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, […]
Sony held a State of Play showcase this week that showed off a few new games alongside updates for Astro Bot, Alan Wake 2, and others, with the biggest reveal being our first look at the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima. Meanwhile, Xbox held an event of its...
Yet again, there are more layoffs. This time, Activision Blizzard are the ones responsible, and they will soon be laying off nearly 400 people in the mobile gaming divisions of their company, which are located in Santa Monica and Irvine. By doing this, it eliminates redundancies among the staff after their expensive merge with Microsoft last year, which cost $75.4 billion. It's hardly surprising anymore when Activision Blizzard lays off staff, as they have already laid off 1,003 staff in the past year, with staff being from Novato, Foster City, and Southern California, as stated by filings with the Employment […]
Xbox has just released a new update to round out September, offering new features to those using its services via the Xbox App, PC, and consoles. For PC players, things are getting more compact. For console users, updates are beginning to be improved i...
While Sony has announced its PlayStation 5 Pro mid-generation console refresh, Microsoft is betting on a wholly different strategy for Xbox. According to rumors, there will be no mid-generation console refresh akin to Xbox One X, which launched one year after the PS4 Pro and delivered top console performance. Microsoft is instead entirely focused on the next generation of hardware. Sarah Bond, President of Xbox, has famously teased that it will deliver the biggest technological leap ever seen between console generations: [...] we're also invested in the next-generation roadmap. And what we're really focused on there is delivering the largest […]
If you listen closely, it feels like you can hear the jingle of plastic and metal for Nintendo’s next console as its manufactured and assembled in faraway factories. You can almost sense its launch lineup coming into focus as the company’s developers p...
It’s been two weeks since Sony announced it was taking the unprecedented step of unreleasing Concord and almost as long since the ill-fated, sci-fi hero shooter was officially taken offline. In the time since, Kotaku understands that developers at Fire...
It was a surprising bit of feel-good news when Krafton, which publishes the hit battle royale PUBG, swooped in to buy Hi-Fi Rush maker Tango Gameworks after it was suddenly shut down by Microsoft amid budget cuts earlier this year. While that deal stil...
Tango Gameworks being shut down after the huge success of Hi-Fi Rush came as a massive shock to a lot of people, and it was a shame to see such a powerful studio be erased. However, Tango Gameworks was then saved by Krafton, who acquired the studio from Microsoft in a "last-minute deal." By acquiring the Japanese studio, they also got the rights to the Hi-Fi Rush franchise. CEO Chang Han 'CH' Kim spoke about their choice to acquire the studio, saying it was creatively motivated rather than commercially. In an interview with Game Developer, Kim says Krafton wanted to […]
Sony held a State of Play showcase this week that showed off a few new games alongside updates for Astro Bot, Alan Wake 2, and others, with the biggest reveal being our first look at the sequel to Ghost of Tsushima. Meanwhile, Xbox held an event of its...
Yet again, there are more layoffs. This time, Activision Blizzard are the ones responsible, and they will soon be laying off nearly 400 people in the mobile gaming divisions of their company, which are located in Santa Monica and Irvine. By doing this, it eliminates redundancies among the staff after their expensive merge with Microsoft last year, which cost $75.4 billion. It's hardly surprising anymore when Activision Blizzard lays off staff, as they have already laid off 1,003 staff in the past year, with staff being from Novato, Foster City, and Southern California, as stated by filings with the Employment […]
Xbox has just released a new update to round out September, offering new features to those using its services via the Xbox App, PC, and consoles. For PC players, things are getting more compact. For console users, updates are beginning to be improved i...
While Sony has announced its PlayStation 5 Pro mid-generation console refresh, Microsoft is betting on a wholly different strategy for Xbox. According to rumors, there will be no mid-generation console refresh akin to Xbox One X, which launched one year after the PS4 Pro and delivered top console performance. Microsoft is instead entirely focused on the next generation of hardware. Sarah Bond, President of Xbox, has famously teased that it will deliver the biggest technological leap ever seen between console generations: [...] we're also invested in the next-generation roadmap. And what we're really focused on there is delivering the largest […]
If you listen closely, it feels like you can hear the jingle of plastic and metal for Nintendo’s next console as its manufactured and assembled in faraway factories. You can almost sense its launch lineup coming into focus as the company’s developers p...
It’s been two weeks since Sony announced it was taking the unprecedented step of unreleasing Concord and almost as long since the ill-fated, sci-fi hero shooter was officially taken offline. In the time since, Kotaku understands that developers at Fire...
It was a surprising bit of feel-good news when Krafton, which publishes the hit battle royale PUBG, swooped in to buy Hi-Fi Rush maker Tango Gameworks after it was suddenly shut down by Microsoft amid budget cuts earlier this year. While that deal stil...
Tango Gameworks being shut down after the huge success of Hi-Fi Rush came as a massive shock to a lot of people, and it was a shame to see such a powerful studio be erased. However, Tango Gameworks was then saved by Krafton, who acquired the studio from Microsoft in a "last-minute deal." By acquiring the Japanese studio, they also got the rights to the Hi-Fi Rush franchise. CEO Chang Han 'CH' Kim spoke about their choice to acquire the studio, saying it was creatively motivated rather than commercially. In an interview with Game Developer, Kim says Krafton wanted to […]