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Sony’s next batch of free PS4 and PS5 games is now available

Sony’s “Play at Home” initiative continues with a huge stack of excellent games, including Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Subnautica, that are free to own for a limited time. No PlayStation Plus membership is required, meaning you can keep these games forever. From now through April 22nd at 11:59PM PT, the following titles will be… Read more

The Astro City Mini is an awesome blast through Sega’s arcade past

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Sega’s latest retro gaming machine, the Astro City Mini, comes on the back of two very different products: the excellent, crowd-pleasing Genesis Mini and the baffling but adorable Game Gear Micro. The former was an obvious mainstream… Read more

Sony is giving away Horizon Zero Dawn and a bundle of great indie games for free

As part of its “Play at Home” initiative, Sony has announced the next 10 games it is giving away completely for free to PlayStation owners, including Horizon Zero Dawn and indie darlings, such as Enter the Gungeon and The Witness. Incredibly, all of these games will be yours to own on PS4 and PS5, with… Read more

Logitech’s new gaming-focused earbuds play nicely with USB-C devices

Logitech’s latest earbuds, a $50 model called the G333, are unremarkable in terms of design, with a flat cable that houses an inline remote and mic, swappable silicone ear tips, and the ability to connect to gadgets via a 3.5mm jack. What makes them stand out is the included 3.5mm-to-USB-C adapter. If your phone or… Read more

Raspberry Pi’s Ninth Birthday: 9 Things You Might Not Know

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) One of the world’s most popular and innovative computers officially launched on February 29, 2012. Nine years and 38 million units sold later, the Raspberry Pi powers a huge community of makers, students and businesses. What started as a small project, meant to increase applications for Cambridge University’s computer science… Read more

Sony winds down Japan Studio to focus on Astro’s Playroom team

Sony has confirmed that Japan Studio, its internal video game developer based in Tokyo, will essentially wind down and refocus around a single team. In a statement to IGN, Japan Studio said as of April 1st it would be “re-centered to Team Asobi, the creative team behind Astro’s Playroom, allowing the team to focus on… Read more

How Sony’s PS5 designers turned PlayStation into something you can feel

Every DualSense controller has 40,000 tiny PlayStation symbols Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge When my colleague Andrew Webster reviewed the PlayStation 5, he explained how Sony’s next-generation of video games is something you can’t see — you have to touch. Part of that is how the amazing DualSense controller’s clever motorized triggers and… Read more

Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its division that provides internet from floating balloons, according to a post on the blog of Alphabet’s X moonshot division. “The road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped,” Astro Teller, who leads X, wrote in the blog. “In the coming months, we’ll begin winding down… Read more

You can now play Resident Evil Village’s ‘Maiden’ demo on PS5

If you’ve got a PlayStation 5, you probably know there’s not a lot to play right now — particularly if you’ve already finished the likes of Miles Morales, Demon’s Souls and Astro’s Playroom. But here’s something to (very briefly) tide you over: you can now download the Resident Evil Village “Maiden” demo ahead of the… Read more

Best PC gaming controllers 2021: Top premium controllers for your computer

(Pocket-lint) – If you just can’t get enough gaming goodness, but standard console controllers aren’t cutting it for your PC, then you might be considering an upgrade. There are a number of decent PC controllers out there that cater to different devices and help up your game. Robust designs, multi-functional capabilities and customisation options abound. … Read more

Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5: Google is partially removing astrophotography

With an update to its camera software, Google has cut the astrophotography mode of its Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 smartphones. From version 8.1 the mode is only available in connection with the wide-angle camera. Since then, users who want to capture the sky with the ultra-wide-angle camera have received an error message and… Read more

PlayStation 5 owners report more problems. This time it's about the DualSense pad, in which the triggers break

The PlayStation 5 console appeared on the market a month ago and still does not want to leave the lips of users interested in technology. If I were to be biting, I would explain this fact not with technological advancement, but with a glaring lack of store availability. So happy those who have already purchased… Read more

Sony’s Back Button Attachment is a glimpse at the PS5 controller we didn’t get

Over six years after it was first released, Sony suddenly created a new set of buttons for its DualShock 4 controller. The Back Button Attachment was a bizarre product, both conceptually and in terms of timing. The vaguely wing-shaped accessory had two extra buttons and an OLED panel on the back that allowed players to… Read more

Why is it so hard to turn off the PS5?

Sony’s PlayStation 5 user interface could really use some work, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the simple act of trying to turn the thing off. On most recent consoles, it’s been pretty easy to shut down the device with just the controller. Simply press and hold the PS button / Xbox button… Read more

TechStage | PlayStation 5: the best accessories

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Realme 7 Pro in the test: OLED display and 65 – Watt loading Huawei Mate 35 Pro in the test: Great, but without Google Samsung Galaxy M 21 Test: Solid cross-country skier at a budget price Oneplus 8T: battery full in 45 minutes and 120 – Hz display Samsung Galaxy Fold… Read more