Black Myth: Wukong is a perfect chaser for Stellar Blade fans

When I sat down to tryBlack Myth: WukongatSummer Game Fest, I began asking the person leading the demo questions about the gameplay to get myself situated. What is the resource for leveling up my stats? Would I drop currency when I die? Could I parry attacks? I went in assuming it was your standard Soulslike, just with a more fantastical premise. After getting a few surprising answers, the demo runner noted that the developers didn’t exactly want it to be viewed as a Soulslike — they prefer to just call it an action RPG....

August 15, 2025 · 4 min · 832 words · Katie Chavez

Bridgerton Season 3 Secretly Foreshadows Its Biggest Villain Story

Summary Warning: Potential SPOILERS for Bridgerton season 3 part 2! Bridgertonseason 3 part 1 came and went almost too quickly, but not before dropping hints about what may occur once part 2 hits Netflix. The streaming service dropped the first four episodes ofBridgertonseason 3 last month, providing a taste of anotherBridgerton family member’s romantic pursuit in the ton of Regency London. After its first two seasons, following the love stories of Daphne and Anthony Bridgerton,the series finally touched on the family’s third-eldest sibling, Colin, and his highly anticipated romance with fan-favorite franchise character and Featherington bachelorette, Penelope....

August 15, 2025 · 4 min · 660 words · Mary Summers

Check your inbox — Google may have invited you to use Bard, its ChatGPT rival

AI chatbots have been the subject of much public fascination as of late, with the likes ofChatGPTcontinuously making headlines. But now, Google is finally getting in on the trend by soft-launching Bard for select Pixel users. Bard is Google’s AI chatbotthat was previously unavailable to the public, butaccording to a report from 9to5Google, the company is inviting some of its most loyal and dedicated customers to give it a try....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 385 words · Linda Hernandez

Cyberpunk 2077 won’t be delayed again, still on track for September

CD Projekt Red doesn’t expect to delayCyberpunk 2077furtherdue to the coronavirus pandemic. In a management board report, President Adam Kicinski said the game is on pace to come out on Sept. 17 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. “Since mid-March, we have been working from home, while ensuring continuity of all our operations,” Kicinski said. “Our goals haven’t changed; first and foremost, we intend to releaseCyberpunk 2077in September. We feel motivated and have the necessary tools at our disposal to meet this goal....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Gina Pitts

Darth Maul's Most Brutal Sith Trial Shows How He Became So Powerful

Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #2 Summary Star Warshas just revealed one ofDarth Maul’smost brutal Sith trials. Trained by Darth Sidious in the years beforeThe Phantom Menace, Darth Maul didn’t remain idle while waiting for his master’s carefully laid plans to come to fruition. Instead, Maul was honing his lethal skills and growing in his powers through the dark side of the Force....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Richard Wright

Drake trolled by FaZe Lacy after drone sneaks up on rapper in viral video

Drake trolled by FaZe Lacy after drone sneaks up on rapper in viral video After netizens thought Drake staged his ‘girly’ throw towards a flying drone, FaZe Lacy trolled the rapper by recreating the viral video. While ‘NWTS’ rapperDrakewas inside his penthouse in Sydney, Australia, located on the top floor, a drone hovered above his patio. As the drone came closer, Drake reached behind his door to retrieve a bright orange flip-flop, throwing it at the flying recording device....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Natalie Moran

Drool over these Zeiss cinema lenses that you probably can’t afford

Zeiss isknown for high-end lensesand now that extravagance (and expense) is extending to cinema. On Thursday, May 24,Zeiss announcedthe launch of the newZeiss Supreme Prime, a collection designed for cinema cameras that will eventually include 13 fixed focal length lenses. With a quality and price designed for high-quality film productions, however, more will probably see the results of the lens in theaters than the number of videographers that actually get to shoot with one....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Gregory Wallace

Drug dealer gets caught dealing in court to another defendant

Drug dealer gets caught dealing in court to another defendant A convicted drug dealer was caught selling cannabis and prescription pills to another defendant during his own sentencing hearing. Tony Roe, 30, was in Dublin’s Criminal Courts of Justice on June 02, 2025, when he passed drugs to a man also in custody in the same courtroom. He handed over alprazolam tablets worth €160 (around $188 USD) along with somecannabis, all while waiting to be sentenced, according toIrish media....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 297 words · Jennifer Norton

Emails show Google’s control over Android thwarted Amazon’s phone efforts

Emails between Amazon executives and unnamed smartphone manufacturers suggest Google’s tight control over Android may have contributed to the failure of Amazon’s phone efforts. Amazon released the Fire Phone, its one and only smartphone, in 2014, but it had been trying to get the project off the ground for several years, only to be thwarted by skittish phone makers. In communications published byThe Telegraph, it’s indicated companies did not want to get involved with a project that did not have Google’s consent....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Eric Nelson

Everything you need to know before watching HBO’s House of the Dragon

It’s been a long time since audiences felt the excitement of Sunday nights beingGame of Thronesnight, eagerly anticipating what dramatic revelations would unfold, and this week’s premiere ofHouse of the Dragonwill finally break that 3-year streak of silence. This prequel series is the first endeavor in a massive 5-year contract byA Song of Ice and FireauthorGeorge R. R. Martin penned with HBO last spring, and as the title promises, will be putting the main spotlight on House Targaryen,which Daenerys(and Jon Snow) eventually descended from....

August 15, 2025 · 5 min · 1052 words · Christopher Thomas

Facebook’s reported Rift 2 cancellation caused a rift with Oculus executive

It appears that the abrupt departure of Oculus co-founder and former CEO Brendan Iribe from Facebook may have been caused by the company’s decision to cancel the second-generationRiftvirtual reality headset. Iribe announced his departure from Facebook at the beginning of the week, noting that he is now moving on “after six incredible years.” Now more details are surfacing on what precipitated the rift between Facebook and Iribe. While Iribe praised the Oculus team, which was acquired by Facebook in March 2014, he noted that there is still more work to be done....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Melissa Morris

FF7 Rebirth Failed Barrett, But Probably Not In The Way Anyone Expected

Summary Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’sBarret Wallace has been a beloved and controversial character for the past three decades. Despite the overwhelmingly positive response he’s received sinceRebirth’srelease in February 2024, a specific aspect of the game still does a disservice to the character. However, this has nothing to do with the worries surrounding his reveal inFinal Fantasy 7 Remake. Prior toRemake’s release, fans and critics ofFinal Fantasy 7were concerned about the potential for Barret’s character to be a stereotyped version of black masculinity, a justified worry given the character’s dialogue and design in the originalFF7....

August 15, 2025 · 5 min · 1058 words · Paul Adams

First Alder Lake gaming benchmarks leak — here’s why you shouldn’t believe them

We’ve seen a handful ofleaked Intel Alder Lake benchmarksover the past several weeks, but a slew of more recent leaks give us the first look at the upcoming generation’s gaming performance. Multiple new entries in the Ashes of the Singularity benchmark database provide a taste of Alder Lake gaming performance — and true to previous leaks, the results beat AMD’s best. There’s a lot more to the story than that, though....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 496 words · Stephanie Stuart