Kotaku

Summer Game Fest Co-Host Joins ‘Substack For Players’ As Player.gg Looks To Streamline Game Discovery

Lucy James spent over a decade as a video producer and on-air personality at GameSpot. Now she’s leaving to join the growing ranks of games media talent who are going independent. But unlike many of ...
GameSpot

How Co-Op Multiplayer Works In Subnautica 2

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. After years of wandering the depths of Planet 4546B alone, players ...
Phys.org

Archaeologists have discovered 12,000‑year‑old dice. Here's what they reveal about the history of play

Humans have always been playful. But for much of our history, play has left little trace. Unlike tools or bones, games rarely preserve and the fleeting pleasures they produce are even harder to ...
The Conversation

Archaeologists have discovered 12,000‑year‑old dice – here’s what they reveal about the history of play

The recently discovered 12,000-year-old dice made from wood and bone by Native American hunter gatherers. Robert Madden Humans have always been playful. But for much of our history, play has left ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Are These the Earliest Known Dice in the World? Native Americans May Have Used Them to Play Games of Chance More Than 12,000 Years Ago

Cultures around the world have been playing games of chance for millennia. Previously, historians had discovered examples of dice dating back some 5,500 years. But new research may push back that ...
Science Daily

Ancient bone dice reveal 12,000-year history of gambling in America

More than 12,000 years ago, Native American hunter-gatherers were already making and using dice—thousands of years before similar tools appeared elsewhere. These bone “binary lots” acted like ...
Phys.org

Native Americans were making dice, gambling, exploring probability millennia before their Old World counterparts

A new study in American Antiquity presents evidence that the earliest known dice in human history were made and used by Native American hunter-gatherers on the western Great Plains more than 12,000 ...
techtimes

Top 15 Steam Games in 2026: Must-Play Single-Player, Multiplayer & Indie Hits

The top Steam games2026 list blends timeless single-player epics with recent multiplayer hits dominating the platform. From "Red Dead Redemption 2's" immersive Wild West storytelling to "Baldur's Gate ...
Polygon

Clair Obscur's GOTY rampage continues at the DICE Awards

The Sandfall Inteactive team accepts the DICE Award for Game of the Year for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Image: Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences The Game Awards is often thought of as ...
Comicbook.com

Hit Tabletop Game Dice Throne is Finally Going Digital with New 2026 Release

Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Right at launch, Dice Throne Digital will offer multi-platform crossplay. So whether you’re digging in on mobile or ...
The New York Times

How an Anxious Game Player Learned to Compete

My journey to becoming a worthy opponent in Crossplay, The Times’s first two-player game. By Deb Amlen I don’t really care who wins or loses a game. I just want to have fun and hang out with my ...