Trends News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

Fans hoping to learn following his Coachella performance will get the latest updates here. With the singer uploading a series of photos on, including images showing him, fans have grown concerned about why Bieber appears so. Here is the latest information.

got a mixed reception from fans. The MCU sequel extended the wacky and comedic tone of Thor: Ragnarok further. However, in a recent interview, actor Chris Hemsworth expressed some regret over this direction for the movie and talked about where he feels the project went wrong.

The franchise features an incredible variety of antagonists, but one particularly strange detail regarding a group of villains has gone mostly unremarked upon for decades. Although recent titles have tended towards having more individual true villains, a trend that has produced some of ’s most terrifying characters, the traditional «Team» still has a role to play in any given region. However, while all Teams have their own unique aesthetic, one also has a much more subtle, and ironic, quirk visible on close examination.

In , players will need to find Extreme Polymer Material in order to craft Nano Suits. Many action RPGs these days feature an outfit crafting system that allows players to customize the appearance and stats of their characters. continues this trend with the various Nano Suits available, which have to be crafted using various materials.

The Sonic series is never in a rush to make many callbacks to the infamous Sonic '06. This is understandable, given that the game was universally poorly received and largely seen as the worst Sonic game ever released.

Apple argues that 8GB of RAM is more than enough in the base variants of the new Macs, as users complain of stagnancy. However, Apple was not always this reluctant, especially under the leadership of Steve Jobs. However, when Tim Cook took over, Apple's regular upgrade cycle for base memory stopped, according to a post on Mastodon. While there are various reasons for Apple's approach, users have been demanding that the company should increase the base RAM on Macs for a long time.

Spoilers for chapter 258 are now available. The fight between Yuji and Sukuna continues and both of them have new tricks. Here’s a guide on the.

The for of have been released. We get updates on the various situations around Egghead, and we finally learn what Vegapunk’s message is. Here is a guide on the .

Recent data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) paints a concerning picture for Apple's iPhone in the US. The report indicates a significant decline in iPhone activations, pushing Apple's market share of new smartphone activations back to levels last seen six years ago.

We have recently covered that the hype surrounding the Vision Pro has cooled down and demand for the headset is far lower than when it launched. The Apple Vision Pro did not pan out to be a hot seller as it was originally anticipated by the company which is why shipment orders have been cut down. Potentially, the lower-than-expected demand is due to the hefty price tag of the Vision Pro, as it is one of the most expensive mixed reality headsets on the market right now.

With Episode 9 of airing on NBC, fans are looking to catch up with spoilers to find out what happened and who went home. Here are the Episode 9 spoilers revealing who got voted off the competition.

Following the trend of previous expansions, there are four new Inscription crafted Darkmoon Deck trinkets coming to the The War Within!

Staying ahead means embracing innovation and scalability in the ever-evolving enterprise technology landscape. Today, businesses are not just adapting to new technologies; they are effectively transforming their operations to harness the potential of these advancements’ potential. 

Spoilers for chapter 257 are now out. We learn something new about Sukuna and Yuji continues to surpass expectations. Here’s a guide to the .

The latest issue of V-Jump has confirmed that Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero will feature Beerus, Whis, Gohan, Future Gohan, and Videl as playable characters.

Ahead of the official launch, rumors are spreading like wildfire across X (formerly “Twitter”),, Facebook,, and other social media apps. Additionally, claims of a allowing users to download the new album are also being spread. Is the album leak real, and is the Google Drive link safe? Here’s what you need to know.

The for the have begun to leak out, allowing those who want a preview of the drama that’s to come during a sneak peek. With tensions high and many characters butting heads, it’s understandable why some viewers will want early info on what’s going to happen between;;; and other characters. Here’s a breakdown of the for the next two weeks.

Take-Two Interactive, the powerhouse behind the beloved Grand Theft Auto franchise, including the highly anticipated GTA 6, is scaling back its staff and shelving certain gaming ventures. This move reflects a broader trend of restructuring and layoffs within the gaming realm in recent years.

Here’s the and recap featuring spoilers about what happened in the episode. Did Lady Mariko die? Here’s everything you need to know.

In the ever-evolving realm of relationships, a recent study by the Indian dating app QuackQuack reveals a fascinating trend among young adults in Tier 1 and 2 cities. According to the findings, a significant 35 percent of GenZ daters view dating apps not just as a means to find love but as a tool for exploring their own identities. This revelation sheds new light on the role of technology in modern romance.

News of CinemaCon 2024’s trailer has fans wondering whether it will be released online. Has the footage leaked already? What happens in it? Here’s everything you need to know.

Here’s the, featuring spoilers about what happened. Dive into our breakdown to find out who dies. Also, learn what New Vegas is and how the series sets up its second season.

It’s not often that we see Nintendo Switch deals on the OLED model but Woot has bucked that trend with the Nintendo Switch OLED currently available for $30 off the regular price. That means instead of paying $350, you pay $320 which is a great price for a consistently sought-after game console. The deal only lasts for the next 10 days or until it sells out with the latter extremely likely to happen soon. Here’s what you need to know before you miss out.

The long-running ET fandom has been left asking if ET 2 (2025) is currently in development. Is the viral social media poster real or fake? Will Steven Spielberg be returning to direct the sequel? Here’s all you need to know.

At the, fans eagerly awaited their favorite musicians to light up the night, with none other than being a focal point of the excitement for her fans.

Dragon's Dogma 2 has a hot new trend, and it involves tackling a Pawn off a cliff to avoid fall damage.

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox

Helldivers 2's Quasar Cannon is quickly becoming the hot new trend, as players realize it can take out Automaton Gunships and dropships in just one hit.

The spoilers for chapter 256 are now available. The battle against Sukuna gets more intense. Here’s a guide to the .

Market research and data tracking firm NewZoo has released their 2023 PC and Console Gaming Report, and it provides an interesting snapshot of an industry in a bit of a transitional mode. The gaming industry saw out-of-control growth during the pandemic, which fizzled a bit in 2022, but 2023 saw a return to modest growth with the PC/console market reaching $93.5 billion, up 2.3 percent year-on-year. This growth was largely driven by the PC market, which was up 3.9 percent year-on-year, while the console market was up 1.7 percent YoY. The PC market accounted for 43 percent of industry revenue, while consoles were 57 percent.

Motorola Edge 50 Pro has been in the news for quite some time now. The highly anticipated smartphone will finally debut today in the Indian market. While the smartphone is expected to launch in the mid-range segment, the company is condensing the device as their next premium smartphone with AI features. If you have been waiting for the device, then your wait is finally over as today we will know what the Motorola Edge 50 Pro has in store for the users. Check out what Motorola Edge 50 Pro has to offer in terms of specs, price, and design ahead of the official launch.

It's a trend we never saw returning, but browser games are capturing our attention again.

Nothing, a London-based smartphone brand has been gaining recognition in the mid-range smartphone market. The company recently announced its non-flagship smartphone, Nothing Phone 2a. Now, it has been rumoured to launch its third generation of Nothing Phone in the coming months. There have been several rumours about a Nothing Phone 3 after Nothing shared a teaser via its X handle featuring a frog and a bug. Additionally, a recent report also tipped the Nothing Phone 3 price and chipset. Know what's coming ahead of the launch.

In the bustling realm of social media, where trends come and go like the tides, X, under the helm of Elon Musk, stands as a prominent hub for various viral phenomena. Lately, one such trend titled"Click Here" has been making waves on the platform for over a week now. But what exactly is it all about, and how does one engage with it?

It’s no surprise that AI was perhaps the biggest topic of discussion at this year’s Game Developers Conference. The emerging technology was all over the convention’s show floor, with massive booths showcasing demos from companies like Inworld. Behind the scenes, Nvidia showed off some even more impressive tools. A Ubisoft-created experience using Nvidia’s Ace microservice turned heads, as it allowed players to speak to NPCs through a microphone and get cogent AI responses on the fly.

There’s an argument that the novelty of Sony’s delayed single player PC ports has worn off, but Horizon Forbidden West is bucking that trend. The open world sequel, converted by Nixxes, has opened to a respectable peak of 35,168 concurrent users on Steam, making it the sixth biggest PS Studios launch on the platform to date – just a hair behind The Last of Us: Part 1. There’s a good chance it’ll overtake the Naughty Dog remake later in the weekend.

With Dragon's Dogma 2 currently enthralling players worldwide, it might seem too soon for some to contemplate another open world epic from storied developer Capcom, but here we are. Reliable leakster Dusk Golem let slip a few morsels from sources on Discord, and they seem pretty confident that this one will arrive in Q1 of 2025, writing, «I don't think even GTA VI would make them delay it.»

With a trailer for going viral, fans are asking whether it is fake or if an MCU movie is happening. Will Keanu Reeves play Johnny Blaze? Here’s all you need to know.

appears to finally be moving forward as Sony looks for a director to helm the project. Has Justin Lin been hired to bring Tom Holland’s next solo outing to life? Why didn’t Jon Watts return after directing the Homecoming trilogy? Here’s everything you need to know.

Spoilers for chapter 255 are now out. More people join the fight against Sukuna. Here’s a guide on the.

The new movie showcases some beautiful locations. Consequently, fans have been wondering where it was filmed and if the Glass Key setting is a real place. Here are your answers.

Hellgate: London was a game ahead of its time in a lot of ways, introducing open-world looter and roguelike mechanics before those things became a hot trend. As such, the game is still remembered fairly well despite not being a huge seller at the time. Well, it seems the series may be coming back, because the original game’s producer Bill Roper has announced an Unreal Engine 5 sequel, Hellgate: Redemption, will be produced through his new studio Lunacy Games. Roper had the following to say about the revival…

Earlier this month, a demo for action-RPG Stellar Blade hit the PlayStation Store and was pulled moments later, but now weeks later Sony has finally confirmed that the real launch of that demo is coming very soon.

ASRock has finally launched its DeskMeet X600 PCs featuring a PCH-Less Mini-ITX motherboard & support for AMD Ryzen 8000 & 7000 CPUs.

Riot Games has revealed Clove, the next agent that will come to Valorant as part of Episode 8, Act II. This character brings some pretty awesome “post-death” abilities that give players a way to fight back after getting killed, continuing the trend of Riot adding game-changing new agents to Valorant.

During a Games Developer Conference lecture reflecting on 30 years of Warcraft, Senior Vice President and Warcraft Franchise General Manager John Hight shared World of Warcraft subscriber trends from Legion through Dragonflight, noting the successes, failures, and changes made to course correct dwindling numbers following Shadowlands. As reported by Korean webzine Inven, Hight's talk began with history of the franchise, how it captured players with a revolutionary RTS and evolved into both an MMO and several other game types. While the talk itself is interesting enough, the focal point of the discussion reflects specifically on the successes and failures of World of Warcraft, how it built decades worth of fans, why some fans had turned away, and what changes were made to bring them back, with slides depicting subscriber trends from Legion through Dragonflight.

Whether you’re looking for a starter rig or you’re looking to upgrade to a more powerful machine, you should check out what’s available in HP’s gaming PC sale. Prices start at just $450 for a budget-friendly gaming desktop, with discounts of as much as $700 for more premium models. You’re going to have to be quick though — there’s always high demand for HP gaming PCs, so stocks will run out quicker now that they’re cheaper than usual. If you want to be able to play the best PC games, these are the computers that you want in your arsenal.

There are a growing number of anime stores around the world to feed the continually growing trend of anime love, but Japan still has the most stores. And as the birthplace of anime, it probably always will. Some neighborhoods in Tokyo are almost entirely dedicated to anime and anime sales, including the famous Akihabara, as well as Ikebukuro. It is in the latter that a newly renovated anime store has re-opened, and it is huge — record-breakingly huge.

Over the past few months, we have been hearing about Samsung's entry-level Galaxy Z Fold 6 which is expected to be cheaper. Earlier, the smartphone was expected to launch alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, but now it looks like the company is planning for a later launch which may collide with the announcement of Apple iPhone 16. So, now the question arises as to which smartphone will take the spotlight during launch. Know what Samsung has been planning for its cheaper version of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6.

The Amazon Big Spring sale has one of the best PlayStation deals we’ve seen in a little while. Hit the button below and you can buy a PlayStation 5 with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 for just $449 thereby saving $111 off the regular price of $560. This is the latest slim model so there’s nothing to lose here. If you haven’t yet enjoyed the fun that a PlayStation 5 brings, check it out now with this awesome deal. Bear in mind that the deal will be ending pretty soon.

Here’s the and recap featuring spoilers about what happened in the finale. Dive into our breakdown and find out how the season ends, who dies, and what’s next.

Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This entry was contributed by Sigtrap co-founders Gary Lloyd and Luke Thompson, who launched the Time Crisis-inspired Under Cover on Meta Quest earlier this month.

Cyan’s classic PC adventure game Riven: The Sequel to Myst is getting an Unreal Engine 5 remake later this year. Although Cyan’s last game experienced controversy surrounding the use of AI content, Cyan confirmed to Digital Trends that the Riven remake does not use any “AI-assisted content.”

Sony’s emulation strategy has been fairly consistent adding Trophies to classic first-party titles, and upcoming PSP port Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier will not buck the trend. The game – technically the last mainline entry in Naughty Dog’s platforming series – first launched in 2009, and mixes traditional adventuring with aerial combat. It’s not a classic by any stretch, but it’s enjoyable enough.

Helldivers 2 continues to buck the trend of physical game sales, as it's not only still in the top 10 — it's up several places. The co-op shooter has returned to fourth after dipping to eighth last week, meaning it's really holding its own against the competition. After learning the game has sold a grand total of 8 million so far, we can't say this really surprises us.

Blizzard has been hinting that something pirate-y is coming to World of Warcraft for weeks now, sneaking little Jolly Roger flags into road maps. We don’t have room for a full pirate expansion, not with the Worldsoul Saga scheduled to take up the next three slots for expansion packs. Instead, we’re getting something highly experimental — a new six week battle royale called Plunderstorm.

Final Fantasy 7's Sephiroth is currently on a tour of games where he doesn't belong, as the 'Sephiroth should be in every video game' meme travels Twitter. 

In a bid to enhance user engagement and inject a dose of entertainment into its professional networking domain, LinkedIn, under the umbrella of Microsoft, is gearing up to introduce gaming features to its platform. Renowned primarily for its role in fostering professional connections, knowledge acquisition, and recruitment endeavours, LinkedIn boasts a staggering user base exceeding 1 billion. However, seeking to bolster the time users spend on the platform, LinkedIn is venturing into uncharted territory: gaming. What is LinkedIn gaming all about? It will be in very much in character with the platform's profile.

The developers behind Outcast: A New Beginning are billing the sequel, launching today some 25 years after the trailblazing original, as a ray of sunshine amidst a trend toward games with dark, dystopian visions of the future.

In a stark warning, F.A.C.C.T., a leading Russian cybersecurity firm, has raised alarm about the sinister use of eSIM technology by criminals to pilfer phone numbers, enabling access to sensitive bank accounts. The revelation, reported by Bleeping Computers, sheds light on a disturbing trend where eSIM, initially designed for convenience, are now being exploited as tools for nefarious activities.

Microsoft has continued its trend of creating custom consoles to celebrate game and film releases with a Final Fantasy 14 Xbox Series X, but there's a catch... This one doesn't actually work.

Nobody arguably needs to see detailed line art depictingMonsters, Inc.’s Mike Wazowski with the muscles of a world-class powerlifter and a chin so chiseled it could cut a diamond, but that hasn’t stopped millions of people from wanting to.

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 SUPER GPUs are witnessing a price drop trend in Germany as some SKUs have started to retail below MSRP.

If you were planning on buying the new iPhone SE 4 when it comes out, using it for a short while and then selling it quickly, you might be headed for some disappointment. A new report suggests that the iPhone SE 4 value may depreciate faster than other flagship iPhones like iPhone 14, iPhone 15 and others. Although most Apple devices tend to hold their value for years, often fetching higher prices in the used market than their competitors, this revelation might come as a disappointment for those who change their iPhones quickly, especially the SE models.

On March 7, EA shadow dropped a host of classic PC games on Steam, including pretty much the entire Command & Conquer series. That's good news - unless you're one of the indie devs who released a game the very same day and suddenly had to compete with decades worth of nostalgia amid the notorious whims of the Steam algorithm.

RPG Maker is a franchise that's largely steered clear of PlayStation consoles, but that trend is set to change with the release of RPG Maker WITH. Published by NIS America, it's headed to PC and Switch at some point in the autumn / fall, while PS5 and PS4 versions are locked in for 2025.

Samsung recently announced its latest flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S24 series in January with significant upgrades. Out of the three smartphones launched, the Galaxy S24 Ultra stood out for featuring two chipsets - the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor in the US, Canada and China, and the Exynos 2400 in other markets including India. In a recent leak, it is speculated that the company may completely ditch the Snapdragon chipset for its next flagship series, the Samsung Galaxy S25 in favour of its in-house Exynos. Know what Samsung has in store for its Galaxy S25 series.

AMD has announced new Freesync technology tiers by updating its support plan for the next generation of gaming monitors.

The video game industry hasn’t been thriving all that much recently. After the pandemic, several studios faced layoffs. Both big names and small studios had to dial things back. We’ve seen too many of these reports, from having to lay off several employees to cutting off productions from various projects and even closing down complete studios. But Capcom is looking to make a positive change, and it’s starting with its offices in Japan. 

Puget Systems has released its CPU market trend report for 2023 showing Intel leading the desktop mainstream space while AMD remains the workstation king.

Throughout the first two months of 2024, we have witnessed multiple asteroid approaches to Earth. However, the last few days broke this trend, with no asteroid passing the planet. Normality is expected to resume tomorrow as yet another asteroid has been designated to pass the planet in close proximity. These close approaches occur when an asteroid interacts with a large planet's gravitational field, which can send it tumbling towards a planet, raising a potential impact scenario. With the help of its advanced tech, the US Space Agency has shed light on another asteroid that is set to pass Earth tomorrow, March 7.

What if moogles looked like koala bears... with human teeth? I'm so glad you asked, because Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth gives us the answer. Horrifying. They would look horrifying.

Helldivers 2 sales keep on ticking up more than three weeks after launch, and even some industry analysts are dumbfounded.

Helldivers 2 has been one of the surprise hits of 2024 since launching in February, topping the charts on Steam and reportedly selling around 3 million copies. And according to at least one analyst, it's still growing.

The Amazon Games team is headed once again to Game Developers Conference in San Francisco from March 18-22! We’re counting down the days until we can discuss the latest trends shaping the future of our industry, to catch up with old friends and to make new ones.

Wordle today: Wordle players have had a great start to March with straightforward answers on the first three days. So far, we've encountered words such as STATE, URBAN and FORTY, all of which are common and used in everyday life. As is the trend, the makers of Wordle tend to throw a real head-scratching answer following a few days of easy solutions. Fortunately, today is not one such day and the answer for Wordle today can be guessed in a flash! 

Spiritfall is a new Steam game that's been described as a combination of Dead Cells, Hades, and Super Smash Bros., and it's soared straight to the top of Steam's charts.