Disney extraction shooter
PC

Following mass layoffs, Epic are reportedly putting their hopes on a Disney extraction shooter

I do not like the combination of the words "Epic Games," "Disney," and "extraction shooter," yet write them I must. That's because of a new report from Bloomberg (paywalled), which digs into some of the issues the Fortnite developer has been facing in recent years with the popular battle royale, and the hopes the company is pinning on its Disney deal. Read more