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Latest News - December 2024
- FromSoftware Unveils Elden Ring Nightreign, A Co-Op Survival Spinoff
- Witcher 4 Revealed In A New Trailer Was Likely Rendered On A GeForce RTX 50 GPU
- FTC Sounds Alarm Over Massive Spike In Online Game-Like Job Scams
- AOC Agon Unveils A 32-Inch 165Hz QD-OLED Gaming Monitor, Should You Buy It?
- RPCS3 PS3 Emulator Flexes Arm Support For Glorious Retro Gaming On More Platforms
- Firefox's Do Not Track Privacy Toggle Is Gone And Probably Never Coming Back
- Heineken's Game Controller Will Let You Know When It's Time For A Drink
- Geminids Meteor Shower Set To Dazzle Stargazers, When And How To Watch
- Intel Arc B580 Battlemage Review: A Mighty Midrange Gaming GPU
- NASA Details What Went Wrong In First-Ever Helicopter Crash On Mars
- Microsoft Is About To Make File Sharing Between Windows And iPhone Way Easier
- Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Trailer For Switch Looks Like A Barrel Of Fun
- Google Pixel 9a Budget Android Phone Specs And Pricing Break Cover
- Astro Bot Gets Festive With Surprise Winter Update On PS5 And It's Free
- LG Sticks Another Nail In The Blu-Ray Coffin Dealing A Big Blow To Physical Media
- MSI Launches First Curved 4K Dual-Mode 320Hz/160Hz Gaming Monitor To Rival ASUS And LG
- Pour One Out For Spotify's Car Thing Gadget, Then Explore Your Refund Options
- Heartless Ransomware Gang Tries To Bleed Maker Of Heart Surgery Devices
- PlayStation 5 Fortnite Edition Is Still $76 Off And Other Top Gaming Deals
- 2026 Aston Martin Valhalla Hybrid Supercar With 1064 HP Would Make Odin Smile
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All News for December 2024
Geoff Keighley was able to secure several surprise game announcements for The Game Awards this year, although one of the announcements that got gamers buzzing is FromSoftware’s Elden Ring Nightreign. Even more surprising is how quickly the game is slated for release after DLC hit earlier this year. Bandai Namco plans...
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The annual Video Game Awards has just taken place, with some new game titles teased along with the announcements of the winners. While Sony's Astro Bot took the top spot for the night, we also had some other pleasant surprises. CD Projekt Red has revealed The Witcher IV, the new entry into the popular saga.
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Before you fill out that online job form in hopes of making some extra jingle for the holiday season, take heed of new warning by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to the FTC, there's been a "sharp spike" in online job scams that ask applicants to perform a set of fake tasks, which are designed to swindle...
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AOC (the display maker, not the politician) is out with yet another gaming display, the Agon Pro AG326UD, which it claims "sets a new standard" in the realm of monitors. That amounts to some heavy marketing hyperbole, though we'll give the company a pass since it's fleshing out a suddenly expanding market of OLED...
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The RPCS3 project has made huge strides on the x64 platform over the years, bringing PlayStation 3 emulation to PC gamers, even as Sony has only managed to deliver PS3 games through cloud streaming. Now, RPCS3 has hit another milestone by announcing official support for the arm64 architecture, which allows RPCS3 to...
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Mozilla’s Firefox web browser was the first to implement a Do Not Track option, and now appears to be the first browser to remove it. This option would send a website a request that a user didn’t wish to be tracked, although this was always voluntary. Unfortunately, “many sites do not respect this indication of a...
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The next time your team gaming session gets too heated or stressful (or maybe it's just THAT time to take break), don't be surprised if your controller offers you a (non-alcoholic) beer. Or more precisely, prompts you to take a drink break plus the option to have said drink delivered to everyone on your team. At...
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Grab a warm blanket, lawn chair, some hot cocoa, and get ready for one of the most dazzling meteor showers of the year. The colorful Geminid meteor light show is expected to peak tonight as well as tomorrow night with up to 160 meteors per hour (with the right conditions, of course). Bonus: the Geminids usually occur...
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Intel Arc B580: $249 MSRP The second generation of Intel's Arc Graphics improves on the original recipe in virtually every way, delivering great performance and awesome value. Excellent Gaming Performance Strong Feature Support Solid New Software Understated Card Aesthetics Official Overclocking Support Drivers Aren't...
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It's not too often that you see an accident report for a vehicle on another planet, but such is the case with NASA providing some preliminary details from "the first aircraft accident investigation on another world." The first by NASA, anyway, as who knows if some intelligent beings on a distant planet or solar system...
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Apple users who venture outside the company’s ecosystem suffer from a less than stellar experience. Microsoft has worked over the years to make things a little easier for Windows PC users with iPhones. It provides the Phone Link app on PCs alongside the Link to Windows app for iPhone, which allows the devices to at...
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If your Nintendo Wii is buried under a pile of clothes in your closet, don't fret, we have good news for Donkey Kong fans. Nintendo is releasing Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for the Switch with a refreshed look. Originally released on the Wii, this version will be visually amped up to modern graphics standards with...
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Quite a lot has been leaked and speculated about Google's upcoming Pixel 9a—most of them, like the flusher camera bar, bigger battery, Tensor G4, and thinner design, have been confirmed by various sources. But now, a leaked spec sheet from a wireless carrier has pretty much laid the mid-budget phone bare. Thanks to...
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Astro Bot has been a big success for Sony, earning a lot of love from fans and critics alike thanks to its fun gameplay alongside its nods to PlayStation’s storied past. It has even managed to impress enough that it will make an appearance at The Game Awards, as it earned itself several nominations, most notably for...
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In a sad but not all that unsurprising move, LG appears to be exiting the Blu-ray market by discontinuing all of its Blu-ray players, a move that echoes what companies like Samsung and OPPO had already done several years ago. It's another blow to physical media that's already on life support as the industry continues...
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Display makers are continuing to find ways to innovate, hence why we've seen technologies like OLED, mini LED, variable refresh rate support, and other features trickle into the mainstream arena over the past several years. As it applies to gaming monitors, the next point of emphasis appears to be dual refresh modes...
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Spotify has officially pulled the plug on Car Thing, a device the company launched in 2022 to enable the service in vehicles that lacked modern infotainment systems. The company says that it “made the decision to discontinue Car Thing. This means that Car Thing will no longer be operational.” Adding that it’s “part of...
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Medical device manufacturer Artivion, who specializes in making products used by cardiac and vascular surgeons to treat patients, has been hit with a ransomware attack. It was severe enough attack that it has disrupted the company’s operations to the point it needed to disable some of its systems. The company...
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If you've been waiting for a great deal on a game console, multiple flavors of the Sony PlayStation 5 are being discounted at the moment. Sony has teamed up with Epic and Fortnite, the popular free-to-play game, and have a discounted bundles available. For example, the Fortnite Cobalt Star Disc Edition of the PS5 is...
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Aston Martin has laid out plans to put the 2026 Valhalla into production. If you have a spare $1 million lying around, you may want to get in line right now because only 999 units of this 1,064 horsepower, 811lb-ft of torque plug-in hybrid will be made. If the looks aren't already obvious giveaways, the Valhalla will...
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Valve's Steam Deck wasn't the first attempt to put PC games in your hand, but it was the first to do it successfully. The hit handheld was first released in 2022, with an OLED version following in 2023. Valve has offered discounted refurbs in the past, but they were all the original LCD edition. Now, you can pick up a...
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One of the things that makes a performance test a good "benchmark" is repeatability, both in terms of "getting similar results every time" and also how easy it is to repeat the benchmark. For example, there are some games that simply aren't suited to being used as benchmarks, either because they aren't consistent, or...
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