I’m glad video games have become more sophisticated and offer more than just simple entertainment. However, it feels like we’ve swung too far in the other direction, and many games now feel empty and seem to just follow whatever’s popular instead of having their own unique personality.
With the launch of Season 19, Overwatch 2 introduced a new Mythic hero skin – Divine Druid Lifeweaver. But for the first time ever, the game announced it would release a second Mythic skin, Cyber Fuel Junkrat, with its mid-season update.
An official release date for Solo Leveling Season 3 hasn’t been announced, but fans are eagerly awaiting news. The next season of the anime is expected to cover storylines that will finally explain some of the series’ most significant unanswered questions.
A new approach to protecting quantum information leverages the unique properties of squeezed vacuum states.
In the hallowed halls of London’s Southwark Crown Court, on a day of great judicial drama (November 11, for those keeping score), Judge Sally-Ann Hales declared war on Qian’s ill-gotten gains. The “Goddess of Wealth,” also known as Yadi Zhang-a name now synonymous with fiscal folly-pleaded guilty, perhaps realizing that British courts do not tolerate crypto charlatans.
One of Bitcoin’s most influential investor groups: newly formed whale addresses, who thought they were invincible, have taken a hit in a market where sentiment is still ambiguous. Bitcoin’s volatile swing in the past few weeks has now sent these key investors’ positions into severe losses, as the price drops below their entry levels. It’s like watching a toddler try to juggle flaming torches-entertaining, but ultimately tragic. 🔥👶
The latest update for Final Fantasy 14, version 7.38, comes at a difficult time for the game. Since November 3rd, North American servers have been hit by DDoS attacks, causing players on the Aether, Primal, Crystal, and Dynamis data centers to unexpectedly lose connection. While these disconnections haven’t lasted long, players have reported losing progress in activities like the Pilgrim’s Traverse deep dungeon due to how often the attacks occur. Thankfully, servers in Europe, Japan, and Oceania haven’t been affected.
“If the fee switch activates, UNI could go parabolic,” Ki wrote, “like a rocket built by people who’ve never seen a launchpad. Annual burns could hit $500M if volume holds, and exchanges are holding $830M in UNI. Even with unlocks, a supply shock seems inevitable. Unless the universe suddenly decides to play nice.”
A single bad game can sometimes end a popular series, stopping all future development. Other times, problems during the game’s creation – like disagreements among developers, poor leadership, or changes in ownership – can doom a beloved franchise, preventing it from ever reaching its full potential.
The journey to release for Pigeon Simulator was quite a rollercoaster. Bossa Studios, the creators of I Am Bread and Surgeon Simulator, first announced the game in mid-2019. Two years later, tinyBuild, an indie publisher, took over the project and assigned it to their internal studio, HakJak Studios in Idaho. Unfortunately, HakJak Studios was closed in December 2023 during a company restructuring, leaving the future of Pigeon Simulator unclear. A representative from HakJak stated the game’s fate was now entirely in tinyBuild’s hands. Finally, in early November 2025, Microsoft announced Pigeon Simulator would be available on Xbox Game Pass, confirming the game was still in development and on track for release.