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It’s shaping up to be a big year for the iPad, with iPadOS 26 the biggest productivity update ever and a new iPad Pro coming this fall. Now, a curious rumor about that M5 iPad Pro’s cameras hints at yet another Mac-inspired feature coming to iPad soon. M5 iPad Pro expected to feature two front-facing cameras This weekend in his …

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Hey all, Ernie here with a bigger refresh than usual. In honor of the Game Genie’s 35th anniversary this month, here’s a deeply rewritten version of a 2015 Tedium piece on the device. Nearly every section has been completely rebuilt wholesale. Something happened very recently that makes this classic device relevant to the current moment. Can you guess what it …

Today is clearly the day Atari and Namco have sealed their reunion with pursed lips and probing tongues. Following the announcement of a new Namco-themed expansion for the excellent Atari 50 interactive museum thing, the pair (along with third wheel Plaion) have cuddled up to unveil an extremely yellow Pac-Man edition of the Atari 2600+. The original Atari …

Ubisoft’s Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is set to receive a new update on 5th December, adding a third-person mode and New Game+ mode. The free update will arrive on the third anniversary of the game’s launch – and, conveniently, just ahead of the third Avatar film Fire and Ash that’s due on 19th December. The third-person mode will finally allow …

Celebrated Ori and the Blind Forest developer Moon Studios has offered an update on the status of the Xbox version for their follow up — No Rest for the Wicked. No Rest for the Wicked is a top-down action RPG with gorgeous visuals and tight combat. It takes cues from Diablo and weaves them with a higher skill ceiling, rewarding …

Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Pure Xbox on YouTube29k A few months ago, we mentioned how Descenders Next had suffered a last-minute delay ahead of its planned Xbox Game Pass release, and now it’s suddenly returned as a shadow drop – meaning it’s officially out today! The publishers say they were inspired by Oblivion Remastered‘s recent shadow drop to make …

Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Pure Xbox on YouTube29k Update [Mon 21st Jul 2025, 7:23pm]: Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler has been replying to people on social media about this today, confirming that No Rest for the Wicked will be on Xbox eventually, but a PS5 launch “makes most sense at the moment”. You can see a couple of his …

The launch of the Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic brought us bigger redesigns than we’re used to. I’d argue that the new Galaxy Watch 8 is the best looking smartwatch on Android by a mile or two, with the Watch 8 Classic and its rotating bezel not far behind it. Samsung really crushed it with this mid-summer …

Google is introducing the option to easily switch between personal and work profiles in its Chrome browser on iOS, with data kept separate between the two. The new option is part of Google’s enterprise software package, and doesn’t allow non-enterprise users to switch freely between two Google accounts in the browser. Companies that adopt Chrome Enterprise can let employees sign …