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, […]
Capcom has been knocking it out of the park with its horror remakes in recent years (perhaps with the exception of Resident Evil 3, though I still enjoyed that one immensely). If you look at titles such as Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 2, they clea...
Amazon’s live-action adaptation of Sega’s hit Like a Dragon series has finally landed, and the show is already making waves. Titled Like a Dragon: Yakuza, the gritty crime drama follows the series’ longtime protagonist Kazuma Kiryu across two timelines...
Balatro is a very, very good game. We’ve established that a few times here at Kotaku. And now, for all you folks still playing the roguelike poker game, a new update has added some fresh crossover cards featuring characters from Stardew Vally, Cyberpun...
The third big update for Star Wars Outlaws is finally here with promised improvements to stealth, NPC AI, and more. Unfortunately, the patch has also messed up how the game looks on PlayStation 5, with players reporting screen tearing issues that break...
There’s been a massive breakthrough in the world of Final Fantasy VII. Not the new remakes on PlayStation 5, but the original 1997 game. A new skip makes it possible to jump right to Aerith’s death, earlier than players had ever expected. She’ll still ...
A new Beyond Good and Evil game from Ubisoft was first officially teased back in 2008. Over 15 years later, Beyond Good and Evil 2 hasn’t seen the light of day, but it still eventually might. Despite years of stalled production punctuated by high-profi...
The original Rayman is the game that put Ubisoft on the map. It’s been over a decade since the last installment in the colorful platformer franchise, but the French publisher is currently in the “early stages” of exploring what will come next for the s...
Do you fondly remember playing 8-bit adventures on the NES and original Sega consoles? Titles like Contra, Ninja Gaiden, and Mega Man 2, all from the late ‘80s, provided a unique gaming experience that’s hard to replicate today with modern technology. ...
It’s nearly Halloween, which means that costumes are receiving their finishing touches and folks are likely burning through their catalog of horror games and movies. If I may, I’d like to make another recommendation to add to the pile, and it’s a short...
One of the new features you’ll find in Zelda’s journey in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is an accessories system, letting you equip trinkets that grant you passive effects. The best of these can decrease incoming damage, or increase rupee drops...
With just days until Halloween, now is the time to go all in on the spooky mood of the season. When it comes to gaming, the best way to do that is by getting scared half to death with some truly frightful horror games. Luckily, PlayStation has just the...
The PS5 Pro is out in just a few weeks promising “enhancements” for over 50 games to start. One of those is The Last Of Us Part I, which was showcased in the initial tech demo for the hardware running more smoothly at higher fidelities than its current...
Capcom has been knocking it out of the park with its horror remakes in recent years (perhaps with the exception of Resident Evil 3, though I still enjoyed that one immensely). If you look at titles such as Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 2, they clea...
Amazon’s live-action adaptation of Sega’s hit Like a Dragon series has finally landed, and the show is already making waves. Titled Like a Dragon: Yakuza, the gritty crime drama follows the series’ longtime protagonist Kazuma Kiryu across two timelines...
Balatro is a very, very good game. We’ve established that a few times here at Kotaku. And now, for all you folks still playing the roguelike poker game, a new update has added some fresh crossover cards featuring characters from Stardew Vally, Cyberpun...
The third big update for Star Wars Outlaws is finally here with promised improvements to stealth, NPC AI, and more. Unfortunately, the patch has also messed up how the game looks on PlayStation 5, with players reporting screen tearing issues that break...
There’s been a massive breakthrough in the world of Final Fantasy VII. Not the new remakes on PlayStation 5, but the original 1997 game. A new skip makes it possible to jump right to Aerith’s death, earlier than players had ever expected. She’ll still ...
A new Beyond Good and Evil game from Ubisoft was first officially teased back in 2008. Over 15 years later, Beyond Good and Evil 2 hasn’t seen the light of day, but it still eventually might. Despite years of stalled production punctuated by high-profi...
The original Rayman is the game that put Ubisoft on the map. It’s been over a decade since the last installment in the colorful platformer franchise, but the French publisher is currently in the “early stages” of exploring what will come next for the s...
Do you fondly remember playing 8-bit adventures on the NES and original Sega consoles? Titles like Contra, Ninja Gaiden, and Mega Man 2, all from the late ‘80s, provided a unique gaming experience that’s hard to replicate today with modern technology. ...
It’s nearly Halloween, which means that costumes are receiving their finishing touches and folks are likely burning through their catalog of horror games and movies. If I may, I’d like to make another recommendation to add to the pile, and it’s a short...
One of the new features you’ll find in Zelda’s journey in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is an accessories system, letting you equip trinkets that grant you passive effects. The best of these can decrease incoming damage, or increase rupee drops...
With just days until Halloween, now is the time to go all in on the spooky mood of the season. When it comes to gaming, the best way to do that is by getting scared half to death with some truly frightful horror games. Luckily, PlayStation has just the...
The PS5 Pro is out in just a few weeks promising “enhancements” for over 50 games to start. One of those is The Last Of Us Part I, which was showcased in the initial tech demo for the hardware running more smoothly at higher fidelities than its current...