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While fortunes have improved a little bit for Ubisoft since the successful launch of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, there’s no escaping the fact that it was on a torrid run before that. One of several underperforming projects during that rough patch was co-op pirate game Skull and Bones - designed to rival the beloved Sea of Thieves, it fell horrendously short at launch. Amazingly though, it’s still plowing on. What’s even more amazing is that I’ve just seen its Year 2 roadmap, and it looks genuinely...

Is it, though?

Chipolo today introduced a series of new Bluetooth-enabled item trackers that are compatible with Apple's Find My network. Called the Pop, these trackers come in a range of bright colors, including blue, yellow, red, and green, along with black and white. The Chipolo Pop item trackers work with Apple ‌Find My‌, so you can use them just like AirTags. The Pop can be added to your Items tab in the ‌Find My‌ app, and once added, it is trackable over Bluetooth and can be placed on an item like a bag ...

The long-awaited reveal of Marathon over the weekend has drawn comparisons to the online service shooter which Sony shut down last October.

In a decision almost certainly informed by the recent tariff chaos, NVIDIA is going to start making some of its AI chips and supercomputers in the US. The company announced that it's building and testing its Blackwell chips in Arizona and it plans to manufacture its AI supercomputers — presumably the recently announced DGX Spark and DGX Station — in Texas. NVIDIA says TSMC is already making Blackwell chips in Phoenix, Arizona and the company is partnering with Amkor and SPIL for testing and pack...

With the latest update out today, Blood West from Hyperstrange and New Blood Interactive is now Steam Deck Verified and well worth a look.

With Marvel Rivals really stealing the limelight in recent months, Overwatch 2 is in need of a big shakeup, and that’s exactly what it’ll get soon with its experimental new Stadium mode. Shorter games, reworked abilities, an optional third-person POV - it’s one of the most radical things Blizzard has done to the game since, well, sticking a ‘2’ on the end of it, probably. Ahead of its rollout next week, a new trailer has dropped for the mode alongside confirmation that less than half of the hero...

Pseudodog's gotta eat.

Intel is selling off its majority share in chip-maker Altera as part of its new CEO's first steps toward stabilizing the company. The 51 percent stake sold today for $4.46 billion in a deal that is expected to close in the second half of this year. "Today's announcement reflects our commitment to sharpening our focus, lowering our expense structure and strengthening our balance sheet," CEO Lip-Bu Tan said of the sale. Altera makes field programmable gate array chips, which are often used to powe...

OpenAI today announced the launch of three new GPT models that are available through the OpenAI API. Called GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano, the models are not available for ChatGPT at the current time. GPT-4.1 includes major improvements in coding, instruction following, and long context, according to OpenAI. The models outperform GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini in all tasks, especially coding tasks. The new models support up to one million tokens of context, and can use that for better long-con...

Disney’s 1994 animated classic, The Lion King, is a gorgeous, heartrending movie with a soaring soundtrack. It has one of the most devastating deaths in kids’ movie history, a compelling story about rising up to take responsibility, and a heartfelt love story. And it also has fart jokes. Those fart jokes are mostly centered around...

Dio is a small company focused on delivering a single product for the Apple ecosystem: a low-cost AirPlay speaker system known as Dio Node. Initially launched as a crowdfunded Indiegogo campaign back in 2022, the Dio Node began shipping to backers later that year before later opening up to all customers. The Dio Node is intended to be a low-cost option for users looking to develop a network of ‌AirPlay‌ speakers scattered throughout their homes, with a single speaker priced at $89.95 and 3-pack ...

The Gallery is a room in Blue Prince with four paintings without titles. It’s a pretty rare draft — I didn’t even get it until after reaching both the Antechamber and Room 46. Inside, you’ll have to name the four paintings to unlock the two chests. And it will get you access to the elusive...

Room 8 is a room in Blue Prince that you can only unlock with Key 8 on rank 8. You’ll find that key by solving the Gallery puzzle(s). In Room 8, you’ll have to puzzle out clues on eight animal statues and place them in eight bins labeled with sins. Our Blue Prince guide will...

With its uncompromising focus on user privacy, Apple has faced challenges collecting enough data to train the large language models that power Apple Intelligence features and that will ultimately improve Siri. To improve ‌Apple Intelligence‌, Apple has to come up with privacy preserving options for AI training, and some of the methods the company is using have been outlined in a new Machine Learning Research blog post. Basically, Apple needs user data to improve summarization, writing tools, and...

Last February, Inu-Oh director Masaaki Yuasa announced the launch of ame pippin, a new Tokyo-based animation studio in collaboration with Asmik Ace, Aniplex, and CoMix Wave Films. There was no word then as to what Yuasa’s next project would be. That is, until now.  On Monday, Yuasa announced that he would direct Daisy’s Life, a...

Small but mighty.

This is a judgement-free zone for those of us who suck at Blue Prince, the hit puzzle game about exploring a weird mansion. Critics and puzzle fans say it might be one of the best games this year, which is surprising because it makes you do math. And it’s not even just regular math; it’s...

Despite the fact that the sun is shining and Starbucks is selling its summer-themed iced drinks, I've found myself wandering down the horror hole yet again. From eerie graphic novels to DMing Candela Obscura for my unsuspecting team of paranormal investigators, for whatever reason spring 2025 feels closer to autumn than it does anything else. What better to kick off of my summer spookfest, then, than The Horror at Highrook, a card-based, narrative-driven RPG where solving puzzles and investigati...

Wizards of the Coast has announced the upcoming Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Spotlight series event is coming to Japan this Summer.

Hello fellow precision platform junkies! I’m Juhana, the Creative Director of Bionic Bay – my most ambitious project yet. Bionic Bay is a precision-puzzle platformer set in an ancient bio-mechanical world, hand-crafted pixel by pixel to create a high-fidelity, atmospheric environment. Bionic Bay started as a chance meeting between me (Mureena) and Psychoflow studio, on...

Here at NeocoreGames, we are excited to share that King Arthur: Legion IX is coming to Xbox Series X|S. Legion IX is a turn-based, character-focused tactical RPG set in the dark fantasy world of our previous game King Arthur: Knight’s Tale. Whether you’re a seasoned tactician or diving into Avalon for the first time, we […] The post Turn-Based Tactical RPG King Arthur: Legion IX Launches on May 6, 2025 appeared first on Xbox Wire.

OpenAI has announced its phasing out GPT-4.5 from its developer API in favor of its new GPT-4.1 model. When it launched, OpenAI described GPT-4.5 as its best and most capable model so far, in part because it was a more natural conversationalist and could capably mimic some notion of emotional intelligence. Despite what its name suggests, GPT-4.1 is supposed to be better and more efficient. OpenAI says GPT-4.1 is available exclusively to developer's using OpenAI's API, and comes in three sizes, G...

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Ubisoft has open-sourced Chroma, the company’s in-house colorblind assistance tool. It’s available for download via GitHub and is described as a "one-stop solution for detecting color blindness-related issues in games." Here’s how it works. It throws a filter over the game screen that simulates various types of color blindness. This allows testers to flag accessibility issues in real time. The tool uses the Color Oracle algorithm and integrates with both single or dual-screen setups. It works wi...

On Friday, Science Saru shared the first teaser trailer for its upcoming adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s cyberpunk manga Ghost in the Shell. In addition, the studio also announced the anime’s director and staff, shared the first promo poster featuring the series’ protagonist Major Motoko Kusanagi, and reiterated the anime will premiere in 2026. Published between 1989...

Amazon today has the USB-C AirPods Max on sale for $479.99 in every color, down from $549.00. This beats the price we tracked last week by about $20, and it's an overall second-best price on the headphones. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Colors available on sale include Blue, Midnight, Orange, Starlight, and Purple. All colors are still available to be delivered ...

A free-to-keep PC game is always worth getting hyped about, but when it’s an atmospheric, must-play FPS game, my excitement levels go up to a different level. Sharing a similar tone and survival-based focus to the Stalker series, the Metro franchise has produced some sensational shooters, and now the remastered version of the game that started it all, Metro 2033 Redux, is being given away for free.

Speaking on his weekly KOJI10 radio show, Hideo Kojima detailed a Death Stranding 2: On the Beach feature that will allow players to clear boss battles after an unidentified number of game overs rather than continue to struggle with a frustrating fight. A “continue” option on the Death Stranding 2 game over screen, according to...

Counting down the hours until the new subclasses and photo mode.

Blue Prince has generated an almost irresponsible amount of buzz in the past week thanks to its engaging gameplay loop, and it has quickly become a contender for our indie Game of the Year. If you’d like to see what all the fuss is about, you can currently pick up Blue Prince from Fanatical for...

Double dash it all. It's been a busy couple of weeks in the Nintendoverse, and we're all a bit excited around these parts. Despite some bumps in the road around pricing, if you look past all the noise and the Nintendo-like messaging that can present more questions than it answers, the software looks per-itty good. Sure, for multiplatform gamers who've already had their fill of Elden Rings, Cyberpunks, and Street Fighters, Switch 2's 2025 lineup won't hit quite the same. And although Nintendo's o...

Spring has sprung, and the best way to celebrate the warmer weather is to watch TV. I know I say this every week, but bear with me — there’s some big ones. I, for one, welcome the day when I can curl up after a long day of galavanting outside and watch whatever fresh hell (complimentary)...

Logitech is taking a massive leap and entering the Hall Effect keyboard market with the Pro X TKL Rapid. This board also has the latest in-demand features like rapid trigger and key priority built in. These new features are quickly becoming commonplace in gaming keyboards, but this effort from Logitech feels very basic, even for a first venture into Hall Effect design. Price is also a factor holding the Logitech Pro X TKL Rapid from being one of the best gaming keyboards, as its relatively plain...

Learning how to get Spring Eggs and Rainbow Eggs is something you’ll want to crack in Monster Hunter Now’s “Spring Festival 2025” event. The two materials are how you’ll obtain a bevy of resources from the newly stocked Exchange Hub — from Spring 2025 Weapon Tickets, to Ebody Odogaron monster parts, and the ever-useful Wyvern...