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Well, you all did it, Cryo Archive has been unlocked in Marathon. Bungie detailed the new mode in a blog post earlier today, where it shared an important thing to keep in mind with the new map: it's only available to attempt on weekends. Aye, you'll need to forgo any social plans you have out in the real world to tackle this one.

Amazon has acquired Rivr, a startup focused on autonomous robotics. Rivr is based in Zurich and was valued at $110 million in a funding round from August 2024, which both Amazon and its CEO's Bezos Expeditions participated in. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.  Rivr's robots have four legs and wheels that allow it to maneuver on stairs and other potentially uneven surfaces. The company just released its second generation of the robot. The purchase will likely further Amazo...

Marathon players cracked an ARG to unlock Cryo Archive, a weekend raid with top-tier loot and a mysterious new threat.

It's the lesser of two evils.

No word on the Witcher 3 expansion we've all been hoping for, but we did get some interesting news out of today's CD Projekt earnings report.

You can snag a pre-order now!

DoorDash has launched a new option for its gig economy workers to earn some extra cash. The delivery service introduced Tasks, which it describes as "short activities Dashers can complete between deliveries or in their own time." It gives taking pictures of restaurant dishes or recording video of unscripted conversations in languages other than English as examples. These materials will be used to train artificial intelligence and robotics models.  A representative from DoorDash told Bloomberg Ne...

Google is testing a version of its Gemini app for macOS, Bloomberg reports. The app would bring the AI assistant to uncharted territory, and in more direct competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude, both of which offer standalone Mac apps. Gemini remains accessible through the web, and it sounds like the macOS app offers the same set of features, with the ability to respond to prompts, search the web and generate text, images and code. The major differentiator of the Mac app could...

My body is ready, but my CPU might not be.

Destiny 2’s Magic: The Gathering crossover adds iconic Planeswalkers to Bungie's looter-shooter, but I want to see Destiny Magic cards instead.

Megumi and Reggie's kinetic fight exposes the hollowness of Kenjaku's deathmatch.

That's a Compiler, alright.

Players suspected their job wasn't finished and now they finally know there's more to find.

Google is developing a native Gemini app for the Mac, reports Bloomberg. Right now, Mac users who want to use Google's Gemini AI have to use a web browser, but that will change with a dedicated Mac app. Google competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI have dedicated Mac apps for their chatbots, potentially making Claude and ChatGPT more convenient to use than Gemini. Google shared an early version of the Gemini app with beta testers this week to get feedback, but it's not clear when it might launch....

The Secretlab Spring Sale is here, saving you up to $129 off the best sit-to-stand gaming desk around, and up to $100 off our favorite gaming chair right now.

Valve is adding more risk to reloading in Counter-Strike 2, and players don't seem happy about the first-person shooter's latest update.

The 2026 Steam spring sale is live, with discounts on some of the biggest indie and AAA games of the last few years

French developer Equinox has announced the cancellation of the Altered TCG Roots of Corruption campaign and the end of the game's active support.

In a research note for investment bank Barclays earlier this month, Apple analyst Tim Long said his supply chain sources mentioned the possibility of the iPhone 18 base model being announced in March next year, rather than in September this year. This split launch has been widely rumored by multiple sources in recent months. More interestingly, Long dropped two unique pieces of information. First, he said shipments of the rumored foldable iPhone will likely begin in December this year, a few mon...

"We will work to gain a deeper understanding of the characteristics and trends of the PC market and PC users."

It's fine, they're fine, everything's fine. This is fine.

The extremely large action man might be an extremely large Kojima fan.

The demo is still available on Steam, too, so you can give it a try before the time comes to buy.

Nintendo's Switch 2 is finally hitting its stride thanks to system seller Pokemon Pokopia, strong updates, and modern ports like Resident Evil Requiem

Is it fair to say Cities: Skylines 2's development has been incredibly messy? I'd say it's fair, after all, the game has completely shifted developers in the past few months, that doesn't sound like smooth sailing to me. In the nearly three years since it was released, the city builder still has plenty of issues to deal with, perhaps a symptom of a more industry wide problem. But in a recent interview, Mariina Hallikainen, CEO of the game's now former developer Colossal Order, has spoken about t...

Google has detailed how users will be able to sideload apps from unverified developers once it implements its more restrictive policy towards downloading software on Android. The company originally planned to require all developers to be "verified" to distribute on Android, but softened its stance in November 2025 to allow carveouts for Android power-users and hobbyist developers. For the average Android users, the ability to sideload apps will now be locked behind a multi-step one-time process....

Legendary and Warner Bros.' A Minecraft Movie sequel has cast Kirsten Dunst to star as Alex, the character teased in the first movie's post-credits.

The Steam Spring Sale is underway and as usual, there's plenty of good stuff to add to your library. The seasonal discounts will run through Thursday, March 26 at 1PM ET. If there's anything you've been waiting to buy, it's worth checking to see if it's on sale now, because huge chunks of the Steam catalog are at least a little bit off.  Recent releases don't usually receive big price cuts during Steam sales, but you can save at least a couple bucks on several 2025 hits this time. The excellent ...

Krafton was ordered to rehire a fired executive earlier this week, and now it's moving forward to release Subnautica 2.

A little more than a year after ditching third-party fact checkers and rolling back much of its proactive content moderation, the company says it will further "transform" its approach by drastically reducing the number of human moderators in favor of AI-based systems. The company says the change will happen "over the next few years," and will allow the company to catch more issues faster than its current approach.  Meta didn't say how much of its contract workforce might be cut as it makes this ...

The FBI has confirmed to the Senate it is once again buying data which can be used to track the locations of US citizens. That may have surprised the people who thought the precedent in Carpenter v. United States prohibited it. But while that case examined if it was legal for law enforcement to obtain location data from mobile networks without a warrant, here the FBI and other agencies have found a way to skirt the Fourth Amendment entirely. Over the last few years, they have taken to just buyin...

The key(ring) to success. McDonald's marked the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie back in 2023 with a line of tie-in Happy Meal toys, so it will come as no surprise to hear that the fast food chain is doing the same for the sequel. The chain's North American branch has today revealed a first look at its Super Mario Galaxy Movie toys, featuring 12 keychains with a different movie character on 'em. These toys will be cropping up in restaurants throughout the region from 26th March.

Shenmue is a game that will just always be there, I can't quite imagine a world without it. Just hanging around in the background, waiting for you patiently, maybe even coming into the foreground to say hello again because it missed you. That time of saying hello appears to be rearing its beautiful head again, as Ys Net (and of course the one and only Yu Suzuki himself) have announced a new, shinier edition of Shenmue 3 is on the way.

"As a chronic reloader I'm terrified."

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