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Instagram is testing a sticker creation feature that will let users make custom stickers from their own photos — and other users’, in some cases — and pop them into Reels or Stories. While Meta has been going all in on prompt-based, AI-generated stickers lately, this tool is something much simpler. It’ll just select the subject of a photo and remove the background, creating a free-floating sticker that can be placed over other content. Adam Mosseri gave a brief demonstration of how it’ll work in...

Apple is planning to bring select retail store employees to Cupertino, California in early 2024 to learn about the Vision Pro headset ahead of the device's launch, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Gurman revealed details about the "product training event" in the latest "Power On" newsletter. Apple apparently recent sent a memo to retail employees asking them to apply for the "secretive" event. Acceptance is dependent on an application and interview process. An extract from the memo reads:Selecte...

I want a train of ugly little skeleton guys following me around everywhere.

Streamers can now live broadcast to platforms like YouTube and Kick.

It's published by Don't Starve and Oxygen Not Included developer Klei.

Motive has confirmed that it's convened another "community council" to guide development of its new Iron Man game so that fans can "feedback on pretty much everything throughout the development process". EA confirmed over a year ago that it was developing a single-player third-person action adventure Iron Man game as part of a new collaboration between it and Marvel for "several" new projects. And just like the Dead Space remake - which was acclaimed by critics and players alike – Motive hopes t...

The iPhone 15's production costs are appreciably higher than those of last year's iPhone 14 models, marking record high component prices that Apple could pass onto customers in 2024, Nikkei Asia reports. The iPhone 15 Pro Max is calculated to cost $558, a 12% increase over the ‌iPhone 14‌ Pro Max model released in 2022. This is a record high for the total cost of an iPhone's components. From 2018 to 2021, the total cost of parts for Apple's ‌iPhone‌ "Pro Max" models ranged from $400 to $450. Com...

Good news, video game music fans – Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has dropped a fresh batch of video game soundtracks onto streaming platform Spotify. As spotted by AniPlaylist, Sony has added the soundtracks for games like Gravity Rush, Shadow of the Colossus, Wild Arms, and PoPoLoCrois, expanding the SIE Sound Team's discography that already boasts free-to-stream soundtracks for games like Bloodborne and The Last Guardian. For now, it seems as though these soundtracks have only been adde...

It's all relative. It's New Proper Platforming Mario Game Week, everyone! While the launch of a game with Mario in the title is a fairly regular occurrence, the release of the plumber's first all-new 2D platformer in over a decade is cause for special celebration. Super Mario Bros. Wonder brings back Mario and his Mushroom Kingdom brethren in a mainline series entry that we deem to be "the slickest, sharpest, and smartest that two-dimensional Mario has felt since 1991" in our review. And it's Su...

Short-form highlights are drawing new fans to longer broadcasts.

Forget Halloween, Detune gets spooky all year ‘round.

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Apple is not planning to launch new iPad models until around March 2024, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman claims. In the most recent "Power On" newsletter, Gurman explained that the new Apple Pencil with USB-C comes ahead of an ‌iPad‌ refresh in the spring. He added that Apple has been working on the 11th-generation ‌iPad‌, seventh-generation iPad mini, and sixth-generation iPad Air for some time. Apple is apparently planning to release new iPads in March, which will likely "at least" include these three...

If you're looking for a spooky experience but would prefer to avoid the usual mascot horror tropes this Halloween, then you're in for a treat: World of Horror is now finally out of early access. The Junji-Ito-inspired roguelike RPG from developer Pawe&lstrok Ko&zacutemi&nacuteski has finally slithered out of early access and made the jump to PlayStation and Switch as well as its native PC home. To celebrate, publishers Ysbryd Games has dropped a new trailer to mark the 1.0 release, and give you ...

A Halo Infinite battle royale mode has been heavily rumored for a very long time, as since 2021 word has gotten around that Halo support studio Certain Affinity was working on a BR mode codenamed Tatanka, but there’s been not one bit of official word on the topic. While that hasn’t changed, the new campaign AI toolkit for Forge has helped on group of fans make a battle royale of their own, and you can play it right now.

Overwatch's first in-game musical collaboration will be appropriate, if you're D.Va.

A puzzle-filled Agatha Christie adaptation makes a few puzzling choices.

This month has been filled with conflicting rumors of an Apple product launch that either will or won’t happen, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman now says the October event is on, and it could bring a long overdue iMac upgrade. In the Power On newsletter, Gurman reports that sources close to Apple said a Mac launch is in the works for this month. Based on current retail supplies and shipping dates for certain models, Gurman suggests we could see a new iMac and possibly some new MacBook Pros. “Apple re...

And Kim Kardashian might just be the best part.

Roblox is home to millions of games, and as of right now one of them is bigger than Valve's Counter-Strike 2 and every other Steam game in terms of concurrent players. With a massive update just dropping for the game, the anime-inspired Blox Fruits continues to see players flock to it.

Space isn't hard only on account of the rocket science. The task of taking a NASA mission from development and funding through construction and launch — all before we even use the thing for science — can span decades. Entire careers have been spent putting a single satellite into space. Nobel-winning NASA physicist John Mather, mind you, has already helped send up two. In their new book, Inside the Star Factory: The Creation of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's Largest and Most Powerful Spa...

Real Civil Engineer is over here getting distracted by sewage pipes.

Issue #5 - October 2023. Welcome back for another round of correspondence from the Nintendo Life Mailbox. It's October, and the heady aroma of freshly released Mario is in the air. *long sniff* Lovely! Do you smell it? It's peaty. Bit wet. Dungy, even. Like a... an elephant? Enough of that. It's time for our monthly letters page feature. Got something you want to get off your chest? We're ready and waiting to read about your game-related ponderings.

The creator of the biggest unofficial League of Legends tournament in Brazil is ready for more.

Third-party developers released quite a few airports for Microsoft Flight Simulator, while PMDG finally announced the release date of its Universal Flight Tablet. 

The Fallout series is no stranger to mods that turn the Bethesda RPG games into entirely new experiences, and I’m seriously impressed with what modders continue to do to Fallout 4. This trend continues even in 2023, as if you own both games you can now port the entire New Vegas map into the Commonwealth, and it looks stunning.

Mortal Kombat's signature fatalities already make it one of the more unsettling games on the market, but a fan has made it significantly worse by inserting one of gaming's most terrifying horror mascots: Freddy Fazbear. After giving his viewers a "jumpscare warning", YouTuber Mike Monty showed off HiBlakkes' Freddy Fazbear Over Cyrax mod, which replaces Cyrax with the monstrous animatronic. "If you don't know, I modded the game so you get Freddy Fazbear," Monty explains in his video, just in cas...

Assassin’s Creed Nexus is a hugely notable VR game based on its name alone. Sure, we've seen Sony's Horizon series dabble in the space with an original VR game on PlayStation, and Capcom's VR ports of the recent Resident Evil releases have been mostly exceptional, but Nexus is Ubisoft bringing a brand-new, fully-fledged AC experience to VR that you simply can't play elsewhere.

Final Fantasy series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has discussed what makes a game a Final Fantasy game, noting it's all about the development team taking on new challenges. During a Q&A with Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki Yoshida at the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest, Sakaguchi used the latest game - Final Fantasy 16 - as an example. "I felt this when I saw Final Fantasy 16 and this comes from a perspective of someone who creates these different works," said Sakaguchi. "I think with Final...

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PlayStation's Visual Arts is the latest gaming company to have been hit by layoffs. As spotted by VGC, a number of developers from Visual Arts Service Group have taken to social media to announce their redundancies and seek out new opportunities. "Unfortunately, following a wave of layoffs, last week was my last at Playstation," senior level designer Daniel Bellemere – who's worked on blockbuster games like Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Immortals Fenyx Rising – wrote on LinkedIn.

Apple is developing a large array of features that use generative AI, including a new version Siri, that could launch next year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his latest "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that despite Apple CEO Tim Cook's claim that Apple has been working on generative AI technology for years, Apple's executives were "caught off guard" by the industry's sudden interest in AI and have been anxiously "scrambling since late last year to make up for lost time." Apple's se...

Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki Yoshida has responded to the player who recently earned all achievements in the game. The game has over 2700 in-game achievements and after 10 years, one player in Japan finally earned them all. At a press conference during the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest in London, Yoshida said he would be happy to hear from that player if they're requesting more difficult achievements.

Apple will announce new Mac models this month, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. In the latest edition of his "Power On" newsletter, Gurman said that Apple is "planning a Mac-centered product launch around the end of this month" that could see the the release of an updated 24-inch iMac model. Gurman noted that Apple retail stores are now in short supply of the ‌iMac‌, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro, and many configurations now will not arrive until mid-November, in what he b...

We already knew that Final Fantasy 14 was making one of its most unusual crossover events yet by teaming up with the bean-tastic Fall Guys, but now we can see it in action courtesy of a new teaser that dropped during Final Fantasy Fan Fest. Ed's on the ground and keeping us updated with the latest coming out of the fest – including confirmation of Final Fantasy 14's latest job and a Final Fantasy 16 x Final Fantasy 14 crossover – but here's a fresh peek at the mayhem that ensues when you put you...