After a decade of iMessage dominance, our green bubble nightmare is over: Apple is adopting a universal texting standard with Android next year

Microsoft has reportedly been developing an Xbox mobile storefront that would allow users to bypass Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store and download games off its own application. Earlier this year, Microsoft's gaming chief Phil Spencer, too, had revealed ahead of the annual Game Developer Conference that the company intended to launch its own app store for both iOS and Android. Now, Xbox is reportedly in talks with partners for the same.

Many countries around the world have been considering mandating the USB-C charging port for all devices to reduce e-waste. First, the European Union took the step and introduced the USB-C charging port regulation. It forced Apple to introduce the same in its iPhone 15 lineup, discarding the old Lighting port. Now, India is aiming to bring the same law in which the country is asking smartphone manufacturers to adopt the new standard charging port. The decision may cause huge problems for Apple in various ways. Know what the iPhone USB-C problem in India is all about and what Apple wants from the Indian government.

Black Desert Mobile is celebrating its fourth anniversary this month. Pearl Abyss is celebrating with giveaways, events, new videos and an infographic with lots of stats from the mobile journey.

Blizzard has locked the NA Crusader Strike realm, preventing new players from being created. The Crusader Strike RP-PvP realm was so overloaded with players on launch day, Blizzard made a second RP-PvP Realm called Chaos Bolt on both NA and EU. Additionally, EU Realms Living Flame and Lone Wolf are also locked to new players temporarily.

The time has  arrived for ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained to merge into a single experience. The decision comes after Kakao Games asked for community feedback on merging the two, and internal analysis and preparations made over the past couple of months. The changes will be accompanied by a series of events to help everyone get started in the new ArcheAge, in particular helping players who might have been affected by some of the merges  although the company worked to minimize lost items.

None of the Above, EU Guild on Wild Growth has achieved world first Blackfathom Deeps. In just under 18 hours, None of the Above was able to hit level 25 and clear Blackfathom Deeps, slaying the final boss Aku'mai. We've also included the Warcraft Logs of the kill below -- Warcraft Logs Blackfathom Deeps

The Trading Post is now live on EU servers, but as of the time of writing, vendors are missing the Crimson Glimmerfur, a red fox mount. Update: This appears to have been hotfixed — the Crimson Glimmerfur is now on the Trading Post! The Crimson Glimmerfur was revealed by Blizzard as one of the December 2023 trading post rewards.

During the 2023 Comic Con Experience (November 30 - December 3) in São Paulo, Brazil, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer spoke with Bloomberg's Rachel Gamarski to confirm the company's strategy to build an Xbox mobile store with the help of like-minded partners.

The Trading Post is now live on EU servers, but as of the time of writing, vendors are missing the Crimson Glimmerfur, a red fox mount. The Crimson Glimmerfur was revealed by Blizzard as one of the December 2023 trading post rewards.

To help alleviate overburdened population caps, Blizzard has announced that they are add a new Season of Discovery RP-PvP realm for NA and EU regions called Chaos Bolt.

WoW Classic Season of Discovery is now live, and we have realm names for NA, EU, and TW servers! Even if you can't play yet, take a look and decide where your next home will be for Classic's next great adventure!

We are less than five hours away from the launch of Season of Discovery! Our extensive Season of Discovery Overview covers all new content coming with Season of Discovery, including new Class Roles, Rune Engraving, and much more.