Several veteran developers who worked on the original Guitar Hero games have founded a new studio, RedOctane, and are working on a rhythm game inspired by their past work as well as what the community has created in the decades since plastic guitars ruled video games. The new game is expected to be announced later this year. On August 6, …
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Jill Smola is a 75-year-old retiree who understands the power of human connection, having spent her working days as an aide taking care of the elderly. “We would play games, put puzzles together,” Smola told CBS News. She said human interaction was important, “so that they had somebody to talk to. That they just weren’t sitting in a chair doing …
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The latest Minecraft update is here with version 1.21.100. Xbox Game Studios and Mojang Studios issued the patch on Nintendo Switch as well as other platforms. One of the big things here is the inclusion of copper items. Also included are the latest adjustments, bug fixes, and more. Here’s the full rundown: Minecraft update version 1.21.100 patch notes Experimental Game …
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Looking around my office, I see I have a habit of collecting computers. At least four are within reach of me right now, one is an old Chromebook I should probably throw away … er, I mean, recycle. Maybe it’s a habit I’ve carried over from my teenage years building gaming desktops for fun. In any case, I have more …
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Anticipation is high for the launch of the next iPhone, and so are expectations. Rumors have been swirling for months about the upcoming lineup, which most notably may include a thinner model dubbed the iPhone 17 Air. But speculation isn’t stopping there; what Apple reveals this fall could hint at what it has in store for next year, too. Thin …
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Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, one of the most prominent organizations investigating government spyware abuses, is sounding the alarm to the cybersecurity community and asking them to step up and join the fight against authoritarianism. On Wednesday, Deibert will deliver a keynote at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, one of the largest gatherings of information …
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Call of Duty is looking to crack down even harder on hackers with Black Ops 7 by making Secure Boot required to launch the game going forward. The battle against hackers is seemingly endless in Call of Duty. Although systems like RICOCHET Anti-Cheat are in place to fight back against cheaters in both multiplayer and Warzone, software is always evolving, …
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Google on Wednesday launched its AI coding agent, Jules, out of beta, just over two months after its public preview debut in May. Powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro, Jules is an asynchronous, agent-based coding tool that integrates with GitHub, clones codebases into Google Cloud virtual machines, and uses AI to fix or update code while developers focus on other tasks. …
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Last year, Apple was rumored to launch a new Apple Watch Ultra—but it didn’t. Instead, we only got a black finish for the existing Ultra 2. Now, with an Apple Watch Ultra 3 upgrade truly around the corner, it’s increasingly sounding like it will be very much worth the wait. Two-year wait for Apple Watch Ultra 3 will result in …
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Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser finally has a publisher for his first project since Red Dead Redemption 2. A game banned from Steam amid the NSFW censorship crackdown goes free-to-download. And Microsoft’s canceled “Blade Runner meets Destiny” MMORPG Blackbird continues to sound really cool in fresh leaks. Welcome to Kotaku‘s latest Morning Checkpoint, a daily rundown of what’s going on …
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