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OpenAI slows down Astra development due to cybersecurity concerns

Engadget icon 25 days, 10 hours, 19 minutes ago by Jackson Chen

OpenAI slows down Astra development due to cybersecurity concerns

Meta slowed down development of its Astra model as it couldn't 'rule out critical cyber capabilities.'

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MARBLE SOULS sounds hilarious bringing souls-likes systems with oldschool marble gameplay

GamingOnLinux icon 25 days, 10 hours, 23 minutes ago by Liam Squires-Hand

This sounds hilarious actually, bringing together some elements of souls-like with rolling marble gameplay into something I've not seen before

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Gothic 1 Remake devs hint at next game while announcing a photo mode, "Marvin mode" for cheaters, and some mysterious "alternative progression systems"

Rock Paper Shotgun icon 25 days, 10 hours, 28 minutes ago by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Gothic 1 Remake devs hint at next game while announcing a photo mode, "Marvin mode" for cheaters, and some mysterious "alternative progression systems"

THQ Nordic's Gothic remake is getting a Photo Mode, some mysterious "alternative progression mechanics", an official mod kit, and something called Marvin Mode, development studio Alkimia Interactive have announced. What's a Marvin Mode? "The Gothic equivalent of a developer mode," Alkimia explain. "Think spawning creatures or items, teleporting around the map, or doing some silly things."

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Blizzard is Microsoft's "top performing" studio, thanks largely to Diablo 4 and Overwatch

Eurogamer icon 25 days, 10 hours, 31 minutes ago by Connor Makar

Blizzard is Microsoft's "top performing" studio, thanks largely to Diablo 4 and Overwatch

While the Xbox division reels as a result of wide-ranging restructuring, that will leave thousands of people without a job, and some studios drastically reduced in size - one Xbox studio appears to be doing exceptionally well. That studio is Blizzard Entertainment.

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26 more games join GeForce NOW during August 2026

GamingOnLinux icon 25 days, 10 hours, 32 minutes ago by Liam Squires-Hand

NVIDIA have announced the next set of games coming to their cloud gaming service GeForce NOW for August 2026

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New MacBook Pro and Refreshed iMacs Likely Coming in October

MacRumors icon 25 days, 10 hours, 46 minutes ago by Tim Hardwick

Apple is likely to unveil a new M6 MacBook Pro and refreshed iMacs in October, based on its typical release schedule, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Gurman reiterated his belief that Apple is readying the launch of a refreshed base-model MacBook Pro with a 14-inch display powered by an M6 chip. The base model is expected ahead of new high-end MacBook Pro models with OLED displays and M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, which could arrive betw...

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Return to Castle Wolfenstein RealRTCW brings PS2 maps to the Cursed Sands DLC

GamingOnLinux icon 25 days, 10 hours, 58 minutes ago by Liam Squires-Hand

Cursed Sands brought over the previously console-exclusive prologue to PC back in May, and now it has expanded to include the PS2 maps as well

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Xbox now requires Australians to prove their age to access games rated 18+, though "games you already own won't be affected"

Eurogamer icon 25 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes ago by Sherif Saed

Xbox now requires Australians to prove their age to access games rated 18+, though "games you already own won't be affected"

Xbox is now asking users in Australia to verify their age before they're able to purchase games rated at 18+ on the Xbox Store on Xbox consoles, as well as the Microsoft Store on PC.

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Devolver Digital plan to go private again

GamingOnLinux icon 25 days, 11 hours, 11 minutes ago by Liam Squires-Hand

After going public with shares back in 2021, it seems the heads of Devolver Digital have realised it's not a very good fit for an indie publisher

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ProtonPlus v0.6.0 adds support for Faugus Launcher, improved controller navigation and more

GamingOnLinux icon 25 days, 11 hours, 28 minutes ago by Liam Squires-Hand

ProtonPlus v0.6.0 is out improving this fantastic manager for all the different community builds of Proton, with new advanced features and general improvements

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Heroic Games Launcher 2.22.1 brings Proton-CachyOS, controller improvements and more to come

GamingOnLinux icon 25 days, 11 hours, 44 minutes ago by Liam Squires-Hand

The Heroic Games Launcher just launched a small hotfix with some new features while they work on some bigger stuff still to come

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The FCC wants to ban drones with LiDAR that it previously approved

Engadget icon 25 days, 12 hours, 2 minutes ago by Jackson Chen

The FCC wants to ban drones with LiDAR that it previously approved

If you're thinking of buying a LiDAR-equipped DJI drone, the FCC is proposing to ban them.

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Australians must now prove their age to buy R18+ games on the Xbox store

PC Gamer icon 25 days, 15 hours, 45 minutes ago by Shaun Prescott

Australians must now prove their age to buy R18+ games on the Xbox store

Microsoft is the first among major games platforms to implement stricter age verification.

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In One Line, 'House of the Dragon' Just Quietly Retconned the Entire Plot of 'Game of Thrones'

Polygon icon 25 days, 16 hours, 38 minutes ago by Jake Kleinman

In One Line, 'House of the Dragon' Just Quietly Retconned the Entire Plot of 'Game of Thrones'

House of the Dragon's season 3 finale finally reveals when The Prince That Was Promised goes from Targaryen family secret to Westeros legend.

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'House of the Dragon' Season 3 Ending Explained: I Finally Understand Why George R.R. Martin Hates This Show

Polygon icon 25 days, 17 hours, 28 minutes ago by Aimee Hart

'House of the Dragon' Season 3 Ending Explained: I Finally Understand Why George R.R. Martin Hates This Show

After the explosive 'House of the Dragon' season 3 finale, George R.R Martin's criticisms of the TV adaptation finally make sense.

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Steam Week in Review: Games about sorting 1000s of mundane objects onto shelves is the new craze sweeping PC gaming

PC Gamer icon 25 days, 18 hours ago by Shaun Prescott

Steam Week in Review: Games about sorting 1000s of mundane objects onto shelves is the new craze sweeping PC gaming

All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 9.

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Free-to-play Division game launches on Steam to mixed reviews: 'Calling it slop disrespects actual slop'

PC Gamer icon 25 days, 18 hours, 34 minutes ago by Jody Macgregor

Free-to-play Division game launches on Steam to mixed reviews: 'Calling it slop disrespects actual slop'

The Division Resurgence was made for mobile and it shows.

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Size and Lifespan

xkcd icon 25 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes ago

Size and Lifespan

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The Best Games Like Dungeon Crawler Carl

Polygon icon 25 days, 21 hours, 38 minutes ago by Rebecca Corgan

The Best Games Like Dungeon Crawler Carl

From Lethal Company to Antichamber, these eight games capture the same survive-and-strategize energy that makes Dungeon Crawler Carl such a wild ride.

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The designer of Diamond City, Little Lamplight, and Starfield's Neon thinks Bethesda's galaxy was just too big: 'I would have done a handful of planets with bespoke layouts'

PC Gamer icon 25 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes ago by Ted Litchfield

The designer of Diamond City, Little Lamplight, and Starfield's Neon thinks Bethesda's galaxy was just too big: 'I would have done a handful of planets with bespoke layouts'

Nate Purkeypile worked on Starfield for a year before leaving Bethesda.

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Marvel Tokon players are trying weird solutions to fix the bad PC port

Polygon icon 25 days, 22 hours, 33 minutes ago by Elijah Gonzalez

Marvel Tokon players are trying weird solutions to fix the bad PC port

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls players on PC are resorting to running the Epic Games Store in the background, using framerate limiters, and more.

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47 Years Later, X-Men's Greatest Redemption Arc Is Finally Making the Leap From Comics to Movies

Polygon icon 25 days, 22 hours, 38 minutes ago by Thomas Hindmarch

47 Years Later, X-Men's Greatest Redemption Arc Is Finally Making the Leap From Comics to Movies

As Samara Weaving's Emma Frost prepares to hit the MCU, let's look back at the character's history and speculate on which version of Emma we're about to get.

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Lies of P studio reveals name change and hypes up sequel: 'My goal has been to create the world's greatest action game.'

PC Gamer icon 26 days, 4 minutes ago by Ted Litchfield

Lies of P studio reveals name change and hypes up sequel: 'My goal has been to create the world's greatest action game.'

Round 8 is now Nough, I think.

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7 Years Later, Game of Thrones Finally Redeems Its Biggest Failure With a Near-Perfect Prequel

Polygon icon 26 days, 38 minutes ago by Aimee Hart

7 Years Later, Game of Thrones Finally Redeems Its Biggest Failure With a Near-Perfect Prequel

Dominic Cooke and Duncan Macmillan's stage play following Aerys Targaryen's waning reign might have just added a new lease of life to Game of Thrones

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The Odyssey passes The Dark Knight Rises to become Nolan’s highest-grossing film ever

Polygon icon 26 days, 42 minutes ago by Elijah Gonzalez

The Odyssey passes The Dark Knight Rises to become Nolan’s highest-grossing film ever

The Odyssey just became Christopher Nolan's highest-grossing film of all time after hitting $1.1 billion at the box office.

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How to use Claude's voice mode

Engadget icon 26 days, 1 hour, 8 minutes ago by Igor Bonifacic

How to use Claude's voice mode

Anthropic's chatbot can be very vocal, if you want it to be.

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Here's how to format a USB drive on Windows

Engadget icon 26 days, 2 hours, 8 minutes ago by Max Miller

Here's how to format a USB drive on Windows

There are several scenarios that might require you to format a USB drive. But don't worry -- We'll show you how.

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5 'Solo Leveling' Characters Who Deserved Better (#4's Fate Is Tragic)

Polygon icon 26 days, 2 hours, 38 minutes ago by Debopriyaa Dutta

5 'Solo Leveling' Characters Who Deserved Better (#4's Fate Is Tragic)

These intriguing secondary characters were prematurely pushed aside to bolster Sung Jin-woo.

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Deltarune's 'The Third Sanctuary' is an affront to time signatures, and also one of my favourite songs in a videogame ever

PC Gamer icon 26 days, 2 hours, 38 minutes ago by Harvey Randall

Deltarune's 'The Third Sanctuary' is an affront to time signatures, and also one of my favourite songs in a videogame ever

The drummer will say "please" and then "make it stop".

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PowerWash Simulator Meets Unpacking In a Cozy Gaming Steam Sleeper Hit

Polygon icon 26 days, 3 hours, 8 minutes ago by Rebecca Corgan

PowerWash Simulator Meets Unpacking In a Cozy Gaming Steam Sleeper Hit

ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs pairs Y2K nostalgia with a compelling story. Here's how the cozy Tokyo repair sim feels a few hours in.

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How to use ChatGPT's new, more natural Voice Mode for conversations

Engadget icon 26 days, 3 hours, 8 minutes ago by Adnan Ahmed

How to use ChatGPT's new, more natural Voice Mode for conversations

Talking to ChatGPT just got a lot less awkward.

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Ex Escape From Tarkov dev believes his new game Rush is Real can cut through a risk-averse industry with an "original idea"

PCGamesN icon 26 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes ago by Ken Allsop

Ex Escape From Tarkov dev believes his new game Rush is Real can cut through a risk-averse industry with an "original idea"

Ex-Tarkov developer Jean Tyulegenov wants to build his new game Rush is Real around a mechanic “that isn’t copied from anywhere else.”

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The last season of Netflix's Witcher show has reportedly been delayed

PC Gamer icon 26 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes ago by Justin Wagner

The last season of Netflix's Witcher show has reportedly been delayed

Hold on to that coin, actually.

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Blizzard is now reportedly Microsoft's top studio, according to leaked email

PC Gamer icon 26 days, 3 hours, 15 minutes ago by Justin Wagner

Blizzard is now reportedly Microsoft's top studio, according to leaked email

"This past year has marked our third highest fiscal for top line revenue in Blizzard's history."

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Ceramic Case Could Return With Apple Watch Series 12

MacRumors icon 26 days, 3 hours, 16 minutes ago by Hartley Charlton

Ceramic Case Could Return With Apple Watch Series 12

Apple is planning to reintroduce its striking ceramic Apple Watch casing as soon as this year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. The Apple Watch Series 2's white ceramic case option. Writing in his "Power On" newsletter, Gurman explained that the ceramic case option is expected to return either this year or in 2027. Apple first introduced a ceramic Apple Watch Edition with the Series 2 in September 2016, replacing the original gold Edition model and bringing the line's price down from thousands o...

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