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If you’re still trying to get that Olympic feeling back, sprint athlete Nick Mayhugh has a reminder that the Paralympic Games are right around the corner and will be at least as exciting on social media as the Olympics were.

The Opening Ceremony takes place on August 28th, so you have until then to try to figure out unique sports, like murderball, aka wheelchair rugby, and exactly how classification works.

I’m sure a lot more people would pay attention to in-flight safety videos if they featured Pokémon — like this one from Japanese airline ANA.

Originally announced in October of 2022 when the PC version was celebrating its 25th anniversary, Age of Empires Mobile, developed by TiMi Studio Group and World’s Edge, will finally be released on October 17th.

Ahead of the launch, the game is now available for preorder on both the App Store and Google Play.

You can pay to see if your partner will respond to a stranger’s flirty DM — and TikTok has turned this into a thriving subculture.

“On one hand, it’s like, fuck yeah, we got this guy,” Monzon told me. “But on the other hand, it’s like, ‘Fuck.’ This girl’s life is…she’s heartbroken now.”

APU, audio, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth drivers are now available, according to Valve. Just note that the audio driver is only for audio over headphones or Bluetooth — speaker drivers are coming later.

Personally, I’m still waiting for Valve to release the long-promised ability to dual-boot Windows.

Or I mean, he will play the role of John Madden in an upcoming biopic about the famed NFL coach, which, according to THR, will also double as an origin story for the videogame. Hopefully the movie will be faithful to the real Madden and they’ll release a new version every year with no meaningful updates for their aggrieved fans.

Originally released earlier this year, Bull Airs is opening up preorders again on August 16th for its heavily customized Nike Air Jordan 1 sneakers that draw inspiration from the original Game Boy and the Game Boy Color.

You can get either ShoeBoys design or a mixed pair for $350, or save $100 by dropping $600 on a bundle that includes a pair of each.

But it’s not Elder Scrolls VI. Instead, Bethesda’s sword and board series is getting its own version of Fallout Shelter called The Elder Scrolls: Castles. You’ll be tasked with building the perfect medieval domicile with all the amenities to keep your subjects happy, healthy, and therefore, less likely to stab you.

The Elder Scrolls: Castles launches on iOS and Android on September 10th.

Trombone Champ: Unflattened, which is launching this fall, looks just as silly as the flatscreen game.

Colombian singer-songwriter Karol G will be the star of Fortnite Festival’s fifth season, which launches tomorrow. Like with other Festival seasons, there will be themed items based on the artist that you can acquire.

Epic Games also will be hosting a playable Karol G concert inside Fortnite (made by Magnopus, the team behind the recent Metallica show) that debuts on August 23rd.

Nvidia has partnered up with modding repository CurseForge to support 25 of the most popular WoW Addons — including options for UI customization, combat, action bars, and quest helpers — for Ultimate and Priority subcribers of the cloud streaming service.

The mods are pre-installed ready for launch, always updated to the latest release, and don’t require users to have a CurseForge account.

Acer to The Verge, today:

We are offering a two-year extended warranty for affected 13th and 14th Gen Intel Core desktop processors causing instability issues. While we are working closely with Intel to address the situation through microcode updates, customers experiencing such issues should contact their nearest Acer service center.

I think that’s just about everyone. Now we see if everyone makes exchanges difficult... or easy.

Previously only available in purple or aqua, the $29 Playdate Cover that magnetically attaches to the crankable handheld to protect its unlit screen is now available in a third option: the Pizza Cover.

It looks like a miniature pizza box without the grease stains or a delicious late night snack inside, and is now available through the Playdate website in “limited quantities.”

We’ve already seen the story of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry turned into a cinematic drama, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, director Eddie Schmidt is in the early stages of production on a documentary about the iconic smartphone.

Ok, so it’s only been 10 years since the last Dragon Age game launched. But after years of development updates, high-profile departures, and layoffs that saw long-time Dragon Age veterans leave the studio, BioWare is finally ready to reveal when we can expect Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Tune in to YouTube tomorrow at 12 PM ET for a brand new trailer and release date information.

You’ll be able to play this new version of Sony’s narrative / horror game starting October 4th on PS5 and PC. In addition to updated visuals (built using Unreal Engine 5), the game will offer “revised cinematography,” a reworked prologue, and new collectibles, according to a PlayStation blog post.

But note that on PC, you’ll need a PlayStation Network account, like with God of War Ragnarök.

After Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit against the trio for its upcoming Venu streaming service, Puck’s Eriq Gardner sat in on an evidentiary hearing overseen by NY District Judge Margaret Garnett:

From the several days of testimony I witnessed — packed with executives, consultants, and economists — it feels like a preliminary injunction might just be on the table... Garnett seems genuinely concerned by the extraordinary influence that could be wielded by an alliance of the sector’s behemoths. 

Though Sony’s upcoming Kraven the Hunter feature probably won’t feature any Spider-Man cameos, the movie’s latest trailer is a reminder that at the very least, we’ll be seeing another Rhino variant when the movie hits theaters on December 13th.

What’s more impressive than Saudi Arabian gamer Ibrahim Al-Nasser’s collection of hundreds of retro consoles is that 444 of them are actively connected to a single TV.

The setup includes over 30 RCA switchers for the older hardware and at least 12 HDMI switchers. A detailed spreadsheet lets Al-Nasser know which switcher needs to be powered up to play a specific console.