Jay Peters
@jaypeters.net
Senior Reporter at @theverge.com. Email tips to jay.peters@theverge.com.
Personal website is https://jaypeters.net.
Personal website is https://jaypeters.net.
007 First Light’s release date gets shaken up
You’ll have to wait a bit longer to be Bond.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you know anything about the actual costs of Nintendo's Switch 2 cartridges -- whether the current 64GB one or these apparent smaller ones -- please email me. I would really like to know!
www.theverge.com/news/848462/...
www.theverge.com/news/848462/...
Did a publisher’s slip-up reveal smaller Switch 2 cartridges?
Get a game instead of a game-key.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If you know anything about the actual costs of Nintendo's Switch 2 cartridges -- whether the current 64GB one or these apparent smaller ones -- please email me. I would really like to know!
www.theverge.com/news/848462/...
www.theverge.com/news/848462/...
Riot Games says a security flaw in many recent motherboards could be exploited by cheaters undetected, but companies like Asus and MSI have released BIOS updates to address the issue.
www.theverge.com/news/847539/...
www.theverge.com/news/847539/...
Riot Games found a motherboard security flaw that helps PC cheaters
Riot says a system’s “bouncer” was actually “asleep in the chair.”
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December 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Riot Games says a security flaw in many recent motherboards could be exploited by cheaters undetected, but companies like Asus and MSI have released BIOS updates to address the issue.
www.theverge.com/news/847539/...
www.theverge.com/news/847539/...
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NEW: Sony has settled its lawsuit with Tencent over Light of Motiram, a game Sony alleged was a "slavish clone” of the Horizon series. Light of Motiram is also, as of this writing, no longer listed on Steam or the Epic Games Store.
www.theverge.com/news/847080/...
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Sony’s legal battle against Tencent’s Horizon ‘clone’ is already over
The two sides have settled.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
NEW: Sony has settled its lawsuit with Tencent over Light of Motiram, a game Sony alleged was a "slavish clone” of the Horizon series. Light of Motiram is also, as of this writing, no longer listed on Steam or the Epic Games Store.
www.theverge.com/news/847080/...
www.theverge.com/news/847080/...
NEW: Sony has settled its lawsuit with Tencent over Light of Motiram, a game Sony alleged was a "slavish clone” of the Horizon series. Light of Motiram is also, as of this writing, no longer listed on Steam or the Epic Games Store.
www.theverge.com/news/847080/...
www.theverge.com/news/847080/...
Sony’s legal battle against Tencent’s Horizon ‘clone’ is already over
The two sides have settled.
www.theverge.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
NEW: Sony has settled its lawsuit with Tencent over Light of Motiram, a game Sony alleged was a "slavish clone” of the Horizon series. Light of Motiram is also, as of this writing, no longer listed on Steam or the Epic Games Store.
www.theverge.com/news/847080/...
www.theverge.com/news/847080/...
Silksong free expansion next year!! Maybe by then I'll be done with Act 2 www.theverge.com/news/845189/...
Silksong is getting a free expansion next year
Sea of Sorrow is the game’s “first big expansion.”
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December 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Silksong free expansion next year!! Maybe by then I'll be done with Act 2 www.theverge.com/news/845189/...
Bungie now plans to launch Marathon in 2026, targeting a price of $39.99:
www.theverge.com/news/844780/...
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Bungie’s delayed shooter Marathon launches in March
Bungie also released a new look at the game.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Bungie now plans to launch Marathon in 2026, targeting a price of $39.99:
www.theverge.com/news/844780/...
www.theverge.com/news/844780/...
Sektori is psychedelic, tough as nails, and worth the pain
It’s a mesmerizing experience.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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In 2017, Last of Us director Bruce Straley quit Naughty Dog following the release of Uncharted 4. He has stayed out of the games spotlight ever since. Now for the first time since then, Straley told me why exactly he quit and how his new studio came together. www.polygon.com/bruce-strale...
8 years later, The Last of Us director explains why he left Naughty Dog
Bruce Straley's long-overdue exit interview
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December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In 2017, Last of Us director Bruce Straley quit Naughty Dog following the release of Uncharted 4. He has stayed out of the games spotlight ever since. Now for the first time since then, Straley told me why exactly he quit and how his new studio came together. www.polygon.com/bruce-strale...
Check out my interview with Tim Sweeney -- which I understand if you missed because the interview happened and was published in the middle of The Game Awards
"[This ruling] completely shuts down, I think, for all time, Apple’s theory that they should be able to charge arbitrary junk fees for access.”
Read more of our interview with Tim Sweeney from @jaypeters.net: www.theverge.com/news/843265/...
Read more of our interview with Tim Sweeney from @jaypeters.net: www.theverge.com/news/843265/...
December 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Check out my interview with Tim Sweeney -- which I understand if you missed because the interview happened and was published in the middle of The Game Awards
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"[This ruling] completely shuts down, I think, for all time, Apple’s theory that they should be able to charge arbitrary junk fees for access.”
Read more of our interview with Tim Sweeney from @jaypeters.net: www.theverge.com/news/843265/...
Read more of our interview with Tim Sweeney from @jaypeters.net: www.theverge.com/news/843265/...
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"[This ruling] completely shuts down, I think, for all time, Apple’s theory that they should be able to charge arbitrary junk fees for access.”
Read more of our interview with Tim Sweeney from @jaypeters.net: www.theverge.com/news/843265/...
Read more of our interview with Tim Sweeney from @jaypeters.net: www.theverge.com/news/843265/...
everyone list your favorite games of the year READY GO
1) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2) Hollow Knight: Silksong
3) Hades II
1) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2) Hollow Knight: Silksong
3) Hades II
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
everyone list your favorite games of the year READY GO
1) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2) Hollow Knight: Silksong
3) Hades II
1) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2) Hollow Knight: Silksong
3) Hades II
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Anyway its the game awards tonight *sad kazoo noises*
The Game Awards are losing their luster
The Game Awards are losing their luster
A lot of flash concealing increasingly shrinking substance.
buff.ly
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Anyway its the game awards tonight *sad kazoo noises*
Big announcement from Activision about the future of Call of Duty. Wonder if Black Ops 7 didn't meet expectations -- signs didn't seem good. (If you know more, email me)
www.theverge.com/news/841290/...
www.theverge.com/news/841290/...
Call of Duty won’t release Modern Warfare or Black Ops back to back anymore
“We will drive innovation that is meaningful, not incremental.”
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December 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Big announcement from Activision about the future of Call of Duty. Wonder if Black Ops 7 didn't meet expectations -- signs didn't seem good. (If you know more, email me)
www.theverge.com/news/841290/...
www.theverge.com/news/841290/...
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Just three companies control 93 percent of the world's memory supply. Skyrocketing memory prices for us means record earnings for them. One is already shutting its consumer business entirely.
How RAM is ruining everything, by @emroth08.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/report/83950...
How RAM is ruining everything, by @emroth08.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/report/83950...
RAM is ruining everything
RAM-related price hikes are about to hit a bunch more devices.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just three companies control 93 percent of the world's memory supply. Skyrocketing memory prices for us means record earnings for them. One is already shutting its consumer business entirely.
How RAM is ruining everything, by @emroth08.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/report/83950...
How RAM is ruining everything, by @emroth08.bsky.social:
www.theverge.com/report/83950...
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I set out to write about what I think all these “HD-2D” games mean and found in them a beautifully futile desire to make games that will not someday look old and embarrassing
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
It’s ugly, it’s beautiful, it’s how you know a game might be a classic
Part modern, part retro.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I set out to write about what I think all these “HD-2D” games mean and found in them a beautifully futile desire to make games that will not someday look old and embarrassing
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
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simogo is one of those studios where ill play their games no matter what. this collection really drives home why www.theverge.com/games/839050...
A love letter to glory days of iPhone gaming
An act of preservation.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
simogo is one of those studios where ill play their games no matter what. this collection really drives home why www.theverge.com/games/839050...
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also a reminder: we are posting about cool indie games, like, all the time. find 'em all here www.theverge.com/24339574/ind...
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
also a reminder: we are posting about cool indie games, like, all the time. find 'em all here www.theverge.com/24339574/ind...
you really do, Skate Story is awesome
if you already filed your goty list you need to update it asap www.theverge.com/games/840004...
Skateboarding is better in hell
Kick, push.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
you really do, Skate Story is awesome
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I will be at CES... and I want to know what gadgets I absolutely must see *and touch* and quite possibly *film* for @theverge.com and my Today I'm Toying With video series!
Does your gadget seem like a fit? Don't pitch me text: DM me photos or a video clip!
www.theverge.com/gadgets/7128...
Does your gadget seem like a fit? Don't pitch me text: DM me photos or a video clip!
www.theverge.com/gadgets/7128...
Today I’m toying with
Where we play with gadgets and let you see what they’re like.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I will be at CES... and I want to know what gadgets I absolutely must see *and touch* and quite possibly *film* for @theverge.com and my Today I'm Toying With video series!
Does your gadget seem like a fit? Don't pitch me text: DM me photos or a video clip!
www.theverge.com/gadgets/7128...
Does your gadget seem like a fit? Don't pitch me text: DM me photos or a video clip!
www.theverge.com/gadgets/7128...
Big change coming to Reddit: it's "moving away" from r/popular in favor of "better, more relevant and personalized feeds," according to CEO Steve Huffman. But the company isn't saying much yet about what those new feeds might look like.
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Reddit’s CEO says r/popular ‘sucks,’ and it’s going away
Instead, Reddit wants to show users more personalized feeds.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Big change coming to Reddit: it's "moving away" from r/popular in favor of "better, more relevant and personalized feeds," according to CEO Steve Huffman. But the company isn't saying much yet about what those new feeds might look like.
www.theverge.com/news/837780/...
www.theverge.com/news/837780/...
Wrote about a cool ZSA keyboard with an attachable trackball module. Look at that trackball red!!!
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www.theverge.com/tech/819894/...
The ZSA Voyager keyboard and Navigator trackball are for the tinkerers
Are you willing to blow up your setup to try them out?
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December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Wrote about a cool ZSA keyboard with an attachable trackball module. Look at that trackball red!!!
www.theverge.com/tech/819894/...
www.theverge.com/tech/819894/...
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So. Remember when Valve announced a VR headset that also plays Windows games?
Remember when I played a Windows copy of Silksong on my Android phone?
Valve planted the seeds for *all* of that. It's the same technology. Valve is behind Fex. www.theverge.com/report/82065...
Remember when I played a Windows copy of Silksong on my Android phone?
Valve planted the seeds for *all* of that. It's the same technology. Valve is behind Fex. www.theverge.com/report/82065...
Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow
The Steam Frame is a Trojan horse carrying Arm’s gaming future.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
So. Remember when Valve announced a VR headset that also plays Windows games?
Remember when I played a Windows copy of Silksong on my Android phone?
Valve planted the seeds for *all* of that. It's the same technology. Valve is behind Fex. www.theverge.com/report/82065...
Remember when I played a Windows copy of Silksong on my Android phone?
Valve planted the seeds for *all* of that. It's the same technology. Valve is behind Fex. www.theverge.com/report/82065...
Two huge game development rivals are teaming up: Epic Games and Unity are working together to let developers bring games built in Unity to Fortnite. I got an exclusive interview with the CEOs of both companies to talk about the news:
www.theverge.com/report/82323...
www.theverge.com/report/82323...
Fortnite is getting Unity games
Epic and Unity, united.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Two huge game development rivals are teaming up: Epic Games and Unity are working together to let developers bring games built in Unity to Fortnite. I got an exclusive interview with the CEOs of both companies to talk about the news:
www.theverge.com/report/82323...
www.theverge.com/report/82323...
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Here is our Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Controller ultimate FAQ.
@jaypeters.net and I put our heads (and some extra Valve answers) together. If you've got more Qs let us know!
www.theverge.com/games/820293...
@jaypeters.net and I put our heads (and some extra Valve answers) together. If you've got more Qs let us know!
www.theverge.com/games/820293...
Steam Machine and Steam Frame: your questions answered
There’s a lot to dig into.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Here is our Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Controller ultimate FAQ.
@jaypeters.net and I put our heads (and some extra Valve answers) together. If you've got more Qs let us know!
www.theverge.com/games/820293...
@jaypeters.net and I put our heads (and some extra Valve answers) together. If you've got more Qs let us know!
www.theverge.com/games/820293...