Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
As previously rumored, Microsoft today announced that they’ll be holding their first Xbox Developer Direct on January 18. For those unfamiliar with the format, Developer Directs tend to focus more deeply on a smaller number of titles, rather than spamming a million announcements, and Microsoft has confirmed the upcoming show will include Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Avowed, and… the new Indiana Jones title from MachineGames. The first two games were expected, as they’ve already been confirmed for a 2024 release, but Indiana Jones was a bit of a surprise. The Indy game was announced back in early 2021, but we’ve […]
Could Rare’s Sea of Thieves be setting sail to Sony and Nintendo platforms? In recent days, insider Nate the Hate got the rumor mill churning when he stated a “acclaimed” Xbox exclusive may make the jump to other platforms. Piggybacking on these rumors, on the most recent episode of Game Mess Mornings wanton leaker Jeff Grubb said Sea of Thieves was his first thought when talk of an Xbox game coming to other platforms surfaced, as he’s heard the game “could” come to Switch and PlayStation. "Sea of Thieves, right---I'll say I've heard that is one that might be coming […]
There’s a possibility Hi-Fi Rush, Tango Gameworks’ rhythm action game that shadow-dropped on Xbox Game Pass last year, is coming to Switch at some point in 2024—if one industry insider is to be believed. If the rumors are true, more people could finall...
The Fallout London total conversion mod will be the icing on the cake for Fallout 4, learning from the base game's mistakes and shortcomings and adding features that people wanted to see in the base game. Speaking with DualShockers, Team FLON's Project Lead Dean Carter and Lead 2D Artist Emily Kemp talked about the upcoming total conversion mod, highlighting its size and features. Alongside introducing a new setting for the series, as no Fallout game to date is set in Europe, the members of the development team highlighted how they took the opportunity to fix things players did not like […]
The Elder Scrolls V fans galore - the creator of the impressive Nolvus mod for Skyrim is working on a new next-gen version, and it's slated for a release this year. Those into modding will most likely be familiar with the popular Nolvus modpack. Each version has packed notable visual improvements compared to previous versions. Recently, the modder has announced that he's working on a new version of the pack - Nolvus V6. According to the modder, this version will introduce a "real next-gen version of Skyrim" for PC players to enjoy. At the moment of writing, the new version […]
An interesting new Starfield Faction mod adds the new Grindterra Industries faction to Bethesda's most recent hit title. Created by modders 'ItsmePaulieB' and 'Boris4774', the Grindterra Industries mod adds this new faction to Starfield complete with a working crime system and a distinct clothing line for the faction. Interesting to note is that this clothing line can be purchased by players. According to the modders, the Grindterra faction is a new corporate faction financed in shadows by the UC to rival Ryujin Industries. "Being a private sector company, it can expand in Freestar space and uses its funds to hire […]
Starfield is definitely lacking in means of transportation, but the situation is set to improve in the future thanks to an upcoming mod. Modder Jared Kohr shared a new video this week showcasing a work-in-progress mod that will allow players to pilot their own mech. While there's clearly some work left to be done, the mod seems to be working surprisingly well already. Bethesda seems to be aware of Starfield's lack of means of travel, as new ones will be coming in future updates. Last month, the studio confirmed new game updates will be released about every six weeks starting […]
While Starfield was heavily criticized by many, the game managed to become quite popular in the months following its release. According to a new infographic shared by Bethesda as part of the studio's end of the year update, the game has been played by 13 million players. Back in the day, this would have been a smashing success, but as this number obviously includes those who played the game via Xbox Game Pass, it doesn't translate into 13 million copies sold. The average playtime per player is around 40 hours, which isn't too surprising, considering how short the main campaign […]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim may have been released over ten years ago, but it continues to be an extremely good-looking game, thanks to the many mods that improve its visuals still getting released to this day. A new 8K resolution video put together by Digital Dreams shows how breathtaking the latest entry in the series by Bethesda looks with the Complete RT shader by NiceGuy, an advanced screen space ray tracing shader that lets users add global illumination with effects like Diffuse Illumination and Specular Reflection, ambient occlusion and glossy reflections to any game via Reshade, NVIDIA DLSS 3 […]
Starfield lead designer Emil Pagliarulo recently addressed some common criticism raised towards games (and most definitely at the latest RPG from Bethesda), discussing how much some players are disconnected from the realities of game development and how people shouldn't fool themselves into thinking they know why some things are the way they are. Buying plenty of games himself, Pagliarulo understands how a consumer has a right to complain, and he would do so as well if he did not know the realities of game development and the struggle for developers to bring their vision to life with constantly shifting resources. […]
Arkane Studios have had some ups and downs in the past few year, with Deathloop picking up numerous GOTY awards, but Redfall being pretty major disappointment. With that context, people have been wondering what may come next for the studio, and it turns out it’s not what anybody expected. Tonight at The Game Awards it was announced Marvel’s Blade is the next big project from Arkane Lyon. The game will continue on Arkane’s trademark open-ended gameplay, but from a different perspective – this will be a third-person, single-player action-adventure. It will also offer up a bit of a different setting […]
“As world builders, our greatest responsibility is to inspire and invite joy,” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said at the New York Game Awards in January. “It feels like today, seeking joy is an act of defiance.” In February, Microsoft lived up to t...
As previously rumored, Microsoft today announced that they’ll be holding their first Xbox Developer Direct on January 18. For those unfamiliar with the format, Developer Directs tend to focus more deeply on a smaller number of titles, rather than spamming a million announcements, and Microsoft has confirmed the upcoming show will include Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Avowed, and… the new Indiana Jones title from MachineGames. The first two games were expected, as they’ve already been confirmed for a 2024 release, but Indiana Jones was a bit of a surprise. The Indy game was announced back in early 2021, but we’ve […]
Could Rare’s Sea of Thieves be setting sail to Sony and Nintendo platforms? In recent days, insider Nate the Hate got the rumor mill churning when he stated a “acclaimed” Xbox exclusive may make the jump to other platforms. Piggybacking on these rumors, on the most recent episode of Game Mess Mornings wanton leaker Jeff Grubb said Sea of Thieves was his first thought when talk of an Xbox game coming to other platforms surfaced, as he’s heard the game “could” come to Switch and PlayStation. "Sea of Thieves, right---I'll say I've heard that is one that might be coming […]
There’s a possibility Hi-Fi Rush, Tango Gameworks’ rhythm action game that shadow-dropped on Xbox Game Pass last year, is coming to Switch at some point in 2024—if one industry insider is to be believed. If the rumors are true, more people could finall...
The Fallout London total conversion mod will be the icing on the cake for Fallout 4, learning from the base game's mistakes and shortcomings and adding features that people wanted to see in the base game. Speaking with DualShockers, Team FLON's Project Lead Dean Carter and Lead 2D Artist Emily Kemp talked about the upcoming total conversion mod, highlighting its size and features. Alongside introducing a new setting for the series, as no Fallout game to date is set in Europe, the members of the development team highlighted how they took the opportunity to fix things players did not like […]
The Elder Scrolls V fans galore - the creator of the impressive Nolvus mod for Skyrim is working on a new next-gen version, and it's slated for a release this year. Those into modding will most likely be familiar with the popular Nolvus modpack. Each version has packed notable visual improvements compared to previous versions. Recently, the modder has announced that he's working on a new version of the pack - Nolvus V6. According to the modder, this version will introduce a "real next-gen version of Skyrim" for PC players to enjoy. At the moment of writing, the new version […]
An interesting new Starfield Faction mod adds the new Grindterra Industries faction to Bethesda's most recent hit title. Created by modders 'ItsmePaulieB' and 'Boris4774', the Grindterra Industries mod adds this new faction to Starfield complete with a working crime system and a distinct clothing line for the faction. Interesting to note is that this clothing line can be purchased by players. According to the modders, the Grindterra faction is a new corporate faction financed in shadows by the UC to rival Ryujin Industries. "Being a private sector company, it can expand in Freestar space and uses its funds to hire […]
Starfield is definitely lacking in means of transportation, but the situation is set to improve in the future thanks to an upcoming mod. Modder Jared Kohr shared a new video this week showcasing a work-in-progress mod that will allow players to pilot their own mech. While there's clearly some work left to be done, the mod seems to be working surprisingly well already. Bethesda seems to be aware of Starfield's lack of means of travel, as new ones will be coming in future updates. Last month, the studio confirmed new game updates will be released about every six weeks starting […]
While Starfield was heavily criticized by many, the game managed to become quite popular in the months following its release. According to a new infographic shared by Bethesda as part of the studio's end of the year update, the game has been played by 13 million players. Back in the day, this would have been a smashing success, but as this number obviously includes those who played the game via Xbox Game Pass, it doesn't translate into 13 million copies sold. The average playtime per player is around 40 hours, which isn't too surprising, considering how short the main campaign […]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim may have been released over ten years ago, but it continues to be an extremely good-looking game, thanks to the many mods that improve its visuals still getting released to this day. A new 8K resolution video put together by Digital Dreams shows how breathtaking the latest entry in the series by Bethesda looks with the Complete RT shader by NiceGuy, an advanced screen space ray tracing shader that lets users add global illumination with effects like Diffuse Illumination and Specular Reflection, ambient occlusion and glossy reflections to any game via Reshade, NVIDIA DLSS 3 […]
Starfield lead designer Emil Pagliarulo recently addressed some common criticism raised towards games (and most definitely at the latest RPG from Bethesda), discussing how much some players are disconnected from the realities of game development and how people shouldn't fool themselves into thinking they know why some things are the way they are. Buying plenty of games himself, Pagliarulo understands how a consumer has a right to complain, and he would do so as well if he did not know the realities of game development and the struggle for developers to bring their vision to life with constantly shifting resources. […]
Arkane Studios have had some ups and downs in the past few year, with Deathloop picking up numerous GOTY awards, but Redfall being pretty major disappointment. With that context, people have been wondering what may come next for the studio, and it turns out it’s not what anybody expected. Tonight at The Game Awards it was announced Marvel’s Blade is the next big project from Arkane Lyon. The game will continue on Arkane’s trademark open-ended gameplay, but from a different perspective – this will be a third-person, single-player action-adventure. It will also offer up a bit of a different setting […]
“As world builders, our greatest responsibility is to inspire and invite joy,” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said at the New York Game Awards in January. “It feels like today, seeking joy is an act of defiance.” In February, Microsoft lived up to t...