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We might already know the official title for Hideo Kojima's upcoming game, Death Stranding 2. Additionally, it could be revealed in the upcoming weeks. The website Dealabs claimed that the official title for the game is Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. This indicates that the game may take place mostly at sea as opposed to the land-trekking affair of the first. When Death Stranding 2 was first revealed, the trailer showed main characters Sam Porter Bridges and Fragile in a giant ship at...

Chrome’s AI features are simple for now — but bigger things are coming. | Image: Google Google’s Chrome browser is leaning into AI in a big way. Rather than just shove a Bard sidebar into the browser, Google is rolling out a couple of features that tap into its models in order to hopefully make your browser a little more pleasant to use. They’re launching today in an experimental mode (you can go to settings and turn on “Experimental AI” to get them), and Google says they’re just the...

Image: Netflix We’re about a month away from the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix, which can only mean one thing: it’s time for a trailer. This clip is focused almost entirely on setting up Aang (played by Gordon Cormier) — the titular Avatar — as a young hero preparing to, well, save the world. It’s full of dramatic lines, some cool special effects, and at least one very cute critter. If nothing else, the trailer makes it seem like the live-action series...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists decided to keep its Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight. | Image: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Despite a horrific war in Gaza and growing conflict in the region, the hottest year on record, and the hype surrounding artificial intelligence — the Doomsday Clock will stay put this year at 90 seconds to midnight. Last year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which sets the time each year, moved the clock forward to 90 seconds from midnight —...

The Golden Globes made it pretty clear that unexpected upsets weren’t out of the question during this year’s entertainment awards season, and the 2024 Oscars are going to be packed with opportunities for the Academy to surprise us with its votes. During a brief livestream this morning, actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid announced the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards, and while the presentation began with an unexpected Best Supporting Actor nomination for Sterling K. Brown’s...

A voice actor who claims to have worked on a canceled Batman game has said Warner Bros. scuttled the project due to leaks. Josh Keaton said on a recent Twitch livestream that he was going to play Damian Wayne in an upcoming game from WB Games Montreal that we first learned about in 2016. Keaton said he did a few voice sessions for this game, but after the leaks, the higher-ups reportedly pulled the plug. "They leaked everything, the whole plotline, not only the enemies and villains and the...

Square Enix has announced that Nier Reincarnation's final chapter will be released on March 28 and the game will shut down on April 29. "We regret to inform you that NieR Re[in]carnation will be ending service with the conclusion of The People and the World," Square Enix said in a statement. However, more content, characters, events, and campaigns will be released until the game fully comes to an end. Final roadmap for Nier Reincarnation The Premium Shop has been discontinued, along the...

If you've been looking at getting a new PC but you don't want it to claim too much of your desktop real estate, the new AyaNeo Retro Mini PC AM02 might catch your eye. The company has lifted the lid on its new project, a mini PC that blends an old-school NES-inspired design with powerful hardware within its compact frame. There's an eye-catching multi-function touchscreen built into it, and internally, it's designed to appeal to retro gaming enthusiasts and hobbyist developers. While the...

This week, Pokemon Sleep will get its largest update since launch with a new sleeping area, recipes to cook with a brand new ingredient, more Pokemon species to discover snoozing, and energy replenishing features. This new update also attempts to fix many of the game's bugs such as Pokemon not using energy, while players sleep, and Pokemon having less energy in the morning than the night before. Lapis Lakeside is Pokemon Sleep's newest research area and brings the total research area number...

Palworld continues to break records. The "Pokemon with guns" game that has courted intrigue and drama since it was released on January 19 has now surpassed CS: GO's all-time peak concurrent record of 1.81 million. Palworld reached 1.83 million peak concurrent players. Palworld is now No. 2 on the all-time list for peak concurrent players, but it trails the No. 1 game--PUBG--by a wide margin. That game reached an astonishing 3.2 million peak concurrent players on Steam in January 2018. PUBG...