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CES 2025 has come to a close — Friday was the final day of the show — and team Engadget has departed Las Vegas. Our reporters and editors spent the week scouring endless carpeted convention halls of the CES show floor, braving lines of chain smokers, overcoming nasty colds and sore ankles and fielding thousands of emails a day to find the best and most credible products at the show.It was quite the challenge, as the landscape was dotted with countless contenders. As expected, the vast majority of things we saw this CES had an AI component, with a noticeable…
Fortnite Festival will support local multiplayer starting Tuesday, January 14th. This means you can now sit in a room with your friends and jam together on plastic guitar controllers, just like in the good old days. Of course, most people don’t have plastic guitars like that anymore, but a regular controller will work just fine. The feature is coming to Xbox and PlayStation, with Festival Main Stage mode supporting up to four local players at a time. It might be a nostalgic thing, but are there rules like this?Let’s get the band back together!! ️Local multiplayer coming to Fortnite Festival…
Samsung’s big Galaxy S25 launch is just around the corner. The first Galaxy Unpacked event of 2025 is set to take place on January 22nd at 1pm ET in San Jose, California, where Samsung’s “Next Big Thing” (borrowing the slogan) is scheduled to be announced. What will happen? Well, aside from a few sure bets and a few possible leaks, only those who took a blood oath under an NDA know for sure. However, the most likely products and features are:Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 UltraGalaxy S24 Ultra (Sam Rutherford, Engadget)Just as Apple unveils its latest iPhones at its first…
If you’re looking to get Solo Loop bands for your Apple Watch in several colors, this might be your chance to get some at a discount. Woot sells for up to 70% less than the actual price, so you can get the Braided Solo Loop band, which sells for $99 on Apple’s official website, for just $30. The regular Solo Loops are also on sale and you only have to pay $20 instead of $49 each. This is only a few dollars more expensive than some third-party bands that are considered affordable alternatives to official Apple products. Apple’s Solo Loop…
Image credit: Jorin Evers, featured on midlifegamergeek.com Set in a dark fantasy world where monsters seem very real and very prevalent, The Hunt includes two stories, Midnight Massacre and Red Night, as well as a story set in the future. Contains an epilogue. In Midnight Massacre, an innkeeper and his bartender are terrorized by the all-too-human yet monstrous townspeople, and help arrives from an unexpected source. Red Night focuses on a vampire and her attempts to escape from the clutches of a ruthless hunter. Both stories are action-packed and fast-paced, and despite having minimal exposition, are told with great visual…
If you’re looking for a new controller, you’re in luck. Microsoft’s Xbox Elite Series 2 Core controller sells for $130 to $98 at Amazon and Target. That means you’re about $3 off the lowest price ever, and a great chance to upgrade to something a little better.We previously recommended the Xbox Elite Series 2 Core Controller, primarily based on its ability to offer the best features of the $180 Xbox Elite Series 2 controller at a more affordable price. This includes fit and finish such as rubberized grips and sturdier, longer-lasting versions of traditional controller triggers, joysticks, and D-pads (which…
In what’s set to be a pretty big celebration, Wolverine has reached 400 legacy issues. To kick off the special edition, acclaimed author Saladin Ahmed and incredible artist Martín Coccolo will collaborate with comic book rising star and 2024 Industry Person of the Year Daniel Warren. Team up with Johnson. It’s all for a special where the former Weapon X fights a giant villain known as Admantine. “A big anniversary issue is always a great excuse to get excited about announcements and announcements, and we’re taking that to heart here,” Ahmed said. “In this oversized issue, a nemesis pushes Logan’s…
Many comic creators in the industry call Los Angeles home, living and working in a city currently battling devastating wildfires across the county. As I watched the situation unfold, I couldn’t help but wonder which publishers would be the first to step up and take action to help the affected communities. The answer turns out to be that Mad Cave Studios runs a charity comics anthology called LA STRONG: A CHARITY COMIC FOR VICTIMS OF THE LOS ANGELES. “When tragedy strikes, we stand together. At Mad Cave Studios, we believe in the power of art to heal, inspire, and rebuild.…
It’s still unclear what the future holds for the Star Wars comic book series in the wake of the ongoing “Battle of Jakku” event, but the recently concluded monthly magazine has published a series of Star Wars comics from the last few decades. It was one of the best in comics. With a strong roster of writers and artists, fans of the universe’s iconic characters have a wealth of captivating stories, bold character exploration, and dynamic artwork that continues to expand the Star Wars mythology. It was done. Greg Pak’s performance as Darth Vader was one of the best in…
The meta is more than just moderation changes. The company is also focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, according to both Axios and The New York Times. This includes eliminating diversity hiring goals, eliminating the chief diversity officer position and not prioritizing minority-owned companies as vendors, the Times reported.When asked for comment on the end of the DEI initiative, Mehta acknowledged the report was accurate.Internally, Axios apparently made the decision based on the changing “legal and policy landscape,” according to a memo to employees acquired by Axios.“The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a decision that signals a shift…