D&D Fiends & Foes explores the origins of Tiamat, Acererak, Lolth and more in a sweeping new book.
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Alienware's latest 34-inch ultrawide gaming monitor is far brighter than before, and it can finally handle text without fringing.
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New dialogue ahoy! Deltarune Chapter 5 finally launched on Switch 1 & 2 late last month, and Toby Fox & co. have been tweaking it ever since. The ver. 0.0.241 patch arrived on the Nintendo hybrid systems shortly after launch, and the dev has another update in store, too — though it'll take a little longer to come our way.
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Apple has stopped signing several older versions of iOS for a group of legacy iPhone and iPad models, cutting off the paths to reinstall or downgrade the affected software. Apple will no longer validate over-the-air (OTA) or direct IPSW installs of the builds in question. Once a version is unsigned, there is no longer a way to restore or install it through Finder or iTunes. The change is narrower than a typical signing update. Apple has not stopped signing the iOS versions themselves. Instead, i...
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Train up those Flying Types. Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Ranked Battle seasons have been a little repetitive for the past few months, but July's offering promises to mix things up a bit with a new ruleset built for Flying types. Season 14 kicks off on 16th July at 7am BST / 2am ET / 11pm PT (15th), and only Flying-type Pokémon are allowed to compete. Alongside the usual returning Mega Stone rewards for rising through the Ranked Battles, this season also includes a bunch of Pretty Feather rewards to r...
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DuckDuckGo's free web browser now blocks most video ads on YouTube, and the feature is on by default for iPhone and Mac users running the latest version of the app. Announced on Wednesday, YouTube Ad Blocking stops ads that play before and during videos on YouTube's website, and DuckDuckGo says the result is the regular YouTube experience minus the interruptions, so features like viewing history and saving your spot in playlists keep working. One thing to watch on iPhone is if you tap a YouTube ...
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Has the 'can it run Minecraft' arms race begun?
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Overwatch's new hero Shion has a voice line with a direct reference to Emily Dickinson, and the Omnic gang leader isn't her biggest fan
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The de-specialized edition: special edition!
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Slate's barebones EV trucks lack whimsy, which is why the company has teamed up with Crayola.
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Ex-Marathon director Christopher Barrett has announced a settlement has been reached with Sony and Bungie, after he sued both companies for wrongful dismissal, claiming they had "deliberately destroyed [his] reputation by falsely, and publicly, insinuating...he had engaged in sexual misconduct."
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SpaceXAI has rolled out Grok 4.5, the first model it trained with Cursor.
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Unknown Worlds! Give me more rug options and my life is yours!
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A clearer picture of how hard id Software has been hit by Microsoft's drastic Xbox restructuring is beginning to emerge, and it has been hit very hard indeed.
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Meta has prototyped "super sensing" smart glasses that use cameras and audio recordings to capture the wearer's every moment, reports the Financial Times ($). The smart glasses continuously collect audio while taking photos every few seconds, allowing the user to leverage AI to help query what they saw or heard, or recall their day, according to the report's sources. Meta's current AI smart glasses have an LED in the corner of the frame that lights up to signal to others when a wearer is taking ...
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Days after Microsoft's devastating 3200 job cuts at Xbox, the true scope of the redundancies is becoming clearer. Obsidian Entertainment, which reportedly lost a quarter of its staff in the cuts, has had its priorities shifted too.
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Some folks get all the luck.
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The original concept for Andor, a gritty sci-fi series with Mission Impossible vibes, is revealed in the official behind-the-scenes companion.
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Read stories of heists, magic, monsters, and morally gray characters.
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"Things will only continue to get better from here."
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Rescue mission.
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Good news and bad news then?
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Obsidian Entertainment is returning to the Fallout universe per a report, but maybe at the expense of a few other franchises.
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When Microsoft's mass layoffs gutted Doom developers id Software earlier this week, the studio were reportedly kicking around a number of ideas for games they could work on after finishing Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC. Among these pitches, it's claimed, were the likes of a new Perfect Dark game and an original gun fu game inspired by John Wick.
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The BBC wanted to launch a UK-wide streaming service with ITV and Channel 4 in 2007... and again in 2017... will the third time be the charm?
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If you want a new 4x strategy game perhaps you'll want to keep an eye on Folk Emerging - like a smaller version of Civilization in the Stone Age
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Your backlog is about to get longer, as the week starting on July 13 is bringing nearly a dozen exciting games.
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Last week, Sony announced that in January 2028, large-scale production of physical discs for new games would cease. This sent waves throughout the industry, raising questions about what it meant for other console manufacturers, game preservation, and more.
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Eeyore welcome. Disney Dreamlight Valley has just grown with yet another expansion: Honeyglow Woods. Available now on Switch and Switch 2, the new content focuses primarily on the characters of Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, and Piglet as you enter a magical gate to explore the world of Honeyglow Woods. If you've already got the base game, this new expansion will cost £13.99 / $16.99, but otherwise you can grab a bundle for £39.99 / $49.99.
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Arcana Unleashed is a high-magic-focused D&D product that will include the first big adventure for 5.5e, releasing this September.
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After a long period of not knowing much about the upcoming remake, Persona 4 Revival,, we last month finally learned that Atlus' re-do of one of its most popular games is launching on 18th February on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. But the game isn't a straight one-to-one remake of the 2008 RPG. Similarly to Persona 3 Reload, it will see differences to the source material.
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Former Marathon director Christopher Barrett has settled his lawsuit against Sony and Bungie. He filed the lawsuit against the studio after a quiet departure which was confirmed in March 2024. Bloomberg reported in August 2024 that Barrett had been fired after he was accused by several female Bungie staff of inappropriate behaviour. Barrett subsequently sued Sony and Bungie for breach of contract and defamation, claiming that the real reason he was fired was to prevent him being paid a bonus of ...
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The next release of the Cinnamon desktop and Linux Mint is finally ready for Wayland - with it no longer considered to be experimental
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