More major changes are afoot on the business side of the video game world, as a notable name is changing hands once again. Take-Two Interactive (the parent company of Grand Theft Auto publisher Rockstar and others) has agreed to buy Gearbox Entertainme…
Continue reading "Take-Two is buying Gearbox from Embracer for $460 million"It's been five months since President Joe Biden signed an executive order (EO) to address the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. The White House is today taking another step forward in implementing the EO with a policy that aims to regu…
Continue reading "The White House lays out extensive AI guidelines for the federal government"Portable speakers can come in handy in all kinds of situations, from camping trips to simply keeping one with you as you move throughout your home (just don’t use one on public transit unless you like being hated with the fire of a thousand suns). JBL …
Continue reading "Some of our favorite portable JBL Bluetooth speakers are up to 34 percent off"It’s taken much longer than expected but Microsoft is finally bringing keyboard and mouse (KBM) support to certain Xbox Cloud Gaming titles. We first heard that the company planned to do so in March 2022 and it was suggested that the option might be av…
Continue reading "Microsoft is finally bringing keyboard and mouse support to Xbox Cloud Gaming titles"Microsoft is continuing on its mission to inject AI into more of its products and features. For one thing, Copilot is coming to more parts of Teams in the coming months, including the meeting chat and the chat compose box.
The AI will soon be able to o…
Night City is looking for new residents — even if they’re only temporary ones who happen to be in the neighborhood for a few hours. CD Projekt Red is offering PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S players the chance to check out Cyberpunk 2077 for free ove…
Continue reading "Cyberpunk 2077 will have a free trial on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S this weekend"It's a busy spell for fans of Final Fantasy, and fantasy RPGs in general. Many folks are still working through Baldur's Gate 3 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, but Dragon's Dogma 2 just dropped and Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree arr…
Continue reading "Final Fantasy XIV Online’s Dawntrail expansion arrives on July 2"Uh oh. Apple, Meta and Google could be in hot water in Europe over their attempts to stand within the letter, if not exactly the spirit, of the bloc’s sweeping new Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Core to the probe are concerns Google parent Alphabet a…
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth dropped only a few weeks ago, but fans of the series won’t have to wait long at all to play a new addition to another recent entry. The Rising Tide, the second paid expansion for Final Fantasy XVI, will arrive on April 18.
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Qualcomm is said to have new Arm-based laptops of its own in the pipeline, while consumer versions of the new Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 that run on the Snapdragon X Elite chipset are believed to be on the way. While that in the past would hav…
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