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Engadget Podcast: Why is the Nex Playground 'AI console' such a hit?

Engadget icon 20 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes ago by Devindra Hardawar

Engadget Podcast: Why is the Nex Playground 'AI console' such a hit?

Over the past two years, the Nex Playground has carved out a niche for itself with kids and parents alike. It's a small box that sits in front of your TV and uses a camera, along with computer vision AI processing, to track your movement for interactive games. Think of it like a simplified version of Microsoft's Kinect (RIP), with a bit of the local multiplayer we see from the original Wii. In this bonus episode, we chat with David Lee, Nex's CEO and co-founder, about how he went from building a...

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Wonder Woman 1984 at 5: The DCEU's biggest flop is better than you remember

Polygon icon 20 days, 22 hours, 28 minutes ago by Jesse Hassenger

Wonder Woman 1984 at 5: The DCEU's biggest flop is better than you remember

Somehow, the DC movie series went seven years without making a traditional part two. WW84 broke the streak, and all hell broke lose.

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Guide: 137 Switch 1 & 2 Games You Should Check Out In The 'Hits For The Holidays' Nintendo eShop Sale (US)

Nintendo Life icon 20 days, 22 hours, 28 minutes ago

Guide: 137 Switch 1 & 2 Games You Should Check Out In The 'Hits For The Holidays' Nintendo eShop Sale (US)

Every game we scored 9/10 or above. For those of you in North America giving the gift of Switchmas (sorry...) this year, then the Nintendo eShop 'Hits For The Holidays' has come to the rescue to help fill up that gaming library. From now until 4th January 2025 at 11:59pm PST, there are tons of discounts on classic Switch titles to Switch 2 editions. You can, of course, check out everything there is on offer on the eShop itself, but where's the fun in that? Don't you just want to see the best of ...

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Injection π23 Tabula Rasa Brings Classic Survival Horror to Xbox Series X|S

Xbox Wire icon 20 days, 22 hours, 28 minutes ago by johns

The post Injection π23 Tabula Rasa Brings Classic Survival Horror to Xbox Series X|S appeared first on Xbox Wire.

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007 First Light delayed further into 2026

Polygon icon 20 days, 22 hours, 37 minutes ago by Austin Manchester

007 First Light delayed further into 2026

IO Interactive's James Bond origin game 007 First Light is now launching in May 2026, after a two-month delay.

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'It's a pretty big deal for me as a human': One of the FGC's most popular commentators is stepping away from future EVO events following its Saudi buyout

PC Gamer icon 20 days, 22 hours, 37 minutes ago by Mollie Taylor

'It's a pretty big deal for me as a human': One of the FGC's most popular commentators is stepping away from future EVO events following its Saudi buyout

Sajam called the choice "bad for me financially."

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One of Steam's biggest survival games finally overtakes its beloved predecessor, and a surprise RTS twist may soon hit its new expansion

PCGamesN icon 20 days, 22 hours, 41 minutes ago by Jamie Hore

One of Steam's biggest survival games finally overtakes its beloved predecessor, and a surprise RTS twist may soon hit its new expansion

Inspired by an old, RTS-inspired mechanic from a past expansion, Ark Survival Ascended may bring a top-down twist to its Lost Colony DLC.

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After a tumultuous first year, tactical FPS Exfil hopes to course correct with a free week and a major new update

PCGamesN icon 20 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes ago by Ben Sledge

After a tumultuous first year, tactical FPS Exfil hopes to course correct with a free week and a major new update

Exfil has had a rocky first year in early access, but it's hoping to win players back with a mammoth free trial and lots of new content.

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007 First Light Release Date Delayed to May

20 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes ago by Joseph Allen

Developer and publisher IO Interactive has delayed 007 First Light by a couple of months, so the stealth adventure will now be launching in May.

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Expedition 33 haters keep admitting they were wrong after Clair Obscur GOTY sweep

Polygon icon 20 days, 22 hours, 58 minutes ago by Patricia Hernandez

Expedition 33 haters keep admitting they were wrong after Clair Obscur GOTY sweep

On social media sites like TikTok, Reddit, and Twitch, people hating on the game only to admit they were wrong has become an entire genre of post

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Hideo Kojima says Super Mario Bros. 'was the catalyst that brought me to the game industry', and made him realise 'this medium would one day surpass movies'

PC Gamer icon 20 days, 23 hours, 7 minutes ago by Rich Stanton

Hideo Kojima says Super Mario Bros. 'was the catalyst that brought me to the game industry', and made him realise 'this medium would one day surpass movies'

Game respect game.

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Grand Theft Auto could have been a globetrotting series like Assassin's Creed, according to former Rockstar technical director: 'We had ideas about GTA games in Rio de Janeiro, Moscow and Istanbul' while 'Tokyo almost actually happened'

PC Gamer icon 20 days, 23 hours, 16 minutes ago by Rick Lane

Grand Theft Auto could have been a globetrotting series like Assassin's Creed, according to former Rockstar technical director: 'We had ideas about GTA games in Rio de Janeiro, Moscow and Istanbul' while 'Tokyo almost actually happened'

"Another studio in Japan were going to do it, take our code and do GTA: Tokyo."

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Mario Kart World wasn’t the only must-play kart racer of 2025

Polygon icon 20 days, 23 hours, 28 minutes ago by Austin Manchester

Mario Kart World wasn’t the only must-play kart racer of 2025

Don't look now, but Kirby Air Riders might be best kart racer of the year, with Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and Mario Kart World not far behind.

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Opinion: This GOTY Pick Might Be My Most Morbid Yet

Nintendo Life icon 20 days, 23 hours, 28 minutes ago

Opinion: This GOTY Pick Might Be My Most Morbid Yet

Belt and braces. If you haven't played the fabulous Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector yet, well, what are you waiting for? We'd recommend bookmarking this one if you haven't, as this piece contains major spoilers for the endgame. You've been warned..."Wake up, Sleeper."

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Esophaguys: How The New Update Takes Players to the Necks-Level

Xbox Wire icon 20 days, 23 hours, 28 minutes ago by johns

The post Esophaguys: How The New Update Takes Players to the Necks-Level appeared first on Xbox Wire.

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Buckshot Roulette Sales Hit 8m, Console Ports Delayed to 2026

20 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes ago by Joseph Allen

Indie horror game Buckshot Roulette has hit a massive new sales milestone, and there's more news on the long-awaited console versions as well.

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Jujutsu Zero codes for December 2025

Polygon icon 20 days, 23 hours, 35 minutes ago by Marloes Valentina Stella

Jujutsu Zero codes for December 2025

Redeem these codes to get free clan rolls in Roblox' Jujutsu Zero.

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Roadtrip RPG Keep Driving teaches you that a hitchhiker is just a friend you haven't met, and that friend might have weed

PC Gamer icon 20 days, 23 hours, 50 minutes ago by Christopher Livingston

Roadtrip RPG Keep Driving teaches you that a hitchhiker is just a friend you haven't met, and that friend might have weed

Impeccable vibes and great music make this one of my favorite games of 2025.

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iPhone 18 Pro Launching Next Year With These 12 New Features

MacRumors icon 20 days, 23 hours, 52 minutes ago by Joe Rossignol

iPhone 18 Pro Launching Next Year With These 12 New Features

While the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are not expected to launch for another nine months, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices. Below, we have recapped 12 features rumored for the iPhone 18 Pro models. The same overall design is expected, with 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch display sizes, and a "plateau" housing three rear cameras Under-screen Face ID Front camera in top-left corner of the screen Variable aperture for at least one rear camera A20 Pro chip manufactured with TSMC's ...

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Xbox cloud gaming comes to newer Amazon Fire TV models

Engadget icon 20 days, 23 hours, 52 minutes ago by Lawrence Bonk

Xbox cloud gaming comes to newer Amazon Fire TV models

Xbox has brought cloud gaming gaming to some Amazon Fire TV models. These include the Fire TV 4-Series and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series. This lets people play Xbox games directly on the television, without needing a bulky console or even something like a Fire TV stick.  Gamers do need a couple of things. First and foremost, this service requires a subscription to Game Pass. Plans start at $10 a month and shoot all the way up to $30 per month. They'll also need a compatible wireless controller, t...

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New York Times reporter files lawsuit against AI companies

Engadget icon 21 days, 11 minutes ago by Andre Revilla

New York Times reporter files lawsuit against AI companies

Investigative reporter John Carreyrou of the New York Times filed a lawsuit against xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta and Perplexity on Monday for allegedly training their AI models on copyrighted books without permission. Carreyrou is perhaps best known for exposing the Theranos fraudulent blood test scandal. According to Reuters, the lawsuit was filed alongside five other writers who all claim big tech companies have been violating their intellectual property rights in the name of building ...

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Fallout 4's lead designer reckons it is the 'most replayable' game in the series thanks to its interweaving quests, which I'm sure will go down swimmingly with New Vegas sickos

PC Gamer icon 21 days, 19 minutes ago by Rick Lane

Fallout 4's lead designer reckons it is the 'most replayable' game in the series thanks to its interweaving quests, which I'm sure will go down swimmingly with New Vegas sickos

"At one point, I gave a talk about that, and the slide for the talk is just a big bowl of spaghetti."

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Animal Crossing: Wild World is still the best in the series, 20 years later

Polygon icon 21 days, 28 minutes ago by Claire Lewis

Animal Crossing: Wild World is still the best in the series, 20 years later

Animal Crossing: Wild World's controlled chaos sets it apart from the rest of the franchise, two decades later.

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Ubisoft Halifax Workers Form First North American Ubisoft Union

21 days, 29 minutes ago by Joseph Allen

Ubisoft Halifax employees have voted to unionize, becoming Ubisoft's first North American union in the process.

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Turns out that Fallout: New Vegas beta stuffed with cut content also contains early versions of the DLCs with some big differences

PC Gamer icon 21 days, 30 minutes ago by Rich Stanton

Turns out that Fallout: New Vegas beta stuffed with cut content also contains early versions of the DLCs with some big differences

It also crashes a lot, which feels very New Vegas.

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All unique weapon locations in Fallout: New Vegas

Polygon icon 21 days, 48 minutes ago by Marloes Valentina Stella

All unique weapon locations in Fallout: New Vegas

Find every unique Fallout: New Vegas weapon in the Mojave Wasteland and beyond.

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Apple to Allow Alternative App Stores and More on iOS in Brazil by April

MacRumors icon 21 days, 52 minutes ago by Joe Rossignol

Apple to Allow Alternative App Stores and More on iOS in Brazil by April

Due to regulatory action, Apple has agreed to allow alternative app stores, third-party payment systems for in-app purchases, and in-app links to external offers on iOS in Brazil, according to legal news website MLex and Brazilian blog Tecnoblog. This means that iPhone users in Brazil would gain access to options beyond Apple's App Store, such as the AltStore from Riley Testut and Shane Gill. The changes must be implemented within 105 days, so Apple has until early April to roll them out. That t...

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The Mighty Nein finale proves its already better than Legend of Vox Machina

Polygon icon 21 days, 55 minutes ago by Aimee Hart

The Mighty Nein finale proves its already better than Legend of Vox Machina

The Legend of Vox Machina was an enjoyable first attempt, but The Mighty Nein is already leagues ahead in terms of quality and storytelling.

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Danganronpa creator says his latest game 'might truly become the last grand, 200-hour game story in human history written entirely without AI'

PC Gamer icon 21 days, 1 hour, 21 minutes ago by Mollie Taylor

Danganronpa creator says his latest game 'might truly become the last grand, 200-hour game story in human history written entirely without AI'

Maybe that's okay.

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Grand Theft Auto Tokyo, Rio, Moscow, Istanbul - Rockstar apparently had ideas for them all

Eurogamer icon 21 days, 1 hour, 22 minutes ago by Robert Purchese

Grand Theft Auto Tokyo, Rio, Moscow, Istanbul - Rockstar apparently had ideas for them all

A key former member of the Grand Theft Auto team has said Rockstar toyed with ideas for many non-American settings for the series, including the capital cities Tokyo, Rio, Moscow and Istanbul.

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EA shareholders approve Saudi Arabian buyout, leaving only the US Government able to block the deal

Eurogamer icon 21 days, 1 hour, 23 minutes ago by Connor Makar

EA shareholders approve Saudi Arabian buyout, leaving only the US Government able to block the deal

EA shareholders have approved the proposed $55bn acquisition of the video game giant by Saudi Arabia and private equity firms, leaving only the US government in the way of what would be the largest corporate buyout of all time.

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Haha, You Clowns interview: Joe Cappa talks season 2 plans and that wild finale

Polygon icon 21 days, 1 hour, 28 minutes ago by Jake Kleinman

Haha, You Clowns interview: Joe Cappa talks season 2 plans and that wild finale

Haha, You Clowns lulls audiences into a false sense of security before unleashing authentic portrayals of toxic masculinity and alcoholism.

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If you thought Bloodlines 2 lacked bite, remember that The Witcher 3's director left CD Projekt to make a vampire RPG, and it's out next year

PC Gamer icon 21 days, 1 hour, 28 minutes ago by Rick Lane

If you thought Bloodlines 2 lacked bite, remember that The Witcher 3's director left CD Projekt to make a vampire RPG, and it's out next year

Let's hope it doesn't suck.

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They survived the MMO massacre of 2025, but 2026 is going to be a tense year for WoW and FF14: And for completely different reasons

PC Gamer icon 21 days, 1 hour, 28 minutes ago by Harvey Randall

They survived the MMO massacre of 2025, but 2026 is going to be a tense year for WoW and FF14: And for completely different reasons

It's all on the (on)line.

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Avengers: Doomsday trailer now online, confirming Captain America's return

Polygon icon 21 days, 2 hours, 2 minutes ago by Michael McWhertor

Avengers: Doomsday trailer now online, confirming Captain America's return

Marvel has finally uploaded the first Avengers: Doomsday trailer to YouTube, giving us a clear, 4K look at Chris Evans as Steve Rogers holding a baby.

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