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Video game design studio Lost in Cult announced a new physical game label called Editions. The label will release “prestige” editions of beloved games that include original box art, 40-page booklets, and other extras. Lost in Cult is best known for releasing books on video game through its Design Works series, as well as vinyl records featuring game soundtracks. Editions is an extension of that work, continuing the design company’s focus on game preservation and curated content. Think of the project as a Criterion Collection for video games, preserving prestigious titles and bundling them with additional context that underlines their…
Nothing Phone 3 will see a global launch soon. The UK-based OEM has revealed the launch timeline of the upcoming handset but has yet to announce the exact date. Previously, Nothing Founder and CEO Carl Pei teased the expected price range of the anticipated flagship smartphone. Though we do not know much about the Nothing Phone 3 yet, it is teased to be a flagship offering. The phone is likely to bring significant upgrades over the Nothing Phone 2, which was unveiled in July 2023.Nothing Phone 3 Launch: All We Know The Nothing Phone 3 will launch globally in July this…
Sea of Stars, the throwback RPG from the makers of The Messenger, released in 2023 to positive reviews. We gave the game a nine and made it the cover and centerpiece of our March 2023 indie issue. It’s a good game that has added various updates like co-op over the last two years. Today, however, the game received its biggest and most impressive update with the Throes of the Watchmaker DLC. It’s a huge addition to the game, adding about eight hours of additional content and story, new mechanics, new art, and it’s completely free, which doesn’t make economic sense,…
Welcome to our Google IO 2025 live blog, where we’re bringing you all the latest from the search giant’s opening keynote at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Google is expected to speak about a whole host of products and services, with Gemini AI likely to be a major focus, with appearances from Android 16, WearOS 6 and Android XR all tipped to happen. Google IO 2025 keynote live blog LiveLast updated May 20, 2025 10:05 AMThe liveblog has ended.No liveblog updates yet.Load more
Qualcomm announced the schedule for its upcoming Snapdragon Summit during Computex 2025 in Taipei. The annual launch event will take place in late September this year, slightly earlier than Qualcomm’s typical launch window. The annual summit is expected to introduce the next-generation chipset, tentatively called the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. For reference, the current Snapdragon 8 Elite was unveiled during last October’s Snapdragon Summit. Devices featuring the new Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 are anticipated to arrive in the market by October.Snapdragon Summit Set to Take Place in SeptemberQualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon, during his keynote speech at Computex 2025, revealed…
Korean developer ShiftUp released Stellar Blade last year, and it quickly became a hit. In roughly one year, it has brought in more than $48 million of revenue for the developer, so it won’t be a surprise that the team is working on a follow-up game. However, according to a Q1 2025 fiscal year presentation from ShiftUp, the developer plans to have a sequel before 2027.In the presentation, which is where ShiftUp reveals Stellar Blade has brought in 68.1 billion KRW (or $48 million), there’s a slide titled, “IP expansion on its way with high visibility.” We can see the…
Your Nintendo Switch 2 preorder won’t ship with an OLED screen, but an OLED-version isn’t out of the picture. Nintendo has reached out to Samsung Electronics Co. to manufacture Switch 2 chips in a bid to ramp up production speeds and potentially break its sales projections by March 2026, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The Nintendo Switch 2 was met with almost unprecedented demand in Japan, and Nintendo has issued an apology that it had to limit pre-orders. Roughly 2.2 million people requested a preorder in Japan alone, and preorder numbers for Europe and North America haven’t been…
MediaTek showcased several artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for a wide range of devices and platforms at Computex 2025 on Tuesday. The Taiwan-based chipmaker unveiled its first hybrid computing solution to offer AI capabilities on the edge, a new chipset to bring AI to in-car infotainment systems, as well as an Internet-of-things (IoT) platform to power a broad range of devices at the event. MediaTek showcased these innovations as part of its broader AI vision to offer solutions for AI running on-device, on edge, as well as on cloud.In a press release, the chipmaker detailed several AI-powered innovations it showcased at…
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi and his indie studio uvula announced last year that their next game is about a boy who lives life in a t-pose called “to a T.” We recently learned it’s launching on May 28 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, and the team has released a demo ahead of the game’s launch.You can check it out now on PC via Steam (sorry PS5 and Xbox players) to get a quick look at the game, what to expect, and how it plays. Considering it’s coming from the mind behind Katamari Damacy, expect some fun…
Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for! A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing…