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If you’ve always wondered what it would be like to run The Prancing Pony yourself, Ale and Tale Tavern is for you. The fantasy business simulator is a blend of open-world gameplay and Stardew Valley-style lifestyle sim, and gives you more than enough freedom to play as you choose, so is perfect to scratch that management itch. Best of all, you can grab the game dirt cheap right now, as developer Scienart Games has massively expanded Ale and Tale Tavern with a free update.

A creative mix. Nintendo's Switch Online Playtest Program struggled to contain leaks when it went live last year and it looks like the inventors behind this concept have now been revealed. According to a new patent doing the rounds, the creative talent leading this playtest includes Yusuke Amano, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Masaki Wada, and Shinya Yano.

Shifting sands.

There are tons of cool sci-fi films to look forward to in the coming weeks. From Flying Lotus’ psychedelic horror thriller Ash to David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, there’s no shortage of exciting new releases to catch in theaters. If you’re looking for the best sci-fi movies to watch from the comfort of your own home,...

The first five minutes into my two-hour preview of Atomfall do not go well. This is, admittedly, not Atomfall’s fault. I’m dropped unceremoniously into the Cumbrian wilds of Casterfell Woods from a pre-existing save file. A river wends its way directly ahead, flanked by stone steps. I wander up the steps on the right and into the ruins of a miner’s shack. “Death to unbelievers!” a masked woman screams as a detection meter cycles through white, yellow, then red. I turn tail to sprint up the steps...

With Marvel Rivals well underway, I’ve started thinking about the hero shooter’s future. We’re meant to be getting two characters every season, alongside new maps, limited-time events, and consistent balance changes. So far, NetEase Games has made well on its promises and I’ve been having an absolute blast, but I often wonder what’s next. Well, there’s little reason to worry about Rivals in 2025, because NetEase Games says it’s well ahead of us.

There are humble beginnings, and then there are the origins of soulslike protagonists. The Chosen Undead is an asylum prisoner. The Hunter is a sickbed patient. The Ashen One is a corpse, dragged from their grave. AI Limit, the inaugural soulslike from Chinese developer Sense Games, is no different. We begin face-down in the mud, in that most quintessential videogame location: the sewer.

Wahoo! One minute, you're revelling in the celebrations of MAR10 Day, the next, it's the weekend. Where does the time go? While not quite as big as last year's affair, MAR10 Day 2025 brought us some eShop savings, a new Alarmo theme, and a first look at a sweet 18+ Mario Kart LEGO set. Elsewhere, we heard that Niantic is selling Pokémon GO and its entire gaming division for an eye-watering sum of cash, got a look at the new on-rails space shooter from a former Star Fox programmer and got the dee...

Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview, which they noted has the beginnings of support for non-Steam Deck handhelds! So we're closing in on the previously announced Beta for more handhelds. Although this release is still just for Steam Deck.

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 realises he has a soft spot for Hell-based games, as he dives into Doom Eternal while also still paddling around in Diablo, and Tom Avowed revitalises his Avowed experience by dropping the difficulty a bit.

Early last year, the first widely available multi-gig broadband was announced for the UK market, offering download speeds up to 1.6Gbps over the Openreach FTTP network. As an irredeemable nerd who gets overexcited at the prospect of a download progress bar reaching heretofore unseen speeds, I knew that I had to try it out to see if it actually offered a noticeable improvement over the more readily available 900Mbps BT service I had before. Would there be a tangible benefit for gaming, content cr...

Don't call it a comeback... The GameCube generation ended years ago, but the controller for this system is still a popular choice for many Nintendo enthusiast when it comes to select titles. If you are hoping to see support for this particular gamepad on the Switch 2 in some way or form, you might be in luck.

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Slaying grotesque enemies, achingly beautiful and powerful melee weapons, and dark fantasy worlds - just some of the core ingredients for any good FromSoftware RPG. But what if Dark Souls went first-person, picked up the pace a bit, and incorporated flashes of Doom’s hellish, metal aesthetic? Well, you’d get something that looks a lot like Voin. Made by a single developer, this already ambitious RPG just got even bigger and better with its first major content update that adds a new dungeon and f...

Netflix's horror anthology returns April 10.

This could be a little confusing—the new flick will apparently go back to the 1959 Robert Heinlein novel.

Fireproof Games - the studio behind eerie puzzle box adventure The Room and its equally stellar sequels - has announced a launch date for its paranormal VR mystery Ghost Town. It's coming to Meta Quest on 24th April, with a PCVR/PSVR2 release due later this year.

Nothing is finalized yet, but it sounds like Ubisoft is moving toward some kind of new deal that could involve Tencent.

Apple's "Focus" feature is a powerful tool for cutting down on distractions and interruptions on a per-task basis, but setting up different Focus options takes some time investment and tinkering because there are a lot of features available. We've rounded up a handful of suggestions that may help you get more out of Focus. Managing Focus Modes You'll find the Focus section in the Settings app. Apple has some pre-made Focus options, but you can create custom modes by tapping on the "+" button in ...

When it comes to isometric action RPGs that are brimming with content, Path of Exile and Diablo have ruled the roost over the last decade or so. However, across that same time period, a pixelated indie rival has also been cruising along in the background, dishing up dozens of seasons of content and even undergoing a transformational 2.0 upgrade a couple of years back. I’m talking about Hero Siege, and with the release of its latest seasonal update, it’s just set a new Steam player count record.

Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home. This week, Moana 2, the sequel to Disney’s animated splash hit starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Auliʻi Cravalho, finally comes to streaming (pun intended) on...

It's been almost a year since Saber Interactive last shared an update on its long-in-the-works and reportedly troubled Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake. But despite the ensuing radio silence, it's now insisting, "Everything that we have talked about is still in development."

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is looking into whether the Biden administration tried to "censor" artificial intelligence. Representative Jim Jordan has sent subpoenas to sixteen different tech companies that work with AI in some capacity to ask for any and all communications from the previous administration about limiting "harmful bias" and "algorithmic discrimination." Subpoenas were sent to Adobe, Alphabet, Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Cohere, International Business Machines Corp. ...

For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Lululook to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an Apple Watch Ultra 2 and a Lululook Qi2 3-in-1 Wireless Travel Charger. Lululook makes a wide range of affordable accessories for all of Apple's devices, including the Apple Watch. The 3-in-1 Wireless Travel Charger, available for $60, has a convenient, folding design and is able to charge the iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch all at once. The charger supports Qi2 so it is able to charge a compati...

OpenAI is calling on the Trump administration to give AI companies an exemption to train their models on copyrighted material. In a blog post spotted by The Verge, the company this week published its response to President Trump's AI Action Plan. Announced at the end of February, the initiative saw the White House seek input from private industry, with the goal of eventually enacting policy that will work to "enhance America's position as an AI powerhouse" and enable innovation in the sector.  "A...

Many such cases.

Wilds is the most accessible Monster Hunter to date, in more ways than one.

The scuttlebutt also asserts that Switch 2 will sell for around $400!

The Sane Jewel is a decoration in Monster Hunter Wilds that is a bit challenging to locate, but the effects granted by it are worth the trouble. If you’re struggling on how to get the Sane Jewel, or what it does, read on. We cover what the Sane Jewel is and tell you how to...

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Both the Armorcharm and the Powercharm are powerful key items in Monster Hunter Wilds. You’ll get both of them as rewards for High Rank quests. You only get them as rewards the first time you complete each quest. The Armorcharm raises your defense by 12. The Powercharm raises your attack by 6. Our Monster Hunter...

The update will do away with the much maligned feature!

The low-cost iPad that Apple released this week with an A16 chip is able to run Final Cut Pro for ‌iPad‌, according to the Final Cut Pro App Store page. Under compatibility, Final Cut Pro for ‌iPad‌ has been updated to say that it requires iPadOS 17.6 or later "and a device with an M-series or A16 or later chip." Prior to the release of the ‌iPad‌, the most affordable device that was able to run Final Cut Pro for ‌iPad‌ was the iPad mini with A17 Pro chip, which is priced at $499. The 11th-gener...

God of War's Kratos has had a busy life: he's birthed a teenager, slain the gods, and grown the kind of luscious beard that would make a lumberjack fume - all that and he's only 20 years old! And to celebrate Kratos and the God of War series' big two-oh, Sony is releasing a free update for 2022's Ragnarök that'll include some classic-inspired skins.

Arcane Wonders has announced the Mezen board game, a new tile-based tabletop experience inspired by traditional Siberian artisans.