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Escape from Tarkov is sitting on a Mostly Negative rating today after yesterday's eagerly-awaited Steam debuted to stability and performance issues that prevent players even logging in, let alone play.

I do have to admit that bringing up Concord feels like digging up a dead dog that perished in a horrendous, preventable accident, but it feels important given how quickly it died and what the means for how we engage with it. You see, it seems that this week the largely panned hero shooter was revived through community-run custom servers. Except it seems like this may be over before it truly begins.

The Outer Worlds 2 takes place in a universe where everything is high-tech, except for Obsidian's maps

How CoD embraced the future, before backlash brought it back down to earth.

Warhammer Vermintide 2 Return to the Reik brings back a fan favorite map, but Fatshark promises “a new experience” rather than a port.

Our first look at the cast of the live-action Legend of Zelda movie has leaked online.

According to the Financial Times, Tim Cook may be ready to leave his position as soon as next year, and Apple's board and senior executives have ramped up their preparations to secure his replacement. Cook, who has been at the helm of Apple for more than 14 years, succeeded Steve Jobs and led the company to a market cap of more than $4 trillion. Cook's tenure since 2011 has overseen the introduction of hardware, including Apple Watch, AirPods and Vision Pro, but also services like Apple Arcade a...

The leads behind the, potentially surprisingly, hit superhero game Dispatch, AdHoc Studio, have been all over the place. Telltale Games, Ubisoft, Night School Studio, some pretty notable names, but today we're honing in on their time at Ubisoft in particular. That's because a recent report that dives into the long story that led AdHoc to making Dispatch revealed that before doing so, they were working on a completely new Splinter Cell game at Ubisoft.

Anno 117: Pax Romana has a hidden first-person mode, and it absolutely rules. Here's why it's worth playing Anno 117 in first-person.

There's a magic in the myths that wikis have taken from us.

Over the last few years, we've seen a real explosion in true mass market Android phones that match flagship phones spec-for-spec without too many apparent sacrifices. Indeed, for a while now, when someone has come to ask for a phone recommendation, I've suggested they buy a budget to mid-range headset with a good OLED screen, a decent set of cameras and long battery life. At the end of the day, that's what's important to most folks.

RRR director S.S. Rajamouli is back with his next movie, and it looks even more ambitious in its story, scope, and bombastic set pieces: Varanasi.

It's eligible for the top prize this year, but its December release date is a huge disadvantage.

Tarkov's long-awaited launch on Steam is being hamstrung by error codes, authentication issues, and more.

Digital Extremes confirms the Soulframe Founders release date and reveals that BG3’s Jennifer English will be playing Empress Alora.

It ain't easy being green.

Sins absolved? Hitman: Absolution is widely regarded as the ‘black sheep’ of the series thanks to its focus on cinematic storytelling over player freedom. This is very much still the case with this fresh release on Switch from Feral Interactive, but now that original developer IO Interactive has righted the ship with the excellent World of Assassination trilogy, it’s much easier to look back on Absolution and better appreciate it for what it is – kind of like Resident Evil 6. Does that mean it’s...

Bungie has settled a copyright lawsuit with writer Matthew Martineau after he alleged the studio had used elements of his work in Destiny 2, including its Red War plot and the Curse of Osiris expansion.

After escaping 'mixed' reviews, players are now noticing that the open world of Where Winds Meet may be built on the back of chatbot NPCs.

Amazon has discounted the 46mm GPS Apple Watch Series 10 to a new all-time low price this weekend, available for $279.00, down from $429.00. There are three models available at this price: Jet Black Aluminum Case with Black Sport Band, Jet Black Aluminum Case with Ink Sport Loop, and Rose Gold Aluminum Case with Plum Sport Loop. 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. Thi...

The team added Dispatch's ending fight scenes later in development and needed an incentive for players to hate the villain

"I still remember how bombed we were."

We're officially in the month of Black Friday, which will take place on Friday, November 28 in 2025. As always, this will be the best time of the year to shop for great deals, including popular Apple products like AirPods, iPad, Apple Watch, and more. In this article, the majority of the discounts will be found on Amazon. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site runn...

Vince Gilligan's sci-fi series Pluribus raises the question "How would you deal with an earth-spanning hivemind?" Polygon writers discuss.

You had a number of opportunities to shoot me, but I appreciated your willingness to let me loot the place first.

It's hard to believe we're halfway through November already, as 2025 rapidly draws to a close with no firm signs of several smaller hardware updates we've been hoping to see before the end of the year, although we did get one surprising new iPhone accessory this week. This week also saw the fifth anniversary of the very successful Apple silicon effort on the Mac, contrasted with the future of the iPhone Air seeming shakier than ever. On the software side, Apple made some more tweaks with the sec...

You may now have to scrutinize what you read on the internet (and event on print) more closely to determine if it’s the product of AI. Sam Altman has revealed on X that if you tell ChatGPT not to use em dashes in your custom instructions, the chatbot will now finally listen to you. Previously, ChatGPT would ignore your instruction and continue using em dashes even if you tell it not to. Small-but-happy win:If you tell ChatGPT not to use em-dashes in your custom instructions, it finally does what...

Developer Lavaboots Studios will " continue expanding" the game after launch.

A page for Ashes of Creation is on Steam now, and it will be playable from December, but Intrepid Studios warns there’s a long way to go.

Apple’s Family Sharing feature is designed to make digital life simpler for households that use multiple Apple devices. It links individual Apple IDs under one family group so everyone can share subscriptions, purchases and storage without sacrificing personal privacy. A single organizer manages the group and decides who’s invited, what’s shared and how payments are handled. Once someone joins, they can access shared Apple services like Music, TV+, iCloud+, Fitness+ or Arcade, along with any com...

Xbox's Steam Deck compatibility track record is all over the place, which raises questions about how Microsoft will approach Steam Machine

The busiest section of the holiday season is just two weeks away and we’re shoring up our reviews library with some of the products that might be on your list. We’ve got another well-rounded round-up this week, spanning multiple product categories and even taking another look at an older device. Read on for everything you might’ve missed. Apple Watch SE 3 You don’t have to sacrifice as much as you used to if you want to save money on a current Apple Watch. Managing editor Cherlynn Low makes the ...

Also adds a new dungeon and extra combat moves.

Bumpy LANding. Since the introduction of the OLED model, there's been an Ethernet port built into the dock of Nintendo's flagship Switch, and that continued this year with Switch 2. If you're after the fastest download speeds or you play competitive online games while docked to your TV, you may benefit from wiring up your dock to your router directly. However, since launch back in June, we've seen reports of players having issues with wired internet connections. Some point to the Realtek port as...

Capcom's Pragamata has popped up on the South Korean classification board's website.