Topic: early access
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Pocket Lands: A Mixed Reality Playground for Creators
Pocket Lands is a new mixed reality sandbox for creators on Meta Quest, offering a flexible platform to build digital worlds, though it's currently in Early Access with some rough edges. It features three distinct viewing modes for world-building and a standout ability to instantly shift from a g...
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Pocket Lands: Craft Miniature Worlds in VR Now on Quest
Pocket Lands is a new mixed reality sandbox game for Meta Quest, allowing players to build miniature worlds that blend with their physical space and then explore them in first-person VR. The early access version offers creative tools like multiple biomes, a day/night cycle, and quick construction...
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Get Gemini for Home Early Access: How to Try It First
Google has launched early access for Gemini for Home, integrating generative AI into compatible Nest devices to create a more conversational and intelligent assistant. The upgrade is free and supports a wide range of existing hardware, including Nest speakers and cameras, allowing for intuitive c...
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Google Gemini for Home: How to Get Early US Access
Google has launched early access to Gemini for Home, a new AI assistant that will replace Google Assistant on compatible Nest devices, offering more natural conversations. To join the early access program, users must enable "Add me to their groups" in Google Groups settings and submit a request v...
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Google Gemini for Home: Early Access, Public Preview & Launch Date
Google has clarified the rollout strategy for Gemini for Home, distinguishing between Early Access for select users to test features and a Public Preview, with availability expanding to more countries starting next week. The voice assistant component will launch for Google Home Premium subscriber...
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Memoreum Director's Quest Game: Patreon & Sideloading Strategy
**Hivefall** is a new VR sci-fi shooter inspired by Starship Troopers, currently available only through a Patreon subscription and sideloading via SideQuest, specifically optimized for the Meta Quest 3. The game is in early alpha, featuring base-defense missions against alien swarms with a progre...
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GTA 6 Playable Early in Heartwarming Rockstar Gesture
Rockstar Games reportedly allowed a terminally ill fan to play an early version of *Grand Theft Auto VI* before its 2026 release, fulfilling a heartfelt request from a family member. The gesture mirrors a similar compassionate act by the studio in 2018 and highlights the personal impact video gam...
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Master VR Dance Moves with 'Trip The Light' on Quest
Trip the Light is a new VR dancing game that uses mixed reality passthrough, allowing players to see their real surroundings while learning choreography with a virtual partner in a safe space. The game's core gameplay involves learning routines like Salsa with a digital instructor and features a ...
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Vein's Launch 'Larger Than Expected,' Devs Plan Update Transition
Vein is a zombie survival sandbox game that has gained unexpected popularity by blending deep simulation with an immersive 3D world, appealing to fans of the survival horror genre. The game stands out due to its high level of interactivity, allowing players to engage with nearly every object and ...
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Get Early Access to Gemini Features on Google Home
Gemini for Google Home offers advanced AI features like handling complex, contextual commands and identifying music by humming, requiring a specific sign-up process for early access. It surpasses Google Assistant by understanding nuanced instructions, managing multiple devices simultaneously, and...
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Try Google Gemini for Your Home Now
Google has launched the Gemini for Home early access program in the U.S., integrating its advanced AI into the redesigned Google Home app and replacing Google Assistant on compatible devices. Gemini enhances smart home interactions by understanding complex, multi-step commands, enabling tasks lik...
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Heart Machine Announces Staff Layoffs at LA Indie Studio
Heart Machine has laid off a significant portion of its workforce and is winding down development on its early access game, Hyper Light Breaker, citing uncontrollable industry challenges like funding shifts and market uncertainty. The layoffs follow the game's mixed reception on Steam and a previ...
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Skate's New "Golden Hour" Look Transforms Season 1
The free Early Access of EA's Skate is praised for its fluid skating mechanics but criticized for its bright, Fortnite-like aesthetic and heavy microtransaction focus. In response, developers at Full Circle will launch a major visual overhaul on October 7 with Season 1, featuring reduced contrast...
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MOBA in Development for 15 Years Shuts Down Before Full Release
Sirocco, a unique naval MOBA that spent fifteen years in development, is shutting down its servers permanently after a brief early access period due to being financially unviable. The game, a 5v5 naval brawler originating from a Warcraft 3 mod, struggled with a very small player base, peaking at ...
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Gemini for Home Voice Assistant Launches in Early Access
Google has launched Gemini for Home, an advanced voice assistant upgrade for compatible devices in the US, offering a more conversational and intelligent interface with plans for international expansion by 2026. The assistant supports a wide range of devices made since 2016 through a free core up...
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Google Home's New Feature Sparks Supernatural Reactions
Google's new Home Brief feature uses AI to summarize key events from home camera footage, offering convenience but showing mixed accuracy in early user reports. Initial feedback includes both precise event detection and significant errors, such as misidentifying animals, vehicles, and even report...
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Banners & Bastions Launches in December
Banners & Bastions is launching fully in December after early access on Meta Quest, featuring hand-tracking and procedurally generated battlefields for strategic defense. A recent update adds a dragon boss, new enemies like the Witch and Elite Swordsman, and the Minefield card to enhance tactical...
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Amazon Alexa+ Early Access Now Open to the Public
Amazon has launched a free early access program for its generative AI assistant, Alexa+, via a web portal, removing the previous requirement for specific hardware and making it broadly available like competing chatbots. Once the trial ends, Alexa+ will be bundled with Amazon Prime subscriptions o...
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December's Most Anticipated PC Game Releases
December 2025 offers a curated mix of new game releases, including horror titles like *Sleep Awake* and *Routine*, alongside unique adventures such as the rhythm-action *Unbeatable* and the demonic skateboarding game *Skate Story*. The month features key industry events like the PC Gaming Show: M...
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Timesplitters Remake Launches on PC With Online Co-Op
Timesplitters Rewind is a free, fan-developed remake of the original game, now available on PC in early access after over a decade of development. The game has been completely rebuilt in a modern engine, featuring the full story campaign, extensive multiplayer content, and recreated assets to ref...
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Don't Miss These 5 Hidden Steam Gems (November 2025)
The article highlights five standout indie games from November 2025 that may be overlooked due to the high volume of daily Steam releases. Each game offers a unique genre blend, such as *Service With A Shotgun* combining arcade shooting with visual novel storytelling and *The Apothecary of Trubiz...
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Google Seeks 15 Pixel Superfans to Test Secret Phones
Google is launching an exclusive program for 15 Pixel Superfans to test and provide feedback on unreleased Pixel phones, marking a shift from its previous internal-only testing policy. The initiative involves a contest within the Superfans community to select participants who must demonstrate dee...
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Skate's '90s-Themed First Season Arrives Next Week
The first season of Skate, "Hesh & Fresh," launches on October 7th, featuring a 1990s-inspired world with new areas, events, challenges, and cosmetic items to unlock. Players can earn Tix currency through the skate.Pass to personalize their experience and enjoy visual upgrades to San Van, alongsi...
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Palworld 1.0 Launches in 2026 With "Massive Content," Dev Teases New Games
Palworld 1.0 is set for release in 2026, with developers focusing on polishing the game by addressing technical issues and improving stability before launch. The full version will introduce substantial new content, including features, regions, and mechanics, while the game's price may increase ah...
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PayPal & Venmo Users: Get Free Perplexity Pro & Comet AI Browser
PayPal and Venmo users in select countries can receive a free 12-month subscription to Perplexity Pro, which includes access to the AI browser Comet, normally valued at $200 per year. Comet is designed as an intelligent assistant that integrates with personal data like emails and calendars to pro...
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ChatGPT Won't Train on Your Health Data, OpenAI Says
OpenAI has launched a dedicated **ChatGPT Health** feature, creating a private space for wellness conversations and emphasizing that personal health data will not be used to train its core AI models. The tool is designed for informational support to help users feel more prepared, but includes cle...
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Palworld Defies Odds, Scores 4 Steam Award Nominations in 2025
Palworld, still in early access, received four Steam Awards nominations and medals, including recognition for its massive player base and sales. The developer is focusing on a full 1.0 release in 2026, promising major content updates and bug fixes while stepping back from community engagement to ...
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Google's New AI Agent for Gmail & Drive: Join the Waitlist
Google has introduced "CC", an experimental AI productivity agent that delivers a personalized morning briefing to your Gmail by analyzing your schedule, tasks, and connected services to help prioritize your day. The tool synthesizes data from Google apps and the web, offering summaries and pro...
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Espire: MR Missions - Stealth Shooter Now on Quest
**Espire: MR Missions** is a new standalone mixed reality game on Quest, available for free to existing owners of the VR title **Espire 2**. The game features 29 procedurally generated missions that adapt to a player's physical space, split between single-room and multi-room operations. The devel...
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Don't Miss These 5 Hidden Steam Gems (December 2025)
The article highlights overlooked indie games on Steam, focusing on unique gameplay, compelling art, and novel concepts to offer players fresh experiences. It spotlights five distinct titles: a horror RPG with 80s aesthetics and co-op, a chaotic pool party game, a retro-futuristic ASCII RPG, a ha...
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Banners & Bastions Launches On Quest This [Date]
Banners & Bastions, a mixed reality tactical roguelite, will fully launch on Meta Quest on December 15, transitioning from its early access phase. The version 1.0 update will introduce new hero units, enemies, and an autumn biome, building upon previous updates like a dragon boss and controll...
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Pocket Lands: Mixed Reality Minecraft on Quest
Pocket Lands merges mixed and virtual reality, allowing players to build miniature dioramas in their physical space and then explore them interactively in VR, launching in early access next month. Developed by Thomas van den Berge, it uses hand tracking to manipulate building materials and enable...
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Skigill Turns RPG Skill Trees Into a Strategic Battlefield
Skigill is an indie roguelike that uniquely integrates its skill tree into the battlefield, requiring players to make upgrade decisions in real-time while fending off enemies. The gameplay involves automatic attacks against swarming monsters, with progression funded by coins dropped from foes, bu...
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Week 2 Black Friday Deals: Galaxy S25 Ultra $400 Off, Samsung TV $1,100 Off
Best Buy's second wave of Black Friday Doorbusters includes major discounts on electronics like the Galaxy S25 Ultra and Samsung TV, offering significant savings. The 2025 Doorbusters are now available each Friday through Sunday, simplifying the shopping schedule and helping customers plan purcha...
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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen Lands Major Funding Boost
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has secured a seven-figure investment to accelerate development and expand the team, marking a pivotal moment after over a decade of effort. The funding, from backers who support the studio's vision, will allow Visionary Realms to hire more staff and enable team membe...
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Amazon Music Now Features Alexa+
Amazon Music has integrated the Alexa+ AI assistant into its mobile apps, accessible to all subscribers in the Early Access program, enabling voice-activated music discovery and interaction. Alexa+ supports conversational queries for detailed music insights, such as artist inspirations or song th...
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Top VR Games of November 2025: Quest, SteamVR & PS VR2
November 2025 features a diverse lineup of new VR games across platforms like Quest, SteamVR, and PS VR2, including shooters, sims, and puzzle adventures to suit various interests. Key releases include narrative-driven titles such as *Of Lies And Rain* and *Escape from Hadrian's Wall*, alongside ...
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Gemini for Home Early Access Is Now Available
Gemini for Home is now available in the US through an Early Access program, offering more natural voice interactions on compatible Nest devices and replacing the traditional Google Assistant. It features advanced conversational abilities, including flexible music requests, multi-part smart home c...
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Meta's Hyperscape Transforms Real-World Spaces Into VR
Meta's Hyperscape is now in Early Access, allowing Quest users to scan and create realistic digital replicas of their physical spaces. The tool uses advanced techniques like Gaussian Splatting and cloud rendering, with plans to enable private sharing of these environments in the future. Meta also...
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Palworld Studio Skips Early Access, Launches Hollow Knight-Like Game at 1.0
Pocketpair's upcoming game "Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse" will skip early access and launch as a full 1.0 release, inspired by "Hollow Knight" but featuring unique mechanics like co-op, base-building, and enemy possession. The decision to forgo early access came after player feedback from...
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Become a Djent-Fueled Robot Samurai in Morbid Metal's Playtest
Morbid Metal is a roguelike character action game featuring three distinct cyberninjas, procedurally generated stages, and a combo-driven combat system with a style meter. The game emphasizes seamless character swapping during combat for dynamic sequences and was delayed from early access, but a ...
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Top PC Games to Watch in October
October's PC gaming lineup is rich with horror titles like "Little Nightmares 3" and "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2", alongside indie scares and major franchise updates, catering to diverse player interests. The month is packed with gaming events such as PAX AUS, EGX, and Gamescom Asia, ...
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OutSystems Agent Workbench Now Available for Enterprise AI
OutSystems has launched the Agent Workbench, a platform enabling businesses to create and manage intelligent AI agents for use across departments, data, and workflows, with early users reporting efficiency gains and faster AI adoption. The platform addresses key challenges in AI agent development...
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Meet Overwatch's New Jetpack Cat: Agent of Chaos
Jetpack Cat is a new support hero in Overwatch that introduces chaotic, game-altering strategies through a central tether ability, challenging conventional positioning and team coordination. Her unique tether mechanic can link to both allies and deployables for unprecedented mobility, and her ult...
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Why Wyll's Arc in Baldur's Gate 3 Fell Short: A Writer Explains
Wyll Ravengard's story in Baldur's Gate 3 is considered underdeveloped compared to other companions, a perception reinforced by post-launch updates that gave his conclusions less attention. A developer acknowledged that Wyll's narrative became sparse due to a late restart, split focus between two...
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Xbox's Towerborne Ditches Free-to-Play for Paid Model
Towerborne is shifting from a free-to-play to a paid model, offering a complete, offline-playable game at launch for a one-time purchase price. The change was driven by player feedback, leading to a major overhaul to remove live-service elements like constant monetization and pay-to-win mechanics...
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My Most Anticipated 2026 Game Is This Chill Lanesplitting Indie
The author's favorite gaming experience is the meditative, unstructured driving in the "Forza Horizon" series, which focuses on relaxation over objectives. An upcoming game called "LANESPLIT," developed by FunkyMouse, aims to replicate this zen feeling with a simple core loop of weaving a motorcy...
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Don't Miss These 5 Hidden Steam Gems (December 2025)
The article highlights five inventive but overlooked games from December 2025, ranging from life simulators to remasters, to help players discover unique titles. Featured games include the detailed car-life simulator *Mon Bazou*, the classic fantasy CRPG *Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy*, and the ser...
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Stalker 2 Leaving Xbox Game Pass in November, Sparking Backlash
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is being removed from Xbox Game Pass on November 16, 2025, just before its PlayStation 5 launch, causing frustration among subscribers who supported its troubled development. Subscribers criticize the timing as unfair, noting the game only recently became stable afte...
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Don't Miss These 5 Hidden Steam Gems (October 2025)
The article highlights five standout games from October 2025 to help navigate the overwhelming number of daily Steam releases. Each game offers a unique experience, ranging from horror and melancholy in Carimara to retro strategy in Dying Breed and Disney-inspired animation in Bye Sweet Carole. O...
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