AI companions are the first wave in a new paradigm of human-machine relationships that conflate how to make love with how we make money. Welcome to the intimacy economy.

By now, most players have traveled with every follower in Skyrim. These mods offer up some fresh faces to fight at the Dragonborn's side.

The game's latest patch, Update 7, is now live. Described as "a reset for the brand and the title," in the news release announcing the update, the new patch aims to improve the flow of the game's main ...