Kevin Purdy

It's a little rogue-lite, it's a bit '90s arcade, and it's surprisingly deep. Metal Slug Tactics pushes hard on the boundaries of the vaunted run-and-gun arcade series.

European Commission looks into alleged exclusivity, pricing, and patent demands.

Nobody loses games they already bought, but the clock is ticking. You can just hear The Offspring, can't you.

photo of Sega is delisting 60 classic games from Steam, so now’s the time to grab them image Sega has put dozens of its Master System, Genesis, Saturn, and other console titles onto modern game stores over the years. But, like that Dreamcast controller stashed in your childhood garage, they're about to disappear—and getting them back will cost you a nostalgia tax. Those who have purchased any of the…

Can you get one speaker on Alexa, Google, and Apple's home apps all at once?

photo of Matter 1.4 has some solid ideas for the future home—now let’s see the support image Matter, the smart home standard that promises an interoperable future for home automation, even if it's scattered and a bit buggy right now, is out with a new version, 1.4. It promises more device types, improvements for working across ecosystems, and tools for managing battery backups, solar panels, and heat…

It's more of a desktop thing now, but it has picked up some new features. Spotify's Car Thing, but now it's a desk thing, and running Nocturne.

Spotify has lost all enthusiasm for the little music devices it sold for just half a year. Firmware hackers, as usually happens, have a lot more interest and have stepped in to save, and upgrade, a potentially useful gadget. Spotify's idea a couple years ago was a car-focused device for those who lacked Apple…

GOG still puts up new DRM-free titles, but it sees opportunities in oldies. The classic PC games market is "in a sorry state," according to DRM-free and classic-minded storefront GOG.

photo of GOG’s Preservation Program is the DRM-free store refocusing on the classics image The classic PC games market is "in a sorry state," according to DRM-free and classic-minded storefront GOG. Small games that aren't currently selling get abandoned, and compatibility issues arise as technology moves forward or as one-off development ideas age like milk. Classic games are only 20 percent of…