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On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden. But as dedicated fans surely know — they were never going to call it quits. Not really. During their encore, the band's current lineup — founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer — left the stage to reveal digital avatars of themselves. After the transformation, the virtual Kiss launched into a performance of “God Gave Rock and Roll to You.”

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Samsung, the South Korean smartphone giant, is gearing up to announce the premium Samsung Galaxy S24 series in India. However, weeks before the official release, leaked images and video have surfaced online, providing a sneak peek into the design of another smartphone, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A55 5G. The phone is expected to make its debut in global markets soon and is anticipated to feature an Exynos chip. The leaked 5K renders of the phone, in collaboration with OnLeaks, showcase a front design with a center-punch hole camera. The device is speculated to sport a 6.5-inch flat FHD+ OLED 120Hz screen with Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Unlike its predecessor, the handset is likely to have flat sides and could house a triple camera array on the back.

The Big Bang Event in Fortnite concluded the game’s OG Season with a staggering concurrent player count as millions of players flocked to the servers to witness how the best season in years came to a close and what Epic Games has in store for it in the future.

Fortnite's The Big Bang event has officially arrived and it served as not only an epic dimension-hopping adventure that featured a performance by Eminem, but it introduced new LEGO, Rocket League-like racing, and Guitar Hero/Rock Band-like music games headed to Fortnite.

Epic Games is adding three new "experiences" to Fortnite later this week, including a survival crafting Lego adventure, a Rocket-League-inspired racing mode, and a musical mode made by Harmonix that's riffing on Rock Band.

The next generation of Samsung Galaxy S series is likely to debut in January 2024. Being this close to the launch means the leaks are also coming in quick succession. The latest leak now suggests that the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra might feature a titanium frame, matching its rival iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max in build quality. Alongside, it may also get a flatter display, faster chipset, and an upgraded 50MP 5x telephoto camera. Interestingly, some rumors also suggest that the base Samsung Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24 Plus may miss out on these features.

India is gearing up to make a significant stride in space-based X-ray astronomy with the launch of its first X-ray polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat). This mission led by ISRO, aims to investigate the polarization of intense X-ray sources. With this mission, ISRO is set to establish a new benchmark in the field of astronomy. Check here to know all about ISRO's XPoSat mission.

Once upon a time, maybe 20 years ago, I loved NSYNC. Maybe not as much as my older sister, who had the screen name “justinsgirl309” on AIM, but I was as big of a fan as a 7-year-old could be. NSYNC officially disbanded in 2004, Justin Timberlake went solo, and the rest of the groupmates scattered to the wind, appearing on various random shows. (Chris Kirkpatrick playing Chip Skylark on The Fairly OddParents meant a lot to me as a kid.)

Season of Discovery is now live for World of Warcraft® Classic! The time has come to gather your friends, create a new character, and scour the lands of Azeroth to discover class-altering abilities, new endgame activities, and a new Rune Engraving system.

Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discovery is now officially live! With a level cap of 25 and featuring several new early, mid, and endgame systems, there's something for everyone in this exciting new season that breathes fresh life into the decades old game!

With the release of Classic's Season of Discovery, Blizzard held a number of interviews with various World of Warcraft content creators. We've provided a link to each of the interviews with short summaries for easy viewing.

If Luke had worn pieces from Columbia’s new lineup of Star Wars-inspired cold weather gear, Han wouldn’t have had to slice open that poor Tauntaun. Dubbed the Skywalker Pilot Collection, the apparel collection launches Dec. 1, and is modeled after the original X-Wing and Snowspeeder flight suits from The Empire Strikes Back.

The next big survival game may well be the procgen fantasy MMO Lost Isle, and looking at this thing just makes me want to plunder a lot of fortresses. I mean, of course you can build your own too, but something about this is just screaming «lots of lovely loot to steal», and I'm not going to argue with my inner monologue.

Blizzard previews what players can expect throughout their adventures in WoW Classic's Season of Discovery including a preview at the upcoming Gnomeregan raid. Additionally, the developers teased that the next zone wide PvP event will be Stranglethorn Vale.

Is that brimstone I smell? It seems like the forces of the underworld are a bit upset we didn't get any StarCraft news at BlizzCon this year. But Frost Giant, where many veterans of Blizzard's now-defunct RTS team have banded together, is giving us the closest thing we'll probably ever get to a StarCraft 3 with Stormgate. And over the last few months, I've gotten up-close and personal with its second major faction: The Infernal Host. These are the bad boys of the upcoming RTS, and if you were a Zerg main in StarCraft, I think they'll make you feel right at home. That home might be covered in spikes and actively on fire, but I'm not here to judge.

Choosing your party before venturing forth is a fundamental aspect of playing an RPG, but that doesn’t make picking favorites any less excruciating in Baldur’s Gate 3. What if you like more characters than the game lets you play with? What if you want to see what everyone has to say? What if you’re role-playing a non-hierarchical band of polyamorous adventurers? Apparently, lots of people are having this dilemma — which might explain why Party Limit Begone is one of the most popular PC mods for Larian Studios’ hit game.

Who had a Robin Hood action-adventure video game on their 2023 bingo card? Well, Gangs of Sherwood brings the infamous outlaw and his band of merry allies to the medium, promising a barrel of action-packed combat and co-op good times. Unfortunately, the results are mixed to say the least, showcasing how the original delay in the game’s release wasn’t enough time to turn this from meh to magic.

Rock on! This is Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner has confirmed a sequel is on the way – and it's set to start filming in early 2024.

We see the term banded about all the time, but what exactly is an indie game? 

Remnant 2 looks like a pretty standard souls-y game on the face of it. Which is a fair assumption if you've only played the first few hours, which slow-burn you into its wider build variety. You start off with just one archetype, and it takes a while before even the most basic of builds start to form.

Destiny 2’s seasons are built to give players a steady stream of challenges through which they’ll earn experience for the season pass and, therefore, unique seasonal rewards. However, after seeking advice from the community, one player beat Season of the Witch’s season pass in just five days.

The Division: Heartland has been rated in Taiwan, suggesting a release date could be close.

Dungeons & Dragons can be quite an expensive hobby. If you're meeting up at a friend's house and the Dungeon Master has created elaborate set pieces and maps, they've probably spent a pretty penny. If they provide the Player's Handbook and any other literature you might need and design the perfect encounters with mini figures and more, chances are none of that was cheap.

You're in a pro tournament, the World Championships, ready to test your mettle against some of the best players in PUBG. Only, you die to an NPC polar bear. Bit unfair, aye? That's what happened to PLM Flukky today as they snuck up the hills of a snowy Vikendi, their match cut short by the digital wildlife.

There's a hint for today's Wordle waiting below, nestled snugly between a range of general tips designed to give you the best chance of winning every day. Of course, there's also the answer to the November 23 (887) Wordle if your game's in danger of going off the rails. Whatever you need to win, you'll find it here.

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal | 40mm drivers | 20-22,000kHz | Closed-back | Wireless | $499$189.15 at Amazon (save $309.85)This headset fulfils many roles, thanks to its Bluetooth, 2.4 and cable connectivity, and its sleek frame. Ordinarily this Bang & Olufsen headset is very pricey indeed, but at this heavy discount you get legendary audio quality and premium build quality for a lot less than usual. Stylish, well-built and super comfy to boot—I use these headphones pretty much daily, and you can read my full thoughts in my review. 

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Fortnite is set to unveil a «Rock Band» mode in its upcoming December season, revealed by insider HYPEX.

This past weekend, Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, the most famous pro gamer in the world, captured his fourth League of Legends world championship as his team, T1, defeated rivals Weibo Gaming in front of a home crowd at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. It was an impressive display but, as always, one of the most exciting parts of the experience happened before the matches even began.

Although the King of Evil is generally known by the name of Ganondorf (or Ganon) alone, ’s most famous antagonist does in fact have a last name. The series is packed full of lore, but not every aspect of Hyrule is explained within the games themselves. Occasionally, people must turn to tie-in material and other such sources to get all the answers, sources which (among other things) reveal Ganondorf’s full name.

There are plenty of pros and cons at the box office this week. We’ll start with the good news. The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, opened with a decent but not spectacular $44 million, enough to propel the Francis Lawrence-directed pic to No. 1 domestically, per Deadline.

Apple's Vision Pro announcement gave us a glimpse at what could be the future of mobile computing. The headset was unveiled at the company's WWDC 2023 event, with an estimated launch rumored to be around the beginning of next year. It was previously presumed that the Vision Pro would launch in January, but it appears the company has a lot of work before making it available to the general public.

Music has always been an integral part of Scott Pilgrim. There are the in-universe bands – Sex Bob-omb, The Clash at Demonhead, The Katayanagi Twins – and the (often banger) songs they play, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the Worldadded a lot of moody and groovy music to the mix to help complement the hyper-stylized approach Edgar Wright took to the adaptation.

Qualcomm has finally lifted the curtains off the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, and it brings a number of improvements over its predecessors. For starters, the processor is fabricated on TSMC's 4nm process and has a 1+3+4 CPU configuration. The Kryo CPU offers a prime core clocked at 2.63GHz, you also have 3x performance cores running at 2.4GHz, and there are four efficiency cores running at a modest 1.8GGHz.

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of the PS4. A console packed full of incredible games such as God of War, Bloodborne, and The Last of Us Part 2, it can prove very hard to pick a single favourite from the library. Well, we decided to try anyway. Below, we asked several IGN members of staff to choose just one game that jumps out at them when they hear the words “PlayStation 4”. Don’t see your favourite mentioned anywhere? Let us know what you’d pick and why in the comments.

If, like me, you love scouring instruction manuals just for the enemy pages, you’ll dig the latest preview for Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince. 

The Asterix and Obelix Bande dessinée were a quintessential part of my childhood. The escapades of the indomitable Gauls and their tiny village engendered in the young version of me a lifelong love for history and for comic books. I was excited then, to play Asterix and Obelix: Slap Them All! 2. After all, graphically it looks gorgeous; like Asterix at the Olympic Games – my favourite Asterix adventure – but brought to animated interactive video game life. I should have known though, never judge a game by its looks. Unfortunately, Asterix and Obelix: Slap Them All! 2 is an absolute boresome chore to play.

The world is shifting fully to the 5G network and smartphone companies started developing and marketing devices that support the highest speed internet service since well before the system was even deployed in India. As our requirements for speed and multi-tasking increase, it is essential to upgrade to the new 5G system in order to enjoy its various advantages. With the emerging 5G network, there are various smartphones available that support the newest network. Check the latest and best 5G mobile phones available in the market.

Whether it’s the surprisingly frequent Evanescence covers on TikTok, the return of ’90s staple JNCO jeans, or the fact that Netflix’s hit show Beeffeatured Limp Bizkit music, the cultural signs are all pointing toward a shocking truth: Nu metal is back, baby.

Blizzard has posted Patch 10.2 hotfixes for November 14th which includes the previously announced Season 3 class tuning, bug fix for Emerald Dream pets, and PvP consumable changes.

Had you been at Slaughterhouse Studios when Brian May arrived one summer day in 1990, you may have thought you’d stumbled into an alternate timeline of British rock music. The Queen maestro had traveled to the outskirts of Hull in the U.K. to lay down some riffs on a couple of new tracks. Yet rather than shredding to Freddie Mercury’s wails demanding that Scaramouche do the fandango, May was putting the final fuzzy touches on grimdark tales of stranded Space Marines and gigantic robotic Titans, conjured straight from the sci-fi world of Warhammer 40,000.

Long-time Blizzard employee Samwise Didier has left the company.

The first trailer for Masters of the Air, Tom Hanks’ spiritual successor to Band of Brothers and The Pacific, debuted last week. In it, we get our first look at an absolutely stacked cast in action, which includes Austin Butler, Callum Turner, and Barry Keoghan, among others. But we also get our first taste of the particularly brutal style of aerial combat, which defines the ambitious nine-episode streaming series debuting on Apple TV Plus in January.

Former BioShock director Ken Levine has labeled one canned game the "best game" developer Irrational never got to make.

The PSP and PS Vita were both truly special consoles. Delivering leading handheld gaming performance in what would now be startlingly compact handheld forms, they became home to both impressive high end games and burgeoning indie gaming scenes… but one of their best tricks was remote play, able to connect to PS3 or PS4 to genuinely play those full fat home console games. Someone somewhere wished on a cursed monkeys paw for a new PlayStation handheld, and as the finger creakily folded into the palm, the PlayStation Portal went into production.

There’s plenty to appreciate in Alan Wake 2 including the clever use of music and lyrics. One catchy song in particular has been popular enough to inspire a fan-made music video for it. Some mild spoilers are ahead.

Blizzard’s Samwise Didier is retiring after more than three decades of shaping the look and feel of several of the biggest franchises on the planet.

After a career spanning more than 32 years and just about every game Blizzard ever made, senior art director Samwise Didier is calling it quits. Didier announced on Twitter that he is retiring, and that today is his last day at his «beloved Blizzard Entertainment.»

Senior Art Director Samwise Didier announced his retirement from Blizzard Entertainment today. Credited with creating Blizzard's art style and even coming up with the Warcraft name, for 32 years he lent pen and voice to bringing these worlds to life. Beginning his career at Blizzard (then called Silicon & Synapse) after reading a terse newspaper ad in December of 1991 and being hired the very same day, Samwise since served as art director for each of Blizzard's major franchises, was credited as a producer of several games, and was further credited with creating Blizzard's distinctive house art style that has permeated the majority of their illustrations and games… but his contributions don't stop there.

When you load up a game of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Zombies (MWZ), you might have noticed that you’ll always have other players on the map with you. That’s got a lot of people wondering: is Zombies in Modern Warfare 3 PvP?

Blizzard hosted a Post BlizzCon Developer Q&A session, which included a section for Cataclysm Classic and Season of Discovery. We've provided some quick notes on each question and answer, but you can watch the full video below. The Classic Q&A begins at 36:22 in the Blizzard video --Classic Developer Q&A Begins at 36:22 in the Video

The Marvels is the most unexpected fun we’ve had at a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie in a while, but the admittedly rushed, choppy storyline left us with some questions. What was Dar-Benn’s whole deal? Are all those singing people OK? And most importantly: Who is Goose’s Flerken baby daddy?

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Fold Phones: Are you someone who is interested in trying out new technologies? Have you ever tried using a foldable smartphone? If not, you can choose to buy it this time around. With Diwali discounts available, it will not dent your bank account by too much either. Foldable phone technology in smartphones is fascinating and a lot of brands have started manufacturing them now. Some of the renowned brands for foldable smartphones are Samsung, OnePlus, and more. We have made a list of 5 foldable smartphones. Explore these foldable phones and see if they meet your needs and budget.

Black Friday is nearing, and the scoop on Apple Watch deals has already started buzzing before the big shopping day on November 24. Let's dive into the best early Black Friday sale and the highlight here are the Apple Watch deals. These feature the latest Apple Watch Series 9 models. Keep in mind that even better deals might pop up as Black Friday gets closer. So, some of the deals we're sharing have seen the prices being slashed to a massive low.

Meet the Bloody Hundredth. The pilots of the 100th Bomb Group are the focus of Masters of the Air, the new World War 2 drama from Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman – the minds who brought the acclaimed Band of Brothers and The Pacific to life.

«Organisation,» wrote Vladimir Lenin, «is the strength of the working class. Without mass organisation, the proletariat is nothing. Organised, it is everything. Organisation means the unity of action, the unity of practical activity.»

As we approach the end of 2023, it's the perfect moment for Apple fans to reflect on the big changes in the company's lineup. Apple has killed of some devices and accessories and are no longer being made by the company. Let's take a closer look at the five products that Apple has discontinued in 2023, signaling a shift towards new innovations and environmental responsibility.

The early Black Friday 2023 deals are coming in and this is one of the craziest in the world of Wi-Fi - an entire Eero Pro mesh system for just $149.99.

For a long time, the World of Warcraft vanilla experience was relegated to private servers (such as Nostalrius, which was shut down) until Blizzard finally decided to accept the community's feedback and create World of Warcraft Classic.

The biggest deals continue to be PC-based today, thanks to a bunch of Fanatical flash sales. That said, some old gold AAA console stuff is inching down, too. Take aim at a must-own and buy in low—that's my motto.

In Fashion Dreamer, you’ll find a vibrant virtual world to unleash your inner fashionista and dominate the haute couture scene. However, it’s no secret that leveling up in the game can be a real challenge.

Those of you that were strapped into the back of your parents car when you were younger and taken on the yearly family road trip will remember a marketing technique as old as time itself. Take a regular everyday object, create an obnoxiously large model of one, and plaster billboards everywhere claiming it to be the «world's biggest x». Yes, it's a cheap stunt and yes, it was always somewhat disappointing, but you still begged your family to pull over, didn't you?

Indie filmmakers are responsible for some of the greatest movies in cinematic history, but no independent auteur can whip up accessible, dynamic, generation-defining movies like Richard Linklater. His first film, Slacker, was just a peek into the possibilities of his creative and experimental dexterity, but it was enough to inspire fellow mumblecore maestro Kevin Smith to begin his directing career. Linklater made history with his 12-year film project Boyhood, and he’s set to do it again with Merrily We Roll Along — an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s musical that he intends to film over the course of the next 20 years. But while his ambition has always been fruitful and fascinating, his purest, most impactful work shows up in his more conventional subjects and stories — particularly School of Rock, arguably the most career-defining movie he’s ever made.

6000 mAh battery mobile phones: If your smartphone's battery drains within a short span of time, then it means you need to change your handset and get one with a long-lasting battery. Since most of us use our smartphones almost all the time for various purposes related to work and entertainment, it leads to draining our phone's battery very easily. Therefore, it is necessary to have a smartphone with an excellent battery life, preferably a 6000 mAh mobile phone. Given below is a list of 5 6000 mAh battery mobile phones. Check out the details of these smartphones.

5G mobile phones: Have you still not switched to a 5G smartphone? In India, 5G smartphones started to roll out well before the latest technology was even launched to get the early mover advantage. If you are still using a 4G smartphone, then it's high time you switch to 5G mobile phones as the advantages are many. Since Diwali is around the corner, this is also the best time to gift yourself a tech upgrade. We have made a list of some 5G mobile phones that are available in India at reasonable prices. Let's dive into the details of these phones from Samsung, realme to Nokia right now:

Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2023 that World of Warcraft's next three expansions will be part of a larger narrative called The Worldsoul Saga. To learn more, IGN had the chance to speak to WoW vice president Holly Longdale and Warcraft SVP & general manager John Hight about why the team chose to make this saga three expansions and why it's going to be a bit like the MCU.

This year at BlizzCon 2023, Wowhead participated in a group interview, detailing Classic content with Assistant Lead Designer Tim Jones and Game Producer Lena Cook, with an emphasis on the recently announced Season of Discovery!Obviously you have Vanilla, Burning Crusade, Lich King, and now Cataclysm. Eventually will every expansion just have its own server at some point? We continue to evaluate what people want to do on progression servers on a case-by-case basis. Does it make sense if we eventfully land on Classic Dragonflight? I'm not sure.

There's a ton of cool weapons in Baldur's Gate 3: the super slick pirate rapier Duelist's Prerogative, the Magic Missile-launching hand crossbow Ne'er Misser, the… hunk of salami? Yes, while it's probably best reserved as fuel for your long rests, the salami item in Baldur's Gate 3 is also a 1d4 damage bludgeoning weapon, and YouTuber cRPG Bro has produced a character build devoted to the most dominant salami-based fighter possible.

Blizzard has released the patch notes for the upcoming Patch 1.2.2 which will be released on November 7! BlizzCon: Diablo 4 Campfire Chat Summary Diablo 4 Expansion — Vessel of Hatred Announced

Over on the Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit, players have been gathering to share some of the more rare and exciting items they've found in the game. These are items that the original poster, Scornz, makes clear are super easy to overlook, but these impressive items can be almost game-breaking in terms of buffs.

The Classic: What's Next panel has just begun at BlizzCon 2023, and we're liveblogging all of the most interesting highlights!

Blizzard has just announced that Blackfathom Deeps will be the first Season of Discovery leveling raid. This raid will be aimed at level 25 characters, which is the level cap of the first leveling band. It will be a 10-player raid, with improved loot and difficulty, all with a 3-day lockout, similar to Zul'gurub. The raid will consist of seven bosses:

The Classic: What's Next panel has just begun at BlizzCon 2023, and we're liveblogging all of the most interesting highlights!

Today at BlizzCon, Blizzard announced that the upcoming tenth, eleventh, and twelfth expansions to its ongoing popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, all three of which will be contained in a larger narrative called World of Warcraft: The Worldsoul Saga. The first of these will be entitled World of Warcraft: The War Within, and it's coming next year.

The Raven Team Leader captivated Fortnite OG Season fans the moment it was revealed. Despite being revealed along with the OG Season Battle Pass skins, this cuddly nightmare isn’t a part of the band and can’t be unlocked without paying a price.

The final Beatles recording is here.