What just happened? Nightdive Studios, the Washington-based video game company best known for modernizing classic games like System Shock and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, has partnered with film production company Alcon Entertainment to create a remaster of 1997’s Blade Runner.

Per The Hollywood Reporter , Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition will feature updated character models, animations and cut scenes as well as support for widescreen monitors and new keyboard / controller customization options. The game will also have the original foreign language translations in French, Italian

A hot potato: In a move that seems far-reaching even for Google, it has been alleged that the company can revoke its Android license across all of a manufacturer's devices if just one of then runs a forked version of Android. It has reportedly used this leverage to keep its thumb on Amazon's attempts to gain a foothold in the smart TV market with its Fire TV platform.

According to a report from tech blog Protocol, Google has been using its Android licensing agreement to stifle competition from Amazon

Bottom line: It has become increasingly evident – especially over the course of this week – that we’re witnessing something truly unparalleled, even if only in regards to the worldwide response.

Twitter has become the latest tech giant to force its employees to work from home in the wake of the coronavirus, the outbreak that graduated to pandemic status earlier this week.

Jennifer Christie, Twitter’s HR chief, said in a recent blog update that Twitter is moving beyond its guidance of strongly encouraging work from home (issued on

WTF?! Being confined to your home due to the coronavirus isn’t fun. It’s something that Italian citizens know about after the entire nation was put on lockdown because of the outbreak. But adult website Pornhub wants to help pass the long hours by offering free access to its premium service to everyone in the country.

The popular site has announced that up until April 3, Italian users can claim a free premium subscription without having to enter any credit card details, which should come as welcome news to plenty

In brief: The new play set has all the trappings of a traditional Super Mario Bros video game – Goombas, warp pipes, flags and so on – as well as an interactive Mario character with what appears to be an LED readout on his chest that serves as a timer and to keep track of coins collected. He also talks and plays music as highlighted in Nintendo's teaser video.

Nintendo earlier this week teased what appeared to be some sort of collaboration with Lego. The post was short on details but now

Why it matters: In a world where the most popular games are dominated by multiplayer genres such as Battle Royals and MOBAs, will single-player, narrative-driven experiences become increasingly rare? Not according to one Sony exec, who says the company is committed to solo titles.

In an interview with PlayStation Blog , PlayStation Worldwide Studios boss Hermen Hulst was asked about the studio’s vision of the future, and whether it’s going into the next generation consoles and beyond.

“We’re very committed to

In brief: Slap the Call of Duty moniker on any shooter, even in the saturated Battle Royale genre, and it's expected to snap up a sizeable chunk of players. That's exactly the case with the latest free-to-play Warzone, which saw over 6 million players joining within 24 hours of the game's release.

Contrary to the hype and marketing push behind its yearly releases, Activision's Modern Warfare-based Warzone was a relatively hushed affair that's bound to keep

What just happened? An international standards body has found there is no evidence that 5G mobile networks pose any threat to human health. The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) has spent seven years examining the scientific evidence and has updated its guidelines to improve protection for 5G technologies that use high frequencies.

The ICNIRP said the 1998 guidelines on protecting humans from radiation from phone networks, wi-fi and Bluetooth would have been appropriate for 5G technology, but frequencies over 6Ghz

In brief: Earlier today, we reported on Google's decision to tell all of its North American workers to telecommute instead of coming into the office. The search giant hoped the move would help to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and keep its workers safe and healthy. Now, Amazon is instituting a new coronavirus-related policy of its own, though it's more reactive than proactive.

Moving forward, if an Amazon employee is diagnosed with coronavirus or forced into quarantine, that