Loot boxes have been a topic in the news for nearly a decade, and every major release with loot boxes featuring paid random rewards inevitably takes the topic back to the forefront of the news cycle.

Game discs have taken a one-two punch over the last couple of weeks: first Rockstar’s announcement that the biggest game launch of the decade won’t include a physical release, then Sony laying out ...

If you're bored, have some time to kill, and access to nearly any PC with an internet connection, you can now play Half-Life 2. At least, a rather janky, ugly, and legally dubious version of Half-Life ...

For the second straight season, the Montreal Canadiens had a chance to have one of their players win the Calder Memorial Trophy after Ivan Demidov was named a finalist for the award, which goes to the ...

As we finish of the story of Max Caulfield and Chloe Price, it's a good time to brush up on the Life is Strange: Reunion cast. Thecgames have always prided themselves on their voice acting, with some ...

Poker Night at the Inventory has returned from the dead, with a remastered version of the cult card game now available on Steam, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. Originally released by Telltale Games ...

Team Fortress 2 still lives on, somehow after 18 years and Valve just released one of the biggest bug-fix updates in some time. Quite a lot of the fixes came from the community, since the game source ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Valve, alleging that loot boxes in Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 unlawfully encourage minors to gamble. Following an ...

A new suit filed by the New York attorney general seeks to stop Valve Software’s use of “loot box” mechanics in its popular PC games, accusing the Bellevue, Wash.-based company of making billions of ...

A Counter-Strike 2 skin that sold for more than $1 million in 2024. (New York Attorney General's Office) MANHATTAN (CN) — For the better part of three decades, Seattle-based software company Valve has ...