The US Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, says social media should come with warning labels, writing in The New York Times that social media is an “important contributor” to the teen mental health crisis. Last year, he issued an advisory making similar arg…
Continue reading "The Morning After: US Surgeon General says social media needs warning labels like cigarettes"According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s mission to make its thinnest product ever won’t stop at the iPad Pro — the company also has plans for a skinnier Macbook Pro, Apple Watch and iPhone. Gurman says the slimmed-down iPhone — also rumored by Th…
Continue reading "The Morning After: Apple may be planning thinner iPhones, MacBooks and Watches"Marvel Rivals pits its greatest heroes against each other and it’s a lot of fun. It’s also a familiar kind of fun if you’ve ever played Overwatch. As Overwatch 2 fights to hold onto players (and attract new ones), there’s no shortage of new games…
Continue reading "The biggest threat to Marvel Rivals is all the other rival team shooters"Dragon Age: The Veilguard was given a proper unveiling at Summer Game Fest, with an Ocean’s 11-style intro to the gang of heroes and fantasy character tropes that will make up your cadre. Bioware also invited me to a hands-off demo of Veilguard, where …
Continue reading "Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a fantasy epic filled with big decisions"The long-running Assassin’s Creed video game industrial complex has finally reached Japan – and I’ve been waiting. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is set in feudal Japan, in the late 16th century, to be precise, at a time of political upheaval that birthed t…
Continue reading "Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a tale of two very different assassins"After all the delays, studio switches and confusion, and following plenty of updates on those spinoff Prince of Persia games, Ubisoft's SGF 2024 presentation included a release… year for its troubled Sands of Time remake. We're not really get…
Continue reading "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake is still happening and it’s coming out 2026"Alongside announcing its next-generation OS for Vision Pro, Apple wants to improve the content you can capture and share on the headset. Camera expert Canon is working on a new dedicated spatial lens for its R7 camera.
While details are light for now,…
As the grand finale of Xbox’s Summer Game Fest showcase, after the new consoles, we were treated to the exclusive premiere of the latest addition to the Gears series, Gears of War: E-Day.
The trailer kicks off with a one-on-one brawl between the Gears…
Alan Wake 2 is getting its first DLC package, which will consist of three separate chapters letting players explore the weird world of Alan Wake 2 with three new, if familiar, characters. The DLC itself is called Night Springs, and it’ll be available …
Continue reading "Alan Wake 2’s first expansion brings Remedy’s other heroes to Night Springs"The historical turn-based strategy series Civilization is getting another mainline sequel—and it's been a long time coming. Civilization VI came out back in 2016, and while we've seen a lot of DLC in the interim, there's been no word on se…
Continue reading "Civilization 7 is coming in 2025"