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, […]
Sony's INZONE gaming lineup is all set to see the addition of its brand-new OLED gaming monitor this month with decent specifications. Identical design but with OLED panel: Sony is reportedly resuming its INZONE monitor lineup Sony is mostly known for its gaming consoles and other consumer electronics such as headphones, TVs, and other audio devices but it also entered the gaming monitor market in 2022 with its first-ever INZONE M9 gaming monitor. Since then, the company has been silent until now when it looks like Sony wants to make a comeback with a new offering. As reported by 孤城Hardware […]
Concord is one of Sony's biggest mistakes in game development, with the game being pulled offline and refunded just two weeks after it launched. Concord aimed to be the premium in a sea of free-to-play hero shooters. However, the numbers weren't there, and it received a 1.8 Metacritic User score. In a recent Sacred Symbols podcast episode, Colin Moriarty mentioned that they had spoken to one of the staff members who worked on Concord at Firewalk Studios and spoke "extensively for a long time" about Concord and its situation. The whole situation was doomed from the start, with the game […]
If you listen closely, it feels like you can hear the jingle of plastic and metal for Nintendo’s next console as its manufactured and assembled in faraway factories. You can almost sense its launch lineup coming into focus as the company’s developers p...
A new PlayStation 5 system software update is now available for download, introducing improvements to performance and stability. The new 24.06-10.01.00 update, which can be downloaded straight from the PlayStation 5 system, apparently only introduces system software performance and stability, according to the update notes. However, it also fixes graphics and crashing issues introduced by the previous update in select games. After installing the update, I can confirm that Final Fantasy XVI runs properly again, so the issues should be fixed for other games afflicted by the same issues as well. Besides messing up games like Final Fantasy XVI, the […]
It’s been two weeks since Sony announced it was taking the unprecedented step of unreleasing Concord and almost as long since the ill-fated, sci-fi hero shooter was officially taken offline. In the time since, Kotaku understands that developers at Fire...
Sony is marking the 30th anniversary of PlayStation with a new lineup of limited-edition, PS1-inspired consoles and accessories and they look surprisingly good, especially for those of us who still have fond memories of listening to the disc spin in th...
The PlayStation 5 Pro's high price is likely a test of customers' tolerance for highly-priced gaming hardware, and the related bad press cycle could be part of Sony's bigger strategy for the future. Speaking during the latest episode of Moore's Law is Dead Broken Silicon podcast, Massive Damage Studios art director Bryan Meemskerk made some interesting observations about the upcoming system. According to the developer, Sony made a lot of good hardware decisions for its current generation mid-generation refresh, with one exception: the lack of a disc drive. While this sounds like a tone-deaf decision, considering the system is aimed […]
Remember back in January when The Pokémon Company said it planned to “investigate” monster-taming game Palworld for intellectual property rights infringement? Well, it looks like Pikachu and friends are officially filing a lawsuit against the game’s d...
A new rating for a yet-unannounced Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered was spotted on the official Entertainment Software Rating Board website, seemingly confirming the previously rumored remaster. Read more...
Despite the rocky economy of both Xbox and PlayStation, PlayStation consistently comes out on top. Even since the PlayStation 2 came out, it has always been ahead of the curve. However, the gap closed between the PS3 and Xbox 360, with the PS3 coming out by 7.5 million units. Skipping to the present day, the PlayStation 5 has sold a significantly higher amount of units, with a number of 61.7 million units being sold compared to the Xbox Series X|S, which has only sold 28.3 million units as of June 2024. In a video released by WSJ on YouTube, they […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro game boost mode could make the system the only one capable of running FromSoftware's Elden Ring at locked 60 frames per second, according to a new analysis. During the latest episode of their Weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry attempted to get a first look at how the console's game boost mode could provide improvements to games that won't get PlayStation 5 Pro patches. The test was conducted using an RX 6800 GPU, as it is around 45% more powerful than the base PS5, just like the Pro, and features 60 compute units and […]
Sony has chosen the chip manufacturer for the PlayStation 6 and it’s AMD, according to a new report by Reuters. Concerns around backwards compatibility with the PS5 were apparently one of the factors in the decision-making process. Read more...
Sony's INZONE gaming lineup is all set to see the addition of its brand-new OLED gaming monitor this month with decent specifications. Identical design but with OLED panel: Sony is reportedly resuming its INZONE monitor lineup Sony is mostly known for its gaming consoles and other consumer electronics such as headphones, TVs, and other audio devices but it also entered the gaming monitor market in 2022 with its first-ever INZONE M9 gaming monitor. Since then, the company has been silent until now when it looks like Sony wants to make a comeback with a new offering. As reported by 孤城Hardware […]
Concord is one of Sony's biggest mistakes in game development, with the game being pulled offline and refunded just two weeks after it launched. Concord aimed to be the premium in a sea of free-to-play hero shooters. However, the numbers weren't there, and it received a 1.8 Metacritic User score. In a recent Sacred Symbols podcast episode, Colin Moriarty mentioned that they had spoken to one of the staff members who worked on Concord at Firewalk Studios and spoke "extensively for a long time" about Concord and its situation. The whole situation was doomed from the start, with the game […]
If you listen closely, it feels like you can hear the jingle of plastic and metal for Nintendo’s next console as its manufactured and assembled in faraway factories. You can almost sense its launch lineup coming into focus as the company’s developers p...
A new PlayStation 5 system software update is now available for download, introducing improvements to performance and stability. The new 24.06-10.01.00 update, which can be downloaded straight from the PlayStation 5 system, apparently only introduces system software performance and stability, according to the update notes. However, it also fixes graphics and crashing issues introduced by the previous update in select games. After installing the update, I can confirm that Final Fantasy XVI runs properly again, so the issues should be fixed for other games afflicted by the same issues as well. Besides messing up games like Final Fantasy XVI, the […]
It’s been two weeks since Sony announced it was taking the unprecedented step of unreleasing Concord and almost as long since the ill-fated, sci-fi hero shooter was officially taken offline. In the time since, Kotaku understands that developers at Fire...
Sony is marking the 30th anniversary of PlayStation with a new lineup of limited-edition, PS1-inspired consoles and accessories and they look surprisingly good, especially for those of us who still have fond memories of listening to the disc spin in th...
The PlayStation 5 Pro's high price is likely a test of customers' tolerance for highly-priced gaming hardware, and the related bad press cycle could be part of Sony's bigger strategy for the future. Speaking during the latest episode of Moore's Law is Dead Broken Silicon podcast, Massive Damage Studios art director Bryan Meemskerk made some interesting observations about the upcoming system. According to the developer, Sony made a lot of good hardware decisions for its current generation mid-generation refresh, with one exception: the lack of a disc drive. While this sounds like a tone-deaf decision, considering the system is aimed […]
Remember back in January when The Pokémon Company said it planned to “investigate” monster-taming game Palworld for intellectual property rights infringement? Well, it looks like Pikachu and friends are officially filing a lawsuit against the game’s d...
A new rating for a yet-unannounced Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered was spotted on the official Entertainment Software Rating Board website, seemingly confirming the previously rumored remaster. Read more...
Despite the rocky economy of both Xbox and PlayStation, PlayStation consistently comes out on top. Even since the PlayStation 2 came out, it has always been ahead of the curve. However, the gap closed between the PS3 and Xbox 360, with the PS3 coming out by 7.5 million units. Skipping to the present day, the PlayStation 5 has sold a significantly higher amount of units, with a number of 61.7 million units being sold compared to the Xbox Series X|S, which has only sold 28.3 million units as of June 2024. In a video released by WSJ on YouTube, they […]
The PlayStation 5 Pro game boost mode could make the system the only one capable of running FromSoftware's Elden Ring at locked 60 frames per second, according to a new analysis. During the latest episode of their Weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry attempted to get a first look at how the console's game boost mode could provide improvements to games that won't get PlayStation 5 Pro patches. The test was conducted using an RX 6800 GPU, as it is around 45% more powerful than the base PS5, just like the Pro, and features 60 compute units and […]
Sony has chosen the chip manufacturer for the PlayStation 6 and it’s AMD, according to a new report by Reuters. Concerns around backwards compatibility with the PS5 were apparently one of the factors in the decision-making process. Read more...