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U.S. Physical Game Sales Hit 30-Year Low

Circana's Mat Piscatella reported that U.S. physical video game sales in 2025 were roughly $1.5 billion, the lowest "all-time tracked" figure in 30 years. The total represented an 11-percent drop from the year before, a decline Piscatella called the "lowest rate of decline

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Assassin's Creed Shadows support winds down as Ubisoft outlines future

Ahead of a March 20 stream, Ubisoft confirmed Assassin's Creed Shadows is moving "into its final phase of support." The publisher said it will wind things down with smaller, less frequent updates, though it promised "still a few surprises" that will be shown during

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I stuck this power station in a freezer to test its subzero claims

Cold weather is a lithium battery killer. Without heating, lithium-ion cells begin to struggle below 32°F (0°C), and by 5°F (-15°C) capacity can be reduced by 30%–40% depending on age and quality. Charging at or below 32°F risks permanent damage from lithium plating, which

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Resident Evil 4 Remake's Problematic DRM Removed After 28 Days

In early February, Capcom removed Denuvo from the 2023 Resident Evil 4 remake on Steam and replaced it with a different anti-tamper system called Enigma. Players soon reported major performance drops that hadn’t been present before the change, especially during action-heavy moments. YouTuber ItalicMaze used a mod to restore

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Sony reportedly ending PC ports of single-player PlayStation games

Sony is reportedly pulling back from releasing single-player PlayStation games on PC, with titles such as Ghost of Yotei and Saros now unlikely to appear on the platform. That approach stands in contrast to the current multiplatform era, where Xbox regularly brings its games to other systems. Sony has generally

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Sony U-turn on PC releases leaves Ghost of Yotei and Saros console-only

Bloomberg reports that Sony is pulling back from its recent practice of bringing PlayStation exclusives to PC. The first titles said to be affected include Ghost of Yotei and Housemarque’s Saros, both tipped to remain console-only. The move would mark a reversal of the one-to-two-year PC windows that followed

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Every new Apple product from the March event

After a quiet start to 2026, Apple accelerated hardware releases ahead of its "special Apple Experience" on March 4, with in-person sessions in New York, London and Shanghai at 9am EST. A teaser from Tim Cook raised expectations for new Macs, and on March 2 Apple posted press

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Could not reproduce reported Resident Evil Requiem FPS drops with Nvidia drivers

Reddit users reported large performance drops in Resident Evil Requiem after installing the GeForce Game Ready Driver 591.86—one user on an RTX 40-series GPU said fps fell to 74 and GPU power draw dipped to 304 W. I ran my own tests on the hardware team's

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Nintendo marks Mario Day 2026 with two Virtual Boy games

Nintendo has a somewhat equivocal relationship with the annual Mario Day celebration of its most famous mascot on March 10. The celebration, originally coined by fans because MAR10 spells Mario, has been officially recognized by Nintendo for the last 10 years or so. The company usually focuses its Mario Day

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Pokémon Champions: Everything We Know

Pokémon Champions is a free-to-play battle simulator set to become the new platform for competitive Pokémon play when it launches in April. It is not the RPG format players may expect; the game is built around competitive battles, whether for official tournaments or casual matches. Pokémon can be transferred from

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Samsung confirms DRAM price rise of 'over 100%' for customers

Samsung Electronics has confirmed a DRAM price increase of "over 100%" for its customers in the first quarter of this year. That follows a 70% rise in January, suggesting the RAMpocalypse may get worse before it improves. Samsung is one of the big three DRAM manufacturers, sitting behind

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Minecraft names baby mob update 'Tiny Takeover'

Minecraft has revealed the official name for its first drop of 2026: the Tiny Takeover drop. No concrete release date was provided, but if Mojang follows the pattern of previous drops, the rollout could happen within a couple of weeks and might coincide with spring. The post lists the features

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Highguard Shutting Down After 45-Day Run, 31 Days Longer Than Concord

Wildlight Entertainment announced on Twitter that Highguard will permanently shut down on March 12, and thanked players for trying the free competitive shooter that launched in January. In a March 3 blog the remaining developers said one final update would arrive “tonight or tomorrow” before the servers go offline. The

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Performance Data Analysis and Reporting System (PDARS)

The Performance Data Analysis and Reporting System (PDARS) was a joint Federal Aviation Administration–NASA effort within the Aviation Safety Monitoring and Modeling Project. It developed technologies to monitor daily operations of the National Airspace System and to measure how Air Traffic Control delivered services, with the goal of ensuring

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Marathon launch times and release date

After a less-than-ideal early reception last year, Bungie indefinitely delayed Marathon to return to the drawing board. The game is now back on the menu and launch is approaching, with Season 1: Death is the First Step revealed alongside a roadmap. Bungie has also locked in mandatory server wipes roughly

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Resident Evil Requiem is the fastest-selling game in franchise history

Capcom announced on Wednesday that Resident Evil Requiem sold 5 million copies in the five days since its release, a launch pace that makes it the fastest-selling game in the series' history, though the company did not frame that specific record in its news release. The result puts Requiem

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iPad Air M4 pre-orders live — where to get the best deals

Pre-orders for the iPad Air M4 begin today at 9.15am ET. Best Buy and Apple are already offering early discounts, including up to $670 off with trade-in or $50 off a new device for the former's members, and more retailers may launch their own offers when stock

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How to get Optimum fiber internet for $25 a month

Optimum is offering new customers 300 Mbps fiber internet for $25 per month, with the rate locked in for five years. New customers can also save up to $15 per month by bundling internet with Optimum Mobile and Optimum TV. The offer auto-renews monthly at $25/month plus taxes and

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Schedule and Planning Interface for Exploration (SPIFe)

The Schedule and Planning Interface for Exploration (SPIFe) team is one of three teams within the Human-Computer Interaction Group at NASA Ames Research Center. The team designs, develops, and deploys software tools to meet the operational challenges of human and robotic space missions. With over a decade of experience, SPIFe

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The new MacBook Air M5 costs $100 more - here's what that gets you

Apple has announced a new MacBook Air with the M5 processor. It is $100 more than last year's model, starting at $1,099, but includes 512GB of local storage as the new base and SSD read/write speeds twice as fast as the previous generation. For the first

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Motorola to preinstall GrapheneOS on 2027 phones

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Motorola (a Lenovo company) announced a partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation to deliver GrapheneOS on future Motorola smartphones starting in 2027. The company presented the move as an "added new era of smartphone security," with security and privacy as the big selling

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Nvidia's GB10 cores match Intel and AMD — gaming hinges on x86 emulation

Analysts at Chips and Cheese examined Nvidia’s GB10 “Superchip” and found its Arm-designed Cortex X925 cores—licensed by Nvidia and seen in a Dell Pro Max running GB10—deliver desktop-class performance on par with AMD’s Zen 5 and Intel’s Lion Cove in their fastest desktop implementations. The

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BunsenLabs Carbon: lightweight, customizable Debian desktop

BunsenLabs Carbon is a minimal, elegant Debian-based distribution and the successor to CrunchBang Linux. Built around the OpenBox desktop, it blends elements of Bodhi Linux and Ubuntu: a vertical panel with a desktop menu, a green theme, a Bodhi-style right-click menu and Conky on the desktop. Customization is central to

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This Android trick helps you tell scam messages from real ones

Spam and scam texts have become a daily nuisance, and some messages are crafted well enough to leave you unsure whether they’re legitimate. A helpful rule is to treat messages from unknown numbers as suspicious, but when in doubt Android offers a built-in way to help decide. Circle to

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March Pixel Drop brings eight upgrades for Android phones

The March Pixel Drop adds features to Pixel phones and watches, but many of the largest updates are rolling out to all Android devices. Highlights include simpler location sharing, tools to help find lost luggage at airports, and upgrades to Pixel’s At A Glance home screen. All Android users