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Microsoft is officially getting rid of Skype as of May 5 and encouraging its users to pick Teams once and for all. In its announcement, the company stated that the move will allow it to "streamline our free consumer communications offerings so we can more easily adapt to customer needs."  Microsoft is also far from subtle in its push for Teams and included step-by-step instructions for migrating over. All users need to do is log in with their Skype credentials and their chats and contacts should...

Acquire this aquatic material for upgrading your water weapons.

Diablo 4's eighth season will release a "couple of weeks" later than scheduled after Blizzard decided to serve "the game, not the plan".

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, they dive into Amazon's Alexa+ event, where we finally learned more about the company's AI-powered voice assistant. Alexa+ seems useful, but can we trust it? Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you've got suggestions or topics you'd like covered on the show, be sure to email us or dro...

Earlier this February, a Magic: The Gathering player on Tumblr asked the collectible card game’s head designer, Mark Rosewater… well, it’s more of a comment than a question: “I want to speak out against the whole push towards DEI. I feel that ever since you made the push to make identity the forefront of a...

Peripeteia's first challenge is pronouncing its name.

Meme coins are not securities and, hence, aren't subject to federal laws regulating the financial instruments, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency has issued its official stance on meme coins, comparing them to collectibles, since their value is "derived from speculative trading and the collective sentiment of the market." Meme coins do not fit the definition of securities under the law, SEC said, because they do "not generate a yield or convey rights to future income...

The post Monster Hunter Wilds: 6 Tips from the Developers Themselves appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Monster Hunter Wilds is officially here, and it's already effortlessly broken Steam player count records for both the franchise and Capcom in general.

Despite the Jennifer Coolidge cameo. Try to stop it all you can, we are rapidly approaching the Minecraft Movie's release date on 4th April and even the new 'Final Trailer' hasn't convinced us about Jack Black's latest trip into the world of video games. The new trailer does pack in a lot of new content, we'll admit. There are baby pandas, talking Piglins, some pretty horrific-looking villagers, Elytra wingsuits and enough exposition that we can almost map out the entire plot of the film beat fo...

HoYoverse has revealed the release date for Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.6, which is making its way to all platforms in March.

Anyone who has rode the New York City subway can tell you that it has a lot of problems, from strange noises to flammable debris on the tracks. Now, as is the solution for everything these days, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is testing how AI could improve the repair process with the help of six Google Pixel phones.   In this case, the Google Pixel phones rode on four different subway cars between last September and January. The experiment, conducted in partnership with Google ...

But also a little annoyed...

AMD have today pulled back the curtain on the Radeon RX 9000 series powered by RDNA 4 along with FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4).

$549 for the RX 9070, $599 for the RX 9070 XT.

The sort of AI infusion I can get behind.

AMD's decision to start off with mid-range RDNA 4 GPUs now seems prescient. NVIDIA's high-end RTX 5090 and 5080 are already selling well beyond their absurdly high prices, if you can find any in stock at all. And while the RTX 5070 Ti impressed us, it's already selling for close to the 5080's $1,000 launch price. Now AMD's Radeon 9070 and 9070 XT, which are set to arrive on March 6, have the chance to swoop in and deliver some serious competition. Based on early briefings from AMD, which include...

Choices, choices... What's the most important part of a Pokémon game? The roster of 'mons? The setting? The story? Well, sort of the first, but tangential — it's the starter Pokémon. We now know just who the starter trio of Pokémon Legends: Z-A will be. And, similarly to Legends: Arceus, it's a triple threat of returning favourites. Chikorita, the Leaf Pokémon; Tepig, the Fire Pig Pokémon; and Totodile, the Big Jaw Pokémon. Hoo boy.

Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds is finally here. After multiple open betas, a graphics benchmark, and the first of several Monster Hunter Now tie-ins, you can now jump into the latest open-world entry. Our reviewer considers it to be the most streamlined version of the game yet (to a fault, arguably), but fans of the series...

Gotta go fast? Landfall, developer of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and Clustertruck, have released a demo for HASTE: Broken Worlds that's worth a look.

Two new Gibson Les Paul guitar controllers have just been revealed, and they're absolutely stunning. Better still, these guitars have been given the full 2025 treatment, with mechanical switches and even a Hall Effect whammy bar and thumbstick. They're ideal for Fortnite Festival, but are also compatible with a huge range of older Guitar Hero and Rock Band games too. Whether or not either of these new controllers can dethrone the PDP Riffmaster in our best PC controller guide remains to be seen,...

Apple has offered a reason why the iPhone 16e doesn't include MagSafe, one of the more notable omissions from its latest entry-level smartphone. According to Apple representatives who spoke to Daring Fireball's John Gruber, MagSafe is not included in the iPhone 16e because "most people in the iPhone 16e's target audience exclusively charge their phones by plugging them into a charging cable." These users apparently tend not to use wireless charging at all, and when they do use it, Apple believes...

One Steam Deck owner has taken the portability of this gaming handheld to a whole new level by hooking up their handheld to their car and turning the in-built media display into an external monitor. While the results aren’t perfect, it now means that this gamer can play their favorite games whenever they’re safely parked up. The Steam Deck continues to be the best handheld gaming PC that you can buy, striking the right balance between price and performance for a gaming device that fits in your h...

Crashes, frame drops, and stutters are perhaps even more formidable foes than the monsters themselves.

Expect the unexpected.

Merry Monster Hunter Wilds day to all those who celebrate. Capcom's dino-basher has been going from strength to strength since Worlds became a breakout hit back in 2018, and Wilds doubles down on that open world monster-mashing experience with style. It's a great time to start playing Monster Hunter if you're new to the series, and we've got a whole Monster Hunter Wilds walkthrough to help you every step of the way through the main campaign.

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has published an open letter detailing the company's plans for 2025, including new ways of collaborating, mobile improvements, and more monetisation.

Coming down with a case of monst-itis.

Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for February 28th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Less than 0.5% of manufactured cards are reportedly hit by this problem.

First up, an apology. In Tuesday’s newsletter, I laid out how to watch (and what to expect from) Amazon’s Alexa press event. But aside from unveiling what Alexa+ will be capable of, there was no silly hardware and no upgraded Echos, but lots of demos. We learned Alexa+ will be included with an Amazon Prime subscription, and the company will also offer the enhanced digital assistant separately, for $20 per month. At the moment, Prime costs $15 per month in the US. So that's weird. Meanwhile, Appl...

Don't worry, not long to go now. Nintendo UK has released a remixed song from Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition on YouTube, presenting an updated version of the classic track 'Don't Worry'. Titled 'Don't Worry ', it does admittedly sound pretty close to the original, but there's enough variation here to make it worthwhile, we think. The music cuts off pretty abruptly towards the end too, so this particular upload presumably isn't the full track, but it at least gives us a tantalising tr...

At this point, I’m comfortable calling Balatro one of the best roguelikes ever. LocalThunk’s deckbuilder earned a well-deserved spot among the best game nominations at The Game Awards. It’s become such a household name that it joins elites such as Slay the Spire and Hearthstone as some of the best known in its genre. But if you’ve been playing as much as I have, you might be wondering how you’d stack up against your friends. Now a Balatro mod allows you to do just that, because the best card gam...

Two upcoming Civilization 7 updates could provide the biggest fixes for the 4X game’s worst problems. The user interface in Civ 7 has been a consistent source of criticism so far. You’ve probably also been frustrated with the map generation, the behavior of CPU-controlled rival leaders, and the fact that the game ends at the conclusion of the Modern Age. But Firaxis has a sweeping improvement plan - with the Crossroads of the World DLC also on its way, there’s reason to believe that Civilization...

Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds has soared to a peak of over 1 million concurrent players on Steam just hours after its launch, catapulting it into the Steam record books. The game launched to an immediate audience of 880,806 players at midnight EST / 9 p.m. PST, and has climbed to a peak of 1,076,024 players...