Columbus, OH

Developer Patryk Zieliński of Tiliasoft just released Sand in a Box in Early Access on Steam, a fresh and new falling sand game with a lot of toys to play with. Sand in a Box is a falling sand simulator with advanced simulation algorithms designed for modern CPUs. Players can experiment with materials like sand, water, metals, lava, and acid, featuring cellular automata physics, thermal imaging, electrical conductivity, and radioactivity. The game supports modding, allowing the creation of new sets of elements and changes to the rules of the simulation. It fully supports Steam Deck (controller and touchscreen) and desktop Linux distributions.

Sand in a Box is a fresh modern 'falling sand' playground out now on Steam

Mixing together elements of RimWorld and Terraria, the open world survival crafting game Necesse has a huge graphics overhaul update out now. Work on this graphics overhaul has been going on for over a year, with the developer pulling in two new artists to make it happen. Another great thing about this update being live now, is that the "artists are no longer playing catch-up with the content updates" so we can expect to see much quicker updates and larger updates in future once again.

The huge graphics overhaul for settlement survival sim Necesse is out now

The Wine 9.15 development release is now available as there's continued work on ODBC Windows drivers and the usual assorted bug fixes. Wine is a huge part of what makes Valve's Proton able to do its thing so you can play lots of games on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

Wine 9.15 brings more ODBC Windows drivers work and bug fixes

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader developer Owlcat Games has officially entered the publishing space, and it's already signed deals with two up-and-coming RPG developers. Per a press release, Owlcat's first two projects as a publisher will be Emotion Spark Studio's Rue Valley and Another Angle...

Pathfinder and Warhammer RPG Developer Owlcat Enters Publishing

You can tell you're chatting with an AI bot if the conversation sounds formal, lacks humor, or is devoid of critical thinking. Scammers might also use AI chatbots that try to spam you with links to external sites or try to get you to reveal your personal data. If the...

Here's How I Check Whether I'm Chatting With a Real Person or AI

Los Angeles, CA

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Former child star Dana Hill died at only 32 years old on July 15, 1996. Like many former child stars, Hill had talent, and a promising life and career that ended all too soon. She was born Dana Lynne Goetz on May 6, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, and she passed with a Hollywood name in Burbank, California.

The Tragic Death of Child Star Dana Hill ('National Lampoon's European Vacation'): 3 Decades Later

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

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Hunt: Showdown 1896 promises to usher in "a whole new era of Hunt."

Hunt: Showdown is going offline for 48 hours to prepare for its biggest update ever

I love Reddit. You probably do too. But increasingly, you may have noticed it gaining more prominence than you’d expect a simple forum to receive. It’s all over the news, and certainly all over your Google Search results — quietly going from a fledgling forum born in the internet’s awkward teen years to the most important backbone of Google Search. Increasingly, it’s becoming an important part of the future of the internet too, thanks to AI.

How Reddit became the most important website on the internet

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Florida’s buffet lovers are in for a shocker as the popular Royal Sushi Buffet & Hibachi in Port Richey has been temporarily shut down following a state inspection. This isn’t the first time the eatery has faced such trouble, but the recent closure has sparked quite a buzz among its loyal patrons and food enthusiasts alike.

Live roaches, flying objects in the kitchen and soiled shelves- Buffet closed again in Florida

The latest release of Minetest with version 5.9.0 is out now, bringing new features and work towards using SDL2 for this free and open source voxel game engine. Rendering performance improvements (paradust7, sfan5 & x2048). Added godrays shader (x2048). New multithreaded Lua mapgen API to improve performance of custom mapgens....

Minetest 5.9.0 brings performance improvements, a godrays shader and work towards SDL2

After a series of major leaks, Black Ops 6‘s multiplayer build has finally been removed from the PS4 database, but that doesn’t mean the reveals are going to stop. On August 3, an early build of Black Ops 6 multiplayer was added to the backend of the PlayStation 4 store, thought to be the beta version due to release on August 25. Leakers and dataminers were quickly able to download the file, which led to plenty of footage being posted online.

Black Ops 6 removed from PS4 database after hundreds play early

Apple is intent on challenging Google’s dominance in the mapping sphere. A series of enhancements to Apple Maps, culminating in the introduction of detailed city maps and the web-based platform, signal a concerted effort to provide a compelling alternative. While the initial web launch was restricted to a few...

Apple Maps Expands Accessibility with Firefox Support as the Competition Heats Up Against Google’s Mapping Dominance

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Helldivers 2 once again contends with too many nerfs

Helldivers 2 CEO says some developers are also "disappointed" with Escalation of Freedom reaction: "The update had a bunch of nice stuff that isn't getting talked about"

GTA 6 will be one of the biggest video games released in 2025, but will the title be available on Xbox Game Pass? Here is what we know so far. GTA 6 is shaping up to be one of – if not the biggest – video game releases of not just 2025, but of all time. While an exact release date is yet to be confirmed, developer Rockstar is gearing up to release the next installment of the best-selling GTA franchise.

Will GTA 6 be on Xbox Game Pass?

The author, an expert on the subject, shares the best examples he has found that will improve your landing page. The best landing pages are simple. Quoting Leo Burnett: «Keep it simple. Keep it memorable. Keep it inviting to look at. Keep it fun to read.». These five brilliant...

5 brilliant landing page examples

Helldivers 2 players are worried about the future as the bots close in on Super Earth: "I bet Arrowhead does not have a working Super Earth biome ready to go"

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Google Maps has become an indispensable part of our lives, with many of us being reliant on it for navigation — be it for discovering new locations, or just picking the best route to commute to work for the day. This platform is available on the web and as an app for Android and iOS, but that's not all. Countless third-party websites and apps depend on the Maps API, without which tasks that require location services would be a nightmare to accomplish.

How Often Does Google Maps Update?

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PUBG owner Krafton has acquired Tango Gameworks from Xbox, and the Japanese studio is bringing the Hi-Fi Rush IP with it. Krafton announced the acquisition in its quarterly earnings report and says it is working with Xbox to maintain continuity at Tango Gameworks during a (hopefully) smooth transition. It was...

Hi-Fi Rush and Tango Gameworks Acquired from Xbox by Krafton

At last, the good kind of industry news, and something worth celebrating. KRAFTON, the publisher of games like PUBG has acquired Tango Gameworks along with the Hi-Fi RUSH IP. Tango Gameworks developed The Evil Within 1 & 2, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Hero Dice and Hi-Fi Rush. The developer will no longer...

Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi RUSH) lives again with KRAFTON

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Minishoot' Adventures developers rebuilt their UI to get it Steam Deck Verified

Well, SoulGame Studio certainly have my attention for their effort on getting Minishoot' Adventures up to Steam Deck Verified. Plus, the game looks really entertaining. Released...

Minishoot' Adventures developers rebuilt their UI to get it Steam Deck Verified

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