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If you’re looking to buy a new gaming laptop, but don’t have big bucks to spend, then we’ve uncovered an awesome offer for you. This Acer Nitro V gaming laptop deal enables you to get your hands on a full-on Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 machine for just $649.99, saving you $300 on its usual price at Best Buy. We can vouch for the quality of this laptop range as well, as we gave it a thorough workout in our Acer Nitro V review. Our review sample of this Acer laptop had a slightly more powerful GPU in ...

Does Orion's 'Compute Puck' have pluck?

Until Dawn Remake players are still sharing bug reports with UK developer Ballistic Moon, but there's apparently no one left to respond. “The studio has effectively closed now," one anonymous source told Insider Gaming. An undisclosed number of layoffs were publicly announced last September, shortly before the Until Dawn remake's launch in October. According to IG's source, these amounted to "roughly 40 employees". "Around 20" developers were allegedly kept on for post-launch support until they ...

This isn’t the first time that I’ve said it and I doubt it will be the last: Solium Infernum is the single greatest 4X game on PC right now. While Civilization 7, Stellaris, and Endless Space all provide variations on the genre’s traditions, and each experiments with and tries to perfect the formula, Solium Infernum turns the entire concept of 4X upside down. You don’t have many military units. You don’t make that many choices. You don’t build anything. A strategy game set in Hell, Solium isn’t ...

"This is not what we were expecting". Over the years, Nintendo has put out some truly weird adverts for its consoles and games, including the wonderful SNES collaboration with the late, great Rik Mayall, and the bizarre sing-a-long commercial used for Super Mario Sunshine. Many of them pale in comparison to the NES Legend of Zelda advert starring comedian and prominent voice actor John Kassir (Tales from the Crypt, Bayonetta), which takes place within a padded prison cell in which Kassir randoml...

Minecraft developer Mojang has announced a new Minecraft Live event, to be held on 22nd March at 6pm UK time, and teased that it will contain "new game drops".

Grinding Gear Games are showing clear support for Linux / Steam Deck with Path of Exile 2, ensuring it continues working properly.

The fourth season of Netflix's Witcher adaptation is on its way, and we've now got word of a new character for the show. That's not too exciting in itself, but this particular addition to the show marks a notable change. You see, this is the Netflix series' first game-exclusive character to pop up on the small screen.

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Extraction RPG Dark and Darker has been delisted from the Epic Games Store, with developer Ironmace citing claims made during ongoing legal disputes as the cause. The multiplayer game combines co-op dungeon crawling with DnD-style classes and the ability to fight other players to snatch their hard-earned spoils. It was previously made unavailable on storefronts including Steam following legal proceedings with Nexon Games around alleged copyright infringement. It eventually returned to Steam alon...

Another new release is available for MangoHud, the Linux gaming overlay, which is also used for the performance stats on Steam Deck.

"I need a bigger gun". We thought that last week's reveal of the Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition 'Don't Worry' remix might be the only peek we'd get at the upcoming remaster's soundtrack, but we were wrong! Nintendo UK is back with another track, and it's another banger. This time, it's the battle theme 'Black Tar' that gets an upload of its own. Unlike 'Don't Worry', this one appears to have been left relatively untouched for the Definitive Edition, but that doesn't make it any less ...

Apple is developing a "refreshed" version of its C1 modem for mass production next year that will improve power consumption and transmission speed, as well as bring support for mmWave, according to industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a post on X (Twitter), Kuo said that while supporting the mmWave baseband isn't particularly challenging, achieving stable performance with low power consumption remains a "key hurdle" for Apple. The C1 modem that debuted in the iPhone 16e lacks support for ultra-fast...

Split Fiction won't be included in the EA Play subscription service at launch.

Developer Eric Engestrom announced the released of Mesa 25.0.1, the first bug-fix release for the Mesa 25.0 series.

We don't score reviews at Rock Paper Shotgun. Some might tell you this is because we view numeric scores as stifling oversimplifications of the wonderful, strange, and personal experiences videogames can offer, but it's really because the refurbished work keyboards we're assigned when hired all have their number keys gummed up with Marmite and none of us want to touch them.

Now back to farming. In case you missed it, Stardew Valley's most recent update (Version 1.6.15.1) included an error on the Switch. While the game was "mostly playable, there were some issues like "crashes", text problems and some other issues. Fortunately, the game's creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone has been working to resolve this issue and a patch for this patch has now been issued. Here's what he had to say about this, along with the official website notice:

Apple's first foldable iPhone should arrive around the end of 2026 or early 2027 with a book-style design and a premium price tag of over $2,000, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a report today, Kuo outlines his expectations for the device, noting that it will have an approximately 7.8-inch "crease-free" inner display and a 5.5-inch outer display, matching a rumor from last month. Kuo says that the foldable ‌iPhone‌ will measure between 9 and 9.5 mm when folded, and around 4.5 to 4.8 mm whe...

A new wave of NSO icons are also available. It's the month of March and for Xenoblade fans it means the return of Monolith Soft's Wii U game Xenoblade Chronicles X. Of course, this new version for Switch is the 'definitive edition' and that means updated visuals as well as additional content. As we noted in our hands on, this title now "looks and feels every bit as good as the most recent entries in the franchise" with these enhancements.

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Apple debuted its custom-designed C1 modem in the iPhone 16e last month, as part of a multi-year plan to transition away from Qualcomm modems. However, the C1 modem does not extend to the new iPads unveiled earlier this week. Daring Fireball's John Gruber today said he spoke with an Apple representative who confirmed that the new iPad Air and entry-level iPad models are not equipped with the C1 modem. In addition, FCC documents viewed by MacRumors indicate that cellular configurations of both ne...

I give it a doubleplusgood out of 10.

The manga series 'Baki the Grappler' returns. The manga series Baki the Grappler will be getting a Super Punch-Out!! style 2D action game for Switch this September. This particular entry, officially known as Baki Hanma: Blood Arena, is based on the Netflix anime and is published by Purple Play and developed by Purple Tree, who also worked on the Punch-Out!! style game Thunder Ray.

Here's what the critics had to say. This week sees the arrival of Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars on the Switch and multiple other platforms. The reviews are now rolling in for this two-in-one Konami offering, and if you are still not sure if this collection is right for you as a returning fan or newcomer, this round up might help you decide.

Utah has once again passed a bill that attempts to place new limits on children’s ability to access social media and other apps. The state legislature passed a bill that requires app store makers to verify the ages of users and get parental consent for the downloading of apps. Should the governor sign the bill into law, it would be (as The Verge points out) the first such measure in the country. The Beehive State has previously attempted to restrict how children can use social media. The state p...

The community is awfully happy about this one.

It's been a busy week for Apple, with new products announced on Tuesday and Wednesday. We're now caught up on what's been rumored for a spring launch, so we thought we'd recap everything Apple came out with this week. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. iPad Air Apple updated the iPad Air on Tuesday, updating it with the new M3 chip. The ‌iPad Air‌ still comes in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes, but there were no design changes and few other new features. The 3nm M3 chip has an...

The way I play it, Ubisoft's stealth game is actually gonna be a zoo management sim.

Following in the wake of the first pre-order discounts on the new iPad Air, Best Buy is now offering an exclusive $50 discount on the M4 MacBook Air to its members. Specifically, you'll need to be a My Best Buy Plus or Total member in order to see these savings. 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. If you are a My Best Buy Plus/Total member, prices start at $949.00 f...

Age of Empires is one of greatest strategy game series of all time, but the remake of its mythological spinoff is the most recent highlight. Age of Mythology Retold launched last year to strong reviews, and has rolled out several free updates to make it even better, but now the time has come for it to release its first ever paid DLC: Immortal Pillars. Centred around Chinese folklore, it throws a dozen new gods into the game alongside fresh units and a nine-level campaign.

Weather, seasons, and big open areas are left purposeless when we're still mostly launching hunts from a menu.

Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon has reportedly "effectively closed", amid claims only a handful of employees "at most" remain - none of them developers.

Apple today updated its Shazam app, improving the syncing feature for adding songs identified with Shazam to music apps like Apple Music and Spotify. According to the release notes for the new 18.9 update, Shazam will include songs recognized with the Music Recognition feature on the iPhone and iPad to the dedicated My Shazam Tracks playlist that's available for Spotify and ‌Apple Music‌ users. Prior to now, songs identified manually with the Shazam app were added to this list, but songs recogni...

Apple used to treat every public-facing announcement like an event. Even its keynotes — ostensibly for investors and press — were well-orchestrated circuses. If there's any conclusion to be drawn from the sheer number of new products the company's launched without any kind of event since the iPhone 16 series was introduced six months ago, the time for hanging on Apple's every word has passed.  Some of it can be chalked up to the company's new preference for recorded, highly-edited video presenta...

Marvel Rivals is just about to turn three months old, despite the popular hero shooter feeling like it’s been around much longer. The amount of content it’s delivered, the huge daily player counts, and even the controversial flash points it’s endured make it seem like a free-to-play staple that’s been on the block for years. Despite still being in its infancy, yet another event is about to be rolled out, and the wild new limited-time mode it introduces is going to be soaking up your free time ov...