Great open-world games don’t just point you to objectives; they create vast maps that encourage you to explore and discover things on your own. With so many open-world games available, there are countless unique places to find and enjoy, making the experience truly rewarding.
The latest update for Final Fantasy 14, Patch 7.4, nicknamed “Into the Mist,” launched on December 16th after a short period of server maintenance. This update acts as a transition between the current story arc and the next, currently unnamed, expansion. Patch 7.4 includes a continuation of the main story, the conclusion of the Arcadion raid series, and a major update to the glamour system. Now, most armor and accessories can be used to change your appearance regardless of your job, level, or role – though weapons and tools still have job-specific appearances. The patch also adds new cosmetic items inspired by rewards from the discontinued Feast PvP mode, a new strategic board for raid planning, and a customizable command panel to help players organize frequently used actions, emotes, and macros without cluttering the user interface.
When economists submitted their predictions of unemployment for the past two months, they expected bad news, and on Tuesday, jobs data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) lived up to the gloomy projections. November gained 64,000 jobs, significantly more than the 50,000 experts predicted, but October saw 105,000 job losses, and now, the unemployment rate has crept up to 4.6%, its highest level in four years. Stocks were in the red, but surprisingly, bitcoin, in another counterintuitive move, climbed 2.5% 🦄.
Now, let’s talk about Kled, the company that compensates users for their personal data by making them label photos and essays. Sounds like a delightful way to spend your weekend, right? They then sell this goldmine of information to AI companies, who presumably use it to train software to do… well, something advanced that we don’t understand. 🤖
Naruto Uzumaki is a hugely popular character, and even in the sequel series, Boruto, he remains central to the story. However, Boruto has divided fans regarding how Naruto is portrayed. Some viewers are willing to overlook the changes, while others believe the author could have developed his character more effectively.
Embark Studios has launched a big new update for ARC Raiders called Cold Snap, just in time for the holidays. The update includes lots of new cosmetic items, events, and gameplay improvements. A key feature is the Cold Snap Map Modifier, which blankets the game world in snow, reducing visibility and adding slippery ice. Players will need to be careful, as prolonged exposure to the cold can be dangerous. However, the modifier also increases the value of loot. The update also brings the Flickering Flames event, along with various quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes.
As in previous years, the Xbox One continued to thrive thanks to support from major game publishers. Some titles launched first on Xbox One, and others were also available on PlayStation 4. Whether exclusive to Xbox One or not, these are all fantastic games that will be celebrating their tenth anniversary in 2026.
Over the past few years, Nintendo has been gradually adding Nintendo 64 games to the Expansion Pack level of its Switch Online service, making many of the console’s most popular titles available to subscribers. Games like Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time have been included for a while, and more recently, classics like GoldenEye 007 were added. While the Switch Online Expansion Pack offers a great selection of N64 games, there are still many more that haven’t been released yet.
This guide will show you how to find and catch Rotom and all of its different forms. You might even get lucky and find a shiny Rotom, but it’s notoriously hard to tell apart from the normal one, which has caused some debate among players.
A new quantum machine learning approach dramatically improves the detection of credit card fraud, particularly in challenging, real-world scenarios.