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IO Interactive announces new sales milestone for James Bond game 007 First Light
Developer IO Interactive has confirmed that its James Bond title 007 First Light has passed 4 million sales in the roughly three months since launch, marking a strong showing for the studio during an otherwise turbulent period. The milestone, announced on social media with thanks to players, comes despite recent layoffs at IOI tied to…
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This app makes the Pixel 11’s HiLight feature actually useful
Google’s new HiLight LED array on the Pixel 11 Pro launched with very limited functionality, so a third-party developer has built an app to unlock its full potential. The official feature only lights up in two situations – when the phone is face-down while interacting with Gemini, or when a favourite contact calls – and…
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You can soon stream Crunchyroll on your car’s infotainment system
Crunchyroll is set to become available on car infotainment systems through Appning, a connected-car app store used by more than 40 vehicle brands including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen Group, Mini, Lotus and SAIC Motor. This gives drivers and passengers another way to watch anime on the move, reflecting the broader trend of streaming apps becoming standard…
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Slack Code taps into collective vibe, puts AI agents into the group chat
Developers can now invite the whole team along for their quality time with the coding bot
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Nintendo Denies Rumoured Release Date For The Duskbloods
Nintendo has denied that The Duskbloods, the upcoming FromSoftware title for Switch 2, has a confirmed release date of 24th September 2026, after the figure appeared in a Guardian preview of the game. A Nintendo statement said the date was “inaccurate” as no release date has yet been announced, and Guardian writer Kirk McKeand also…
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Hidetaka Miyazaki says The Duskbloods is full of ideas FromSoftware couldn’t fit into Dark Souls or Demon’s Souls: “That was always at the forefront of my mind”
Hidetaka Miyazaki, head of FromSoftware and director of the Dark Souls and Demon’s Souls series, has said that his upcoming game The Duskbloods incorporates concepts the studio was previously unable to include in those earlier titles. He explained that accommodating such ideas was a priority throughout development, describing it as something that was “always at…
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Thunderbird to flap twice as fast from September
Email client follows Firefox onto two-week release treadmill
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Arc Raiders Crossover Is Not What You Expect, I Guarantee It
Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios has announced a new collaboration with … Subway. The partnership that no one saw coming rewards players with a special skin when they buy a sandwich, along with other in-game items. Now through October 26, people who buy a qualifying meal at Subway will get a code to unlock the…
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Genesis joins the giant electric SUV club with new GV90
Genesis has revealed the production version of its GV90, a large electric flagship SUV that translates the earlier Neolum concept almost unchanged into a showroom-ready model. The GV90 matters as another entrant in the growing field of oversized electric SUVs from Korean brands, sharing its 800V E-GMP platform with the Hyundai Ioniq 9 and Kia…
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Modern Warfare 4 beta reduces PC shader compilation delays
Infinity Ward and co-developer Beenox introduced a fix for two long-standing PC annoyances in Call of Duty games ahead of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta. The first addresses the lengthy “Compiling Shaders” wait, which normally recurs whenever a game is first launched, GPU drivers update, or major patches arrive, an issue consoles…