• Darkest Dungeon is getting its first new bit of DLC in six years, borrowing a couple of classes from its sequel

    Darkest Dungeon is getting its first new bit of DLC in six years, borrowing a couple of classes from its sequel

    I'm sure there's plenty enough of you that moved on from the first Darkest Dungeon onto the second one when that launched in 2023, but guess what! You'll have an opportunity to revisit the original turn-based dungeon crawler next month, as developer Red Hook Studios have announced its first bit of DLC since 2020 in… read more

  • Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live

    Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live

    Twitch is giving parents more control over how their children are using the streaming platform, including the ability to block them from broadcasting entirely. Parental controls are now available that allow guardians to link Twitch accounts with their 13- to 17-year-old children, providing account management features and a weekly email summarizing their teen's activity, including… read more

  • Apple’s rumored ‘Upgrade’ program brings lease-to-own pricing for iPhones, Macs, and iPads

    Apple’s rumored ‘Upgrade’ program brings lease-to-own pricing for iPhones, Macs, and iPads

    As component and RAM shortages drive prices higher, Apple is reportedly launching an "Apple Upgrade" program for leasing new devices. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, it will work similar to a car lease, with options to upgrade to a new device early, or keep or return the device at the end of the lease. Gurman… read more

  • Nearly every Kindle is steeply discounted at Best Buy

    Nearly every Kindle is steeply discounted at Best Buy

    If you’ve been thinking about picking up a Kindle before school starts, or for your next vacation, now’s a good time to do it. As part of its Black Friday in July sale, Best Buy has brought the Kindle Paperwhite back down to its all-time low of $124.99 ($35 off). It’s the Kindle we recommend… read more

  • Battlefield 6's newest and largest map is good, but I worry it will end up being nothing more than a curiosity

    Battlefield 6's newest and largest map is good, but I worry it will end up being nothing more than a curiosity

    There's been one thought I haven't been able to shake during my time with Battlefield 6's upcoming Tsuru Reef map – the game's biggest yet, which arrives tomorrow with Season 4. Tsuru Reef is the item on a restaurant's menu that you tell yourself you'll try one day, yet you keep ordering the usual every… read more

  • "LawBreakers tripped so Concord could faceplant": Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski looks back on his career so far and struggle with alcoholism

    "LawBreakers tripped so Concord could faceplant": Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski looks back on his career so far and struggle with alcoholism

    Former Gears of War and Unreal Tournament designer Cliff Bleszinski has opened up about his struggle with alcoholism and how it's impacted his life and career in game development to this point, as he eyes a possible return to making games. Bleszinski's currently four months sober after suffering a drinking-related seizure in March this year.… read more

  • The PlayStation replica ornament is an homage to a great, yet fragile console

    The PlayStation replica ornament is an homage to a great, yet fragile console

    You probably know the signature PlayStation boot sound. Did you know that it's technically a multi-part chime? There's the synthy section where "Sony Computer Entertainment" shows onscreen with a white background. You only get to the next screen with the echo-y chimes and the color-filled PlayStation logo if your console recognizes the disc. How badly… read more

  • Get Borderlands 3, Risk of Rain 2 and 13 other great PC games for $15

    Get Borderlands 3, Risk of Rain 2 and 13 other great PC games for $15

    The aptly-named “2K Megahits 2026 Bundle” from Humble includes 15 Steam games for $15. It’s a smattering of the publisher 2K’s biggest games of the 2010s, including BioShock Infinite, Risk of Rain 2, Borderlands 3, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The bundle will be available until August 7th, though the bundle page notes that keys for… read more

  • SpaceX in your index fund, explained

    SpaceX in your index fund, explained

    Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX – a giant gamble, and, in my opinion, terribly overpriced – is fast-tracked into the Nasdaq-100? Does… read more

  • The Odyssey turned me into an IMAX believer

    The Odyssey turned me into an IMAX believer

    After seeing Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey for the first time early last week, I came away impressed, but somewhat conflicted about two of the film's more fantastical set pieces. While those scenes were beautifully crafted and tremendously acted, there was something a little bit off about the way they hit my eye. I spent days… read more

  • Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over

    Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over

    Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley's Hound Dog to Beyoncé's Say My Name, and Harry Styles' As It Was. The lawsuit, filed in a New York court on Monday, claims that this… read more

  • The FCC is planning to retroactively ban disguised DJI gadgets

    The FCC is planning to retroactively ban disguised DJI gadgets

    Last October, we told you how the FCC had given itself the power to retroactively ban gadgets that have already received its approval to be imported and sold in the United States. Now, the FCC's getting ready to wield that power for the first time, by cracking down on the "DJI front companies" suspected of… read more