Author: Dhruv Kaushik

Square Enix is working on an official Final Fantasy VII Remake board game, which will turn the city of Midgar into a dice-and-piece battlefield. Games like Stardew Valley’s agricultural simulator and The Binding of Isaac’s roguelike have both been adapted into board and card games for tabletop play. Products ranging from jewelry to perfume have been inspired by the Final Fantasy series. This is especially true with the FF7 Remake. There haven’t been many Final Fantasy board games throughout the years, but the Chocobo ones have been particularly well received. Despite the availability of several high-quality board games inspired by…

Blizzard has stated that the free-to-play shooter Overwatch 2 will not get any major rebalances to its pool of characters until the game begins its second season in early December. The game’s creators updated players in a blog post on how the firm is tracking things like gaming activity, map changes, and competition rankings in the days after the game’s release. Blizzard has announced that the next major patch, launching on October 25th, will include a specialized change to the tank Zarya. Since the release of Overwatch 2, no hero’s stats have been outside of Blizzard’s expectations. According to Blizzard’s…

KEF, a company that specializes in audio from the United Kingdom, has introduced a new set of headphones that block out ambient noise. The Mu7 wireless over-ear headphones are now available to purchase and can be found on the KEF website (opens in a new tab), where they are priced at $399, £349, and AU$613, respectively. They are priced to compete directly with the likes of the top noise-canceling headphones now available on the market, including popular models such as the Sony WH-1000XM5, Bose Noise-Canceling Headphones 700, and Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2 headphones. Both the Mu3 true wireless earbuds…

Elden Ring has received a new update that finally separates the damage scaling for PvE and PvP combat. The data that was included in the patch, however, seems to provide hints about new locales as well as ray tracing technology, which is an intriguing tease. According to the information provided in the patch notes for version 1.07 of Elden Ring, the damage scaling for PvE and PvP has been split apart. This will make it possible for different weapons and skills to be independently balanced for each mode. According to a statement made by the game’s publisher Bandai Namco in…

The user interface for the YouTube player for Android TV is being updated. The new user interface was first noticed by 9to5Google, and it incorporates elements of the Material You style. At its left end, above the playing progress meter, is a pill-shaped title box. The video’s title is displayed in bold at the top of the white box, with the channel’s name, the number of views, and the upload date listed just below. This latest report states that on Android TV and Google TV-powered devices, this box takes the place of the title text in the top left corner…

Roku has announced a new range of smart home gadgets developed in partnership with Wyze, marking a significant expansion into new territory. The business appears to have simply rebranded Wyze devices as Roku, at least at first glance. The hardware is identical, but each player will run Roku’s own software. There will be a number of devices(opens in new tab) with similar pricing to Wyze’s, as well as a subscription service that will provide access to additional functions and a mobile app to manage it all. There are three basic types of gadgets: cameras, lamps, and electrical outlets. Most of…

Mozilla’s Firefox Relay service, which provides you with a fake email address to use instead of your actual one, will soon also provide you with a fake phone number. According to a blog post by Mozilla product manager Tony Amaral-Cinotto, the relay service may produce a phone number for you to hand out to businesses if you are concerned that they may use it to send you spam texts in the future or share it with others who will. Distributing this secondary contact number should make it simpler to prevent more spam calls and texts in the future. Your relay…

Earlier this year, the Felicity Ace caught fire on the Atlantic Ocean, killing 15 Aventador supercars. After having to remake every single one of what were meant to be the last customer examples of the Sant’Agata Bolognese flagship, Lamborghini is now able to move on. In fact, the Italian exotic car brand lost roughly 85 vehicles in the blaze, most of them Urus SUVs. At the end of September, the final Aventador was unveiled. Only on the production line in Italy was the Aventador’s last chapter revealed: a unique Ultimate Roadster created by the company’s Ad Personam division. And now,…

Apple has been hard at work updating its lineup of mobile devices and wearables. With the new iOS 14 and Apple Watch 8, the company has included a safety mechanism that automatically notifies emergency services in the case of a car crash. However, the feature has run afoul of the law of unintended consequences, as have many other recent technological developments. Claims have surfaced that the “crash detection system” is mistakenly activating on roller coasters and in other peculiar conditions. Let’s analyze the inner workings of these systems to see what’s going on. Can You Sense Something? These days, smartphones…

You wouldn’t expect to have to give any conscious thought to something as mundane as charging your phone, would you? Simply plugging in your phone, letting the charger do its thing, and returning to discover a fully charged, more effective gadget that can last for hours without needing to be recharged is the ideal situation. It’s not always the case, though. A few good technological practices may go a long way toward ensuring that your phone always functions at peak efficiency. Perhaps this entails upgrading from a generic iPhone charger to one that has been certified by Apple, as well…