Simply put, it’s becoming very hard to make affordable, powerful consumer electronics. That’s going to hit makers of mass-market video game consoles as hard as anyone, perhaps harder.

Xbox has spent the past few years bringing its games to other platforms – a strategy that would've once seemed unthinkable to those of us who remember when a console was judged by the quality of its ...

The Obsidian block is one of the toughest blocks in Minecraft that can be made easily by combining water and a lava source. Furthermore, you can find these blocks inside the loot chests of various ...

Imagine spending hours and hours customizing your Roblox character only to find out that the aesthetics you want don’t exist in the game. Now, your sole option is to purchase an expensive alternative ...

Spear is an upcoming weapon in Minecraft arriving with the Mounts of Mayhem game drop along with the nautilus mob, zombie horse, zombie horseman, and the zombie nautilus. Since the update is in beta ...

Four months into relocating its legal headquarters to Nevada, Roblox has been sued in federal court. The lawsuit alleges that the company put “profits over safety,” which led to a 12-year-old child, ...

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Minecraft is, without a doubt, one of the most creatively driven games out there, giving players complete freedom over their worlds and what they build. Whether you’re diving into Bedrock Edition or ...

Roblox is launching a new licensing platform. Roblox is launching a new licensing platform. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two ...

It’s all about specific questions and context. The gaming space, whether people want to admit it or not, has always been about competition. Even in the earliest days, with things like Atari, they were ...

Before the last update drop of 2025, copper was kind of useless in Minecraft. We all used to toss away this material since it had so few uses, but now there are some very compelling reasons to hang ...