Smash Bros Buttstomped, A Hi-Fi[ve] Worthy Yakuza Humble Bundle, and $297 Off the Fancy Starfield Edition!

The embodiment of the frigid northern elements has arrived in a symphony of mist: the Tempest. Tempests are master of wind and wave these bladedancers use their sacred talents to save the people of Sanctuary from doom. Tempests are sacred defenders, using elements and edged weapons to defeat the dark forces that oppose them. Hailing from the Cold Isles in the North, those that dare stray from their homeland are pariahs—their calling is to use their talents to protect the lives of mainlanders at all costs.

The Sims 4 is nothing if not a teetering jenga tower of updates and add-ons and DLC packs, and the latter half of 2024 will be no exception for EA's life sim king. Yesterday saw the release of an update to the base game's swimwear, kicking off the updates teased in the recently-revealed new roadmap, Season Of Love. The roadmap video's vibe is that it and its partner saw you from across the bar and wondered if you'd be interested in joining them, and it kind of weirds me out.

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns this August, and while the new trailer is short on story, it’s long on one undersung aspect of Tolkien’s world: epic fantasy monsters.

Microsoft has announced the second wave of titles coming to Game Pass in May, starting with the original Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, available today for cloud, consoles and PC. On May 15th, subscribers can check out the acclaimed puzzle adventureChants of Sennar. May 16th sees the arrival of EA Sports NHL 24 on the cloud and Immortals of Aveum for cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S.

Square Enix recently announced a new medium-term business plan to focus on multi-platform releases and games delivering on the premise of “fun.” However, it also outlined plans to “rebuild overseas business divisions from the ground up,” which meant “optimizing costs at its European and American offices via structural reforms.” Unfortunately, it seems layoffs are part of the equation.

Welcome to yet another week of paying a little for a lot. The Microsoft and PlayStation stores are starting to warm up with a bunch of decent sales events—the pick of which are represented below. I'm also keeping an eye on Amazon for any sign of extraordinarily early EOFY deals as well. Not much doing there. But I'll be ready to holler if and when they appear.

iFixit might be a familiar brand name for you from all of the helpful teardown videos of various electronics that they host on YouTube. Well, they also sell an awesome toolkit that helps you do the same. Amazon is offering the iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit for electronics, smartphones, gaming consoles, PCs and laptops, tablets, and more for only $59.96. It normally retails for $75 and we haven't seen a price drop for this kit in over a year. In fact, it wasn't even discounted on Black Friday. This is one of the very best tool kits you can buy for disassembling and repairing your electronics -- including your Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck -- without spending hundreds of dollars on a commercial kit.

With drawing to a close, a spin-off centered on Georgie and Mandy was officially ordered by CBS earlier this year. Now, the spin-off — which the network has recently confirmed to be releasing this Fall — will be called

Now Starfield’s May update is out in the wild in beta form on Steam, players are getting to grips with all the new features, including the detailed maps, ship interior customization, and more. But there’s one change that flew under the radar when it was announced but is now picking up plaudits: the ability to toggle the default dialogue camera off.

A brand new has emerged, showing how the radiation-riddled world is beautiful and dangerous

Star Wars Day is right around the corner which means the frequency of deals and product reveals to celebrate May 4 is starting to ramp up. One of the most unique celebrations of the event will be at Heroes & Villains. Not just because the site is launching a range of exclusive new Star Wars t-shirts, but because it will be launching one of its four new designs per day between May 2 and May 5, and once that design's day is over, that t-shirt will be gone forever.

may be littered with dangerous critters intent on causing players harm but one user discovered that even the smoldering forests of the Ashlands have violence in their hearts. Following the release of the game's latest major content update, the community has ventured bravely into the firey unknown in an effort to scavenge new resources, build stronger weapons, and investigate what horrors could dwell within such a Hellish environment. While many are understandably cautious of giant monsters, it pays to remember that death can spring forward from the most unlikely of places.