This week, a trio of video game cabinets emblazoned with pixel art of Donald Trump and a number of other government officials’ faces suddenly appeared at the DC War Memorial. Looking at the cabinets from a distance, it’s easy to get the sense that Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell (which you can also play […]
How an unlikely transatlantic alliance attempted to bring a Time Lord back from the dead.
Netflix has been secretly building an AI animation studio called INKubator to produce animated shorts and specials using generative AI tools.
Supermassive Games’ space horror game reckons with the cold fear of exploring space, and what an uncertain future means for the franchise.
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Subnautica 2, the new underwater survival game from Unknown Worlds, took less than an hour to rocket up Steam’s charts. The game has already sold more than one million copies, according to a press release, and as of this writing, Steam’s charts show that Subnautica 2 is currently the fourth-most played game on the platform […]
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Netflix has been building a new internal studio called INKubator that aims to use AI to produce short-form animated content: The streamer is hiring for a wide variety of roles, […]
In a world easily startled by sensationalism, Tyson offers a cool, gentle voice of reason amid the unchecked fascination with alien visitation.
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Marvel fans are mocking Sony over the release of a fresh Spider-Man: Brand New Day poster.
AMD is bringing its FSR 4.1 upscaling tech to older graphics cards. In an announcement on X, Jack Huynh, AMD’s head of computing and graphics, says FSR 4.1 will roll out to RDNA 3 GPUs in July, followed by a launch on RDNA 2 chips in early 2027. This summer’s update will allow Radeon RX […]
For the last week, I’ve spent every evening unwinding by speeding through the Japanese countryside, blaring Babymetal as I take in the sights. Forza Horizon 6 is ostensibly a racing game, one in which you play an up-and-coming driver intent on making a name for themselves. But, like the rest of the series, it’s also […]