reader comments 29 with 25 posters participating Share this story Do you have celebration plans for Wookiee Life Day? According to Disney, it’s the galaxy’s “most cheerful and magical holiday,” so on November 17, the company will celebrate the event on Disney+ with a Lego Star Wars Holiday Special. Set immediately after Rise of the ..
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Enlarge / Fortnite seen in the App Store on an iPhone on May 10, 2018. reader comments 697 with 253 posters participating Share this story Update 7:05pm EST: Google has now followed Apple’s lead, removing Fortnite from the Google Play store (that link goes to the former Play store page for the game). You can ..
Enlarge / A tense standoff across the demilitarized zone. reader comments 94 with 58 posters participating, including story author Share this story Console gamers looking at upgrading to a new system at the end of the year likely have a few major questions about how their existing game libraries will work across console generations, such ..
Enlarge / The series’ title is silly, but it’s actually such a good series that we found ourselves nitpicking its faults instead of feeling entirely embarrassed by it. In the gaming-media world, we’ll call that progress. reader comments 15 with 13 posters participating Share this story We at Ars Technica’s gaming section are flattered by ..
reader comments 92 with 67 posters participating, including story author Share this story The system-on-a-chip at the heart of the system. Overhead view. A model of the airflow “vortex” helping to cool the long rectangular Series X chassis. This image is labeled as a “vapor chamber,” which we can only assume is used for cooling. ..
Enlarge / Some of the executives in this building may be getting less money than they expected this year, thanks to a shareholder vote. reader comments 123 with 89 posters participating Share this story A significant majority of Electronic Arts shareholders voted against the company’s executive compensation plans late last week. The vote follows a ..
reader comments 48 with 36 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] Hillary Swank stars as an elite astronaut preparing for a crewed mission to Mars in the new Netflix sci-fi drama series Away. An elite international team of astronauts must leave family and friends behind for a three-year crewed mission to Mars in Away, ..
Enlarge / Ars marks the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bomb with a look at how the complicated legacy of this world-altering event has been reflected in film and television. reader comments 115 with 85 posters participating Share this story This year marks the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb. Just before sunrise on ..
Enlarge / Admit it, you’ve always wondered if Goku could beat Ronald McDonald in a fight. reader comments 29 with 22 posters participating Share this story The question, “Who would win in a fight?” is the root of many fierce debates throughout the history of pop culture. The notion of pitting characters from different properties ..
reader comments 38 with 31 posters participating Share this story A new controller for a system that hasn’t launched yet? That’s interesting enough, sure. But the news comes when you turn the box. Notice “Xbox Series X | S” as a descriptor? That is legitimate. The controller works with existing Xbox One consoles, and one ..
