I lean into every turn. I throw my whole body forward to pick up speed. I scurry out of the way to avoid other cyclists. But I’m not out racing on a real bike, because New York City summers are disgusting and to step outside is to be instantly damp. Instead, I’m playing Wheel World. Messhof’s new bike-themed adventure game (formerly known as Ghost Bike) isn’t some sprawling open-world game....
Microsoft’s business strategy of moving past the limitations of proprietary platforms seems to be bearing fruit this year, based on sales numbers trickling in for the first half of 2025. So far, it seems that the most successful game on the PS5 is none other than Forza Horizon 5, a former Xbox exclusive racing game that originally came out four years ago. According to figures shared by the Alinea Insight...
The Nintendo Switch 2 has debuted as the fastest-selling video game hardware device in United States history, according to market research. The Switch 2 sold 1.6 million units in June, the highest launch-month unit sales for video game hardware in U.S. history, says video game analyst Mat Piscatella on social media. This beats the PlayStation 4, which sold 1.1 million units during November 2013. Video game content spending increased by...
Sony is testing a Power Saver mode for the PlayStation 5, explaining in a new PlayStation Blog update that the option will permit games to run with lower power consumption. While the upcoming feature was revealed as part of the system update beta, the feature will not be available during the beta phase. However, when the feature does hit your console, players will gain access to a new option called...
Microsoft and Obsidian Entertainment are slashing the price of The Outer Worlds 2 ahead of the game’s October launch. Previously (and controversially) priced at $79.99, The Outer Worlds 2 will now retail for $69.99, Obsidian announced Wednesday via social media. “We have received your SOS via skip drone about the pricing. As an organization devoted to making sure that corporations do not go unfettered, we at the Earth Directorate have...
Despite season 2 of Wednesday not yet airing on our screens, Netflix is confident enough in the series to have already given it the green light for a third season. Revealed via X, there have been no real hints on what we can expect from the third season (after all, the second is out in only a few days), but for any Wednesday-head (Wed-head, is that a thing?) out there,...
Following on from Microsoft's warning earlier this week that "active attacks" were targeting its SharePoint Server customers through a known exploit, the company has now released a blog post revealing more details about the breach. According to MS, on-premises SharePoint servers were determined to have been attacked by three allegedly Chinese nation-state actors, Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, and Storm-2603, via a known spoofing vulnerability and a remote code execution vulnerability.Reuters...
Just one week ago, I reported that we might have to wait until next year to see custom Arm processors from Nvidia. Now, we're hearing not only more sources saying the same and that a first-quarter 2026 initial roll-out is the goal, but also that this delay might be at least in part due to slow progress with Microsoft's "next-generation operating system."That's what "supply chain sources" say, as reported by...
Many PC hardware manufacturers were hit pretty hard by the announcement of Trump's sky-high tariffs on goods imported into the US from around the world back in April. Hyte among them. The case company delayed orders and diverted shipments to other regions, with some prices for stocked products increasing for US customers. Well, that's mostly going back to 'normal' now.Hyte has now announced many of its most popular cases will...
Only 19 of the ‘05 NISMO R34 GT-R Z-tune were produced by Nissan’s performance division. Nineteen. With some mathing, that’s one of Z-tune R34 for every 424,315,789 humans on Earth. If you happen to be one of the ridiculously few, good for you. For the rest of us, we have the free Update 1.61 from the Polyphony team. In addition to being able to drive the grail-status Z-tune the ’22...