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Ryan Cole writes about security engineering and protocols: how HTTPS, certificates, and modern encryption protect data in transit, explained without the jargon.
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Heroic vs Lutris: 3 Stores vs 346K Games [2026]
Linux gaming no longer means choosing between one launcher and total silence from the rest of your library. Two open-source projects now…
Assassin’s Creed Hits 3M as Ubisoft Axes Barcelona [2026]
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced just became the best-selling launch in franchise history. Days later, Ubisoft laid off the Barcelona studio team…
33 Years On, 3DO’s Comeback Collapses in Days [2026]
In late June 2026, a British-Turkish entrepreneur named Işık Şekercigil announced on LinkedIn that his newly relaunched publisher, Empire Interactive, had acquired…
Lutris Setup: 8 Stores in 12 Steps, 30 Min [2026]
Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Battle.net, the EA app, Ubisoft Connect, Humble Bundle, and Amazon Prime Gaming: PC gamers who buy from…
Xbox Game Pass vs PlayStation Plus: $22.99 vs $19.99 [2026]
Microsoft and Sony have spent the past nine months on parallel journeys: both raised prices sharply, both faced subscriber backlash, and both…
Bungie Settles $200M Suit as Marathon Sheds 92% [2026]
Christopher Barrett, the former director of both Destiny 2 and Marathon, has settled his $200 million wrongful-termination lawsuit against Bungie and Sony…
DayZ Dedicated Server: 12 Steps, 30 Min [2026]
DayZ is still one of the most-played survival games on Steam, with roughly 50,000 concurrent players and a 24-hour peak north of…
Best Cloud Gaming Service 2026: 5 Apps, $0 to $44/Mo
Buying a new gaming PC or console got a lot more painful in 2026. DRAM and GPU prices have climbed for a…
Terraria Server Setup: 255 Players, 12 Steps [2026]
Terraria has outlived just about every multiplayer sandbox game released alongside it, and the January 2026 launch of update 1.4.5 gave the…
PS6 Cost Leak Hits $960 as Sony Delays to 2028 [2026]
Sony has not confirmed a PlayStation 6. It has not named a release date, has not set a price, and has not…
