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, […]
October hits different. The spooky month is often bursting with new games to play ahead of the end of the year, and 2024's buffet of releases is keeping the tradition alive. From PC to Nintendo Switch, from Super Mario Party Jamboree to Dragon Age: The...
Today, Amazon Games revealed that NCSoft's fantasy MMORPG Throne and Liberty will arrive in North and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan in less than three months. To be exact, the game will be released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X (with cross-play, as previously announced) on September 17. Amazon Games also confirmed that the business model will be free-to-play, just like in the original Korean release. An Open Beta test will take place on all platforms between July 18 and 23, allowing players to check out the game before the launch. Amazon worked closely with […]
This week’s gaming news was far-ranging in its nature and its implications. We got reports that Pedro Pascal has already wrapped up shooting on season two of HBO’s The Last of Us, heard rumblings that some publishers are unsure if supporting Xbox conti...
It’s been over a decade since ArenaNet’s fantasy MMO Guild Wars 2 launched. In the years since its 2021 PC debut, the team has released several expansions and updates for it, with the latest being 2023’s Secrets of the Obscure. With two more expansions...
South Korean financial website Money Today reports that Guild Wars 3 recently received the green light from ArenaNet parent company NCSoft, which assessed in-house development resources and reviewed business feasibility. It is unclear from the report whether development is literally just starting or whether actual production is now commencing. Despite some layoffs that took place in 2019, ArenaNet has been working on a new project for some time. In 2022, the developer was openly hiring for an unannounced triple-A game in pre-production, based on an 'established fantasy online IP' and to be made with Unreal Engine 5. Unless ArenaNet suddenly […]
Within the last few years, video game industry layoffs have unfortunately become more commonplace. In 2023, we saw near-weekly layoffs across the entire industry. When the dust had settled, at least 6,000 jobs across publishers, developers, and other v...
City of Heroes was a beloved MMORPG that launched in April 2004 and lasted just over eight years. In that time it won a dedicated community of players who, even after the game died, kept playing the MMO via private servers that existed in a weird legal...
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that they’ve entered into a “strategic global business partnership” with Korean publishing giant NCSoft. For those unfamiliar with NCSoft, they’re mainly active in the mobile and MMORPG space, publishing franchises like Guild Wars, Lineage, and Throne and Liberty. Sony doesn’t specifically say what this partnership is for, but it seems like NCSoft’s mobile expertise is what Team PlayStation is most interested in. Here’s what Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Jim Ryan had to say about the new partnership… “Partnering with NCSoft advances our strategy to expand beyond console and broaden PlayStation’s reach to an even wider […]
G-Star 2023 is now in full swing at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, running from today through this Sunday, and NCSOFT has a big presence there. The upcoming PC and console MMORPG Throne and Liberty will be a major focus ahead of the planned December 7 South Korean launch (as a reminder, the game has been delayed to 2024 in Western countries). The MMORPG is playable on the showfloor, and the developers are planning to showcase new content on Saturday, November 18th, at 1 PM local time, including a solo dungeon, a six-player group dungeon, and a guild raid. […]
To all of my fellow members of the LGBTQ+ community, happy Pride. Being queer these days is a whirlwind of emotions, some very positive and hopeful, and others not so much. Our history is one of courage and struggle, a struggle that continues today. An...
Vampire Survivors draws tons of inspiration from Castlevania, so it is no surprise that the new Ode To Castlevania DLC is fantastic. I’m here to guide you through unlocking each Hero and evolving each weapon, because that’s how you’ll end up accessing ...
I started playing Overwatch in 2019. By the time I was pushing payloads and getting Play of the Game with a well-placed Tactical Visor, a lot of the old hero kits and team compositions that were infamous when the hero shooter launched in 2016 were more...
October hits different. The spooky month is often bursting with new games to play ahead of the end of the year, and 2024's buffet of releases is keeping the tradition alive. From PC to Nintendo Switch, from Super Mario Party Jamboree to Dragon Age: The...
Today, Amazon Games revealed that NCSoft's fantasy MMORPG Throne and Liberty will arrive in North and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan in less than three months. To be exact, the game will be released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X (with cross-play, as previously announced) on September 17. Amazon Games also confirmed that the business model will be free-to-play, just like in the original Korean release. An Open Beta test will take place on all platforms between July 18 and 23, allowing players to check out the game before the launch. Amazon worked closely with […]
This week’s gaming news was far-ranging in its nature and its implications. We got reports that Pedro Pascal has already wrapped up shooting on season two of HBO’s The Last of Us, heard rumblings that some publishers are unsure if supporting Xbox conti...
It’s been over a decade since ArenaNet’s fantasy MMO Guild Wars 2 launched. In the years since its 2021 PC debut, the team has released several expansions and updates for it, with the latest being 2023’s Secrets of the Obscure. With two more expansions...
South Korean financial website Money Today reports that Guild Wars 3 recently received the green light from ArenaNet parent company NCSoft, which assessed in-house development resources and reviewed business feasibility. It is unclear from the report whether development is literally just starting or whether actual production is now commencing. Despite some layoffs that took place in 2019, ArenaNet has been working on a new project for some time. In 2022, the developer was openly hiring for an unannounced triple-A game in pre-production, based on an 'established fantasy online IP' and to be made with Unreal Engine 5. Unless ArenaNet suddenly […]
Within the last few years, video game industry layoffs have unfortunately become more commonplace. In 2023, we saw near-weekly layoffs across the entire industry. When the dust had settled, at least 6,000 jobs across publishers, developers, and other v...
City of Heroes was a beloved MMORPG that launched in April 2004 and lasted just over eight years. In that time it won a dedicated community of players who, even after the game died, kept playing the MMO via private servers that existed in a weird legal...
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that they’ve entered into a “strategic global business partnership” with Korean publishing giant NCSoft. For those unfamiliar with NCSoft, they’re mainly active in the mobile and MMORPG space, publishing franchises like Guild Wars, Lineage, and Throne and Liberty. Sony doesn’t specifically say what this partnership is for, but it seems like NCSoft’s mobile expertise is what Team PlayStation is most interested in. Here’s what Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Jim Ryan had to say about the new partnership… “Partnering with NCSoft advances our strategy to expand beyond console and broaden PlayStation’s reach to an even wider […]
G-Star 2023 is now in full swing at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, running from today through this Sunday, and NCSOFT has a big presence there. The upcoming PC and console MMORPG Throne and Liberty will be a major focus ahead of the planned December 7 South Korean launch (as a reminder, the game has been delayed to 2024 in Western countries). The MMORPG is playable on the showfloor, and the developers are planning to showcase new content on Saturday, November 18th, at 1 PM local time, including a solo dungeon, a six-player group dungeon, and a guild raid. […]
To all of my fellow members of the LGBTQ+ community, happy Pride. Being queer these days is a whirlwind of emotions, some very positive and hopeful, and others not so much. Our history is one of courage and struggle, a struggle that continues today. An...