Author: Lily Bennett

Apple introduced the iPhone 16 on September 9, promising a souped-up five-core GPU that can support hardware-accelerated ray tracing and play AAA games previously only available on the iPhone 15 Pro. Here’s what we know so far about the next iPhone’s gaming capabilities.While Apple’s announcement for the iPhone 16 has a strong focus on generative AI, it also showed off how the device’s five-core GPU will deliver higher performance for more demanding games. Thanks to the new A18 GPU, the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus can now support hardware-accelerated ray tracing, which Apple says can model light with up to five times higher frame rates than software-based ray tracing.


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You’ve seen Sonic the Hedgehog, but have you ever seen Sonic the Duck? That’s exactly what you’re getting with this new release from Tubbz, as the company behind the weird–but cool–video game rubber duckies, has put a plush spin on Sonic. Instead of being constructed from water-resistant rubber, he’s now a soft duckie that’s just asking to be hugged. And because duckie scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should have made a Dr. Eggman plush as well.

  • Sonic the Hedgehog Plush Duck — $25
  • Dr. Eggman Plush Duck — $25

These are priced at $25 each, and they’ll be released on November 4. Each plush duckie is officially licensed and machine-washable so you can easily keep them in pristine squeezing condition.Sonic and Dr. Eggman aren’t the only plushies from Tubbz. You can also get a trio of characters from Bungie’s Destiny, a Minion from Despicable Me, Tofu from Resident Evil, and more. Preorders are live now for a rubber duck plush of Pennywise from Stephen King’s It.

  • Pennywise (It) Plush Duck — $25 | Releases October 18
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Throne and Liberty does a great job of feeling like a return to the glory days of MMOs, but that doesn’t mean it eschews every modern feature or convenience. This free-to-play adventure has a lot of efficient mechanics to help players feel like they have choices in its massive world. However, you may be wondering if that extends to cross-progression and cross-play functionality. Well, we have good news and bad news–so let’s dive in and find out.

Does Throne and Liberty have cross-progression (AKA cross-save)?

So, the bad news first: Throne and Liberty does not support cross-progression at this time. As such, if you purchase the game on more than one platform, you’ll have to start entirely new accounts and characters on each.


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Black Ops 6 arrives on October 25, and tons of new information was revealed for multiplayer and Warzone during Activision’s Call of Duty: Next event on August 28, including live gameplay featuring Treyarch’s new omnimovement system. GameSpot was able to attend the event and speak with Treyarch about the changes in development for the new shared engine and how it enabled the studio to create Call of Duty’s new advanced movement.The last Treyarch game was 2020’s Black Ops Cold War, which was a Call of Duty that was created on a shorter development cycle and required a pivot to work-from-home conditions during the pandemic. Now, Treyarch is back in the action again with an extended four-year development cycle for Black Ops 6, and it is the studio’s first game on Call of Duty’s new shared engine, which was introduced with 2022’s Modern Warfare 2 reboot.


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Content warning: This article mentions self-harm.Longtime players of EA Sports games may recall how the publisher’s famous slogan, “It’s in the game,” is actually a shortened version of the full sentiment one would hear upon booting up any of its many sports games across several decades: “If it’s in the game, it’s in the game.” This simple phrase worked well for a long time as a way to tout authenticity. If you’re seeing it on the field (or rink, court, et al), you can bet it’ll be in the video game simulation. That was the promise anyway.But it worked. The soundbyte is iconic; I can still hear it in my head even as EA dropped the first half of that slogan years ago, and today, the Madden team’s North Star is, arguably more than ever, authenticity. It’s a word that comes up constantly whenever I speak to members of the EA Orlando (formerly Tiburon) team. But this year’s NFL season is set to introduce a stark contrast between what’s in the game and what’s in the game: Guardian Caps.Invented in 2010, Guardian Caps represent the latest in player-safety equipment. These bulky, quilt-like coverings go over a player’s traditional helmet and are meant to protect…

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Bandai Namco has announced that the MMO Blue Protocol will be ending service in Japan, and that the international release via Amazon Games has been canceled.Blue Protocol will be shut down on January 18, 2025 in Japan. “As a result, we have also canceled our plans to release a Western version of the game in collaboration with Amazon Games,” Bandai Namco said in a statement. “We have enjoyed a strong relationship with Amazon Games throughout the development of Blue Protocol, and both of our teams are disappointed that we will not be able to deliver the game to players around the world.”Bandai also added that while it been preparing for the game’s launch, it ultimately concluded that it would be difficult to provide a satisfactory experience. Blue Protocol was supposed to release worldwide simultaneously in 2023, but only the Japanese version launched. The Western version, to be published by Amazon Games, was delayed to 2024. Earlier this year, Bandai reported a 21 billion yen loss due to an underperforming game, which may have been Blue Protocol.Amazon Games has been synonymous with the MMORPG genre as of late, with games such as Lost Ark and New World. It’s also publishing another …

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