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I went to CES with Engadget for the first time this year and, among the robots, laptops, TVs and more robots, the most exciting products I saw were ones trying to make our homes more eco-friendly in the most low-effort ways possible. I saw an induction stove, a window-mounted heat pump, a battery back-up system and a few other promising appliances — these are user installable, work with standard 120V outlets and do their part in lowering a home’s carbon footprint. A couple are coming to market t...

Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time series is no stranger to making bold calls about its source material. While it more or less follows the same arc as the books, the first episodes of season 1 alone opened up the world to a totally new interpretation of prophecy and character potential. Since then, it has...

A few weeks back, a new AI generated content disclosure appeared on the Call Of Duty Steam page, reading "our team uses generative AI tools to help develop some in game assets". This followed several months of community speculation over whether the FPS was using such tools to fever-dream up cosmetics, and a Wired report (paywalled) in which an anonymous artist alleged that the 'Yokai's Wrath' premium pack used genAI assets, via PC Gamer. As a disclosure, it's better than nothing, but only barely...

While never officially announced by Bethesda, rumours of an Unreal Engine 5 remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion have been circling the proverbial dialogue pie since 2023, surfacing first via an alleged developer, then leaked court documents. Edwin wrote about its potential improvements to combat here, while noting that the same leaked documents also mentioned both a Fallout 3 remaster and Dishonored 3. This might well either prime you with a healthy dose of scepticism, or else have you runn...

Spectre Divide developer Mountaintop is taking the game offline, and the studio will be "closing its doors" at the end of this week.

I couldn't tell you why Nintendo has left Star Fox to rot with the likes of Kid Icarus, while other series like Advance Wars have made a comeback (no shade to Advance Wars fans), but it has. Chuhai Labs are here to save the day with Wild Blue, an upcoming on-rails shooter just revealed yesterday at the Humble Games Showcase. The teaser itself didn't show a lick of gameplay, but it's worth noting that Chuhai Labs were founded by Giles Goddard, one of the programmers for the original Star Fox on S...

From Balatro and Zet Zillions to Cobalt Core and Wildfrost, we’ve seen a vast expansion of the best roguelike deckbuilders in recent years. But all eyes are on Slay the Spire 2. The pioneering genre champion remains a tough act to top even to this day, and its sequel promises to build on developer Mega Crit’s creation with new classes, more cards, and a wealth of enemies to put your decks to the test. In a new blog, the studio reveals how it’s splashing a tiny bit of RPG into StS 2 with the intr...

It's a fact: Pokémon Go is much easier to play in a city or large town. There are more gyms and PokéStop locations to interact with, more Pokémon that spawn, more fellow players to battle alongside.

Some good industry news for you today. Moon Studios who made Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and their current Early Access game No Rest for the Wicked have gone "fully independent".

Let me entertain a world where we play old FF14 all over again.

It hasn't even begun airing yet, but The Last of Us season two is already breaking records.

Bazzite Linux, a popular choice for people wanting to put Linux on their handhelds or living room PC, is getting two new editions designed to help developers.

Balatro developer Locathunk has responded to a debate on AI art, stating "I think it does real harm to artists of all kinds".

We’ve uncovered a genuinely incredible gaming monitor deal on Amazon right now, enabling you to pick up a great screen for just $99, saving you 38% on the usual price. Not only does this offer enable you to get a new monitor with a 165Hz refresh rate for under 100 bucks, but it even supports Asus’ Extreme Low Motion Blur (ELMB) tech, which we’ve found makes for really clear action in games. This price of $99 is the lowest we’ve ever seen for this Asus monitor, and represents incredible value for...

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its final verdict on the state of the country's mobile browser market, concluding that Apple's policies are largely responsible for hampering competition and innovation. The CMA's independent inquiry group's investigation found that Apple's requirement for all iOS browsers to use its WebKit engine is stifling competition, and effectively prevents rival browsers from introducing unique features or optimizations on iPhones and iPads, rega...

A game that continues to review well by players, with it hitting a good sales milestone not long after launch, The Spell Brigade from Bolt Blaster Games has a big update out now with a brand new character.

The Humble Games Showcase 2025 just recently went live and with it we have some new game announcements and trailers. So here's what you might have missed to keep you up to date.

Get ready for Tanuki Kabuki. We had a great time with the stunning metroidvania Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus when it launched on Switch last year and now, it seems, the adventure is set to get even bigger. Announced during yesterday's Humble Games Showcase 2025, developer Squid Shock Studios shared an all-new trailer for the metroidvania, showcasing its upcoming 'Tanuki Kabuki' DLC. This one is set to arrive on Steam at some point in 2025, with a Switch release to be announced "at a later date", a...

Assassin’s Creed Shadows will in fact be compatible with the Steam Deck, Ubisoft say, despite a previous tech Q&A on the sneaky-stabby ninja sim declaring point-blank that it won’t. Announced on whatever the fuck Twitter is these days, the confirmation that Shadows will play nice with the Deck comes as a pleasant surprise – even without that prior naysaying, games with a GTX 1070 listed among the minimum specs typically don’t cope too well on the handheld’s frugal hardware.

Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 Pro models are expected to feature a significant design overhaul, and a new image apparently taken on an assembly line for the unreleased devices appears to confirm the biggest rumored change. Render of an iPhone 17 Pro model shared by Jon Prosser The iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are rumored to adopt a horizontal camera bar reminiscent of Google's Pixel series, and this bar is expected to span the width of the device's back, housing the triangular triple-camera ...

Parents shouldn't let their children play Roblox if they are worried about their kids' safety in-game, Roblox boss Dave Baszucki has said.

With the launch of the desktop Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 reportedly imminent, several new retail leaks now suggest that the first gaming laptops with laptop-grade RTX 5060 GPUs could be ready to launch in early May. This would be an important launch one for gamers, as we’d expect these laptops to be budget-friendly when they launch in the US. Nvidia uses the same naming structure for both its laptop and desktop GPUs, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re equal in performance, and you will...

Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy will star posthumously in Netflix's Devil May Cry anime series.

When you make your way out of the cabin in the woods at the end of a production cycle, what happens next? With the release of Slay The Princess: The Pristine Cut DLC, I asked Black Tabby Games developers Tony Howard-Aris and Abby Howard about the game's past and present, as well as the future of Black Tabby Games, and even some very important lore about the Voices.

In a surprise turnaround after previously stating the Steam Deck would not be supported for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft have now said it actually will be.

Switch 2 release when? Ahead of Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct next month, the rumour about Bethesda's 2006 action-RPG The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion getting a "remake" has popped up once again. After leaked evidence dating back to 2023, the latest update suggests it could be arriving "sooner" than fans think. This information comes from the podcaster 'NateTheHate' with VGC also claiming the remake could be here "as soon as next month":

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The physical Switch version is out this month. The cute social sim Hello Kitty Island Adventure arrived on the Switch earlier this year and was well-received, even if it did borrow a fair bit from certain powerhouse games within the genre. It seems the hard work has paid off for Sunblink, with the team announcing the title has now surpassed 500,000 sales across Switch and PC in just 30 days. Sales will likely be bolstered with the upcoming physical Deluxe Edition.

Daring Fireball's John Gruber today shared some strongly-worded comments about Apple's delayed personalized Siri features. Gruber is a well-known Apple pundit who has been writing about the company for more than two decades. In a blog post titled "Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino," Gruber said Apple's credibility has been "damaged" by the delay:Keynote by keynote, product by product, feature by feature, year after year after year, Apple went from a company that you couldn't believe ...

The game will close within 30 days, and refunds will be granted on purchases made after the launch of season 1.

Raikou is joining the Max Battle hype in Pokémon Go, allowing you to take it on and possibly catch one that can Dynamax. It’ll be featured during a Max Battle Weekend event, running from March 15 at 5 a.m. until March 16 at 9 p.m. in your local time. During this event, you’ll be able...

Arriving later this month. The Picross experts at Jupiter have this week announced a new crossover release officially titled Picross S Doraemon & F Characters Edition. It will be launching for the Switch eShop in Japan later this month on 27th March 2025. Here's a rough translated description of what you can expect from this upcoming eShop release:

And some surprises... Humble Game Showcase 2025 aired earlier before and as usual, there were a bunch of Switch-related game announcements. We've even got some DLC - so here's a quick recap in case you didn't catch the show:

Meta has notched an early victory in its attempt to halt a surprise tell-all memoir from a former policy executive turned whistleblower. An arbitrator has sided with the social media company, saying that the book’s author should stop selling and publicizing the book, which went on sale earlier this week. The drama stems from Careless People, a new book by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former policy official at Facebook who Meta says was fired in 2017. Described by its publisher as an “explosive insider...