If you’ve been unfortunate enough to be in a Discord call with me wheneverSifuhas been shown off, you would know I’m pretty excited for the game. Thekung fu beat-’em-upfrom Sloclap looks like it’s going to fill a very specific desire for me. Its seemingly precise yet furious combat reminded me of my days as a black belt back when I practiced Shotokan Karate. The two are different forms of martial arts, but the visual methodology is still there....

Sombra’s rework in Overwatch 2 proves she’s just impossible to balance Overwatch 2 Season 13introduces yet anothermajor rework to DPS Hero Sombrathat makes her much tougher to use and proves that she’s (sadly) impossible to balance properly. Balancing Heroesis arguably the most thankless task that Blizzard faces in Overwatch 2. For every small tweak, there are thousands of players asking why they butchered their precious main, while others call for even bigger changes....

Sony’s$250 million investment in Epic Gameson Thursday, July 10, wasn’t exactly shocking. The two have been close partners for years, and in May, Epic showed the first Unreal Engine 5 footage running on a PlayStation 5. What was surprising was how small a stake Sony got for its money. A quarter of a billion dollars bought Sony a 1.5% ownership interest in the company behindFortniteand so many other franchises. Eight years ago, when Tencent invested $330 million, that company picked up a 40% share in Epic....

Summary One of the biggest questions surrounding 2009’sSpliceis whether Dren’s personality would be different if she were treated with nurturing care. The 15-year-old sci-fi horror flick has seen a resurgence in popularity recently, as it was added to Max’s streaming platform and quickly became a trending title. Viewers have seen it as aperfect pairing with 1931’sFrankensteinand become especially interested in the hybrid creature known as Dren, who was genetically created by the film’s main characters, Elsa and Clive (played by Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody....

Stellar Blade’s PC release suddenly gets blocked in 129 countries Stellar Bladewas set to escape console exclusivity with a bang, but now, it’s blocked in 129 countries. The slick sci-fi action-RPG has enjoyed a glow-up since launch. Critics praised its fast-paced combat and jaw-dropping visuals. On May 15, developer Shift Up announced a PC port will release onJune 11. It should have been a win for everyone. Instead, shortly after the update announcement, PC players from 129 countries suddenly couldn’t access the game’s store page....

Summary Brandi Passante rose to fame in A&E’sStorage Wars, but now the entrepreneurial maven is turning heads with her cute looks after separating from Jarrod Schulz. As professional buyers bidding on the contents of storage units, Brandi and Jarrod would take a chance on the spaces and turn a profit on the items inside. They operated a thrift store together,Now and Then,where they sold stock from storage units. However, despite starting their spin-off together in 2014,Brandi and Jarrod separatedin 2018....

Summary Summer 2024 is shaping up to be a defining few months forStar Trek: Lower Decks' Jack Quaid, who is set to reprise three career-defining roles that span multiple fandoms and genres. Though he’s the son of notable actors Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan and grew up acting, Jack Quaid didn’t gain media attention until appearing as Marvel inThe Hunger Gamesand performing in several independent projects.Quaid has become a household name in the last five yearsafter landing roles in three major TV shows, all of which are set to grow in popularity this summer....

Summary Leslie Fhima thought Gerry Turner was the one, butThe Golden Bachelorgave his final rose to Theresa Nist instead. Gerry, the 72-year-old widower and retired restaurateur, dated 22 single women throughout the inaugural season ofTheBachelorspin-off. After a series of group dates, one-on-ones, rose ceremonies, and dramatic moments, Gerry ultimately eliminated all but 65-year-old Leslie and 70-year-old Theresa. Gerry told both of the final two women that he loved them and even told Leslie she was the one....

Summary The Golden BachelorstarGerry Turner criticized a fan who wrote a negative comment on Instagram about his charity work. Gerry, a 72-year-old retired restaurateur from Hudson, Indiana, got engaged to Theresa Nist, a 70-year-old financial services professional from Shrewsbury, New Jersey, duringThe Golden Bachelorseason 1. They got married on June 05, 2025, in a live, televised wedding. However, just three months later, Gerry and Theresa announced that they were getting a divorce....

Intel announced plans to discontinue itsKaby Lake-G processors, which pair the company’s 8th-gen processing cores with long-time rival AMD’s discrete Radeon RX Vega M graphics. When it was launched, the Kaby Lake-G processor raised a few eyebrows because of the unique collaboration between the two competitors. However, in the several years since the CPU has been available, Intel cited weak demand for the component in its decision to cancel the chipset....

GE Aerospace has unveiled a remarkable — and remarkably squishy — robot called Sensiworm (Soft ElectroNics Skin-Innervated Robotic Worm) that’s set to enhance aircraft safety. The camera-equipped Sensiworm has been designed for the inspection of airplane parts like engines, with the General Electric subsidiarysuggestingthat the diminutive device “could serve as extra sets of eyes and ears” for engineers. A video (top) released by the company on Thursday shows the Sensiworm doing its thing, crawling through an engine’s gaps and curves in search of cracks and corrosion while all the time sending back live video to its human operators....

Retailers are offeringlaptop dealsin all shapes and sizes, so buying a new laptop may be overwhelming if you don’t know where to begin. For dependable machines with immense value for money, it’s highly recommended that you start withHP laptop deals, which includes this $150 discount for the HP 17 Laptop that brings its price down to just $650 from its original price of $800. If you finalize your purchase now, you’ll get it in time for Christmas so that you can give it as a gift to a loved one — or even to yourself....

If you’re on the hunt forgaming laptop deals, we highly recommend going for the Gigabyte Aorus 16X. Two configurations of the device are currently on sale from Amazon — one with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card at $1,499 instead of $1,599 for a $100 discount, and another with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card at $1,699 instead of $1,949 for a $250 discount. You’re going to have to hurry with your purchase if you want to take advantage of either offer though, as there’s no telling how much time is remaining before the savings disappear....