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Humble’s new $15 collection of seven visually striking, puzzle-filled games is the perfect way to flex your mental muscles. The highlight of the bundle is easily The Talos Principle: Gold Edition, which combines the base game with three pieces of post-launch DLC and additional bonus content. The Talos Principle takes the puzzle room structure of Portal and stretches it by introducing you to increasingly complex mechanics. Unlike Portal, Talos Principle uses a more non-linear approach, allowing you to divert to different rooms if a single puzzle proves too difficult.

Blizzard has posted some upcoming Death Knight changes for all 3 specs coming to the War Within Alpha.

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that certain first-party Xbox titles would be going multiplatform, including Obsidian’s charming “Honey I Shrunk the Kids” style co-op survival game Grounded. Well, today Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition officially hits PS4, PS5, and Switch. That said, there’s no reason for you Xbox owners to feel left out – the Fully Yoked edition comes with a number of new features, which you’ll be getting right alongside folks on the new platforms. These features include New Game+, queen ants, extra goodies to collect, and more. Sadly, this will be the last major update for Grounded, but it sounds like a meaty one at least. You can check out a trailer for Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition, below.

The Red Hulk, also known as, General Thaddeus E. «Thunderbolt» Ross, comes to as an absolute powerhouse of a card this season. Starting at 11 Power, the Red Hulk is meant to be one of the last cards played on the field at a Cost of 6. Patience is key, as it grows from Energy not used on your opponent's turn. This makes him a great flex card for any competitive deck.

Newly released MMO Ravendawn has a technical issue that led to one of the game's richest players losing his entire fortune. 

Katy O'Brian has joined the cast of Mission: Impossible 8.

We've been told by Blizzard in the latest Phase 3 Preview video that players in Season of Discovery will be able to unlock Dual Talent Specialization! When a character reaches level 40 they will be able to seek out Grendag Brightbeard, a Dwarf of Many Talents, and purchase a Dual Talent Specialization for 50 gold.

Poor Sting. In 1983, the frontman of The Police was at the height of his popularity. The trio’s fifth album, Synchronicity, topped the Billboard charts for 17 nonconsecutive weeks during the summer of ’83, interrupted only by Michael Jackson’s Thriller. The year prior, Sting landed a breakout acting role in the film adaptation of Brimstone and Treacle, playing a conman-pickpocket-rapist — a role that seemed destined to launch a small but respectable film career.

A crafty TheLegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has put together a surprisingly speedy pickup truck for Link to drive across the realm of Hyrule. One of the main draws of the latest Zelda game is Tears of the Kingdom’s deep crafting mechanic, which allows players to build virtually anything they can think of using both the natural resources surrounding Link and the ancient technology left behind by the Zonai. This has led to Tears of the Kingdom becoming a virtual sandbox for players to flex their creative muscles in a variety of interesting ways.

AMD has officially launched its brand new RDNA 3 GPU, the Radeon RX 7600 XT, which comes with a faster-clocked core and 16 GB of VRAM at $329.

At some point today, Bethesda was scheduled to roll out a big update for Starfield, complete with bug fixes a-plenty. However, there’s been a slight change to that, as the studio has had to delay the patch, but hopefully not by much.

Zigurrat and Poppy Works have released a free add-on for Quake based on the upcoming game Slave Zero X. More than just a beefy slice of marketing, Slave Zero X Episode Enyo is a mod that serves as a prequel to the main game’s narrative.

Players will be able to face off against the legendary Sphinx in Dragon’s Dogma 2, if they can find it.

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER brings flagship gaming performance down to a $599 US price point with all the Ada Lovelace goodness.

Samsung, in July, launched the fifth generation of Samsung Galaxy Fold and Flip. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 especially stands out for its compact design and amazing functionality and now, the smartphone has been named in the Best Inventions of 2023 list by Time Magazine. In fact, Samsung has earned this honour for the third straight year. Know what Time Magazine said about the smartphone and what new features it offers to its users.

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Super Mario Bros. Wonder has only been out for a few days, but that hasn’t stopped people from devouring Nintendo’s latest feast. As with most Mario games, the end isn’t really the end. Players still have hidden paths, extra-challenging levels, and other surprises to find. But Nintendo has nonetheless rewarded its most dedicated players for reaching the story’s conclusion, and that reward is an adorable credits sequence.

It is exceptionally hard to scare someone via comics. Horror in other media relies heavily on implication and anticipation; the artist always knows exactly when and in what order you will experience their story. Comics yield some of that control — it isn’t possible to force people to only see one panel at a time. This doesn’t make comics an inferior medium for horror, it just makes it unlike most others — and it can be hard to find a creator that is effective at scaring you.

My pitch to you is simple: There is only one show with a boxing ex-convict priest performing exorcisms, and you should be watching it.

The Amazon Great Indian Festival has been going on for days and the e-commerce website is providing great price cuts on top electronics products to help its customers make the best purchases during the festive season at affordable rates. During this season, buyers can grab great deals on laptops, smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, etc to upgrade their devices with new ones and that too at very reasonable prices. If you are someone who is looking for great deals on laptops, then check out the top 5 Chromebooks.

Amazon has been trialing drone deliveries across California and Texas, and it will now expand its Prime Air service to customers in the UK, Italy, and a third city in the US by the end of 2024.

With just about every motherboard model on the market supporting RAM overclocking, it takes something new to stand out from the crowd now. Enter stage left Asus with its DIMM Flex feature in its latest Z790 ROG lineup, that is supposed to allow for more performance or stability, depending on how hot everything is running.

A few months back Samsung launched its most anticipated foldable smartphone, which created a buzz among tech enthusiasts. Now, Samsung has surprised everyone and has unveiled a new and vibrant addition to this foldable smartphone lineup. It has introduced the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 in a striking yellow color. This announcement comes just in time for the festive season, offering consumers more choices for their ultimate pocketable device. Let's take a look at what Samsung offers with this model.

Good news, folks. Today, I'm very pleased to announce our new Reviews Editor, and it's our very own Ed Thorn! After spending two and a bit years flexing his typing arms as our senior staff writer, Ed will now be stepping up to wrangle our reviews section into bigger and better shape than ever before - or rather, he already has, as he officially took over the role at the start of October. He will henceforth be known not simply as Edders, but as the new and improved Reviews Edders, so please come and congratulate him on his ascension in the comments below.

«In Baldur's Gate 3, when you wear shoes with metal on them, we wanted them to have a unique sound layer of metal clanks,» explains one of Baldur's Gate 3's sound designers, Glenn Goa, in a video demonstrating where he sourced the sound effect. «I made some sabatons in the forge (I learned blacksmithing) and recorded an hour session of walking on various surfaces with them loosely on.» 

Touted as the ultimate tool for both productivity and self-expression, the newest additions to the Samsung popular foldable series — the Galaxy Z Fold5 and Galaxy Z Flip5 — promise to help you “see your world anew” and push the boundaries of what you can. In the latest 5th generation Galaxy foldables, Samsung has upgraded the durability of the handsets and makes these the most durable Galaxy foldables we have seen to date. 

As you may recall, earlier this year Blizzard confirmed that Diablo 4 requires players to create new characters each season. And, with season two just around the corner, we thought it would be a good idea to let you know how to ensure you don't lose your stash as well as your character.

Back in May, the gameplay clip that had everyone talking was of a lava bridge in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Developers were impressed by the game’s robust physics engine, noting that getting something like this to work in a game is an incredibly difficult task.

It’s been a hot second since DreamWorks put out a new serialized animated show not based on an existing film franchise. And in the wake of some bigger animated darlings like The Owl House ending, it’s the perfect time for the studio to flex. Fright Krewe, from horror director Eli Roth (Hostel) and YA science fiction author James Frey (I Am Number Four), is a bold swing, ready to step into the void with its horror-focused overarching plot and funky cast of characters. Just in time for Halloween, the new animated series has what it takes to be the next big thing — so long as it gets the time and attention for it all to mesh together.

Taunts have been a big part of Mortal Kombat with the sheer amount of craziness that the characters are capable of. It never gets old seeing Johnny Cage make light of his opponents while playing to the crowd, however imaginary they are. While the taunts in Mortal Kombat 1 aren’t as zany as the past ones, they are very cool when used in the heat of battle. Here’s our list of the best taunts, ranked from worst to best.

Start flexing those puzzle-solving muscles, because The Talos Principle II has a release date. Devolver Digital and Croteam announced plans to bring the next entry to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on November 2, 2023. You can see some of this brain-bending at work in the new trailer, which shows more first-person puzzling.  

With every new Apple device comes a new teardown, and between the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel, iFixit, and others, we now know everything there is to know about the inner workings of the iPhone 15 and latest Apple Watches. Unfortunately, the results aren't great.

Finally, a feature-loaded smartphone that meets all the needs of today's future-ready workforce! As we transition into a phase where work from anywhere has become the new normal, especially for sectors like IT and tech, the home set-up needs to be wired to cater to the needs of the job. The backend needs to be equipped with an ergonomic seating set-up that replicates the office workstation and, more importantly, high-performance computing devices that facilitate the work from home, whether it is a laptop or smartphone, depending upon the requirements.

If you've had your eye on a Hyundai EV, now might be the time to buy. The company is offering a free home charger plus a $600 "installation credit," for up to $1,100 in savings.

Ever since Unity first announced its plans for a new runtime install fee, it’s been trying to put flex tape over it with clarifications and responses. Now, it looks like there may be some backpedaling on the horizon. To some extent, at least.

Roblox is a creative phenomenon for the young and young-at-heart, where players can create and share their own immersive 3D experiences or try out the near-limitless library of those crafted by others. With more than 65 million daily active users, it will undoubtedly become one of the biggest games on the platform when it hits PS5 and PS4 on 10th October.

Before Starfield, there was No Man’s Sky. The universe exploration title from Hello Games went through a tumultuous launch, but is celebrated these days. In fact, it looks as though it’s experiencing its biggest uptick in a while.

Disney Lorcana’s second set, announced on Tuesday, expands the hot new trading card game with more than 200 additional cards. When it launches at mass market in December, it will be joined by the game’s first truly collectible retail release: Disney Lorcana: Disney100 Edition. And while this tiny boxed set only features six alternate art cards, they come courtesy of a murderer’s row of artistic talent from Walt Disney Animation Studios itself — including principal artists who helped create Ariel, Genie, Elsa, and more. Let’s look a little closer at some of the folks invited to flex on these tiny little canvases.

A new Shop rotation has occurred, which means new cosmetics! Barbarians who have dismissed the old ways of the clans rejoyce — a set that establishes you as a killer for hire is here with the Hired Muscle set! While we don't know for certain when thess packages will rotate out of stock, what we do know is that the shop refreshes happen daily at approximately 10 am PDT, so stay tuned — we may have new cosmetic options soon! Premium Currency in Diablo 4

«Here's a Haunted Chocolatier screen»: That's what you say if you're ConcernedApe, aka Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, and it's apparently a slow Tuesday and you want to wind things up a little bit. And then you post the screen in question, and all your followers immediately go bananas.

Apple is no stranger to weird patents. Time and again, the Cupertino-based tech giant has filed patent applications for strange yet fascinating devices. Some of them include a MacBook-integrated iPhone, a windowless car, vibrating VR socks, and even self-adjusting bands for the Apple Watch. While most of these devices do not even get a concept release, the patents themselves shed light on the creativity of Apple engineers as well as the exciting future of technology.

Players have been making the most of Starfield's ship creator to build homages to spaceships from Star Wars, Mass Effect, Firefly, and more.

When Todd Howard revealed that Starfield's robot buddy Vasco could vocalize your character's name, I knew there were bound to be some "Bort license plate" situations waiting to happen. Reddit user andy24olivera claims to have datamined the list of hundreds of recorded names Vasco can draw from, and in my testing, it seems to be accurate⁠—both the omissions, and the more out-there inclusions.

I like videogame worlds that are somehow vast and busy, yet pleasantly small and legible - Polly Pocket creations that have a lot of flex and bustle, when you look closely. Enter the Chronosphere feels like one of those games. Devised by Melbourne, Australia-based Effort Star, it sees you assembling a crew of alien roughnecks to breach and despoil astral "gigastructures" in top-down view. These gigastructures consist of tightly-packed disc-shaped labyrinths with distinct colour schemes, vegetation and screwy spacetime dynamics.

Bethesda Game Studios once considered giving the playable character in Starfield a voice. In fact, they got so far as to hire a voice actor. But ultimately, they decided not to go ahead with the idea.

The time has come to unleash the best side of you! The latest generation of the popular foldable smartphones from Samsung — Galaxy Z Flip5 and Galaxy Z Fold5 — is finally here as sales for the new models commenced on August 18! The latest editions of the Samsung Watch and the Galaxy Tab S9 are also available to buy now.

We get it, video games are expensive. I don’t have to tell you about the amount you’re gonna have to pay for a new AAA title. Those games are only getting more expensive, so knowing when to drop the money on a new release and when to put games on the backlog is crucial. If you don’t want your bank account to hit the red on some games, waiting for discounts and sales can really make a big difference. So whenever we see a discount sale or a promo going on, we like to spread the word.

Samsung has been one of the pioneers when it comes to the development of Android smartphones in the last few years. Its devices, especially the high-end options, have raised the bar for the next generation of smartphones. Its standout offerings in the last few years have been the Galaxy Z Fold and Flip, which have touched upon the nostalgia of the Moto Razr days and enhanced the usability of foldable smartphones. But if reports are to be believed, a Samsung smartphone that is tipped to roll out in 2025 could blow away even its high-end foldables.

As of writing, Starfield is just two weeks away from release. Will the long wait finally pay off? We don’t know, but until we get our collective hands on it, you can scope out this new live action trailer for Bethesda’s upcoming sci-fi RPG.

Samsung's foldable smartphones have year-on-year built upon its successes, and some failures, to provide consumers with the best of what this technology has to offer. Its fifth-generation foldables, which were launched at the Galaxy Unpacked 2023 on July 26, aim to do the same. It is clear that lessons have been learnt and taken to heart too. While the more expensive Galaxy Z Fold 5 was expected to steal all the headlines, it is the Z Flip 5 that has captured the limelight, headlined by its new Flex Window.

NHL 24 brings the rush and fatigue of high-pressure hockey to life with a suite of new gameplay features. The Exhaust Engine is powered by Frostbite and combines the Sustained Pressure and Goalie Fatigue systems to form concentrated pockets of opportunity that allow even more in-game situations. The Sustained Pressure System triggers for offensive players who maintain offensive pressure long enough, lowering opponent’s attributes for a limited time to open up creative opportunities. The Goalie Fatigue System then uses the same offensive pressure to grow goalie fatigue that affects how they react to shots; 75 new goalie animations have been introduced to bring this to life on the ice.

Few things in gaming are better than knowing that your character looks awesome. Devil May Cry, Bulletstorm, and Bayonetta are all games that let you constantly do cool things, and look awesome as you do so. Sometimes that’s pulling off an incredible combo that lasts longer than a first love, and sometimes that’s sliding into an enemy before energy-lashing them into a man-eating plant. They’re different, but the sense of sheer cool they offer are the same thing, and that’s the exact same space that En Garde! is playing in.

With new versions of One UI for its phones, tablets, and watches, Samsung is bringing a number of upgrades to the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Flip 4, Watch 4, Watch 5, and more.

On TikTok, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players have shared thousands of videos flexing complicated machines built in the open-world game since its May release. The clips show footage of terrifying war machines and mind-blowing contraptions that can mine rocks. Because of the flexibility of Nintendo’s systems, and how they allowed for such a wide range of design savvy, many hailed the machinery as the coming of the “industrial revolution” to Hyrule. Despite that excitement, that revolution never came. Although the developers of Tears of the Kingdom afforded freedom in ways previously unimaginable in Zelda, and scarcely seen in video games as a medium,Tears of the Kingdoms does have its limits; and they tell us a lot about the developers’ priorities.

Apple’s iPhone 15 lineup is said to be the first from the company to transition from Lightning to USB-C, a hardware switch that will happen before the EU’s mandate. This would mean consumers would no longer have to purchase and carry around two separate charging accessories, but there is still a possibility that you will have to acquire an official Apple cable, courtesy of the latest leak. The new iPhones’ USB-C flex cables got a closer look, showing a special ‘3LD3’ chip that may force customers to purchase compatible accessories.

Samsung has reached a big milestone with its latest offering in foldables. The Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5, these two devices have witnessed a positive response from consumers with 100,000 pre-bookings recorded in India within the initial 28 hours of availability, as per the company. As a gesture of appreciation towards its pre-booked customers, Samsung has announced that it will be initiating early deliveries of these flagship foldable smartphones starting from August 11. Pre-bookings for the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold5 commenced on July 27, 2023, and the devices are set to hit the market for sale on August 18, 2023.

Samsung, the leading consumer electronics brand in India, has achieved an impressive milestone with its fifth-generation foldable devices. Within the first 28 hours of pre-booking availability, over 100,000 Indian consumers expressed strong interest in the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5.

Today’s the day. The Broforce Forever update to Devolver Digital and Free Lives 2015 muscle-hit Broforce has arrived.

The Galaxy Z Flip 5 is easily my favorite phone to come out this year, and while I like the phone mainly because of the cover display, the hinge is apparently very durable. Samsung has mentioned in official documentation that the phone is rated at 200,000 folds, and this was verified by Bureau Veritas, a certification company. But it turns out that the phone is much more durable than the official numbers suggested, as it has managed to beat the Motorola Razr Plus, its nearest competitor.

Last November Devolver Digital teased a big update to a videogame over seven years old, the unexpected hit Broforce, a side-scrolling action shooter about outrageous American action movie stereotype heroes doing outrageous freedom-building explosive exercises of military might. It was an announcement so unexpected that honestly I had forgotten I wrote a whole article about it and the teaser trailer where the bros flex so hard that Satan himself disintegrates in the shining glow reflected from their glistening, oiled muscles.

As we dive into a weekend full of free time to play Baldur's Gate 3, it also means there's lots of neat things we'll start to see being discovered. And whilst there's the fun bits, like finding secret pacts hidden in the terms and conditions or Matt Mercer flexing his D&D muscles and stacking boxes to get over a very high wall, there's also the sadistic fun in seeing bad dice rolls.

When it comes to streaming video, the content pile is vast, and you've got the whole weekend to decide how you want to slice it. There are now too many shows and movies to choose from, spread across too many video-streaming services. We make it easy for you. Each week, we highlight the streaming content we're excited to watch or think you should binge. Fire up your media-streaming device of choice, and start watching.

Fire Emblem's Musou-influenced adventure is available for its lowest price ever.

A World of Warcraft player has stumbled upon a bug that allows them to one-shot many of their Horde allies, alongside some of the MMO’s most prominent lore characters. 

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Devolver Digital and developer Free Lives’ 2015 hit Broforce is basting its biceps in baby oil one more time. It’s been confirmed the belated final update for the game will arrive on August 8 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. In conjunction with the update, Broforce will also arrive on Xbox for the first time; an Xbox One edition of Broforce will be available via Game Pass.

Samsung has just launched its latest foldable smartphones - the Galaxy Z Fold5 and the Galaxy Z Flip5 - in its Galaxy Z series at the Samsung Unpacked event in Seoul. The Galaxy Z Flip 5 comes with significant improvements compared to its predecessor, the Galaxy Z Flip 4. Let's compare the specifications and features of both these devices.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is finally here, and it is safe to say that there isn't much to talk about it. Samsung launched its fifth generation of foldable smartphones at the Galaxy Unpacked 2023 held in Seoul, South Korea, alongside the Galaxy Watch 6 series, and Tab S9 series. Surprisingly, the event's highlight was the Galaxy Z Flip 5, not the Fold 5. Here's why.

The fifth generation of foldables from Samsung — the Galaxy Z Fold5 and Galaxy Z Flip5 — have just been unveiled at the Galaxy Unpacked event in South Korea — and we can't be more excited. The latest innovations are expected to push the envelope for what you can expect from a smartphone. There is something for every side of you!

At the much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event held today in Seoul, Korea, the tech giant unveiled its latest cutting-edge foldable smartphones - the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5. With innovative features and sleek designs, these devices are expected to revolutionise the foldable smartphone industry. The event was attended by tech enthusiasts, industry experts, and media representatives from around the world.

After months of anticipation and rumors, Samsung on Wednesday finally took the wraps off the next generation of its top-end smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023. This is Samsung's second event of the year after launching the S23 series in February. But what makes this year's event so special? Well, this is the first time that the event is being held at Samsung's home turf in Seoul, South Korea. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 is Samsung's top-of-the-line device, and although most of the details were leaked previously, the phone is now officially announced.

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With today's PTR build, Blizzard seems to be changing some data entries for Siege of Orgrimmar items, including Heirloom items from Garrosh Hellscream. While these changes don't confirm anything, it is possible that it is a change to prepare the Mists of Pandaria raid to be the new Timewalking raid. Making Mists of Pandaria the next Timewalking raid would be the perfect opportunity for a new source of the now unobtainable Garrosh Hellscream Heirloom weapons. These items were previously all removed in a different PTR build and are now returning. The items in question are all the original IDs from Siege of Orgrimmar normal difficulty items. To those unfamiliar, with the raid difficulty changes from Patch 6.0, all Siege of Orgrimmar loot received new item ids. This patch was the addition of the Mythic difficulty and ever since then, items started using bonus ids for changes between item versions. Until WoD, all different item versions, like Heroic, Warforged, or Heroic Warforged, had different item ids. This change was made because of the bloat in the list of items. For instance, Revelations of Y'Shaarj, which is item id 112940 post-WoD Pre-Patch, actually had six different item versions in Mists of Pandaria: