Star Wars Day is May 4–May the Fourth be with you–and while you’ll find plenty of discounts on video games and accessories, one of the coolest deals is actually for Citizen watches. Four models in Citizen’s popular Star Wars lineup are being discounted for the event–though two of them have limited inventory, so you’ll need to check them out soon if you want to cash in on the savings. The C-3PO and Millenium Falcon models are the ones you’ll want to keep on your radar, as they’ve already climbed above 70% claimed. That means there’s a decent chance they’ll sell…
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George Lucas struck merchandising gold with Star Wars. Basically any type of product you can think of probably has a Star Wars-themed version. Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration, but the Star Wars media empire is staggeringly vast, including in the world of video games. Star Wars games have been a fixture in every console generation, on PC, and even in arcades for over 40 years. It’s not hard to see why, as the galaxy far, far away offers near-endless possibilities. For Star Wars Day, the annual day of celebration on May 4, dozens of Star Wars games from every era…
In a recent RPG roundtable I hosted for the PC Gamer Chat Log podcast, something Larian founder Swen Vincke said caused my ears to perk up: the already impressive multiplayer roleplaying in Baldur’s Gate 3 was once even more involved than what made it into the final game. During the roundtable, Ted Peterson, writer and designer of the original Elder Scrolls, pointed out that multiplayer games and MMOs have difficulty keeping their tone consistent—it’s easy to tell the difference between the way a player behaves and the way a character would. That was something Vincke had in mind during the…
Physical media is very popular these days. Nostalgia, fandom, and streaming burnout have caused certain segments of American society to switch off their Amazon Prime accounts and fire up their Blu-ray players. One of the many advertised benefits of physical media is that it offers a more permanent, definitive form of… Read more…
‘Twas the afternoon before Star Wars Day, and all through the internet, Hasbro was stirring our wallets with yet another big stream of reveals from the galaxy far, far away. Appropriately, given that 2024’s Star Wars Day coincides with the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, many of these goodies are celebrations… Read more…
Microsoft shared its responsible artificial intelligence practices from the past year in an inaugural report, including releasing 30 responsible AI tools that have over 100 features to support AI developed by its customers. Read more…
The Transportation and Security Administration plans to vastly expand its use of facial recognition technology in the U.S., going from 25 airports with the tech to over 430 by this July. And a group of 14 senators from both parties are not happy, arguing in a new letter that, “this powerful surveillance technology as… Read more…
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It’s almost Star Wars Day, and just ahead of May 4, Microsoft has announced a free trial for one of the best games based on George Lucas’ space opera franchise. I’m talking about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the sequel to 2019’s Jedi: Fallen Order, and if you’re an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, you can play a full five… Read more…
For some time now, the Helldivers 2 community has wanted clearer data on the galactic war that it’s been fighting, and earlier this week, Arrowhead Game Studios finally delivered. Specifically, the studio deployed the “Super Commas,” which implemented dividing commas into the existing in-game stats so that they didn’t… Read more…