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Two Halo characters are joining ‘Gears 5’

August 19, 2019

Thirteen years into their shared history, you would think Halo and Gears of War would have already crossed over before today. After all, following Microsoft’s purchase of the Gears franchise in 2014, the two properties are the company’s biggest and most important exclusives. So it’s a bit strange to see it’s not Master Chief, Halo’s main hero, joining the fight…

Nest to Google Account migration begins on web, Android, and iOS

August 19, 2019

Announced at I/O 2019 amid a slew of other privacy commitments, Google Nest is starting the Nest to Google Account migration. An update to the Nest for Android and iOS clients today let you transition, with security and seamless integrations touted as advantages. The…

Sony Interactive snaps up 'Spider-Man' developer Insomniac Games

August 19, 2019

Sony Interactive took to Twitter on Monday afternoon, announcing that it had acquired Insomniac Games, the studio behind last year’s PS4 smash-hit Spider-Man. Insomniac has been in business for more than two decades and has collaborated with Sony from its start…

'Cyberpunk 2077' and 'Mortal Kombat 11' are coming to Google Stadia

August 19, 2019

Just before Gamescom’s opening ceremony got underway, Google revealed a bunch more games that are coming to its Stadia streaming platform. One of the bigger titles is CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077. Google didn’t say exactly when the game would be available on Stadia, but its release date on other platforms is April 16th, 2020. Mortal Kombat 11 will be available on the…

Hackers make jailbreaking iPhones a thing again

August 19, 2019

In the iPhone’s early days, hackers would “jailbreak” the iPhone in order to install third-party apps that weren’t available through the App Store. It’s been a while since anyone seriously needed to jailbreak their iPhone, as there are plenty of…

Nvidia’s Stadia competitor coming to Android phones with GeForce Now app

August 19, 2019

Ahead of the next Stadia Connect livestream where Google will announce more games, Nvidia revealed that its competing GeForce Now streaming service will be coming to Android. Like Stadia, it will be “available later this year.” GeForce Now is Nvidia’s take on cloud…

iOS 12.4 jailbreak publicly released after Apple mistakenly unpatches vulnerability

August 19, 2019

A hacker has released the first public jailbreak for modern iPhones in several years, according to a new report from . The report details that with the release of iOS 12.4, Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability that it had originally fixed in iOS 12.3, opening the door for this jailbreak to be publicly released for iOS 12.4. Security research Pwn20wnd…

Amazon reveals Xiaomi Mi A3 Indian price ahead of launch

August 19, 2019

Xiaomi is set to launch the Mi A3 in India on August 21, which is also when the official pricing will be announced. However, Xiaomi’s launch partner Amazon went ahead and revealed the price of the phone two days earlier. Mi A3 pricing and variants Twitter user…

Google now takes longer to approve new Android apps for the Play Store

August 19, 2019

The Google Play Store is the biggest, and safest, way for users to get apps for Android devices. For that reason alone, developers are keen to get their apps in the store, but Google first has to vet those applications in a review process. In the past week, Google has…

PUBG is getting cross-play for Xbox One and PS4 in October

August 19, 2019

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) will get cross-play support in early October. PUBG players on Xbox One and PS4 will be able to match and play against each other. Test servers will be the first to offer cross-play in late September, with regular PUBG servers expected to get the update in early October. Microsoft unveiled the PUBG cross-play support during its Xbox Inside stream at Gamescom…