Blizzard starts Overwatch 2 Season 17 next Tuesday with major Stadium mode updates. The developer expands the popular mode with three heroes and two new maps. Zenyatta, Sigma and Junkrat join Stadium battles on Esperança and Samoa locations. Stadium Forge lets players create custom team setups and share strategies. The system provides early and late game examples for every character.
The season brings the first Stadium rank reset for all players. Map voting arrives for Quick Play and Competitive matches after role selection. Three random map choices appear with voting odds determined through roulette selection. Team chat and individual votes stay hidden to reduce player pressure. Leaver penalties start when voting begins.
Three new...
Elon Musk left the Trump administration on May 30 through a peaceful White House press meeting. Tesla car sales remain weak despite his departure from government work. Public fights between Musk and Trump hurt the electric car company. Musk accused Trump of working with Jeffrey Epstein during their argument. Trump threatened to cancel SpaceX government contracts as revenge.
Wells Fargo expert Colin Langan says Tesla needs much higher car sales to meet targets. The company must sell over 50 percent more cars next month to reach 411,000 vehicles. Tesla lacks power to boost sales numbers right away. The Senate voted to end California clean air rules that helped Tesla make money. Companies will stop buying pollution credits from Tesla when...
Microsoft plans to release the ROG Xbox Ally gaming handhelds during late October. The company faces pricing challenges due to trade tariffs on Chinese and Taiwanese products. Windows Central reports that earlier price rumors may prove inaccurate because of these economic factors. ASUS builds the devices in countries affected through current trade policies. Microsoft has not announced final costs for either gaming system.
The base ROG Xbox Ally uses AMD Ryzen Z2A processors for better battery performance. Premium Xbox Ally X models feature AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme chips that create higher frame rates. Both systems use LCD screens instead of OLED displays to reduce power consumption. ASUS chose variable refresh rate support over premium...
Xbox announced eleven more games will join Game Pass during late June and early July. The gaming service already added twenty titles during June alone. Star Trucker and Wildfrost arrive on console platforms June 18. Sloclap launches Rematch directly into the subscription service June 19.
Three classic Warcraft games reach PC Game Pass subscribers June 26. Warcraft Remastered, Warcraft II Remastered and Warcraft III Reforged expand the strategy game collection. Call of Duty WWII joins console and PC libraries June 30. Little Nightmares II and Rise of the Tomb Raider start July on all platforms.
Six games leave the service June 30 to make room for new arrivals. Arcade Paradise, Journey to the Savage Planet and My Friend Peppa Pig exit...
Behringer made a copy of the famous Klon Centaur guitar pedal for just $69. The company copied everything from the gold case to the red knobs and mythical beast picture. Bill Finnegan sued Behringer for stealing his design without permission. Stores ran out of the pedals after people heard about the lawsuit. Guitar players started selling the pedals online for crazy prices.
Some sellers ask over $2000 for a pedal that costs $69 at stores. Most listings range from $500 to $1000 on auction websites. One seller claims prices will keep rising because stores cannot sell them anymore. The original Klon Centaur costs thousands of dollars and famous guitarists like John Mayer use them. Josh Scott once jokingly listed a vintage Klon for half a...
U2 singer Bono believes Haim could become the world's biggest band. Producer Rostam Batmanglij recalls meeting Bono about ten years ago during dinner with Ryan Tedder. Bono had heard about Vampire Weekend but never listened to their albums. The U2 frontman became excited when Batmanglij mentioned working with Haim. Bono declared the sister trio had potential for global success.
Batmanglij worked on Haim's fourth album called I Quit. The producer values how Haim creates music through live performance rather than computer editing. He believes their organic playing style creates a unique sound. Each song works as a complete piece that someone could cover with just an acoustic guitar. The band maintains old-school dynamics that separate...
John Marston actor Rob Wiethoff said he does not make announcements for Rockstar Games during a workout stream. He told viewers that only Rockstar makes its announcements. The actor fears he misled people with earlier comments about exciting news. He remains excited about upcoming news that has not gone public. Wiethoff stressed that Rockstar handles all official company announcements.
The actor previously teased major Red Dead news during a Saturday gaming stream. He told fans about something incredible coming before the end of the current period. Arthur Morgan actor Roger Clark confirmed he knows about the news with a smiling dog image. Charles actor Noshir Dalal also hinted at the secret announcement. All three voice actors seem...
AIDA64 Extreme added support for new graphics cards from AMD and Intel. The monitoring software shows AMD Radeon RX 7400 and Intel Battlemage BMG-G31 chips. Hardware makers have not officially announced these graphics cards. The software reveals details about upcoming budget and mid-range products. Companies typically release graphics cards about one year after AIDA64 adds them.
AMD built the Radeon RX 7400 with NAVI 33 architecture for entry-level gaming. The company plans a professional version called Radeon PRO W7400 for workstations. Intel designed the BMG-G31 chip to power the Arc B770 graphics card. The Arc B770 will feature 24-32 Xe2 cores and 16 GB memory with a 256-bit bus. This card marks Intel's first Battlemage product with...
Remedy Entertainment launched FBC Firebreak today as its first team-based multiplayer game. NVIDIA released new GeForce Game Ready driver version 576.80 with day-one support for the title. The driver fixes crashes and stability problems across thirteen popular games like GTA V Enhanced and Marvel Rivals. Dragon's Dogma 2 players will notice shadow flicker issues have been resolved. Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut no longer shows light source corruption.
FBC Firebreak supports DLSS 4 technology with frame generation and ray reconstruction features. The game uses RTX Mega Geometry to reduce memory usage and improve performance when ray tracing is active. NVIDIA claims the technology makes the game run 9.3 times faster at 4K maximum...
