Quick Links You will meet Thiollier as you progress the main story ofElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, and completing his sidequest can bring some valuable rewards. The master of poison is a powerful ally and an interesting NPC who you will encounter a few times as you play. Each time you see him, you will learn something new about your fellow Tarnished on your journey towards finding Kindly Miquella....

The company behind popular streaming accessories like theStream Deck XLis back with another new accessory. Launching June 15 is the Elgato Facecam, a Full HD 1080p webcam built from the ground up with features designed just for content creators. Priced at $200, the Elgato Facecam isn’t your average webcam. It sports a premium design and tons of advanced imaging features that ensure you look good during your Teams and Zoom calls....

It’s the perfect message before Valentine’s Day: The human heart is so powerful that it can even charge up the batteries of our most important devices. At least, that’s what is suggested by a new project carried out at Dartmouth College, where engineers have built a tiny energy-harvesting gizmo that is capable of converting the heart’s kinetic energy into electricity which could be used to power an assortment of implantable devices....

Flappy Bird officially back after 10 years as fans acquire licence to infamous game The dead flaps! In a shocking revelation, the simple yet classic game Flappy Bird is set to return in 2024. Flappy Bird was one of the strangest stories in mobile gaming history. Initially released in 2013, Flappy Bird would eventually take the Internet by stormwith a basic yet challenging gameplay loopwhere you tried to stop a bird from crashing into pipes....

Summary Flintlock: The Siege of Dawnbills itself as a soulslite, drawing inspiration from the titles of FromSoftware while not being quite as punishing as a typicalDark Soulsgame. The title comes from A44 Games, which previously released the well-received RPGAshenin 2018. Hands-on time with the game following Summer Game Fest’s Xbox Showcase gave a better idea of what players can expect from the upcoming title, though there’s clearly still a lot left to learn....

Florida governor Ron DeSantis removed many of the obstacles that previously stood in the way of companies hoping to test autonomous vehicles on the state’s roads. The Republican politician signeda lawthat establishes a clear legal framework for self-driving cars to operate within the state, including prototypes navigating on their own without a human operator behind the wheel. Starting on June 10, 2025, automakers and tech companies will be allowed to test experimental autonomous cars on Florida roads without anyone behind the wheel, or inside the car....

The newest set ofFortnitechallenges is live, and a peculiar pair of them sends you on a quest to build and destroy sandcastles. This set is one of the more mysterious of season 6, week 10, but the main idea is that you’ll need to head to two (out of four) different fixed locations. For each challenge, there are two spawns — two for building sandcastles and two for destroying them. Fortunately, the locations feature three opportunities to complete the challenge, meaning you only need to visit one for each challenge....

Fortnite’sseason 5 has just gone live, marking the departure of its Marvel theme. Now, season 5 focuses on Star Wars — particularly The Mandalorian and most importantly, Baby Yoda (aka Grogu, but who really wants to call him that?). Since it’s the start of a new season, you’ll find map alterations and new challenges to complete, plus a slew of rewards. Kicking things off is a task for visiting the Razor Crest, which is The Mandalorian’s ship....

The first wave ofGame Pass gamesfor July felt like the perfect way to celebrate summer. Specifically,Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4let me relive those nostalgic summer days, and I can do it all again this weekend, only with a very different type of game. While that game is great, even if you have no nostalgia for one of thebest ’80s films, I always love to highlight some unknown games making their way to the service....

The first 8K ultrawide monitors are finally coming — and they’re coming soon. Details are incredibly sparse, but we do know that these high-resolutiongaming displayswill be launching sometime in 2023. The announced was dropped atAMD’s next-gen RX 7000 GPU launch, where the company announced that the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 would be the first official ultrawide monitor to support this higher resolution. The first of the bunch will be from Samsung, theOdyssey Neo G9, but AMD confirmed that companies like Dell, Asus, Acer, and LG will also be supporting this higher resolution on future monitors....

CES is in full swing, and Google is busy showing off Google Assistant insmart displays, on theJBL Link View, and in amyriad of other devices. With all that going on, you’d be forgiven for not noticing that Google’s parent company, Alphabet, justquietly bought a U.K.-based startupthat’s focused on integrating speaker functionality in smart device screens. Redux has been working on technologythat allows for sound to be emitted from underneath a device’s display, via an array of “micro-speaker” actuators placed beneath the touchscreen....

Gym-goer gets caught scanning into facility using barcode on Doritos bag A gym-goer used various items to scan into the facility and was given access on multiple occasions but was stopped when they tried to use a bag of Doritos. When TikToker‘Jayotv_’realized how costly a gym membership was, they attempted to access Planet Fitness by scanning in with “anything but a keycard.” In a viral TikTok, the gym-goer used a jar of hot sauce and was successfully allowed into PF after the scanner beeped, making it look like they had used a membership with a barcode....

Honkai Star Rail player sued for $150,000 for leaking unreleased character HoYoverse, the publisher of Genshin Impact,Honkai Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero, is suing a player for $150,000 after they reportedly leaked a character before their official release. Like Nintendo, HoYoverse is known to take action against those who leak their intellectual property. In 2024,the company compelled social media platform Xto hand over several prominent leaker accounts’ names, phone numbers, emails, and IP addresses....