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Sony recently ended one of its more bizarre pandemic-era side-quests by selling its majority stake in the fighting game event Evo. One of the biggest esports events of the year is now co-owned by talent management company RTS and India-based NODWIN Gaming. That seemed mostly fine, until now. Yesterday Qiddiya Gaming, which is backed by … Read more
Backing up your files is something everyone should think about, especially if you don’t want to risk losing important stuff on your computer. Not everyone can or wants to pay for fast SSD drives, and that’s where classic external hard drives still shine. Right now, Amazon is offering a fantastic discount on the Seagate Portable … Read more
Not all of us can buy a MacBook Pro or the new ASUS ROG gaming laptop. If your pocket is tight, there are surprisingly cheaper options that deliver just as much punch. One such option is the GMKtec M5 Plus gaming mini PC (Ryzen 7 5825U, 32GB RAM 1TB SSD), now available on Amazon at … Read more
Dyson has always sat in that premium corner of the market – the same way Apple does in tech. You know you’re paying for sleek design, strong engineering and a brand that rarely slaps discounts on its products. That’s why today’s deal feels like such a rare treat. Right now on Amazon, the Dyson V8 … Read more
It feels like just yesterday that KPop Demon Hunters was only on my radar because the internet was memeing the hell out of one of the musical’s early scenes in which Huntr/x, the fictional girl group that would give Dante from Devil May Cry a run for his money on the demon-slaying front, devours their … Read more
Just ten years back, it’d be tough to imagine Disney being willing to put its name to something as outstandingly gory as Marvel: Rivals. The new trailer reveals some incredibly gloopy deaths, outlandish violence, and blood absolutely everywhere. It’s surely one of the goriest things Disney has ever made? The show will also feature the … Read more
Last year, Sony released a new PS5 Dualsense controller themed around the then-upcoming platformer Astro Bot. The game was a huge hit with critics and fans, as was the controller, which sold out quickly and became hard to find. But now, a slightly tweaked version of the popular gamepad is returning in October with pre-orders … Read more
How can it possibly have taken 22 years for a Call of Duty movie to go into production? That’s how long it’s been since the very first WW2-themed FPS game in the franchise was released, and yet at no point over its many incarnations and decades has it come to movie theaters. That is about to … Read more
It’s Tuesday, but it feels like Monday thanks to Labor Day giving many of us the day off. But that weird feeling and a short week won’t stop the Morning Checkpoint. Today, we learn more about Ubisoft’s potential plans for Rayman, catch up on PAX West 2025 news, and see how a group of modders … Read more
Los Angeles’ Anime Expo 2025 describes itself as North America’s “largest celebration of Japanese pop culture.” The 34th such event finished recently, with the four-day spectacular seeing an extraordinary 410,000 people show up, and it even played host to a Sukeban (the Japanse female pro-wrestling league) World Championship Fight. Also, of course, it featured squillions … Read more