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, […]
One of the most surprising announcements of Gamescom 2024's Opening Night Live is the announcement of Mafia: The Old Country. While a new Mafia game has been rumored for quite a while, it wasn't officially announced what it could be. Today, 2K and Hanger 13 officially revealed the new title that will launch in 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. Additional details about this upcoming game will be unveiled in December 2024, potentially when they release news on the official release date in 2025 or show off the game play. Mafia: The Old Country was […]
A new co-op combat spectacle-style game has been revealed at Gamescom 2024. This game is being developed by Glowmade and published by Amazon Games, titled King of Meat. It's a chaotic, hack-and-slash online co-op for up to four players, where you must become a fearless contender as you battle through high-intensity dungeons with ridiculous traps. The game takes place in Loregok, where players are taken to a place where they will encounter dragons, trolls, skeletons, and corporate commercialism. High fantasy meets glitz, glamor, and media infatuation with modern-day celebrity in this wacky game. If it isn't apparent by now, the […]
Dune: Awakening was one of the major games showcased at Gamescom 2024, where they announced the plans to release the game in Early 2025. Additionally, during Gamescom, 30 minutes of Dune: Awakening gameplay will be showcased later in the week. Those excited about the game managed to get an exclusive look at the game during Gamescom Opening Night Live, where they got to see a 5-minute exclusive gameplay reveal. The reveal for Dune: Awakening shows the player's rise from scavenging and survival to mobilizing an entire guild hunting for spice. Players will explore the scorching desert full of colossal sandworms […]
NVIDIA had another big Gamescom 2024 announcement to make, although it is a bit staggered due to a later embargo compared to the others: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will join Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, and Black Myth: Wukong in the very restricted club of PC games that support NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 and full ray tracing. Also known as path tracing, it was only viable for offline rendering and, therefore, limited to usage in movies and TV series until not long ago. It was only the arrival of upscalers and specifically frame generation techniques that allowed its real-time […]
Tarsier Studios, the masterminds behind the popular franchise Little Nightmares, has announced their latest project. Named REANIMAL, players will get to go on a single-player or co-op journey where they get to control a brother and sister on their voyage through hell. On this journey, you are tasked with rescuing your missing friends and escaping the horrors of the island you used to live on. You have to work together in this fantastical horror adventure game to cooperate as you leave the island and traverse deeper into a dark and twisted world. You have to explore a fragmented island, solve […]
During Gamescom Opening Night Live, FuzzyBot unveiled their debut title, Lynked: Banner of the Spark. This game is an arcade-inspired co-op action where playing together can both be a help and a hindrance. You get to brawl with a friend and build and befriend other characters in the game when a town-builder meets hack-and-slash with roguelite elements sprinkled in. Gamescom 2024 is shaping up to be one of the biggest events. Xbox will have its "biggest booth yet," as will some other huge names such as Larian Studios, AMD, and more. For those wanting to get their hands on this game, […]
In a new trailer shown at Gamescom 2024, Grinding Gear Games gave players a glimpse into some of the high-intensity bosses that populate the world of Wraeclast in Path of Exile 2. In addition to showing off the game's content, Grinding Gear has also announced that it is coming to Early Access on November 15. Path of Exile 2 was initially announced in 2019 and has been developing since then. It was initially announced as a large update for the original game but has since become its own game, and it will be available for players to get stuck into […]
During a pre-Gamescom 2024 remote briefing event held by Bethesda, we learned more about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle through a remote presentation and subsequent roundtable Q&A with two key developers: Game Director Jerk Gustafsson and Creative Director Axel Torvenius. This time, the developers at MachineGames focused on showing off gameplay: how Indiana interacts with the world around him, how he traverses the environment, and how he deals with the enemy. They also highlighted some of his key tools: the camera and journal. The developers claimed to have made the gameplay experience as interesting and authentic as possible. They […]
Dying Light: The Beast is a new stand-alone game that brings back the legendary hero Kyle Crane into a new zombie adventure. You get to play as Kyle Crane, where you explore a rural area, as Kyle Crane realizes there is more at stake than revenge. Dying Light: The Beast is a new thrilling 18+ hour standalone zombie adventure in the post-apocalyptic Castor Woods, an area once a popular tourist destination. Kyle Crane endured 13 years of experiments, and you have to escape and hunt down your captors in an attempt to seek revenge. This game comes almost ten years […]
Starfield was Bethesda Softworks' most recent game. While critics approved the game, the audience's reception wasn't as great. Starfield had mixed reviews on Steam, predominantly due to the number of bugs that were apparent in the game at release. Starfield Shattered Space's release date was officially revealed at Gamescom 2024, giving people a glimpse into the upcoming expansion for Starfield. This major expansion will be released on September 30 for Xbox and PC. At the moment, there is still no news of whether Starfield will be coming to the PlayStation 5 in the future or if Bethesda is even planning […]
ARC Raiders was first announced at The Game Awards in 2021, but news of the game has been scarce until now. At Gamescom 2024, they announced that the game will be officially released in 2025, and PC play-testing will begin this fall. If this third-person PvPvE action survival shooter is something you're interested in, you can sign up for PC playtesting on Steam, where you can be chosen to participate. The first public Tech Test is set for October 24 through October 27, 2024. In ARC Raiders, you get to explore a vast, lethal world where people have fled to […]
Borderlands is returning, with the fifth game in the leading franchise announced for 2025. As with most reveal trailers, it didn't reveal much at all. It was a tiny teaser trailer at Gamescom 2024, and the message was incredibly cryptic. Even in the description of the trailer on YouTube, there isn't much for the audience to go on. What we do know is that Borderlands 4 is set to release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. "In this next installment of the definitive looter shooter, players will assume the role of a legendary Vault Hunter as they blast […]
One of the most surprising announcements of Gamescom 2024's Opening Night Live is the announcement of Mafia: The Old Country. While a new Mafia game has been rumored for quite a while, it wasn't officially announced what it could be. Today, 2K and Hanger 13 officially revealed the new title that will launch in 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. Additional details about this upcoming game will be unveiled in December 2024, potentially when they release news on the official release date in 2025 or show off the game play. Mafia: The Old Country was […]
A new co-op combat spectacle-style game has been revealed at Gamescom 2024. This game is being developed by Glowmade and published by Amazon Games, titled King of Meat. It's a chaotic, hack-and-slash online co-op for up to four players, where you must become a fearless contender as you battle through high-intensity dungeons with ridiculous traps. The game takes place in Loregok, where players are taken to a place where they will encounter dragons, trolls, skeletons, and corporate commercialism. High fantasy meets glitz, glamor, and media infatuation with modern-day celebrity in this wacky game. If it isn't apparent by now, the […]
Dune: Awakening was one of the major games showcased at Gamescom 2024, where they announced the plans to release the game in Early 2025. Additionally, during Gamescom, 30 minutes of Dune: Awakening gameplay will be showcased later in the week. Those excited about the game managed to get an exclusive look at the game during Gamescom Opening Night Live, where they got to see a 5-minute exclusive gameplay reveal. The reveal for Dune: Awakening shows the player's rise from scavenging and survival to mobilizing an entire guild hunting for spice. Players will explore the scorching desert full of colossal sandworms […]
NVIDIA had another big Gamescom 2024 announcement to make, although it is a bit staggered due to a later embargo compared to the others: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will join Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, and Black Myth: Wukong in the very restricted club of PC games that support NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 and full ray tracing. Also known as path tracing, it was only viable for offline rendering and, therefore, limited to usage in movies and TV series until not long ago. It was only the arrival of upscalers and specifically frame generation techniques that allowed its real-time […]
Tarsier Studios, the masterminds behind the popular franchise Little Nightmares, has announced their latest project. Named REANIMAL, players will get to go on a single-player or co-op journey where they get to control a brother and sister on their voyage through hell. On this journey, you are tasked with rescuing your missing friends and escaping the horrors of the island you used to live on. You have to work together in this fantastical horror adventure game to cooperate as you leave the island and traverse deeper into a dark and twisted world. You have to explore a fragmented island, solve […]
During Gamescom Opening Night Live, FuzzyBot unveiled their debut title, Lynked: Banner of the Spark. This game is an arcade-inspired co-op action where playing together can both be a help and a hindrance. You get to brawl with a friend and build and befriend other characters in the game when a town-builder meets hack-and-slash with roguelite elements sprinkled in. Gamescom 2024 is shaping up to be one of the biggest events. Xbox will have its "biggest booth yet," as will some other huge names such as Larian Studios, AMD, and more. For those wanting to get their hands on this game, […]
In a new trailer shown at Gamescom 2024, Grinding Gear Games gave players a glimpse into some of the high-intensity bosses that populate the world of Wraeclast in Path of Exile 2. In addition to showing off the game's content, Grinding Gear has also announced that it is coming to Early Access on November 15. Path of Exile 2 was initially announced in 2019 and has been developing since then. It was initially announced as a large update for the original game but has since become its own game, and it will be available for players to get stuck into […]
During a pre-Gamescom 2024 remote briefing event held by Bethesda, we learned more about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle through a remote presentation and subsequent roundtable Q&A with two key developers: Game Director Jerk Gustafsson and Creative Director Axel Torvenius. This time, the developers at MachineGames focused on showing off gameplay: how Indiana interacts with the world around him, how he traverses the environment, and how he deals with the enemy. They also highlighted some of his key tools: the camera and journal. The developers claimed to have made the gameplay experience as interesting and authentic as possible. They […]
Dying Light: The Beast is a new stand-alone game that brings back the legendary hero Kyle Crane into a new zombie adventure. You get to play as Kyle Crane, where you explore a rural area, as Kyle Crane realizes there is more at stake than revenge. Dying Light: The Beast is a new thrilling 18+ hour standalone zombie adventure in the post-apocalyptic Castor Woods, an area once a popular tourist destination. Kyle Crane endured 13 years of experiments, and you have to escape and hunt down your captors in an attempt to seek revenge. This game comes almost ten years […]
Starfield was Bethesda Softworks' most recent game. While critics approved the game, the audience's reception wasn't as great. Starfield had mixed reviews on Steam, predominantly due to the number of bugs that were apparent in the game at release. Starfield Shattered Space's release date was officially revealed at Gamescom 2024, giving people a glimpse into the upcoming expansion for Starfield. This major expansion will be released on September 30 for Xbox and PC. At the moment, there is still no news of whether Starfield will be coming to the PlayStation 5 in the future or if Bethesda is even planning […]
ARC Raiders was first announced at The Game Awards in 2021, but news of the game has been scarce until now. At Gamescom 2024, they announced that the game will be officially released in 2025, and PC play-testing will begin this fall. If this third-person PvPvE action survival shooter is something you're interested in, you can sign up for PC playtesting on Steam, where you can be chosen to participate. The first public Tech Test is set for October 24 through October 27, 2024. In ARC Raiders, you get to explore a vast, lethal world where people have fled to […]
Borderlands is returning, with the fifth game in the leading franchise announced for 2025. As with most reveal trailers, it didn't reveal much at all. It was a tiny teaser trailer at Gamescom 2024, and the message was incredibly cryptic. Even in the description of the trailer on YouTube, there isn't much for the audience to go on. What we do know is that Borderlands 4 is set to release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. "In this next installment of the definitive looter shooter, players will assume the role of a legendary Vault Hunter as they blast […]