Xbox App on PC Gets HowLongToBeat Integration, 15 Percent Faster Load Times

Xbox has partnered with HowLongToBeat to reveal game completion estimates on its PC app. Microsoft added the tool as part of its September update, informing players, on average, how long it would take to finish a game from their catalogue. The website/ resource compiles values from community members and generates an average figure, helping gamers … Read more

Starfield Dialogue Amount Is Four Times That of Skyrim’s, Persuasion System Returns

Starfield’s amount of dialogue is over quadruple that of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Bethesda has dropped an interview with its director Todd Howard, addressing some of the questions fans had about the upcoming space-set RPG — specifically, the dialogue system. Howard revealed that Starfield had passed 250,000 lines of dialogue, with NPCs emoting as … Read more

Elden Ring Stats Reveal Players Died Over 9 Billion Times Since Launch, Malenia Attempts, and More

Elden Ring celebrated its one-year anniversary last month, and now publisher Bandai Namco has released an infographic detailing player deaths and statistics since launch. As per the chart, players have collectively died over 9 billion times to date, with 69 percent of them coming from NPC/ enemy damage, 15 percent through status effects, and two … Read more

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Features the Biggest Yakuza Map Ever, 9 Times Bigger Than Kamurocho

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth features the biggest map in the Yakuza franchise. Marking the series’ first venture outside of Japan, the upcoming title will transport players to the tourist hotspot of Hawaii — Honolulu City, to be exact. Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio claims that the vast new stage is more than three times … Read more

Andrew Bailey Slams Bank Stablecoins, Contrasts With Trump’s Pro-Crypto Wave: The Times

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned global investment banks against developing their own stablecoins, highlighting possible threats to financial stability. Speaking in an interview with The Times, Bailey took a stance that contrasts sharply with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration’s support for crypto initiatives, which has fueled expectations of a friendlier regulatory climate in … Read more

Samsung Galaxy A26 Review: Keeping Up With the Times

Samsung’s formula for mid-range smartphones has not really changed for the better over the years. Year after year, we keep seeing slightly refreshed designs, which look and feel familiar, packed with hardware that powers a software experience, which also feels… very familiar. This isn’t “familiar” in a good way, but more in stagnated form, that … Read more

Intel Lunar Lake CPUs With Up to 3 Times Better AI Performance Than Meteor Lake Chips to Arrive in Q3 2024

Intel Lunar Lake CPUs are expected to arrive later this year, as the chipmaker’s latest processor for laptop computers. They will succeed the current generation Meteor Lake chips and are claimed to offer more than three times the AI performance. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that new Copilot+ PCs were set to arrive in the … Read more

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Features the Biggest Yakuza Map Ever, 9 Times Bigger Than Kamurocho

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth features the biggest map in the Yakuza franchise. Marking the series’ first venture outside of Japan, the upcoming title will transport players to the tourist hotspot of Hawaii — Honolulu City, to be exact. Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio claims that the vast new stage is more than three times … Read more

Intel Lunar Lake CPUs With Up to 3 Times Better AI Performance Than Meteor Lake Chips to Arrive in Q3 2024

Intel Lunar Lake CPUs are expected to arrive later this year, as the chipmaker’s latest processor for laptop computers. They will succeed the current generation Meteor Lake chips and are claimed to offer more than three times the AI performance. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that new Copilot+ PCs were set to arrive in the … Read more

Elden Ring Stats Reveal Players Died Over 9 Billion Times Since Launch, Malenia Attempts, and More

Elden Ring celebrated its one-year anniversary last month, and now publisher Bandai Namco has released an infographic detailing player deaths and statistics since launch. As per the chart, players have collectively died over 9 billion times to date, with 69 percent of them coming from NPC/ enemy damage, 15 percent through status effects, and two … Read more