NewsFeeder

Here at PlayStation, we’re excited to celebrate the holiday season and another year of gaming experiences with PlayStation’s Black Friday offers which kick off this week. Starting from November 21 for a limited time* gamers can explore a range of incredible deals on games, and more on  PlayStation Store. Visit the official PlayStation Black Friday...

Available for a "limited time". Among Us has dabbled in all sorts of crossovers, and for the latest event, it's teaming up with the farming and lifestyle sim Stardew Valley. The Stardew Cosmicube (a special item featuring themed cosmetics you can unlock) will be available from now until 18th February 2026 and is completely "free". During this time, you'll be able to unlock all sorts of goodies.

See you out there, Shellheads. Super Evil Megacorp has continued to release all sorts of updates for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate since it arrived on the eShop in 2024, and today it has launched the 'Wrath Invasion Update'. Astral Wraiths are now invading the game's campaign and can be found wreaking havoc across New York City. New Wraith Minibosses can be found in the Sewers and on the Rooftops, and there's now also a smoother unlock experience in the game's Arcade Mode.

"I am very much not the law."

Jeep says that the all-electric 2026 Jeep Recon will finally begin production "early next year." This comes three years after the model's original announcement amid multiple delayed starts. Built on a dedicated EV architecture, the Recon will deliver 650 horsepower and 620 ft-lb of torque. Its 100kWh battery pack will have an estimated 250 miles of range on a full charge and accelerate from 0-60 mph in as little as 3.6 seconds. The Recon is billed as the first and only fully electric Trail Rated...

Google today introduced Gemini 3 Pro, its newest and most intelligent AI model. Google says that Gemini offers state-of-the-art reasoning, able to understand depth and nuance. It is also better at understanding the context and intent behind a request for more relevant answers. According to Google, Gemini 3 Pro is the best model in the world for multimodal understanding, outperforming Gemini 2.5 Pro on every major AI benchmark. Responses have been designed to be concise and direct, with less flat...

To be fair, I also can't think of a good reason to believe Valve won't announce Half-Life 3 today, except for that it hasn't on any previous day.

The eighth city builder in the Anno series has become its fastest seller, according to Ubisoft.

Blizzard didn't do a great job at keeping this a secret.

Five finalists for the esteemed high-performance computing award have achieved breakthroughs in climate modeling, fluid simulation and more with the Alps, JUPITER and Perlmutter supercomputers.

And it's all thanks to the MAME emulator.

Is 'pivot' code for 'join a clan'?

Shoutout to the dozen Yian Garuga enthusiasts who just had their day made.

Vedinad says they've previously released games under other studio names.

Permadeath's sci-fi sandbox game was showcased as a Steam Daily Deal on November 12—the same day Valve announced the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller.

Vedinad, the developer behind Vampire Survivors-inspired Steam roguelike Megabonk, says he's withdrawing his nomination from The Game Awards 2025.

EV maker Polestar has announced that it's bringing bi-directional charging — the ability for an electric car to be tapped as a battery for your home or the grid — to Polestar 3 owners who live in California. The feature is one of several ways EV owners can save money with their electric car, by either using less energy overall, or receiving credits for providing their excess power to the grid. Polestar's bi-directional charging feature uses direct current, according to the company, and enables "...

Typography nerds and Android fans, rejoice: You can now download an official version of “the next generation of Google’s brand typeface.” The company has released the Google Sans Flex font to the public for free. The variable sans-serif font is part of Google's Material 3 design language, which arrived in 2023. 9to5Google notes that it's since been integrated into many of the company's products, including in some corners of Pixel software. A 2024 Google Design blog post about variable typography...

FOV 90: Project Misriah is a glimpse at the offbeat Source 2 shooters we should have by now, if not for Valve.

Nominees for The Game Awards were released yesterday, and there's a whole lot of indie excellence on display. However, one notable contender among them has decided to withdraw from contention.  The fabulously titled Megabonk received a nod for the Best Debut Indie Game category. However, the project creator, who currently goes by vedinad, announced on X today that they were withdrawing. "I've made games in the past under different studio names, so Megabonk is not my debut game," the solo dev sai...

With the third beta of iPadOS 26.2 that came out yesterday, Apple made some useful updates to the way that multitasking works on the iPad. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. iPadOS 26.1 brought back Slide Over, one of the main multitasking views from iPadOS 18 that was removed in iPadOS 26. In iPadOS 26.2, Slide Over works more like it did before, and there are also useful new options for replacing apps in a tiled view. When in Windowed or Stage Manager mode in iPadOS 26...

Apple today released updated firmware for several accessories, including the 140W USB-C Power Adapter, the Magic Trackpad 2, the Magic Trackpad USB-C, the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, and the Magic Keyboard with ‌Touch ID‌ and Numeric Keypad. There is no word on what's included in the updated firmware at this time, but it could offer performance improvements and security updates. Accessory firmware updates are infrequent. The last update to the Magic Keyboard was over a year ago, for example. T...

Edgar Wright's The Running Man is a close adaptation of Stephen King's book, until the ending. The Arnold Schwarzenegger version changes even more.

Prepare to try and read the whole thing in one sitting.

Games are bigger than ever—but are they really better?

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Apple over claims of hazardous waste management at a semiconductor facility in Santa Clara, California. Apple has addressed the hazardous waste management and air emissions issues, and is now in compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, according to the EPA. The EPA investigated Apple's facility after receiving a complaint about it, discovering that Apple had not properly labeled hazardous...

Timed with the Microsoft Ignite conference running this week, NVIDIA is expanding its collaboration with Microsoft, including through the adoption of next-generation NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet switches for the new Microsoft Fairwater AI superfactory, powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell platform. The collaboration brings new integrations across Microsoft 365 Copilot, as well as the public preview of Read Article

Sony is lowering the price of the PS5 for Black Friday, just after some big price hikes. DualSense controllers, PS4 and PS5 games are also on sale.

Kirby Air Riders has a chance to rewrite history this week, getting revenge for its critically panned GameCube predecessor.

Apple today released new beta firmware that's designed for the AirPods Pro 3. The firmware is limited to developers at the current time, and it has a build number of 8B5025a. The firmware comes as Apple is testing the iOS 26.2 update. iOS 26.2 expands Live Translation for the AirPods to the European Union, so the firmware could be related to that. There is no word on what's included in the firmware update, however. With iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe, Apple added a beta firmware update insta...

We've got all the details on the Monster Hunter-themed MTG Secret Lair Superdrop, which features four mini-sets and various bundles.

Wizards of the Coast has announced an official Magic: The Gathering Monster Hunter Secret Lair Superdrop, bringing iconic monsters to the popular card game.

Who needs a revamped Mac Pro when you can just turn several Mac Studios into a unified computing system? With the upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.2 release, Apple is introducing a new low-latency feature that lets you connect several Macs together using Thunderbolt 5. For developers and researchers, it's a potentially useful way to create powerful AI supercomputers that can run massive local models. That allows four Mac Studios, which can each run up to 512GB of unified memory, to run the 1 trillion par...

Apple Card users can get extra Daily Cash back when shopping at Ace Hardware this holiday season. Apple and Ace are offering five percent Daily Cash back on up to $500 in Apple Pay purchases, for a total of $25. Ace Hardware is an ‌Apple Card‌ partner that normally provides three percent Daily Cash back on ‌Apple Pay‌ purchases made with the ‌Apple Card‌, but the promotion offers an additional two percent. The deal will be in place through December 15. Getting the cash back reward requires Ace c...