How a team of game devs trying to build the next big thing raised a $4.5 million seed round from A16Z and Laton Ventures

Brice Laville Saint-Martin and his cofounders at Antihero Studios left their jobs at big studios. Now, they're building their dream game.

A Petri Dish Of Human Brain Neurons Just Learned How To Play Doom

In a wild experiment, it turns out a few human neurons linked up to some custom silicon can actually play Doom.
PCMag

Inside 'Peon Ping,' the Warcraft III-Inspired AI Coding Tool I'm Obsessed With

Gary Sheng explains how he went from organizing dance parties to overseeing Peon Ping, a Claude plug-in with 100K+ users that keeps developers on task using video game sounds.
PCMag

Play These 24 Indie Video Games From Developers of Color Now

Indie games bring innovation and artistry to the video game industry, and people of color bring diversity and perspective to indie games. These PoC-developed indie titles should be on your radar.
New Scientist

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications ...
InfoWorld

Python’s popularity slip: Here’s what we know

Get the scoop on the most recent ranking from the Tiobe programming language index, learn a no-fuss way to distribute DIY ...
Bleeding Cool

First Look: Superman/Spider-Man in The Daily LITG, 18th February 2026

First Looks at Mark Waid and Jorge Jimenez's Superman/Spider-Man in The Daily LITG, 18th February 2026 Get a first look at ...
The Verge

Vibe coding Nothing’s apps is fun, until you try to make them useful

Nothing wants to make an ecosystem of AI-generated apps, but it has a long way to go. Nothing wants to make an ecosystem of AI-generated apps, but it has a long way to go. is a London-based reporter ...
bleedingcool

Panoptyca: Idle RPG Manager Has Been Released For Free On Steam

Indie game developer Nugem Studio and publisher Tesseract Studio has released their new game, Panoptyca: Idle RPG Manager, for free on Steam. Right now, as of when we're writing this, you can head ...
Pocket Gamer.Biz

YouTube's AI-powered Playables Builder will let creators make games

Playables Builder uses Gemini 3 to turn short text, image, or video prompts into bite-sized games. Creators can generate playable experiences in minutes by simply describing their game idea. The tool ...
Wired

The Avatar Game Is So Good, They Don’t Need to Make the Movies Anymore

The Avatar video game is better than the movies. I say this as someone who has dumbly adored James Cameron’s Avatar movies for a long time. The original 2009 film was my first ever midnight premiere, ...
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Making sunlight in Web VPython: Python physics

Discover how to simulate sunlight in Web VPython with this step-by-step guide! Learn the techniques to bring realistic lighting effects to your Python physics projects, perfect for creating dynamic ...