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Accessories (20)

• Put your Game Boy on the big screen with this HDMI adapter

• [Fuse]Chicken goes natural with the LEDGE iPhone charging dock

• Game controller takes your real blood whenever you lose (update: suspended)

• 4K, gaming and a tale of two monitors

• ?AMD's answer to NVIDIA G-Sync arrives on Samsung monitors in 2015

• XVIDA iPhone/iPad accessories have a magnetic personality

• Logitech's AnyAngle case: Just the angle you want for iPad Air 2, iPad mini

• RHA's T10i brings sound customization to high-fidelity headphones

• Olloclip 4-In-1 Photo Lens for iPhone 6/6 Plus

• A Polaroid-style phone case can print selfies in under a minute

• Kenu Stance compact tripod holds your iPhone, opens beers

• SanDisk iXpand Flash: Bring extra storage to your iOS device

• SanDisk's newest iOS storage drive comes with Lightning, too

• Bose is betting on fashion to compete with Beats

• Beats announces new wireless Solo2 Bluetooth headphones

• Engadget giveaway: win a Camps Bay and Clarendon bag courtesy of Ona!

• The iRig HD-A equips Android users for mobile guitar recording

• UNU Superpak Battery charges your iOS devices quickly

• The DuMont: A 50's retro TV enclosure for iPad mini and Jambox

• Walmart's got a Chromecast-like dongle for its Vudu video service

AI (5)

• Norrathian Notebook: Landmark's AI will be a game-changer

• Revamped Turing test expects computers to show imagination

• Computers are ranking the world's important authors

• Computers can now describe images using language you'd understand

• Panasonic wants to bombard you with 'Minority Report' style in-store ads

Amazon (21)

• Canopy offers curated shopping on Amazon

• Don't call it a fire sale: Amazon's Phone is now $199

• Amazon will now deliver to your local Post Office

• Amazon tells Tales From Deep Space on Fire tablets

• Amazon reportedly launching free, ad-supported video service (updated)

• ?Amazon rumored to be preparing travel site that offers hotel bookings

• Jeff Bezos gifts Fire Tablet owners six months of access to his newspaper

• Walmart's Amazon price-match policy is less open to abuse now

• Amazon's Fire TV Stick is shipping (but only if you've already ordered)

• Amazon adds instant definitions, family sharing to newer Kindles

• Now all Walmart stores will match Amazon prices

• Amazon is hiring someone to oversee its courier drones

• Amazon and Hachette call a truce in their e-book pricing war

• Amazon is working on seven new pilot shows for next year

• Amazon gives UK Prime members unlimited photo storage too

• Amazon is exploring taxi deliveries in San Francisco and Los Angeles

• Amazon lends Prime perks to other online retailers

• Amazon launches Prime Photos, cloud storage for iOS

• Amazon's flagship Kindle Voyage e-reader now available in the UK for £169

• Amazon giving Prime Members unlimited cloud photo storage

• Amazon's latest Fire TV update lets you play a wider range of games

Apple (70)

• Steve Jobs has been awarded almost 150 new patents since his death

• Apple turning lighted store logos red for World Aids Day 2014

• Apple upsets customers by not extending Black Friday deals to the UK

• Apple's Black Friday gift card promotion now live

• Original Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne auctioning off early Apple documents

• 12 lessons for entrepreneurs that Steve Jobs taught Guy Kawasaki

• Winn-Dixie supermarkets are now supporting Apple Pay

• Here's the root cause and a workaround for iOS 8 and Yosemite Wi-Fi issues

• Analyst predicts Apple will sell 71.5M iPhones in Q4

• Apple is probably worth more than your state (or country)

• Apple hits new record $700 billion market valuation

• Chrome extension removes the '?' from ? Watch and ? Pay

• Apple rolls out two new subpar iPhone ads: "Gamers" and "Reservations"

• Commerce Bank adds Apple Pay support for personal MasterCards

• Susan Kare selling replicas of the Mac team's "pirate flag"

• Apple confirms annual holiday freeze on iTunes and App Store submissions

• Judge Cote approves Apple's proposed $450 million settlement agreement in e-book antitrust case

• Apple announces new 'Apps for (RED)' campaign and retail sales donation for World Aids Day 2014

• Apple partners with app developers to raise money for AIDS research

• Square to accept Apple Pay next year; Tickets.com beginning rollout

• Apple changes 'free' button to 'get'

• John Gruber: Next-gen iPhone may feature "the biggest camera jump ever"

• Apple planning to bundle Beats Music app into iOS early next year

• Apple changes App Store "Free" button to say "Get"

• iPhones may soon come with Beats Music already installed

• Report: IT provider Infosys overbilled Apple, CEO and CFO on the way out

• Apple planning to repurpose GTAT plant in Mesa, Arizona

• Apple email touts Black Friday gift ideas

• London's Borough market celebrated Apple Day with "The Real Apple Store" parody

• Apple loses a patent battle over Skytel's two-way pager tech

• Apple Watch's new font isn't the first Apple font named San Francisco

• Apple releases WatchKit SDK to developers

• Why is time on Apple Watch promotional ads set to 10:09?

• Developers can now write apps for Apple Watch (updated)

• Apple gets ready for the holiday shopping season with new gift cards and uniforms

• Want a Mac under the Christmas tree this year? Better order now

• Jony Ive talks about the link between design and engineering, the need for failure, and more

• Apple Pay now accounts for 50% of tap-to-pay transactions at McDonald's

• Early Apple Pay stats point to a modest but promising start

• Flickr Find: Apple's first camera now 20-years-old

• Slices of Apple episode 11: Making it great

• The iWatch mockups from yesteryear

• Apple assures FTC that it will keep Apple Watch health data secure

• Alabama lawmaker naming new anti-discrimination bill for Apple CEO Tim Cook

• Apple says no customers have been affected by "Masque Attack"

• Staples begins accepting Apple Pay at 1,400 locations

• Behold the beauty of the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop "About" animation

• Citibank's Deborah Hopkins talks to Bloomberg about Apple Pay partnership

• Apple reportedly eying new flagship store location at LA's Broadway Trade Center

• Apple: iOS 8 now on 56% of all devices

• Judge allows class action suit against Apple over disappearing iMessages to proceed

• Is Apple about to offer higher quality music downloads through iTunes?

• California judge says Apple will face lawsuit over iMessage woes

• For some, Apple Pay is an accessibility tool

• Alibaba deal could bring Apple Pay to China

• Apple Pay has accounted for 0.91% of all Whole Foods transactions since launch

• Apple provides online tool to remove phone number from iMessage

• Apple site lets you deactivate iMessage and solve your missing text problem

• The Apple years while Steve Jobs was away

• Court docs reveal Apple told GTAT, "Put on your big boy pants and accept the agreement"

• Apple and IBM roll out details of AppleCare for Enterprise

• Apple ranked the most valuable brand on the planet by Forbes

• Photos from Silicon Valley's early years show Jobs in his natural habitat

• CurrentC will soon have to compete directly with Apple Pay

• Apple Pay expands to additional banks, including PNC, US Bank, USAA, Navy Federal Credit Union, and more

• Apple to open highly caffeinated office in Seattle

• Steve Jobs memorial dismantled in Russia because of Tim Cook's sexuality

• Apple Pay is helping re-ignite another round of Burger Wars

• Apple partners with Southwest for in-flight Beats Music

• Jony Ive honored as "San Francisco Treasure" at SFMOMA event

Apps (139)

• This weekend in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Teach your youngsters more about football with Kids Learn Football

• The Longest Journey Remastered now exploring additional App Stores

• Settle those sports arguments with Who Won Sports

• Desk: A painless writing and blogging tool for Mac

• iPhone users taking astronomical photos with the help of NightCap Pro

• 4oD iOS app now supports AirPlay and HDMI mirroring

• Opera is working on a subscription-based storefront for apps

• Black Friday 2014 Ads App is an all-in-one app for the worst shopping day of the year

• Skype now lets you videocall while doing other things on Android

• If you've ever wanted a video-based contacts list, now's your chance

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Firefox will let you search specific websites with one click

• Play 2048 in your iPhone Today view with new iOS app

• Jon Taffer's BarHQ app wants to increase your profits

• BioDigital Human - 3D anatomy views on iOS

• TuneIn brings over 100,000 radio stations to your Chromecast

• Dropbox's Carousel will offer to delete local photos you've backed up

• Plug-in turns your browsing history into a searchable database

• Windows 10's app store will be workplace-friendly

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• eBay retires stand-alone, same-day delivery apps

• Weather or Not gives you weather forecasts for events on your calendar

• Clippit slices footage from live TV for sharing amongst your pals

• Elite's Duxford event launches Gamma, iOS app

• The new Evernote app for OS X is a joy to use

• Costa's iPhone app gains Passbook support, but doesn't use its best features

• Plex is making media streaming among multiple users a lot easier

• This weekend in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Swipe N Clean: A low-cost and efficient iOS photo editor

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Ecamm introduces Call Recorder for FaceTime

• Dark Hearts brings back iOS-only horror

• AirParrot 2 launches: introduces Chromecast support and Bluetooth discovery

• Clothespin piano lets you play music on your iPad

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Square Register introduces gift cards and invoices to iOS app

• Stringer is an interesting way to make a playlist

• Flickr lets you turn other people's photos into wall art for your home

• A new app takes Time Lapse photos in HDR

• Square's cash register app now handles your purchases worldwide

• Dropbox Carousel comes to iPad and web today, Android tablets soon

• Run to the top of the list with RankRunner

• Sync Solver steps in to sync your Fitbit fitness data with Apple's Health app

• Chinese devs can now sell their Android apps on the Play Store

• Why App Store apps are now labeled 'Get' instead of 'Free'

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Yahoo will be Firefox's default search engine for the next five years

• MapItOut is a feature rich app for runners, travelers and map mavens

• Barnes and Noble debuts Nook Audiobooks app on Android

• Slacker Radio hits select Toyota and Lexus models with voice control

• How to uninstall Uber

• BeWeather 2 is a very customizable app with a widget

• Opera Max can now save Android mobile data in 16 more regions

• Nokia's simple yet smart Android launcher reaches Google Play

• Yum, your next favorite emoji could be a delicious taco

• Vellum ebook publishing app gets update and images

• Fleksy breaks Guinness World Record again

• Wolfie allows beginners to learn piano with advanced tools

• Track flights for free with Air UK Free

• Google Keep adds list and note sharing for increased productivity

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Vainglory, the game Apple highlighted to show off the A8 chip, hits iTunes

• And by the way, OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 is out as well...

• Heyday: A wonderful, well-designed personal journal app for iPhone

• This weekend in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• The Scout navigation app adds chat, meetups and personalized traffic

• Android devices may now open The Last Door Collector's Edition

• MTBProject offers big assist for mountain biking enthusiasts

• YouTube iOS app updated with new music options in advance of YouTube Music Key

• Check out the first holiday widget for iOS

• App Store gamers are cheap, angry and whiny

• Skype for Web (beta): App-free calls coming soon to Safari

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• You'll soon be able to make Skype calls in your browser

• Wildcard uses beautiful card interface for news and shopping

• Ginger's spellchecking keyboard comes to iOS 8, but don't expect perfect prose

• Aviary's first update under Adobe brings Creative Cloud sync, free add-ons

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• .NET Server Core to go open source, will run on Macs

• AstoundSound Music player can enhance audio from iOS devices

• Sunrise calendar, Things productivity apps updated

• Wildcard aims to replace your phone's web browser with mobile cards

• VSCO Cam equips iPads for its style of mobile photo editing

• On my iPad: The Sailor's Dream

• Live Weather Forecast app adds weather radio and HD Radar

• You can now use a T9 keyboard on iOS, just like you always wanted

• Google releases standalone Messenger app for Android

• Candy Crush follow-up Soda Saga premieres worldwide

• Overglide is a game for your iOS notification screen

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Adidas finally launches its shoe-customizing app in the US

• The iPhone apps you'll never get to use

• Voice Jam Studio offers professional vocal looping, effects

• Improve your score with PocketPro Short Game Golf

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• NEC wants you to spot counterfeits using your phone's camera

• Pangu releases 8.0-8.1 jailbreak tool for OS X

• A tiny percentage of app users account for over half of gaming revenue

• This app helps you find strangers to hike with, which might be a bad idea

• Sainsbury's new app will let you skip the checkout

• The AppsGoneMad bundle offers 6 solid Mac apps for under 10 dollars

• This Weekend in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• FuzzWord: Blurry fun for everyone

• Updated: Nest pulls iOS app update after many crash reports

• Swype keyboard for iOS is free for a limited time

• Burger King app available across the pond

• Whatsapp's read receipts finally work the way you thought they did

• Chartcube turns spreadsheets into stories and conversations

• Wiper Messenger offers free private calls and text

• Valiant Hearts comic barks up the iOS tree for free today

• In The Mix has wild effects for playful video editors

• Microsoft makes Office for iPad free to use, starts testing Android tablet version

• Draftback finds the hidden history of your Google doc epics

• Opera Mini 9 promises smoother video-watching on iOS

• Seasonality Go is a top tier weather app

• Google Maps app gets overhauled, adds Uber and Opentable

• Neato lets you take notes, send messages, and more from your iOS 8 widgets

• Send your kid on a safari adventure with Trail the Tail

• BBC's Sport apps now deliver real-time F1 notifications

• Download MacX Video Converter Pro for free, courtesy of Digiarty

• Gmail for Mac by Zive seeks to make the perfect desktop Gmail client

• Audience's software lets PCs process your voice without special chips

• Capture your personal sports highlights with Fancred

• Swype for iOS 8 understands 16 new languages and suggests emoji

• Emoji characters are getting skin tones to reflect human diversity

• Adobe updates Voice for iPad with new features and themes

• With Disney Movies Anywhere app, you can buy on iTunes and watch on Android

• iDrive promises unlimited cloud-based phone backups for $5 per year

• Microsoft Office will soon tap into your Dropbox

• iOS users: Nest Thermostat update on the way

• Why Samaritans' app to spot depressed tweets does more harm than good

• A cleaner, faster Pinterest lands on iPhones and iPads

• Tinder for pets helps you give shelter animals forever homes

• Track your big events with Widget Countdown

• How to speed up adding album art in iTunes 12

• Android Wear will soon be a remote control for your Sonos speakers

• AfterShot Pro 2 from Corel is a competitive Mac photo manager

• Vizzywig 8xHD price tag now a very affordable $49.99

Big Tech (16)

• Microsoft and Yahoo reportedly trying to convince Apple to dump Google as the default search engine in Safari

• EE confirms it's also talking to BT about a possible sale

• Comcast wants customers to track and rate its technicians

• Microsoft and Yahoo vie for control of Safari's search

• Microsoft ramping up its anti-Apple ad blitz

• BT is in talks to buy back O2

• Recommended Reading: Silicon Valley's role in government surveillance

• Engadget Daily: Google's EU antitrust battle, Amazon's Fire HD 6, and more!

• Nokia definitely, totally, absolutely isn't copying Apple... seriously

• Google finally agrees that Apple's 'walled garden' is a good idea

• Uber says it won't track journalists after (allegedly) doing just that

• Nokia wants other companies to pay for its iconic brand

• Samsung's 'Flow' ties devices together like Apple's Continuity

• Rare photos show NeXT-era Jobs doing his best to change the world

• Lenovo is the new king of the PC and tablet hill

• Google has been killing Apple on the advertising front lately

Business (2)

• Why Walmart may never accept Apple Pay

• Tesla's Model S aces European safety tests too

Buying Guides (65)

• Cyber Monday 2014: Accessorize your Mac, iPad or iPhone for less

• Best Cyber Monday 2014 deals on iOS and OS X games

• Best Cyber Monday 2014 deals on iOS and OS X apps

• Cyber Monday sales on Apple hardware and accessories

• All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• Square Enix augments store with Cyber Monday sales

• Warlords of Draenor Garrison Level 3 Blueprint guide

• Engadget's Cyber Monday 2014 roundup

• Perfect Ten: Mobile apps to enhance your MMO lifestyle

• What to get when you've got a gamer in your life

• MacMall offering Black Friday discounts across all Apple gear

• Massively's Black Friday MMO sales and deals roundup

• Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

• Daily Deals for November 26, 2014, featuring the Name Your Own Price Must-Have Mac Bundle

• What to get when you've got a budding hipster in your life

• My favorite "on the road" picks

• Engadget's Black Friday 2014 roundup

• Joystiq's Games of the Year 2006-2008

• Deals with Gold: Defense Grid, Diablo, Valiant Hearts

• EA Black Friday: Up to 75 percent off 300 games, DLC

• Daily Deals for November 25, 2104, featuring the SKEYE Nano Drone

• Daily Deals for November 24, 2014, featuring the 10ft MFi-Certified iOS Lightning Cable

• Stiq Figures, November 10 - 16: Best communities edition

• All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• Black Friday 2014: Best deals on the iPad Air and iPad mini

• Daily Deals for November 21, 2014, featuring the Panther Spy Drone UFO

• Amazon's pre-Black Friday deals discount InFamous, Wolfenstein

• What to get when you've got a drone enthusiast in your life

• GOG Big Fall Sale Finale: FTL, Fez, Sam And Max, Rogue Legacy

• TVs, tablets headline Walmart's pre-Black Friday sale

• Daily Deals for November 20, 2014, featuring the New Age Smartphone Photo Kit

• What to get when you've got an amateur photographer in your life

• Daily Deals for November 19, 2014, featuring the Doxie Go scanner

• Twelve South HiRise Deluxe: The only charging stand you need

• Daily Deals for November 18, 2014

• Check out our laptop buyer's guide for the best in portable PCs

• Daily Deals for November 17, 2014, featuring the best audio gear for the holidays

• All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• GameStop, Amazon discount PS3 and PS TV ahead of Black Friday

• Daily Deals for November 14, 2014, featuring the Best Gear For Traveling This Holiday Season

• Engadget Daily: Holiday Gift Guide, Amazon's Hachette deal and more!

• Daily Deals for November 13, 2014, featuring Limefuel 20,000mAh Dual USB Battery Pack

• Presenting Engadget's 2014 Holiday Gift Guide

• Daily Deals for November 12, 2014, featuring the Golden Apple Giveaway

• Check out our latest wearable buyer's guide

• It's time for another iPhone 6 case roundup and giveaway

• Daily Deals for November 11, 2014

• Best Buy Black Friday deals: $100 off iPad Air 2, $150 off MacBook Air and much more

• Xbox discounts prepped for Microsoft Store's Black Friday

• Target Black Friday deals include cheap Xbox One bundles and more

• Daily Deals for November 10, 2014

• All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• The top 9 tablets you can buy right now

• Daily Deals for November 7, 2014, featuring the BACtrack Vio: A Pint-Sized Smartphone Breathalyzer

• The top 15 smartphones you can buy right now

• Meet Engadget's new buyer's guide picks: iPad Air 2, Note 4 and more!

• Daily Deals for November 6, 2014, Last Chace To Enter The iPhone 6 Giveaway Bonus: Mighty Speaker & Back to The Future Zboard

• Titanfall $20 on Xbox One, $10 on PC today at Amazon

• UK price Smash: Wii U, white PS4 deals ahead of the holidays

• Daily Deals for November 4, 2014

• You can buy a Nexus 9 for half price, but only if you're quick

• The Daily Grind: What's the best MMO for a true newbie?

• Daily Deals for November 3, 2014, featuring The Limited Edition Code Black Drone

• Engadget decides the Best of CES 2015: Here's how it goes down

• This Weekend in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

Computing (17)

• Mod turns your graphing calculator into a selfie camera

• Windows 10 will play your .MKV and .FLAC files all on its own

• MacTech Conference special this weekend

• One of the first true computers is finally on public display

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for November 21

• Canadian middle-schoolers rank pretty high for computer literacy

• Qualcomm wants to get into servers after conquering the mobile world

• Some users still having Wi-Fi issues after OS X 10.10.1 Yosemite update

• IBM's new computers may change how we process big data

• Additional hotfixes issued for November 13

• Sharp's new display shows the pixel-density race is far from over

• Windows' biggest web app framework is coming to Linux and Mac

• Spark's pint-sized board adds WiFi to any device for $19

• Ben Heck builds an Apple 1 from scratch, and you can too

• Making music in a Kinect-powered sandbox (video)

• Learning circuits and programming with the Geek Squad

• The iBox Nano 3D printer is almost as cheap as it is tiny

Cybersecurity (45)

• Unreleased Sony movies leak online following studio hack

• Music publishers sue Cox for not doing enough to stop piracy

• Sony Pictures is worried that North Korea hacked its computers

• European Union tells search sites how to handle your 'right to be forgotten'

• US warns about spyware that many believe it wrote

• US courts hope an old law will help them bypass phone encryption

• Sony Pictures' computers are still locked as hackers demand equality (updated)

• Digital copyright issues are affecting car modifications

• Researchers link carrier-focused malware to US and UK spy agencies

• Sony Pictures hack takes computers down studio-wide

• NSA Privacy Director says fears of government spying are unwarranted

• UK wants internet providers to identify who's using their connections

• Sophisticated malware has been spying on computers since 2008 (updated)

• Sony denies hacker group's infiltration into PSN

• Set a new record of adware annoyance with geographiQ Worldwide

• FTC shutters bogus tech support firms that scammed $120 million from victims

• Hackers tried to hold a Detroit city database hostage

• Amnesty International wants to help you avoid government surveillance

• Final Fantasy XIV has been besieged by DDoS attacks

• Uber looking into violations of its 'God View' customer-tracking app

• Tech companies want you to have free web encryption

• WhatsApp brings end-to-end encryption to its Android app

• Individuals behind Wirelurker malware arrested; Maiyadi App Store shut down

• Tor users' IP addresses can be identified by exploiting routers

• Turns out TRUSTe isn't so trustworthy, settles FTC complaint

• Tech companies ask the Senate to pass surveillance reform law

• State Department shuts down unclassified email to cope with hack

• WRUP: Epic-quality tinfoil hats

• UK ISPs will enlist the help of customers to flag extremist content

• Flying fake cell towers target fugitives, but can ID your phone too

• Stuxnet worm entered Iran's nuclear facilities through hacked suppliers

• Windows is vulnerable to web encryption attacks, too

• Exploit lets attackers replace your iPhone's apps with malware (update: Apple response)

• Engadget Daily: US Postal Service hacked, Obama on net neutrality and more!

• China suspected in US Postal Service hack that exposed data on 800,000 workers

• Latest Firefox browser puts web privacy one button away

• An ArcheAge player found a way to kill the servers at will

• ?Google says the best phishing scams have a 45-percent success rate

• Silk Road 2.0 was just the first: police seize more Tor-shielded darknet sites

• Home Depot hackers stole 53 million email adresses on top of credit card info

• Why the danger and hysteria surrounding the WireLurker malware is overblown

• FBI shuts down black market website Silk Road, arrests its owner (again)

• Just how secure are your messaging apps? The EFF knows.

• Secure Messaging Scorecard gives you a look at which apps keep your info private

• Musician tries to use EU right to be forgotten to hide a bad review

Entertainment (182)

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Fort business

• Team up with friends in Loadout to take down the Kroad

• One Shots: Female fashion show

• The Force is strong with Weekly Webcomic Wrapup

• Exo Zombies will debut with Havoc DLC in January

• Caturday: Le magnifique chat devant l'iMac

• Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions review: Game cubed

• YouTube Music Key is the streaming service for people who don't like streaming services

• Watch the first trailer for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' (update)

• Vinyl certainly isn't dead

• CBS to broadcast your social media posts alongside Macy's parade

• Persona Q DLC schedule and price points

• Sonic Adventure, Nights headline Humble Sega Bundle

• Hear the Glitch soundtrack in concert

• Destiny's Dark Below trailer runs through the goodies

• UK watchdog rules that YouTube Oreo ads take the biscuit

• Tales from the Borderlands Episode One review: Busy earnin'

• HBO teams up with Tencent to sell its TV shows in China

• Valiant Hearts: The Great War on Android tomorrow

• Amazon now connects you with local contractors

• SteamWorld Heist taps Steam Powered Giraffe for OST

• Etrian Odyssey's next crossover maps out Mystery Dungeon

• Assassin's Creed Rogue review: Avast ye, clone!

• Tales from the Borderlands rollin', rollin', rollin' out today

• You don't have to wear a horse mask in this Kinect, PS4 camera game

• What's on your HDTV: 'Walking Dead' fall finale, 'Grumpy Cat'

• Free-to-play shooter Warface visits Siberia with a friend

• Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed reaches PS4 tomorrow

• Atlus crawls back into the dungeon with Etrian Odyssey 5

• OK Go plans to release an album as DNA

• Video: How to build a Lego Apple Mac Computer

• Why are so many video games broken at launch?

• Fox loses his head in Super Smash Bros. glitch video

• Batman glides into Arkham Knight gameplay trailer

• Grand Theft Auto 5 becomes the UK's all-time bestseller

• Evolve Medic Caira loves the smell of napalm and heals in the mornin'

• Here's why 'Too Many Cooks' is tailor-made for the internet

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup fears Black Friday

• Three years later, Calendar Man reveals Arkham City easter egg

• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U video review: Fight club

• Caturday... or is it Bunday?

• Real Racing creator developing Need for Speed: No Limits for mobile

• Barely Related: Star-Lord's dance-off, comet sounds

• Meet Killer Instinct's next fighter, the sorceror Kan-Ra

• Dragon Age: Inquisition Easter egg is The Lord of the Pies

• LaserWatch: The story of a man with too much time on his hands

• Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd review - Pretty punisher

• Friendly competition on the slopes by using Lines

• Game of Thrones teaser offers a Stark reminder: Cersei is evil!

• This is what happens when a drone interrupts your Christmas date

• Bank builds Oculus app to fly you around your stocks and shares

• Bladestorm: Nightmare carves a path through history in March

• Destiny's Dark Below DLC trailer leaks

• Burgerman is a mediocre superhero seeking justice and food

• Watch every taunt in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• Joystiq Streams: That's a tiger in my Far Cry 4 and I'm happy to see you

• Buy Destiny expansion, get a Sparrow that lets you do tricks

• Craft the latte foam kitty of your dreams with this insane 'gun'

• Persona Q review: When worlds collide

• YouTube Music Awards return in March 2015 sans stage show

• Disgaea team lets loose Firefly Diary in February 2015

• Video: If Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 was released today

• MMO dev: Steam Greenlight still 'a big black box' for indies

• Super Smash Bros. 3DS patch nerfs Rosalina, hitstun cancels

• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U review: Show me your moves

• Stanford University makes its own Gecko-inspired wall climbing pads

• Can Skylanders' creative lead make robotic toy cars successful?

• Explore Alaska Native stories with Never Alone's ice climbers

• Giana Sisters: Director's Cut coming to Xbox One, PS4 next month

• Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris dev diary talks puzzles

• LittleBigPlanet 2 fan meticulously recreates Final Fantasy 7

• Uber CEO gives exec public slap on the wrist for threatening journalists

• Grand Theft Auto 5 review (Xbox One, PS4)

• Joystiq Streams: Inquisiting together in Dragon Age: Inquisition

• Prank your friends with a Camera RickRoll

• Why celebrities like Lindsay Lohan are suing video game studios

• Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire review: A real gem

• LittleBigPlanet 3 review: Knitting lessons

• 'Goat Simulator' is becoming an extra-absurd role-playing game

• What's on your HDTV: 'GTA V', 'State of Affairs', 'Lilyhammer', F1

• What if your game console only allowed one move per day?

• Snapchat messages disappear, but the money you can send in them doesn't

• Uber brings Spotify streaming to your morning commute

• Pokemon Omega/Alpha anime short doesn't really need English

• Flee from water, missile-based death in On Rusty Trails

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is covered in snow

• Lumino City is a handmade puzzler launching this month

• Battlefield 4 Premium members make a Final Stand next week

• Super-sized wooden emoji are Nick Offerman's latest project (update)

• Meet the legendaries of Pokemon Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire

• Desert Bus for Hope rides again, charity drive begins today

• British retailers are using Shazam to hijack rivals' Christmas ads (update)

• Watch a 10-minute 1080p jogthrough of Final Fantasy 15's greenery

• Far Cry 4 review: Home despot

• Weird Al wants to sell you a drone

• Harvest Moon 3D: The Lost Valley review: Fractured farming tales

• Joystiq Streams: Expect Dragon Age: Inquisition

• Facebook's Say Thanks lets you send video cards to your friends

• Meet other fans for the big game with Best Bars

• YouTube unveils Music Key subscription service, here's what you need to know

• Dungeon Defenders 2 hits Early Access next month

• More Mercedes madness in new live-action Mario Kart ads

• Play as Handsome Jack's clone in new Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel DLC

• Final Fantasy 13-2 heading to Steam in December

• Joystiq Streams: The history of shooting in Bedlam, plus free games

• Halo: The Master Chief Collection review: Chief salad

• Assassin's Creed Unity review: A tale of two games

• Nintendo mega-busts out another batch of Amiibos [update]

• Dragon Age: Inquisition review: Tipping the scales

• What's on your HDTV: 'Halo', Chelsea Peretti, NASCAR, 'UHF'

• Retro RPG Pier Solar HD hits Xbox One later this month

• Crime gets an upgrade in GTA 5 next-gen launch trailer

• The Banner Saga, Armikrog journey to PS4 in early 2015

• RZA on why the Wu-Tang Clan put its new album inside a speaker

• UK Charts: CoD Advanced Warfare dethrones FIFA

• Watch Blizzard's absolutely lore-ful WoW 10-year retrospective

• BlizzCon 2014 in photos

• EVE Evolved: Clone upgrades and skill loss are gone!

• Sunday Morning Funnies: A sunbeam calling

• Apotheon brings PS4's Greek paintings to life in January

• Heroes of the Storm getting new characters, maps, beta in January

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is going to start its own con

• Ghosts in the room? It's just your frazzled brain

• Limitations drive hip-hop producer RJD2's creativity

• Xbox One November update detailed, 'rolling out' now

• Xbox One update arrives with customization and Twitter tie-ins

• Nano Assault NEO-X swarms PS4 in North America next week

• Step into The Dream Machine episode 5 on November 14

• Barely Related: Star Wars wakes up the Force

• Track your favorite team with College Baskeball Schedules

• Far Cry 4's season pass trailer is abominable

• Majora's Mask comparison video highlights 3DS enhancements

• Joystiq Streams: Grunt punting the old way in Master Chief Collection

• Watch RJD2 perform live at Expand right here on Engadget

• Facebook makes it easier to hide your annoying friends' posts

• Court demands Google hand over the identity of 'Avengers 2' trailer leaker

• Joystiq Streams: Halo 4's spectacular butts in glorious 60fps [Update: Watch the replay!]

• The game that killed Free Radical

• Amazon's Echo voice-controlled speaker delivers music, news and more

• Vent your literary frustration with this punching-bag keyboard

• Master Chief collects 15GB Day One download, launch trailer

• Check out the Majora's Mask 3D Special Edition for Europe

• Chrome extension encrypts your emails, tweets and status updates

• World of Speed gameplay video takes a spin through Moscow

• Did You Know Gaming digs into the history of Fire Emblem

• New-gen GTA V looks great, and you can play in first-person (video)

• Killzone turns ten, deploys DLC gifts for Shadow Fall

• Everybody's gone Sparrow surfin' in Destiny

• Lords of the Fallen review: Fallin' in and out of love with you

• Splatoon pits squids against octopuses in Q2 2015

• Nintendo is remastering 'The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask' for 3DS

• Warner Bros. plans more layoffs through early 2015

• Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Remix Collector's Edition features almost the whole series

• PSN Store Update: Digital Pros and CoDs

• Science says Spice Girls own the UK's catchiest song ever

• Throw the couch, there's a Fly In The House

• Advanced Warfare console comparison drops a few frames on PS4

• 'Destiny' and the 9.5 million 'registered users' number (update)

• 'Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare' is having a rocky launch on Xbox One and PlayStation 4

• Grand Theft Auto 5 commits to first-person on PS4, XB1, PC

• Chris Hadfield's zero-gravity cover of 'Space Oddity' returns to YouTube

• Conan O'Brien thinks the new 'Call of Duty' is ridiculous too

• Smite enters beta arena on Xbox One early next year

• Philosophy, puzzles and Tetris in The Talos Principle next month

• Five questions about making music in the modern age with hip-hop producer RJD2

• 'Citizenfour' offers a fascinating, narrow view of Edward Snowden's NSA leaks

• BioShock Infinite: The Complete Edition available today

• Hold X to watch Conan O'Brien play Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

• Disney Movies Anywhere service comes to Android with a link to Google Play

• Alone in the Dark: Illumination trailer sheds light on the series' new direction

• Bring the noise of the crowd home with Football Sound Effects

• Retro City Rampage DX hits digital platforms next week

• Shh: A Bird Story dev speaks up about pre-release silence

• Sunset Overdrive fails to derail FIFA 15 in this week's UK charts

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare review: House of CoDs

• Frozen Synapse Prime flanks an arena, heads to Steam

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Thrill of the hunt

• Hire thieves for your dirty work, reap the rewards in The Swindle

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup hears Christmas music

• Take a shot at Battlecry's first three class types

• Denis Dyack's Shadow of the Eternals rises from the grave

• Text adventure The Last Court ties Dragon Age 2, Inquisition

EVs and Transportation (31)

• Ridesharing apps are erasing the value of taxi services

• Leaving Las Vegas: Uber suspends operations in Nevada

• FAA report shows spike in drone-related air traffic incidents

• Audi says an EV with Tesla-like range is coming in 2017 (update)

• GoPro is reportedly making camera-equipped drones

• Lyft's new offering lets you take passengers only during your commute

• The FAA wants you to have a pilot's license to fly commercial drones

• Sound Off! Do ridesharing privacy issues make you nervous?

• Chevy previews next-gen Volt with location-based charging system

• JFK Airport has a drone problem

• Senator Al Franken questions Uber about its privacy policy, 'God View'

• Chevrolet unveils futuristic 'Gran Turismo 6' concept car

• Uber offering more perks to its full-time US drivers

• Transportation board overturns ruling that made small drones legal

• Honda's fuel cell car is late, so look at this concept car instead

• Recommended Reading: NYC's new subway hub is an architectural marvel

• Uber launches in Leeds, its third UK city

• New tech can run your car's infotainment system for you

• A folding electric bike that fits in a bag? Impossible

• Lyft's new service lets your workplace pay for your commute (updated)

• Automakers promise to limit the data they collect from your car (updated)

• New York attorney general fights rule that curbs services like Uber

• BMW's new street lights will charge your electric car

• 60 seconds with the team that wants to make every car smart

• Tesla brings its Supercharger network one step closer to covering the UK

• Police cars that make sure cops don't break the law are coming in 2015

• Energica Eva is a 'naked' electric superbike for the street

• Tesla delays Model X again, aims for Q3 2015

• Mercedes-Benz' insane new SUV concept is a giant solar panel

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: Long-range EVs, vegetable biofuel and a wearable for Alzheimer's patients

• Formula 1 is testing a 'virtual safety car'

Gaming (483)

• Know Your Lore: Khadgar, of the Sons of Lothar

• Broken Age's second act slips to early 2015

• Battlefields open in Sevencore's first expansion

• Development costs for This War of Mine covered in two days

• Captain's Log: Why Star Trek Online is kind of a mess right now

• What to do after hitting level 100

• Lost Continent: Why so impatient with ArcheAge?

• Massively Interview: Burning Dog on Origin of Malu's do-over

• Mighty Smighties: Battle of the smightiest

• The Daily Grind: Do you display your MMO minipets?

• Make My MMO: November 23 - 29, 2014

• Report: The Crew lead designer confident of stable launch

• Bless Online offers combat peek in latest trailer

• Kickstarter suspends funding of blood-collecting game device

• Path of Exile plans a massive PvP update for patch 1.3

• Kojima to show new Metal Gear Online at The Game Awards

• Shroud of the Avatar unleashes a community update

• Winter is coming - Telltale's Game of Thrones releases December 2

• Breakfast Topic: Your favorite garrison building

• The Daily Grind: Is your character religious?

• ?Tate museum reimagines works of art as Minecraft maps

• Hearthstone's November Ranked Play season ending soon

• Wizard101 and Pirate101 rack up 50 million players combined

• Camelot Unchained's fourth newsletter covers the state of the game

• Descendants Kickstarter promises 'real freedom of choice'

• Super Joystiq Podcast 123: Persona Q, Tales from the Borderlands, Escape Dead Island

• The Queue: What's up with Gorehowl?

• Ask Massively: Ridiculing e-sports is bad for MMOs

• The Daily Grind: Are superhero MMOs doomed to be niche?

• The Think Tank: Giving thanks for MMOs

• The world's largest video-game collection is up for sale again

• Know Your Lore: Ner'zhul and the breaking of the pact

• WRUP: Game of the Year 2014? Go!

• The Queue: Blood elves, battle pets, and poop

• PSA: Elite pre-order customers can play right now

• The Daily Grind: Are you gaming on Thanksgiving?

• EA once again earns perfect score in LGBT workplace equality

• Bungie's COO thinks Destiny and games like it are hard to review

• Perfect World's Q3 results down

• Ubisoft apologizes for 'Assassin's Creed' bugs with free add-ons and games

• Leaderboard: Can you co-exist with players who don't share your preferences?

• Rockstar's Black Friday sale discounts GTA 5 merchandise

• Journey to the West opens up its international beta on Saturday

• Choose My Adventure: The final Final Fantasy

• Assassin's Creed: Unity CEO apologizes for bugs, offers free DLC

• Secure a Skyforge beta key through a gems minigame

• The Level 3 Storehouse will be mine on January 31, 2017

• The Soapbox: Six reasons MMOs should abandon raiding, part 3

• Black Desert posts new screenshots ahead of open beta

• The Queue: Garrisons, garrisons, some other stuff, and garrisons

• 'Haystack issues' - AC: Unity's third patch rolls out 300+ fixes

• The Daily Grind: Does nostalgia impact your gameplay?

• Global Chat: Gamers Secret Santa

• Defiance gets new Aftermath content, Thanksgiving event

• New World of Speed vid pits Camaro vs. Mustang

• Pilgrim's Bounty 2014 is here with new battle pet and more

• RuneScape sub price to increase in 2015

• Icarus Online releases trailer for The Evil Desert

• Activision issuing DMCA takedowns on Call of Duty exploit videos

• Joystiq Streams: Humble Bundle giveaway extravaganza

• Ubisoft's The Crew: Not pre-screened for critics

• CCP slays Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines remake

• The Soapbox: Six reasons MMOs should abandon raiding, part 2

• Valiance Online cancels Kickstarter, seeks stress test applicants

• Sony's new plan means fewer TVs and smartphones, more PlayStations

• The Daily Grind: What's the ideal subscription rate for an MMO?

• Marvel's Venom infects Zen Pinball games next month

• Tier 17 raid armor preview

• Destiny's Dark Below gameplay previewed in new video

• Project HON trailer offers half an hour of mechanized action

• Ron Gilbert's new 2D adventure game passes crowdfunding goal

• Blood Elf model preview coming Tuesday

• EVE rookies, look here first

• Blade & Soul teases a new Shaman trailer, gives us a sad

• Skyforge details the Berserker's rage mechanic

• Last Week on Massively: WoW's rebound

• The Soapbox: Six reasons MMOs should abandon raiding, part 1

• The Mog Log: The end of Final Fantasy XIV's 2.0 cycle

• Strategy plus math equals Make a 9

• New trailer for Destiny's The Dark Below glances at gameplay

• Quantum Break motion-captures Iceman, Meriadoc

• Breakfast Topic: Who's your favorite follower?

• Take your foosball skills global with Foosball Cup World

• The Daily Grind: What does your scariest avatar look like?

• Vib-Ribbon's return began with an attempt at stage cred

• Team Ninja's Ni-Oh is not dead-oh, needs 'a little time'

• Celebrate Naughty Dog's 30th birthday with a Precursor Orb

• Garrison Secrets, Easter Eggs and Hidden Surprises

• Pre-order Geometry Wars 3, get two extra levels

• Minecraft: Pocket Edition gets a facelift with update 0.10

• Star Citizen aims to redefine avatar death, combat realism

• Overdog matchmaking app to pair up online players with similar interests

• Just Cause 3 won't launch with multiplayer, but Square Enix says it 'does make a lot of sense'

• The Daily Grind: What's your favorite physical MMO memento?

• Alienware's Alpha game console is ready to invade your living room

• Recruit Leorajh the Saberon as a Garrison Bodyguard

• Make My MMO: November 16 - 22, 2014

• Superdata CEO: F2P audience has 'reached its limits'

• H1Z1 dev vid talks cities, barricades, and more

• Assassin's Creed: Unity title screen crash workaround: remove your friends

• Buy Evolve, scare up game on its DLC maps for free

• Unannounced Double Fine game canceled, 12 staff let go

• Mini DayZ is what DayZ would have been like in 1994

• Breakfast Topic: What are you doing at level 100?

• Flipping Dice: Don't flip out

• The Daily Grind: Where do your mounts go when you aren't using them?

• Undead cyborg Raidou joins Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

• Battle enemy robots with your own in Ironkill

• Warframe's Archwing update hits consoles

• WRUP: Playing those level 100 blues

• MapleStory 2 shows off a new trailer for G-Star 2014

• Random dungeons back to personal loot, guaranteed drops

• Pretty platformer Ori and the Blind Forest delayed to 2015

• Games we love and hate

• Raph Koster explains how WoW changed MMOs

• Joystiq Giveaway: 3 copies of The Art of Assassin's Creed: Unity

• Super Joystiq Podcast 122: Far Cry 4, GTA V, Assassin's Creed Rogue, WWE 15

• Activision, Vivendi lawsuit settlement amounts to $275 million

• Elite: Dangerous considers granting even more refunds

• Dungeon Hotfixes, Need before Greed now default

• Sunset Overdrive free this Saturday

• Lost Ark is a full-featured MMO; check out the new trailer

• The opening cinematic for Destiny's first DLC has been leaked

• The Daily Grind: Do special currencies in MMOs annoy you?

• Titanfall Deluxe Edition welcomes new pilots to the fight

• GameStop stock drops on declining sales, despite new hardware

• Ultima Online publish brings holiday gifts, veteran rewards

• Elite: Dangerous devs counter outrage with select refunds

• Pathfinder Online continues to delay early enrollment

• Free Shadow of Mordor DLC drops today on PC, PS4, Xbox One

• The Crew gets an everything-you-need-to-know trailer

• PlanetSide 2 turns two, celebrates with double XP

• Humble Bundle teams with Joystiq on curated charity game sale

• Gloria Victis implements dialogues and other improvements

• Bayonetta 2, Hearthstone among first Game Awards nominees

• Three new Final Fantasy games coming to iOS, and FFVII isn't one of them

• SkySaga videos encourage you to explore its world

• Highmaul raid schedule revealed

• Closers Online shows off gameplay and characters at G-Star 2014

• Joystiq presents Humble Weekly Bundle, made just for you

• Free-to-play dev says Western gamers more critical of the cost structure

• Know Your Lore: Nobundo

• TERA's Fate of Arun expansion is coming December 16th

• Elite: Dangerous has begun issuing refunds over offline play debacle

• Call of Duty franchise tops $10 billion in sales, Advanced Warfare biggest digital console launch

• The Queue: Dungeon difficulty, Dungeon Queues, Boost a warrior.

• Tree of Savior shows off its gameplay at G-Star 2014

• Activision Blizzard resolves class action lawsuits

• Peria Chronicles puts sandbox features front and center at G-Star 2014

• Breakfast Topic: The Warlords surge

• Let your finger act as a god of the blobs in Blobiverse

• The Daily Grind: Would you play a historical MMORPG?

• Here's a supra new World of Speed trailer

• Hit List Q&A: Nathan Vella, co-founder of Capy

• Destiny demo now available

• Massively Interview: Designing Neverwinter's Tiamat

• Master X Master MOBA getting a mobile version as well

• Destiny's free trial transfers your characters to the full game

• New SMITE vid reveals the Dragon King of the Eastern Seas

• World of Warcraft passes 10 million subscribers

• PSA: Hatsune Miku wants to kill all humans

• Black Gold's water-themed Bloodied Tides DLC arrives next week

• Wizard101 adds four new dungeons

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for November 18

• Leaderboard: Which aspect of ArcheAge needs immediate attention?

• Shards Online's Kickstarter has already reached its $50k goal

• Choose My Adventure: Final Fantasy XIV's thaumaturgery

• Far Cry 4 gets a 'live updates' blog too

• EA CFO: Microsoft is catching up to Sony

• The Queue: Garrisons, weekend raiding, work order cooldowns

• Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is now taking donations through Patreon

• Hartsman addresses ArcheAge APEX exploit: 'There isn't a dupe bug'

• You can now try 'Destiny' for free and carry progress into the full game

• The Daily Grind: Are you still playing WildStar?

• Elite: Dangerous devs nix offline single-player mode

• GameStop plans pre-Black Friday Family Weekend event

• Server move delays Age of Wulin Chapter 3 until December 2nd

• Catch a glimpse of Wander in Wednesday's live machinima

• Snail game: Matching for tots

• Das Tal's latest stress test happens this Saturday

• Maniac Mansion designers seek funding for new 2D adventure

• Stormthrone strikes open alpha tomorrow

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for November 17

• DCUO's War of the Light Part II now available

• Holy crap, your wallet is screwed today

• Blizzard giving all subscribers 5 days of free game time

• Trove gets a sugar high with its Candy Barbarian class

• Far Cry 4 creative director sends a message in a bottle to pirates

• Enter at Your Own Rift: How to tell a great story in an MMO

• Neverwinter: Rise of Tiamat goes live today

• Dragon Age: Inquisition's women, and the remarkable ordinary

• NCsoft releases more Project HON trailers for G-Star 2014

• Gaming for the X-Files Fan's Soul: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

• Massively Exclusive: Elsword offers Eve a birthday trailer

• Rockstar troubleshoots GTA Online character transfer issues

• Blade & Soul and Aion mobile games announced

• NCsoft promises a simultaneous global release for Lineage Eternal

• Four years and $11K: Glorkian Warrior's crippling mistakes

• Iron, man - Destiny's 'reforged' Iron Banner 2.0 goes live

• The Daily Grind: Do you read gaming-related novels?

• GameStop's Black Friday ad leaks Xbox One, PS4 bundle deals

• Majesco doubting 'ability to continue' following layoffs

• More new Hearthstone: Goblins vs Gnomes cards revealed

• Big Destiny patch adds expansion stuff, shaders, and more

• Swedish trade group proposes sexism ratings for games

• Bless Online reveals a new trailer for its second beta

• Complete Bronze Proving Grounds, get your weapon

• SkySaga bringing a colorful sandvox to you next summer

• Destiny picks up voice chat options in 1.0.3 update

• Goat MMO Simulator boasts one level more than World of Warcraft

• Last Week on Massively: Let's hunt some orc

• Studio changes policy after dev threatens to kill Gabe Newell

• Black Desert's Korean launch lands in December

• Crossing Souls: 80s RPG about friendship, death and adventure

• Ubisoft details third Assassin's Creed: Unity patch

• WoW's Dark Portal has reopened in a Shanghai subway

• Elite: Dangerous won't feature offline play after all

• Crush waves of enemies to save princess in Day of the Viking

• CoD: Advanced Warfare sees off big names to retain UK No. 1

• Sweden considers adding 'sexism' ratings to video games

• Goat MMO Simulator will WoW fans for free later this week

• Halo Plasma Rifle replicas enter Earth's atmosphere in Q3 2015

• Know Your Lore: The Pale

• Demo for GaymerX game Read Only Memories now available

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for November 15

• The Queue: Ode to the Frostwall Woodcutter

• Human Element no longer F2P, still aiming for November 2015

• Mighty No. 9 protagonist Beck gets a color change

• Tinertia is a platformer with rockets instead of a jump button

• One Shots: Mutant masochists

• Breakfast Topic: Are you a returning player?

• Forget quadratic equations, play 'Super Smash Bros.' on your TI-83

• It takes less than 30 minutes to see Far Cry 4's alternate ending

• Excavated E.T. Atari carts fetch more than $1,500 at auction

• Make My MMO: November 9 - November 15, 2014

• You can play Penn & Teller's wonderfully uneventful 'Desert Bus' in VR

• Draenor bestiary updated with the creatures of Nagrand

• Vainglory mobile MOBA launching on Tuesday

• Far Cry 4 map creator doesn't support competitive multiplayer

• Ankama teaser melds Dofus, Wakfu

• BlizzCon 2014 interviews feature Cory Stockton, Alex Afrasiabi

• Perfect Ten: Lessons I've learned from working at Massively

• Driveclub studio kicks the tires, lights two free DLC fires

• The Daily Grind: Are giant bosses getting ridiculous?

• Hotfixes for November 14 and realm stability update

• Darkfall axes tutorial, for now

• WRUP: Stock gamer

• Iron Banner 2.0 comes to Destiny next week

• Nexon teases Hyper Universe with a trailer, will publish Tree of Savior

• Marvel Heroes adds new game mode

• Blizzard fights Snail Games over panda design

• Assassin's Creed Unity to get second patch 'soon'

• Check out Red Stone 2, the Korean anime MMO

• North American realms are now coming up

• ArcheAge is going mobile

• Start the legendary quest at level 98, get an epic ring

• Working As Intended: Niche MMOs vs. the everything box

• Super Joystiq Podcast 121: Assassin's Creed Unity, Dragon Age Inquisition, Harvest Moon

• SMITE previews Ao Kuang in detail

• Photos to Photos game has a picture to answer any question

• Snail Games sued by former director of development on Age of Wushu

• Secret Files Sam Peters: A reporter's dilemma

• The Daily Grind: Have you made use of an advanced character in an MMO?

• I Screamride, you Screamride, we all Screamride in March 2015

• European and North American realms going down for unscheduled maintenance

• Blizzard confirms World of Warcraft target of DDoS attack [UPDATED]

• Arcane Supergirl arrives in Infinite Crisis this month

• CoD: Advanced Warfare gets 6 million viewers on Twitch in first week [Update]

• October NPD: NBA 2K15, Smash Bros. 3DS lead in weak month for software sales [Update]

• Garrisons, professions and more with Cory Stockton

• The Crew's season pass hyped in new trailer

• Online heists coming to GTA Online following next-gen launch

• GTA 5 to require launch day patch on PS4, Xbox One

• Broken garrisons and other issues on launch day

• People are already level 100

• Ubisoft now working to fix Assassin's Creed: Unity issues

• Blizzard issues thousands (more) Hearthstone bot bans

• Chaos Theory: Five fantastic NPCs in The Secret World

• Meet the bosses of TERA's upcoming Fate of Arun expansion

• XCOM: Enemy Within now on mobile

• NCsoft's third quarter report is glowing; WildStar's revenues are not

• Around Azeroth: What do you do when the servers are down?

• Warframe wants the Guinness record for virtual mustaches

• Just Cause 3 is a retail box game, doesn't have microtransactions

• Reminder: Log in to your alts after launch for rested XP

• Little Warlock School: King of castle management

• PAX East 2015 badges on sale, 3-day already sold out

• Don't expect a Blood Dragon sequel from Ubisoft

• Age of Iron Trailer: Take your place on the front lines

• Choose My Adventure: So much punching in Final Fantasy XIV

• Lineage Eternal will be playable at G-Star 2014

• That Dragon, Cancer dad, devs push on after tragedy

• Layoffs are probably in store for Transformers Universe

• King is praying that soda will revive Candy Crush

• Destiny going offline on Thursday to prep for updates

• Final Fantasy XIV's Yoshida on housing, test servers, and post-Fanfest

• Monument Valley update brings new levels

• Flipop is a colorful memory game with gratifying bonuses

• The Daily Grind: How do you feel about flying mounts in MMOs?

• Bandai Namco income, sales up in first half of fiscal 2015

• Elvenar brings city building to a fantasy world

• BlizzCon 2014: Art gallery celebrates Blizzard's past and present

• Skrillex, Coldplay headline Fantasia: Music Evolved DLC

• Star Citizen's Roberts on job boards, affecting AI, and more

• Last Week on Massively: BlizzCon 2014

• Game of Thrones confirmed for Xbox One, PS4; story details

• Firefall is offering bonus rep this weekend

• TradeChat's recap of BlizzCon 2014

• Final Fantasy XIV introduces character rename service

• Just Cause 3 hits PS4, Xbox One, PC in 2015

• Blizzard wins lawsuit and shuts down Hearthstone clone

• Alex Afrasiabi on Warlords, Garrosh, and alternate Azeroth

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Learning from Tyria's past in Guild Wars 2

• Watch Conan O'Brien scream at Frenchmen in Assassin's Creed: Unity

• The Queue: Professions, BlizzCon, and Asking Questions

• Guild Wars 2 previews the Tangled Path for November 18th

• The Daily Grind: Should MMOs have a 'raid stat'?

• Hotline Miami prints, shirts, buttons hit iam8bit store

• Jet Run: City Defender: High-end graphics with a retro flair

• The Game Awards 2014 debuts December 5

• First of six Game of Thrones episodes coming soon from Telltale

• Neverwinter's Rise of Tiamat gameplay trailer is here

• Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen shows off early development screenshots

• BlizzCon 2014: Diablo 3 adds Ruins of Sescheron, new items

• Independent game incubator secures $6 million in funding

• The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV and approaching the end of the story

• Shards Online teases second Kickstarter campaign

• Diablo was once considered for an MMO, but no longer

• Breakfast Topic: So now that BlizzCon is over...

• Homemade 'Castlevania' board game looks beautiful and fun to play

• Resident Evil Revelations 2 ESRB rating almost a Barry sandwich

• The Daily Grind: Do you ride your mount inside?

• Ex-Irrational devs' The Black Glove falls well short of funding

• Bungie gifts Destiny player recovering from brain surgery Exotic rifle

• Joystiq Weekly: Free Radical's Haze, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Tony Hawk and more

• The Queue: Convention recovery mode

• One Shots: Snowblind

• Breakfast Topic: BlizzCon down, Warlords to go

• The Daily Grind: How long do you give an MMO to improve?

• BlizzCon 2014 day 2 recap

• Bomberman hoards powerups on iOS, Android in Japan

• Make My MMO: November 2 - November 8, 2014

• Overwatch beta starts in 2015, sign-ups now live

• EA's quarterly net revenue is up, apparently in spite of SWTOR

• PSA: Dragon Age story bridge The Last Court now in session

• BlizzCon 2014: Diablo III previews Season 2

• Touring DCUO's War of Light Part II before next week's release

• BlizzCon Overwatch Origins liveblog

• Hearthstone expansion Goblins vs Gnomes concocts December release date

• The Queue: Reinhardt is

• The Game Archaeologist: Four online sci-fi titles no one remembers

• Breakfast Topic: How about that Overwatch?

• WRUP: Blizz Fortress

• The Daily Grind: What's holding you back from playing indie MMOs?

• BlizzCon 2014 day 1 recap

• Hearthstone: Goblins vs. Gnomes cards and mechanics

• The heroes of Overwatch

• WRUP: BlizzCon news drop

• Bungie executive swatted

• Citizens of Earth delayed, taking office in January 2015

• Tony Hawk, Activision making console game for 2015

• Overwatch cinematic and gameplay trailers, sign up for beta

• The end is coming to Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin

• Smash Champs is stunning, unique and action-packed

• Shadowrun dev reveals deadly dungeon dive, Necropolis

• Next Mass Effect snags Halo 4's lead writer, gets concept art

• BlizzCon 2014: Liveblogging the Overwatch panel

• BlizzCon Overwatch Unveiled liveblog

• Blizzard announces new charity pet for ebola relief efforts

• The Stream Team: Lollygagging in Landmark's Whispering Wind Academy

• BlizzCon 2014: Blizzard takes on superheroes with Overwatch

• Blizzard announces new franchise: "Overwatch"

• Monument Valley is getting new levels and you should be excited

• BlizzCon 2014: Hearthstone: Goblins vs. Gnomes expansion announced

• Liveblogging the opening ceremonies of BlizzCon 2014

• BlizzCon Opening Ceremony liveblog

• Super Joystiq Podcast 120: Halo The Master Chief Collection, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare

• Braben says Elite: Dangerous' December 16th launch date is 'sensible'

• Humble Weekly Bundle revs up with Joe Danger 2, Dirt 3

• Watch the BlizzCon 2014 opening ceremony live

• Lords of the Fallen heads to the library in winter DLC pack

• Skyforge's first technical beta weekend begins November 13th

• Star Trek Online posts lore on a mystery object

• Breakfast Topic: BlizzCon begins

• Doodle Jump DC Super Heroes offers a not-so-serious Batman

• The Daily Grind: What do you think Blizzard's big secret announcement is?

• Disney Infinity takes Interactive division into profit and beyond

• Korean MMO Echo of Soul immigrates to North America and Europe next year

• The Crew hints at 'new PvP mode,' season pass info

• DC superheroes team up with Puzzle & Dragons next week

• The Crew Season Pass is $25 of early, exclusive car access

• Blizzard makes changes to official forums

• DCUO gets new skimming movement power

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for November 5th

• Blizzard teases Hearthstone announcement at BlizzCon

• The Secret World's Issue 10 characters, locations, and shield upgrades

• Knights of Pen and Paper keeps autumn alive in Haunted Fall update

• Witcher 3: Wild Hunt includes 16 free DLC packs

• Trove enters open beta, ArcheAge deploys Auroria in the EU

• Square Enix reports year-over-year increase in sales, income

• The BlizzCon line has already been started by one dedicated player

• Get buff with Buff Knight Lite

• Breakfast Topic: The pros and cons of faster expansion release

• The Daily Grind: How do you diverge from conventional MMO wisdom?

• There's already someone in line at BlizzCon, and they have 29 level 90's

• Digital liberty advocates want the right to resurrect old online games

• Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Generation leads Konami's card game to mobile

• Watch the sped-up creation of Das Tal concept art

• MechWarrior dev vlog talks inner sphere quirks, faction switching

• Road to BlizzCon Day 2: Fruitcake and Fallout

• Unity Asset Store top sellers earn $30K a month

• Twitchy Thrones: Game of pixels

• World of Tanks' 9.4 adds Stalingrad map, tweaks strongholds and more

• Code Name: STEAM launches in spring 2015

• Leaf on the Wind is an engaging and very clever game

• Leaderboard: Have you tried The Repopulation yet?

• Elder Scrolls unveils its six-month loyalty reward

• Trials Fusion gets eight-racer multiplayer by the end of the year

• ET and other exhumed Atari games hit eBay

• League of Legends spotlights Kalista, the Spear of Vengeance

• Yrel, the Light of Hope, comes to Characters of Warcraft page

• Aion: Invasion launches today with new zones, dungeons, and server vs. server PvP

• Choose My Adventure: Final Fantasying

• Atari 'E.T.' cartridges unearthed in landfill go up for auction on eBay

• Marvel Heroes' Juggernaut, multi-speccing, and upcoming story content

• Around Azeroth: Bacon explosion!

• Firefall teases update 1.2

• Activision Blizzard earnings bolstered by Destiny and World of Warcraft

• The Daily Grind: What fallen MMO would you like to remember today?

• New World of Speed vid features nearly four minutes of gameplay

• HEX drops beta key requirement but denies status of open beta

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare community not toxic, dev says

• Activision rakes in $753 million in revenue for Q3 [Update]

• Final Fantasy XI looks forward to its November update next Monday

• Why updated graphics matter

• Enter at Your Own Rift: Do my bidding, minions!

• Activision CEO optimistic despite Call of Duty pre-order dip

• Dawngate shutting down in 90 days

• Road to Blizzcon Day 1: Diners and dynamite

• 'Accidental' drownings skyrocket as The Sims 4 adds pools

• BlizzCon kicks off on Friday, virtual tickets still available

• The Repopulation lowers its alpha access pledge prices

• Rock out with Grand Theft Auto 5's OST on vinyl, CD this holiday

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for November 3

• Trial six hours of Dragon Age: Inquisition early via EA Access

• Now you can play 'Defender' and 900 other arcade classics in your browser

• The Beta ends with snails and Firelords

• Red Bull Racers: Fueled for fun

• Destiny 'Dark Below' expansion brings some free content for all

• Watch two hours of Civilization Online unfold

• Your server should kill level 103 Moonfang or you're doing it wrong

• Joystiq Streams: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare pays it forward [CANCELED]

• Age of Wulin to finally release in Europe

• Skyforge's adepts do your dirty work, bear gifts

• Hearthstone bot-generator site closes down after bans

• Elder Scrolls Online's Update 5 goes live, reduces VR grind

• Destiny to dole out some new content for non-DLC purchasers

• Last Week on Massively: Final Fantasy XIV got a new job

• The Mog Log: Exploring Final Fantasy XIV's 2.4 dungeons

• Robin Hood stealth game Volume stars actor Andy Serkis

• The Queue: Vengeful, Tricksy Ghosts

• War Thunder prepares to roll out Steel Generals

• Employee reviews blast Carbine Studios management

• Breakfast Topic: Ten days to Warlords

• The Daily Grind: Are you an MMO jerk?

• Stiq Figures, October 20 - 26: The console you don't own edition

• Telltale's Game of Thrones teases are getting graphic

• The Internet Arcade has 900+ games, no quarters needed

• Star Trek Online restores players flagged for exploits

• Feedback Loop: NFC, 'Evolve' alpha codes and more!

• The Black Glove gets VR support in effort to secure funding

• BlizzCon Charity Auction expands online

• Zombies are in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare DLC

• The Daily Grind: Which style of crafting do you prefer?

• Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel's fifth playable character is Jack

• Final Fantasy rides a G-Bike onto Japan's iOS, Android stores

• Make My MMO: October 26 - November 1, 2014

• Gigantic wants to greatly expand its alpha test

• Artcraft Level Design Part 4 features Nagrand

• WRUP: Vampir safety

• Nordic officially purchases de Blob series from THQ

• The Daily Grind: Should all MMOs have a sidekick system?

• Telltale's Game of Thrones stars five playable family members

Google (28)

• European Parliament passes vote asking for Google to be broken up

• European Union wants Google to extend 'right to be forgotten' worldwide

• Google makes it easy to see every device logged into your account

• Chromecast works better with Chromebooks, looks better with NASA

• Google Maps offers more info about destinations and alternate routes

• EU wants to separate search from the rest of Google

• Google's internet balloons can stay aloft for 100 days

• Google cuts a deal over old Nortel Networks patents

• Google's Contributor lets you crowdfund sites instead of seeing their ads

• Google's setting Photo Spheres and Street View images free from Maps

• Google is cracking down on bad Android TV apps

• Court rules Google can arrange search results any way it wants

• Google grabs its first carrier partner for Project Loon tests in Australia

• Google Wallet won't let you buy digital goods on the web past March 2015

• Google makes the 'Nobel Prize of computing' worth $1 million

• Google Inbox is a handy way to optimize your Gmail with a few caveats

• Schools in the US love Google Chromebooks

• Google Voice finally lets you send MMS messages through Verizon

• Google now runs an airfield after signing a 60-year NASA lease

• Google Genomics can store your entire genome online for a mere $25 a year

• Google Barges' lack of fire-safety features caused their early demise

• German news publishers want Google to rip their content after all

• Google is bringing Chromecast to Mexico for 699 pesos

• Launch desktop apps from inside Google Drive

• Google Maps gets a makeover with built-in restaurant reservations

• Google and LG will license each other's patents for the next decade

• Five questions for the creator of Google's modular smartphone

• Google wants you to easily share files between Android and iOS

Health (2)

• Walgreens to offer affordable and needle-free blood tests in more stores (updated)

• World of Warplanes celebrates a birthday

Laptops (7)

• How would you change the Razer Blade (14-inch, 2013)?

• Engadget Daily: Yoga 3 Pro, the 'day one patch,' and more!

• Google is giving away 1TB of free Drive space with new Chromebooks

• Intel hands control of its mobile chip division to its Ultrabook chief

• New York City green-lights the use of Chromebooks in public schools

• HP's slim 'Omen' gaming laptop conjures up Voodoo memories

• Acer's first laptop with a 4K display ships this month for $1,500

Lifestyle (6)

• Pizza Hut's eye-tracking menu knows what you want before you do

• Here's how to 3D print using mashed bananas

• Next Glass takes the guesswork out of beer and wine shopping (update)

• What you need to know about Airbnb's legal challenges

• Arduino sensors let ballerinas 'paint' with their pointes

• Engadget giveaway: win an over-the-air HDTV package courtesy of Tablo!

Meta (7)

• Facebook wants to handle your workplace chats

• Facebook thought about featuring games in Messenger

• Facebook translates its privacy policy back into plain English

• Oculus VR's software development kit for mobile is now available

• Facebook plans to dominate Russia's social networks through apps

• Watch Mark Zuckerberg answer your most pressing questions

• Oculus CEO: Consumer VR headset 'months, not years away'

Microsoft (8)

• Microsoft reportedly planning Windows 10 event for January

• Microsoft rolls out Bing Maps traffic guesstimation worldwide

• Microsoft is adding Google Drive-style chat to Office Online apps

• With Movie Creator, Microsoft wants to help produce better highlight reel videos

• Microsoft completes acquisition of Minecraft studio

• Microsoft adds free editing, iPhone version, and Dropbox to iOS Office apps

• Microsoft is slowly prepping OneDrive for music storage

• New Microsoft ad pits the MacBook Air against the Lenovo Yoga 3 in a dance-off

Mobile (46)

• Three UK owner considers fighting BT to buy EE or O2

• LG's mobile division is getting a new CEO, too

• AT&T tells FCC its threat to halt fiber rollout is only for new projects

• Beacon marketing campaigns working well for retailers

• FCC orders T-Mobile to stop misleading throttled customers about speeds

• T-Mobile's data-free streaming adds Google Play Music and more

• Records reveal net neutrality chats between FCC and telecoms

• This 1950s Motorola radio works wirelessly with your iPhone

• Corning unveils Gorilla Glass 4; twice as tough and less prone to shattering

• EE and O2 are now serving 4G inside the Channel Tunnel

• AT&T refreshes its GoPhone lineup with $45 option and unlimited data

• T-Mobile add-on gives you unlimited international calls for $5 per month

• Flic is a 'smart button' that tells your iPhone to STFU

• Moto makes lost keys and phones a thing of the past

• O2 launches shared data plans for gadget-lovers and families

• Ofcom's opening up more spectrum to cope with UK mobile data demands

• Vodafone in talks to bundle Now TV boxes with its new broadband service

• Carriers are testing 'laser-radio' for bringing broadband to rural areas

• Nokia's 'up to something,' will unveil new device tomorrow

• TalkTalk ditches Vodafone to offer 4G plans with O2's help

• Motorola's march toward mobility

• AT&T: We're not tracking subscribers using permanent cookies anymore (updated)

• FCC fires back at AT&T with questions about its paused fiber rollout

• EE's £79.99 'Buzzard 2' is an all-in-one 4G WiFi dongle for your car

• Ofcom's first 4G survey shows that speed isn't everything

• AT&T halts fiber build-out until net neutrality rules are sorted

• Verizon brings free movies and apps this Thanksgiving, even if you're not a customer

• GiffGaff customers can finally get 4G on their phone

• Internet.org is taking its free internet services to Kenya

• Vodafone to offer home broadband again, three years after it gave up

• Virgin Mobile customers get free access to thousands more UK WiFi hotspots

• AT&T is no longer developing a Gogo competitor

• National roaming: why mobile operators are fighting the UK government

• AT&T plans to expand into Mexico by snapping up local carrier for $2.5 billion

• ComfortWay Travel Case: International data roaming for $2/day

• Ofcom to expand 4G in the UK with new spectrum auction next year

• BT, HTC and EE develop tech that can pinpoint 999 calls to within metres

• EE TV now available for free to mobile and broadband customers

• Vodafone and Sky grow ever closer as Now TV becomes a new 4G perk

• AT&T and Verizon want your LTE calls to cross networks

• AT&T, Verizon agree to VoLTE interoperability in 2015

• Sprint cuts 2,000 jobs as its new CEO takes the reins

• AT&T launches new HTC phones, Lumia 830 and G Watch R on November 7th

• KnowRoaming sticker SIMs can now help more people avoid roaming charges

• UK considers forcing phone carriers to allow roaming between networks

• London's Tube is now home to 150 WiFi-connected stations

News (177)

• The Week in Review: news and features you don't want to miss

• The Queue: This is a Placeholder

• The delightful (and dangerous) world of DIY kits

• Breakfast Topic: Do you miss dailies?

• Daily Deals for November 29, 2014, featuring four holiday giveaways

• The Queue: All about that base

• Impractical ICE BlackBox can film, share emergency situations

• WRUP: The WRUP awakens

• Drinking a pint from an espresso-inspired beer tap

• Stupid Hackathon produces zany projects that no one needs

• Kim Dotcom says he's broke

• The world's largest solar power plant is now up and running

• Rumor Roundup: 'Reportedly'

• Say goodbye to (most of) those arcane symbols on your gadgets

• Why the BBC needs you to think it's good value

• Renewables are now Scotland's biggest energy source

• Breakfast Topic: Happy Thursday

• Numerous Inscription hotfixes now live

• Engadget Daily: Deepak Chopra, the deal with Black Friday, and more

• Black Friday: a brief history of madness and discounts

• After seven years, you can finally own The Keyboard Waffle Iron

• Turbine's customer support department spreads holiday cheer

• Breakfast Topic: The professional grind

• UK music industry pushes for a new tax on CD copying

• The CIA and Homeland Security want to delete almost all their emails

• Pew Research: You know the internet, but you might not 'get' it

• Weekly news roundup with Panser of TradeChat

• Equivolor proves basic colors, shapes can be entertaining

• SKIES opens up its Kickstarter campaign

• Argos opens its first click-and-collect store on the Tube

• There are now 3 billion internet users, mostly in rich countries

• WeMo Maker brings the fun of experimentation to iOS

• Rumor Roundup: Things that make you go 'Hmmm'

• Engadget UK giveaway: win a GoPro Hero4 Black Edition courtesy of Tagstr

• Seattle police get help publishing body camera videos online

• The Week in Review: news and features you don't want to miss

• Sunday Morning Funnies: A shocker for sure

• Breakfast Topic: 10 years ago

• One Shots: Nowhere to hide

• Why celebrities are suing video game studios, the Fire HD 6 and other stories you might've missed

• The Queue: Not cute

• WRUP: Lucky Korea

• FCC Chairman says fear of lawsuits is holding up Net Neutrality

• This dude wants to smash an iPhone so bad he launched a Kickstarter for it

• Flickr Find: Menacing Darth Vader threatens to sever Yoda's powerful iPhone ties

• London councils fight government plan to legalise short-term Airbnb rentals

• San Francisco's public defecation map highlights a shitty situation

• Engadget Daily: 'The Imitation Game,' Ricoh's upgraded 360-degree camera, and more!

• Airbnb will cover guests' accidental injury costs

• New report details GTAT's operational ineptness and technical problems with sapphire production

• Adidas now lets you print your iPhone photos on your shoes

• Engadget giveaway: win a SnapRays Guidelight set courtesy of Snap Power!

• Rumor Roundup: Return of the analysts

• Sony's new A7 II mirrorless camera stabilizes your shots with any lens

• Engadget Daily: The Meizu MX4 Pro, why GoPro's mid-range camera is its best, and more!

• Aces Conference coming next year

• When it comes to GoPro's new Hero4 camera, silver is the new black

• Breakfast Topic: Old familiar faces

• Jeff: Screen sharing through GIFs

• Oxford Dictionaries names 'vape' as the word of 2014

• Weekly news roundup with Panser of TradeChat

• The Queue: DDoS, WoW's population spike, and flying

• Engadget giveaway: win an iPad Air 2 and iXpand drive courtesy of SanDisk!

• Blossom ups the ante in the smart sprinkler controller market

• Create your own smart home with littleBits' house-friendly kit

• Square merchants can now make their own gift cards

• Tesco teams up with BT to make its free in-store WiFi faster

• BitTorrent now lets any artist offer paid bundles

• US Marshals will auction 50,000 Bitcoins seized from Silk Road

• Researchers' profiles reveal the stereotypical gadget fan, sort of

• What am I doing wrong?

• NYC to replace most of its payphones with free gigabit WiFi in 2015

• MakerBot, Martha Stewart decorate parties with 3D-printed goods

• US government wants $1.5 billion more per year to get schools online

• Rumor Roundup: Everybody pageview, er, I mean panic

• Toyota's hydrogen car gets a name and more US filling stations (update: and price)

• Stiq Figures, November 3 - 9: Comfort series edition

• Times Square's new digital billboard is almost the length of a football field

• Toshiba joins other tech giants in growing super-clean vegetables

• The Week in Review: news and features you don't want to miss

• Court order stops Bitcasa from deleting your cloud data, for now (updated)

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Great cogs!

• Ford, UPS and Visa want net neutrality, but they won't tell you that

• The Queue: Let's do the time warp again

• Breakfast Topic: All around me are familiar faces

• Caturday: KipperVision

• US Navy puts its first laser weapon into service

• Engadget Daily: Lisa Kudrow talks 'The Comeback,' a pinhole selfie cam and more!

• Maintenance scheduled for November 15

• Landmark update adds keywords, flight on claims

• Google and conservationists are tracking boats to stop illegal fishing

• Drop Kitchen Connected Scale drops just in time for your holiday baking

• Maintenance extended until 11:00 a.m. PST

• Breakfast Topic: Gigantic Bummer

• Pinhole camera selfies are way cooler than whatever the hell you're doing

• Book your next golf outing with OpenTee

• BRUVELO would be your iPhone-powered coffee powerhouse

• NYC's domain on record pace with over 56,000 accounts so far

• Warren Buffett's company is buying Duracell for $6.4 billion

• The Queue: Everything I do is a distraction right now

• Rumor Roundup: Honestly

• Breakfast Topic: Relatively painless

• BSkyB is dead, long live Sky

• Roost's smart battery will school your old smoke alarm

• Engadget Daily: YouTube Music Key, Rosetta lands on comet 67P and more!

• Revival launches its site, aims to sell houses for cash

• US and China will tackle climate change together under new pact

• Beats reveals a wireless version of its Solo2 on-ear headphones

• Breakfast Topic: I hate you, Ordos

• For $100 you could have an internet-connected litterbox

• BT admits it's not even close to hitting its original fibre broadband target

• FCC Chairman says he may ignore Obama on net neutrality

• China and the US agree to expand free trade in technology

• Global Chat: Why we blog

• Mr. Coffee just released an iPhone-controllable 'Smart Coffee Maker'

• Quirky wants to own your connected home with a slew of smart gadgets

• Kickstarter 'fraudster' finds second home on Indiegogo, as per usual

• Groupon says it's ended its trademark spat with open-source community (update)

• Breakfast Topic: Scrambling

• Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde released from prison

• Belkin and Mr. Coffee want to brew your first pot via WiFi

• There's something weird about this ordinary man plushie

• Tuesday will be a normal server reset

• Here's what happened at Engadget Expand 2014

• Congratulations to our Insert Coin winners: Poursteady and Noke

• The Queue: In which Scott Leyes is our hero

• CES preview: Expect HomeKit products to be the star

• Rumor Roundup: Divide by zero error

• Stiq Figures, October 27 - November 2: Loveable oddballs edition

• Harvard used cameras to track attendance without telling students

• The Week in Review: news and features you don't want to miss

• Using Lego to either save or destroy Manhattan

• 60 seconds with the world's first Bluetooth padlock

• Zynga continues to hemorrhage cash for the third quarter in a row

• ?For tough decisions, turn to A or B

• Hearthstone: Goblins vs Gnomes Announced

• SEC investigating suspicious trading activity of GT Advanced shares

• NYC MoMA adds five maker devices to its permanent collection

• Point: Keeping an eye on your home with electronic ears

• Engadget Expand starts tomorrow: Prepare yourselves, people!

• Facebook taking three-pronged approach to fighting Ebola in West Africa

• The Queue: Holding Down The Fort

• Rumor Roundup: 'The skepticism it deserves'

• John Lewis brings Monty the penguin to life with help from Microsoft and Google

• Engadget Daily: The Jawbone Up3, light bulbs that fool burglars and more!

• There's now a steel-reinforced bullet for 3D-printed guns

• Obituary: Mac OS X Hints might be "pining for the fjords"

• Court rules that Sky must offer Sky Sports channels to BT YouView customers

• The Queue: We're having an adventure

• EFF petitions US government to resurrect abandoned games

• Breakfast Topic: I'm disturbed by this development

• Smart light bulb fools burglars by pretending you're at home

• EFF wants to legalize tinkering with shuttered online games

• Burger King is selling mutton Whoppers on eBay

• Breakfast Topic: The belt doesn't match

• The last Pirate Bay founder has finally been caught and arrested

• Nest's smart thermostat now shows much more info at a glance

• ShitExpress will send poop in a box anywhere in exchange for Bitcoins

• Cute new Pikachu, Skylanders balloons in Thanksgiving Parade

• PayPal now lets you pay for packages days after you order them

• Carnival's cruise ships are getting much faster WiFi

• Old-school seafaring tech repurposed as a GPS fallback

• Salem updates inheritance and witchcraft in October

• UK museums want copyright changes so they can display WWI documents

• Rumor Roundup: Sad journalism trombone

• Investigation of Virgin Galactic crash focuses on faulty tail deployment

• Starwood rolls out smartphone-based room keys, starting with 10 of its hotels

• Ascent squeaks by its Kickstarter funding goal

• The Week in Review: news and features you don't want to miss

• One Shots: Jolly pumpkins

• Nexus 6, Amazon Fire TV Stick and other stories you might've missed

• WRUP: So it begins

• 2014 Halloween Pumpkin Contest winners announced

• The Queue: How was your haul?

• Caturday: Justin's blocking the iMac

• Breakfast Topic: Don't forget the Day of the Dead

• Researchers find a way to listen in on vehicular vibrations

Nintendo (58)

• Play original Game Boy games via HDMI with hdmyboy

• Happy birthday, Nintendo DS

• Joystiq Presents: A Zelda Story

• Report: Pokemon ORAS tops three million sales in three days

• Smash Bros. sells over 490K on Wii U in three days

• Joystiq Streams: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker's wild ride on Wii U

• Walmart and Amazon list more Amiibo figures for December 14

• Meta Knight Amiibo exclusive to Best Buy, Lucario to Toys R Us

• Get a closer look at final retail Amiibos

• Nintendo delists homebrew-enabling 3DS game in Japan

• Joystiq Streams: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Amiibrodown

• Playdate: We're livestreaming 'Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'! (update: game over!)

• Mewtwo may become premium DLC for Super Smash Bros.

• New Super Mario Bros Wii crosses 10 million copies sold

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire

• Joystiq Streams: Free to be Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

• Watch Dogs Wii U picks up two DLC packs, still no Bad Blood

• Hyrule Warriors takes Twili Midna for a twirl next week

• Captain Toad's base diorama concept initially starred Link

• Nintendo clarifies Hyrule Warriors Amiibo functionality

• Nintendo UK launches digital magazine, Nintendo Extra

• Pikachu gets its own Hori Battle Pad for Wii U controller in Japan

• Loot Crate details pricing for its Amiibo collection

• Joystiq Streams: Mario Kart 8 Too Link, Too Furious

• When "It" Became "He": An Amiibo Tale

• Aonuma: Majora's Mask remake will be different on New 3DS

• Glitched Sonic Boom speedrun clocks in at under an hour

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Mario Kart 8 DLC, Sonic Boom

• Super Smash Bros. pre-loads on Wii U next Tuesday

• Watch every Final Smash in Smash Bros for Wii U

• Color in your calendars for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

• Report: Pokemon 3DS remakes notch a million pre-orders in Japan

• Super Smash Bros. 3DS balance patch 1.0.4 blocks old replays

• Foresee a trip to GameStop if you want the Shulk Amiibo

• Nintendo: Pre-orders of Super Smash Bros. surpass Mario Kart 8

• Crystal Red and Blue Nintendo 2DS available Nov. 21

• Nintendo's new 2DS designs are straight out of the '90s

• Nintendo considering letting third-party games use Amiibos

• Aonuma: Majora's Mask 3DS won't be 'just another remake'

• Nintendo discusses cheaper Amiibo figures, trading cards

• NES makeover proves that punk is dead

• New Nintendo eShop releases: It's raining nintendogs + cats

• Duck Hunt tracking down Wii U Virtual Console

• Pikmin 3 demo out now; Pikmin Short Movies on 3DS, Wii U

• All Amiibo figures compatible with Hyrule Warriors

• Shovel Knight unearthed on Euro eShop today

• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse adds Amiibo support, arrives Feb. 2015

• Mario Kart 8 update adds Amiibo support

• Ultimate NES Remix includes Famicom Remix, Speed Mario Bros. modes

• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D arrives in spring 2015

• Luigi death stare at today's Nintendo Direct right here

• Report: Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy Plus flies to 3DS

• The Queue: A wild trademark appears! It's super effective!

• It's that Nintendo Direct time again, broadcasting tomorrow

• After Burner 2 leads Sega's second set of 3DS classics next year

• Platinum gets conceptual with Bayonetta's Nintendo costumes

• You probably won't outlive this 136-year Smash Bros. ban glitch

• Super Smash Bros. posters up for grabs from Club Nintendo

PC Gaming (242)

• Changes to Steam gift rules aim to deter resellers

• Warlock class welcomed to Blade & Soul with new trailer

• WoW Moviewatch: Stopping the Iron Horde

• RTS Grey Goo sends units to January 23 Steam release date

• Living and dying in the Elite: Dangerous gamma build

• The answer to Star Citizen's $64M question: pets

• WoW Moviewatch: A Typical Garrison Day

• WRUP: It's all about Garrisons

• Master Plan addon makes Garrison mission management a breeze

• My Garrison of Discontent

• Warlords of Draenor launch woes featured on BBC's Watchdog

• Around Azeroth: The simple joy of tormenting cats

• Breakfast Topic: Have you tried Ashran?

• PSA: Beware the Hearthstone Strategy Guide and Supreme Manual of Dance

• Lost Saga now on Steam

• Deathrattle in Hearthstone's Goblins vs Gnomes

• Star Citizen eclipses $63 million, adds pets

• Norrathian Notebook: First impressions of EQII's Altar of Malice

• Around Azeroth: And that goes for your mother, too!

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 368

• The Steam Exploration Sale is here, and it's come for your wallet

• A whole bunch of MMOs are discounted on Steam

• SWTOR players love that butt-ugly black-yellow lightsaber blade

• World of Warcraft on sale for $4.99

• Steam Exploration Sale: Watch Dogs, Lords of the Fallen, more

• DayZ PC beta due in Q4 2015, console prototype in Q3

• Around Azeroth: The NIOSH report is forthcoming

• Guild Wars 2's Leah Hoyer discusses the importance of story

• Dark Souls' Steam migration delayed, prepare to die next month

• Let there be Torchlight for free

• New World of Warcraft patch, must exit Battle.net

• Star Wars: The Old Republic explains 3.0's Sniper and Gunslinger

• The WoW Insider Show live from your garrison

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Navigating Guild Wars 2's Tangled Paths release

• Take a look at World of Warcraft's updated Blood Elf models

• New Blood Elf model revealed

• WildStar releases Voyage of the Nomad, plans story rollout

• A glance at Civilization Online's robust character creator

• The Queue: Pandaren on Draenor, tank stats, garrisons

• Here are the tier 17 armor sets non-PUG WoW raiders can loot in Highmaul

• Around Azeroth: Silence knows, can't drown a heart

• Guild Wars 2 teases next week's Seeds of Truth release with a new trailer

• Breakfast Topics: What Building do you think Garrisons need?

• Chinese MMO Revelation Online entering open beta January 15th

• Heroes of the Storm reveals new Winter Veil, Altered Fate skins

• SWTOR's Revan Returns trailer has a lot of Revans in it

• Shroud of the Avatar enters Steam early access today

• The Queue: Garrisons, bladefists, and Blackrocks

• CCP Games kills a fan remake of Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines

• Trion shuts down ArcheAge APEX purchases again

• Around Azeroth: So many core hound teeth ...

• Star Wars: The Old Republic hit by DDoS attacks

• Game of Thrones' Steam page brings screens, prices, Dinklage

• Know Your Lore: The Molten Core

• EVE Evolved: What does Thera mean for EVE?

• The Queue: Draenic marshmallows

• The Alienware Alpha has come for your money, Earthlings

• WoW Archivist: Epics

• Report: Steam Fall Sale begins November 26

• WoW Moviewatch: Tree of Life

• Trials Fusion online multiplayer planned for 2015, PC beta live

• Garrison Followers, traits, abilities, and training

• The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual's Star Trek Online

• Molten Core LFR may test your patience, but look at this mount

• Riot will pay you cash to find League of Legends bugs

• 'This is EVE,' and it's pretty slick

• World of Warcraft once again tops 10 million subscribers

• Guild Wars 2 streamlines PvP queuing, adds map voting

• WoW Archivist: Epics

• LotRO begins testing fellowship version of Pelargir epic battle

• The Queue: Looking back on 10 years of WoW

• TOME: Immortal Arena MOBA lands on Steam today

• The Soapbox: In praise of SWTOR's 12X experience

• RIFT brings back Unicornalia

• Around Azeroth: Unfinished business

• WoW previews Highmaul raid, kicks off anniversary events today

• Breakfast Topic: Happy birthday, WoW!

• The Think Tank: Assessing Draenor's launch

• WoW's 10th Anniversary celebration starts tomorrow

• EVE gives more market data tools to the mod community

• Blizzard on Garrison Invasions

• Garrison Campaign quests unlocked

• SWTOR's Guardian, Juggernaut discipline changes detailed

• Guild Wars 2's revamped sPvP rewards skillful play, not just wins

• Civilization Online closed beta trailer features building, battles, and drumming

• Lineage Eternal gets a gameplay demo at G-Star 2014

• Around Azeroth: And the seas shall run red with blood or lava or ketchup or something

• WoW subs back over 10 million, WoD sells 3.3 million

• Rygarius clarifies Draenor's Secret Power hotfix

• New WoW video is proof that Blizzard hates Gnomes

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 367

• The Repopulation devs on the mission system and non-violent gameplay

• Around Azeroth: Postcards from Draenor

• Guild Wars 2 plans a big PvP patch for December 2nd

• The WoW Insider Show goes into the queue tonight

• CIG kicks off Star Citizen Meet the Devs video series

• WoW Rookie guide updated with garrison guides

• SWTOR's Sentinel, Marauder discipline changes detailed

• Braben clarifies Elite: Dangerous' lack of an offline mode

• World of Warcraft apologizes and compensates for Warlords of Draenor issues

• Firefall update 1.2 goes live today, makes facial customizations free for all

• Hyperspace Beacon: Concerns about SWTOR's 3.0 combat

• The armor of Camelot Unchained's mages

• Around Azeroth: There can only be two

• Breakfast Topic: Your favorite Draenor characters

• Guild Wars 2's Tangled Paths update goes live today

• Valve teases new Dota 2 content with mysterious comic

• How to get Garrison Resources

• BioWare explains SWTOR's commendation changes

• Get ready to grow: Albion online adds farming

• The Nexus Telegraph: Is WildStar's raid size change too late?

• The best farm animal simulator on Mac is turning into an MMO

• The Queue: Exploration, garrison resources, and more

• Around Azeroth: The most popular garrison in town

• Economy exploits plague ArcheAge [Updated]

• The Daily Grind: What's your favorite MMO ship?

• Meet Pepe, your feathered garrison pal

• League of Legends rewards positive behavior

• Shroud of the Avatar shows new screens, preps for Steam

• Lost Continent: Lucking into a breezy ArcheAge bungalow

• Warlords of Draenor's rocky launch saga and Reddit controversy continue

• The Daily Grind: Should EVE Online add manual flight controls?

• WRUP: Welcome to Warlords edition

• WoW Moviewatch: Warlords of Draenor 8 Bit

• Double Fine's Massive Chalice pours onto Steam Early Access

• Around Azeroth: You make me feel like a natural woman

• EVE Online turns manual control of ships over to players

• WildStar is scaling Datascape down to 20 players

• The Queue: Hipster Grom had Gorehowl when it was cool

• Warlords of Draenor's launch failure and where responsibility lies

• World of Warcraft deals with downtime, bugs, DDoS attacks [Updated]

• Third round of Warlords of Draenor hotfixes for November 13 now live

• World of Warcraft hit by DDoS attack on expansion launch day

• WildStar gold exploiters may get lifetime bans

• Wormholes opening up 101 new EVE Online systems

• Humble Jumbo Bundle 3: Saints Row 4, Euro Truck Simulator 2

• World of Warcraft's garrisons 'like a personal guild'

• Warlords of Draenor hotfixes and other issues

• SWTOR's Sage, Sorcerer discipline changes detailed

• Lost Ark is an isometric action MMO built in Unreal Engine 3

• Star Trek Online releases a Delta Rising bonus epilogue

• Warlords of Draenor release patch notes

• You're too late: People are already 100 in WoW

• Shards Online returns to Kickstarter [Updated with the video]

• World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor launch-day roundup

• The Daily Grind: Do you use Steam for your MMOs?

• Star Citizen's crowdfunding total tops $61 million

• RIFT adds extra days to its Autumn Harvest

• Leaderboard: What's your favorite EverQuest II expansion?

• Animatronics stalk Steam again in Five Nights At Freddy's 2

• World of Warcraft vows faster expansion development

• Khadgar is ready to send you into Draenor, mount and collision restrictions

• WildStar slashes box prices by 33%

• Turbine pledges to act on LotRO player event griefing

• The Queue: Leveling, realm first achievements, Blizzard HQ

• NCsoft 'sees a future' for WildStar

• Around Azeroth: Is it Thursday yet?

• Watch the unboxing of World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor's CE

• Valkyria Chronicles deploys on Steam today

• Pillars of Eternity pre-orders open with 10 percent discount

• RuneScape's Lost City of the Elves expands further

• EverQuest's 21st expansion, Darkened Sea, is now live

• Aion EU community report talks transfers, mergers, and more

• SWTOR's Assassin, Shadow discipline changes detailed

• EverQuest II: Altar of Malice goes live

• WoW's Iron Horde declares war on Times Square

• Around Azeroth: Bolvar is a punk rocker

• WildStar's Mystery of the Genesis Prime is live today [Updated]

• Watch the full World of Warcraft: Looking for Group documentary

• WildStar Loremaggedon illuminates the Mordesh, Draken

• Warlords of Draenor Live Q&A Wednesday

• EverQuest II documentary on the way

• Shroud of the Avatar preps for Steam launch

• 17 songs pulled from GTA: San Andreas in latest Steam update

• World of Warcraft: Looking for Group premieres at BlizzCon

• Around Azeroth, Beta Edition: The fire inside

• Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition calls RPG fans to yesterdecade

• Norrathian Notebook: Talking EverQuest II's 10th anniversary with Holly Longdale

• WoW Archivist: The zombie plague event

• Season 2 brings new Seasonal Legendaries, Conquests to Diablo 3

• BlizzCon 2014: World of Warcraft Q&A liveblog

• Method wins their second BlizzCon live raid

• Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void to debut as standalone game

• Ubisoft pulls 'Far Cry 4' from Steam, then puts it back (update)

• BlizzCon 2014: Heroes of the Storm Panel

• Age of Conan's achievement system, Pit of Trials coming soon

• BlizzCon World of Warcraft - Items, Class Changes, and More liveblog

• Das Tal gets the Greenlight, sells supporter packs

• Heroes of the Storm's closed beta starts January 13

• ArcheAge producer update talks Auroria, patron discounts, and more

• SWTOR's Vanguard, Powertech discipline changes detailed

• Elite: Dangerous blasts off in December

• Have Metro 2033 for free with Humble Store's first birthday

• EVE Online solicits feedback for UI revamp

• Lost Continent: It's getting harder to like ArcheAge

• The Queue: He screamed BlizzCon and then keeled over

• Around Azeroth: Did somebody step on a duck?

• Second chance for a week-long free Battlefield 4 trip on Origin

• Quirky indie MMOFPS Hunternet boasts 700-player battles

• The Think Tank: Did Star Wars Galaxies' NGE poison the MMO development well?

• WoW Moviewatch: Trick or Treat

• The Division's PC experience won't suffer because of consoles

• Far Cry 4 PC system requirements

• SWTOR's Commando, Mercenary 3.0 discipline changes detailed

• New TERA vid explores expansion dungeon

• Star Citizen passes $60M in fundraising, becoming 'single, coherent vision'

• Neverwinter resurrects its April Fools' Day event next week

• Final Fantasy XIV opens up a free login weekend, Steam demo

• Around Azeroth: The end of the innocence

• A tour of WildStar's upcoming Black Focus area

• Red Faction: Guerrilla opens Steamworks public beta

• EverQuest: The Darkened Sea officially launching on November 11th

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 366

• Blizzard updates WoW's garrison game guide

• WoW Archivist: The zombie plague event

• Arma 3 DLC makes it easier to get to da choppa

• World of Warcraft: Looking for Group documentary debuts at BlizzCon

• LotRO's Update 15 goes live with the Beorning class

• ArcheAge scrambles to fix disconnection issues after update

• The WoW Insider Show's pre-BlizzCon coverage goes live

• Phoebe update lands in EVE Online

• EverQuest II's Aerakyn race is spreading its wings November 11th

• WildStar shows off the Mystery of the Genesis Prime

• Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Shadow of Revan FAQ

• Around Azeroth: Let the dead bury the dead this time

• ArcheAge's Auroria launches today

• Guild Wars 2's Echoes of the Past goes live today

• Professional League of Legends streamer makes over $817,000 a year

• WildStar's Loremageddon focuses on Cassians, Exile Humans

• Warlords of Draenor's first rated PvP season starts December 2nd

• Trademark filings hint at possible Hearthstone expansions

• The Repopulation tweaked housing, vehicles, and shops in October

• Around Azeroth: Parting gifts

• Know Your Lore: Five characters to watch for in Warlords of Draenor

• WoW Moviewatch: Talk Common to Me

• Lost Continent: This is how you go off the rails in ArcheAge

• A dragon hourglass commemorates Guild Wars 2's Echoes of the Past

• Breakfast Topic: Did you get what you wanted out of Hallow's End?

• WoW Moviewatch: Pride - Trailer

• Get your first look at Star Citizen's FPS gameplay

• Gear up for The Crew with minimum, optimal PC specs

• The Road to Mordor: A dev tour of LotRO's Update 15

PlayStation (51)

• All of the Lights: Many curious uses for the PS4 light bar

• Hitman HD, Deadly Premonition join December's free PS Plus slate

• PlayStation Co-Op Sale: Dark Souls 2, Far Cry 3, Rayman

• PSN Tuesday: Tales from the Borderlands, Geometry Wars 3

• Sony to shift focus from TVs, smartphones to PlayStation

• Secret Ponchos makes PS4, PS Plus debut on December 2

• Sony to refund some customers after misleading PS Vita ads

• Sony to refund Vita customers in FTC settlement over false ads

• Hatoful Boyfriend released from its cage: PS4, Vita in 2015

• SCEA boss: 'You can't effectively test' for games like Driveclub

• PSA: Chat commands barrage Akiba's Trip streamers with underpants and foreigners

• Playdate: We're livestreaming 'Dragon Age: Inquisition' on PS4! (update: game over!)

• Far Cry 4 on PS3 fix: Delete everything

• Driveclub update adds photo mode, three new tracks

• Playdate: We're livestreaming 'LittleBigPlanet 3' on PS4! (update: game over!)

• PSN Store Update: Stop He's Already Dead Edition

• Playdate: We're livestreaming 'Far Cry 4' on PS4! (update: game over!)

• Twin-stick shooter We Are Doomed flying to PS4, Vita

• Sony celebrates Black Friday with GTA5, Batman PS4 bundles

• Report: Planetside 2 beta to reach PS4 by end of 2014

• Devs pull problematic Alien: Isolation patch from PS4

• FIFA 15 among games blocking PS4 Share Play in US

• PlanetSide 2's PS4 beta is expected by the end of the year

• Sony's PlayStation TV now on sale in the UK for £85

• Extensive PSN maintenance scheduled for November 17

• PlayStation Vue pumps cloud-based TV onto consoles in 2015

• EA is bringing some big-name games to PlayStation Now

• PlayStation Now gets Mirror's Edge, Mass Effect 2, more next month

• WayForward's Adventure Time game coming to PSTV, Vita

• Bloodborne due date pushed back to March 2015

• The DekaVita is a seven-inch 'handheld' with a Vita TV slid into the back

• Roundabout goes cross-buy on PS4 and Vita

• Towerfall expands into the Dark World on PS4 in 2015

• Speakeasy brings old-fashioned violence to the PS4

• PlayStation 4 firms up with 2.02 system update, available now

• Terraria hits PS4 on Tuesday - can you dig it?

• Sony's new PS4 headset is a Silver lining, available now

• PlayStation Experience panel topics include God of War, Nathan Drake, PlayStation AMA

• You can Remote Play PS4 games on your Xperia Z2 devices now, too

• ?PlayStation 4's SharePlay can be turned off by developers

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare PS4 has no Share Play, here's why

• Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition hits PS3, Vita in January

• PS4 2.01 firmware rolling out, aims to fix Rest Mode issues

• Sony pushes new PS4 update to fix the bugs that 2.0 introduced (update)

• Injustice, Secret Ponchos join PS4 Instant Game Collection in December

• Playdate: We're livestreaming 'Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare' on PS4! (update: game over!)

• PSA: Last chance to grab Spelunky and more on PS Plus

• PlayStation Plus subscriber count adds up to 7.9 million

• Evolve alpha uncaged on PS4 following firmware troubles

• PlayStation Experience's first batch of attendees revealed

• LittleBigPlanet 3 will support past DLC, collections

Politics (1)

• Senators kill bill aimed at ending NSA's mass phone surveillance

Reviews (82)

• Video: A hands on demo with Apple Watch

• A roundup of recent hardware reviews on TUAW

• WordHeist brings good design to uninspired word game

• Joystiq Weekly: Free stuff for AC: Unity, Telltale's Borderlands review, a Zelda story and more

• Which compact cameras are worth buying?

• HP Stream 11 review: a $200 Windows laptop meant to be a Chromebook killer

• This $5,000 iPhone 6 belongs on your wish list

• Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro review: slim and sexy comes with some trade-offs

• Engadget Daily: HTC RE review, Redbox increases rental pricing, and more!

• A Steam Machine without Valve: life with the iBuyPower SBX

• HTC RE Camera review: a fun personal shooter with room to grow

• A roundup of recent hardware reviews on TUAW

• One year in, here's what our readers think of the Xbox One

• WRUP: Reviews

• Amazon Fire HD 6 review: great value for a $99 tablet

• The Audioengine B2 Bluetooth speaker has premium sound

• 'Super Smash Bros. for Wii U': The Joystiq Review

• Mindlessly cook baller sea bass with a $200 smart frying pan

• Kingdom Rush Origins is just as awesome as its predecessors

• Ricoh's new Theta camera delivers (relatively) simple 360-degree video

• Boxwave Keyboard Buddy case: When a virtual keyboard isn't enough

• EE TV review: a decent set-top box with too many strings attached

• 'LittleBigPlanet 3': The Joystiq Review

• 'Dragon Age: Inquisition': The Joystiq Review

• Kimiko Pro Color Cam is a solid camera app for iOS

• Joystiq Streams: A mile in Grand Theft Auto 5 PS4's shoes

• Intel's MICA smart bracelet has more style than substance (hands-on)

• Marvel Heroes publishes Thor's level 52 review

• A roundup of recent hardware reviews on TUAW

• Nexus 6 review, Lisa Kudrow talks 'The Comeback' and other stories you might've missed

• One year in, here's what our readers think of the PlayStation 4

• Android 5.0 Lollipop review: Google's biggest mobile update in years

• Metareview: Far Cry 4

• Basis Peak review: a good fitness tracker, with room to be a good smartwatch

• 'Far Cry 4': The Joystiq Review

• Space Age is an enticing adventure on any planet

• Improve your hunting chances with Hunt Predictor

• A hands-on look at Logitech's Keys-To-Go keyboard for iPad

• Microsoft Band review: A tale of pitfalls and promise

• Bringing it to Beats: can these 'social' headphones compete?

• Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight: Keeping tabs on alarms while you're away

• Nexus 6 review: Google shows it can make a big-screen phone

• Metareview: Assassin's Creed: Unity

• Metareview: Halo: The Master Chief Collection

• Engadget Daily: Droid Turbo review, the deal with Airbnb and more!

• 'Halo: The Master Chief Collection': The Joystiq Review

• Motorola Droid Turbo review: better than the Moto X, but only a little

• GoPix is a clever, but limited slide movie maker for Instagram

• 'Assassin's Creed Unity': The Joystiq Review

• Metareview: Dragon Age: Inquisition

• Bluetooth keyboards from Inateck: Review and giveaway

• Mr. Particle-Man is a refreshing, retro blast

• Garmin Vivosmart review: where fitness band meets smartwatch

• How would you change Nokia's Lumia 925?

• Samsung Galaxy Note Edge review: Innovation, experiment or gimmick?

• A roundup of recent hardware reviews on TUAW

• Overwatch hands-on gameplay impressions

• Test your machine's, brain's aptitude at The Talos Principle

• 60 seconds with Hemingwrite, an E Ink typewriter

• 60 seconds with a simple but smart home monitoring device

• Nodus Access Cases for iPhone and iPad are stylish and useful

• Metareview: Lords of the Fallen

• Twelve South SurfacePad for iPhone 6 / 6 Plus: Review and giveaway

• Drunk Tech Review reviews the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

• The new Office for iPhone is everything it should have been on day one

• Engadget Daily: G Watch R review, life on the International Space Station and more!

• LG G Watch R review: good looks and improved battery are a step in the right direction

• Saloote is a flawed attempt at online music collaboration

• Acer's 12-inch Switch tablet is five devices in one

• Engadget Daily: Nexus 9 and Parrot Zik 2.0 reviews, a tour of Android Lollipop and more!

• ?Well Balanced: hands-on with the final version of the Onewheel skateboard

• Google Nexus Player review: a strong, but flawed, introduction to Android TV

• Metareview: Call of Duty - Advanced Warfare

• Google Nexus 9 review: The first taste of Lollipop is a sweet one

• 'Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare': The Joystiq Review

• Space Beats Saga is a universally stellar time killer

• Parrot Zik 2.0 review: still the world's most advanced headphones

• How would you change HP's Pavilion 14 Chromebook?

• Lumia 830 review: bringing the Icon down to the mid-range

• ?All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• Living with the G3: Can LG's newest flagship be as good as its predecessor?

• Note Wars is a fun, easy combat game. Almost too easy

Robotics (21)

• Omnipresenz lets armchair explorers control real human avatars

• Ohio college is building a drone arena for its students

• The rise of the robotic servant

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: magnetic hoverboard, cardboard robots and a Toyota Prius camper

• Motrr Galileo robotic mount goes GoPro, uses iPhone app for control

• Win an Ollie, Sphero 2.0 or Darkside Ollie from TUAW and Orbotix

• Autonomous, human-sized security robots are almost here

• Kids can now program toys that talk to just about anything

• Researchers develop first artificial muscle that can 'remember' movement

• Drone made of fungi can disintegrate to keep its spying activities a secret (updated)

• The DJI Inspire 1 is a $2,900 drone with a 4K camera

• A minesweeping robot boat will protect the Navy's expensive new baby

• Watch these adorable robots dance better than you

• 3D Robotics is building the drones that just about anyone can fly

• Cute robots make good filmmakers and maybe better companions

• 60 seconds with a robotic pour-over coffee machine

• 60 seconds with a modular drone that packs a pro camera

• Five questions about the future of drones with 3D Robotics' Colin Guinn

• Watch a drone take off from a flying aircraft carrier

• China will use lasers to take down low-flying drones

• Tracing the origins of the multirotor drone, for business and pleasure

Samsung (15)

• Samsung says its ChatOn messaging service is staying put

• Samsung reveals new eye-tracking mouse for the disabled

• Samsung reportedly mulls leadership change amidst disappointing Galaxy S5 sales

• Samsung's 4K-ready NX1 camera finally comes to the US

• Samsung reportedly sold 4 million fewer Galaxy S5s than Galaxy S4s

• Samsung asks the US government to block NVIDIA's chips

• ?Samsung will make substantially fewer smartphone models next year

• DirecTV rolls out 4K programing, but only for those with Samsung TVs

• Samsung's mobile chief takes a huge pay cut after slowing sales

• Samsung is reportedly returning to mobile video with a new service

• 'Proximity' is Samsung's equivalent of Apple's iBeacon, coming to a mall near you

• Samsung lawsuit claims that NVIDIA's benchmarks are misleading

• Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge available for UK pre-order on November 14th (update)

• Samsung brings Korea's elderly a new flip-phone with dual screens

• Samsung worries that its Microsoft royalty payments amount to collusion

Science (54)

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: interactive pajamas, Earth-sized force field and a fold-up camper

• Graphene stronger than kevlar when blasted with Mach 9 microbullets

• Solar panels improved with Blu-ray tech, won't play 'Pacific Rim'

• Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft heads to a carbon-rich asteroid soon

• Wireless chip cures your staph infection then dissolves away

• NASA is 3D printing objects in space

• The Big Picture: our clearest view yet of Europa, Jupiter's icy moon

• How NASA will launch four spacecraft at once to study magnetic fields

• CERN's letting everyone look at its Large Hadron Collider data

• 3D printing technique will put electronics into just about everything

• Here's a machine that turns water into synthetic gasoline

• 3D-printed livers go on sale to impatient scientists

• 3D talking map can help the blind find their way

• The food industry's next big hope is to sell you exercise in a can

• Britain's first 'poo bus' hits the streets

• Hydrogel injections could increase wounded soldier survival rates

• Sound Off! What are you making with 3D printing?

• Nanotech has a future in monitoring tumors and diagnosing illness

• Here's what a year's worth of carbon dioxide looks like

• This man will experience someone else's life through a VR headset

• Solar power will give you non-stop water during bike rides

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: Glow-in-the-dark roads, lettuce factories and a liquid-filled lamp

• In Germany, these servers want to keep every home warm

• Your own cells could one day 'spy' on you to track disease

• Genome testing is now easy, fast and pretty

• 'Nerds Without Borders' help solve North Carolina's thorny Turtle problem

• Rosetta's Philae lander touches down on comet after 10-year quest (update: new image)

• Researchers twist lasers to beam data across Vienna

• America's mad science division wants to build a flying drone base

• Mozilla's new site brings virtual reality to the web

• Watch the European Space Agency's comet landing live

• Modular 3D printer lets you add whatever tools you need

• 3D printing injects new life into knitting

• NASA testing shape-shifting wings that make planes more efficient

• The future of food, starring crickets and home hydroponics

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: flying cars, solar paint and a needle-free vaccine

• DARPA goes beyond killer robots with prosthetics and Ebola research

• 60 seconds with the kit that makes everyone their own 'mini EPA'

• WiTricity's CEO paints a picture of a wirelessly powered future

• 60 seconds with a giant, rollable display for your mobile devices

• For science! The relationship between shyness and online game friendships

• The Big Picture: building a 3D-printed moon base

• Tiny robotic scallops can swim through blood and eyeball fluid to fix you up

• Five questions about VR beyond gaming with three people making it happen

• Study proves that we can control each other's brains over the internet

• How 3D printing brings 'Skylanders' to life

• Jet-fueled electronics are coming

• Five questions answered about the future of food

• Five questions for the woman running the Pentagon's mad science research agency

• Even plant cells can be art if seen under a microscope

• Tour the space station in 3D, or from inside a water bubble (video)

• What you need to know about life on the International Space Station

• A Halloween party where the costumes are 3D-printed (and a little hot)

• Star Citizen is now a first-person shooter, too

Smartphones (54)

• Lumia phone leaks with a 1020-like camera hump

• Joystiq Giveaway: 3 HTC One (M8) Windows Phones with Xbox cases

• OnePlus and Cyanogen on brink of breakup after India fight

• OnePlus' Black Friday deal: you can actually buy the damn phone

• Three kicks off same-day smartphone deliveries in London

• India's Karbonn comes to the UK with an Android One phone, a wing and a prayer

• Video: Man creates real-time magnet position detection system using an iPhone

• OnePlus is opening a retail store in China

• The right way to take a product image with an iPhone

• BlackBerry offers up to $550 if you ditch your iPhone for a Passport

• Sound off: Show us your used and abused phones!

• BlackBerry offering iPhone owners up to $550 to switch platforms

• No CNN, the iPhone 6 is not better than a professional TV camera

• iPhone 6 launch broke app download records

• How would you change Samsung's Galaxy S4 Active?

• Mr. iPhone, meet Mr. Coffee

• Uh-oh, Moto: AT&T is sending back early Nexus 6 units over a bug

• Exclusive: The iPhone 6's A8 chip can play 4K video

• Samsung Galaxy Note Edge launch delayed until December 12th in the UK

• Shipment times for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus start to improve

• The curious case of the disappearing Nexus 6

• Meizu MX4 goes Pro with '2K+' screen and 'Retina Sound'

• How much does iOS 8.1.1 improve your iPhone 4s?

• Google's Nexus 6 is now available to pre-order in the UK

• iOS 8.1.1 is here, full of bug fixes, stability and performance enhancements

• Sony's new sensor could bring DSLR-like autofocus to phones

• Engadget UK giveaway: win a Galaxy Note 4 courtesy of Bitdefender

• How would you change Huawei's Ascend P6?

• Moment announces 18mm wide-angle and 60mm 2X telephoto lens for iPhone 6

• Acme Made Charge iPhone case hides a Lightning cable inside kickstand

• Blackberry fans line up here: pre-orders for the new Classic are open

• AT&T will give you $50 to upgrade to a new iPhone

• The NHS will let you access your health records from a phone

• Google begins rolling out Android 5.0 Lollipop to Nexus devices

• Moto X Pure Edition, Moto G and 'most Nexus devices' get a taste of Lollipop

• Saygus announces a new high-end Android smartphone after five year hiatus

• AT&T and Sprint spill the beans on Nexus 6 pricing

• Microsoft relinquishes the Nokia name for its low-cost Lumia 535

• Feedback Loop: Windows Phone, media centers and more!

• LG's phones are the first to get an Android Lollipop upgrade (updated)

• Taking apart Google's modular smartphone

• Football leather is now an option for Verizon's Moto X

• Et tu, Lenovo? The blatant iPhone copying game continues

• New Project Ara rival promises a modular phone with a focus on security

• Microsoft will unveil its first Nokia-less Lumia on November 11th

• Google's Nexus 6 finally gets priced in the UK: £499 for 32GB, £549 for 64GB

• OnePlus reveals how many phones it's sold

• Dan Frommer still likes his iPhone 6 Plus ... and I love mine

• Microsoft's low-cost Lumia 735 is coming to Verizon, FCC docs suggest

• Is your iDevice screen unusually dim after installing iOS 8.1?

• Samsung's curvy Galaxy Note Edge reaches the US November 14th

• Starwood Hotels now lets you use your iPhone to completely bypass the desk

• This is what Microsoft's first Nokia-less Lumia looks like

• HTC's new charger gets your One back in action 40 percent faster

Social Media (28)

• UK politicians want social networks to explain their terms more clearly

• Twitter will track which apps you use on your phone

• Vine now lets you know when your favorite users post clips

• Twitterrific 5 for Mac and Twitter's war on developers

• Twitter Offers delivers discounts you can nab from tweets

• Exiled Tinder co-founder comes back with another dating app

• You can use Twitter activity to track unemployment

• Twitter lets you share public tweets in your direct messages

• Snapchat introduces Snapcash for P2P payments

• Twitter makes every public tweet searchable

• Viber's new Public Chats sound a lot like Twitter

• Facebook's latest page keeps you updated on tech news

• Facebook's latest standalone app lets you dive right into Groups

• OKCupid test lets you choose nearly any sexual identity

• Twitter co-founder launches Super, yet another way to share your opinion

• Perch simplifies social media for business owners

• Facebook will filter out excessively promotional Page posts in 2015

• The Think Tank: Keeping in touch with the friends in the magic box

• MessageHub tries to be your one stop for all social networks

• Facebook gives UK users more control over ads

• Pop-up store lets you pay for clothes using your social network clout

• Twitter will add video and build more standalone apps

• Instagram expands Explore tab, adds editing for captions and location

• ZergID, an MMO social network, enters public beta today

• At long last, you can fix all your Instagram caption flubs

• Samaritans pulls its controversial Radar Twitter app

• There's a new way to report harassment against women on Twitter

• Tinder's paid tier will let you undo costly dating mistakes

Space (17)

• DNA smeared on a rocket survives re-entry and tells of life's origins

• Europe will make Ariane rockets more competitive with SpaceX

• The Big Picture: cooling molten metal in space

• NASA launches $5 million contest to find CubeSats for deep space missions

• SpaceX's reusable rockets get help from 'X-wing' fins and drone ships

• Philae comet lander is sleeping, but not quiet

• The Big Picture: giving birth to a solar system

• Sweet dreams, Philae: ESA's lander goes to sleep in the absence of sunlight

• Europe's space agency is also sending a 3D printer to the ISS

• ESA's comet lander is stuck in the shadows (and it needs solar power)

• Virgin Galactic pilot recounts how he survived being ejected at 50,000 feet

• Elon Musk confirms satellite plans, announcement '2 - 3 months away'

• A colony on Mars will be the 'next giant leap for mankind'

• WSJ: Elon Musk wants to bring the whole world online with affordable satellites

• ?Half of the stars in our universe live in the space between galaxies

• Lytro's light field camera tech to boost night vision and space imaging

• Five questions for the man who's determined to put life on Mars

Sports (13)

• WWE 2K15 review: Disqualification match

• China's Google will launch a smart bike later this year

• castAR team ships out first pair of AR glasses, more to follow soon

• Hey, NPR: Stop trivializing eSports scholarships

• Angry Birds Go tops 100 million downloads, adds team multiplayer

• One round of Hearthstone, 784 cards drawn, 312,417 damage

• The Witcher Adventure Game's video tutorial explains the race for Victory Points

• Super Smash Bros. ad fits eight players into one huge living room

• Watch a rocket-powered bicycle outrun a supercar

• Blizzard's next game is 'Overwatch,' an online superhero shooter

• Football training could soon get a boost from virtual reality

• Upload your face to this WWE 2K15 trailer

• WWE Network launch gets delayed at the 11th hour (update)

Streaming (60)

• Slingbox now suggests YouTube videos based on what you're watching

• Virgin Media customers can now access the Sky Movies Android app

• Blinkbox extends offline movie and TV playback to Android tablets

• Neither Spotify nor musicians are making much money from streaming

• Comedy Central bringing 'Key and Peele' and 'South Park' to Chromecast (update)

• Streams from apps like Spotify and Beats will soon be included in the Billboard 200

• Tina Fey's new show 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' moves from NBC to Netflix

• Country Music Association finds streaming is better for sales than radio

• Aereo's video streaming fairy tale ends at Chapter 11

• Blinkbox brings offline movie and TV streaming to the iPad

• Netflix picks up fourth season of popular A&E series 'Longmire'

• Technics has a hi-fi music download service, too

• Bake your turkey to the tune of Spotify's Thanksgiving playlists

• Billboard tweaks album sales chart to include streams, digital track sales

• Google Cardboard app immerses you in a Paul McCartney concert

• Aether's music-streaming 'Cone' now lets you ditch the Rdio subscription

• Nielsen will finally start tracking Netflix and Amazon video

• Samsung's streaming video service comes to US Galaxy phones today

• One of music's big managers wants to pull 20,000 songs from YouTube

• Netflix is expanding to Australia and New Zealand in March

• Shocker: Pandora's study finds Pandora to be good for music sales

• ?Sony exec says it's 're-evaluating' support for streaming music services

• Spotify code hints that podcasts are coming

• Netflix's public API is dead, but InstantWatcher is not

• Major content networks launch Streaming Video Alliance without Netflix or YouTube

• Soundrop listening rooms to shut down after Spotify kills its app platform

• Spotify CEO pens blogpost on Taylor Swift and the state of music streaming

• Sony is bringing TV streaming to iPad with PlayStation Vue

• BT Sport claims it's now in more pubs than Sky Sports

• Taylor Swift's label shoots down Spotify's $6 million payout claim (update)

• PlayStation Vue is a cloud-powered broadcast TV service that launches in early 2015

• Bandcamp lets artists create their own music subscriptions

• YouTube announces "YouTube Music Key" subscription service for $7.99 a month

• Rdio matches Spotify with its own family plan price cut

• Rdio slashes the cost of its family plans to match Spotify

• Netflix for iOS updated with 1080p video support for iPhone 6 Plus

• Film industry shows how it's (sorta) easy to legally watch movies online

• Netflix now plays in 1080p on your iPhone 6 Plus

• YouTube's music service launches in 'weeks' following indie deal

• Chromecast gets Showtime, Starz and family-friendly games to make the holidays less tedious

• Spotify CEO says it pays $6 million a year to a top artist like Taylor Swift

• Red vs Blue creator Rooster Teeth acquired by Fullscreen

• BBC gives Radio 1 its own video channel on iPlayer

• The most streamed single of 2013 only earned its authors $4,000 each

• Taylor Swift wants no part of the music streaming 'experiment'

• BBC brings FA Cup highlights to iPlayer

• CBS takes on HuffPost Live with its own streaming news network

• CBS News added to Apple TV

• Aereo tells Boston employees it's shutting down November 12th

• Scribd adds 30,000 audiobooks to its subscription service

• Spotify revenue outpaces iTunes revenue by 13% in Europe

• Showtime plans to follow HBO with cable-free streaming in 2015

• CBS has a digital news channel and it's launching tomorrow

• Spotify reportedly earns musicians more cash than iTunes in Europe

• BFI updates its movie streaming service with more films and a new look

• Performances from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre are available online

• SoundCloud inks its first major label deal, eyes streaming service in 2015

• Sonos' multi-account beta lets you keep playlists to yourself

• Netflix comes to BT and retail YouView boxes, TalkTalk early next year

• Taylor Swift shakes off Spotify, pulls entire catalog

Style (1)

• Disney's 'Frozen' apparently inspired a color-changing bra

Tablets (10)

• Jolla promises to give tablets cellular connection if it raises $2.5 million

• iPad sees first full year decline, is definitely (maybe) doomed

• Engadget Daily: Nokia's new tablet, Lindsay Lohan's battle with Rockstar Games and more!

• Nokia's return to hardware begins with the $250 N1 Android tablet

• iPad triggers evacuation at Houses of Parliament

• Caturday: Merry modeling with a new iPad product

• iPads are mandatory at Newark Liberty International Airport

• CNN anchor caught on-air using a Microsoft Surface tablet as an iPad stand

• Dell's new Venue 11 Pro tablet is thin and light enough to take on the Surface Pro 3

• Samsung's Galaxy Tab S now packs speedy LTE-Advanced data

Technology (88)

• How Qualcomm aims to be everywhere -- not just phones

• Lego car becomes an avatar for a worm

• Nordstrom's smart fitting room helps you find fresh outfits

• The new Sony A7 II camera arrives in the US next month for $1,700

• Expanded Dark Souls 2 coming to smite Xbox One, PS4 owners

• This pocket-sized gesture controller aims to replace your mouse

• A new project promises to turn your iPhone into a VR headset

• Smart wallet puts an end to lost cash and dead phones

• Rayman Legends concept video showcases scrapped NFC features

• Check out one of Resident Evil re-remake's polygonal rooms

• Combat-free MMO Wander coming to PS4

• Far Cry 4 Arcade Poker, Arena Master apps now in the wild

• 3D Robotics' new drone can follow you around, carry a mirrorless camera

• When AI goes mad: A Grand Theft Auto 5 traffic jam

• Everyone can hang out with The Crew in next week's open beta

• New Moleskine sketchbooks beam your scribbles to Adobe's Creative Cloud

• Trippy Kinect-powered art disintegrates a man

• HBO Go app arrives on Xbox One

• HBO Go is now available for Xbox One

• Gorilla Glass 4 shouldn't shatter when you drop your phone

• This e-ink watch can change its design at the touch of a button

• Parrot's featherweight Bebop drone lands next month for $500

• Unsure about buying an EV? This Heads-Up Display may someday help

• Blizzard reveals how new character models are made

• Researchers force 3D-printed robots to adapt to their environment

• Jolla wants you to fund and develop its new tablet (update: funded!)

• Jaguar Land Rover's infotainment system adds voice control

• Watch an unmanned helicopter put out fires with help from a drone

• IBM's new email app learns your habits to help get things done

• Five-game Jackbox Party Pack drops today for PlayStation 4, PS3, Xbox One

• HP's Envy x2 detachable PC returns with a new look and price

• KTLA goes Apple Pay shopping with Apple's Eddy Cue

• Royal Caribbean's cruise of the future looks a lot like the present

• Path now lets you text UK businesses instead of calling

• Artificial intelligence is now creating its own magic tricks

• Project Totem's new name is Kalimba, launches next month

• Report: Double Helix had Killer Instinct build on Xbox 360

• Did You Know Gaming reminds us the PS2 was once considered military hardware

• Uber cars will soon stream passengers' Spotify playlists, reports say

• Killer Instinct prototype throws punches on the Xbox 360

• Intel's reinvention of the all-in-one PC is slim, portable and still huge

• Drop's internet-savvy kitchen scale is now available

• ?Google's driving all over Bangladesh to teach students about the internet

• Here's what the FCC thought about John Oliver's net neutrality rant

• See the bonus cars of The Crew Season Pass in new trailer

• Smart earrings can monitor your health even when you're in a dress

• Even Pioneer CDJs don't play CDs anymore

• Sony Japan commemorates 20 years of PlayStation with game-stuffed vid

• Samsung made a 78-inch curved TV and decided to cover the back in gold

• Monument Valley gets eight new levels on iOS today

• Now saying 'Ok Google' to your Android phone can search inside apps

• Samsung unveils Project Beyond, a 3D-capturing camera for Gear VR

• Atmospheric bounty hunter White Space explained in dev diary

• Touch-free smartphone lets you text and play games with head gestures

• Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot weighs 330 pounds, but it can now balance on one leg

• Assassin's Creed: Rogue treads familiar ground in new trailer

• GoPro-ready Ghost drone touts easy tilt control and auto-follow mode

• Office 365's 'Clutter' learns your inbox habits to tamp down on distractions

• Nintendo wants to sell you an NFC figurine subscription

• Full video of Tim Cook's recent 34 minute WSJD Live interview posted online

• Microsoft bundles Office 365, Xbox and Skype subscriptions for $199

• LG's AKA phones come with crazy personalities and crazier prices

• President Obama urges the FCC to treat the internet as a utility

• Raspberry Pi's new computer is somehow even smaller and cheaper

• Ex-Riot Games devs' Vainglory makes MOBAs mobile on iOS

• DARPA funds $11 million tool that will make coding a lot easier

• Cyborg cockroaches can help find survivors through their voices

• Five things we learned from robotics expert Mark Setrakian

• Europe's heroic Vita Mega Pack has Worms, Ratchet & Clank

• Runtastic's Sleep Better app aims for a good night's rest

• Watch, contrast and compare as GTA 5 slides from PS3 to PS4

• New Apple malware can infect your iPhone or Macbook via USB (update)

• Microsoft's bone-conducting headset guides the blind with audio cues

• Five questions for the man who created a robot documentarian

• Drift's latest action camera is half the size of its ancestor

• Jawbone takes on Misfit with the $50 Up Move

• Jawbone unveils the Up3, its most sophisticated health band yet

• Sharp's night vision camera records color even in total darkness

• 10 reasons to join us at Engadget #ExpandNY!

• Far Cry 4 story trailer features exotic wildlife, explosive combat

• Touching virtual reality with Nimble VR's Sense camera

• Skype's Translator preview sign-ups go live for Windows 8.1 users

• Google Calendar gets smarter and prettier

• Dash takes the hassle and guesswork out of barhopping

• BBM now lets you set a Snapchat-style time limit for messages

• Open Source Remote Control lets you pilot just about any drone

• 'GTA: San Andreas' on Xbox 360 looks a lot like the Android version

• Gmail for Android is ready to handle all your email accounts

Tomorrow (8)

• Enter the tech-powered playground of the future

• Deepak Chopra: the spiritualist as technologist

• Upp comes to the UK with the promise of hydrogen-fuelled device charging

• Sound Off! Are modular smartphones the way of the future?

• Virtual reality has a future beyond video games, and it's already started

• 3D printing is venturing beyond plastic and into your home

• Check out how designers are fusing fashion and tech

• Five questions for the man making contactless wireless power a reality

TV & Movies (37)

• 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' trailer now featured by Apple

• James Cameron's 'Avatar' sequels will stick to 48 frames per second

• Listen to Microsoft Sam sing 'The Piña Colada Song'

• 'Steve Jobs' movie finds another home and a new star

• Mythbusters takes on Gorilla Glass in Corning-Supported infomercials

• Redbox rentals will get a price hike on December 2nd

• WoW Moviewatch: Pride

• You can finally watch Microsoft's 'E.T.' documentary on Xbox

• 'The Imitation Game' puts the spotlight on Alan Turing and his groundbreaking machine

• HBO's 'Westworld' reboot with Anthony Hopkins will air next year

• Ofcom probe could lead to more live Premier League matches on TV

• G4 channel shutting down for good this month

• AMC's unlimited ticket lets you watch 'Interstellar' as much as you want

• South Park goes tripping on the Oculus Rift

• Barely Related: Dr. Doom is a hacker, Aunt May isn't a spy

• Lisa Kudrow doesn't get the internet, but the internet gets 'The Comeback'

• Oscar-winning Hurt Locker writer joins Uncharted movie

• Portlandia's Fred Armisen narrates Ann Droyd's latest book, 'If You Give a Mouse an iPhone'

• Netflix's first UK original is about the Queen and it's coming in 2016

• Persona 3 spawns a third feature film in Spring 2015

• 'Interstellar' makes the case for humanity's return to space

• Sam Raimi's bringing an 'Evil Dead' series to TV in 2015

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Edward Snowden in forthcoming NSA movie

• This video will make you miss the heyday of animatronic puppets

• Recommended Reading: a brief history of female superheroes

• Who's playing who, what orcs look like in the Warcraft movie

• Director James Marsh talks time and truth in 'The Theory of Everything'

• BlizzCon Warcraft Movie panel liveblog

• Star Wars: Episode VII will be called 'The Force Awakens'

• South Park pokes fun at freemium mobile games

• South Park skewers 'freemium' games

• Netflix will make 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' TV show

• Film company does the inevitable: shoots porn using a drone

• Ridley Scott is producing a followup to '2001: A Space Odyssey'

• Christian Bale no longer set to play Steve Jobs in upcoming Aaron Sorkin flick

• The Queue: I solemnly swear that I am up to no good

• Recommended Reading: Hollywood's love affair with Christopher Nolan

Wearables (50)

• Apple Watch website updated with new product details and UI information

• ?TZOA is a wearable that tells you where to find clean air

• Sony was hiding its e-paper watch in plain sight all along

• Razer's smart wristband is finally arriving December 2nd

• Now Moto 360 owners can buy new bands at will

• The new Victoria's Secret sports bra connects directly to heart-rate monitors

• Adidas adds Microsoft's MixRadio to its miCoach Smart Run watch

• LG GizmoPal wearable lets kids call their parents with one button

• Squeezing into OMsignal's smart shirt of the future

• One of Sony's first 'new' ideas is a smartwatch that's all e-ink

• Get fit with friends with BattleFit

• Watchmakers are cracking down on bootleg smartwatch faces

• Apple Watch featured as one of Time's 25 Best Inventions of 2014

• Basis Peak to get its smartwatch-like features in December

• Wearable data proves what you thought: we're less active when it's cold

• PayPal debuts mobile payments app for Pebble smartwatch

• Shot Tracker's wearable basketball coach launches today

• Pebble owners can now use PayPal on their smartwatch

• You can now make Amazon purchases with an Android Wear watch

• Crowdfunding campaign hopes to beat Nike to auto-lacing shoes

• Activity trackers to help decide personal injury cases

• Engadget Daily: Intel's smart bangle, Nokia's mystery box and more!

• Oculus releases mobile SDK, Gear VR coming in December

• Track your Domino's order via a Pebble smartwatch

• Smart sleeve helps pro baseball players avoid injury

• $200 turns your Galaxy Note 4 into a VR headset

• Samsung releases SIMBAND fitness wearable for developers

• Samsung's Gear VR Innovator Edition arrives next month in the US

• Get motivated to get moving with Movn

• ?Sony's waterproof SmartWatch 3 is on sale now for $250

• Fitbit's activity trackers vanish from Apple's online store

• MC10 takes the guesswork out of fitness with wearable sensors

• AT&T's latest smartwatch for kids is both easier and tougher

• Even you can build your own social wearable

• 60 seconds with the tracker that proves how close you got to the edge

• Adafruit's Becky Stern knows why we don't have stylish wearables yet

• 60 seconds with the wearable that might save your back

• ASUS' ZenWatch comes to the US on November 9th for $199

• LG's £225 circular G Watch R goes on sale in the UK

• Moto 360 metal bands arrive, gold option in tow

• The $299 LG G Watch R makes its way to Google Play

• Zepp's tennis and golf swing sensor arrives in UK stores for £130

• Five questions for the athletes making wearables you won't take off

• Sensor helps you watch your diet by tracking your chewing

• Sound Off! What's the best virtual reality experience right now?

• Onyx communicator lets you live out your 'Star Trek' dreams for $99

• Samsung's curved Gear S smartwatch hits the UK on November 7th for £329

• Push band offers wearable insight for your strength training regimen

• Apple Watch release date gets ever so slightly more accurate

• Five questions for Becky Stern, director of wearables for Adafruit

Xbox (48)

• Head of Xbox Japan resigns following weak Xbox One sales

• Infinity Blade Saga to take a swipe at Xbox One

• Classic Star Wars skins make the jump to Minecraft for Xbox

• Xbox's Japan chief resigns after bleak Xbox One sales

• Latest Halo: Master Chief Collection update addresses matchmaking, stability, more

• Titanfall update brings co-op to Xbox 360 next week

• Games with Gold December: Worms, The Raven, SSX

• Joystiq Streams: Will Shadow of Mordor on Xbox 360 break us?

• New weapons join Sunset Overdrive in action hit's first DLC

• Halo: MCC dev pledges to 'make this right with our fans'

• Halo: MCC re-adds Halo 2: Anniversary Rumble playlist

• Microsoft celebrates Xbox One's first year with gifts to lucky fans

• Thomas Was Alone on Xbox One, then he wasn't

• Watch the Atari: Game Over documentary for free on Xbox

• Matchmaking targeted in new Halo: The Master Chief Collection patch

• WWE 2K15's 'My Career' mode crashing Xbox One systems

• Defiance goes free-to-play on Xbox 360 (finally)

• You can now order a Domino's pizza on your Xbox One

• Deals with Gold: All Lara Croft, all week

• Halo: MCC matchmaking patch delayed until 'later this week'

• Playdate: We're livestreaming 'Grand Theft Auto V' on Xbox One! (update: game over!)

• Terraria carves out an Xbox One release today

• Playdate: We're livestreaming 'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' on Xbox One! (update: game over!)

• Console Madness: Joystiq is giving away an Xbox One Assassin's Creed: Unity bundle

• Halo: MCC removes playlists as matchmaking woes continue

• Playdate: We're livestreaming 'Assassin's Creed Unity' on Xbox One! (update: game over!)

• Walmart discounts Halo: The Master Chief Collection bundle for Black Friday

• Nearly 10 million Xbox One consoles shipped worldwide

• Xbox One claims the new-gen sales lead for two weeks, time to celebrate

• Deals with Gold: Catherine, EA Sports UFC, Fallout

• Pre-load GTA5 on Xbox One, get $1 million in-game cash

• Halo: MCC to matchmake it up to players with today's updates

• Halo: The Master Chief Collection running into matchmaking problems

• The new dance in Halo 5: Guardians

• Halo MCC playlists tweaked prior to launch, Halo CE playlist delayed

• Microsoft Stores celebrate Master Chief Collection launch with streams and swag

• Halo 2: Anniversary Original Soundtrack hits play on November 11

• Console Madness: Joystiq is giving away an Xbox One Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare bundle

• 'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' has a smaller day-one patch than expected

• Halo spawns its own eSports league, $50,000 tournament

• Report: Cutscene from Halo: Master Chief Collection leaks

• Deals with Gold: D4, Thief, Sonic the Hedgehog catalog sale

• Six new DLC cars roll into Forza Horizon 2's garage

• Joystiq Streams: Project Spark, Master Chief Collection, Xbox One giveaways

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare scales up to 1080p on Xbox One

• The Xbox One will get more affordable thanks to a new processor

• Xbox's Atari, E.T. documentary phones home on November 20

• PSA: Xbox One is now $50 cheaper until January 3