Facebook down: App back after brief outage

is a huge improvement over its predecessors in many ways, with a larger map, faster traversal, a game-changing fast-travel system, and the ability to swap between both Peter Parker and Miles Morales' Spider-Men. However, for those who played the previous titles in Insomniac Games' acclaimed superhero series, it can feel like the newest entry has taken a step back in one specific area: the game's gadgets.

A store listing for Silent Hill 2 Remake implies that the game will give us an origin story for Pyramid Head - a prospect that terrifies fans. In fact, many of them are fearful and confused, not sure how a backstory for Pyramid Head could even work, given that he's, you know... a manifestation of James Sunderland's feelings, not a real dude who just turned out like that.

Sapphire has unveiled its brand new Radeon RX 6750 GRE Aurora OC GPU which offers 12 GB VRAM & faster than RTX 4060 performance at $340 US.

It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups.

There’s a lot to raise an eyebrow about in Variety’s new report on the internal turmoil of Marvel Studios in 2023. There are the worries about Kang, battles over special effects work, and, oh yeah, reports from anonymous sources that studio execs have considered just making a new Avengers movie — but with all of the old Avengers.

Marvel Studios, like so many on Earth-616, could be looking to the Avengers in an emergency. In this case, the studio’s flagging fortunes could reportedly be propped up by a new movie starring the OG lineup – including dead characters Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow.

Meta is responding to "evolving European regulations" by introducing a premium subscription option for Facebook and Instagram from Nov. 1.

Now that Microsoft has officially acquired Activision Blizzard King, the rumour mills are swirling about what’s next. Much of that talk has centred on Microsoft’s plans for Xbox on mobile, given that King was actually one of the key reasons Microsoft was so keen on the acquisition.

Nintendo doesn’t want its sassy flowers to say “fuck,” apparently. In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the world is filled with small talking flowers that cheer the player on and shout out all kinds of largely family-friendly quips. Yet on Oct. 16, a modder shared a video of one of the adorable characters saying “fuck” on X. Like the greatest of stars, the profane flower shone brightly, but briefly in the light. Nintendo took it down <a href=«https://twitter.com/ContendoYT/status/1714446621646193039?ref_src=» https:>just a day later

Nintendo‘s new Community Tournament Guidelines have led to some backlash, not least from the accessibility community who have pointed out what they believe is a glaring issue.

The Mortal Kombat community has yet another reason to dislike the monetisation of NetherRealm’s Mortal Kombat 1 after publisher Warner Bros. Games confirmed plans to sell a seasonal Fatality.

In a shocking move, more than 30 US States, including California, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and others, have filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms over the allegations of using features in Instagram and Facebook to lure children to the platform and get them hooked on harmful content. The lawsuit also alleges that Meta also exploited minors for its own profit. The lawsuit is the latest in the growing scrutiny of social media platforms over how they treat the youth and safeguarding measures to protect them from harmful content.