Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has a bold prediction for the future of the Apple TV. Kuo claims that Apple will release a lower-priced Apple TV in the second half this year, according to a report. The focus of this new model will be on improving the “cost structure” of the Apple TV.
Game delays happen all the time, and they’re always disappointing. But this week’s announcement of delays to two Bethesda titles and Xbox console exclusives — Starfield, from Bethesda Game Studios, and Redfall, from Arkane — has hit particularly hard.
Critical Role will launch a third actual play mini-series on May 26th featuring guest stars from Dimension 20. Exandria Unlimited: Calamity will be lead by Dungeon Master Brennan Lee Mulligan, and include the talents of Marisha Ray, Aabria Iyengar, and more. The storyline takes place over 1,000 years before the events of the troupe’s first campaign, and requires no previous knowledge of existing characters or previous events according to a news release.
One of Kirby’s older adventures will soon become playable on Nintendo Switch. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is coming to Nintendo Switch Online plus Expansion Pack next week, Nintendo said on Friday.
The Elon Musk Twitter deal is now ‘temporarily on hold,’ says the billionaire, in a tweet today. Twitter had told him that spam and fake accounts represent fewer than 5% of users, and Musk now says he wants to see the evidence for this.
Elden Ring‘s skeletons have a grand tradition to live up to; FromSoftware has been making excellent skellies going back to 2009’s Demon’s Souls, and the bone boys in the subsequent Dark Souls franchise are some of video gaming’s best. To get a better sense of what makes an excellent video game skeleton, I took a deep dive into the history of games’ greatest mindless minions.
Last year Meta started building its Presence Platform on the Quest VR headset, which has limited mixed reality capabilities. It can, for example, show your real keyboard in your virtual work environment. Or it can anchor virtual objects to real life places, e.g. if you put a virtual chess board on your coffee table, it will stay there between sessions.
It seems scarcely a week goes by without a new antitrust threat to Apple, and the latest is a proposed federal Digital Platform Commission. The Commission’s mandate would be to address anti-competitive behavior by digital shops, including the App Store.
A check on Macs available for immediate shipping from Apple shows that these are now limited to just three models. Other Macs involve waiting anywhere from one to two weeks all the way up to 11 weeks, depending on both model and country. Some of those who have already placed orders are seeing even longer waits.
Western weapons continue to arrive in Ukraine partners. This time, Czech RM-70 multiple launch rocket systems arrived.
The “‘abandoned apps” crackdown last month announced by Apple – and a similar move by Google – could see a total of 1.5 million apps removed across the two app stores.
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Google’s Pixel 6a was announced earlier this week at $449 in the US. We now get details on pricing and color options in more regions where Google plans to sell its latest midrange Pixel. Google has thus far confirmed that Pixel 6a will be available for pre-order in the US and Japan from July 21 but we don’t yet have details on the rest of the countries.
Samsung has quietly come out with another 2022 edition of a 2020 device – the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite slate has been freshened up and is up on Amazon Italy, accepting pre-orders. Shipments and sales will begin on May 23.
Mediatonic, which is responsible for the royal battle of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, has announced a mysterious big announcement. It will take place on May 16 at 19:00 in Kyiv.
