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The "Not a Bot" program, now in testing, requires all new users to pay an annual fee in order to tweet, retweet, and reply to others.

Paradox has confirmed Cities: Skylines 2 won't be getting official mod support until sometime after next week's release, with the feature set to arrive alongside its first wave of modding tools. Official mod support was one of the original Cities: Skylines' most exciting features when it launched back in 2015, and the city builder quickly developed a vibrant modding scene that played a significant role in its early success. More than 333,000 Cities: Skylines mods are now available via Steam Work...

Meta is temporarily changing users’ default comment settings on Facebook as part of its response to the Israel-Hamas war. The company said in an update it was making the change in an effort to “protect people in the region from potentially unwelcome or unwanted comments.” With the change, comments on “newly created public Facebook posts” will be limited to the user’s friends or “established followers.” The step is somewhat unusual as publicly viewable Facebook posts are typically open to comment...

It sounds like quite the team of RPG talent is assembling behind upcoming open-world game Wyrdsong, the debut title from newfound studio Something Wicked Games. On top of its existing staff made up of former Bethesda, Obsidian, Respawn and BioWare devs, the lead quest designer for Starfield has joined the team.

OpenAI has brought live web browsing out of beta. The company launched the feature earlier this year before pulling it after the plugin kept gleaning data from paywalled content. In addition, the next-generation image generation tool DALL-E 3, which integrates with ChatGPT for easier prompting, is now available in beta for ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise subscribers. Browse with Bing, as live web browsing is formally called, no longer requires subscribers to switch a beta toggle under the chatbot’s ...

Apple today introduced new firmware for the the AirPods Pro 2 with Lightning port and the ‌AirPods Pro‌ 2 with USB-C port. The new firmware is 6A305, up from the 6A303 update for the ‌AirPods Pro‌ 2 that came out on October 10. Apple does not provide details on what features might be included in the refreshed firmware, so it is unclear what's new. Apple added multiple new ‌AirPods Pro‌ 2 features in iOS 17 such as Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, and Personalized Volume, so there may be a...

Dead Island 2 is making waves among its nostalgic community once more thanks to its upcoming lore-filled expansion, Haus. If you're like me, then you grew up playing the original and immediately jumped into Dambuster Studios' recent sequel. The zombie shooter does sport a hefty price, though, as new horror games generally do. If you've been waiting for a discount to grab it, the Epic Games Store's annual Halloween sale is here with massive deals for games like Dead Island 2 and other banger sequ...

An Epic Adventure Set in the Pixelated 80s Grab your bike, get your friends and beat back the Greed in the next installment of the award-winning Kingdom Series, Kingdom Eighties, where the iconic gameplay formula has been reinvented as a single-player adventure with rad 80s aesthetics. Kingdom Eighties is an ode to those summer nights […] The post Kingdom Eighties is Out Now on Xbox appeared first on Xbox Wire.

There’s no movie quite like The Reflecting Skin.

At least five employees who worked for the App Store in China have been fired for inappropriate conduct with developers and consultants, according to a report from The Information. ‌App Store‌ employees with review and editorial roles are not supposed to meet with developers, but an internal audit raised suspicions about half a dozen workers, leading to an investigation. Apple found that the employees had accepted free meals and nightclub outings from developers and consultants that operate busi...

Today the good folks at Frost Giant Studios revealed a report for the first two alpha testing phases of their Starcraft spiritual successor Stormgate.

Who had ‘playable remake of Alan Wake inside Fortnite’ on their 2023 bingo card? Nobody? Well, nevermind: either way, you can now relive the events of Remedy’s battery-powered horror game before its sequel comes out later this month.

Take up the tactical task next month. We are a little under a month away from the release of Persona 5 Tactica on Switch and publisher/developer Atlus has today revealed a handful of features that we can expect to see when we finally get our hands on the tactics title on 17th November. Chief among today's additions is the reveal of the game's replay features. It seems that this is a game which invites replayability, with previously cleared stages being made up for grabs with new challenges so yo...

B&H Photo today has Apple's 14-inch MacBook Pro (10-Core M2 Pro, 512GB) for $1,799.00, down from $1,999.00. You can get both Silver and Space Gray at this price, and B&H Photo offers free two-day shipping in the contiguous United States. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. This is a solid second-best price on the 14-inch MacBook Pro, and one of the firs...

Vampire Survivors is the gift that keeps on giving, dropping a local multiplayer mode, flashy new engine and a whole bunch of other free stuff on top of a game that is already more than well worth its modest price tag. In the case of the screen-filling slay-’em-up’s next big update, it’s now a Christmas gift that keeps on giving, with a Santa’s sack worth of winter-inspired additions on the way. Oh, and it all arrives tomorrow. That’s nice.

Sker Ritual is the Aliens to Maid of Sker’s Alien. Following on from the evil ending to the excellent, atmospheric 2020 horror game, this is a more high-octane co-op FPS game that doesn’t let up on the terror. The Quiet Ones are back and joined by even more powerful foes, but you and your teammates will have access to some rather powerful gear to help you survive. This is Call of Duty Zombies reimagined as an intense, atmospheric thriller, and you can play it now via Steam Early Access with a fu...

"The intent is to have a world-class factory game that people can engage with, combined with a world-class RTS game."

And we knead it. Content warning: The following preview article features an overabundance of bread-based wordplay — those who suffer from chronic pun intolerance should proceed with extreme caution. Nintendo Life takes no responsibility for 'cringuries' or loss of humour.The appetite for a 'true' return of Paper Mario has long been on the lips of many who grew up with the N64 and the GameCube. Despite the series' attempts to reinvent itself multiple times, fans have come to relish the taste of t...

Disney and developer Dlala Studios announced Disney Illusion Island in 2022, and it immediately shot up high on my list of games to play this year. It did so for several reasons – its beautifully realized visuals, top-notch voice acting, and, of course, the potential to play as some of my favorite characters in a Metroidvania-esque adventure. That wasn't all, though; The snippets of composer David Housden's score in the reveal trailer indicated this team was on to something.  It was clear from t...

Is the Switch’s new Mario game a reboot, a remake, or something else entirely?.

Google is expanding a feature that allows Android users to add their state ID or driver’s license to Wallet. Starting today, folks in Arizona, Colorado and Georgia can store a digital version of their ID in the app. Google first enabled the option in Maryland in June. Apple also allows folks in certain locales to add a digital copy of their ID to Apple Wallet. For now, you'll be able to use a digital ID stored in Google Wallet at TSA PreCheck lines at select airports. Google plans to enable more...

Apple will not release a second-generation version of the AirTag until 2025, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Mass production on the accessory has reportedly been delayed until 2025. According to Kuo, the AirTag 2 will be part of a new spatial computing ecosystem that Apple is building, with the Vision Pro serving as the core to integrate other devices. Kuo previously said that he believes the AirTag will integrate with the Vision Pro headset, but he still has not given much insight into...

Playing your favorite FPS games should be a seamless process if you have the hardware to run them, but this unfortunately hasn't been the case recently for those with AMD Radeon GPUs. Ongoing issues with AMD Anti-Lag+ have become so severe that they have now prompted team red to take drastic action via a new driver update.

Earn cash, RPs, and a shiny new livery this spooky season.

Overwatch 2 is in the midst of its seventh season, with players enjoying the hero shooter's Rise of Darkness content. From its special Halloween Terror event to its new map, Blizzard has packed its Overwatch sequel full of fresh features for fans to get through. The game's future also looks quite bright with the developer now revealing an in-game and real-life collaboration event with Le Sserafim, a beloved K-pop girl group.

After pushing out some great games like Star Traders: Frontiers and Templar Battleforce, Trese Brothers have really turned up the production values for Cyber Knights: Flashpoint that could end up being the next big turn-based tactics game.

Amazon is now offering drone prescription deliveries in College Station, TX. Customers will be eligible for aerial deliveries of “more than 500 medications” for common conditions like the flu, asthma and pneumonia. The home of Texas A&M has enjoyed Prime Air drone deliveries of (non-medical) Amazon shipments since 2022. The company says medications will arrive within an hour of placing their order, and there won’t be an additional fee to use the service. The drones fly at 40 to 120 meters, an al...

Moonlight and Sunshine are projects that allow you to stream your entire PC over your network, useful if Steam Remote Play doesn't work well and as an alternative to NVIDIA GameStream. Both projects recently had major upgrades.

Gaming handhelds are all the rage right now, and the Razer Edge is looking to stake its claim on this booming market. Relying on selling itself towards a mobile market rather than more traditional PC hardware like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, the Edge finally arrived for pre-orders on Amazon, but didn't hang around for long.

A licensing issue or perhaps something more... Get ready to put your detective hats on, folks, because there's a mystery afoot. The Nintendo Switch reveal trailer — you know, the one where groups of trendy people play the up-and-coming console at such memorable and realistic venues as a rooftop party or at a basketball court — has been removed from the official Nintendo YouTube channel. This was first brought to our attention by Reddit user CarbVan on r/GamingLeaksAndRumours and sure enough, loo...

How do you craft a Minecraft bow? The Minecraft bow recipe is one of the most infuriating in the sandbox game, as you've got to get your sticks and string the right way round. Don’t worry if you can never remember it, we forget sometimes too. That said, we promise the bow recipe below is accurate, and we prove it with images, just in case you’re worried. While an axe or sword are crucial for combat in Minecraft, a bow can actually be one of the most important weapons in your hot bar in the survi...

Here are the best Spectral Pages farming methods.

Lots of colors, just try not to think about the cost.

Why Baldur’s Gate 3 is still dominating fandom spaces.

Roblox is mandating most remote employees return to office working three days a week, or take a severance package. Employees were notified of the change yesterday, Roblox CEO David Baszucki said in an open letter sent to staff. Affected employees have been given three months, until 16th January 2024, to decide whether they wish to stay at Roblox. Those who do relocate are being asked to work from Roblox's offices in San Mateo, California by 15th July 2024. Baszucki told employees the company wil...