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Unfortunately, weaponized awkwardness still takes up development resources.

Apple today released iOS 16.7.15, iPadOS 16.7.15, iOS 15.8.7, and iPadOS 15.8.7, updates designed for older iPhones and iPads that are not able to run newer versions of iOS and iPadOS. iPhone and iPad users can install the updates by opening up the Settings app, going to General, and selecting the Software Update option. Those with automatic updates turned on will see the new software installed automatically in the coming days. According to Apple's release notes, the updates include important se...

Preorders have opened for the tabletop StarCraft wargame, with shipping expected to begin next month.

The New York AG seems to be trying to stir up fears about violent videogames as the state pursues legal action against Valve, but Valve isn't having it.

Hundreds of games hit Steam each week. Here are five worth checking out, and they're all free.

After a big Apple TV deal for Cosmere, Sanderson explains why his deal with Epic Games failed

One man's trash is another man's legendary item.

The upcoming foldable iPhone that Apple plans to debut this September will operate like a cross between an iPhone and an iPad, reports Bloomberg. When the device is opened up, the UI will have an iPad-like layout that supports multitasking with two apps side-by-side. No iPhone to date has supported running multiple apps on the display at the same time, beyond simple picture-in-picture mode features. Many apps will feature sidebars on the left of the display, and developers will be given tools to...

Superhuman has taken its writing assistant Grammarly on quite the merry-go-round ride regarding its approach to AI tools. In August, the company launched a feature called Expert Review that would offer feedback on your writing, offering AI-generated feedback that would appear to come from a famous writer or academic of note. These recreations were based on "publicly available information from third-party LLMs," which sounds a lot like web crawlers of dubious legality were involved.  The suggeste...

In an unusual show of candour, Valve have spoken out publicly against a lawsuit filed in New York, USA that accuses them of "letting children and adults alike illegally gamble" via loot boxes in Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2. With the caveat that I am no Atticus Finch-esque legal expert or even a Louis Tully-grade bumbler, I find Valve's rebuttal to be a mixture of whataboutery and tactical mitigation, with a couple of fair points. It basically sidesteps what I think is the lawsu...

Happy MacBook Neo launch day! Apple's $599 notebook is finally here, and we picked one up to take a look at the new machine and share some first impressions. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. The ‌MacBook Neo‌ looks like a MacBook Air, but a little bit smaller. It comes in fun colors, including Citrus, Blush, and Indigo, plus a plain Silver shade. It's lightweight, has rounded corners, and it's an all-around nice machine, especially compared to bulkier Windows PCs. The ...

If you're wondering what to use mysterious slates for in Pokopia, we have your answer. We provide the puzzle solution and reward in our guide.

The post Outbreak: Shades of Horror Devours XPA with Cross-Platform Multiplayer appeared first on Xbox Wire.

The state of New York sued Valve in February over allegations of illegal gambling.

Following the release of his new book Apple: The First 50 Years, tech columnist David Pogue is hosting an Apple at 50: Five Decades of Thinking Different event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California tonight. The event will be live streamed on YouTube for free, starting at 7 p.m. Pacific Time. "From the early garage days of the 1970s, to the heyday of the Macintosh in the 1980s, to Apple's transformation in the 2000s with the iPhone, the program will explore how Apple repeate...

World of Neopia has terminated their contract with Geekify, the studio developing the official Neopets TTRPG.

Viggo Mortensen is not yet set to play Aragorn in the LOTR prequel. Could Avatar star Kate Winslet replace him? Hear me out on this one.

It must be 2017 because loot boxes are back in the news again. Two weeks after New York's attorney general sued Valve over its use of the gimmick, the company has responded. In short, the Steam maker essentially said, "See you in court." New York's lawsuit accuses Valve of promoting illegal gambling through its games. AG Letitia James called the loot boxes found in titles like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 "addictive, harmful and illegal." The state seeks to "permanently stop Valv...

Mojang got so in over its head overhauling all of Minecraft's world generation tech five years ago that it swore off yearly title updates not long after.

And "if you have a line on a bunch of RAM, we are in the market and would like to buy it."

Hack and parry your way through Homura Hime, the next best thing to a Nier sequel

How to complete all four stages of the Equitable Distribution contract in Marathon for the Traxus faction.

The AMD-powered box will continue the work started by the ROG Ally X.

Solasta 2’s character creator lets players build an entire adventuring party using the updated D&D 5.5e rules — capturing the magic of session zero.

TikTok will soon let you stream full songs in its app via a new integration with Apple Music. The company's new Play Full Song feature makes it possible to link your Apple Music account toTikTok, and play any song that strikes your fancy directly in the app while you're scrolling. Starting a song is as simple as tapping a button in the Sound Details page or your For You page. Assuming you pay for Apple Music, TikTok will then open up a streamlined version of Apple's music player, which you can u...

Sword-centric demigod sibling drama never looked so good.

Many moons ago, Mewgenics developer Edmund McMillen successfully lured the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals into developing a vegan parody version of Super Meat Boy, Team Meat's gut-slathered 2D platformer. Team Meat responded by triumphantly adding a spoof vegan character to Super Meat Boy, the puny and crater-eyed Tofu Boy. As McMillen himself recently recalled on MechaMusk.com, "I personally trolled the peta forums for months seeding info about this 'ground breaking new indie game ...

At Fate's End, a Metroidvania from the Spiritfarer studio, is the best game we saw at GDC 2026. Read our preview for more.

Edgar Wright-ing the Edgar Wrongs. It has been a little over a week since Scott Pilgrim EX arrived on Switch 1 and 2, and today, Tribute Games has released its first proper update to tackle some of the post-launch issues. The 'Update 1' patch — as it is titled on Steam — targets all sorts of progression blockers, softlocks and online multiplayer issues that have been reported since the game's release. The following Switch-specific fixes were also applied to the Nintendo versions:

Alamo theaters will be screening 1975's Terror of Mechagodzilla, followed by three more Godzilla classics.

More cast members have been revealed, as well!

Valve shares its first statement in what will likely be a long legal battle over its use of loot boxes, which the lawsuit views as gambling.

Microsoft first debuted its full screen Xbox experience for Windows in the ROG Ally Xbox handheld, in a bid to compete with Steam's nearly 15-year-old Big Picture Mode. That Xbox interface eventually made its way to other Windows 11 gaming portables last year. Today at GDC, Microsoft revealed that its big screen Xbox UI is headed to all Windows 11 devices (including laptops and desktops) in April. Oh yah, and it's now simply called "Xbox Mode." Xbox Mode will only be available in select markets ...

Microsoft plans to begin shipping early units of its next generation console, codenamed Project Helix, to game studios starting sometime next year. “We're sending alpha versions of Project Helix to developers starting in 2027,“ said Jason Ronald, vice-president of next generation for Xbox, according to IGN, which was present at the company’s GDC 2026 presentation where it shared early details about the new device. Ronald did not clarify what he meant by “alpha version,” but given the keynote’s d...

Guy Richards, the global director of Microsoft's indie incubator ID@Xbox, talks Project Helix, AI, and new CEO Asha Sharma