Bungie’s Marathon has a new release window. The survival extraction shooter was originally set to hit PlayStation 5 and PC in September, but by June, Sony had delayed it indefinitely. Now, with a plagiarism issue largely in the rearview mirror, Bungie has confirmed that Marathon will arrive in March and and plans to sell it […]

Ubisoft is moving deeper into MOBAs after buying March of Giants from Amazon and acquiring the team that made the game. As part of the agreement, Amazon will help promote March of Giants on Twitch. The deal is expected to close on December 16There’s no release date as yet for March of Giants. Amazon announced […]

Merriam-Webster has selected “slop” for the dictionary company’s 2025 word of the year. The leading lexicographers define slop as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.” We’ve seen an absolute deluge of AI slop this year, from fake movie trailers on YouTube to AI-generated bands on […]

There’s a growing sentiment that gadgets have gotten boring. And while I don’t fully agree, I understand why people might feel that way. Just think about some of the novel device types that companies have tried to push since the original iPhone came out. 3D TVs were a massive flop and tablets still feel like extra-large […]

Welcome to our latest roundup of what’s going on in the indie game space. Between The Game Awards and showcases like Day of the Devs, Wholesome Snack, Latin American Games and Women-Led Games, there’s been a ton of video game news over the last week (I need Control Resonant ASAP, please and thank you, Remedy). […]

My boyfriend texted me those dreaded four words: “Is your Spotify down?” Sure enough his, mine and thousands of other users’ Spotify accounts appear to be down and out at the moment, with Downdetector recording over 10,000 reports from users. Spotify is apparently working on the problem. The account, Spotify Status, shared an update on X […]

Warning: the following contains spoilers for part one of Stranger Things season fiveWith just over a week to go until Netflix releases the next batch of Stranger Things episodes, the company has dropped a trailer for the second part of season five. The clip begins in the aftermath of the action-packed ending to the first […]

My boyfriend texted me those dreaded four words: “Is your Spotify down?” Sure enough his, mine and thousands of other users’ Spotify accounts appear to be down and out at the moment, with Downdetector recording over 10,000 reports from users.  Spotify is apparently working on the problem. The account, Spotify Status, shared an update on […]

If you have a resolution in the new year to get more acquainted with your finances, a good budgeting app can help with that. One of our favorites is a bit cheaper to sign up for right now: Monarch Money is offering 50 percent off annual subscriptions for new users. Use the code MONARCHVIP at […]

The Meta Quest 3S is back on sale at its all-time low price of $250. That’s $50 off, or a discount of 17 percent, and matches a deal we saw on Cyber Monday. The 3S is the more affordable model in the company’s current VR headset lineup. It features the same Snapdragon XR2 processor as […]