Author: News Room

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer, and we traveled all the way to Osaka, Japan, to play the game for hours in Capcom’s HQ, interview the developers making it, and learn how the team was returning to this samurai action franchise that hasn’t had a new release in 20 years. As part of that trip, we got to see a new section of Capcom’s samurai action game and meet one of its creepier villains: the mad scientist Dokyo. Here’s how that underground lab level, and Dokyo herself, came to be: We’ll be diving deeper into…

OpenAI has today announced a bunch of meaningful changes to ChatGPT across free and paid tiers. The biggest changes are reserved for users with a free account. They can now have unrestricted chats without any limit hits. Moreover, the default conversation model has been updated to GPT 5.6 Luna. Free accounts are also getting access to a new think button, which shifts the conversation into a thinking mode for queries that need in-depth reasoning and knowledge hunting. For the unaware, the Luna model is equivalent to the “nano” series of models before the new naming scheme arrived with the GPT-5.6…

Onimusha: Way of the Sword launches next month on September 4 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via the Epic Games Store and Steam. It will mark the first game in Capcom’s samurai action series in 20 years, and brings players to real-life locations in Kyoto, albeit through the lens of Japan’s early Edo period. A new trailer released by Capcom today features some of that Kyoto, as well as new gameplay footage highlighting a boss fight against the treacherous Rasho-gan. If you’re a Game Informer subscriber, you likely already know that Onimusha: Way of the…

Ford’s been teasing a genuinely affordable electric truck for what feels like forever, and after the initial few months, I stopped waiting for it, much less the less-than-$30,000 anticipated price. Turns out Ford didn’t just hit that target; it beat it.  What’s even more interesting is that the truck finally has an official name to go with the price. So what’s it called? It’s called Ford Fathom, and it starts at $28,350. Add a $1,595 destination fee, and the truck comes home at $29,945, which is just under Ford’s long-promised $30K cap. That positions it directly against the upcoming Slate…

Nintendo has released its latest financial earnings report, covering the first quarter of the fiscal year, which encompasses April through June 2026. In it, the company has revealed that digital sales revenue is up 90% year-over-year, that the Switch 2 sold nearly 4 million units in those three months, and that, unsurprisingly, Mario Kart World continues to be the best-selling game on the console. According to Nintendo, digital sales totaled 132.7 billion yen (or roughly $837 million), up 90% year-on-year, “mainly due to an increase in sales of downloadable versions of packaged software.” This figure arrives just weeks after Sony announced…

As AI-powered applications become increasingly crowded with assistants designed to answer questions, complete tasks, and respond instantly, another question has emerged: what makes one AI character more memorable than another? Meowster is an AI app built around the personality of an independent virtual cat rather than a conventional assistant, offering one perspective on that question. Instead of centering the technology itself, the company has focused on character, memory, and emotional engagement. Early engagement suggests the approach is resonating. In its first month, Meowster reports it generated tens of thousands of conversations without paid marketing and, according to the company, as…

Ubisoft held a special livestream dedicated to Ghost Recon to mark the franchise’s 25th anniversary. The bulk of the presentation centered on a substantial free update coming to Ghost Recon: Wildlands today, but the publisher announced plenty of other goodies for fans, including confirmation of the next Ghost Recon title. Ghost Recon Wildlands, released in 2017, is getting a free story update today called Last Rites. The narrative centers on a mysterious masked antagonist named La Llorona, who seeks revenge against Bolivia’s cartels, the CIA, and Unidad for wrongs committed against her. Players will battle La Llorona’s cultists, Los Penitentes, to…

Google has shown off a new AI project that could make language barriers a little less intimidating, and it doesn’t need an internet connection to do it. The company has introduced the Gemma Translator, a compact prototype built in collaboration with Antigravity. Unlike most AI translation tools that rely on cloud processing, this device runs entirely offline using Gemma 4 E2B, Google’s lightweight open model. Everything happens locally on the device, making it both portable and independent of an internet connection. The prototype is powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 and includes a microphone and speaker inside a custom 3D-printed…

Bose has officially launched the QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen), confirming most of the features that surfaced through recent leaks. The new model has a cleaner design, improved noise cancellation, lossless USB-C audio, and Bose Immersive Audio modes previously limited to the more expensive QuietComfort Ultra series. Preorders open August 8 through Bose and selected retailers for $359, just $10 more than the 2023 model’s launch price. Shipping begins August 13. Black and White Smoke return alongside three limited-edition finishes called Eucalyptus Green, Dewdrop Mint, and Rosewood Mauve. These are the new QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen). ✨ Bose TrueSpatial Tech (Still,…

Google Maps has spent nearly two decades helping people get from point A to point B. But if Google’s latest update is any indication, simply giving directions is no longer enough. The company now wants Maps to help you plan your day, make decisions, and even take care of some of the busywork that usually comes after you’ve found what you’re looking for. Today, Google announced a major expansion of Ask Maps, its AI-powered search experience inside Google Maps. The feature is gaining a collection of agentic tools that can help you order meals, search for hotels, and discover local…