New Draenei Skin Color Customization in Patch 10.2.5

Overwatch 2 season 8 starts Tuesday, Dec. 5, bringing some big Monster Hunter vibes with its battle pass skins, a brand-new game mode, and the official release of new tank hero Mauga, whom players got to spend a weekend with back in November. Season 8 of Overwatch 2 will also introduce new levels of customization, with all-new weapon skins.

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Apple released a new short film yesterday, November 30, which narrates a heartwarming tale of a little girl and a mythical creature going on an adventurous journey through a forest and other landscapes to find her lost voice. It is directed by Taika Waititi of the Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Love and Thunder fame. The story works as an allegory to highlight the struggles of people with speech disability, and the climax brings it all together in a typical Waititi fashion. The ad highlights how the new iOS 17 feature Personal Voice on iPhones can help people through this disability.

Patch 5 delivers another batch of changes to the hit RPG, further expanding and improving an experience that has only continued to grow since its official release in August. As with the other major patches for the game, Patch 5 is a mix of everything from minor bug fixes to major additions, with the latter category receiving an arguably bigger boost now than ever before. It also takes up a whopping 30 GB of space, so it might be necessary to clear out some files before taking advantage of everything new.

In today's Patch 10.2.5 PTR, we've datamined a new Sylvanas quiver model with a matching icon that's expressly named 'Sylvanas'. How or why Sylvanas would be involved in 10.2.5 remains unclear.

Valve boss Gabe Newell is headed to court. A court order filed on November 16 (via Gamesindustry.biz) says Newell is required to testify in person in the ongoing antitrust lawsuit between Wolfire Games and Valve so the plaintiffs in the case can «adequately assess» his credibility.

Cakes? More like pancakes.

Troll characters will receive five new hair colors as part of their customization options in Patch 10.2.5! Below we've previewed all the different hair colors colors on male and female Trolls. 10.2.5 comes with additional customization updates for Draenei with a new skin color option as well as options for Demonic Tyrant and Darkglare demon pets for Warlocks!

New trinkets have been datamined in Patch 10.2.5 which give the raid buff effects, Chaos Brand and Bloodlust.

PCI-SIG has announced the development of its next-gen PCIe Gen 5.0 & Gen 6.0 standards utilizing a brand new CopprLink cable design.

Daredevil: Born Again has had a rocky road to production – and that's not just because of the writers' and actors' strikes. After big changes behind the scenes and scrapped episodes, the series' new directing duo has a promising update. 

Netflix has unveiled a new trailer for Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon – and it's seriously epic.