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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman last year reported that Apple was planning a "more conversational" version of Siri for iOS 19.4, powered by "more advanced large language models." However, in his Power On newsletter today, he said that development of this more ChatGPT-like Siri is now running behind schedule within the company. Gurman said Apple is no longer planning to unveil the more conversational Siri at WWDC 2025 in June this year, and it appears that the feature is no longer on track to launch as p...

Practically every flagship phone can take a great picture. But that hasn’t stopped Xiaomi from continuing its partnership with legendary camera maker Leica to produce a photo powerhouse in the new Xiaomi 15 Ultra. Powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip with up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, it goes without saying that the Xiaomi 15 Ultra has top-notch specs. It also has a huge 6,000 mAh battery, which is bigger than anything you get from Apple, Google or Samsung. Meanwhile, when it comes to ch...

If you’ve ever wished Stardew Valley was more all-action, Pesticide Not Required is well worth trying. It takes the tried-and-tested wave-based horde survival gameplay popularized by Vampire Survivors and combines it with a clever farming system to create one of the most delightful roguelike surprises of 2024. Now, developer Jampacked Games has unleashed a fresh update with an entire new tier of weapons and more challenges to put the most committed players through their paces. Alongside this, yo...

REPO tasks you with extracting wobbly items from creepy houses.

2025 continues apace with a whole new slate of highly anticipated anime premieres this spring. The spring anime season, which runs from April through June, boasts some of the year’s most exciting new series yet, including a brand-new sci-fi action anime from Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichirō Watanabe and a new Mobile Suit Gundam series directed...

With the iPhone 16e now in the hands of customers, Apple reportedly plans to move on to its next product announcement in the coming days. Apple plans to announce new MacBook Air models with the M4 chip "as early as this week," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. "I expect the M4 MacBook Air to be introduced as early as this week," said Gurman, in a post shared on X today. "Inventory has significantly wound down and Apple is preparing a Mac-related announcement in the next few days." He also sh...

Along with some Switch "performance improvements". Following the release of WARRIORS: Abyss in February, Koei Tecmo has announced a "March update" adding another character to the game and much more. One other highlight is "performance improvements" for the Nintendo Switch version of the game and apart from this are bug fixes and various other adjustments. Here's the full rundown via the Koei Tecmo social media account:

Bear necessities.

If you’ve been waiting for the perfect excuse to try Star Wars Outlaws, this is it. While Ubisoft’s open-world take on a galaxy, far, far away had an incredibly underwhelming launch - which our own review can attest to - it’s having a quiet resurgence on Steam. With five major title updates under its belt and a staggering half-price sale, this is the time to see if the trip around the cosmos is for you.

Struggling to find the Tracktail Lizard location in Monster Hunter Wilds? With numerous large-scale biomes to discover and explore, finding a specific tiny monster in its living, breathing world can be difficult. But find one once and you’ll soon have a practically infinite supply for whatever you plan to do with them. Tracktail Lizards are an endemic life species needed to complete the Dareel's Research Report Monster Hunter Wilds quest. Already well-versed in its varied ecology? Get back into ...

While I’ll always have an affinity for RE5, Resident Evil Outbreak and its sequel File 2 are the best co-op games in the survival horror series. Tense multiplayer action in that old-school style, with a touch of randomization to keep repeat runs fresh and danger lurking around every corner, makes the PS2 pair beloved cult classics to this day. We may not get an official remake any time soon, but new Steam game Blood Typers is here to fill the gap - and it combines the format with another iconic ...

Capcom is "investigating" an issue that's impeding progress for some players in Monster Hunter Wilds.

A metaverse full of life-size, browsable planets with terrain built by machine learning, hosting user-generated monetizable content, and promoting total player agency. That’s the buzzword-filled, ‘LinkedIn tech bro’ description of Project Artemis. But in the words of Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene - the creator of PUBG and now the driving force behind Artemis - it’s simply a “universe where you can do whatever you want.”

They call me Mister bomb-baa-stic.

The Old School RuneScape Sailing skill is almost here, and you'll be able to get your hands on an alpha version of it very soon. Developer Jagex has shown more of the MMO's first-ever new skill as a part of RuneFest, while teasing the impending launch of a limited-time test. So if you want to take to the OSRS seas alone or with friends, you don't have to wait long to do just that.

The first Path of Exile 2 race event arrives today, and I’d encourage anyone who’s been enjoying the new ARPG to give it a try. Back in the early days of the first PoE, I dipped into the feature out of pure curiosity. Even though I wasn’t very good at first, I found myself enjoying the game even more and getting better at it along the way. It opened my eyes to a newfound appreciation for PoE, and I’d recommend everybody has a go. If you need more incentive, however, you can win a powerful, styli...

This ain't your dad's Vampire Survivors. We take a look at a hidden gem and talk to the developer about the development process.

Dapperwings are flying endemic life in Monster Hunter Wilds. You’ll need to capture one as part of an early side quest, “Samin’s Research Report,” for the research team at the Windward Plains base camp. It’s the follow up to “Dareel’s Research Report,” in which you need to capture tracktail lizards. Our guide tells you where...

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie slips back into the warm bath that is Diablo 4, Tom P realises why everyone praises Balatro, and Tom O goes back to Halo.

Gotta trade 'em all. Welcome, Trainers! It's time to embark on another journey into the wonderful world of Box Art Brawl. Before we head out, however, let's visit the lab and recap what happened last week. It was the DS' River King: Mystic Valley that we put under the microscope and, surprising nobody, the awful European variant came dead last. Things were pretty close up the top, though, with North America taking 46% of the vote and Japan claiming 41%. Well played, NA!

Have you ever had to admit to your boss that your gun got stolen because you were distracted writing poetry with your former childhood friends at the local discotheque? Sounds like a really bad day at work, right? It was actually an incredible scene I got to play in the Disco Elysium-inspired LARP, 97 Poets of Revachol, last September.

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Twisted Metal battle royale does make sense.

Is the Prince returning? There have been multiple times during the Switch generation where Bandai Namco has trademarked a certain game or series and has actually gone on to officially announce something. With this in mind, it's been discovered the Japanese publisher recently filed a trademark for 'Once Upon a Katamari' in Europe towards the end of last month. The more recent Katamari releases, where you roll up everything in sight, have been remasters - so there's a chance this latest trademark ...

Help with solving Sunday's puzzle.

Mecha Break can't catch a break.

Part 2 will launch in 2026. It’s been a big week in the world of Dragon Ball with the final episode of the new anime Dragon Ball Daima airing. Timed in with this is a new trailer for part one of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot – Daima – Adventure through the Demon Realm Pack. This DLC will be arriving in Summer 2025 (between July and September 2025) and will be followed by the second part between January and March 2026.

I played way too many Steam Next Fest demos this week. Here's what I thought about almost all of them.

While I naively hoped to see the Galaxy S25 Edge ahead of MWC, that wasn’t what I saw last week at Samsung's pre-show briefing. However, what I did see might intrigue many of you: a cheaper slice of Galaxy hardware in the form of the Galaxy A56. It will be available later this year, starting at $499 (or £499 in the UK), which is slightly cheaper than the Pixel 8a when it first appeared. Samsung also announced the Galaxy A36 and A26 today, and they'll start at $399 and $299 respectively.  Many of...

What's eating up your SSD, and does it really deserves all those gigabytes when you could have more photos of your pets?

Really playing against type for this one.

Oh, and all your companions leave because they hate you.

PlayStation's recently cancelled Twisted Metal game was reportedly a battle royale.

The Return to the Desert Trilogy.

iOS 19 is still around three months away from being unveiled, but there are plenty of rumors about the upcoming update. Below, we recap iOS 19 rumors so far. Redesigned Camera App A leak earlier this year allegedly revealed a redesigned Camera app coming with iOS 19. On his YouTube channel Front Page Tech in January, Jon Prosser shared a video showing what the new Camera app will apparently look like, with the key change being translucent menus for camera controls. Overall, the design of these m...