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The incredible team over at Six One Indie held its inaugural awards-only ceremony, The Indie Game Awards, last year, and the team returned to do the same last night! Game Informer was on the jury for its various awards, and after an awesome ceremony last night celebrating the year’s best indies, we have a list of every winner. So, without further ado…Every Winner From The Indie Game Awards 2025 Below, we’ll list each category and every game nominated. The winner will be listed in bold lettering. Achievement in Accessibility Abiotic FactorBaristaCalm the StormPeakSpray Paint SimulatorSqueakross: Home Squeak HomeAfrican Indie Game AwardBru & Boegie…

Instagram posts crammed with hashtags could soon be a thing of the past, as the platform rolls out new limits on how many tags users can add per post. According to Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, posts will now be capped at five hashtags to prioritize quality over quantity. In a recent post on his Instagram advice channel, Mosseri explained the move saying, “While I know it can be tempting to use more, a few specific tags actually perform better than a long list of generic ones. Quality over quantity is key.” He added that while hashtags can help with search,…

A new Star Wars™ racing adventure is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC Wishlist Now!Star Wars: Galactic Racer™ is prepping its engines for launch, bringing a runs-based, high-stakes reinvention of racing to the Star Wars™ galaxy in 2026. Launching on PlayStation®5 (PS5™), Xbox Series X|S, and PC, Star Wars: Galactic Racer is the debut game from AAA development studio Fuse Games – led by former Criterion Games GM Matt Webster – in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and publisher Secret Mode. Star Wars: Galactic Racer introduces players to The Galactic League, an unsanctioned racing circuit born in the lawless Outer…

OpenAI has just updated its “Model Spec” – basically the rulebook for its AI – with a specific set of Under-18 (U18) Principles designed to change how ChatGPT talks to teenagers aged 13 to 17. The move is a clear admission that teens aren’t just “mini adults”; they have different emotional and developmental needs that require stronger guardrails, especially when conversations get heavy or risky. A new framework for teen-focused AI interactions This update spells out exactly how ChatGPT should handle teen users while still following the general rules that apply to everyone else. OpenAI says the point is to…

OpenAI appears to be testing a feature that would make repeat conversations easier to reach: ChatGPT for Android home screen shortcuts that open a specific thread directly from your launcher. Android Authority spotted the change in an APK teardown of ChatGPT for Android version 1.2025.350. In that build, an “Add to home screen” action shows up inside a chat’s menu, suggesting OpenAI is experimenting with a faster way to resume ongoing chats you rely on for recurring tasks. If you keep one thread around for a daily workflow, a long-running project, or iterative prompt chains, this is the kind of…

Windows Latest reports Lenovo is lining up a Legion Go 2 SteamOS variant for a CES 2026 reveal, aimed at players who want the hardware horsepower without the Windows 11 handheld hassle. The idea is simple: keep the same core specs, swap the operating system, and make the whole device feel more like a console when you pick it up. Lenovo has not officially confirmed this model in the source material provided, and key details like pricing, regions, and an on-sale date are not listed. Same hardware, different OS The spec list cited in the report does not read like…

Gemini recently picked up the ability to detect AI-generated images, and Google is now expanding this capability to include AI video content. Thanks to this, you can ask Gemini whether a video was created or edited using AI, which should prove handy given the recent rise of AI slop across social media and messaging platforms. Google says you can now upload video files right in the Gemini app or on the web and prompt the assistant with something straightforward like “Was this generated using AI?” Gemini will then analyze the visuals and audio tracks for Google’s SynthID watermark. If the…

Google’s new Androidify app just made the jump over to Wear OS, and you can now use it to create custom watch faces for your smartwatch. Launched earlier this year, the rebooted app uses Google’s Gemini and Imagen to turn your photos into personalized bugdroid avatars. Now, with its latest update, you can display these custom Android Bots on your wrist. Until now, the Androidify app let you use your custom bots as wallpapers, social media avatars, or stickers. It now also lets you push these bots from your phone to your Wear OS watch as a personalized watch face.…

Samsung is expected to launch its next-gen flagship Galaxy S26 series early next year, and recent leaks suggest that the phones could be powered by the company’s in-house Exynos 2600 chipset. Now, ahead of the Galaxy Unpacked event, the South Korean giant has officially unveiled the SoC and shared its key specifications. The Exynos 2600 will go up against Qualcomm’s top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and, as such, brings several noteworthy upgrades. It’s the first smartphone SoC built on a 2nm process, a step up from the 3nm node used for Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon chip. New CPU, GPU, and…

Meta has hit the brakes on its plans to open up the operating system that powers its Quest headsets to third-party manufacturers. First announced last year alongside the Horizon OS rebrand, the initiative now hangs in limbo as the company shifts focus to building “the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market.” When it initially pitched the idea, Meta aimed to democratize Horizon OS and create a new ecosystem of devices powered by its operating software. The company had even named Asus and Lenovo as early partners, with Asus developing a gaming VR headset and Lenovo…