Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Escape From Tarkov has officially launched with the 1.0 ...

After a lengthy eight-year beta the Escape from Tarkov 1.0 release date is finally upon us, and after such a long wait, I'm here counting down the final hours with launch times carved up by region.

Microsoft has just released the November 2025 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11, which bring a redesigned Start Menu and a couple of other new features to the versions 25H2 and 24H2 of the OS.

Every so often, Microsoft design director Diego Baca boots up an old computer so he can play around with Windows 95 again. Baca has made a hobby of assembling old PCs with new-in-box vintage parts, ...

Nintendo has issued another system update for the Switch just days ahead of the launch of the Switch 2. According to the brief patch notes, Nintendo Switch System Update Ver. 20.1.0 only makes a few ...

Microsoft's secret new Start menu replacement is impressive — and might even be a sneak preview of what's on the way with Windows 12. The Windows Start menu isn’t the best search tool when it comes to ...

Microsoft has just released two new Windows 11 Insider builds for testers on the Canary and Beta Channels. On the latter, the 23H2 build 22635.5025 introduces suggested apps to snap together on the ...

For many, MIDI means SoundBlaster cards, chiptunes, and WAD files played to the sound of a killer synth score. But Microsoft Windows has begun previewing MIDI 2.0, the first update to the MIDI ...

A month to the day since Satisfactory left early access, the community-driven mod manager has been updated to support version 1.0. Satisfactory Mod Manager v3.0 was "rewritten from scratch for better ...

Diablo IV is currently doing very well, due in large part to its excellent debut in Game Pass. However, there are fans of the series who do not intend to abandon the first entry, released in 1996.