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Polygon sold to GameRant owner Valnet - The Verge

By Jay Peters |May 1, 2025 |5 min read

Polygon, Vox Media’s publication dedicated to gaming and entertainment, has been sold to Valnet, a company that owns brands like ScreenRant, GameRant, Android Police, and more.

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Variety

Xbox Hikes Consoles Prices More Than 25% Amid Trump Tariffs - Variety

By Jennifer Maas |May 1, 2025

Xbox has increased the price of its consoles and controllers amid the tariffs enacted by President Donald Trump.

Forbes

Yes, ‘ARC Raiders’ Makes ‘Marathon’ Look Bad - Forbes

By Paul Tassi |May 1, 2025

The reaction to the Marathon Alpha has mostly been mixed to underwhelming. The initial reaction to the ARC Raiders Alpha has visibly skewed more positive.

IGN

Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Be Playable in September 2025… at an Australian Museum - IGN

By Wesley Yin-Poole • 1 day ago

IGN can reveal the hotly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong will be playable in an Australian museum in September 2025. But what does that mean for the actual release date?

Polygon

11 new games we can’t wait to play in May - Polygon

By Tyler Colp • 1 day ago

May is packed with new game releases, including Elden Ring Nightreign, Doom: The Dark Ages, and F1 25.

Eurogamer.net

Evil Dead: The Game disappears from sale after three years - Eurogamer

By Tom Phillips • 1 day ago

Evil Dead: The Game is being removed from sale, though servers will remain online for now.

9to5Mac

Apple warns iPhone users in 100 countries that they are victims of spyware - 9to5Mac

By Ben Lovejoy • 1 day ago

Apple has notified iPhone users in 100 countries that their devices have been infected with spyware, implying that it may...

BGR

Gemini AI app can now edit all your photos, and you have to see how good it is - Boy Genius Report

By Chris Smith, Chris Smith • 1 day ago

The Gemini AI app can now edit your photos with simple text prompts. Even better, Google is working on placing actual watermarks on them.

Eurogamer.net

Nintendo alters Switch eShop charts ranking to deprioritise shovelware - Eurogamer

By Ed Nightingale • 1 day ago

Nintendo has altered the way it ranks best-selling games in the Switch eShop, which could have big ramifications for bo…

Nintendo Life

8BitDo Suspends Shipping From China To US In Wake Of Ongoing Tariff Saga - Nintendo Life

By PJ O'Reilly • 1 day ago

"only products from our U.S. warehouse are available"

TechCrunch

Microsoft’s most capable new Phi 4 AI model rivals the performance of far larger systems - TechCrunch

By Kyle Wiggers • 1 day ago

Microsoft has launched several new 'open' AI models, the most capable of which is competitive with OpenAI's o3-mini on at least one benchmark.

Associated Press

Court sides with Fortnite maker Epic as Apple sanctioned for defying order in App Store case - AP News

By Barbara Ortutay • 1 day ago

A federal judge has found that Apple violated a court injunction in an antitrust case filed by Fortnite maker Epic Games. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had ordered Apple to lower the barriers protecting its previously exclusive payment system for in-app digita…

Hacker News

Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup - Hacker News

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Ars Technica

If you’re in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists now - Ars Technica

By Andrew Cunningham • 1 day ago

Display has a nice design and plenty of ports, but color E Ink has downsides.

Android Central

Oura scores major win in smart ring patent battle against Ultrahuman and RingConn - Android Central

By Jay Bonggolto • 1 day ago

Oura says Ultrahuman and RingConn copied every part of every claim in its patent.

Kotaku

Ubisoft Reveals Massive Post-Launch Road Map For Assassin's Creed Shadows - Kotaku

By Kotaku • 1 day ago

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Ars Technica

Raspberry Pi cuts product returns by 50% by changing up its pin soldering - Ars Technica

By Kevin Purdy • 1 day ago

Combining both the big and little solder jobs made a big difference.

Polygon

GTA 6 isn’t the reason Borderlands 4’s release date got moved up - Polygon

By Nicole Carpenter • 1 day ago

Grand Theft Auto 6’s release date isn’t why Borderlands 4 will come out early, says Gearbox co-founder Randy Pitchford.

SFGate

Bay Area video game giant worth $37 billion cuts staff for 3rd year straight - SFGATE

By Stephen Council • 1 day ago

Electronic Arts, the Bay Area video game giant behind Apex Legends and known as EA, is laying off hundreds of workers for the third year in a row.