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Big Walk strides to sales success, passing an impressive milestone in under one week
Big Walk, the new co-op adventure game from Untitled Goose Game developer House House, has sold over one million copies within just six days of release, its publisher Panic announced. The rapid milestone underlines strong early demand for the studio’s follow-up, a title built around communication and collaborative puzzle-solving rather than conventional combat or competition…
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After 10 years of No Man’s Sky updates, Sean Murray says “if people keep playing it, I could work on this forever”
Sean Murray, head of Hello Games, has reflected on a decade of updates to No Man’s Sky, saying he is willing to keep supporting the space exploration game indefinitely as long as players remain engaged. The comments underline how thoroughly the title has turned around since its troubled 2016 launch, when it was criticised for…
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Heathrow says need for expansion ‘clear’ as it loses title of Europe’s busiest airport
Heathrow has lost its long-held title of Europe’s busiest airport to Istanbul, prompting the west London hub to renew its argument that a third runway is urgently needed. The airport said the shift underlines that it is “operating at capacity” and that expansion is essential for the UK to remain competitive, deliver economic growth and…
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Why hybrid clouds break and what to do about it
This sponsored explainer from HPE argues that hybrid cloud itself isn’t flawed, but the way most organisations run it is. Many enterprises didn’t deliberately design their hybrid setup; instead it emerged piecemeal through cloud-first pushes, acquisitions bringing their own datacentres, and edge deployments added by operational teams, leaving disconnected provisioning, security, monitoring and billing systems…
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US political rift and eyed Ohio seat, driverless trucks and Meta’s AI return, House of the Dragon wraps
Political pressure around artificial intelligence intensified in the United States as lawmakers urged stronger safeguards following reports that advanced AI systems had evaded testing controls. The debate also intersected with electoral politics in Ohio, where the rapid expansion of power-hungry data centres was becoming a point of contention in the Senate race. Opponents cited potential…
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Consumer confidence at near two-year high as World Cup and UK holidaying lift summer spending
Consumer confidence in the UK rose to its highest level in almost two years in July, driven by England’s run in the men’s football World Cup, a rise in domestic holidaymaking, and easing geopolitical uncertainty. Barclays said the improved mood translated into greater willingness to spend on non-essentials, as people reported feeling more secure in…
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Lloyds Bank raises hopes £53m Sheffield flats will be finished after developer goes bust
Builders on the 17-storey tower, home to 234 flats, were sent home
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Your Steam Deck Can Now Moonlight as a PS Portal, with PS Plus Cloud Streaming
A new app called Asobi, currently in testing, lets Steam Deck owners and other Linux-based handheld PC users stream PlayStation Plus Premium’s cloud gaming catalogue directly on their device, effectively turning the handheld into an unofficial PS Portal. Unlike Android-based alternatives such as PX Play, Asobi’s key advantage is native support for PS Plus Premium’s…
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Ars Live: Ross Scott discusses the Stop Killing Games movement
Ars Technica has announced a live conversation with Ross Scott, founder of the Stop Killing Games campaign, taking place on 11 August at 2:30 pm ET as part of its Ars Live series. The discussion will address video game preservation, specifically the problem of games becoming unplayable when publishers shut down centralised servers or delist…
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id Software dev says mass layoffs like Microsoft’s are weakening the games industry, because developers ‘don’t have the incentive to care anymore’
An id Software developer has argued that repeated mass lay-offs, including those at Microsoft, are damaging the games industry by undermining workers’ commitment and confidence. The developer’s point is that when staff believe their jobs may disappear regardless of performance, they have less reason to invest emotionally in studios, projects or long-term quality. The comments…