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The Morning After: Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming fall 2025
The biggest news stories this morning: Uber will soon let you reserve a shuttle to get home from a big concert or ballgame, GTA 6 gets a smaller release window, US House passes act to force event pricing transparency.
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The 20 best PC games you can play right now for 2024
Here is a list of the best PC games you can get right now, as chosen by Engadget editors.
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OpenAI strikes deal to put Reddit posts in ChatGPT
The partnership will “enable OpenAI’s tools to better understand and showcase Reddit content, especially on recent topics,” both companies said in a joint statement.
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Grand Theft Auto 6 will arrive in fall 2025
Grand Theft Auto VI’s return to Vice City is officially scheduled for fall 2025. On Thursday, parent company Take-Two Interactive saidit’s narrowed GTA 6’s previously announced 2025 window to autumn of next year.
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US House passes TICKET Act to force event pricing transparency
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that could provide at least some accountability for Ticketmaster and other live event vendors. It moves on to the Senate, which is considering two similar bills.
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HBO’s upcoming MoviePass documentary is a must-watch for fans of tech trainwrecks
HBO is set to release a documentary about the beleaguered MoviePass subscription service. It premieres on May 29.
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What to expect from Microsoft Build 2024: The Surface event, Windows 11 and AI
Microsoft has a Surface showcase and its Build developer conference planned for early next week. Here's what we expect.
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Sony’s new smartphone could entice shutterbugs away from Apple and Google
Sony just announced a new smartphone, the Xperia 1 VI. The company used to be a major smartphone manufacturer until falling off.
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EA Sports' dormant College Football will reemerge, cicada-like, on July 19
EA Sports has revealed the release date for College Football 25, the first game in the series in over a decade.
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YouTube reportedly agrees to block videos of Hong Kong’s protest song inside the region
YouTube said it would comply with an order blocking access to videos of Hong Kong’s protest anthem inside the region. The decision comes after an appeals court banned the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong,” which the largely China-controlled government predictably framed as a national security issue.
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Meta's Threads gets its own Tweetdeck clone
Meta is starting to test custom Tweetdeck-like feeds that will allow users to track multiple topics, searches and accounts.
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Activision forms a studio to develop a brand-spanking new IP
Activision just announced the formation of a new development studio called Elsewhere. This group will work on a brand-new franchise and IP.
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The Meater Plus smart meat thermometer drops to a record-low price
The Meater Plus smart meat thermometer has dropped to $70, its lowest price to date.
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Google’s accessibility app Lookout can use your phone’s camera to find and recognize objects
Google has updated some of its accessibility apps to add capabilities that will make them easier to use for people who need them.
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8Bitdo's Ultimate Controller with charging dock is back on sale for $56
8Bitdo's Ultimate Controller with dock is back on sale for $56. That's 20 percent off and close to a record low.
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Solo Stove Memorial Day sales cut up to $280 off Pi Ultimate pizza oven bundles
Ahead of Memorial Day, Solo Stove has discounted its Pi Ultimate pizza oven bundles as part of a side-wide sale.
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Samsung's Music Frame gets its first discount on Amazon
Samsung's new Music Frame speaker is is $25 off its sticker price on Amazon.
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The best immersion blenders for 2024
Here's a list of the best immersion blenders you can buy, as chosen by Engadget editors.
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Netflix is becoming an ad-tech company
Netflix has relied heavily on Microsoft for its ad-supported tier, but will now bring much of this work in-house.
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Intel's Thunderbolt Share makes it easier to move large files between PCs
Intel has launched a new software application called Thunderbolt Share that will make controlling two or more PCs a more seamless experience.

	MMO Mash-up: Age of Hello Kitty Welcome to a new column here at Massively, where I'll take two massively multiplayer online games and chop them up into little pieces, so I can put them back together with electrical tape and staples. This is the MMO Mashup, where you can expect to see everything from the startlingly strange to the ubiquitously unusual. Lets get straight into it then, with the pink-yet-dark world of Age of Hello Kitty.
	Massively goes hands-on with LotRO Book 13 video We could write reams of text that describe in loving detail all the features that await you in Lord of the Rings Online's Book 13 content patch. We could lay out screenshot after screenshot that could perfectly capture the chilly northlands that are being introduced, the eerie agent of Angmar who is tearing apart the land or the monstrous beasts that roam the wintry tundra.
	MMOGology: Sex games What are the risqué features in Age of Conan and what will their implementation mean for future MMOGs? If Age of Conan is successful can we expect other developers to push the envelope further, or has someone already beaten them to the punch? If you're easily offended you may wish to skip what follows after the break.
	Massively Speaking Podcast Episode 2 Massively Speaking Episode 2 runs down news and features from Massively.com for the week of April 14th-20th. Shawn and Michael are joined by blogging regulars Akela Talamasca and Jonathan Northwood to talk about the next LOTRO Book, the Epic Villain Archetype video, and (of course) Age of Conan!
	The next EverQuest 2 expansion is ... So what is the Shadow of Odyssey? There are so many unexplored plot threads in the Norrath of EQ2, and the title is so vague, that it could be almost anything. Still, we have a few good ideas. If we had to put money on it, we'd bet that the shadow in question has something to do with the Void, and the mysterious Shadowmen. Or, Odyssey could refer to the long-lost homeland of the Erudites, the magic-weaving spellsmiths of yore.

	Rogue Signal: The unwritten rules of EVE PvP, part 1
	Hands-on in PvP with Age of Conan's mages
	Hands-on with Age of Conan's priests
	It's never too late to start playing Guild Wars
	Player vs. Everything: I look hot in leather
	The Gaming Iconoclast: Whither Shortcomings?
	The Lord of the Rings Online's one-year anniversary: A look back
	The Lord of the Rings Online: The epic quest line told in pictures
	Making/Money: My value chains are broken
	Behind the Curtain: Taught to Play?

The week in Massively features

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The Morning After: Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming fall 2025

The 20 best PC games you can play right now for 2024

OpenAI strikes deal to put Reddit posts in ChatGPT

Grand Theft Auto 6 will arrive in fall 2025

US House passes TICKET Act to force event pricing transparency

HBO’s upcoming MoviePass documentary is a must-watch for fans of tech trainwrecks

What to expect from Microsoft Build 2024: The Surface event, Windows 11 and AI

Sony’s new smartphone could entice shutterbugs away from Apple and Google

EA Sports' dormant College Football will reemerge, cicada-like, on July 19

YouTube reportedly agrees to block videos of Hong Kong’s protest song inside the region

Meta's Threads gets its own Tweetdeck clone

Activision forms a studio to develop a brand-spanking new IP

The Meater Plus smart meat thermometer drops to a record-low price

Google’s accessibility app Lookout can use your phone’s camera to find and recognize objects

8Bitdo's Ultimate Controller with charging dock is back on sale for $56

Solo Stove Memorial Day sales cut up to $280 off Pi Ultimate pizza oven bundles

Samsung's Music Frame gets its first discount on Amazon

The best immersion blenders for 2024

Netflix is becoming an ad-tech company

Intel's Thunderbolt Share makes it easier to move large files between PCs

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