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I wonder... Okay, let's see if we can get through this one without a single 'wonder' pun... Last week, Super Mario Bros. Wonder launched to almost universal acclaim from critics and players alike. Sure, you'll find a dissenting voice or two in the crowd if you go hunting for them, but the vast majority of Mario fans have been in their element spending the last few days exploring the Flower Kingdom and delighting at the strange effects elicited by the game's namesake seeds.

Final Fantasy XIV’s latest Fan Festival took place in London over the weekend, running two days of panels with the MMO’s development team, its director Naoki ‘Yoshi-P’ Yoshida and legendary series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. In-between announcing a new job for expansion Dawntrail, revealing anecdotes from the early days of Final Fantasy and a whole bunch of crossovers on the way, Yoshi-P and Sakaguchi found time to kick back with some very silly hijinks during the game’s boss battles.

Apex Legends has dropped a new teaser showcasing upcoming legend, Conduit, and fans think it could be Respawn Entertainment's best trailer yet. Season 19, Ignite, is just around the corner, and the community is excited to experience the shooter as Conduit for the first time. Not only does the developer show off her unique abilities and tease the revamped return of an iconic map, but it also gives us a more wholesome look at how the game's characters interact with one another.

The spotlight was on Twitch this weekend. Mostly..

My man why are you like this.

Apple is expected to spend several billion on hardware to support its artificial intelligence development in 2024, according to speculation from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo expects Apple to spend "at least" $620 million on servers in 2023 and $4.75 billion on servers in 2024. Apple could purchase between 2,000 and 3,000 servers this year, and up to 20,000 next year. Kuo thinks that Apple is purchasing servers equipped with Nvidia's HGX H100 8-GPU for generative AI training, with the company ...

Netflix has dropped a trailer for the upcoming reality series Squid Game: The Challenge. The forthcoming show starts with 456 contestants competing for a $4.56 million prize in events repackaged (minus the brutal violence) from the scripted series. What better way to follow a fictional critique of modern capitalism’s exploitation of the financially desperate for profit and entertainment than to embrace a reality TV spectacle that exploits the financially desperate for profit and entertainment? A...

The “One More Turn” bundle includes definitive editions of the past three Civ games, plus DLC for Civ 6.

Magic's first Marvel tentpole set is slated to roll out sometime in 2025.

More than three years after a TV adaptation of Fallout was first teased, we know when we’ll be able to watch the latest attempt to turn a video game into a live-action prestige series.

Warm up your Radiation King brand television set.

The Venn diagram of HomePod owners and YouTube Music subscribers probably doesn't have a lot of overlap. However, those who use both Apple's speakers and Google's music streaming service may be pleased to learn that the two now play more nicely together. YouTube Music is now available natively on HomePod, meaning that you can ask Siri to play tracks from the service even if your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch aren't close by.  It's now possible to set YouTube Music as the default music service on H...

Hugely popular K-pop group Le Sserafim are headed to Overwatch 2 in the shooter’s first crossover with a music artist. The collab is more than just skins, too - expect a whole new game mode based on the band. And yes, there’ll be cosmetic items too, of course.

Sow-sow. Gardening in game worlds is relaxing – more so than its real-life counterpart, where plants wither no matter what you do. Garden Buddies from Dutch developer JamPics joins the many cosy Switch games where you can grow plants without wondering if you’ve under- or over-watered them. Unfortunately, it’s not the pick of the bunch. Garden Buddies starts out well enough. Mutsy, a good-natured apple, invites you to their garden, a space you can decorate and customise. First up, you sprinkle fl...

From anime to pirate romances and more, here’s your appointment TV for this week.

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to […] The post Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha Skip-Ahead (2408.231019-2000) appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Time to celebrate one of the greatest games ever made!

Between October 27 and 29, home theater sets from Sonos will be 20 percent off. The Ray + Sub Mini, which is regularly priced at $708, will be available for $565.99. The rare deal on the subwoofer and soundbar bundle, which works great for listening to music or getting a more immersive movie-watching experience, could make a great holiday gift for someone living in an apartment or smaller space. The Ray soundbar, which secured a spot on Engadget’s list of best soundbars, is compact but equipped ...

When I was a kid I sort of hated Frasier. It was one of those shows you’d find in the 6pm slot on terrestrial TV, back when you had to show up for TV episodes on time or miss them forever, and as far as 10-year-old me was concerned, 6pm was Simpsons hour. Who was this strutting Seattle intellectual, with his glass of sherry and his call-in psychiatry show and his passion for silverware? I couldn’t abide Frasier and developed a pathological aversion to headliner (and surprisingly convincing X-Man...

Apple's 13.6-inch 256GB M2 MacBook Air has dropped to $899.00 today on Best Buy, down from $1,099.00. Best Buy offers free next-day shipping as well as in-store pick-up for most locations, and has all four colors of Space Gray, Silver, Midnight, and Starlight at this price. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. This is an all-time low price on the 13.6-inch 256GB M2 M...

Dress Miles and Peter in style.

Apple's iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1, macOS Sonoma 14.1, tvOS 17.1, watchOS 10.1, and HomePod Software 17.1 updates are expected to be released to the public tomorrow following several weeks of beta testing. We are expecting the software to go live at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, which is when Apple typically releases updates. Last week, Apple seeded release candidates (RCs) for all of the upcoming software refreshes. Apple usually tests RCs for about a week to make sure there are no device-breaking bugs, ...

Xbox is presenting a showcase on Wednesday to highlight the various third-party titles coming to Microsoft’s gaming consoles, Windows computers and Game Pass. The festivities kick off on Wednesday, October 25 at 1PM EST. You can watch via the official YouTube channel or on Twitch. The stream promises a “fresh mix of indie games and familiar favorites” from third-party companies like Remedy, Studio Wildcard, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and more, with 20 minutes of trailers and gameplay footage on the do...

The official Polygon beanie pairs well with a warm cup of autumnal tea.

You can find it in Miles Morales’ apartment.

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Shining a spotlight on some of this month’s deep cuts.

Building your own anime-themed gaming PC from scratch can be an arduous and expensive task, especially if you want it equipped with a high-powered graphics card. Yet, if you fancy yourself lucky, Western Digital is giving you the opportunity to win a Limited Edition Evangelion gaming rig, with the WD_Black SN850X and a beast of a GPU to match.

Hexworks are making some pretty comprehensive adjustments to fantasy Soulslike RPG Lords of the Fallen, rejigging the AI so that enemies won't pursue you quite as far when you run past them, and patching how the New Game Plus options work to give players more control over the difficulty curve. The game's latest patch, out now, allows you to choose whether to progress to a harder NG+ setting after finishing a run, or restart at the same difficulty threshold while retaining your character and prog...

Turn-based-meets-real-ti​me. Publisher Thunderful has today given us a closer look at the innovative combat system behind the upcoming metroidvania Worldless and we must say, we are rather intrigued. Developed by Noname and set to release on Switch on 21st November, Worldless is a 2D adventure platformer with some immediately eye-catching visuals and a battle system that combines turn-based and real-time combat. Yes, this does sound a little paradoxical, but having checked out the above deep-dive...

Where can I find a Cities Skylines 2 guide? If you’re new to city-building games, you might struggle initially as you get to grips with building your first city. Your city never sleeps, which means you’re under constant pressure to ensure you never find yourself in a hopeless situation. Place a few roads here, throw in a couple of buildings there, and all it takes is a few missteps before you find yourself under a mountain of debt. Fortunately, we’ve assembled all of our Cities Skylines 2 guides...

Is Cities Skylines 2 on Game Pass? It's time to dust off those blueprints for the metropolis of your dreams as Cities Skylines 2 makes its way to PC. Featuring new mechanics, zones, signature buildings, and more, it's up to you to keep the city running, meeting your citizens' every whim. You can read up on our Cities Skylines 2 review if you want to know how good it is, but if you want to try Cities Skylines 2 for yourself without paying for the privilege, then Game Pass may be your best bet. Yo...

Microsoft has announced another instalment of its occasional Xbox Partner Preview digital showcase is on the way, and will air this Wednesday, 25th October. As usual, the Xbox Partner Preview will focus exclusively on third-party offerings - ranging from indie games to "familiar favourites", as per Microsoft's announcement - with proceedings set to begin this Wednesday at 6pm BST/1pm ET. As to what will be shown, Microsoft has already confirmed appearances from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's Like a Drag...

Amazon Prime Video announced Monday that the Fallout television series will premiere on April 12, 2024. The news came from a short teaser video the streaming service posted on its social channels, including Instagram, styled like a Pip-Boy interface. The series, initially announced in 2020, will adopt a “serious and harsh” tone while adding “ironic humor” and “B-movie nuclear fantasies.”  The live-action series, from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, will have an original (canonica...

Where else can you see a spider monster in a church, I ask you?.