Elden Ring Nightreign’s duo mode and other content have been delayed after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake sparks a tsunami warning across Japan

Elden Ring Nightreign’s 1.02 patch was scheduled to go up tomorrow, on July 31, it included new content like the anticipated duos mode and other balance updates. But this has since been delayed by FromSoftware after a series of tsunami warnings. “Due to the tsunami warning following the earthquake near the Kamchatka Peninsula, we have…

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This futuristic keyboard from the past and some street stylin’ peripherals are the result of this latest gaming hardware collab

We have a new gaming peripheral collaboration, so you know what that means. It’s time to see some gaming gear that’s not just black, white, pink, or maybe cammo. This time the collaboration is between the esports lifestyle brand 100 Thieves and HighGround peripheral makers. The ensuing Vantage collection features a collection of keyboards, mouse,…

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Finally, Razer launches the fully updated sequel. The BlackShark V3 Pro goes all in on esports with less latency, ANC, and 12 pro-curated EQs for in-game sound

A good gaming headset has to be one of the most surprisingly significant upgrades to my setup. I still remember the first time I went from gaming on a cheap included headset to getting a decent pair of cans, and was astounded by the difference. I could hear everything, from atmospheric creeks to the doomed…

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You can buy a Chinese made programmable humanoid-robot for under $6,000 USD, but it might be the same one that tried to fight civilians

Humanoid robots are doing all sorts of things recently, like playing sport, and being sold for under $6,000 USD. Interesting Engineering spotted the R1, a new human-shaped robot developed by Unitree Robots in Hangzhou, with the surprisingly low price tag of 39,999 yuan. Sometimes the words “you get what you pay for” hit a little more…

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Mavrix is a promising sim about riding pushbikes down dangerously steep hills, but it shows the limits of open world design

Mavrix by Matt Jones is an early access mountain biking game with a 100-square-kilometre open world. It shares a lot in common with Descenders and Riders Republic. The former, because it’s about riding pushbikes at blistering high speeds down ludicrously dangerous hills, and the latter because all this is conducted in a big open world….

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Bungie continues to fire into its feet with both barrels: A new armor set in Destiny 2 has just been disabled because it makes the player who wears it completely invisible

It’s been years since I played Destiny 2, and the game has changed dramatically since then. But some things never change, which brings us to the new Blackletter armor ornament set for Warlocks, which you currently cannot use. The Blackletter set, which was released today, doesn’t strike me as all that: It basically dresses players…

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YouTube will no longer demonetize videos with ‘strong profanity’ in the first 7 seconds, but you’ll still need to ‘choose your f**ks carefully’

Back in 2022, YouTube introduced new rules for creators on its platform that demonetized videos containing “strong profanity” profanity in the first seven seconds. The results were not great: Unclear policies and uneven enforcement left more than a few YouTubers up in arms over the potential threat to their livelihoods. Several months later, YouTube eased…

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