Gears of War: E-Day, canceled at the last minute for PS5, could have cost half a billion to make
Gears of War: E-Day may be one of the most expensive games ever made, which makes Microsoft’s decision to cancel a near-complete PS5 version of the game even more puzzling. Kotaku kicked off the speculation earlier today by citing sources claiming…
Capcom data breach results in unauthorized access to over 11.7 million ‘CAPCOM ID’ accounts
Image: Capcom Third-party gaming giant Capcom recently suffered a major data breach, exposing the personal information of more than 11.7 million “CAPCOM ID” customer accounts worldwide. The data leak includes emails, customer IP addresses used during…
WhatsApp begins testing long-awaited scheduled messages on iPhone
After years of waiting, WhatsApp is finally making one of its most requested messaging features available to select iPhone beta testers. Here are the details. Scheduled messages are almost here Although Meta doesn’t typically break down active user…
Capcom confirms data breach affecting 11.7 million accounts
Japanese gaming giant Capcom has confirmed that hackers breached its membership service, CAPCOM ID, exposing more than 11.7 million customer email addresses and related information. In addition to emails, the data exposed includes account creation date,…
Greg Joswiak talks iPhone Duo availability and demand in stores ahead of launch
Friday is iPhone Duo launch day, and many eager customers are hoping to walk into an Apple Store and get one after a complicated pre-order launch. In a new interview with TechRadarGreg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of marketing, provided an…
Nintendo expands Switch Online’s Game Boy library with three additional titles
Following an update to Switch Online last week adding three GBA titles, Nintendo today announced the addition of three additional Game Boy games to the subscription service next week. On October 27, 2026this classic portable library will be updated with…
Not just game discs: Sony is also killing its Blu-Ray players
Sony is exiting another market it once dominated: Blu-ray players. You’re probably having flashbacks to PlayStation’s big announcement that it would end production of game discs in 2028. The thing is, this decision has more subtle…
A typography geek pointed out something about the discovery of the space shuttle and now I can’t ignore it
Even though I was born around the time of Apollo, the spacecraft that I think had the most influence on my childhood had to be the space shuttles. I remember studying the diagrams and drawings of the shuttles National geographic leaflets, where they even…
Sony’s move away from physical media extends to 4K Blu-ray players
Another important step in the current withdrawal of one of the (formerly) largest electronics giants on the planet from physical media, as shown Gizmodo reports (via Japanese retailer/blog Kunkoko) that Sony announced that it apparently no longer plans…
3 Game Boy games added to Nintendo Classics
Nintendo has added three more Game Boy games to Nintendo Switch Online’s ever-expanding library. The following titles are now available on Switch and Switch 2: Pinball: Revenge of the ‘Gator (1989), Avenging Spirit (1992), and Mole Mania…