Home Alone 3 (2024): Is the Trailer Real or Fake?

Ever since the first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer released last month, fans have spent almost every waking minute tearing it to pieces for new info. That's how we know most of it is made up of real-life events, and how we have theories such as the balcony girl in the bikini being the main character in disguise, and the inclusion of an ankle monitor that could potentially limit early game exploration.

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Just two more days, and we will finally have a look at the OnePlus Ace 3 or OnePlus 12R for those who are going to get their hands on the phone in international regions. Already, there are some impressive revelations about the device that we have come across. The design aside, the one thing that really intrigued me about the phone was the camera, and now, the company has shared some more information about the phone.

In yet another blow to China as it attempts to maintain a path towards self-reliance, Dutch-based lithography systems manufacturer ASML has revoked shipments of some of its DUV machines thanks to a request brought forward by the Biden administration. The export ban for such equipment was supposed to come into effect after a few weeks, which would have given China a little breathing room to procure sufficient machinery to continue mass producing chips for various applications, but the U.S. had other plans.

There was a memorable moment in November's Transformers #2 (we wrote about it here) where Decepticon Starscream, dogfighting with a US Air Force fighter jet, changes into his robot form, forces his opponents to eject from their plane, and then claps his metal hands together, gleefully splatting one of the humans in front of the other. It was grimly funny and seemed to exist purely to illustrate just how evil the Decepticons really are. 

Samtsirhc Yrrem! As they say during the festive season in Gloomwood's Mirror Realm. Actually, I imagine they say things like «What was that?» followed by «Argh!» much as they do in regular Gloomwood. What is the Mirror Realm, you ask? Why, it's part of Gloomwood's just arrived Christmas update, which adds bugfixes, new areas, and a whole host of festive doohickies alongside mysterious alternate dimensions.

News that Starfield will be getting updates "roughly every six weeks" starting in February has already gone down well with fans.  

For ages, video games have had a few difficulty options available before you start the game. This can help players get into a game without feeling they are being too overwhelmed. Likewise, this could help players get more of a challenge if they are going through the game too easily. Then, there are options where you can head into the settings and change the difficulty if you’re feeling a need to readjust your gameplay experience. But in the future, we could see Sony bring out an option that completely adjusts the game difficulty to how you’re playing. 

You're going to have to wait a little longer for Noctua's next-gen 140mm fan. Despite positive signs out at Computex this year that had suggested the fan would head to mass production by the tail-end of 2023, that plan has been scuppered by late issue. This means it has to go through a lengthy validation process all over again, and now we're looking at a Q2 2024 release, if not later again.

The long-awaited New Game Plus update for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has been delayed to "early 2024," but the patch is now set to include a host of other big additions.

Easily one of the most surprising announcements from this year’s The Game Awards was Light No Fire, a brand-new survival adventure game by No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games.

Following the backlash No Man's Sky creator Sean Murray received when the highly ambitious spacefaring adventure didn't meet expectations at launch, you might think he'd be more cautious when drumming up hype for Hello Games' next project, but that's far from the case.