If you follow the news, you know that it hasn’t been a great year for VR gaming. That’s a bit of an understatement: it has been dire. Meta shut down four of its internal VR studios, including Twisted ...

If Python developers have one consistent gripe about their beloved language, it tends to be this: Why is it so hard to take a Python program and deploy it as a standalone artifact, the way C, C++, ...

Expanding the internal storage of your game console is a bit of a luxury in 2026, but it can make your life a lot easier. With some games using upwards of 100 gigabytes (GB) of hard drive real estate, ...

Some classrooms are becoming a lot more interactive thanks to augmented and virtual reality. 7 medications that don’t mix well with coffee, according to a pharmacist Trump executive order could debank ...

It's the end of an era for those gamers who loved to hang out in the virtual reality multiplayer game Rec Room. On March 30, 2026, developers posted an update on blog.recroom.com announcing that the ...

The Roblox-like VR title Rec Room is shutting down after operating for a decade. The free-to-play social game is closing its doors because the developers "never quite figured out" how to make it ...

A new VR game based on the heist action of Payday, Payday: Aces High, is coming later this year to Steam and the Meta Store. The officially-licensed game brings four-player co-op to VR where you can ...

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This article is part of AI Week. Almost nine out of ten workers in the games industry (88.4%), predominantly developers, believe that generative AI use should be declared on digital storefronts like ...

Timothy Beck Werth is the Tech Editor at Mashable, where he leads coverage and assignments for the Tech and Shopping verticals. Tim has over 15 years of experience as a journalist and editor, and he ...

Playing virtual reality games can make you a kinder person, according to new research. They increase a player’s desire to help others, say scientists. Researchers found that VR games may increase a ...

Video games usually reward players for winning, surviving, or defeating opponents. But what if a game rewarded something different – helping someone in need? Researchers at the University of Oregon ...