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There is a new Bungie game upon us, and if its previously released Halo and Destiny games are any indication, it’d be quite silly to outright ignore it. I mention that because, unlike Halo and Destiny, understanding what Marathon is attempting to do in the shooter genre is tougher to parse (and easy to ignore as a result). It’s an extraction live-service shooter, a niche variant in a genre that a lot of people turn their noses up to by default. That’s all well and good (and understandable if you already know this isn’t for you), but if you’re interested…

The PlayStation 5 Pro is getting a notable graphics upgrade, and it comes straight from Sony’s long-running partnership with AMD. As shared by Sony in an official blog post, the console’s image-upscaling technology is about to receive a major refresh. Grateful for the shared vision with @cerny on Project Amethyst.🎮 Through deep co-engineering between @PlayStation and @AMD, we’re seeing that vision power the PlayStation 5 Pro, delivering higher resolution, higher frame rates, and beautiful visual fidelity for gamers.🧠… https://t.co/vzebLidCbE— Jack Huynh (@jackhuynh) February 27, 2026 At the center of the news is an upgraded version of PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super…

PlayStation shut down Bluepoint Games, the developer behind the Demon’s Souls and Shadow of the Colossus remakes, earlier this month. Amongst general sadness at the news amongst players, there was also a feeling that the studio would have been the one to (finally) do something with Bloodborne, ideally a remake, considering Bluepoint’s pedigree. Now, according to a new Bloomberg report, it turns out Bluepoint did pitch a Bloodborne remake in early 2025, but it was rejected by PlayStation due to FromSoftware’s desires.  Bloomberg says its sources told it that Bluepoint “was told that the numbers made sense [to remake Bloodborne] but FromSoftware didn’t want it to…

Spotify is rolling out Audiobook Charts in the US and UK, giving listeners a new way to discover what’s trending. The charts, updated weekly, highlight the most popular audiobooks overall and by genre based on listening activity and engagement on the platform. The new rankings are available to both free and Spotify Premium users through the audiobook hub. To access them, users can tap the search button, select the “Audiobooks” tile, and scroll down to the “Dive deeper” section. Spotify says the charts aim to make it easier for users to find popular titles while giving authors and publishers a…

Netflix’s mystery series Wednesday reinvigorated the Addams Family for the modern age, becoming one of the streaming giant’s most-watched shows. It’s only natural that Netflix keep the hype running with Wednesday‘s upcoming third season. There’s a lot we can expect to see from Wednesday after season 2. It’s unclear what Wednesday and her peers will encounter in the next season, but what makes the show so fun is watching the mystery unfold. In all fairness, we don’t like waiting years for more episodes. Don’t fret. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know about Wednesday season 3. What’s…

To kick off today’s Pokémon Presents livestream, The Pokémon Company announced a Game Boy-shaped device with swappable cartridges that plays the soundtracks for Pokémon Red and Blue. Each cartridge contains a different song from the soundtrack, as well as an image that slots into the Game Boy replica’s display screen to coincide with the audio action.The device contains 45 cartridges to match with the 45 songs included with the purchase. “We took particular care to make the audio sound just like Game Boy, so I hope you enjoy listening while swapping out cartridges,” Pokémon Red and Blue composer Junichi Masuda…

For 2026, the comparison between baseline iPhone and Android flagships comes down to two phones that are closer than they’ve ever been — the Galaxy S26 at $899 and the iPhone 17 at $799. Same form factor, same screen size, very different philosophies. We’ve broken down everything that actually moves the needle — design, display, performance, cameras, battery, and software — because the right phone isn’t the one with the longer spec sheet. It’s the one that fits how you actually use it. Price and availability The iPhone 17 kicks off at $799 with 256GB baked in from the start…

It’s not just any Pokémon Day – today is Pokémon’s 30th anniversary. To celebrate, The Pokémon Company held its annual Pokémon Presents livestream, which includes news about new games and looks back on the series history. Midway through, it made an announcement that checks both those boxes: Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is coming to Nintendo Switch Online. The game was first revealed as coming to the service during Nintendo’s April 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 reveal Direct, but we haven’t heard any news about its arrival in the GameCube library since. Gale of Darkness is a GameCube exclusive, and like…

Remember when Netflix tweeted, “Love is sharing a password,” because I do. It’s been almost seven years since then, and during that passage of time, Twitter became X, Netflix has raised prices multiple times, cracked down on password sharing, and the streaming scene has become more fractured than ever before.  It seems that HBO Max might be following a similar path. In the quarterly earnings call, JB Perrette, CEO and President of Global Streaming and Games for Warner Bros. Discovery, said, “And then we are in the second inning of our password sharing enforcement. It is just beginning to get…

Today during a Pokémon Presents presentation, which is also coinciding with the franchise’s 30th anniversary, Game Freak revealed the next proper Pokémon games and they are called Pokémon Winds and Waves. They arrive in 2027. Alongside showing off the tropical environment that game will take place in, we also got a look at the new starters. Browt appers to be a grass bird-like Pokémon, Gecqua is a water-type gecko, and Pombon is a fire dog-inspired Pokémon. The footage for the game also showed off the trainers, and teased underwater exploration, which is not a first for the Pokémon series, but is an…