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Alan Wake 2's new expansion The Lake House has a release date, and it's looking like the perfect scare I need this Halloween
By Samuel Tolbert published
Lake House Alan Wake 2's upcoming DLC The Lake House is launching on Oct. 22, 2024, bringing a horror-focused experience in time for Halloween.

The voice cast for this game, coming to Xbox Game Pass in Spring 2025 — is actually insane
By Jennifer Young published
CLAIR OBSCUR Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dropped a new trailer and cast reveal showing a star-studded line up that has me even more hyped for this Xbox Game Pass launch.

Microsoft Store update adds "immersive experience" to showcase apps and games
By Sean Endicott published
More info! Trailers are now near the top of app and game listings in the Microsoft Store.

"Smarter than a Nobel Prize winner" — artificial intelligence could solve the world's problems and upload our minds to the cloud, but it'll cost "trillions" of dollars, just as OpenAI's Sam Altman predicted
By Kevin Okemwa published
ENVISIONED AGI Anthropic's CEO claims that AGI could help alleviate poverty and sickness, but it would demand incredible computing power.

I've been using the same headphones for 3 years, but this lightweight pair from an unexpected brand has replaced their place in my heart (and on my head) — for just $69 for a limited time
By Jennifer Young published
Better Sound I had low expectations for the Baseus Bowie 30 Max due to their low price, but I'm seriously impressed

The death of x86 may be "severely exaggerated," but these native Arm apps are here to threaten Intel and AMD
By Sean Endicott published
All the apps NordVPN, Arc browser, Foxit PDF Editor, and Notion all shipped native Arm applications over the past month.
Dead Space creator: "It would be cool to do a new one" as Silent Hill 2 hits one million in sales
By Alexander Cope published
Hopes for more? The creator of Dead Space has said it would be awesome to do a new game, coming off the back of success for a Silent Hill remake.

Industrious developer fits Microsoft's big Windows 11 2024 update to 'DVD-size' with extra storage to spare
By Kevin Okemwa published
TINY11 24H2 The developer of Tiny 11 is back at it, with a version of Windows 11 24H2 small enough to run on a DVD.
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