“It has been a privilege and an honor to serve New Yorkers, delivering positive outcomes for consumers; cementing DFS as a global regulatory leader; and transforming the Department’s operations,” Harris noted. 🤹♂️ A modest string of sentences, perhaps, but with the right sort of sparkle to justify a round of claps and a cigarette‑paper bow.
2024 celebrated the 30th anniversary of the PS1, the console that truly launched the PlayStation brand and made it a major player in gaming. To mark this milestone, Sony released a special, limited-edition run of PS5 consoles. These consoles featured the PS1’s signature light gray color, and even included DualSense controllers with brightly colored buttons. As you might expect, the PS5 30th anniversary collection was incredibly popular with fans and sold out very quickly.
Throughout 2025, Microsoft has significantly impacted the gaming world with Xbox, both by improving existing services and introducing a completely new platform. Xbox has been at the forefront of integrating AI, testing a new iteration of Microsoft’s “Copilot” service designed to help players in a variety of games. Microsoft also collaborated with hardware specialists ROG to create the first handheld device for the Xbox family, the ROG Xbox Ally, which is set to launch officially next month. The latest Xbox update aims to both reduce costs for gamers and broaden the capabilities of its PC app.
This new collaboration marks the second time that Final Fantasy 14 and the Monster Hunter series have joined forces. The first was an event in Monster Hunter World during FF14’s Stormblood expansion. This latest crossover between FF14 and Monster Hunter Wilds centers around a quest to defeat Omega Planetes, a challenging superboss well-known from the Final Fantasy series. Players can use abilities inspired by the Dark Knight and Pictomancer jobs from Final Fantasy 14 to help with the fight against Omega Planetes. However, to even attempt this challenging encounter, Monster Hunter Wilds players need to reach Hunter Rank (HR) 41 or higher.
Pragmata puts players in the role of Hugh Williams, who finds himself separated from his team at a space research station. He teams up with a young girl named Diana, and together they must find a way to escape a ship overrun by dangerous robots. Pragmata was first shown to fans in 2020 with a puzzling trailer during the PlayStation 5 presentation. Originally planned for release in 2022, the game’s launch was delayed to 2023, and then put on hold with no new release date. Just as fans began to lose hope, Pragmata received positive news in 2025. The development team is now sharing the reasons behind the extended development time.
Shirley Curry, famously known as the Skyrim Grandma, is an 89-year-old who began sharing Skyrim gameplay videos online in 2015 and quickly gained a large following. Her channel now has over 1.3 million subscribers, and she’s uploaded more than a thousand Skyrim videos over the past ten years, creating a dedicated fanbase. However, the Skyrim Grandma doesn’t appear to be quite as enthusiastic about playing Skyrim now as she once was.
Currently, Terraria is widely considered one of the best 2D survival games ever made. For those looking for similar games but with 3D graphics, the following titles might be a good fit.
The game has received some great updates lately. In August, Disney Dreamlight Valley introduced a new Companion: a pink dragon inspired by Eastern designs and decorated with cherry blossoms. This Companion was chosen by players in the game’s community. Also in August, a new realm based on the Disney Pixar film Inside Out was added, bringing with it the characters Joy and Sadness.
Many exciting crafting games are on the horizon, letting players discover blocky worlds brimming with creatures and landscapes ready to be built on. These games capture the same spirit as Minecraft, but also provide fresh experiences in environments that are incredibly inviting to explore.
The partnership with Monopoly is one of McDonald’s most famous promotions, offering customers the opportunity to win prizes or get free food. McDonald’s has been running its Monopoly event, where fans collect game pieces with their food purchases, since 1987, but it hasn’t been consistently available. In fact, McDonald’s last held its Monopoly games in the U.S. in 2018. Now, the fast-food giant has officially announced that McDonald’s Monopoly is coming back globally, but there’s a key detail to know.