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The Amazon Big Spring Sale is here and, like last year, the discounts appear to be more focused on kitchen, fashion and decor. Those last two categories don’t really apply to what we cover here at Engadget. Cooking gear, however, is getting more tech-reliant and the intersection of food and tech is a place we feel very comfortable. We’ve reviewed Instant Pots, air fryers, coffee gear, sous vide machines and more. Lots of what we recommend is now on sale for Amazon’s latest sale. Read on for the ...

One notable trend at CES earlier this year was the quirky robot vacuum. It seemed every third booth had a new model that could climb stairs, pick up socks, serve drinks and, oh yeah, suck up dirt from your floor. Now that Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is here, we’re seeing lots of discounts — not on those wacky prototypes, but on robo vacs that easy and automatically keep your floors clean. Engadget has two guides to these handy home gadgets, based on years of testing and reviewing products from bran...

Starship Troopers: Extermination from Offworld just had another major upgrade released, and they're now improving the experience of playing it on Steam Deck.

Amazon has kicked off another sitewide sales event. The Big Spring Sale, as this one is called, is aimed at apparel and outdoor goods more than electronics, but we’ve tried to cut through the noise and pull out a few actually decent tech deals anyway. If you’re specifically looking for grab a new Apple device, good news: A handful of AirPods, iPads, Apple Watches and Beats headphones are at or near their lowest prices to date.Many of these discounts aren’t explicitly tied to the sale, but if you...

Amazon’s latest sales event is underway. The so-called Big Spring Sale runs through March 31, and while it mostly focuses on things like apparel and outdoor goods, it still includes a handful of discounts on electronics. Per usual with these big Amazon events, most of those aren’t anything special.But if you’re on a budget and looking to grab a new gadget on the cheap, we’ve rounded up a few actually decent tech deals that are available now and priced below $50. Some of the discounts below have ...

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Shining Revelry is an upcoming expansion for Pokémon TCG Pocket. This themed booster pack will build off the Triumphant Light expansion and add new cards, including snazzy new shiny Pokémon. This expansion introduces Pokémon from the Paldea region and has a whole bunch of cards featuring shiny Pokémon. You can look forward to collecting cards with shiny...

ICYMI: Vouchers won't work on Switch 2. In February, Nintendo revealed Game Vouchers would not extend to the Switch 2 game exclusives in an official notice on its website. Now, in an update, Nintendo has gone to the extent of reuploading its YouTube game voucher trailer with fine print specifying the same thing."Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers cannot be redeemed for games exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2 and may not be combined with any other sale, discount, or promtional offer unless otherwise spec...

Cutiefly, the bee fly Pokémon from Alola, can be found in the wild in Pokémon Go. Yes, Cutiefly can be shiny in Pokémon Go! Neither Cutiefly nor Ribombee see any meta use, but the fact that they’re cute little guys makes up for this. What is the shiny rate for Cutiefly in Pokémon Go? As...

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Last year was just a warm up. Microsoft's Xbox brand has a new strategy where it plans to make gaming more accessible than ever by releasing its games on more devices. It began this last year with the release of titles like Pentiment and Grounded on Switch as well as Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush for the PlayStation 5. Now, according to The Verge's senior editor Tom Warren, this strategy will continue in 2025 with "a lot more titles" coming to not only the PS5 but also the Nintendo Switch 2.

A mega teaser of what's to come? Ahead of the funniest day of the year next week, there's a new Pokémon Legends: Z-A rumour doing the rounds online.

Listen to some of Kirby and the Forgotten Land today. Nintendo has been regularly updating its Nintendo Music app with different soundtracks but this week it's slightly different Following the addition of multiple albums last week, today we're getting just part of an album. It's 23 tracks from the recent Switch title Kirby and the Forgotten Land - with the rest of the game's songs scheduled to arrive on the app "later this year".

It's also got snake-people.

Apple today announced that AirPods Max with a USB-C port will be gaining support for lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio with a firmware update next month, alongside the release of iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS 15.4. For context, audio files are typically compressed to keep file sizes smaller. There are lossy compression standards like MP3, and Apple's own Advanced Audio Codec (AAC), which result in some data loss. Then, there are lossless compression standards like Apple Lossless Audi...

Who knew that with some makeshift gadgets and a beat-up old station wagon you could survive supernatural disasters? Not me. But that’s exactly what Pacific Drive has taught us. This criminally underrated survival game may have had a slightly bumpy start to life last year, but it’s really found its stride when it comes to providing meaningful and enjoyable post-launch content. Now, developer Ironwood Studios has unveiled what it says is Pacific Drive’s “biggest and best” update yet.

No one wants to be fired, especially when you’re tens of thousands of lightyears away from home on a deserted planet. That said, the situation is surely more fun with a friend in tow. For my first taste of Revenge of the Savage Planet, I played alongside game design director Steven Masters to check out everything new in the third-person co-op sequel to Journey to the Savage Planet.

Some Mac users who have an M4 MacBook Air or M4 Max/M3 Ultra Mac Studio are unable to update to the latest macOS 15.4 beta that came out today, according to complaints on Reddit. Multiple people have reported that attempting to download and install the macOS 15.4 release candidate results in an error message. "macOS could not be downloaded. Make sure you're connected to the internet and try again, or contact Apple support for assistance," reads the error. It turns out that Apple failed to provid...

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Kuji-kiri are a type of side activity in Assassin’s Creed Shadows that are, at least in part, essential for completing Naoe’s storyline. Kuji-kiri are spots places where Naoe meditates, and tend to be tucked away in remote locations — which means that finding all Kuji-kiri locations in Assassin’s Creed Shadows mandates navigating some mountainous, uninhabited...

Firaxis is still banging away at it.

A mod putting a playable approximation of GTA 6's map into GTA 5 has been pulled after Rockstar owner Take-Two issued a copyright removal request on its creator's YouTube channel.

Netflix has announced that it's adding support for HDR10+ streaming, on top of the existing HDR10 and Dolby Vision formats that are already offered on the streaming service. HDR10+ should offer greater visual fidelity on a per-frame basis for Netflix's frequently dark original programming. The company is enabling HDR10+ with the AV1 codec, the specification originally released in 2018 that's gradually become the standard for streaming 4K video without gobbling data. Netflix first adopted AV1 as ...

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When it comes to engrossing, addictive life simulators, The Sims has been unchallenged for a very long time. In just a few days though, a genuine rival will drop. Krafton’s InZOI looks to challenge The Sims’ crown, and while there’s been plenty of interest in it up until now, the appetite for this life game has just hit new levels. In the course of just a few days, it has leapfrogged three huge upcoming games to reach the very top of Steam’s wishlist charts.

Allies, which you might refer to as companions in any other game, will fight by your side in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, continuing a tradition you may remember from 15th-century Rome. Receiving the help of these unique characters is not mandatory to progress in Shadows, what you will learn — just like Naoe and Yasuke do...

Atlus's Kenichi Goto worried turn-based battles were beginning to feel outdated, but developing Metaphor brought him back around.

Nourishing extract is an ingredient in Monster Hunter Wilds that you can use to craft other items and trade with other characters. Just like a whole bunch of other resources in the game, you can get it by fighting and defeating certain monsters. However, you need to know the right monsters to take on if...

In an effort to highlight some of the best books and documentaries covering the world of video games, we’re running a series of interviews with the writers, directors, and curators behind them. Read on to see how the people who chronicle games and game history do their jobs, get inspired, and face challenges. It’s the...

When the wind hits in Assassin’s Creed Shadows the world feels alive. Leaves whip up into the air, grass dances back and forth, and Naoe’s hair sways from side to side. It’s a stunning effect that enriches the game’s shifting seasonal and weather systems. According to a Digital Foundry interview with a few of the...

When things started to go sideways in an AC Shadows stream, FightinCowboy dropped the hammer in a hurry—and then took time to explain why.

Version 3.0.0 of Alarmo brings a greater level of personalization to the device.

23andMe has capped off a challenging few years by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today. Given the uncertainty around the future of the DNA testing company and what will happen to all of the genetic data it has collected, now is a critical time for customers to protect their privacy. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has recommended that past customers of the genetic testing business delete their information as a precautionary measure. Here are the steps to deleting your records with 23andM...

Many speculated that Assassin’s Creed Shadows would be one of the best selling games in the entire series thanks to its intense marketing, novel dual protagonist approach, and long-requested feudal Japan setting. With Ubisoft announcing that it’s reached two million players already, that speculation appears to have been well-founded. Despite some really encouraging sales and engagement numbers, both officially revealed and reported, a top analyst now claims that its strong performance may not be...

With the watchOS 11.4 update that's set to be released soon, Apple is making a small but useful change to the way that alarms work on the Apple Watch. The update includes an option to allow the Wake Up alarm you set up for Sleep mode to break through when Silent Mode is activated on your watch, which means you'll be less likely to sleep through your alarm going off. Right now, if you have Silent Mode turned on, your Apple Watch alarm will use haptic feedback vibrations to tap you on the wrist to...