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Everything New In Pokemon Pokopia Bubbly Basin DLC And Free Update
Pokémon Pokopia has received its Bubbly Basin DLC alongside a free update available to all players, expanding the life-simulation spin-off with new areas, mechanics and quality-of-life improvements. The headline addition is a Dive mechanic allowing players to move freely underwater, which is free for everyone, though visiting the Bubbly Basin area itself requires the paid…
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Pushing the limits: Infinite Machine’s Olto is barely a bicycle
Infinite Machine, a New York-based startup, has released the Olto, an electric vehicle that is legally classified as a bicycle but is designed and ridden almost entirely as a scooter. The product reflects a wider trend of electrified personal transport devices being built to exploit bike lane access while offering scooter-like performance, raising questions about…
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No One Can Afford to Make ‘Myst’ Games Anymore
Cyan Worlds, the studio behind the 1990s hit Myst, has shelved its next game—codenamed Anglerfish—after failing to secure funding from any publisher despite pitching more than a dozen at industry conferences. The setback illustrates a wider “middle-market collapse” in video games, mirroring similar squeezes in film and publishing, where blockbuster triple-A titles and ultra-cheap micro-indie…
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3 Best Tracking Devices for Your Keys, Wallet, and More (2026)
WIRED has updated its 2026 buying guide to Bluetooth and GPS tracking devices, which help users locate misplaced items such as keys, wallets and luggage by pairing small tags with a smartphone app. The guide reflects growing reliance on such devices, while also noting ongoing privacy concerns about their potential misuse for tracking people without…
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“If Quantic Dream wants to destroy jobs, it must pay”: French union call strike as they demand extension to layoff negotiations with Star Wars Eclipse studio
The French video games union STJV has called an open-ended strike at Quantic Dream, the Paris studio developing Star Wars Eclipse, escalating a dispute over layoff negotiations following the cancellation of its MOBA project Spellcasters Chronicles. The union says roughly 115 workers are affected and is demanding an extension to the negotiation period, accusing management…
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Pokémon Pokopia update 2.0.0 adds loads of fantastic quality-of-life improvements
Nintendo has released update 2.0.0 for Pokémon Pokopia, its life-simulation spin-off, headlined by the ability for Ditto to dive underwater and, for owners of the expansion pass, a new Bubbly Basin region with its own storyline and additional Pokémon. Beyond these headline features, the update focuses heavily on quality-of-life fixes that address long-standing player frustrations,…
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Trump administration has paid back 60% of $165bn in tariff refunds
The Trump administration has refunded around $100bn (£74bn) of the $165bn collected through tariffs later ruled illegal by the US supreme court, according to reports cited by the Financial Times. The refunds relate to Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs, a central plank of his economic strategy since returning to office, which the supreme court partially…
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Big Walk isn’t an open world hangout sim, it’s a secret Predator game, or it would be if House House would quit fixing the voice volume
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Ed Thomas offers a tongue-in-cheek take on Big Walk, the newly released 12-player open-world game from Untitled Goose Game developer House House. Rather than treating it as the cosy “hangout sim” it has been widely billed as, the piece argues it doubles as an accidental stealth-horror experience, since its restricted communication tools…
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Double trouble for Microsoft as pre-owned software licenses claims converge
ValueLicensing (VL), which is pursuing a £270 million claim against Microsoft over restricted resale of surplus Office licences, has been invited to a case management conference in a separate multibillion-pound class action against the company. Both cases sit before the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal and allege Microsoft unfairly restricted the market for pre-owned software licences,…