And she's brought some unlikely pals. Yes, you read that right. Raised by Chozo, DNA spliced to hell and back, and with several incredibly demanding missions behind her, Super Metroid's Samus Aran — ex-Galactic Federation superstar (and part-time metal ball) — has somehow found the energy to start slapping big monsters around the Forbidden Lands. What an absolute legend. As shown in these Monster Hunter Wilds screens from @Rulia_Hermitaur, a talented artist can use the incredibly flexible charac...
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It's 2025, so it should be no surprise that another organization has sold its soul (entered into a licensing deal with an AI company) for an undisclosed sum. A new partnership allows UK-based Synthesia to access Shutterstock's content library for training its latest AI model, EXPRESS-2. This deal isn't the first of its kind for Shutterstock, which previously teamed up with OpenAI to sell stock images made using AI generator DALL-E 2. Synthesia creates avatars for corporate videos about topics su...
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What are the new Black Beacon codes? Whether you’re a whale, dolphin, or casual player, redemption codes are a hot commodity in gacha games. These limited-time rewards let you skip the gacha grind with free premium currency and items, making it the fastest and easiest way to level up characters or wish on banners without spending a cent. Black Beacon is the latest gacha game to arrive as a direct competitor to HoYoverse’s leading titles, and promotional codes are the best way to get a head start...
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A new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti benchmark has appeared online, and it not only gives an indication of the performance of the new gaming GPU, but also appears to confirm a couple of key specs. An entry for the new graphics card has just appeared on the Geekbench browser, and the listing also contains details of the number of streaming multiprocessor (SM) units, as well as the clock speed and VRAM. Recent leaks about this new Nvidia GPU have pointed to it coming in both 16GB and 8GB flavors, with...
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WhatsApp has announced a laundry list of new features aimed at enhancing the user experience across chats, calls, and channels, with some of the features available now or currently rolling out. Among the most notable additions is a new "Online" indicator for group chats, which shows how many people are currently active in a conversation without revealing specific names. The feature makes it easier to see whether members are available or if you're messaging into a quiet group. For users overwhelm...
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As Diablo 4 struggles to find its feet despite stellar launch reviews and an equally brilliant expansion, former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to explain how he'd fix the game's issues. With the ARPG's next expansion pushed into next year despite initial promises of annual DLCs, alongside a somewhat lukewarm response to its seasonal model, Diablo 4 isn't doing as well as Blizzard might have hoped. As competitors like Path of Exile 2 and Last Epoch continue to t...
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I love Marvel Rivals, but it's optimised like a dog.
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If friends were flowers.
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The praise it deserves.
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Apple in October 2024 overhauled its 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, adding M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips, Thunderbolt 5 ports on higher-end models, display changes, and more. That's quite a lot of updates in one go, but if you think this means a further major refresh for the MacBook Pro is now several years away, think again. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has said he expects only a small performance boost for the 2025 MacBook Pro models with the introduction of new M5 chips, while the "tru...
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Gee, wonder why... "Pokémon with guns" became the go-to description for Pocketpair's Palworld because, well, the screenshots and footage shown around its initial announcement indicated that, yes, the in-game creatures look like Pokémon holding guns. According to communications director and publishing manager John ‘Bucky’ Buckley (thanks, IGN), the "Pokémon with guns" moniker isn't particularly well-liked by the folks over at Pocketpair. In speaking at GDC last month, he said:
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Ubisoft's lawyers have responded to a legal action from players of defunct racing game The Crew by insisting that those players never owned the game in the first place. The players made their lawsuit to complain about the game being made unplayable when servers were shut down last year, but Ubisoft have now responded to argue that the game was only "licensed" to those playing, and players should never have expected the game to be useable in perpetuity.
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Content Warning: This article includes references to extreme sexual violence, please read on at your own discretion.
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The Outer Worlds 2 is still set for release sometime this year, and our Ziffly chums at Ian Games have gone got their hands on 11 minutes of exclusive footage from the RPG. That video is below. Watch it in isolation for a guaranteed blissful Reuben-free experience, or keep scrolling to read my awful opinions. Spoiler warning for one small part of one quest, and opinion warning now: I, uh, I don't love it!
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Poorly season'd.
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Who's brave enough to face the horror?
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Mario Kart: Single Dash!! Sure, Mario Kart World's free-roaming and knockout races are something, but do you remember back when you used to be able to squeeze two racers onto one kart? Now that was a hook. That's exactly what Mario Kart: Double Dash!! brought to the table in 2003, the first and last time we would see the mechanic crop up in the series. However, the classic GameCube racer was almost a lot more singular, with Nintendo considering parking the dual-driver gameplay for something more...
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Pretty much identical to previous-gen, but should pair nicely with high-end RTX 50-series GPUs.
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Log into Fortnite at any point over the next week, and you'll unlock a free in-game loading screen showing the game's stock market crashing.
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With no sign of a GTA 6 PC release date, indie crime sim Schedule 1 has slipped into the empty space to become Steam’s latest Balatro-style success. The indie game that tasks you with becoming a drug-dealing kingpin has proven itself as more than a mere novelty, with a 98%-positive Steam review score from more than 92,000 users and a consistent player count peak of more than 300,000 keeping it in the upper echelons of the Valve store. In a new update, developer TVGS continues to build on that mo...
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Disclaimer: Schedule 1 is a fictional, satirical videogame, and the information in this guide relates only to the game. Unsure about how to get more Dealers in Schedule 1? To keep your very legitimate and above board business running like a well-oiled money-making machine, you need workers peddling your product while you concentrate on making it the best it can be. If you can keep your guys distributing, you can focus on producing. Everybody wins. It's Economics 101. Keep the gig going by learni...
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Disclaimer: Schedule 1 is a fictional, satirical videogame, and the information in this guide relates only to the game. What are all the Schedule 1 commands and cheats you need to know? If you can make sense of in-game prompts, variables, modifiers, and identifiers, you can customise your Schedule 1 playthrough and become a certified kingpin in record time. And even if you can't, super simple Schedule 1 cheats can get you free money, product, and even change the time of day without hitting the h...
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The years pass and the animals perish and the oceans rise and the wealth gap widens and I repeatedly think to myself through a fug of nitrogen oxide, Steam discounts and microplastic sediment, “man, those Oddworld games were excellent, weren’t they”. If you've yet to have the pleasure, you can scoop up the entirety of the squalid anti-capitalist satire universe on Fanatical right now for a pound or dollar. It's been a while since I read Theses on Feuerbach, but I'm pretty sure that counts as pra...
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Warborne Above Ashes is quite the eclectic mix of genres. At a glance it has similar strategic action to the likes of Command and Conquer with large-scale battles, preparation, and frontline logistics. Underneath that, however, is a colossal MMO where hundreds of players duke it out in month-long wars that require teamwork, skill, and intimate knowledge of your surroundings. If that sounds like it's for you, Warborne is hosting a new Steam playtest incredibly soon.
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NVIDIA this week recognized the contributions of partners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the annual EMEA Partner Day hosted by the NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN). Fourteen awards spanned eight categories. The recipients were honored for their outstanding efforts, dedication and innovative spirit in using NVIDIA technologies. The 2025 NPN award categories and Read Article
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Nintendo has confirmed that Switch 2 editions of original first-party Switch games will have the full game on the card rather than requiring a download - though that may not be the case for third-party titles.
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Aren't you glad I didn't say 'one weird trick'?
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We know what he's saying. The subject of price has been a huge point of controversy with the recently-announced Nintendo Switch 2, with some folks claiming the console itself is too expensive, many claiming that Mario Kart World is too expensive, and that Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour should be, well... free. Priced at $9.99 in the US, Welcome Tour essentially takes you through the technology present in the Switch 2 and includes multiple minigames to illustrate the advances made with the new sy...
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Rust, Elden Ring, World of Warcraft - if you want to beat the heck out of an opponent in PvP, there are plenty of options. But sometimes the world needs healing. Sometimes we all just need to band together and get along. Last Epoch is a great PvE RPG. Despite its recent tribulations, Path of Exile 2 is a good co-op adventure, too. But when it comes to Dark and Darker, the esoteric ‘extraction RPG’ by Ironmace, historically, you’ve either had to kill other players or not play at all - until now, ...
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I'll be honest, when Nintendo revealed the grand finale of its Switch 2 Direct was a new Donkey Kong game, I felt a little deflated. Where was Mario to help launch the new console? (He's in Mario Kart World.) And how long has it been now since Nintendo's last proper 3D Mario game, Super Mario Odyssey? (You don't want to know, it'll just make you feel old.)
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Moving iPhone production from China to the United States could increase manufacturing costs by up to 90%, analysts at Bank of America warned on Wednesday (via Bloomberg). According to BofA analysts led by Wamsi Mohan, shifting iPhone assembly to America is technically possible, however it would dramatically increase production expenses and create logistical complications. "iPhone cost can increase 25% purely on higher labor cost in the U.S.," the analysts wrote in a note to clients. They explain...
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It's hard to imagine, but Mario Kart: Double Dash's two-player driving mechanic almost didn't happen!
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Former Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has bodyslammed his way into the discussion around Switch 2 pricing with a string of posts on social media highlighting his decision during the Wii era to make Wii Sports a free pack-in game.
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Ubisoft has responded to a lawsuit over the shutdown of its racing game The Crew, stating players purchased a "limited license to access the game" as opposed to "unfettered ownership".
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