The Game Awards concluded the long war between Sonic andGenshin Impactfans, wherethe latter came out on top in the end. And during the ceremony, fans witnessed a small entry video for the game that featured yet another cameo from a long-awaited character for the game, Yaoyao. The small girl was shown smiling at the Liyue Harbor at the end of the trailer, which led many to believe that it would finally be time for Hoyoverse to reveal her as playable....

Obsidian Entertainment has launched its first video in a three part series of dev diaries, detailing development concepts behind Tyranny, their upcoming classic RPG and sequel to Pillars of Eternity, set to release on PC sometime in 2016. In the video, various members of the development team weigh in on the game, based in a world where evil has emerged victorious. As one of the servants of Kyros, the game’s evil overlord, your role as a fatebinder is one of conquer and control in the name of your lord....

Whenever you use your iPhone’sCameraapp to snap photos or shoot video, a thumbnail preview displaying your most recent capture appears at the bottom-left of the interface. This small thumbnail means that anyone can glance over your shoulder and see the last thing you recorded. If you’d rather keep your most recentphotographyendeavors to yourself, then you might be interested in a new freejailbreak tweakdubbedNo Thumbnailby iOS developerJbrownllama. As you might have inferred from the tweak’s name, No Thumbnail blocks the thumbnail of your most recentphotoor video from appearing in the Camera interface, as shown above....

iOS 6 went livetoday and with it a new feature calledPassbook, basically a central repository for coupons, airplane tickets, loyalty cards and other types of digital coupons. Now, Passbook can detect and automatically import these digital items from your email messages and on the web sites you visit. All web developers need to do is implement support for Apple’s new “.pkpass” mime type, likeairlines did. Supporting the new feature, Apple added a new dedicated App Store section that lists third-party programs which support Passbook…...

You know those dreams that you have as a young child that travel with you all of the way into adulthood? For me, that was having a family. Life took me on a different journey than what I expected, and I have found myself raising that family in a different country than I had anticipated. Life might look different to what I had first imagined, but there is one thing that has developed exactly as I had always hoped that it would, and that is my six-year-old daughter Poppy’s love of video games....

It’s official. Sprint Nextel is now simply Sprint Corporation, asSoftBankcompletes its high-profile buyout of the wireless provider. Japan’s third-largest carrier now owns a controlling stake in the United States’ third-largest carrier. Fitting, isn’t it? The deal, which has been in negotiationssince last fall, is worth some $21.6 billion. $5 billion of it is being used as a cash infusion to take on future projects, and the other $16.6 billion is going to Sprint shareholders....

Sony Ericsson T715 Gets HSPA, Exchange ActiveSync Sony Ericssonhave announceda new entry-level cellphone, the T715, offering 3G connectivity, a 2.2-inch 240 x 320 LCD display and a 3.2-megapixel camera. The handset differs from the usual run-of-the-mill consumer device by adding Exchange ActiveSync support to the normal IM, MMS and SMS messaging; it also comes loaded with Google Maps. The T715’s A-GPS is used for directions and also for geotagging photos. Sony Ericsson have loaded on a YouTube viewer and the NetFront browser, which take advantage of the handset’s quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and HSPA (both a 2100MHz UMTS model and a 850/1900/2100MHz UMTS model, the T715a, will be released)....

On August 23,Sonylaunched the team-based hero shooterConcordand just 10 days later it shut it down. The game struggled to attract players, as demand and interest in hero shooters dwindled. OnSteam, the game never hit more than 700 players, according toSteamDB. The developers shut down the game on September 6th saying it “did not land as we’d intended.” Refunds were issued to players who purchased the $40 game on PC and PlayStation 5....

During this year’s Gamescom, we had the opportunity to attend a presentation forStarfield’s expansion Shattered Space. I want to share everything we learned about the upcoming expansion, which has me actually quite interested to see how things go. We will go into the expansion’s story, the release date of September 30th, and the new vehicle added to the base game, designed to improve exploration. The DLC promises to be an engaging continuation of the Starfield universe, with the new vehicle offering players a smoother way to traverse its landscapes....

Announcedat the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this January, theStratus wireless iOS gaming controllerby SteelSeries has joined the likes ofLogitech’s PowerShell,Moga’s AcePower,Razer’s Kazuyo/JunglecatandC.T.R.L.i by Mad Catz, to name a few. Monday, the firm announced a larger-format version of the Stratus, the Stratus XL. The console-style gaming controller works with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices and comes with a pressure-sensitive D-pad, dual-analog sticks, a set of four action buttons and four shoulder buttons (two pressure-sensitive top shoulder buttons and two analog trigger bottom shoulder buttons)…...

Terra Nil is a world-building sim-style game in which you bring life back to a series of desolate wastelands. The twist here is that while you use technology to reintroduce natural biomes back to the land, and then follow it with animal life, you then need to remove all of your structures to complete each region. If you’re looking for a bit of a steer to get to the bottom of this puzzle, we can provide a full Terra Nil walkthrough of all four regions....

The 12 Oldest War Vehicles Still Being Used Today Military spending can amount to hundreds of billions of dollars annually as new technologies are sought, and systems are updated to ensure the world’s best fighting forces stay one step ahead of their competition. However, those countries that lack spending power often resort to tried and true technology from previous generations. In some cases, this means using relatively antiquated vehicles that, in some instances, call[ back to the Cold War or even World War II....

I’ve been outspoken about theApple TV 4Kbeing the best streaming box on the market, and I’m not alone. I don’t own any other Apple products, yet the Apple TV 4K gets daily use in my house, and it left my oldGoogle Chromecast 4Kand smart TV UI in the dust. Despite all the positives the device brings to my life, there are still some improvements that can be made. While I don’t particularly have many issues finding my next thing to watch, there are still moments when I’m stumped and don’t feel like watching anything I put on my watchlist....