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, […]
Elon Musk continues to run X (formerly Twitter) in a variety of questionable ways, and surely one of the oddest is the decision to charge vast amounts of money for access to the site’s API. As such, major firms are dropping integration with the hellsit...
For a while in the late 2010/early 2020s, it seemed liked gaming subscriptions may be the future of the hobby. Microsoft certainly wanted us to think it was the future, pushing Xbox Game Pass every chance they got, and Sony eventually joined the party with their own expanded PlayStation Plus service. Ultimately though, enthusiasm for gaming subscription services hit a wall. Xbox Game Pass badly missed growth targets back in 2022, and since then, execs like Phil Spencer have struck a more reserved tone when discussing subscriptions, saying Game Pass would likely never account for more than 10 to 15 […]
An original prototype of Nintendo’s Super Famicom, Japan’s (superior) version of the SNES, was up for auction with recent bids pushing the grey piece of gaming history north of $3.2 million. Then, earlier today, the auction was abruptly pulled offline,...
The rumored planned PlayStation Showcase is still taking place this month, according to reputable journalist and insider Jeff Grubb. Last month, Grubb said that a PlayStation event would be taking place this month, and even suggested that the Silent Hill 2 Remake could make an appearance during the show. In the most recent Giant Bombcast, Grubb again mentioned this rumored Sony event, and although he isn't sure when the showcase will take place this month, it could be announced at any moment. "The PlayStation Showcase is happening this month still apparently", Grubb said during the stream. "But whether it's next […]
According to Media Molecule’s co-founder Mark Healey—the creative director on Little Big Planet, its sequel, and Dreams—early on in LBP’s creation, Microsoft was “on the prowl” and trying to “steal” the game from Sony. Read more...
Co-op shooter Helldivers 2 was enjoying tons of success in the months since its February launch. Then, a few days ago, Sony announced that PC players had to link (or create) a PlayStation Network account to continue playing the game. This enraged fans ...
Late Sunday evening, I logged onto Fortnite to enjoy all the newly added Star Wars content, solo-queuing up for a No Build quads match right away. As I waited for the battle bus to pick me up, I could hear one of my teammates loudly playing Canadian ac...
Last week, Arrowhead Studios announced that an upcoming update to its hit co-op shooter Helldivers 2 would require existing PC players on Steam to make a PlayStation Network account to continue playing. If they didn’t, they’d lose access to their Helld...
The PlayStation 5 Pro GPU will deliver a maximum of 36 teraflops of power, and some of its changes will accommodate, among other things, faster ray tracing performance. In a new video and post shared online today, Digital Foundry goes over some of the latest rumors on the mid-generation refresh from Sony, taking an in-depth look at some GPU details. According to information on Sony's developer portal, the upcoming console has 30 Work Group Processors delivering 33.5 teraflops of performance, as opposed to the 18 WGP of the base model, which delivers 10,23 teraflops. On the surface, this means that […]
Sucker Punch’s open-world samurai game Ghost of Tsushima is getting a Steam port this month that will require a PlayStation Network account to access its multiplayer mode. If this sounds familiar, it’s because Sony recently announced that the “grace pe...
Helldivers 2 PC players galore as Sony has confirmed that it has canceled the upcoming mandatory Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update. A lot has been said and written over the past few days regarding the mandatory PSN account creation and linking for Helldivers 2 players on PC. Although confirmed months ago, it recently came to the attention of the PC community that setting up and linking a PSN account was required in order to keep playing Arrowhead's hit title. After players became aware, thousands of negative Steam reviews followed and Valve decided to offer refunds, even for those who […]
Elon Musk continues to run X (formerly Twitter) in a variety of questionable ways, and surely one of the oddest is the decision to charge vast amounts of money for access to the site’s API. As such, major firms are dropping integration with the hellsit...
For a while in the late 2010/early 2020s, it seemed liked gaming subscriptions may be the future of the hobby. Microsoft certainly wanted us to think it was the future, pushing Xbox Game Pass every chance they got, and Sony eventually joined the party with their own expanded PlayStation Plus service. Ultimately though, enthusiasm for gaming subscription services hit a wall. Xbox Game Pass badly missed growth targets back in 2022, and since then, execs like Phil Spencer have struck a more reserved tone when discussing subscriptions, saying Game Pass would likely never account for more than 10 to 15 […]
An original prototype of Nintendo’s Super Famicom, Japan’s (superior) version of the SNES, was up for auction with recent bids pushing the grey piece of gaming history north of $3.2 million. Then, earlier today, the auction was abruptly pulled offline,...
The rumored planned PlayStation Showcase is still taking place this month, according to reputable journalist and insider Jeff Grubb. Last month, Grubb said that a PlayStation event would be taking place this month, and even suggested that the Silent Hill 2 Remake could make an appearance during the show. In the most recent Giant Bombcast, Grubb again mentioned this rumored Sony event, and although he isn't sure when the showcase will take place this month, it could be announced at any moment. "The PlayStation Showcase is happening this month still apparently", Grubb said during the stream. "But whether it's next […]
According to Media Molecule’s co-founder Mark Healey—the creative director on Little Big Planet, its sequel, and Dreams—early on in LBP’s creation, Microsoft was “on the prowl” and trying to “steal” the game from Sony. Read more...
Co-op shooter Helldivers 2 was enjoying tons of success in the months since its February launch. Then, a few days ago, Sony announced that PC players had to link (or create) a PlayStation Network account to continue playing the game. This enraged fans ...
Late Sunday evening, I logged onto Fortnite to enjoy all the newly added Star Wars content, solo-queuing up for a No Build quads match right away. As I waited for the battle bus to pick me up, I could hear one of my teammates loudly playing Canadian ac...
Last week, Arrowhead Studios announced that an upcoming update to its hit co-op shooter Helldivers 2 would require existing PC players on Steam to make a PlayStation Network account to continue playing. If they didn’t, they’d lose access to their Helld...
The PlayStation 5 Pro GPU will deliver a maximum of 36 teraflops of power, and some of its changes will accommodate, among other things, faster ray tracing performance. In a new video and post shared online today, Digital Foundry goes over some of the latest rumors on the mid-generation refresh from Sony, taking an in-depth look at some GPU details. According to information on Sony's developer portal, the upcoming console has 30 Work Group Processors delivering 33.5 teraflops of performance, as opposed to the 18 WGP of the base model, which delivers 10,23 teraflops. On the surface, this means that […]
Sucker Punch’s open-world samurai game Ghost of Tsushima is getting a Steam port this month that will require a PlayStation Network account to access its multiplayer mode. If this sounds familiar, it’s because Sony recently announced that the “grace pe...
Helldivers 2 PC players galore as Sony has confirmed that it has canceled the upcoming mandatory Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update. A lot has been said and written over the past few days regarding the mandatory PSN account creation and linking for Helldivers 2 players on PC. Although confirmed months ago, it recently came to the attention of the PC community that setting up and linking a PSN account was required in order to keep playing Arrowhead's hit title. After players became aware, thousands of negative Steam reviews followed and Valve decided to offer refunds, even for those who […]