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An Edge Of Tomorrow Sequel Is Officially In Development

I loved it. You should love it. It was Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers in the best way possible. Emily Blunt rocked as a battle-hardened bug destroyer

An Edge Of Tomorrow Sequel Is Officially In Development
Games

Hearthstone reveals the Masters Tour system (yay!) and the new Specialist tournament format (nay?)

It has been a very nervous wait for Hearthstone esports fans, with a slow road to finding out how they were changing things up for the 2019 season and beyond.

Hearthstone reveals the Masters Tour system (yay!) and the new Specialist tournament format (nay?)
Technology

The Vatican Swiss Guard rolls with 3D printed helmets now

Next time you're visiting the Vatican to say hi to the Pope, or just check out the amazing art collections, take a second look at the helmets worn by the

The Vatican Swiss Guard rolls with 3D printed helmets now
Games

Ubisoft wants to make it easier to fall in love with Rainbow Six Siege in 2019

Between a new price drop and the addition of a simplified set of starting choices for Newcomers, Rainbow Six Siege is making it easy for anyone who’s ever

Ubisoft wants to make it easier to fall in love with Rainbow Six Siege in 2019
Games

Rainbow Six Siege comes down under, with bloody tops results

Welcome to the Outback, ya bloody drongos. Or maybe that should be flamin’ galahs? Thankfully, Siege’s take on bringing Aussie operators and an Australian map

Rainbow Six Siege comes down under, with bloody tops results
Art & Culture

Every D&D nerd deserves a Mind Flayer mounted trophy

Tabletop trophy hunters rejoice! For all those times you've taken out illithid nests, whether in the Forgotten Realms or maybe an old school Spelljammer

Every D&D nerd deserves a Mind Flayer mounted trophy
Art & Culture

Fortnite Summer Smash: chasing heroes, chasing dreams

Who’d have guessed twelve months ago that Fortnite would hold a major esports event at the Australian Open with the biggest prize pool in our nation’s history?

Fortnite Summer Smash: chasing heroes, chasing dreams
Technology

Here's five things Sonos should do before trying to compete in the headphones market

Sonos wants to make headphones? Hmmm... instead of going to fight a new warfront in consumer tech land, here's some suggestions to extend what they already do

Here's five things Sonos should do before trying to compete in the headphones market
Games

Heroes of the Storm is getting a new community tournament in February

Blizzard shocked fans when they announced they were shutting down the Heroes Global Championship at the end of 2018. But now the esports community is stepping

Heroes of the Storm is getting a new community tournament in February
Technology

A 'self-driving' Tesla ran down an autonomous robot at CES 2019 in the most CES incident possible

Who's at fault? The Tesla driver? The Tesla autopilot? The Promobot that was weirdly standing on the street like it'd been out late drinking? Is somebody

A 'self-driving' Tesla ran down an autonomous robot at CES 2019 in the most CES incident possible
Games

The Commodore 64 bass keytar is even better than you could imagine

A keytar with the body of a Commodore 64? Very cute. Oh, wait... the pick up actually sends sound into the WORKING C64 to create chiptune vibes that can be

The Commodore 64 bass keytar is even better than you could imagine
Games

Dreams beta becomes a PT nightmare but OMG how amazing is this game/tool going to be?

PT. A demo that for a now never-to-be-made Silent Hill game that was just one hallway but freaked the hell out of everyone who ever experienced it. And then

Dreams beta becomes a PT nightmare but OMG how amazing is this game/tool going to be?
Technology

The actual Uber flying taxi appeared at CES so get ready

The Bell Nexus was unveiled at CES this year and it's the sexy four-passenger air taxi Uber has been working on. With VTOL and super sleek design, those pipe

The actual Uber flying taxi appeared at CES so get ready
Art & Culture

Samsung Space monitor sticks your screen right on the edge of the desk

Sweet, sweet desk real estate. Where have you been all my life? Samsung's new Space monitor gives back a lot of, well, space, and it also happens to be a

Samsung Space monitor sticks your screen right on the edge of the desk
Art & Culture

There's no possible way to not spoil something in the new [redacted] trailer

That new superhero trailer about that one that does the cool things can't help but tell us things about what happens after that other big movie with the

There's no possible way to not spoil something in the new [redacted] trailer
Games

These Glitch art playing cards will give everyone a headache at your next poker night

You can stick to your boring cards picked up at the local newsagents if you like. Next time I hold a fancy card night, I'm dropping these freaks on the table

These Glitch art playing cards will give everyone a headache at your next poker night
Technology

Hyundai offers up an amazing vehicle concept to do whatever you damn well need it to

Extreme medical assistant? Urban taxi? 21st Century mini AT-AT? It's all there in the Hyundai Elevant concept vehicle that blends typical cruising modes with

Hyundai offers up an amazing vehicle concept to do whatever you damn well need it to
Computers

Yes, the Razer Raptor PC monitor is sexy, but nothing is sexier than its cable management

Pretty pictures? Smooth refresh rates? Fancy Chroma lighting? Yes, yes. All those things and more are in Razer's first desktop monitor release. But when you

Yes, the Razer Raptor PC monitor is sexy, but nothing is sexier than its cable management
Business

The world just got its first Babel Fish thanks to Google Assistant's real-time Interpreter Mode

With 27 supported languages out of the gate, Google just made the world a little bit smaller with the arrival of real-time translation of conversations. OK

The world just got its first Babel Fish thanks to Google Assistant's real-time Interpreter Mode
Art & Culture

Jordan Peele's sci-fi 'Weird City' YouTube Original series has a really weird trailer

Jordan Peele is trying to replace Charlie Brooker as our modern anthology hero du jour. In the process, we're getting his sci-fi anthology series, Weird

Jordan Peele's sci-fi 'Weird City' YouTube Original series has a really weird trailer