SSD Prices Could Increase Following Western Digital Material Contamination

Solid-state drives, or SSDs, are favored among gamers for their fast speeds, used in gaming PCs and consoles alike. Last year, SSD prices were moderate, with fears that chip shortages could increase the price of storage devices this year. Now, those concerns have been amplified after Western Digital announced a huge loss of NAND flash memory in a contamination incident at two of its fabrication facilities. Western Digital specializes in hard disk drives and data storage solutions, offering consumer and enterprise products....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Samantha Travis

Ted Lasso Season 3 Teaser Trailer Confirms Release Date On Apple TV

Ted Lassois back, andApple TV Plus' hit series wants everyone to “Believe” in a new season 3 teaser that foreshadows the show’s return next month, with the English Premier League’s most likable manager in as good spirits as always. Last month,Apple TV PlusannouncedTed Lassoseason 3 would premiere by spring, thoughTed Lassofans are still waiting to see if this will be the show’s final chapter as was planned by Jason Sudeikis and the rest of its creators....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Daniel Olson

Tekken 8 Could Be Breaking a Long-Standing Tradition

SinceTekken’s debut in 1994, Heihachi Mishima has been one of a handful of ever-present characters in the popular fighting series. He plays a key part in the franchise’s lore, given his position as the patriarch of the Mishima family, who are the nucleus around which the whole plot is formed. Heihachi has regularly served as one of, if not the main, primary antagonists of theTekkenseries. However, following the events ofTekken 7, and Heihachi’s presumed death at the hands of his son Kazuya, his inclusion in the upcomingTekken 8is thrown into doubt....

July 22, 2025 · 4 min · 662 words · Justin Bryant

The Best Hard Sci-Fi Novels For Newcomers To The Subgenre

Science fiction is broadly divided into two subgenres: soft sci-fi and hard sci-fi. Some of the most popular franchises, such asStar WarsandStar Trek,are soft sci-fi: while they may enjoy playing with various scientific ideas, they incorporate many technologies or powers that are impossible according to current scientific knowledge. RELATED:Underrated Sci-Fi TV Series Canceled After One Season In hard science fiction, the author does their best to only include plausible technologies. Sublight engines and planet-sized machines may be ludicrously expensive and difficult to develop, but they exist on the fringes of possibility....

July 22, 2025 · 7 min · 1409 words · Eileen Olson

The Best Nintendo Wii Horror Games, Ranked

Throughout the Nintendo Wii’s lifespan, the console covered a plethora of different genres with its games. While it obviously featured plenty offirst-party titles such asMarioandZeldaand also provided plenty of unique RPGs for fans of the genre to try out, very gradually, it also became the home of more than a few excellent horror games. Many of these games benefited from the Wii’s innovative motion controls,which helped add an extra layer of immersion to the experience, and in the case of horror games, this goes a very long way in making the core gameplay feel as intense and frightening as possible....

July 22, 2025 · 8 min · 1572 words · Lisa Hall

The Case for 'Persona 6 Royal'

Persona 5 Royalis a textbook example of how to an expanded edition of a game right. Atlus didn’t go intoPersona 5 Royaltrying to turn the whole game on its head. Rather, it wanted to add new kinds of content still similar to what fans loved about the original game, and it worked. The new social elements and activities around Tokyooffered Joker a whole new worldof options on how to spend his free time....

July 22, 2025 · 5 min · 985 words · Cynthia Ray

The Devil's Rejects Ending, Explained

The 2005 horror filmThe Devil’s Rejectsis one of the most popular Rob Zombie movies and is a sequel toHouse of 1000 Corpses, which was released in 2003.The Devil’s Rejectsfollows several unique main characters who continue the spree of violence that they started in the first film. Zombie’s work is always dark, intense, and visually arresting. He puts his own spin on the horror genre for sure, whether making this series about the Firefly family or putting out differentHalloweenmovies....

July 22, 2025 · 4 min · 763 words · Micheal Davis

The Different Meta Types in Overwatch 2 Explained

Summary It’s been almost a year sinceOverwatch 2launched, and players have seen the release of new heroes like Ramattra, Kiriko, and Sojourn. New maps, like New Queen Street and Paraiso, were added for variety and to accommodate new modes like Push. The biggest change, however, is the switch from the 6v6 to 5v5 format in the standard game modes inOverwatch 2. All these changes led to a shift in the franchise’s meta, albeit not as drastic....

July 22, 2025 · 4 min · 656 words · Mary Cervantes

The Witcher 3 Fan Makes Spectacular Kaer Morhen Replica Out of LEGO

A fan ofThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntis constructing a phenomenal replica of Kaer Morhen using LEGO, the training ground for Witchers from the School of the Wolf. With officialTheWitcher 3: Wild HuntLEGO nowhere to be found but demand that is evident to see, many custom builds for characters have been developed by enthusiasts over the years. Kaer Morhen was originally erected by Nordlings a couple of centuries before the events ofThe Witcher 3and is loosely translated from Elder Speech to Keep of the Elder Sea....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Vincent Ballard

Things Yu Yu Hakusho Does Better Than Hunter X Hunter

Hunter x HunterandYu Yu Hakushoare some of the best shonen anime and manga out there. Both were written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi, and have often been compared to one another for a long time. WhileHunter x Hunteris one of the best anime out there, it’s obvious thatYu Yu Hakushohad a heavy influence on it. RELATED:Underrated Anime Power Systems Fans of both works have long argued over which is better, but at the end of the day, there isn’t a right or wrong answer....

July 22, 2025 · 7 min · 1440 words · Sean Smith

Tips For Combat In Manor Lords

Summary While the main focus of Slavic Magic’sManor Lordscenters around the construction and maintenance of a village and its populace, combat is an inevitability for players in either the “Restoring The Peace” or “On The Edge” game modes. Rather than the passive “Rise To Prosperity” mode, these more challenging modes introduce an element of external pressure in the form of raiders and rival factions. Therefore, it is important to be prepared and have at least a rough idea of what to expect from combat....

July 22, 2025 · 5 min · 883 words · Leroy Thomas

Triangle Agency Developers Talk Control Parallels and the Paranormal Investigation Genre

Haunted Table Games has taken to Kickstarter to secure funds for its paranormal investigation tabletop RPG,Triangle Agency.TheKickstartercampaign annihilated its initial funding goal of $9,999, and sits at nearly $150K at the time of writing. The system promises players a unique “corporate horror” take on the paranormal genre with dozens of notable influences, including Remedy Entertainment’s 2019 hit,Control. Game Rant recently sat down with lead designers and Haunted Table Co-Founders, Caleb Zane Huett and Sean Ireland, to discuss whatTriangle Agencydoes differently from other similar titles, and the creative lessons it learned fromgames likeControl....

July 22, 2025 · 4 min · 684 words · Tony Johnson

Twitch Streamer Amouranth Loses 300,000 Followers After Being Banned

Twitchstreamer Kaitlyn Siragusa, more commonly known asAmouranth, was recently banned for reasons unknown. It appears that it was due to something that happened last week during a gym IRL stream, but exact details have not been confirmed at this time. Speculation suggests that there could have been some accidental slip that violated Twitch’s terms of services, as similar incidents have occurred in the past. Amouranth successfully repealed the ban, regardless, which would have likely been for 3 days....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Laura Patrick