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, […]
The autumn onslaught of game releases heading into the holiday season is now upon us. If it felt like there were already too many games to pay attention to before, things are about to get much worse. A blessing for some, a curse for others, with heavy-...
PAX West continues to be one of North America’s most prolific gaming conventions. It’s not only a great place for the gaming community to gather and celebrate our favorite pastime, but also an excellent opportunity to check out the upcoming slate of ga...
Steam sales, your wallet’s final frontier, a chance to boldly add more games to your cart than any man has before. Sure the huge summer sale has already passed but the PC gaming storefront is always running some new event offering amazing deals on equa...
Every generation has its signatures. A certain fashion trend, a popular artist, or a movie that most everyone has seen. They also have their own signature games, and even consoles. For example, my generation had quite a few great systems growing up, bu...
Following an earlier tease, Harebrained has now unveiled its next game, a 'post-cyberpunk' survival horror RPG titled GRAFT. In development for PC (it will be released on both Steam and the Epic Games Store), it is themed around the idea of morphing the player character's body and what it does to them. In GRAFT, players navigate a crumbling, continent-sized space station known as the Arc, where the remains of a once-advanced civilization now lie in darkness and decay. As a survivor in a dying world, you must scavenge and graft parts from enemies to transform and enhance your abilities. Each […]
The weird drip-feed of information about Nintendo’s fall Switch line-up continues with a bunch of new details and combat trailers for Mario & Luigi: Brothership. The latest entry in the long-running RPG-lite adventure series will have the titular plumb...
I was staring at a wall. It was an early mission in Ubisoft’s latest behemothic RPG, Star Wars Outlaws, in which I was charged with infiltrating an Empire base to recover some information from a computer, and this wall really caught my attention.Read m...
About a year ago, publisher Fulqrum and developer Dreamate unveiled New Arc Line, a new cRPG set in a setting that mixes steampunk with magic and fantasy. Its premise and features have intrigued me from the get-go, so I was very interested in checking it out at Gamescom 2024. It was originally billed as a hands-on demo, but it turned out to be a presentation. Still, I learned quite a few new things about the game, which is still slated to launch before the end of the year on PC (the console versions may come later, as you'll read below). […]
From Black Myth: Wukong and Star Wars Outlaws to Dustborn and Madden NFL 25, we reviewed a lot of games last month. But perhaps no title left us feeling more satisfied and accomplished than Visions of Mana, the first new mainline entry in Square Enix’s...
In this week’s tip-oriented catch-all, we’ll help you get started in Star Wars Outlaws with 21 tips for beginners. We’ll also give you a great look at the Mass Effect board game, point you toward some great discounts on some great games, and help you s...
We had a veritable cornucopia of hands-on previews land this past week, kicking things off with a look at Obsidian’s upcoming first-person RPG Avowed. We also spent four hours with the promising Metaphor: ReFantazio, a new RPG from the folks behind the...
Before we get into the typically busy fall season, videogame publishers and storefronts tend to host huge sales on a shotgun spread of titles both big and small . These sales are often great opportunities to buy games you might’ve missed or may never h...
The autumn onslaught of game releases heading into the holiday season is now upon us. If it felt like there were already too many games to pay attention to before, things are about to get much worse. A blessing for some, a curse for others, with heavy-...
PAX West continues to be one of North America’s most prolific gaming conventions. It’s not only a great place for the gaming community to gather and celebrate our favorite pastime, but also an excellent opportunity to check out the upcoming slate of ga...
Steam sales, your wallet’s final frontier, a chance to boldly add more games to your cart than any man has before. Sure the huge summer sale has already passed but the PC gaming storefront is always running some new event offering amazing deals on equa...
Every generation has its signatures. A certain fashion trend, a popular artist, or a movie that most everyone has seen. They also have their own signature games, and even consoles. For example, my generation had quite a few great systems growing up, bu...
Following an earlier tease, Harebrained has now unveiled its next game, a 'post-cyberpunk' survival horror RPG titled GRAFT. In development for PC (it will be released on both Steam and the Epic Games Store), it is themed around the idea of morphing the player character's body and what it does to them. In GRAFT, players navigate a crumbling, continent-sized space station known as the Arc, where the remains of a once-advanced civilization now lie in darkness and decay. As a survivor in a dying world, you must scavenge and graft parts from enemies to transform and enhance your abilities. Each […]
The weird drip-feed of information about Nintendo’s fall Switch line-up continues with a bunch of new details and combat trailers for Mario & Luigi: Brothership. The latest entry in the long-running RPG-lite adventure series will have the titular plumb...
I was staring at a wall. It was an early mission in Ubisoft’s latest behemothic RPG, Star Wars Outlaws, in which I was charged with infiltrating an Empire base to recover some information from a computer, and this wall really caught my attention.Read m...
About a year ago, publisher Fulqrum and developer Dreamate unveiled New Arc Line, a new cRPG set in a setting that mixes steampunk with magic and fantasy. Its premise and features have intrigued me from the get-go, so I was very interested in checking it out at Gamescom 2024. It was originally billed as a hands-on demo, but it turned out to be a presentation. Still, I learned quite a few new things about the game, which is still slated to launch before the end of the year on PC (the console versions may come later, as you'll read below). […]
From Black Myth: Wukong and Star Wars Outlaws to Dustborn and Madden NFL 25, we reviewed a lot of games last month. But perhaps no title left us feeling more satisfied and accomplished than Visions of Mana, the first new mainline entry in Square Enix’s...
In this week’s tip-oriented catch-all, we’ll help you get started in Star Wars Outlaws with 21 tips for beginners. We’ll also give you a great look at the Mass Effect board game, point you toward some great discounts on some great games, and help you s...
We had a veritable cornucopia of hands-on previews land this past week, kicking things off with a look at Obsidian’s upcoming first-person RPG Avowed. We also spent four hours with the promising Metaphor: ReFantazio, a new RPG from the folks behind the...
Before we get into the typically busy fall season, videogame publishers and storefronts tend to host huge sales on a shotgun spread of titles both big and small . These sales are often great opportunities to buy games you might’ve missed or may never h...