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Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube830k Last year’s delightful cat sim, Little Kitty, Big City, made a surprise appearance in today’s Indie World showcase to reveal the upcoming ‘Picture Purrfect’ update, set to land on Switch on 27th August. The headline addition in this one is a photo mode, hence the name, but the newbie that we’re …

A new report may have given us the exact release date for the upcoming ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, as well as the prices players can expect for each model. Writing for Dealabs, credible leaker billbil-kun claimed on Thursday that the ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally are set to be available on Oct. 16, 2025. Preorders are expected …

Apple Maps has some compelling new features in iOS 26, but it seems there’s even more coming, as the beta now supports a powerful new feature that Apple never announced: natural language search with Apple Intelligence. Apple Maps gains AI-powered natural language search in iOS 26 Early last month, iOS 26 beta code revealed that Apple was working on adding …

It seemed like any other announcement from The Pokémon Company. The Pikachu corporation announced it would be launching a touring museum exhibit called The Pokémon Astronomical Observatory in Kanagawa, Japan. The event is set to begin on November 1 and aims to educate visitors on the wonders of the cosmos with the help of Pokémon. Four museums across Japan will …

Sonos to Raise Its Hardware Prices This Year Due to Tariffs  Bloomberg.com Sonos confirms tariffs will increase its prices this year  The Verge Sonos is raising prices this year to make up for tariff expenses  Engadget If you’re thinking of buying a Sonos device, there’s now a very good reason not to wait  What Hi-Fi? Sonos says it’s forced to raise prices while trying …

Apple kicked off the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public beta just in the nick of time last month. The company met its self-imposed July deadline after shipping four developer betas instead of the usual three. With Apple’s redesign direction back on track, we’re now seeing the second iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 public beta release become available. iOS 26 …

Massive Apple deal week event now live: M3 iPad Air all-time low, AirPods, M4 MacBooks $300 off, much more  9to5Toys Apple is having a secret back-to-school sale, from AirTags, Apple Macbooks, more  New York Post MacBooks Get Massive Discounts! Up to 42% Off During Amazon Great Freedom Festival 2025 – Sale Ends Tomorrow!  Hindustan Times Don’t Miss Out on the Best Apple MacBook …

The global economy is doing some strange things lately — strange, bad things. There’s inflation and tariff chaos, and lots of stuff is noticeably more expensive than it was just a few years ago. I’m old enough to remember when game consoles would come down in price over their lifespan. Now they become more expensive. First price hikes came to …

Xbox Drops Work on ‘Contraband’ Video Game After Four Years  Bloomberg.com Breaking: Microsoft stops development on Contraband  Game File | Stephen Totilo Xbox Stops Development on Contraband, Four Years After Initial E3 Announcement  IGN Xbox and Avalanche’s Contraband Is Canceled — Another Game Gone in the Wake of Recent Cuts  Windows Central Microsoft bloodbath continues 9,000 layoffs later with the death of Contraband, the …

Fortnite’s relationship with Superman did not exactly end well, as now the map is flooded with bugs for its new Chapter 6, season 4 theme, Shock and Awesome. We know the season features the likes of new Halo Spartans, six different Power Rangers and their giant Megazord, along with fighting the new invasion of insects, which is a first for …