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Apple has just announced the date for its next Fall launch event, which is going to take place on September 9th. The event kicks off at 10 am at the famed Steve Jobs Theater at Apple, with a select group of media and creators invited to attend it in-person. What to expect? The big showcase is going to be the updated smartphones, and this year, all eyes will be on Apple’s rumored foldable iPhone. According to reliable sources like Bloomberg, Apple will only introduce the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone Ultra, which is supposedly the finalized name for the…
This year’s Gamescom Opening Night Live started off with a bit of a surprise swing from one big publisher. Hoyoverse, known for ongoing games like Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero, officially unveiled a new game called Nodusfall.Set in a darker fantasy world than you might have expected, Nodusfall sees player avatars dubbed The Weavers taking on a host of calamitous enemies. The action looks to be a little more careful and calculated, with big swings and dangerous strikes to deal with as players try to take down their foes. There’s a palpable bunch of inspirations here, to…
Microsoft is celebrating 25 years of Xbox with a console that leans heavily into nostalgia – and comes with a price tag to match. The company has officially opened preorders for the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition, a translucent green anniversary console inspired by the original Xbox and bundled with a full-game download of Halo: Campaign Evolved. Only a limited number of consoles will be produced, with each unit individually numbered and engraved. Microsoft says preorders initially began through email invitations sent to some of Xbox’s most dedicated fans, before opening to a wider audience on August 27 in select…
Gamescom’s Opening Night Live showcase is always full of exciting new trailers and reveals, and one of this year’s surprises was Rainbow Six Tactics. Borrowing operators from Rainbow Six Siege, this new single-player adventure has players navigate a campaign of turn-based tactics gameplay, complete with all the gadgets and destructible environments you expect from the core games. Check the trailer out for yourself below. Rainbow Six Tactics sends players on an operation to fight terrorists in missions all over the world. Each map is handcrafted, with varying objectives that might require you to defuse bombs, capture a VIP, or rescue hostages.…
Apple’s big AI push has reached the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, but a couple of noticeable devices are missing from the conversation. The Apple TV and HomePod have largely been left watching from the sidelines, despite Siri being such an important part of how you interact with both. That could finally change. With iOS 27 getting closer to its public release, the latest beta appears to contain another clue that Apple is preparing to bring Apple Intelligence features to its living room devices. As spotted by Apple Home Authority, the Home app now includes a new menu called “Apple Intelligence…
Gears of War: E-Day, the prequel shooter coming October 6, got a dedicated trailer focusing on its story and campaign during Opening Night Live and it features two separate instances of the word “f—“. Usually showcase trailers limit themselves to only one! You can’t blame folks for letting their tongue slip, though, especially when canonically they thought that had just moved past a human vs. human war only to be forced into conflict with monsters rising from the ground.The trailer showcases familiar characters scowling and arguing, and plenty of new characters, as well. You can check out the trailer above. For more…
Nvidia has announced a significant batch of gaming updates for RTX Spark at Gamescom 2026. EA, Ubisoft, and Embark are among the latest publishers bringing support for their games to the platform, giving us a better idea of what gaming on RTX Spark could look like when devices arrive this fall. The list includes EA Sports F1 25, Apex Legends, Anno 117: Pax Romana, ARC Raiders, and THE FINALS. Nvidia is also working with EA to bring native Javelin Anticheat support to RTX Spark. That last part is particularly important because anti-cheat compatibility has been one of the bigger unanswered…
Ananta, the urban open-world action game by NetEase, got a new trailer during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live show. In addition to showing off the game’s story and gameplay, it finally revealed a 2027 release date.Colloquially known online as “anime Grand Theft Auto”, Ananta comes from developer Naked Rain and centers on the premise “Go Viral. Save the world.” Players control a protagonist known simply as Captain, a member of a crumbling peacekeeping agency called the ACD. This organization handles the daily chaos that unfolds in metropolises such as the previously revealed Nova City. To rebuild the ACD – and also…
AI receptionists are supposed to make calling the doctor easier. But a growing number of patients are finding that the opposite can be true – particularly when a machine struggles with the way they speak, understand instructions, or communicate their needs. A recent case in South Yorkshire brings that problem into sharp focus. Judith Butterfield, a 71-year-old woman recovering from a stroke, told the BBC that an AI receptionist used by her GP surgery repeatedly failed to understand her speech when she tried to book an appointment. Her stroke had left her speech fragmented and affected movement on the right…
A new PUBG shooter has stormed onto the battlefield, full of sound and fury. DED.NET took the stage at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 tonight, broadcasting its particularly irreverent approach to an online first-person shooter.In a trailer highlight the setting of a place called Cascadia in the ’90s, we saw a lot: characters doing penguin body-slides across the map, launching explosives from a graffiti-laden grenade launcher, and a guarantee that words used to describe DED.NET couldn’t be spoken on the Opening Night Live stage. There’s an interesting sell under the gratuitous aesthetic, though; today’s trailer description describes a multiplayer FPS “with…