Expeditions: Samurai Drops You Into Sengoku Japan as a Privateer, Not William Adams — and That Choice Reshapes the Story

Yesterday, publisher THQ Nordic announced Expeditions: Samurai , the next game in the Expeditions RPG series. It is being developed by Campfire Cabal , a Copenhagen-based studio founded in 2022 and made up largely of former Logic Artists developers after the studio was closed down.

In a media presentation attended by Wccftech, the team said it sees itself as the creator of the Expeditions IP, which has sold just over 1.3 million copies across the series. They presented the game after surviving a difficult studio period

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iPhone Fold’s Complicated Design And Pricey Parts Could Force Apple To Limit The Launch To Just One Option, Claims New Leak

Apple appears to be playing it safe with its upcoming iPhone Fold , as it should, because it’s the first time the technology giant will enter a market that its competitors have attempted to bend to their will for years without success. Seeing as it’s incredibly difficult to secure sufficient sales, not to mention the design complications and expensive parts that come with building a foldable smartphone, a new leak reveals that only one variant may be available.

With just 11 million units expected to be available for the initial

New iPhone Fold leak reveals the device could just be available in one option
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Apple’s Refusal To Bring Larger Batteries To The iPhone 18 Pro Is The Company Silently Mocking Rivals On How Efficient Its Entire Platform Is

A massive battery upgrade is the least exciting part of upgrading to a new iPhone, as Apple typically makes negligible increments, with only the “Pro Max” variant receiving preferential treatment in this regard.

The iPhone 18 Pro isn’t going to be an exception when it launches later this year, as it’ll sport an embarrassingly low increase in battery capacity , but don’t believe the naysayers who think this is the Cupertino firm being stingy or that the runtimes will be poor.

Instead, we’d

Apple isn't bringing bigger batteries to its iPhones because it's bragging to the competition

Asha Sharma’s New Big Xbox Call – Yank Gears of War: E-Day Off PS5 and Rebuild the Console Exclusivity Wall

Just a few hours ahead of the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 , insider Jeff Grubb revealed during a Giant Bomb stream that The Coalition's Gears of War: E-Day was supposed to launch on PlayStation 5 but won't anymore.

I'll say it here. Gears of War: E-Day was going to be on PS5; it's not anymore. That just happened. Like, it's a decision that just got made. And it's like, they

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V-Color Pushes DDR5 Capacity to 2 TB With New MRDIMM Kits, While Its OLED Memory Gets Low-Profile EXPO ULL Redesign

V-Color presents its new XOT1 DDR5 memory kits that will come in super-fast speeds, and EXPO ULL "low-latency" optimized flavors.

Last year, V-Color launched its MANTA OLED XFinity+ , which we tested. The kits supported some really fast speeds above 8000 MT/s and were the first to feature an OLED display on a memory module. This year, V-Color has updated that design.

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Bloober Team’s Next Game Is a Star Trek Thriller Adventure Starring Ro Laren, Arriving 2027 on PS5, Xbox, and PC

The newly established Paramount Games Studio has unveiled Star Trek: Shadow Frontier , a story-driven third-person action-adventure game in development at Silent Hill 2 remake studio Bloober Team , during the IGN Live Showcase 2026.

Arriving in 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S|X, and PC, Star Trek: Shadow Frontier tells the story of Ro Laren , a Bajoran character played by actress Michelle Forbes , who returns to her iconic role from Star Trek: The Next Generation and

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Ex-BioWare Devs Just Showed 20 Minutes of EXODUS, and Mass Effect Fans Are Going to Feel Very Seen

During yesterday's Future Game Show 2026, Archetype Entertainment provided the biggest EXODUS gameplay preview yet. The game is shaping up well, aside from a few performance issues, and will definitely have Mass Effect fans eager to check it out. The inspiration has been clear from the start, after all, with former BioWare developers founding Archetype and contributing heavily to the game.

Players will take on the role of Jun Aslan , a lowly salvager living on the outskirts of Lidon who was orphaned from a once-

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GMKtec Crams OCuLink, Wi-Fi 7 and Dual PCIe 4.0 Into the EVO-X3, With a 192GB Ryzen AI MAX+ 495 Monster Following Later This Year

GMKtec gave us a first look at their upcoming EVO-X3 Mini PC, the follow-up to its X2, with the same AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 chip.

Last year, we tested the newly launched GMKtec EVO-X2 Mini PC . The system features the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395, and is a strong competitor to the NVIDIA DGX Spark, featuring a much lower price point. The company is now launching a follow-up to this PC, the EVO

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AMD Believes Unified Memory Architectures Open Up a “World of Possibilities”, Will Shape Their Product Choices & Roadmaps In Future

UMA or Unified Memory Architectures are picking up the pace in the PC segment, and AMD believes that they have an opportunity there.

With the rise of Agentic AI, Unified Memory Architectures (UMA) have seen a lot of traction. These UMA products tightly couple the CPU, GPU, and Memory together, offering a unified system on a chip that's now becoming a widely used option for AI. With the launch of AMD's Ryzen AI MAX family , and now with the additions from other vendors such as

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Scammers Are Weaponizing AI For Their Nefarious Goals As Fraud-Related Losses For U.S. Consumers Approach $1 Billion, With Little Respite

The AI boom isn’t just exacerbating a RAM and storage crisis, but its inception has allowed scammers a whole new layer of creativity to deprive innocent Americans of their hard-earned money. According to the latest statistics, AI-fueled scams are approaching $1 billion, and if you thought there was a countermeasure being prepared, we have terrible news for you.

Using AI for impersonation appears to be the approach of choice for scammers, as the elderly who aren’t properly versed with this technology will typically fall

Scammers are getting more creative with AI