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I get that in-world the whole appeal of Dune's Arrakis is all of that spice it harbours, but to be honest the giant sandworms are a bit of a dealbreaker for me. Even still, I have to admit that Dune: Awakening looks pretty neat even with that ever present threat, and a new trailer all about exploring the desert planet that dropped this week has helped pique my interest a little further. For starters, that desert bike looks pretty nifty, my time in Sable taught me that I love a good zoom through ...

According to Deadline, Humans writers Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent are working on an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1953 novella, The Variable Man. The show is being produced by Motive Pictures in a partnership with Electric Shepherd Productions, which is run by the late author’s daughter, Isa Dick Hackett. The Variable Man follows a tinkerer turned accidental time traveler named Thomas Cole, who is transported from 1913 into the future and suddenly finds himself a reluctant player in an in...

Remember when Nvidia announced that Half-Life 2 RTX mod way back in, crikey, 2023? Yeah, I didn't realise how long it had been either. To be perfectly honest I thought it had already come out, but apparently not, because just this week Nvidia shared that Half-Life 2 RTX is getting a demo next week on March 18th. No, the full mod still doesn't have a release date, but when do any game projects ever release quickly after they were announced?

The lunar eclipse this week had many of us gazing up at the night sky to marvel at the red-tinged moon, and now we can see what that eerie effect looked like from the other side thanks to images captured by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander. From the lander’s perspective on the moon, the phenomenon on March 14 was a solar eclipse, and the latest video shows red light cast over Blue Ghost as Earth temporarily blocked the sun. The new imagery came in shortly after the team shared a photo of the diamond ...

A new week, a new Avowed update, and a pretty hefty one has arrived at that. Before we get on to some of the more notable changes, over on Obsidian's forum pages where you can read the full patch notes, the developer shared that in the coming weeks it plans to release a roadmap that will "go over some of the plans we have that will be coming to the game over the upcoming year." Whether that be DLC, free content, or just some planned gameplay changes, I couldn't tell you, your guess is as good as...

Apple this week said that it plans to add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to the Messages app in future iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS software updates, and that news actually has some additional implications. As noted by 9to5Mac's Michael Burkhardt, Apple has indirectly confirmed that it will be adopting the RCS Universal Profile 3.0 specification, which includes not only end-to-end encryption, but also several other iMessage-like enhancements that were originally introduced in v...

Well, it certainly wasn't game of the year 2023.

As of March 28, Amazon Echo models that were previously able to process Alexa requests locally will no longer do so, instead sending those voice recordings to the cloud. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the change to The Verge after a Reddit user posted a PSA about it on Friday, with a screenshot of an email they’d received from the company. The change applies to the Echo Dot (4th Gen), Echo Show 10 and Echo Show 15, according to The Verge. Per the email shared on Reddit, the settings for Echo u...

When our hardware team asked who wanted to review the Kuromi Razer collection, I couldn’t have responded faster. After all, it’s the perfect set to accompany my Hello Kitty Island Adventure obsession. Perfect for any catgirl - or catgoth - the Kuromi collection from Razer features the Sanrio character’s iconic black, pink, and lilac color scheme, and is comprised of a keyboard, headset, mouse, mouse mat, and even a licensed edition of the Leviathan X soundbar.

People love to go on and on about how good Titanfall 2's campaign mode is, and they'd be right to do so, but really we all know there's one specific level we have in mind when it comes to the sidelined shooter: the time travel one. I don't care for shooters all that much, online or offline ones, yet I still gave a go because the time travel level really appealed to me mechanically. Dishonored 2's similarly structured time travel section wooed me similarly, so I was very pleased to discover the n...

While the so-called "iPhone 17 Air" is not expected to launch until September, there are already plenty of rumors about the ultra-thin device. Overall, the "iPhone 17 Air" sounds like a mixed bag. While the device is expected to have an impressively thin and light design, rumors indicate it will have some compromises compared to iPhone 17 Pro models, including only a single rear camera, a single speaker, and an A19 chip instead of a more powerful A19 Pro chip. While there have been some concerns...

When we talk about cozy videogames, I think it comes down to the overall vibe. Menial tasks, warm colors, and welcoming characters. Spiritfarer has all of that in spades, and it's incredibly cheap as a part of the Steam Spring Sale right now. So if you want to keep yourself busy on a free weekend, or just fancy one of the most emotionally impactful games out there, give this one a try.

Apple has not confirmed if its delayed personalized Siri features were anything more than conceptual when they were announced during the WWDC 2024 keynote last year, but they reportedly exist internally to some extent by now. Apple's senior director of Siri, Robby Walker, demonstrated at least some of the personalized Siri features in a "working" state during a recent all-hands meeting with the Siri team, according to a report yesterday from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman:He showed examples during the ...

Earlier this week, you might have seen the abomination that was an AI-powered version of Horizon series protagonist Aloy. It came as part of a leak that showed Sony experimenting with the ability to chat to video game characters that use OpenAI and Chat-GPT to respond, though Sony quickly saw to scrubbing any evidence of footage using the power of copyright laws. Notably the voice behind this AI version of Aloy was not that of her voice actor's, Ashly Burch, but the voice actor has offered up he...

REPO has spent the last few weeks growing on Steam, and now it’s one of the biggest games on Valve’s platform. The spooky indie is so big, in fact, that it just beat out the likes of GTA 5 Enhanced and Stardew Valley, as players band together to make some cash in the Lethal Company-style online experience. In a year filled with surprises, REPO joins the club.

I’m a complete sucker for a clean-looking gaming PC build, so it’s no surprise that this inspired fusion of solid mahogany inside an otherwise standard be quiet! PC case has me hooked. It’s not just a stunner, too, with a very intriguing selection of specs that make it a workhorse machine for productivity, not just a gaming powerhouse. This PC build uses a somewhat unusual set of specs, not least a 12-core Intel Xeon CPU that you’d usually find in a server or workstation machine. Nvidia keeps th...

I’d rather pull off the perfect stealth game takedown without pulling off a man’s goolies in the process.

Statistically, you probably haven’t seen the Monster Hunter movie, probably because it came out at exactly the wrong time. Paul W.S. Anderson’s adaptation of Capcom’s video game series was released in December 2020, during a period where many people were still staying home rather than going to the theaters. It’s one of the only box-office...

Google’s update to the Find My Device app, which adds a “People” tab showing contacts who have shared their location with you (and vice versa), is now available for Android users. The company announced the feature at the beginning of the month with the March Pixel Drop, and it started rolling out this week, as spotted by 9to5Google. With the update, you can now see your approved contacts’ real-time locations on the map, above a list that displays the addresses of their current positions, their d...

Grand Theft Auto 5 on PC has finally received the RT upgrades to achieve feature parity with the current generation console versions, almost three years since they arrived on Xbox and PlayStation consoles. The wait was worth it as scalability is impressive and the game also includes the ability to toggle ray traced global illumination - which may well hint at the kind of RT features we can expect to see in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6.

Will stick drift be a thing of the past? Joy-Con drift has been a major talking point throughout the Switch's lifecycle and if you're worried about it making an unwanted return next-generation, there might be some good news on the horizon. The tech experts at iFixit recently did a teardown of Nintendo's sound clock 'Alarmo' and it appears to be using the "more reliable" Hall effect sensors. The teardown reveals a "magnet and Hall effect sensor" located inside the rotary dial button at the top of...

Rand al’Thor is a singular figure in the Wheel of Time series: Though there are other men who try their hand at channeling, Rand’s prophetic role as the Dragon Reborn means he’s the sole man who’s able to use magic effectively (or, at least, without eventually being driven mad).  That also puts Josha Stradowski, the...

A discount so deep you could use it as a trench.

With the Steam Spring Sale underway, I’m hit by choice paralysis. Valve’s storefront often has great deals, but there are always far too many for me to parse. I’ll make a list and throw everything in my cart only to come back once the sale is finished, savings lost like dust in the wind. That’s why I always look out for bundles instead, and the latest Fanatical one is filled with some of the best indies I’ve ever played.

All the games and DLC, ranked. Tetsuya Takahashi's Xenoblade Chronicles series began its journey on the Wii in 2010, but it's on the Switch where the RPG series has really taken off. With two sequels, plus huge prequel DLC adventures for both, Monolith Soft's RPG series has established itself as one of the jewels in Nintendo's crown. And with the Definitive Edition ports of both the original Xenoblade Chronicles and the underappreciated Xenoblade Chronicles X for Wii U, all the entire series is ...

Fields of Mistria is also 20% off until Thursday.

Wanderstop managed to make me feel emotionally attacked while making tea, and I love it. If you’re looking for a cozy game to indulge in this weekend, whether indoors or in the pseudo-spring weather outside, Wanderstop is a great fit — and it’s discounted to $22.49 through March 18 on Steam as part of the...

Actress Ashly Burch has responded to the leaked AI Aloy footage, which made the rounds earlier this week.

SpaceX's Crew-10 mission has successfully launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:03PM Eastern on March 14. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov are onboard and will join the ISS crew after the spacecraft docks with the orbiting lab at 11:30PM Eastern time on March 15. The new crew's arrival will allow NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to fly back home after their s...

While Apple launched a bunch of new hardware this week, the biggest news was on the software side where a delay for some of the previously announced Apple Intelligence Siri features has led to scrutiny of Apple's actions and uneasiness among those at the company. This week also saw revived rumors about a significant overhaul in design and functionality coming in iOS 19, while Apple's latest Mac and iPad models began making their way into reviewers' and consumers' hands, so read on below for all ...

When you’ve devoted years of your life to covering Street Fighter 2 history, it’s nice knowing you’re not alone. So when I heard about the documentary Here Comes a New Challenger a few years ago, I was excited to see another take on the greatest game of all time. Now available for free on Tubi,...

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Reviews season is in full swing, and we've been busy at Engadget HQ. Laptops, desktops, earbuds, gaming handhelds and even an ice cream machine are among our slate of recent reviews. The great thing about this time of year is there's really something for everyone among the in-depth testing our team undertakes. So sit back, relax and catch up on all the reviews you might've missed.  Apple MacBook Air M4 13-inch and 15-inch The M4-equipped MacBook Air is now available, and so is Devindra's detaile...