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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 […]
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Devs Finally Got To Talk On Stage, And They Did Not Hold Back

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Family Is Suing Makers Of Fortnite, Call Of Duty For Fostering Addiction

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Overwatch 2’s K-Pop Collab Prices Have Fans Conflicted

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Popular Fantasy MMO Ditches Battle Pass After Players Revolt

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Here’s What The Original Doom Would Look Like Riddled With Microtransactions

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The original Doom, released in 1993, is a damn fine video game. But what if every time you picked up an item you had to pay a small fee to keep playing? That seems like a terrible way to experience this classic shooter. But someone went and made that v...

Ex-Blizzard Exec Dragged For Suggesting Gamers Start Tipping

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Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra made waves recently when he suggested that gamers might want to start tipping their favorite games extra. “I’ve often thought ‘I wish I could give these folks another $10 or $20 because it was worth more than my in...

Stellar Blade Won’t Have Microtransactions, Says Dev

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Stellar Blade, the stylish character-action game with the drippiest protagonist in recent memory, launches as a PlayStation 5 exclusive on April 26. Ahead of its imminent release, developer Shift Up has spilt some tea on what to expect from updates aft...

Players Aren’t Happy With Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Microtransactions

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New Study Shows Kids Are Bullied For Not Spending Money In Free-To-Play Games

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New data from Norway examines how video games influence children, their social behaviors, and their spending habits. It turns out, younger players are being bullied over their lack of cosmetic skins, are using in-game items to become more popular, and ...

Gigantic’s Return Feels Like The Anti-Overwatch In The Best Way

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Devs Finally Got To Talk On Stage, And They Did Not Hold Back

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One of the biggest complaints about last year’s Game Awards was that the show did not let winners talk. Even when folks from Larian Studios got on the stage to accept the Game of the Year award for Baldur’s Gate 3, they were told to “wrap it up” and we...

Immortals Of Aveum Proves It’s A Grim Time For Single-Player Games

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How The Hell Did We Let $20 Skins Become A Thing?

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Yesterday, I scrolled by the news that Halo Infinite has a new cosmetic skin that costs $20. I was busy and didn’t stop to read the post. But as I went about my day, I couldn’t get it out of my head. One thought came back to me again and again: How in ...

Family Is Suing Makers Of Fortnite, Call Of Duty For Fostering Addiction

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Fans sue (or attempt to sue) video game companies all the time. Just this year a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II fan sued remaster publisher Aspyr for not delivering its planned restored content DLC, but these situations are usually targeted ...

Overwatch 2’s K-Pop Collab Prices Have Fans Conflicted

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Overwatch 2’s collaboration with K-pop group Le Sserafim is out now, and it brings a limited-time game mode, cosmetics for specific heroes, and an animated music video featuring characters attending the group’s concert. But now that the skins, emotes, ...

Popular Fantasy MMO Ditches Battle Pass After Players Revolt

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The just-introduced RuneScape battle pass has nowhere near the longevity of the 22-year-old game to which it belongs: after debuting the pass on September 4, developer Jagex plans to terminate it on December 3, it wrote in an October 6 update post. Rea...
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