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Looking for the Ember Rufflizard location in Monster Hunter Wilds? This slithering critter is always hot on its heels and primed to dart off at a moment's notice. Once you know where to look, catching up to (and snagging) one shouldn't be like walking on hot coals. If your sidequests dry up after this one, it might be time to get back on the main Monster Hunter Wilds quest path. And if you're nabbing little beasties because you're struggling against a particular bigger baddie, check out the best...

The first time you make anything, it probably won’t come out perfect, so it wasn’t a huge surprise when MSI’s debut gaming handheld struggled out of the gate. And that’s before you consider the unorthodox choice to go with an Intel chip instead of one from AMD like practically all of its rivals. However, MSI didn’t give up, and now it’s back with not one but two versions of its second-gen handheld, headlined by the Claw 8 AI+. Not only is it bigger than before, it has twice as many Thunderbolt 4...

Apple just announced a new MacBook Air, introducing its latest chip, an enhanced camera, and a striking new color option. Simultaneously, it discontinued the two previous generations. So how does the new model compare? Before the introduction of the latest model, the 13-inch M3 MacBook Air started at $1,099 and the 15-inch model started at $1,299. The 13.6-inch ‌MacBook Air‌ with the M2 chip from 2022 remained in the lineup at a price of $999. Now, the 13-inch M4 model starts at $999. It is also...

Dragonbone relics are an equipment material in Monster Hunter Wilds. You’ll collect them from bonepiles once you reach High Rank. You’ll need dragonbone relics to forge weapons like the Bone Smasher and armor like the Rathian Greaves. Our Monster Hunter Wilds guide will tell you where to find dragonbone relics and how to collect them....

We knew John Mulaney was getting his own live Netflix talk show after the success of last year’s Everybody's in LA, but now we have more details. Mulaney dropped a trailer for the show and reconfirmed a March 12 air date. The trailer absolutely captures the anarchic spirit of last year’s specials, which is fitting for a guy who has said he “never wanted to host a talk show.” The whole thing is basically a drone shot of Mulaney in a darkened parking lot, as he complains about filming the promo. F...

Pokémon Go’s first event of the “Might and Mastery” season is “Powerful Potential,” which runs from March 5-10. The “Powerful Potential” event adds Charcadet’s shiny form and adds it to a few more egg pools for a limited time. To further encourage players to get hatching, hatch distance has also been reduced to half if...

The Big N's lowest ranking yet. Metacritic has today revealed its 15th annual game publisher rankings, giving us an updated look at how the biggest publishers of 2024 performed based on critic reviews. Nintendo wound up in 22nd place out of the 37 publishers in this year's list which, considering it landed in sixth place last time, is quite the tumble. The Big N took home an average Metascore of 76 on its 13 releases in 2024, with no "Great" games (Metascore of 90 or higher) to its name.

Guardian seikret feathers are an equipment material in Monster Hunter Wilds. They are, as you might expect, feathers from a guardian seikret. At High Rank, guardian seikret feathers become guardian seikret feather+, but you find them the same way and from the same monsters. You’ll need guardian seikret feathers to forge armor like the Guardian...

What are the best Fisch enchants? While it might not make sense to put time and effort into rolling enchants on a sub-par rod destined for the dark corners of the equipment page, enchanting a good rod could end up landing you with a great rod. On top of listing every Fisch enchant, we're going to detail the best enchants for each rod in the relaxing game. Regular enchants or exalted enchants can make or break the best Fisch rods, and knowing what you might roll can help avoid ruining a perfectly...

Since the 2018 Supreme Court decision letting US states legalize gambling, related content has been hard to miss, whether it's odds tickers flashed during sports broadcasts, superstar athletes and celebrities hawking betting sites during commercial breaks or YouTube videos promising that you won't lose if you only use this gambling service. Although the first two won't change anytime soon, the latter could become scarcer, thanks to some upcoming changes Google announced on Tuesday. YouTube said ...

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The new M4 MacBook Air models that Apple announced today are a better deal than ever, with pricing that starts at $999. That's $100 less than the previous $1,099 starting price for the prior-generation M3 ‌MacBook Air‌ models. Before today, Apple sold the M3 ‌MacBook Air‌ starting at $1,099, and the prior-generation M2 ‌MacBook Air‌ starting at $999, but both of those models have been discontinued and now Apple only has the M4 ‌MacBook Air‌ models available. Here are the base configurations and ...

The labyrinthine “Universal Century” (UC) timeline of Mobile Suit Gundam — one of the more expansive fictional histories in anime — has been revisited often, for better and worse, between Yoshiyuki Tomino’s original show (“0079,” in honor of its release year) and its sequels. The main story continued on through decades, following the conflict between...

The Aqua Sac is a monster material that you’ll need to build some powerful water items in Monster Hunter Wilds. But you’ll have to kill a desert-dwelling worm to collect it first. In this Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we tell where to find an Aqua Sac and what weapons and armor you can craft with...

We're over four years into the current generation of consoles (which is probably past the halfway point) and while Sony is still selling tons of PlayStation 5 units, the price of the system means it remains out of reach for many. To help address that, Sony has teamed up with a leasing company called Raylo to offer a PS5 rental service in the UK via the country's PlayStation Direct website. Leases for the PS5 Digital Edition, the version with a disc drive and the PS5 Pro are available on 12-, 24-...

Just days before Paradise’s big season 1 finale, Hulu announced that the hit sci-fi thriller had officially been greenlighted for a second season. The news was a relief to writer John Hoberg, who spoke to Polygon shortly after the news broke, because he was dialing in from the show’s offices, where work was already underway...

Monster fluid is an equipment material in Monster Hunter Wilds. It’s described as “a liquid bugs suck from monsters” (gross). At High Rank, monster fluid becomes monster broth, but you find it the same way and from the same monsters. You’ll need monster fluid to forge weapons like the Bone Axe 2 and armor like...

Heads-up for all you PlayStation 3 diehards out there: the Sony console received a system software update on March 5, almost 19 years after its 2006 launch. PS3 system software update 4.92 “improves system performance,” according to the vague patch notes, but no other information was provided as to what it does. Polygon has reached...

Kickflippin' 'eck... Sigh... We really don't like reporting on this kind of stuff, but alas, it's our duty to you, our dear readers, to know what you're getting yourself into. Judging from images of the box art online, it looks like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 will require a mandatory download on the Nintendo Switch. Now, it's not known at this stage exactly what kind of download will be needed, but given that it's seemingly a requirement and not an option, we're guessing that the base game sim...

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has shared an update on the city builder sequel's long-delayed console release - confirming it still has "more things we need to address" before it can launch, meaning it won't be arriving before summer.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, the highly anticipated adaptation of the shonen manga’s finale arc, is finally headed to theaters. After Crunchyroll unveiled plans for a trilogy of films bringing the story to screen, the anime streamer announced on Wednesday that Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle would hit U.S. theaters on Sept. 12....

The reins have officially been handed over to SanDisk.

Another month has passed, and the movers and shakers in the Steam Deck most played games provide a few shocks, including Monster Hunter Wilds barrelling towards the top ten despite its poor performance. The biggest surprise is the influx of newly released triple-A games on the list, suggesting that Steam Deck owners are comfortable with trying to run the latest games on the handheld, even if performance isn't ideal. Despite being the best handheld gaming PC for most gamers, the Steam Deck is und...

The Monty Python-themed tabletop role-playing game, following a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2022, is available widely today. Formally titled Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme, it is the rare game that does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s just that the tin says “SPAM” on it, and the gubbins smell faintly of coitus...

Apple has issued a legal challenge against the British government over a demand to create a backdoor for encrypted iCloud accounts, as reported by Financial Times. The company has filed a complaint in the hopes to reverse the order. The iPhone maker made its appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), which is an independent judicial body. This comes after a leak revealed the order from the UK government, which tasked Apple with building the aforementioned backdoor for iCloud encrypted ba...

What are the Rise of the Ronin system requirements? Storage space will undoubtedly be the biggest blocker for many PC gamers hoping to play Rise of the Ronin. Beyond this, mentions of upscaling in the system requirements are a red flag, especially when it is present in the recommended tier. You're going to need one of the best SSDs for gaming to get the optimal performance out of Rise of the Ronin. While other games have large file sizes, this samurai RPG might be in the top 1% on Steam alongsid...

If this is what a GeForce GPU launch is meant to look like from here on out, it's tough to get too excited about new products.

Pokémon Go’s “Might and Mighty” Special Research activated on March 5, allowing players to complete a bunch of tasks in exchange for free rewards — including a Dynamax Kubfu. You’ll need to login and start this research before Tuesday, June 3, at 9:59 a.m. in your local time in order to get it, but once...

Nostalgia is dangerous. While I’m happy to sermonize about the ‘glory days’ of FPS games - the simpler times of Counter-Strike 1.6, Unreal Tournament, or even Call of Duty 4 and Battlefield 3 - that kind of reminiscing can easily become empty, or sound naive. Then again, things do feel worse now. Loot boxes, microtransactions, the pressure to log in every day and claim ‘rewards.’ For me personally, one of the greatest tragedies in modern shooters is the death of aesthetics. Nothing matters anymo...

Google is shaking up Search. Again. Nearly a year after the company rolled out AI Overviews to everyone in the US, it's preparing to add a dedicated AI tab to its search engine. AI Mode is powered by a Gemini 2.0 model Google has trained to find and organize information out on the web. Its findings are then presented in an interface designed to make it easier to ask follow-up questions. In short, it's a proper response to ChatGPT Search. "The goal and vision for [AI Mode] is to empower people to...

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When I last spoke to former WWE star turned action movie stalwart Dave Bautista back in 2021, he was just coming off Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead, and looking ahead to his role in Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. And he was thrilled — both with the radically different tones of...

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is reportedly aiming for a Christmas release window.

As expected, YouTube has announced the expansion of its $7.99 a month Premium Lite plan to the United States, following a months-long pilot phase in international markets. The new, lower-priced version of YouTube's paid video subscription service functions largely without ads, though music videos on the platform continue to include them. Today we'll begin expanding our Premium Lite pilot to users in the US. Premium Lite gives viewers a new, more affordable way to enjoy most videos on YouTube ad-...

A spokesperson for Apple has told French technology website Numerama that its M4 Max chip lacks an UltraFusion connector, which would have paved the way for the release of a doubled-up M4 Ultra chip in the future. As we recently covered, Apple told Ars Technica that not every generation of M-series chips for Macs will include an "Ultra" chip. That seems like Apple indirectly confirming that it has no plans to release an M4 Ultra chip, and the M4 Max's lack of UltraFusion technology makes it even...