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Let's start with the good news: Switch 2 has become the second fastest-selling console in US history, after just 12 months on sale. It shifted a whopping 5.9m units, placing it only behind Nintendo's own Game Boy Advance - which sold 6.5m units in the 12 months after it arrived, 25 years ago.

Driven witless by the UK heatwave, I throw open my email inbox and search desperately for videogames about waterfalls, canopies of thick palm leaves, and the sibilant settling of ice in the bellies of the largest, most enduring glaciers. Instead, I am challenged to excavate a world of sand. Hooded Horse and Lantto Games have announced an early access release date for Sandustry, their 2D factory-building game in which resources break down into pixels with individual physics. It's out in early acc...

Samsung will start charging for SmartThings API access.

Apple's upcoming high-end MacBook model featuring an OLED touchscreen display will use the company's current M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The new, top-of-the-line device will launch "between late this year and early next year," Gurman said, adopting the existing high-end Apple silicon chips rather than next-generation M6 versions. Like the MacBook Pro, the touchscreen MacBook will be available in 14- and 16-inch display sizes, code-named "K114" and "K116." The d...

The Tsaritsa's arrival could mark the beginning of the end for Genshin Impact after the game enters version 7.0

Sony and Rockstar Games are pushing Grand Theft Auto 6 hard on PS5, taking over users welcome screens and the PlayStation Store alongside preorders.

The d10s can't hurt you, I swear.

While Marvel's Blade film may never be released, the film's former director, Bassam Tariq, and star, Mahershala Ali, are teaming up again.

Creative Assembly have announced the first six playable factions for historical strategy bash Total War: Medieval 3, while also sharing a little insight on the process of choosing Total War factions. Of course, the optimal way to select Twarieval 3 factions would be to mock up a grand tournament, where designers adorned with the heraldry of each realm prove their mettle in the jousts, the melee, and the pas d'armes, while rival spymasters contrive to spike their goblets with arsenic. Sadly, I do...

The free-to-play MOBA for Nintendo Switch, Android and iOS, Pokémon Unite adds four Legendary Pokémon and a regal look for Pikachu next month in July.

2024's Dragon's Dogma 2 is the perfect antidote to anyone waiting for The Elder Scrolls 6, especially with the Dark Arisen expansion coming soon.

Developer Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) admits Haunted Chocolatier is 'taking a long time' as Stardew Valley development continues.

Still plenty of time for new contenders to enter the ring, at least.

New dolls, new outfits, and lots of free stuff for players to celebrate 18 months of Girls’ Frontline 2: Exilium.

A new special from Robot Chicken creators will take aim at the programming block's shows on Adult Swim, including Rick and Morty and Metalocalypse.

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro lineup and its first foldable iPhone will launch at higher prices than originally predicted this September, according to several known Chinese leakers. The leaker known as "Fixed Focus Digital" said on Weibo that while Apple's current iPhone models haven't seen a price increase, the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ models launching this fall "will definitely see a price hike," adding that the foldable iPhone in particular could be priced 10% to 20% higher than previously expected. Bloomberg...

Earlier today, we reported that Apple added the MacBook Neo to the refurbished store on its website, and it turns out the new additions go beyond that. The other products added to Apple's refurbished store in the U.S. and Canada for the first time today include the MacBook Air with the M5 chip, MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, and the second-generation Studio Display (2026). The higher-end Studio Display XDR was also briefly available on Apple's refurbished store in Canada. All o...

In a social media post today, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Apple will be donating to relief efforts on the ground in Venezuela after the country was hit by two catastrophic earthquakes this week. Apple has donated to the Red Cross for earthquake and hurricane relief efforts in the past — it does not disclose the amounts.This article, "Apple Donating to Relief Efforts in Venezuela Following Devastating Earthquakes" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums

The new puppet and CGI-animated show incorporates modern technology into the style that inspired Team America

The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 redeems the animated series with a well-thought-out season that showcases Critical Role's narrative prowess.

The post Next Week on XBOX: New Games for June 29 to July 3 appeared first on XBOX Wire.

The Steam Summer Sale is now live, letting you grab discounts up to 90% off many of our favorite games and hidden gems on the Valve store.

Obviously. Y'know, if we were present at some of these Shareholder Q&A sessions at Nintendo, there are so many interesting questions we'd ask. So. Many. Yet according to OatmealDome on social media (via @NStyles), one particular shareholder decided to ask a question that, realistically, they must have known wouldn't be answered in a satisfactory way.

Turns out he's a small Mexican chihuahua.

There are tons of pistols, an obligatory rocket launcher, and a couple of Red Dead Redemption 2 references.

The northern lights could mean lights out for the infrastructure we rely on.

Pop sensation Phoebe Bridgers has released a new music video for her latest single, Lost Boys. It features a lovely song but more importantly it features Old School RuneScape - and it's the first time Old School RuneScape has appeared in such a big-name music video. And because this is clearly as important as new GTA 6 details being revealed this week, we're going to take a closer look.

The launch of the Steam Machine has officially given us the first attempt at a knock-off. The cheekily-named Stim Machine comes from a French hardware retailer, and it's taking an aim at Valve's mini-PC in a few key ways.

Volkswagen reportedly plans to cut 100,000 jobs.

Actor and stunt double Kiran Shah talks The Great Muppet Caper on the film’s 45th anniversary

If there's one obvious criticism you can levy at Forza Horizon 6, aside from who bankrolled it, it's that Playground Games' latest racer's very much an iterative sequel. There's plenty to it you'll have seen and done before if you've played previous entries. Clutch, the debut racer ex-Forza director-headed studio Maverick Games recently revealed, certainly isn't content just to follow a single established path. Having just watched devs Maverick's first lengthy livestream of it in action, it's tr...

Grand Theft Auto 6 apparently features a new in-game social network where we'll be able to watch videos and follow influences to discover "secret" side missions, which makes it sound like Rockstar is aiming its satirical cannon at TikTok and Instagram this time around.

Apple is developing a smart ring that could potentially rival products like the Oura Ring and Samsung Galaxy Ring, according to the leaker and prototype collector known as "Kosutami." The latest Oura Ring 5 starts at $399 Apple has toyed with the idea of a smart ring for several years, as indicated by several patents, and there have been previous rumors that Apple has investigated a wearable for the finger to track a user's biometrics. Reports dating back to 2024 said Apple was weighing up the i...

A long time ago in a games industry far, far away, a bunch of Sony Online Entertainment developers had the crazy idea of adding Jedi characters to an MMO without either robbing all the other classes of appeal, or nerfing the Force-wielders into oblivion.