Is Gears of War Reloaded on Game Pass? Perhaps one of the most iconic shooter franchises out there, Gears of War is coming up to its 20th anniversary. To celebrate, the first game is being remastered, introducing the shooter to a brand-new audience. Popularizing the active reload mechanic, the original Gears of War was groundbreaking at the time for its stunning visuals and satisfying gameplay. Gears of War Reloaded marks the second major upgrade to the game after 2015's Ultimate Edition, this t...
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Start to reverse the chaos of the Cheshire Cat.
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Not the worst thing you can clap eyes upon in your PC case, but not ideal.
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PlayStation Studios has announced teamLFG, a new studio comprising ex-Bungie staffers, and its debut project sounds eerily familiar.
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Every time I come back to Halo Infinite, I'm reminded how good it feels to play. Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) nails the sense of weight and movement, and the Spartan power fantasy across the entire experience, but it's especially noticeable in Infinite’s multiplayer. The breadth of tools at your disposal makes it one of the best online sandboxes around, and the latest update is a big one. Even with Halo’s Unreal Engine future looking incredibly bright, now’s the time to give Infinite a...
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LinkedIn is still on a mission to persuade job hunters to apply for fewer roles. But the company is rolling out a new set of AI-powered upgrades to its job-searching features it hopes will make that prospect more appealing. The company is introducing a revamped search tool that aims to make it easier for job seekers to find relevant roles. Up to now, LinkedIn’s job search feature relied mostly on matching keywords. With the update, though, LinkedIn is ditching the keywords in favor of AI so its ...
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You'll need a Silver Will to make it. Falcom has shared the release date for Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, the remake of the first game in the Trails series. And it's landing on Switch (no Switch 2 version revealed, yet) on 19th September 2025, as announced in Weekly Famitsu (thanks, Gematsu, Ryokutya2089). The upcoming remake is being published by GungHo Entertainment in the West, but the big news is that the game is getting a simultaneous worldwide release. So we can expect some follow-up con...
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When it comes to the MagSafe power bank marketplace, it's largely a sea of sameness. Not this one. Kuxiu's S2 stands apart with its semi-solid state battery technology that promises enhanced safety and longevity, albeit at a steeper price than conventional alternatives. Design and Features The Kuxiu S2 is a sleek, compact Qi2 unit with a premium construction that has four key components: a magnetic wireless charging area on top, a power button on the side, a USB-C input/output port (braided USB-...
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Harman International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung, is purchasing the audio business of health technology company Masimo for $350 million in cash. The deal is expected to finalized by the end of 2025, though it's still subject to regulatory approvals. Samsung purchased Harman International back in 2017 for $8 billion, though it allowed the company to operate as an independent subsidiary. Harman's brands include JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG, Mark Levinson, Arcam and Revel. If and when the acqu...
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Genshin Impact will require all its players in the U.S. to verify their age by July, in order to comply with a settlement between developer HoYoverse and the Federal Trade Commission over the game’s gacha mechanics. As part of the $20 million settlement, HoYoverse is forbidden from selling loot boxes to children under 16 without...
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Bethesda have released a surprise Beta update for Starfield. The update brings with it numerous bug fixes, Creation Kit upgrades and there's even a new Very Low graphics setting option.
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HoYoverse has announced that you'll soon need to verify your age in order to play Genshin Impact if you're based in the US.
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Bandersnatch - the interactive special from the Black Mirror team with a video game theme - is leaving Netflix.
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Sonos and IKEA are ending their partnership and phasing out existing products. The duo collaborated on the Symfonisk lineup, which included lamp speakers, picture frame speakers and bookshelf speakers. Software updates will still be available for Symfonisk products. Over the past eight years, we’ve had the pleasure of working closely with IKEA and are proud of what we’ve achieved," Sonos told Engadget. "Although our work together has largely wound down and we won’t be releasing new products as ...
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Today, I am thrilled to officially unveil a new studio in the PlayStation Studios family. teamLFG originated at Bungie, but has also rallied developers from across the industry to bring to life an ambitious incubation project that I’m very excited about. The studio is now fully formed and ready to be introduced to the world. ...
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For $7 per month, Apple’s game subscription service provides full access to a couple hundred titles for iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers — and its catalog has been a bit of a roller coaster for the last few years, making it tough for Apple users to determine whether it’s a good deal or not. Unfortunately,...
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There’s one cut in the new Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer that you’ve probably seen in a thousand movie trailers before. Two beautiful people are presented in extreme close-up. The lights are low. The music is pulsing. Their faces are close. They angle their heads and lean in closer. Their lips part and… cut! It’s...
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Nihon Falcom and GungHo Online Entertainment have announced the release date for forthcoming remake Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter.
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Tesla has started offering a cheaper configuration of its refreshed 2025 Model Y electric vehicle in the US. As first noticed by Electrek, you can now get a Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive Model Y in the US with prices starting at $37,490 if it's with $7,500 in tax credits. Without tax credits, prices start at $44,990. The automaker was only previously offering the Long Range All-Wheel Drive version in the country for at least $48,990 without tax credits. The updated Model Y retains the old version...
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"Business is strong, resilient and continues to grow". Madden and EA Sports FC fans, rejoice! Electronic Arts has suggested that it won't be following suit with others in the industry and has no plans to raise its game prices... for now. That is according to a recent Q&A following the company's end-of-year financial results, where company execs were asked whether the team was considering the "pricing power" of its franchises when it comes to "taking a similar approach" to other companies' rising...
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Creating a digital world isn't as easy as you might think.
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New photos leaked from the FCC appear to confirm that an Xbox-branded handheld gaming console is coming soon. A listing shows two versions of ASUS's ROG Ally 2 handheld, a dark model with a dedicated Xbox labeled button at the top left and a white version with the same button blacked out. The latter could carry a different function or be removed altogether from the production model, according to the leak (related to Wi-Fi modules) from Videocardz seen by The Verge. The models otherwise look ide...
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Preservation is important for video games, but that often focuses on games that have been released. Here's a nice win for some developers though, as Captain Blood has managed to release on Steam after being cancelled in 2010.
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Netflix is giving its TV user interface a major overhaul. Alongside a fresh, cleaner look, you'll see recommendations that adapt to your activity as Netflix tries to better gauge what you might be in the mood to watch. The company plans to roll out the update over the coming weeks and months. It seems that the aim here, as has long been a goal for Netflix, is to help you find something you want to watch faster. That way, you won't spend an eternity scrolling through the various options while str...
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EA has revealed that Split Fiction sales have hit another major milestone, and we've got release window updates for Skate and Battlefield, too.
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Cataclismo is a game where you design and build a fortress to face off against waves of enemy hordes. The LEGO-like building system is a lot of fun, really letting your creativity shine.
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Amazon has deployed over 750,000 robots to its fulfillment centers over the last decade or so, but now there's a new, shall we say, more sensitive addition. The company has announced Vulcan, its first robot with a sense of touch. It's one in a series of new robots introduced today at Amazon's Delivering the Future event in Germany. Vulcan uses force feedback sensors to monitor how much it's pushing or holding on to an object and, ideally, not damage it. “In the past, when industrial robots have...
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Elden Ring Nightreign, a spin-off action adventure set within the Elden Ring universe, launches on May 30. We spoke with the game’s director, Junya Ishizaki, about what we can expect from FromSoftware’s upcoming co-op multiplayer. Game design focused on compelling combat PlayStation Blog: You have experience working on level and combat design for FromSoftware’s past...
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Those fingerprints don't help. Two versions of the upcoming ROG Ally 2 have been leaked via FCC photos, showcasing a standard white model and a black model branded with a dedicated Xbox button. Highlighted by VideoCardz (thanks, Eurogamer), the photos come from the US FCC's official certification of the hardware, so seem to be pretty legit. It's likely to be our first look at 'Project Kennan', a collaboration between Asus and Microsoft to create an Xbox-branded PC handheld.
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Bringing together the deckbuilding of Slay the Spire, the strategic ship combat of FTL, and a little of developer Edgeflow Studio’s own special sauce, Breachway has been cruising through early access since September. During that time, we’ve seen numerous experimental updates being tested on the beta branch, and now the culmination of that work is finally here. In what it titles Breachway’s “biggest update yet,” Edgeflow unleashes more than 40 new cards along with dozens of redesigns and a wealth...
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Physical games remain vital to Nintendo players and developers should not "underestimate" this, an exec at Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt has said.
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Now Japan's 7th largest business. Regardless of the drop-off in Switch sales in recent years, we knew that this generation had been a good one for Nintendo's financials. It has been so good, in fact, that the House of Mario has just surpassed another massive milestone in its latest Japanese market valuation (thanks, NintendoWire). According to the market capitalisation tracker CompaniesMarketCap, Nintendo has now surpassed the $100 billion line in market valuation. This is the first time that th...
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A new budget AMD Radeon gaming GPU looks like it could be on the way soon, after appearing in the supported hardware list for AIDA64, a PC diagnostics and benchmarking software package. The latest beta version of the software has just been made available for download, and it includes support for the AMD Radeon RX 7300, a GPU that hasn’t been officially announced anywhere yet. The listing also says that this GPU will be based on the AMD Navi 33 chip, which is used in the Radeon RX 7600. The latte...
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Where are the Revenge of the Savage Planet Javelin transports? You would be forgiven for thinking the main objective in Revenge of the Savage Planet is the revenge part, but you should also pay some mind to getting off those dangerous rocks at some point. That’s where the Javelin transports come in. Surviving in Revenge of the Savage Planet is quite the ordeal, and you’ll need as many Revenge of the Savage Planet upgrades as you can get your hands on to stay in one piece in the survival game. Af...
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