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Xbox has announced that it will not be selling The Outer Worlds 2 – or any of its holiday games, for that matter – for $80 after all. Instead, it will be kept at $70. An Xbox spokesperson shared the pricing changes with IGN today: “We’re focused on bringing players incredible worlds to explore, and will keep our full priced …

Ken Pillonel has a history of developing clever projects that add USB-C support to gadgets that have less common, outdated port types. After creating the first ever USB-C iPhone back in 2021, the engineer has returned his attention to that concept. He’s created an iPhone case that can provide older device models with a USB-C port, and you can browse …

Minecraft’s “Shelf Block update” is way cooler than it sounds  TrueAchievements The latest Minecraft beta basically gives us customizable loadouts, and turns Copper Golems into statues  Windows Central How to download Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.110.20 beta and preview  The Times of India A new Minecraft update has set my hoarder heart aflutter with the perfect furniture addition  PCGamesN Copper Golem in Minecraft: Uses, crafting recipe, …

New data has revealed which digital Nintendo Switch 2 titles performed best during the system’s launch month, with Deltarune topping the charts in June, ahead of Mario Kart World. Eshop data from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy assembled by Newzoo shows that Deltarune was the best-selling digital game, ahead of Nintendo‘s own Mario Kart World. …

IN A NUTSHELL 📱 Google uses Android phones’ accelerometers to detect seismic activity and provide timely earthquake alerts. 🌍 The system operates across 98 countries, detecting an average of 312 earthquakes monthly with magnitudes from 1.9 to 7.8. 🔔 Integrated into the Android Earthquake Alerts system, it automatically broadcasts warnings to affected regions. 🔄 Users can provide feedback to enhance …

Metroid Dread studio’s recent console and Epic-exclusive action-adventure “underperformed” due to “increasingly selective consumers”, says publisher  Eurogamer Blades of Fire Sales Fall Below Publisher Expectations Despite Positive Critical Reception  GamingBolt Metroid Dread Developer MercurySteam’s Blades of Fire Deemed To Have ‘Underperformed’  IGN ‘Increasingly Selective Consumers’ to Blame for Underperformance of Blades of Fire  Push Square Source link

Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV is a hideous title for a video game and possibly even a little misleading. According to early reviews, the base game remains essentially unchanged and doesn’t take advantage of the new hardware’s extra power, while the $20 Jamboree TV add-on is essentially a siloed DLC. Its mini-games may …

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An “oversupply of new releases and increasingly selective consumers” are to blame for PS5 action game Blades of Fire’s underperformance. That’s according to Italian organisation Digital Bros, which owns publisher 505 Games. The firm has warned that its earnings will be lower than the previous year as a result of the title flopping. It’s predicting a €10 million (~$11.7 million) …

Julian LeFay, Bethesda’s former chief engineer known among fans as the ‘Father of The Elder Scrolls’ series, has died aged 59. It was announced last week that LeFay, now co-founder and technical producer at OnceLost Games, had stepped back from game development after a lengthy battle with cancer, in order to spend time with his family and loved ones. A …