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Accessories (22)

• Designer uses her nose and an Apple Trackpad to create these incredible compositions

• Curved LG gaming monitor slides in ahead of CES 2015

• Original Kinect for Windows being phased out next year

• LG will show off curved, 21:9 and 4K monitors at CES

• A pair of putrid pink phone protectors

• Pocket Drive turns your iOS device into an external drive

• The Monster PowerCard Turbo - Great for holiday travel

• PERI Duo: It's a Bluetooth/Wi-Fi speaker, a battery case, and more

• LG's Sonos-fighting WiFi speakers add a battery powered option

• Samsung's super-wide curved monitor makes your PC extra trendy

• CalDigit announces Thunderbolt Station 2

• Flickr Find: A monitor of monstrous measurements

• OnePlus celebrates one year in business with a super-cheap power bank

• Engadget giveaway: win an Omni soundbar system and wireless speaker courtesy of Polk Audio!

• Engadget Daily: Digital life after death, the deal with Google Cardboard and more!

• Engadget giveaway: win a Harmony Home Control and Ultimate Home courtesy of Logitech!

• Typo avoids BlackBerry lawsuit by releasing a new iPhone 6 keyboard

• The 'mouse' and its many mutations

• Acme Made Charge Case for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus is a Kickstarter winner

• Dell's latest 27-inch, 4K monitor has a tempting $700 price tag

• Lightweight Loplin Hood designed to shade your MacBook screen

• Beep's wireless adapter for old-school stereos now supports Spotify

Amazon (14)

• Amazon adds Disney and Dora to FreeTime Unlimited kids service

• Amazon updates Fire phone to translate text and identify art in photos

• Amazon brings 4K streaming to Prime Instant Video in the UK

• Amazon Prime Now brought me candy in 23 minutes

• Amazon UK glitch sells thousands of products for a penny

• Amazon's Android app has quietly been removed from Google Play

• Amazon's got a new app for lazy gift givers

• Amazon Prime Instant Video begins streaming in 4K

• Amazon's X-ray makes its way to Kindle for Android, at last

• Amazon now lets you name your price on fine art

• Amazon threatens to take its delivery drone testing overseas

• Amazon launches its own line of household goods, starting with diapers

• Amazon launches a restaurant takeout and delivery service

• Amazon's Mechanical Turk workers want to be treated like humans

Apple (96)

• Class action lawsuit filed against Apple over large iOS storage requirements

• Apple offers two-week window for iTunes refunds... in Europe

• Apple and UK banks reportedly in talks to bring Apple Pay across the pond

• iPhones and iPads made up over half of devices activated on Christmas

• Apple updates return policy in several EU countries

• Disney CEO Bob Iger and Steve Jobs built a lasting partnership

• A long ride on Apple's coattails scores Xiaomi a $45 billion valuation

• Caturday: Oliver, Dice, and Apple products vie for owner's attention

• The one feature Apple should seriously copy from BlackBerry OS 10

• Tracking Santa's journey on your favorite Apple device

• Dear Apple, please bring the iPhone 4s into the future

• NYT reports that Apple declined Sony offer to host "The Interview" on iTunes

• Apple takes over HTC's home country, iPhone 6 most popular smartphone in Taiwan

• The most exciting Apple legal story you'll read all day

• Tim Cook is CNN Money's CEO of the Year for 2014

• Amazing Apple Campus 2 aerial tour courtesy of AppleInsider

• Apple supplier Pegatron announces investigation following controversial BBC report

• Apple's online store returns to Russia with huge price hikes

• Apple Pay support coming to Disney World this week

• Apple bought back $56 billion of its own stock in 2014

• You can now watch the BBC's Panorama documentary "Apple's Broken Promises"

• BBC alleges Apple failing to improve working conditions, Tim Cook disagrees

• Apple hikes app, device prices in Russia thanks to ruble droop

• Apple raised more than $20 million in holiday Product (RED) campaign

• Judge denies request to release video of Steve Jobs deposition

• Apple profiles the musicians behind its new 'The Song' holiday advertisement

• New job posting points to Apple Pay expansion across the globe

• Apple Pay goes pro, signs with NBA's Orlando Magic

• Today is the last day to order iPhoto book's before Christmas

• Gene Munster predicts! This time, Apple television coming in 2016

• Apple closes Russian online store due to ruble fluctuations

• Apple halts online sales in Russia due to shaky currency

• Apple removes white power bands from iTunes

• Apple emerges victorious in iPod antitrust lawsuit

• Apple found not guilty in iPod antitrust lawsuit

• Apple Pay expands to support 90 percent of US credit card purchase volume

• Apple's iPod antitrust lawsuit hinges on iTunes 7

• As Apple's e-book antitrust appeals process begins, one judge already questioning Judge Cote's ruling

• Apple Watch and iPhone 6 rank high in Google's 2014 "Year in Search"

• ShopKeep is offering free Apple Pay-compatible POS hardware to new merchants

• Former iTunes engineer testifies: iTunes updates were designed to "block 100% of non-iTunes clients"

• Apple releases new holiday advertisement, 'The Song'

• Apple worked to block '100 percent' of iTunes competitors from iPods

• Apple I sells for "only" $365,000 at auction

• Thanks to Apple, Dr. Dre had the most profitable year of any musician in history

• Apple's Zorlu Center store in Istanbul wins design and engineering accolades

• Apple online store now accepting payment via PayPal

• Cases licensed under Apple's MFi program must survive 1m drops under new standards

• Apple's online store now accepts PayPal, lets you spread the cost

• Tim Cook selected as Financial Times' Person of the Year

• Apple rejected one of the best games of the year over pixelated nudity

• Apple #22 on Glassdoor's 2015 Best Places to Work list

• Apple announces imminent launch of iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 in China

• Bose triumphantly returns to Apple Store, Apple pretends like nothing happened

• Apple and IBM kick off their partnership with suite of new business apps

• Apple fires back hard at news organizations for demanding to see Steve Jobs depo video

• Bose products are reportedly returning to Apple's stores

• So it's come to this, Apple?

• News organizations fight to have tape of Steve Jobs video deposition released to the public

• Apple TV gains new YouTube app and additional channels

• Apple to open advanced R&D center in Yokohama, Japan

• PSA: Don't lose your Apple ID recovery key if you are using two-factor authentication

• Apple iPod class action trial to continue temporarily without a plaintiff

• Tim Cook makes TIME's shortlist for 2014 "Person of the Year"

• Panic Inc. forced by Apple to drop non-FTP file transfers from Transmit for iOS

• Chinese internet regulator gets private look at Apple Watch

• MasterCard rolls out new Apple Pay commercial featuring Gwen Stefani

• Apple kicks off new "Change is in the Air" advertising campaign for iPad Air 2

• Former Global Operations manager Paul Devine sentenced to one year in prison for selling Apple secrets

• Apple's new "spaceship" campus to feature $161 million auditorium and $74 million physical fitness center

• In videotaped deposition, Steve Jobs talks DRM and dealing with record labels

• Apple files motion to dismiss iPod antitrust lawsuit after plaintiffs' stories called into question

• Slices of Apple episode 12: The 105% solution

• Big cats take center stage in this illustrated history of OS X

• Apple sets its sights on India with plans for 500 new resellers

• Apple hosting Hour of Code workshops for Computer Science Education Week

• The French pay tribute to The Red Balloon in this iPhone 6 ad

• Ugly Christmas sweaters sink to new low thanks to the iPhone

• Eddy Cue testifies: Apple once contemplated licensing its Fairplay DRM to competitors

• Steve Wozniak calls Apple's legendary garage 'a bit of a myth'

• Apple Stores hosting free coding workshops December 11 for Hour of Code

• Pennsylvania school district using $291K donation from Tim Cook to buy iPads for kids

• Alabama's anti-discrimination bill will bear Tim Cook's name after all

• Lawyer: Apple secretly deleted rival's music files from consumer iPods

• Wozniak: Apple's famed garage start is only a myth

• Apple deleted users' non-iTunes music and didn't tell them about it

• Jimmy Iovine named one of GQ's Men of the Year, talks Apple Beats deal

• Watch Steve Wozniak demo hotel keyless entry with the iPhone

• Old Steve Jobs emails resurface as part of iPod antitrust lawsuit

• Apple loses App Store trademark appeal in Australia

• Apple's ban hammer on Notification widgets now targeting popular note-taking app Drafts

• Apple releases humorous ad showcasing Voice Text feature on iOS 8

• Eddy Cue: Apple didn't settle e-book antitrust lawsuit because "we feel we have to fight for the truth"

• Buy the Steve Jobs monument that was too gay for Russia for $95,000

• iPod antitrust lawsuit set to kick off tomorrow

• Touch ID for your Mac ... sorta

Apps (141)

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

• iOS app developer gives parents the best Christmas gift ever

• Tunity turns your iPhone into personal TV headphones

• VLC for iOS to return in 2015

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

• Aphex Twin is making music software based on mutation

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

• Artful for Mac: Desktop art that matches your taste

• Stayful is a must-have money saver for travelers

• My favorite apps of 2014: Victor Agreda

• 2 new weather apps just in time for your holiday sojourns

• Amazon's free Crimbo app bundle includes Terraria, Plex and Djay 2

• 2K discounts iOS XCOM: Enemy Within, BioShock, Civ Rev 2

• You can now chat on Skype inside Office Online apps

• Slopes 1.4 hits the app store with Health Kit integration and more

• Hive launches a free social cloud storage platform

• Logoist 2: Designing logos and more on your Mac

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

• Ticketmaster joins Apple Pay party with updated iOS app

• Disney World starts accepting Apple Pay and Google Wallet this week

• Snapchat alternatives (and their users) vanish from Windows Phone

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

• Evernote now adds context to your memos on Android and Windows

• Quiptalk reveals what friends are saying before they say it

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

• Get live updates with Ski Buddy and Ski Buddy Plus.

• Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest games discounted on mobile

• News Cues is personalized news aggregator with potential

• EyeEm's new Open Edit feature shows you how photos get edited

• Save 'Sports Illustrated' articles anywhere you want, automatically

• Flickr's removing free-use images from its photo printing service

• ClipDis: Letting movie clips do your messaging for you

• Heyday goes 2.0, adds sharing, locking via Touch ID, and more

• The App Store Year in Review in one infographic

• The crapification of great iOS apps

• Procreate now available in a convenient pocket size

• FlowVella: The presentation app formerly known as Flowboard

• Hal Leonard PlayAlong has wealth of interactive sheet music

• EyeEm now lets you see how other users tweak their photos

• SwiftKey gets into the holiday spirit with a free new theme

• Algoriddim releases djay Pro for the Mac with Spotify Integration

• Giveaway: Rip those DVDs for free with MacX DVD Ripper Pro

• BBC launches dedicated iPlayer Radio apps for iPad and Android tablets

• MTV adds a live feed to its Android and iOS apps

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

• Google Wallet app updated with Touch ID support and new bill splitting feature

• Wthr Complete is a weather app with details and a nice desgn

• See what's 'round you with RoundMe

• Instagram for iOS gets five new filters, slo-mo video, real time commenting

• Finally, an app to keep friends from wanting to hang out with you

• FullContact keeps contact information in sync

• Group Text+ and Email+: New from developer Contrast

• Ultrakam: Transform your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus into a 4K video camera

• Moving wind forecast puts beautiful weather in your browser

• Scutify puts the bells and whistles on Wall Street

• Google Wallet for iOS can now split your tab between friends

• Topaz Impression is a powerful photo-to-art application for Mac OS X

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

• Track your fitness achievements with MetricMe

• Foursquare travels to iPad for the first time

• Kindle for iOS now makes it easier for newbies to start reading

• SoundCloud's new hub puts all your favorite audio in one place

• Rdio's Windows Phone music app gets a much-needed overhaul

• RebelSauce for iOS has a lot of tasteful filters

• New app tells you if you're too drunk to drive, helps call a cab

• Viber grows its ecosystem with a new section for games

• No Comment: CBS iPad app just needs you to sign right here

• Microsoft's MSN News: A solid, usable news app for iOS

• iPad version of Papers, Please to get nudity restored in update

• Find out how you measure up with the Official Navy SEAL app

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

• Snapselect for Mac solves a major nightmare for photographers

• Nazi tracker app coming soon to a German iPhone near you

• Google Maps now tells Europeans which lane to be in while driving

• Automate your iOS life with Workflow

• Something new for iOS - Handwriting input with Mazec

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

• Google gives its iOS search app a Material Design makeover

• MSN-branded apps added to Microsoft's iOS flock

• Checkmark 2.5 adds Today widget, more

• Now TV gets a Windows 8 app

• BitTorrent needs your help to build its peer-to-peer browser

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

• Readdle's PDF Office: Powerful PDF form creation tools and more

• Roomlia for iPhone offers nice travel booking options

• Shazam adds in-app Spotify tracks, more tools for music discovery

• Exposure for iOS lets you selectively edit and color a photo

• Hangouts eavesdrops on your chats to offer 'smart suggestions'

• TomTom's new Android app saves you from speeding tickets

• Radius combines fitness videos with custom workouts on your iPhone

• Makerbot's Apps Portal will help you prototype that (plastic) fusion reactor

• Iowa wants to make driver's license apps for smartphones

• Pico: Use your iPhone to program DSLR time-lapse photographs

• Zen out with Oceen's relaxing sounds and guided meditations

• Dropbox's Carousel app now frees up phone storage for you

• Fit Brains Trainer: Keeping your grey matter in shape

• Google's latest tool makes building Android apps even easier

• Blackphone to launch the world's first privacy-focused app store

• VLC's Android media player is (mostly) finished

• Music Center lets you select music from your lock screen or any app

• Aim to add up number tiles perfectly with Funb3rs

• FastCustomer can help get you out of customer service hell

• Vimeo will let you download (but not stream) 4K videos

• Elevate - Brain Training and Threes! distinguished as Apple's Best apps of 2014 in the iTunes Store

• Monument Valley, Threes! receive Apple year-end awards

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

• TalkTalk app lets customers use their landline package on a smartphone

• 80 Days takes a trip to Android, adds arctic route to itinerary

• The yellow flag is out for the motorsport.com app

• 6 apps for saying something when you have nothing to say

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

• Stick Nodes: Bringing stick figures to life

• Microsoft's Android voice search app now works without a watch

• OneDrive for Android gets push notifications for shared items

• Dragon Quest 3 now adventuring on iOS, Android

• Pipes brings powerful push notifications to customized news

• Firefox beta simplifies video chat, shares calls with a single link

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

• Wickr adds a Mac client to its free ultra-secure messaging family

• Sonos rolls out multi-account support, Playbar sound tweaks

• Instapaper for iOS adds device handoff support and unread count

• Square's new restaurant delivery app lets you track your meal

• Sky Go comes to the PlayStation 4 under another name

• BBC Sport app finally comes to Windows Phone

• Starbucks now lets you order and pay through mobile... if you're in Portland

• Tell everyone what you want for Christmas with Instalist

• Zen Shopping is a full featured and capable shopping partner

• Test your knowledge of just about anything with Thinking

• Firefox may be coming soon to an iOS device near you

• Wire is a minimalist chat app backed by a Skype co-founder

• Mozilla wants to put Firefox on iOS

• Vimeo sorts videos for later viewing from your mobile device

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

• Pandora's revamped radio apps make it easier to personalize your tunes

• Stephen Hawking now uses SwiftKey suggestions to communicate faster

• Dropbox adds file/folder renaming and Office document editing to iOS app

• Typed brings a touch of Zen to a minimalist Markdown editor

• One of Waze's earliest rivals is calling it quits

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

• Firefox's latest update makes Yahoo the default search option

• Cool Wallpapers HD offers more than 8,000 free images

Big Tech (21)

• Xiaomi passes Uber as the world's most valuable startup

• 'Airbnb for Airbnb' lets you stay somewhere while you rent your place

• Tech giants do battle with Russia over censorship

• Uber's CEO is now a wanted man in South Korea

• Google and Microsoft fight hotels' attempts to block personal WiFi

• Apple- and Microsoft-backed patent group ends its war on Android

• Sony threatens to sue Twitter to hide these tweets

• Sony Pictures CEO claims 'we have not caved'

• BlackBerry's surviving, but not as a smartphone company

• Comcast's new customer service fix: use the app to schedule a call

• With systems down, Sony employees turn to iPhones and iPads to get work done

• Uber responds half-heartedly to Senator Franken's privacy questions

• BT confirms talks to acquire EE for £12.5 billion

• What to expect from Sony at CES 2015

• Chinese internet giant Baidu is reportedly buying a stake in Uber (update: official)

• Intel, IBM and Qualcomm come out swinging against Net Neutrality

• Your old laptop's battery will light homes in developing countries

• 'Stop Mega Comcast' group aims to kill the Time Warner merger

• Google's Chromecast trumps Apple TV in streaming for 2014

• Sony will not renew its FIFA sponsorship

• How to stop Yahoo from cashing in on your Flickr images

Business (3)

• Apple's Tim Cook 'deeply offended' by fresh allegations of factory worker mistreatment

• Humble Bundle milestones: $50M to charity, $100M to devs

• Portland sues Uber over its 'illegal' ridesharing service

Buying Guides (80)

• Daily Deals for December 31, 2014, Save Big With These Great Fitness Accessories

• The top 16 portable audio devices you can buy right now

• Share your favorite gadgets of 2014

• Is this the most efficient way to make gold?

• PSA: Xbox versions of Terraria currently 40 percent off

• Daily Deals for December 30, 2014, Our Favorite iPhone/iPad Accessories of 2014

• Five products from 2014 I can't live without: Steve Sande

• Daily Deals for December 29, 2014, Featuring Our Most Popular Deals Of 2014

• Joystiq Discussion: How do you like your Best of the Year list?

• Five products from 2014 I can't live without: Kelly Hodgkins

• The top 17 gaming gadgets you can buy right now

• My top five products of 2014: Mike Rose

• Perfect Ten: New MMOs to watch in 2015

• Daily Deals for December 26, 2014 -- It's Back The Limited Edition Code Black Drone + HD Camera

• The Think Tank: The best Massively content of 2014

• My favorite apps of 2014: Mike Wehner

• Daily Deals for December 24, 2014, Get Amazing Apple Bundles and Pay What You Want!

• My favorite apps for 2014: Dave Caolo

• My favorite apps of 2014: Steve Sande

• Daily Deals for December 23, 2014, Always Stay Charged With These Hot Mobile Accessories

• The year in reviews: a look back at the best gadgets of 2014

• Introducing Engadget's gaming and portable audio buyer's guides!

• The best 'Star Wars' role-playing game is finally on Android

• Check out the ultimate Elite: Dangerous setup

• Daily Deals for December 22, 2014, Stay Protected From Online Hackers: Save On Must-Have Cyber Security Deals

• Massively's MMO guide to the 2014 winter holidays

• One Shots: Top 10 best player screenshots of 2014

• Daily Deals for December 19, 2014, featuring Dragon Dictate for Mac 4 and 6-Ft MFi-Certified Charging Cable

• What to get when you want high-tech grooming

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: MMO of the Year

• Best last minute holiday deals on Apple gear

• Daily Deals for December 18, 2014, featuring the Apple Watch Giveaway

• Which Chromebooks are worth buying?

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Most Anticipated for 2015 and Beyond

• What to get when you want a smarter kitchen

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Best Update or Expansion of the Year

• Select pets and mounts 50% off until January 5th

• Daily Deals for December 16, 2014, featuring Lifetime Access To Over 5,000 Adobe Training Videos

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Most Likely to Flop

• Destiny goes dark below $30 (well, it's $29.99) on Amazon

• The Daily Grind: What's the best MMO for solo play?

• Daily Deals for December 15, 2014

• Assassin's Creed: Unity trimmed to $30 on Amazon today

• The top tech gifts of holidays past

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

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Best MMO Trend of the Year

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Best Pseudo-MMO of the Year

• Weekend deals include GOG bundles, Shadow of Mordor, Wii U bundles, 3DS XLs

• Walmart to slash iPhone 6 and 6 Plus prices by $50 in holiday sale

• Daily Deals for December 12, 2014, featuring four Hot Deals Ending Soon

• What to get when you've got little kids in your life

• Ka-pow the 3 Arkhams for $10

• PS Vita Borderlands 2 bundle $170 at GameStop, Amazon

• Daily Deals for December 11, 2014, featuring the Name Your Own Price iOS Designer Bundle

• Chaos Theory: The best places in town, Secret World style

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Best MMO Studio

• Humble Winter Sale: Shadow of Mordor, Lego Batman 3

• Add $60 from PayPal to your PSN wallet, get bonus cash back

• Daily Deals for December 10, 2014, featuring GoPro Hero4 Black Giveaway

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Most Improved MMO

• Maps 3D PRO is a best in class GPS/Nav app for outdoor enthusiasts

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

• Daily Deals for December 9, 2014, featuring HyperDrive MacBook Storage Expander

• Daily Deals for December 8, 2014, featuring the 10 Ft. MFi-Certified iOS Lightning Cable

• Best Buy discounts the iPad Air 2 and mini 3 in $50-$100 off holiday sale

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Most Underrated MMO

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

• Mel's 2014 holiday gift ideas

• Daily Deals for December 5, 2014, featuring the Best Holiday Gifts Under $75

• Daily Deals for December 4, 2014

• Steve's 2014 holiday gift ideas

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

• What to get when you want a smarter home

• Daily Deals for December 3, 2014, featuring Hot Stocking Stuffers Under $50

• Sound Off! What are your favorite headphones?

• Deals with Gold: Metro Redux, Saints Row 4, Disney games

• Daily Deals for December 2, featuring the NYOP Mac Bundle for Giving Tuesday

• Daily Deals for December 1, 2014, featuring a 10% Off Storewide Code

• Today is the best day to buy an iPhone from T-Mobile

• Dragon Age: Inquisition cut to $45 in Amazon's Cyber Monday sale

Computing (12)

• The Queue: Mine, traits, i5, and traffic

• High speed internet access in the US reaches farther, goes faster

• Engadget Daily: Russell Wilson on the Surface Pro 2, a beer that boosts creativity, and more!

• Raspberry Pi helps old school pinball machine spew internet cliches

• ?FCC approves $1.5 billion funding increase to upgrade school broadband

• The strategies and challenges involved in developing new programming languages such as Swift

• Intel shows off its own 'Internet of Things' platform

• UK government to launch a revamped Computer Science GCSE in 2016

• Barack Obama just became the first US president to write a computer program

• Video: How to build a replica of the classic 1984 Mac out of LEGO

• Tests show modern SSDs can handle a thousand years of use

• New Bluetooth devices will connect directly to the internet

Cybersecurity (68)

• Police reportedly arrest UK hacker behind gaming network attacks

• Lizard Squad's takedown-for-hire service quickly disappears

• The hackers who hit Sony Pictures also threatened CNN (update)

• The Army may ditch fitness tests for unfit, 'ponytail-wearing' hackers

• Sony had to dig up old BlackBerrys to function during hack

• FBI wants to know if US banks launched revenge hacks against Iran

• The Daily Grind: Have you ever been hacked in an MMO?

• Take an 18-minute look at how to fool Touch ID with Tested and fake fingers

• Kim Dotcom's secure chat service is launching 'soon'

• You only need a camera (and luck) to copy someone's fingerprints

• Here are the security measures NSA spies hate the most

• These are the hackers who wrecked your holiday gaming

• Cyberattacks used security software to cover their trail

• North Korea blames the US for internet outages following Sony hacks

• Hackers behind PlayStation Network, Xbox Live disruption reportedly targeting Tor

• The NSA chose Christmas to detail 12 years of accidental spying

• Xbox Live, PSN suffer outages in apparent denial of service attack [Update]

• Xbox Live and PlayStation Network both down due to an apparent attack

• FBI warned of a Sony-style hack in a report last year

• NTP bug fix was Apple's first ever automated security update

• JPMorgan Chase was hacked due to two-factor authentication blunder

• Critical flaw forces Apple to push first automatic OS X security update

• Apple releases a security fix for OS X Network Time Protocol issue

• Thunderbolt vulnerability leaves Macs at risk, researcher finds

• North Korea is suffering a complete internet outage (update: restored)

• Blackberry helps Boeing with its hyper-secure 'Black' smartphone

• Obama doesn't believe the Sony hack was an act of war

• The US wants China's help blocking North Korean hackers

• North Korea denies attacking Sony, offers to help investigate (updated)

• Staples breach may have affected over a million credit cards

• Engadget Daily: FBI confirms North Korea involvment in Sony Pictures hack, RuPaul on 'gaymers' and more!

• Over 45% of Americans have had their credit card compromised; Value proposition of Apple Pay rises yet again

• Why North Korea's Sony hack made 'The Interview' required viewing

• FBI confirms North Korea's involvement in Sony hack as attackers talk ceasefire

• The internet's governing body was hacked, too

• Hacking your iCloud files just got easier, even with two-step enabled

• US officials ID North Korea as source of Sony Pictures hack

• Google blocks Gmail add-ons that can spy on your messages

• Security flaw lets Delta passengers access strangers' boarding passes

• Sony's hackers threaten people who go see 'The Interview'

• Hackers won't release Sony workers' personal info if they object

• FBI warns businesses about large-scale Iranian hacking threats

• GCHQ is using an app to teach kids how to become codebreakers

• Telling people how to remove DRM isn't illegal

• Sony is reportedly using hacker methods to take its stolen data offline

• World of Tanks' replay files vulnerable to code injection

• What you need to know about your digital life after death

• Swedish police raid The Pirate Bay and knock the site offline

• Dashlane offers single-click option to change passwords at more than 50 websites

• Tech industry completes its standards for banishing passwords

• Sony hack snowballs as movie scripts, celebrity phone numbers leaked

• Judge rules that banks can sue Target over credit card breach; Value proposition of Apple Pay rises

• Sony memo describes hack as 'an unparalleled and well-planned crime'

• Judges rule that UK spying doesn't violate human rights

• North Korea denies hacking Sony Pictures, but likes that someone did

• Hackers threaten Sony Pictures' employees and their families

• Engadget Daily: Target's network breach, a tour of JetBlue's 'Mint' cabin and more!

• North Korea treats its state-sponsored hackers like royalty

• Target can't dodge lawsuits from banks after huge data breach

• New bill aims to curb US government backdoor spying

• Hackers leak Sony passwords, social security numbers and salaries

• The NSA spent years snooping on the world's wireless carriers

• Operation Cleaver report ties Iranian hackers to attacks on major companies

• Russian police need help hacking the iPhone, will pay $37,000

• Russian lawmaker thinks the iPhone is stealing state secrets

• 7-year-old boy cleverly thwarts Apple's iPhone security measures

• FBI warns businesses over malware that can override hard drive data

• Hackers are using finance smarts and English skills to attack biotech firms

Entertainment (169)

• Kalimba review: Co-op will tear us apart

• Interactive album artwork doubles as a DJ controller

• A brief history of do-it-yourself Mario

• Catch a celebrity if you can in local PS4 game, Paparazzi

• One Shots: Brain Boy

• Syfy's '12 Monkeys' will sync with your Philips Hue bulbs

• Mesmerizing Quake demake runs on a decades-old oscilloscope

• 'Streamlined' real-time strategy game BOID debuts January 8

• Off the Grid: Golem Arcana

• Get a load of Disgaea 5's new trailer

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Countdown

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup got good gifts this year

• Mistwalker head shares trailer for canceled JRPG, Cry On

• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse trailer shows 4-player gameplay

• Barely Related: A nerdy year in review

• Adorable family convinces Grandma a chocolate phone is an iPhone

• 10 things you have to watch over the holidays

• Vinyl demand is so high, a record label opened its own factory to keep up

• 'The Interview' internet release comes to YouTube, Google Play and Xbox

• Disney Research's trippy tale of immortality is ready to watch

• Beer bottles deliver your video message through QR codes

• Notch's $70 million LA mansion recreated in Minecraft

• 3D-printed robotic spider dress keeps creeps at bay

• Sunset Overdrive rigs up first DLC today

• Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- review: Technical knockout

• Netflix scores Pee-wee Herman flick produced by Judd Apatow

• Uhh, Shovel Knight is in Road Redemption

• Cop drama, gadgets star in new Battlefield: Hardline trailer

• Code Name: STEAM video preview

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is UK's Christmas No. 1

• SXPD patrols monochromatic panels on Android, iOS devices

• Sunday Morning Funnies: To Migraineland

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup wishes you a happy holidays

• Final Fantasy Type-0 HD's Class Zero is wanted for treason

• Claire goes back to work in Resident Evil Revelations 2 opening

• Google+ can automatically 'enhance' your mobile video recordings

• Malkovich, Paxton star in Advanced Warfare Exo Zombies

• Theatrhythm Dragon Quest trailer cuts down Metal Slimes

• Caturday: Steve's a classic! (Updated)

• Barely Related: The Interview didn't go well

• Netflix drops in a surprise 'Bojack Horseman' Christmas special

• Minecraft's latest Xbox update sounds a little horse

• Get creepy with Blind Palefish

• Joystiq Streams: See my KOR-FX vest, best for making games feel weird

• Danganronpa Unlimited Battle brings tap-heavy havoc to iOS

• Natural Selection 2 dev's 'Subnautica' dives into Steam Early Access

• Xeodrifter review: Snacktroid

• Time-bending teen drama Life is Strange debuts next month

• Hulu's new Disney-ABC deal brings 'X-Men' and 'Resurrection'

• PSA: SSX free for Gold members on Xbox 360

• Nostalgia attacks first in new Cosmic Star Heroine video

• Payday 2 enlists its first woman gang member in new DLC

• New expansion takes Forza Horizon 2 off-roading in a storm

• The Pirate Bay shutdown: the whole story (so far)

• GTA Online heists breaking and entering 2015 with new trailer

• 'GTA V' is finally getting online heists in early 2015, see them in action here

• Shadow of Mordor rings in Lord of the Hunt DLC today

• Save the cheerleader later, watch Until Dawn's PSX demo now

• You should watch 'Black Mirror: White Christmas' on Channel 4 tonight

• Google's year in search: Robin Williams, Ebola and the World Cup

• Warhammer Quest announced for Steam, arrives in January

• What's on your HDTV: 'Cowboy Bebop' Blu-ray, 'Ascension'

• CrowdSolve wants to turn amateurs into true detectives

• Blackhat trailer promises a hacking thriller, computer screens that beep

• Team up with Chun-Li, Blanka-themed Palicoes in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

• Tower of Guns opens to PS3, PS4, Xbox One fans in early 2015

• Team Fortress 2 reaches the End of the Line, finds ducks

• These videos prove that music and science can (usually) mix

• Street Fighter 5 trailer teases Charlie's return, Capcom Cup 2015 pool mounds to $500,000

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is a last-minute shopper

• The Banner Saga hitches a trailer to Vita

• Barely Related: The Little Prince trailer, Serial winds down

• You probably bought 'Call of Duty' and 'Destiny'

• What's going on with Nintendo's Amiibo figurines?

• #IDARB enters Xbox One in Feb., free in Games with Gold

• PBS' Game/Show probes the endless popularity of Smash Bros.

• Don't Starve Together on December 15

• Orange Wednesdays are coming to an end

• Carson Daly profiles Kevin Russ -- living an iPhone photographer's dream

• Spotify tackles the paralysis of choice through friends

• Play Elegy for a Dead World the write way on Steam today

• Jack White brings VR performances to Google Cardboard

• Learn soccer tactics and strategies with The False 9

• Facebook helps you follow hot trends on your phone

• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 3DS remake arrives stateside next year

• Never Alone review: Into the storm

• Facebook and Twitter say 2014 was about protests and the World Cup

• C-3PO made to suffer through Alien: Isolation

• The Crew review: U-turn

• Heroes of Might and Magic 3 to return in HD, debut on tablets

• Did You Know Gaming examines even more Mario

• Paul McCartney, the hologram, in Destiny music video

• First Sunset Overdrive story DLC tours an oil rig turf war

• Joystiq Streams: Finding our Destiny in the Dark Below

• Watch this: YouTube recaps some of 2014's best moments

• Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris review: Danger zone

• Bravely Default sequel lights up Japan in April 2015

• Tekken montage honors 20 years of the Iron Fist Tournament

• Amazon apparently testing bike couriers for some Manhattan deliveries

• Here's that teaser from Brothers dev's new studio, Hazelight

• What's on your HDTV: 'Guardians of the Galaxy', 'SoA' finale, 'Marco Polo'

• 'Severed' from Guacamelee dev reaches Vita in Spring 2015

• Bloodborne is less scary with friends

• Virtual reality movies arrive in force at the Sundance Film Festival

• You won't believe the fast fingers of this iPad and iPhone 6 Plus drummer

• Tech giants, government promote computer science with Hour of Code

• Thank the Mario Maker for including SMB 3, World themes

• The Banner Saga 2 confirms trek to PS4, Xbox One, PC

• Grumpy Cat turns a genetic defect into a $100 million empire

• Say cheese and die - Watch Metal Gear Online's premiere

• FIFA 15 reclaims top, The Crew cuts in at sixth in UK charts

• Tour the open world of The Legend of Zelda on Wii U

• Project Root sets its sights on PS4, Vita, Xbox One

• Video game pioneer Ralph Baer dies aged 92

• Uncharted 4 gameplay trailer includes mini family reunion

• Grim Fandango Remastered lives again on January 27

• Arkham Knight trailer teases PS-exclusive Scarecrow Pack

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Montage time

• Netflix documentary on singer and social activist Nina Simone coming in 2015

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is celebrating an anniversary

• Enter the Gungeon, Orcs Must Die! Unchained and more coming to PS4 in 2015

• These are the trailers that debuted at The Game Awards 2014

• PS4's going the Distance, PS4's going for speed

• Godzilla starts a rumble on PS3 and PS4 in summer 2015

• The man behind 'Twisted Metal' and 'God of War' has a new game: 'Drawn to Death'

• PlayStation executive becomes playable game character

• 'Final Fantasy VII' is coming exclusively to PlayStation 4 in Spring 2015

• How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb: a virtual reality experience

• Santa Monica Studio shares trailers for upcoming projects

• Katamari Damacy and Journey creators reveal new game, 'Wattam'

• Double Fine bringing Broken Age, Day of the Tentacle to PS4, Vita

• Take a look at the next Uncharted on the PlayStation 4

• Killing Floor 2 gets PS4 systems messy with Zed blood

• Ultra Street Fighter 4 taking an extra round on PS4

• Free-to-play Peggle Blast bounces to iOS, Android

• Here's a new No Man's Sky trailer

• Before, the next game from Rust studio Facepunch

• Nintendo's 'Mario' level creator just got a lot crazier

• Tacoma, the next game from Gone Home developers

• Barely Related: Suicide Squad cast, Reynolds is Deadpool

• 'The Wire' creator David Simon explains why HD isn't always better

• Resogun Defenders brings two new modes to PS4 next year

• Joystiq Streams: Oneechanbara Z2 Chaos gets mossy, private on PS4

• Now Boarding 'Mint': JetBlue's take on the first class experience

• Disney Research makes HDR videos work better on regular TVs

• New 3DS easter egg turns Mario beats into Breakout fun

• GAME's festive shopping simulator is equal parts hilarious and awful

• Destiny's The Dark Below DLC is lit up in launch trailer

• YouTube's view counter wasn't ready for 'Gangnam Style'

• Resident Evil hits PS4, Xbox One, more on January 20

• Fan-made Persoronpa Q mash-up looks beary interesting

• Evolve's 'Evacuation' is a dynamic mini-campaign mode

• Y2K: Paranormal elevator death, new RPG systems, no hipsters

• Free-to-play Total War Battles: Kingdom coming to PC, Mac, tablets

• Xbox One gets cozy with Threes and Limbo this week

• Men detail male gamers' privilege on new Feminist Frequency

• Epic issues Fortnite alpha invites

• Step into Alien: Isolation's 'Trauma' center in second DLC

• Devs butter I Am Bread for December 3 Early Access launch

• The ZX Spectrum has been reimagined as an all-in-one gamepad

• Watch the Batmobile burn robbers in Arkham Knight trailer

• Resident Evil: Revelations 2 out just after Jill Valentine's Day

• Britain is getting its first eSports arena next year

• Game of Thrones Episode One review: Baptism by ice

• What's on your HDTV: 'Star Trek: TNG' S7, 'Game of Thrones'

• Watch Kanye West and U2 play a surprise charity concert live on YouTube

• Jet Set Radio goes under the microscope at Did You Know Gaming

• Telltale dishes ominous Game of Thrones launch trailer

• Watch this: Kanye West 'Yeezus' tour film compiled from crowd footage

EVs and Transportation (36)

• How to be smart about Uber and Lyft's surge pricing

• Tesla shows just how far your Model S will go on a charge

• Flywheel has an answer to Uber's NYE surge pricing: $10 rides

• Uber tries to win back India with improved passenger safety

• Mercedes and LG keep drivers awake, brake cars automatically

• Toyota reportedly working on a hydrogen-fueled Lexus limo

• Tesla's Roadster update will allow it to travel 400 miles on a charge (updated)

• Singapore tests self-driving cars you use like taxis

• Ridesharing insurance leaves many drivers in the lurch

• What you need to know about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

• FAA's new drone safety campaign reminds you not to be stupid

• Google unveils the first complete version of its self-driving car

• The Big Picture: Building an electric 'armored' car out of wood

• Volvo's bike helmet concept alerts riders and drivers to each other

• Google needs partners to actually build its self-driving car

• Engineers are working for free to make Elon Musk's Hyperloop a reality

• iGo's electric Fatbike takes the grunt-work out of climbing

• Uber deal with Portland takes its cars off the road temporarily

• Reuters: Google's 'Android M' will hook cars directly to the internet

• An iPad app can land your plane if the engine quits

• Cadillac's cars are getting smart rearview mirrors next year

• Uber explores using biometrics and lie detectors to screen drivers

• 'Light Cocoon' is a fabric-wrapped concept car with a 3D-printed skeleton

• Chicago's getting its own Uber-like app for ordering taxis

• Ford drops Microsoft Sync for QNX-based platform that supports CarPlay

• LA and San Francisco sue Uber, but settle with Lyft for $500k

• Dutch trains get lasers to zap track debris

• India's capital city bans Uber following sexual assault

• Sound Off! What apps do you use to cash in on your car?

• Uber vows to improve 'company culture' and privacy

• The FXX K hybrid supercar is LaFerrari's more powerful sibling

• Audi's 605HP Prologue concept car has touchscreens everywhere

• This is what Britain has planned for its driverless car trials

• Boeing's Dreamliner batteries caught on fire for a few reasons

• BMW wants plug-in hybrid options for all its major models

• BMW is bringing its pay-as-you-go cars to London

Gaming (431)

• Tree of Savior will launch free-to-play, heads toward first closed beta

• Closers Online goes into open beta

• Mortal Kombat X and the beauty of gore

• Leaderboard: Are you following Bless or Black Desert?

• Legend of Silkroad shuts down today

• The Daily Grind: What MMOs will you be playing in 2015?

• The Elder Scrolls Online quietly removes six-month subscriptions

• Joystiq Streams: Co-op forever in Don't Starve Together

• MMOs and gaming psychology, part two: Interview with a researcher

• Early enrollment comes to Pathfinder Online tomorrow

• Breakfast Topic: Draenor raids yet to come

• Couch co-op games to keep you warm this winter

• City of Titans shows off socketed model

• The Talos Principle traps pirates in an elevator

• MMOs and gaming psychology, part one: The research

• Last Week on Massively: Happy New Year!

• Joystiq Streams: Far Cry 4 for four straight hours

• The Mog Log: What we know thus far about Final Fantasy XIV 2.5

• The Queue: Secondary professions and more

• One Shots: How to taze your dragon

• Sonic Team's Sonic Runners announced for smartphones

• The Daily Grind: What add-ons can you not live without?

• Joystiq's favorite races in games

• Nuclear Throne owners to receive giftable copy in January

• Play through a spoiler-free Night In The Woods ghost story

• Rob Pardo argues that the Olympics should include e-sports

• The Queue: Doodad Orc Cannon 003

• Buy Pokemon XY - Primal Clash cards, get cards for TCG Online

• Stick and Rudder: This is not an Elite: Dangerous review

• Destiny's Xur has an extended stay in the Tower this week

• Breakfast Topic: What do you want out of patch 6.1?

• One Shots: Ignore physics and jump already!

• The Daily Grind: Are you keeping up with your current MMO's lore?

• Mevius Final Fantasy to suffer from amnesia on iPhone, Android

• Make My MMO: December 21 - 27, 2014

• Get the full scoop on Marvel Heroes' Venom

• Taking a look at the Black Desert cash shop

• BlizzCon 2014 gallery updated with over 700 new photos

• One Shots: Grim Raider

• Rockstar extends GTA Online's Christmas gift window due to XBL, PSN outage

• The Daily Grind: How much time do you spend playing MMOs per week?

• Cubes Challenge: The elusive cube of illusion

• Should Warcraft be an Olympic sport?

• Joystiq's favorite new characters of 2014

• Pathfinder Online ends its stress test and preps for early enrollment

• Final Fantasy XIV prepares for a sheep-filled year

• Super Joystiq Podcast 127: Notable games of 2014 and GotY discussion

• Ask Massively: The one where we talk about our 2014 awards

• The Queue: Boxing Day, Warcraft novels, Did Thrall cheat?

• The Daily Grind: What's the ideal crafting style for an MMO?

• Sound Off! What are some games and gadgets that are fun for the whole family?

• Around Azeroth: Peace on Draenor and good will towards birds

• The Daily Grind: Did you get any good gaming gifts this week?

• Chaos Reborn summons single-player mode

• Camelot Unchained's latest newsletter tackles player-built structures

• Gaming off the grid: Video game-inspired board games

• Elder Scrolls Online definitely coming to consoles in 2015

• The Soapbox: Better models for MMO endgame progression, part three

• Deliver season's beatings via Killer Instinct Classic's new online multiplayer mode

• The Daily Grind: Why should I play your favorite MMO?

• KOTOR finds the Androids you've been looking for

• Destiny approaching 13 million players

• The Soapbox: Better models for MMO endgame progression, part two

• Chinese game market rivals US

• New studio ArtCraft creating MMO with 'real skill, real risk, and real consequence'

• Realm Zero enters alpha testing

• Joystiq Presents: Dragon Age, Dark Souls and dominatrixes

• The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most content?

• Read the fine print: Ubisoft free game offer waives lawsuits

• Celebrate Winter Veil with letters to Greatfather Winter

• CCP looking for EVE Fanfest speakers

• Blizzard opens new dedicated Ashran forum

• Shroud of the Avatar drops Release 13 for the holidays

• On Professions in Warlords of Draenor

• The Soapbox: Better models for MMO endgame progression, part one

• 2014's Box Art: The Year in Review

• The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's big fanfest reveals

• The Daily Grind: Can you get immersed in an accessible MMO?

• The 8-bit Time Machine takes game music back to 1985

• Know Your Lore: Cinematics, character development, and story in 2014

• Bandai Namco changing name again, adds Entertainment

• Warcraft Art, Fan Art, and Community Comic updates

• Star Citizen releases Arena Commander 1.0

• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars updated on iOS, out now on Android

• Breakfast Topic: Are you participating in Winter Veil content?

• The Daily Grind: Do you log into games you're not currently playing?

• Make My MMO: December 14 - 20, 2014

• Final Fantasy XIV introduces two new jobs and new races for Heavensward

• Recruit Soulare of Andorhal for your garrison

• Curtain Call DLC channels Chrono Trigger, SaGa, FF14, Secret of Mana

• Patch 6.0.3 Hotfixes for December 19

• The Game Archaeologist: The complete history of classic MMOs

• WRUP: Expanshapaign is too a word

• The Daily Grind: Why aren't more studios investing in post-apocalyptic MMOs?

• Green Man Gaming holiday sale: Alien: Isolation, Evil Within

• MapleStory 2 begins closed beta signups next week, will include a jail system

• Console Madness: Free Smash Bros 3DS XL, the rarest PS4 game, and much more

• Minecraft is bringing Story Mode to iOS

• Sandvox SkySaga hits alpha in the UK

• Shadowrun Returns to Kickstarter in January 2015

• Assassin's Creed director's next game is 'historical action'

• Marvel Heroes adds Venom, throws 50% off sale

• Editorial: I fully support buying gold from Blizzard

• War Thunder's Steel Generals expansion beta is live

• I only play Hotline Miami 2 on vinyl

• Super Joystiq Podcast 126: Dying Light, Bloodborne, Evolve, story in games

• Albion Online's winter test begins January 26th

• Trove introduces the Ice Sage

• Joystiq Discussion: Do you pre-order games?

• The Queue: I'm turning into Rend Blackhand

• Breakfast Topic: My WoW eyepatch

• Marvel vs. Capcom Origins leaving online storefronts soon

• Skyforge demos the Paladin and the Cryomancer in a solo dungeon

• The Daily Grind: What MMO do you wish you hadn't waited to try?

• Lords of the Fallen on mobiles is 'brand new,' not a port

• The Think Tank: Massively's MMO industry predictions for 2015

• Far Cry 4 plans a prison break for January 13

• Assassin's Creed Unity free game offer now active for Season Pass buyers

• EVE Online and DUST 514 celebrate the holiday season

• Camelot Unchained prepares to cross $3M in fundraising

• GTA 5 'Festive Surprise' brings Christmas fear to Los Santas

• World of Warcraft proposes tradable subscription currency

• Doctor Who: Legacy War Doctor levels, unlock Cinder early

• The Secret World's Christmas Conspiracies event takes the stage

• 'Minecraft' is geting a story-based game from the studio behind 'The Walking Dead' and 'Game of Thrones'

• Minecraft: Story Mode game series from Telltale, Mojang

• Skyforge offers two contests for those who seek beta keys

• The Daily Grind: Do single-player games give you a craving for MMOs?

• Evolve tests creature features in open beta on Jan. 15

• Lords of the Fallen 'will be released' on iOS, Android [update]

• The holidays have arrived in SOE's MMORPGs

• 'Lords of the Fallen 2' in early stages of development

• Hearthstone now available worldwide on Android devices

• X-Plane 10 is out for iOS and it is terrific

• The making of Grommash Hellscream

• Veteran producer Tak Fujii departs Konami

• WoW Archivist: A Glyphmas story

• Leaderboard: Are you playing Elite: Dangerous this week?

• Watch six videos of TERA's new dungeons

• Echo of Soul has 'everything an MMO player could want'

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for December 16

• RIFT beefs up the minion system

• Destiny hot fix tweaks Crota's End raid drops

• Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs on the warrior class and development transparency

• Landmark's PvE arrives today; SOE shifts to EQ Next full-time in 2015

• WoW and FFXIV see boosted playtime on Raptr; ArcheAge playtime 'cratered'

• Skylanders Trap Team Light and Dark expansions hit retail this weekend

• The Queue: Invasions, work orders, and more

• The Sims 4 update gets paid time off, adds holiday cheer

• Elite: Dangerous offers cash prizes in the race to 'Elite'

• SMITE explores Awilix in depth and kicks off Saturnalia

• The Daily Grind: What was your best open-world PvP experience?

• Disgaea 5 wings West in 2015

• WCW stars invade WWE 2K15 in wrestling game's first DLC

• Onigiri MMO coming to consoles next year

• Dragon Age: Inquisition add-ons expand multiplayer, go Deluxe

• Global Chat: Die, DPS meters, die!

• Space strategy MMO AD2460 launches on December 29th

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 targets 2016 release for PS4, Xbox One, PC

• Know Your Lore: Breakout Characters of 2014, Part One

• Assassin's Creed: Unity patch 4 is nearly 7GB, out today

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for December 15

• Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade discounts its founder packs

• The Transformers Universe MOBA is shutting down

• Celebrate SWTOR's sacred Life Day by launching frozen orbs of water at each other

• The Deserter Debuff is a good thing

• The Queue: Lockouts, level 3 mine, Nagrand, and NSFTQ

• LotRO patch nerfs essences, adds group Pelargir epic battle

• Exclusive: Elsword's Ara becomes the Dark Fox

• Breakfast Topic: Your dream graphical update

• TERA: Fate of Arun goes live today

• Hearthstone begins Android rollout

• Final Fantasy composer records symphonic album at Abbey Road

• Hearthstone now available for Android

• Tomb Raider: DE, Dark Souls 2 drop to $20 each on Amazon

• 'Half-Life 2: Episode One' lands on NVIDIA's Shield tablet, skips handheld

• Play TuneXeso to test how acquainted you are with music

• CBS looks at the rise of spectator e-sports

• The Feast of Winter Veil begins tomorrow, December 16th

• Assassin's Creed: Unity patch on hold to 'refurbish' Paris

• Wurm Online adds in a new Challenge mode

• Mystery girl Ciri joins The Witcher 3 as new playable lead

• Dungeon behavior, quests, and grouping

• Borderlands Online will use heavy instancing

• UPDATE: Super Joystiq Podcast returns to iTunes

• Elite: Dangerous has no offline mode for story reasons

• Last Week on Massively: Zombies incoming

• The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's Eternal Bond

• DmC: Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 4 head to PS4, Xbox One

• The Queue: Azerothian tobacco

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Biggest MMO Blunder of 2014

• We're paying for broken games, and it's unacceptable

• Joystiq appreciates a good pun

• Naruto whips up Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 on PS4, Xbox One, PC

• The Daily Grind: Which tabletop setting would make a great MMO?

• Know Your Lore: 2014 Lore in review

• True fans of the genre, get thee hence to Cabal II's closed beta

• Tale of terminal illness That Dragon, Cancer funded

• Breakfast Topic: Do you watch the cutscenes?

• The Daily Grind: What's your favorite MOBA?

• OC Remix celebrates 15 years of remixes with more music

• DayZ creator unveils new studio, RocketWerkz

• Make My MMO: December 7 - 13, 2014

• Killer Instinct update 2.2 brings raptors and reindeer

• GX3 takes place in San Jose next December, tickets on sale

• Perfect Ten: Looking back at the biggest MMO news of 2014

• The Queue: Disturbing orc face

• WRUP: HDMI converter for GOTY

• Breakfast Topic: What would you like to see in your garrison?

• WRUP: Elegy for a backlog

• WRUP: WoW vs. Dragon Age edition

• EA Sports UFC kicks back on EA Access next week

• Assassin's Creed Unity's fourth patch arrives Monday

• Archlord 2 adds a new server and two races

• Engadget Daily: Alienware Alpha, what to expect from Sony at CES, and more

• Report: Call of Duty retail sales fall for third straight year

• Shards closes its successful Kickstarter campaign with a livestream

• First Evil Within DLC 'The Assignment' due in early 2015

• Rejoice! Papers, Please will get pixelated nudity after all

• Sega hires media exec to adapt its games for TV, films, web

• SOE bracing for 'enormous' Landmark update

• Elite newsletter talks new ships, Voyager 2

• Level 55 Death Knight restriction going away

• How to break into the games industry according to Hi-Rez

• Final Fantasy XIV rolls out the Starlight Celebration

• Ask Massively: Scoring last year's MMO predictions

• The Queue: My cat is the best rogue ever

• Super Joystiq Podcast 125: The Crew, Dragon Age Inquisition, The Evil Within

• Gloria Victis pre-alpha patch adds weather system

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Biggest MMO disappointment of the year

• Breakfast Topic: A Warcraft RPG

• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Destiny top 2014 console sales in US

• The Daily Grind: Are DPS meters bad for MMOs?

• Borderlands Remastered Edition listed by Australian ratings board

• The Think Tank: What was the best MMO launch of all time?

• Tree of Savior reveals more classes, promises a surprise on December 12th

• Microsoft finally sold more Xbox Ones than Sony did PlayStation 4s

• After Burner Climax faces XBLA/PSN delisting this month

• Shards lead dev talks skill caps, pickpocketing, and more

• TERA's Korean incarnation is getting a new class this month

• Strict retrogaming regimen produces 8-year-old who beat Spelunky

• Upcoming changes to garrison outposts

• iPads, Please: Paper-pushing game hits iOS sans nudity

• Black Desert's characters still look incredible

• Mortal Kombat developer grapples with WWE Immortals next year

• PvP hotfixes for December 11th

• The Crew accidentally erases player stats

• The Game Awards reach 2 million classy viewers

• The Elder Scrolls Online's Undaunted Pledge system promotes daily dungeons

• Celebrate Doom's 21st birthday with 'never-before-seen' development art

• Final Fantasy XIV has 2.5 million registered accounts

• A dragon interloper is approaching ArcheAge

• The Daily Grind: Do you fill out MMO cancellation surveys?

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for December 10

• iPhone, iPad tell Tales from the Borderlands, out now

• Finally, you can now play 'Minecraft' on Windows Phone too

• Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- spawns limited edition in late December

• Players power direction of Oort Online's development

• The Witcher 3 dev: The market is afraid of badly-polished games

• Ghost Recon Phantoms crosses over with AC: Rogue, adds new gear

• Shards Online showcases 30 seconds of housing

• HEX releases Shattered Destiny card set

• Just Get 10: Merging Madness

• Upcoming alchemy and jewelcrafting changes

• Take-Two 'unaffected' by GTA5's removal from Australian stores

• Elite: Dangerous is due for zero more wipes, releases launch trailer

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for December 9

• Experiencing Legends PvE with the DC Universe Online devs

• DICE promises more Battlefield 4 DLC, surveys classic maps

• Hearthstone players struggle to buy expansion packs

• There's a swingin' game I know called SimCity 2000, and it's free

• Get a 3-D virtual preview of Skyforge's Naori Island

• Eleven (the Glitch resurrection project) is moving into alpha

• Eliotropes land in Dofus and Wakfu

• The Daily Grind: Could a non-combat MMO be compelling?

• Theatrhythm Dragon Quest announced

• Echo of Soul story trailer tells of the war between gods and giants

• Pocket Gamer launches iOS games Advent Calendar: Get Hoplite and Shadow Blade now

• Blame the Internet: Tekken 7's cat girl won't visit America

• Bless Online adds mounts in closed beta

• Twitch to acquire eSports agency GoodGame

• H1Z1 brings the zombie apocalypse to Early Access in January

• Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode coming to Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel this week

• Paradox halting Runemaster 'until further notice'

• Alien: Isolation adds difficulty modes for two extremes

• Carbine's Chad Moore on WildStar's fresh focus on lore

• If you play this iOS game in public people will think you're insane

• PSA: Destiny's first expansion The Dark Below out now

• Final Fantasy XIV adds weddings with Patch 2.45

• The Queue: Lumbershelly

• Massively's Best of 2014 Awards: Biggest Story of the Year

• Destiny: The Dark Below is live today [Updated: Crota has already been defeated]

• Black Desert's latest trailers tour the massive open world

• The Daily Grind: Would you have played a Diablo MMO?

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for December 8

• 'Endless' series crosses one million copies sold

• Ubisoft: Patch 4 will fix 'most' remaining Assassin's Creed: Unity bugs

• ROTO: Simply Addictive

• H1Z1 early access available January 15

• Hearthstone's Goblins vs Gnomes now live

• Destiny progress will carry over to sequel, Bungie says

• Developer interviews on Convert to Raid and Final Boss

• Here's a teaser of The Crew's cinematic story

• Destiny's 10-year plan includes character-hopping to sequels

• Shroud of the Avatar introduces the desert with Release 13

• The Queue: It could all be about the pet battles on iPad

• The Mog Log: A tourist in Final Fantasy XI

• The Witcher 3 delayed to May 2015

• Borderlands Online confirmed for a Chinese release

• H1Z1 talks about the details of animations in new video

• Breakfast Topic: Would you spend 100,000 gold on a chopper?

• The Daily Grind: Are you playing any of the December releases?

• Street Fighter 5 gameplay trailer breaks down the walls

• MP admits he was Candy Crushing it during a parliamentary meeting

• Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: The mystery of Archmage Khadgar

• The Iron Banner returns to Destiny on December 16

• Video game pioneer Ralph Baer has passed away

• Massively Interview: Marvel Heroes' Magneto makes his mark

• WoW, Guild Wars 2, and ArcheAge are ZergID users' top games

• The Queue: Sha crystal power, make up

• One Shots: Cult worship

• The Daily Grind: Have you played a console MMO?

• Evil Within gets 1GB update to fix bugs, improve performance

• Make My MMO: November 30 - December 6, 2014

• WRUP: We have a lot of feelings about professions edition

• Drawn to Death is David Jaffe's sketchbook arena shooter

• Grommash Hellscream statue now available for pre-order

• Take a look, Lionhead prototype Inkquest is in a book (and free)

• Breakfast Topic: What's the strangest thing you've seen in your garrison?

• Team Fortress 2's Heavy tries on Lara Croft's hotpants

• The Daily Grind: Who's your favorite child NPC?

• Adrift is oxygen-deprived, due out for Oculus, PS4, Xbox One

• EA publishing next project from Brothers director Josef Fares

• The Banner Saga 2 exists

• WRUP: And the nominees are...

• Nordic acquires adventure games from Awesomenauts publisher

• World of Speed's BMW Z4 roadster profiled in new vid

• Deus Ex Universe lights up with next-gen 'Dawn' engine

• Patch 6.0.3 hotfixes for December 5

• Tree of Savior might be getting published here according to an unofficial interview

• Console popularity powers DC Universe Online past 18M registered players

• Major Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare patch hits PS4, Xbox One

• Camelot Unchained tackles building systems, ability crafting

• Super Joystiq Podcast 124: Game of Thrones, Never Alone, Sunset Overdrive, Dragon Age

• Expect zero seizures from today's Black Desert features reel

• RIFT announces Christopher Junior as game director

• New trailer reveals 'Street Fighter V' is headed to PlayStation 4 and PC

• Breakfast Topic: A surprise endboss

• The Daily Grind: What's the worst character name you've ever seen in an MMO?

• Street Fighter 5 announced, 'exclusively on PS4, PC'

• Shovel Knight sells in spades, surpasses 300K units

• Get an early taste of Goblins vs Gnomes in the Hearthstone arena

• The Think Tank: Digging out of MMO doom

• Dying Light season pass includes three post-launch additions

• Firefall's getting a LFG window, better crafting

• Bringing holiday cheer, Blizzard-style

• EVE's Rhea tweaks star map functionality

• The Suicide Squad comes to Lego Batman 3 in early 2015

• Trion compensates ArcheAge players with cash shop potions, play time

• Joystiq Streams: Raiding Lara Croft & The Temple of Osiris [Show's over!]

• Check out Black Desert's combat in a new video

• Destiny previews The Dark Below and still offers no raid matchmaking

• Tomb Raider II is now on iOS, but seriously don't play it without this accessory

• 'Wolfenstein' remake adds cartoon violence, ridiculous physics

• Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen previews an upcoming dungeon

• Shards Online adds permadeath ruleset

• Camelot Unchained moves on to its third pre-alpha test

• Elder Scrolls Online says there's still 'work to do' on its console version, no launch date yet

• Pick up a SWTOR stronghold for practically nothing

• Rumor: A Borderlands MMO might be in the works

• Angry Birds publisher cuts layoffs down to 110

• Connecting dots can be futile with Dots Connector Free

• Firefall's hosting another Chosen Offensive on Dec. 7

• Blackman to head 2K's Hangar 13 studio

• Around Azeroth: Lost in the fog

• PvE, full caves hit Landmark December 15th

• Breakfast Topic: Race-inspired battle pets

• The Daily Grind: What game do you intend to play more in 2015?

• Kmart joins Target in taking GTA 5 off Australian store shelves

• Old man Snake goes digital in Metal Gear Solid 4 re-release

• Nerd Kingdom is hopeful about an investor for TUG

• BOLLS: Roll with this simple obstacle challenge

• Molyneux: Kickstarter, Early Access can be 'destructive'

• Line of Defense Tactics makes in-roads with mobile devices

• SteamWorld: Heist expands to consoles, PC platforms

• Icarus Online gets another Evil Desert trailer

• Deep Silver is auctioning off the real-life Saints Row Genki Mobile

• Singstar Frozen revealed by European ratings board

• Alliance chopper now for sale in Stormwind

• Cyberpunk bartending for racist corgis, Waifu in VA-11 HALL-A

• Patch 6.0.2 Hotfixes for December 2

• EverQuest II plans bug bash and preps Frostfell celebrations

• Hearthstone launches Goblins vs. Gnomes on December 8th

• The Queue: Garrisons, Socrethar, and disgusting toes

• The Repopulation expands alpha and focuses on bots

• The myth of Skyforge's Celestial Fortress

• Elder Scrolls Online walks you through crafting writs

• Breakfast Topic: I kind of miss dragons

• Target pulls Grand Theft Auto 5 off shelves in Australia

• The Daily Grind: Does a studio's home country impact your faith in an MMO?

• ZX Spectrum handheld smashes £100,000 funding goal in two days

• The next 'Assassin's Creed' will be set in Victorian London

• Hit List Q&A: Treyarch head Mark Lamia

• Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts music from Tokyo Philharmonic

• Age of Wulin officially releases in Europe alongside a major update

• Hearthstone's Goblins vs Gnomes launches December 8

• Ubisoft confirms next Assassin's Creed for Victorian London

• Joystiq Streams: One last early look at Dungeon Defenders 2

• Ubisoft's action-driving MMO The Crew launches today

• Around Azeroth: I want my hat back

• The Daily Grind: Do you prefer 'action-combat' in MMORPGs?

• Gone in 180 seconds - Watch The Crew's CGI launch trailer

• Last of Us art director abandons swans for tombs

• Destiny nerfs Suros rifle, tweaks exotic upgrades

• Binding of Isaac: Rebirth dev has 'big plans' for expansion

• Destiny update tunes exotic weapons to feel more 'overpowered'

• Top CoD: Advanced Warfare players get ironic armor

• Arthas takes on the Sith in new image from Blizzard

• RuneScape kicks off Christmas events early

• Turbine holds an Infinite Crisis tournament against itself

• German fantasy epic Blackguards spawns sequel in January

• Threes creator launching Close Castles for consoles next year

• Highmaul and the first world boss opens on December 2

• Shards Online has big plans for balancing crafting vs. loot

• Last Week on Massively: A new take on playing internet spaceships

• The Mog Log: The two-way community street in Final Fantasy XIV

• Ubisoft dismisses doubts about The Crew's launch, releases launch trailer

• Star Citizen opens up a $350 ship for sale

• Around Azeroth: If you believe they put a man on the moon

• Breakfast Topic: Have you camped for Poundfist yet?

• The Daily Grind: Did you spend money on MMOs over the holiday?

Google (37)

• Gmail slowly coming back to life in China

• Gmail goes down in China, Great Firewall may be to blame

• Google alerts the FBI to YouTube comment threatening to kill cops

• Google makes government takedown request data easier to understand

• Google's putting song lyrics right into your search results

• Chromebooks are getting always-on 'OK, Google' voice search

• Google lawsuit forces MPAA-backed attorney general to retreat

• The MPAA is playing politics to help topple Google

• Hangouts for Gmail brings back the status update

• Google makes a few changes to its Drive apps on iOS and Android

• Google Drive update makes it easy to upload from other iOS apps

• Google and Verizon strike a deal to use each other's patents

• Google pretends the iPhone 6 doesn't exist in year-end roundup

• Use Google Now to control your Nest thermostat

• Google Maps will now warn you about UK train delays

• Google Earth's third-party app support is going away, for now

• Spanish publishers want Google News to come back

• Google Now is almost ready to control your Nest thermostat

• Google shuts Russian office following Putin's internet crackdown

• Google's Nexus 6 is back in the UK Play Store

• Google to kill News service in Spain due to new law

• Google's road to virtual reality begins with Cardboard

• Google is refunding the $19 million your kids spent on in-app purchases

• Google Plus lets you define your own gender

• Google asks for donations through charity 'portals' in 'Ingress'

• Google's putting autism genome research in the cloud

• Google Play update makes it easier to manage payment info on mobile

• Google News and Weather adds search and prettier forecasts

• Google Fiber is growing slowly, by design

• Google confirms that it's designing kid-friendly versions of its services

• Android's new assistant app helps you use (and fix) your Nexus

• Google Fiber's new gear lets you watch more shows on more TVs

• Google now lets you prove your humanity with a single click

• Google donates $1 million to help NY libraries get people online

• Google Drive now converts Office files inside Gmail

• Monitor Santa's pre-flight prep with a little help from Google

• The next Google Glass will be powered by Intel

Health (8)

• Why sitting will kill you (and what to do about it)

• This is a game about the realities of living with HIV

• Help cure Ebola by donating your smartphone's idle time

• Derby the dog got 3D-printed paw prosthethics, now watch him run

• Runtastic thinks you'll like exercising with a VR headset

• The Last of Us gets weapons, skills, gear in new DLC

• Joystiq Giveaway: The Witcher Adventure Game

• The best game about depression stars a homicidal toy bear

Laptops (7)

• Add-on lets your Chromebook run Linux in a window

• HP quietly adds a touchscreen model to its Chromebook 14 line

• On the sidelines: how the NFL is making use of the Surface Pro 2

• Coming soon: laptops with fingerprint sensors built into the touchpad

• Caturday: Gipetto takes a break from a laptop SSD install

• Engadget Daily: HP's super-slim laptop, the fight over online sales tax, and more!

• HP's newest laptop is sexy, but you can't buy it until next year

Lifestyle (3)

• United Airlines sues site that found loophole for cheap tickets

• Grindr now shows an ETA to your next hookup

• Brewie's smartphone-controlled system makes homemade beer easier

Meta (7)

• Facebook says it 'can do better' with its 'Year in Review' slideshows

• Facebook's 'Year In Review' shows tragic side of software's shortcomings

• Facebook facing class-action lawsuit over unauthorized message scanning

• Facebook's iPad app now fits in better with your tablet habits

• Facebook's updated search tool leaves out Bing results

• Oculus is buying a company that brings hands into virtual reality

• Mark Zuckerberg defends free Facebook, fires back at Apple and Ello

Microsoft (22)

• XNA, Xbox Live founder leaves Microsoft

• Windows 10 will reportedly come with a new, lighter web browser

• Ireland: US courts need our permission to view emails stored on Dublin server

• Microsoft updates Bing iOS apps with fresh look and translations

• Microsoft's new Lumia update adds 4K recording and more to a few Windows Phones

• How Microsoft redesigned the Surface Pro for the NFL

• Microsoft sells MixRadio to messaging service Line

• Microsoft's Xim app now lets you share smartphone photos on bigger screens

• Report: Microsoft building game-streaming tech, 'Arcadia'

• Microsoft wants you to stream apps and games

• Microsoft opens its coffers to cryptocurrency Bitcoin

• Microsoft unearths a Windows Phone version of Minecraft

• Microsoft everywhere: MSN apps head to iOS and Android, company buys app service

• Microsoft acquires app testing platform HockeyApp

• Microsoft now accepting Bitcoin at Xbox and Windows online stores

• Microsoft confirms Rise of the Tomb Raider publishing plans

• Bing puts contact info and directions atop searches for easy access

• Microsoft's smart Android lock screen now shows the weather

• Microsoft issues apology over late XBLIG payments

• Barnes & Noble ends its Nook partnership with Microsoft

• NORAD and Microsoft make it easy for mobile users to track Santa

• Microsoft acquires email startup Acompli

Mobile (21)

• T-Mobile pays $90 million to settle claims it profited from texting scams

• UK carriers agree £5 billion coverage improvements to avoid 'national roaming'

• Sprint could face $105 million fine over unauthorized customer billing

• Cuba's renewed US relations will bring internet upgrades

• T-Mobile will let you bank your unused data come January 2015

• Vodafone's return to the US next year will be powered by T-Mobile

• Vodafone extends 4G roaming to cover 40 countries

• AT&T's clearer LTE calls are now available in 13 more states

• How to disable iPhone cellular calls on iPad and Mac

• T-mobile announces new $100 plan with 2-lines and unlimited 4G data

• T-Mobile's new family plan gives everyone unlimited data

• Phones4u's old inventory is being auctioned off on the cheap

• AT&T throttles unlimited data plans at 5GB, no congestion required

• This is how Verizon torture tests every new phone

• Engadget giveaway: win a Connect to Cell phone system courtesy of VTech!

• Three finally shares how many of its customers are using 4G

• Verizon gets ready to shut down its 3G networks as LTE takes over

• Verizon's self-serving tech news site is no more

• Sprint tempts AT&T and Verizon users by cutting their bills in half

• Barclays is testing iBeacon tech to improve in-branch accessibility

• EE banks on small-antenna networks to fix its rural black spots

News (131)

• Engadget Daily: the year's defining stories, the dangers of sitting, and more!

• Tesla's next charger will automatically connect to your car, 'for realz'

• The Queue: New Year's Eve

• One Shots: Today is a good day to fly

• Breakfast Topic: 2014 ends

• New York City ponders bitcoin and Apple Pay for parking tickets

• Engadget Daily: 'The Interview' aftermath, Samsung's 360-degree video store, and more!

• The stories that defined 2014

• The Puzlook iPhone case combines a puzzle and photography

• Yes, LG will have new 4K TVs at CES next week

• My favorites from 2014: Mel Martin

• The year in Big Pictures: 17 thought-provoking images from 2014

• Rumor Roundup: Send off 2014 with the worst of all sources

• Breakfast Topic: Anniversaries

• Stiq Figures, December 15 - 21: 2015 resolutions edition

• Iran backs away from censoring whole websites

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

• WRUP: Holiday cheer edition

• Aereo auctioning its web TV tech under broadcasters' watchful eyes

• So, what did you get?

• The Snowy Owl arrives with winter

• TUG's investment deal goes through

• One Shots: A prince among men

• D-Link's latest smart home hub lets you add devices with a scan

• WRUP: A cup of cocoa

• The Queue: I am not Santa

• Happy Holidays from TUAW

• Breakfast Topic: The Day At Last

• Behringer plans to revive the classic ARP Odyssey synth, too

• The Queue: No A for the Q

• Merry Christmas to our readers from The Unofficial Apple Weblog

• Your search history's got nothing on this

• Engadget Daily: Sony announces 'The Interview' release, hydrogen-powered vehicles and more!

• Twelve South loves you and is giving you a Christmas present

• Vizio 'anti-curved glasses' ad takes aim at gimmicky HDTVs

• Netatmo drafts in EDF Energy to help sell its smart thermostat

• LG exec can't fly to CES after wrecking a Samsung washer

• Weekly news roundup with Panser of TradeChat

• One Shots: The frozen sea

• Artist pays you to read the news hidden behind online paywalls

• Teenage girls fill Apple Store with Christmas spirit in adorable dance video

• Seahawks QB Russell Wilson on Surface Pro, how he was once an Apple guy

• Don't like what Santa gave you? Destroy it

• The Queue: Owl worship

• Rumor Roundup: Comfortably close to zero

• Breakfast Topic: Where would you draw the line?

• This beer tells you how much to drink to boost your creativity

• Stiq Figures, December 8 - 14: Biggest surprise in 2014 edition

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

• The Queue: Blame the bird people

• Bitcoin exec to spend two years behind bars for Silk Road transactions

• The future of VR, how the NFL uses the Surface Pro 2 and other stories you might've missed this week

• The Queue: In which stuff got weird

• Breakfast Topic: Have you replaced any buildings yet?

• WRUP: Happy holidays!

• Tesla's first Model S battery swap station opens next week

• 'Minecraft' success helps its creator buy a $70 million mansion

• Investors plug $6 million into Majesco

• Hotfixes for December 18

• GE takes another leap into the world of music, with help from Nas

• Riding in Audi's 150MPH self-driving RS 7, the anti-Google car

• Breakfast Topic: What would you bring back?

• Double amputee controls two robotic arms with his mind

• San Francisco's Bay Bridge keeps its computer-controlled lights

• webOS 2.0 will make LG's smart TVs much faster next year

• Engadget Daily: Sony postpones 'The Interview,' Gear VR review and more!

• Petcube: Watch and play with your pet when you're away

• Breakfast Topic: What do you love, what do you hate?

• NANPISA: A Video Journey

• Reminder: Help us build a gadget room for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital!

• Race to the bottom with Social Downhill

• LG says next year's 4K TVs will be better because of quantum dots

• Hi.Q: Improving health through knowledge, motivation, and fun

• Breakfast Topic: World firsts and you

• Indiegogo's new service lets you quickly raise funds for personal causes (updated)

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

• The Queue: You shall not pass

• Sunday Morning Funnies: The panda thing

• One Shots: It came from the comments section!

• ASUS ZenWatch, Sony Pictures hack and other stories you might've missed

• Hotfix tweets from December 12

• Caturday: Working with Bud

• Hotfixes for December 11

• Dish finally lets you restart live content on your Hopper

• Rumor Roundup: A fool's game

• Co-founder of Pirate Bay says it should stay closed

• The Queue: Chili-free zone

• Flickr Find: A real classic

• Grovemade's beautiful handcrafted Walnut iPhone Case

• Hemingwrite wants to improve writers' productivity by 2015

• Facebook's video tutorials sweetly teach you how to block someone

• Boston ice dancer selected as new plaintiff in iPod class action lawsuit

• Breakfast Topic: Wish me luck

• McDonald's is bringing touchscreen ordering to the US

• Breakfast Topic: How long?

• Changes to Salvage Yard rewards

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

• English politician caught playing Candy Crush for two hours during government meeting

• Brits double their broadband data usage, but speeds are still an issue

• Rumor Roundup: A tale of three rumor blogs

• Stiq Figures, November 24 - 30: Coming in 2015 edition

• YotaPhone 2, the fight over online sales tax and other stories you might've missed

• Dolby is launching its super-vivid IMAX theater competitor in the Netherlands

• The Queue: Mom's not home

• WRUP: Troll-free eggnog

• Your soccer life, upgraded

• Hotfixes for December 4

• Happy birthday to us! Ten years of TUAW

• The Queue: Sunday is my birthday

• Hotfixes for December 3

• Rumor Roundup: Crescentgate-gate

• Starbucks beta trials new order-ahead feature in Portland, Oregon

• Casio's 'Kawaii Selfie by Mirror Cam' is exactly what it says it is

• Adopt new pet Argi for charity

• Engadget Daily: YotaPhone 2, the PlayStation turns 20, and more!

• NYPD dispersing body cameras amidst police brutality uproar

• Lose fewer balls with Golf Ball Finder

• The character of what we buy on Black Friday/Cyber Monday is changing

• HTC already planning a sequel to its oddball RE camera

• Engadget presents #enGIVEget: benefiting St. Jude!

• Indiegogo's crowdfunding insurance pays you back if projects go bust

• Maintenance extended until 1 p.m. PST [UPDATE: 3 p.m.]

• The Queue: Pressure pushing down on me

• Engadget giveaway: win a Sony soundbar courtesy of Amazon!

• Kids can program the White House's Christmas tree lights this year

• Wear your 'hood on your sleeve with these custom-printed garments

• Kim Dotcom will bring the Internet Party to the US in 2015

• Autodesk offers design software to schools everywhere free of charge

• White House offers $263 million in funding for police body cameras

• Seller of StealthGenie spyware app gets fined $500,000

• Girl Scouts can now sell their cookies online

Nintendo (48)

• PSA: December 31 marks Wii U Digital Deluxe promo deadline

• Game Boy Tetris leaving eShop on New Year's Eve

• Outfit your Hyrule Warriors with costume DLC, now available

• Please notice the Crunchyroll app on Wii U, senpai

• Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, Omega Ruby soundtracks now on iTunes

• Federal court dismisses Wiimote patent case against Nintendo

• Theatrhythm Curtain Call gets Bravely Default DLC? Unacceptable!

• Unwrap Shantae and the Pirate's Curse on Wii U on December 25

• Tomodachi Life welcomes 1 million Miis in Europe

• Bravely Second's Minette Goroneze lets cats out of the jobs bag

• Nintendo currently plotting next console, Miyamoto confirms

• Toys R Us: Lucario amiibo pre-orders not being canceled

• Miyamoto says players can share levels in Mario Maker

• Report: Captain Toad's release date brought forward in UK

• Duck Hunt flocks to Wii U Virtual Console on Christmas

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Mega Man Zero, Meme Run

• The Duck Hunt begins for Wii U owners on Christmas Day

• Mega Man channels Cut Man to deal with Virtual Console prices

• Nintendo's next device will reportedly, bizarrely, be donut-shaped

• Did You Know Gaming explores Pokemon's complicated religious relationship

• Rosalina amiibo exclusive to the Target Galaxy

• Bandai Namco on board with amiibo, One Piece gets Nintendo-themed costumes

• Nintendo: Amiibo sales on par with Smash in the US

• Nintendo makes millions on Amiibos and other companies want in

• Bidding tops $25,000 on Peach amiibo with missing legs

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Bob Loblaw Law Blog Edition

• Nintendo issues further statement on Amiibo shortage

• Nintendo of Europe to keep 'regular supply' of Amiibos

• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy cross-examines 3DS eShop today

• Nintendo: We'll 'likely' phase out some Amiibo after first run

• Nintendo's least popular Amiibo toys won't be around long, but Mario will

• Harvest Rune Factory 4 in Europe, Australia next week

• Code Name: STEAM hits 3DS on March 13, 2015

• PSA: Final days to earn eShop credit in Wii U Deluxe promo

• Xeodrifter explores the 3DS eShop next week

• Play 'Breakout' on your Nintendo 3DS by drumming the Mario theme

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Captain Toad - The First Adventure

• Report: Pokemon Omega/Alpha ships 7.7 million worldwide

• A real Pokemon game on iOS is not out of the question

• Etrian Mystery Dungeon plots odyssey to Americas in 2015

• PSA: Nintendo investigating Wii U error code issues

• Nintendo sued after actor suffers heart condition in Donkey Kong suit

• Nintendo and Philips resolve 'virtual body' dispute

• Zelda-themed Symphony of the Goddesses returns in 2015

• Nintendo and Philips settle their fight over motion patents

• Report: Super Smash Bros. Wii U error code bricking systems

• Double-cannon Samus Amiibo fetches $2,500 on eBay

• Report: 3DS XL on the way out in Japan

PC Gaming (211)

• Get started with fishing in Warlords of Draenor

• Three Idea Factory RPGs now en route to PC

• Pathfinder Online opens up early enrollment

• Looking back at the WoW Archives

• Guild Wars 2 looks to the future at PAX South

• 39 facts about garrisons in Warlords of Draenor

• Project Gorgon is coming to Steam

• Choose My Adventure: World of Warcraft High

• The Nexus Telegraph: WildStar's past year and future

• Around Azeroth: Patience is a virtue

• EVE Online player loses $1,500 in a ship attack

• World of Tanks introduce pixel-tastic Winter Showdown

• WoW Moviewatch: The Grind Returns, Episode 1: Face Time

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 371

• Hyperspace Beacon: Five SWTOR predictions for 2015

• Around Azeroth: I knew we forgot something

• WoW guides to help you through the new year

• Gloria Victis plays host to Santa

• The WoW Insider Show Live

• WoW Moviewatch: How the Warlords Stole Christmas

• Around Azeroth: What's mine is mine

• Know Your Lore: Wrathion and Draenor

• Reminder: World of Warcraft 10th anniversary ends January 5

• Shroud of the Avatar lays out plans for early 2015

• WoW Moviewatch: The Eve of Winter Veil

• World of Warcraft 50% off for a limited time

• Temple Run VR gets Demon Monkeys in your Oculus-wearing face

• The Stream Team: Seeking a Santa hat in Shroud of the Avatar

• Roleplaying classic Akalabeth now free on GOG.com

• Shroud of the Avatar's Richard Garriott and Starr Long on how SOTA wins at player-generated content

• Around Azeroth: Loves me like a rock

• Breakfast Topic: WoW needs a Boxing Day

• What was under your Winter Veil tree?

• Chaos Theory: A guide to TSW's Christmas Conspiracies event

• Latest EVE dev blog charts module rebalancing

• WoW Moviewatch: WarCraft: Armies of Azeroth

• Wowcraft presents "Rudolph the DC'd Tauren"

• Choose My Adventure: On autopilot in World of Warcraft

• Around Azeroth: And that's why you don't play around in a lumber mill

• Breakfast Topic: What do you want to see in Winter Veil?

• Jukebox Heroes: WildStar features the MMO soundtrack of the year

• Origin New Year's sale: Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Sims 4

• WoW Moviewatch: Cataclysm in Reverse

• Today's restarts resolved all but two bugs with Draenor outposts

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Crafting up a storm in Guild Wars 2

• Around Azeroth: Visit Ye Olde Orgimmar

• Aion EU starts a new Q&A vidcast

• LotRO cracks down on superman exploit

• The Repopulation drops NDA, comes to Steam

• Around Azeroth: Decorating with dragons

• EVE Evolved: EVE Online vs. Elite: Dangerous

• WoW Moviewatch: Pointless Top 10 Winterveil Things

• EVE Online plans security crackdown on RMT rule violators

• WoW Archivist: A Glyphmas story

• Updated Steam Controller design features d-pad

• WRUP: Hitting up Highmaul edition

• WoW Moviewatch: Kilrogg Shoots His Eye Out?!?

• Dark Age of Camelot takes aim at group finder and bug fixes

• Gloria Victis is all up in your beeswax

• WoW Moviewatch: Villain Holiday Party

• Win part of a $50,000 pool at Guild Wars 2's PAX East tournament

• Flight Simulator X lands on Steam at an 80 percent discount

• Elite: Dangerous scores a HUD color mod and grats from Chris Roberts

• Around Azeroth: Because I'm tacky

• Devolver serves up Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike for free on Steam

• MechWarrior Online patches in 64-bit client

• WoW Moviewatch: Battle for Town Square: Winterveil Day 1

• Allods Online grants players two weeks of a free sub

• World of Warcraft in the new year

• Black Desert is officially in open beta... in Korea

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 370

• Steam discounts lots of MMOs for the holidays

• Reminder: Steam Holiday Sale starts today at 1 p.m. Eastern

• The Queue: Outland, demonic, transmog, and Ashran

• Shroud of the Avatar's Richard Garriott and Starr Long on MMO community

• Simogo launches The Sensational December Machine on PC, Mac

• Around Azeroth: Stray cat blues

• WildStar eyes Chinese release

• Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes zips onto Steam today

• City of Steam is merging EU servers on December 22nd

• EVE Online nixes industry teams

• Choose My Adventure: World of Warcraft and the shadowy priest

• The WoW Insider Show Live

• The Secret World's killer clown is coming to get you

• Around Azeroth: A stellar performance

• Steam is region-locking PC games to thwart low currency value exploits

• Valiance Online moves to Greenlight and picks up a City of Heroes artist

• See Bless Online's character creation options

• EVE Online speeds up game installation and access

• Guild Wars 2 kicks off Wintersday events

• WildStar's next big update and holiday surprise

• Elite: Dangerous' launch-day roundup

• Around Azeroth: One bloomin' blossom

• Praise the Sun: Dark Souls Steamworks update now available

• Path of Exile Update 1.3 goes live with PvP revamp

• Zombie sandbox MMO Immune enters early access on Steam

• Guild Wars 2 celebrates the holidays with a player murder spree

• Landmark's monster update delayed until Wednesday

• Around Azeroth: Nice work if you can get it

• ArcheAge Korea adding second-story housing upgrades, treehouse

• Black Desert's sieges are purposeful chaos

• WoW Moviewatch: Rent-An-Orc

• Listen to Shroud of the Avatar's player-created soundtrack

• Paragon scores world first mythic Highmaul clear

• Get a closer look at Star Citizen's Gladiator bomber

• Recruit garrison kitty Goldmane as a follower

• WoW Moviewatch: Starcraft Evacuation

• Metro Redux scrounges for supplies on Linux, Steam OS

• ArcheAge details its upcoming update, PTS, and holiday events

• Grimoire of the Four Winds offers BoA Pandaria flying for alts

• The Daily Grind: Would you play on a WoW progression server?

• Marvel Heroes now features a female Wolverine

• Go behind the scenes on PvP with Brian Holinka and Wowhead

• EverQuest celebrates 15 days of holiday cheer

• Report: Steam to host annual Holiday Sale on December 18

• TERA's Fate of Arun expansion arrives in Europe today

• MechWarrior Online enters beta testing for Community Warfare

• Around Azeroth: Raiders of the lost something

• RIFT brings Fae Yule back with new mounts and sweaters

• Steam auction on hold after users find exploit, pilfer online currency (updated)

• Steam Holiday Auction in a gem of a jam, temporarily closed [update]

• Flight Simulator X cleared for landing on Steam next week

• Getting started with pet battles in Warlords of Draenor

• Arisha coming to NA Vindictus next week

• Trade your Restored Artifacts for Archaeology Fragments on Draenor

• WildStar begins testing Drop 4 and 20-player Datascape raid

• The Secret World nerfs Tokyo mobs and buffs rewards

• Age of Conan is selling instant level-80s until January 2nd

• Around Azeroth: Invaders! Possibly from space!

• DDO Update 24: Heart of Madness goes live tomorrow

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 369

• Broken Age studio Double Fine headlines Steam's latest sale

• Star Citizen's latest patch adds another ship, drunk effects

• SWTOR turning three, giving away anniversary decor

• Leaderboard: Would B2P or a sub-only server bring you back to ArcheAge?

• Origins of Malu needs your vote on Steam Greenlight

• Guild Wars 2 is revamping dailies... again

• Choose My Adventure: I am so confused in World of Warcraft

• The Queue: Invasions, Barov, Stables, LFR, and Chili

• Around Azeroth: A most vicious horse-lady

• Professor to hold open course in Lord of the Rings Online, asks for bodyguards

• World of Warships testing event this weekend

• Here's everything new and noteworthy in EVE's Rhea patch

• The WoW Insider Show goes live tonight

• Enter at Your Own Rift: Five advantages RIFT has over WoW

• Guild Wars 2 season 2 to continue on January 13th

• Last Week in Massively: Revan returns in SWTOR

• SWTOR releases Shadow of Revan trailer to celebrate official launch

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Planting the seeds of memory in Guild Wars 2

• Highmaul LFR and Mythic will be live at 10AM PST

• Around Azeroth: Poppies! Poppies! Poppies!

• ArcheAge reinstates APEX purchases

• Hearthstone expansion now live

• CCP dev blog talks PBR and 'making EVE look real'

• Hearthstone's Goblins vs. Gnomes expansion available now

• Chance Thomas announces official end to his LOTRO score

• Around Azeroth: Shut the door, have a seat

• EVE Evolved: The Sleepers are coming!

• WoW Moviewatch: Warlords Countdown

• World of Warcraft Annual now available in the UK

• WoW Archivist: Upper Blackrock Spire

• Breakfast Topic: Have you looked for Draenor's treasures?

• WoW Moviewatch: The Sore Loser

• Star Citizen's Hornet available to all backers this week

• Star Wars: The Old Republic axes skill training costs

• World of Warplanes teaches you how to do a canopy roll

• EVE Online's Rhea update launches with photo-realistic spaceships

• Around Azeroth: Like the deserts miss the rain

• Frontier teases Elite: Dangerous trailer, gives away old-school Elite for Mac

• Soloing through SWTOR's Shadow of Revan

• Lost Continent: Yep, F2P sucks for ArcheAge

• WoW's garrisons aren't a guarantee in future expansions

• Final Fantasy 13 gets 1080p support on Steam next week

• Work on Asheron's Call's player-run servers continues

• World of Warcraft developer AMA highlights

• Age of Wonders available free in GOG.com Winter Sale

• Guild Wars 2 grants PvP bonuses, hypes World Tourney Series finals

• Magneto now playable in Marvel Heroes

• WoW Archivist: Upper Blackrock Spire

• Star Citizen's November report is long, informative

• Path of Exile Update 1.3 will start tournament season one

• Get a free Infinite Crisis Green Arrow skin via Facebook

• Red Faction: Guerrilla abandons GFWL for Steamworks

• WoW Moviewatch: Life in Draenor

• Here's a Black Desert FAQ as K-OBT approaches

• Leaderboard: Are you playing Shadow of Revan this week?

• Age of Conan gives rewards for testing achievement system

• Infinite Crisis dredges up Swamp Thing

• Darkfall patches in relics

• Choose My Adventure: Can't stop the World of Warcraft

• Around Azeroth: This might be easier than we thought

• ArcheAge servers are back up; Trion is sorting out in-game timers

• Get started raiding Highmaul with these guides

• Perfect World's Eclipse expansion adds new classes, race on Dec. 16

• 27 million people watched League of Legends' world finals

• Steam ready to take on Twitch with new game Broadcasting feature

• EVE's Rhea update profiled in new dev video

• Steam infiltrates Twitch territory with Steam Broadcasting [Update: Twitch reaction]

• Black Desert rolls into open beta on December 17th

• World of Warcraft opens the doors of Highmaul

• Hyperspace Beacon: Previewing SWTOR's Shadow of Revan

• Some of ArcheAge's servers are back online this morning

• Breakfast Topic: Highmaul opens

• Guild Wars 2 launches Seeds of Truth today

• Hearthstone December ranked play card back

• Here are some screens from SWTOR's new planet

• The Secret World's nightmarish Issue #10 coming 'in next couple weeks'

• ArcheAge's 'unscheduled maintenance' stretches into day two [Updated]

• CCP to target EVE Online botters in 2015

• The Queue: Khadgar is not your minion

• ArcheAge launching in China in July 2015

PlayStation (70)

• Full PlayStation Plus line-up for January revealed [update]

• Planetside 2 beta aims for PS4 next month

• PlayStation Store sale extended following PSN downtime

• PlayStation Network is back online following Christmas Day attack

• PSA: PlayStation Network back online, service restored [Update]

• PSN Store Update: Alien Isolation, Diablo 3, more

• Resident Evil HD pre-orders are cross-buy on PS4, PS3

• PlayStation Now hits Samsung Smart TVs in first half of 2015

• PlayStation game-streaming service comes to Samsung smart TVs in 2015

• Canada celebrates Boxing Day with two-game PS4 bundle

• Red hot PS4 coming to Japan with Final Fantasy Type-0 HD

• All but one of Sony's arguments against Killzone lawsuit dismissed

• Touhou Project games coming to PlayStation 4, PS Vita

• Sony: PS4 demand is challenging European supply

• Swifter, Not Safer: Bloodborne trades Dark Souls' creep for speed

• Final Fantasy XIV is now offering a PlayStation 4 two-week free trial

• Amazon offers PS4, camera and two games for under $450

• PS3 and PS4 finally get Plex, and a whole world of streaming (update)

• PSN Store Update: Damn it Otacon, Get a Grip

• LittleBigPlanet 3 finds Frozen DLC, refuses to Let It Go

• Landmark visual novel Steins;Gate heads west on PS3, Vita next year

• Driveclub's Redline DLC deploys this week in Europe, Dec. 22 in North America

• How to grab a 20th Anniversary Edition PS4 online in the UK this week

• PlayStation Plus gave you $1,349 in 'free' games this year

• New entry in the SaGa series to reach Vita in 2015

• PlayStation Plus' free games totaled more than $1,300 in value per subscription this year

• Console Madness Giveaway: Free PS4, Destiny Ghost Edition, much more

• Bloodborne's European limited editions target bookish goths

• Final Fantasy 15 demo exclusive to day-one copies of Type-0 HD

• Sony 'embarrassed' by Driveclub's launch, UK boss says

• One Final Fantasy X PS4, please! When do you re-purchase a game?

• PlayStation 4 and Vita finally arrive in China on January 11th

• PlayStation 4, Vita launch in China next month

• Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster officially confirmed for PS4

• Sony's PlayStation '94 Shop: where 20th Anniversary PS4s are £19.94

• PSN Tuesday: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Game of Thrones

• New PS4 bundle includes console, choice of game for $400

• PlayStation is now Sony's top priority

• Square Enix lists Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster for PS4

• Report: Destiny DLC countdown locking out players on PS4

• Walmart enhances new PS4 bundle with $50 gift card

• PlayStation 20th Anniversary: Reader's Choice PS1 Favorites

• PlanetSide 2 opens beta signups for PlayStation 4

• Disney Infinity 2.0 swings to Vita in May with special Spider-Man

• Loadout brings mayhem and a skin pack to PS4 December 16

• Driveclub patch restores challenge functionality, rain forecast for tomorrow

• PlanetSide 2 PS4 beta sign-ups are live, soldier

• Project SkyLight introduces themed PS4 faceplates

• Santa Monica Studio working on new God of War

• You can now pre-order a 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4 (update: sold out)

• Pre-orders for 20th anniversary limited edition PS4 now live [Update: It's gone]

• Here's everything Sony showed at the PlayStation Experience keynote

• Final Fantasy 7 coming to the PS4, not a full remake

• Get a free game on every modern PlayStation console this weekend

• The Banner Saga, Suikoden 1&2, Resident Evil: Revelations 2, more coming to Vita

• Yakuza 5 coming to western PlayStations in 2015

• Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions to blow shapes to bits on Vita

• Have some free PlayStation games this weekend, courtesy of EA

• San Diego Studio announces Kill Strain, a 5v2v5 game for PS4

• Watch the PlayStation Experience 2014 keynote right here!

• Super Stardust Ultra bringing new modes, planets to PS4

• Dungeon Defenders 2 exclusive to PS4 in 2015

• Resogun saves the last humans on PS3, Vita this month

• Metal Slug 3, fan-chosen Neo Geo games coming to PSN

• PlayStation 20th Anniversary: Our Most Beloved PS1 Games

• Sony rings in the holidays with four weeks of PSN discounts

• PS4 update 2.03 seeks more stability

• PSN Tuesday: Game of Thrones, The Crew, Secret Ponchos

• Dead Island 2 beta exclusive to PlayStation 4 for 30 days

• Destiny's PlayStation-exclusive Dark Below content detailed

Politics (5)

• FBI maintains that North Korea hacked Sony as detractors mount

• DARPA taking inspiration from birds of prey to create agile UAVs

• The Navy's new laser can do more than just shoot down drones

• Uber ordered to cease operations in Spain

• The fight over online sales tax and how it impacts you

Reviews (65)

• IRL: Why I got my mom a Nexus 9 for Christmas

• LifeBox for iPhone is strange and addictive

• SpotCam is a capable Wi-Fi camera for your home

• How would you change the BlackBerry Q5?

• All the best hardware and app reviews last week on TUAW

• The year in reviews: a look back at the worst gadgets of 2014

• The Interview: 2014's most infamous film isn't great, but it's important

• The five worst console games of 2014

• Limefuel Dual Port USB 4.8A Wall Charger: Tiny and powerful

• Limefuel Blast L240X Pro Battery Pack: Power to spare

• World of Tanks' 9.5 update detailed in new trailer, review vid

• Mother can make your home smart, but does it need to be?

• A roundup of recent hardware reviews on TUAW

• All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• Joystiq Weekly: Telltale takes on Minecraft, Xeodrifter review, broken games and more

• Need to crop or add zoom to a video after the fact? Try Video Zoom

• MSI GT72 Dominator review: a worthy successor to a great gaming notebook

• Capturing New York City's "Holiday Wonders" with the iPhone 6

• AudioFlood's waterproof iPod is a swimmer's music dream come true

• Pad & Quill's Bella Fino wallet case for iPhone 6 Plus

• BlackBerry's Classic throwback isn't just a gimmick

• Hands-on with the Twelve South BookBook for iPhone 6 Plus

• Vivitar DVR794HD Action Cam: You get what you pay for

• Off the Rails is a great roller coaster game with a twist

• Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR's 2014 report card

• Store It is a wishlist app that falls short of its potential

• Toshiba Chromebook 2 review: great screen, but the battery life takes a hit

• Chromebook 2 review (11-inch, late 2014): Samsung's entry-level laptop returns with longer battery life

• SteelSeries Stratus XL is the only iOS gaming accessory you need

• How would you change Lenovo's Thinkpad Helix (2013)?

• All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• A roundup of recent hardware reviews on TUAW

• Joystiq Weekly: Final Fantasy 15, The Crew review, readers' favorite PS1 games and more

• Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 chip shows speed isn't everything

• Alienware Alpha review: almost the Steam Machine you're looking for

• Engadget Daily: ASUS ZenWatch review, the Sony Pictures hack and more!

• ASUS ZenWatch review: subtle and stylish, with a few shortcomings

• Lytro's Illum camera is expensive, but less gimmicky than we thought

• 'The Crew': The Joystiq Review

• Obtrusive ads, lackluster design limit Bear Hunt's potential

• Better swing and lower scores with Golf Training Guru

• Unboxed: Sony's 20th Anniversary Edition PlayStation 4 is gorgeous, rare and sold out

• Belkin Qode Ultimate Pro Keyboard Case for iPad Air 2: Review and giveaway

• A roundup of recent hardware reviews on TUAW

• All the best app reviews last week on TUAW

• How would you change HP's Slate 7?

• Let's unbox the 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4

• Joystiq Weekly: Street Fighter 5, Captain Toad review, PlayStation's 20th and more

• Engadget Daily: Fire TV Stick review, rewriteable glass 'paper,' and more!

• Rapoo E6700 Bluetooth Touch Keyboard: Not really for Mac users

• Here's what our readers are saying about the Galaxy Note 4

• Fire TV Stick review: a more affordable streamer from Amazon

• Chaos Theory: Hands-on with TSW's Issue #10 before today's release

• Klipsch Reference R6i headphones: A sound stocking stuffer

• IRL: Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge isn't great for lefties

• YotaPhone 2 review: niche and expensive, but seriously cool

• Carl Zeiss' VR headset works great if you've got the right phone

• Test driving Belkin's Thunderbolt 2 Express Dock HD

• Hexoskin's smart shirt feels nice, but can't tell a step from a curl

• Engadget Daily: Gear S review, the White House offers funding for body cams and more!

• CalDigit T4 RAID: Big, fast storage in a compact enclosure

• MOS Kick: Incredibly small, light and sturdy iPhone stand

• Samsung Gear S review: an ambitious and painfully flawed smartwatch

• The worst iPhone stocking stuffer

• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker review - Locked and Toaded

Robotics (8)

• Engadget Daily: Autonomous race cars, bionic arms and more!

• YouTube Find: Cheer on this iPad robot as it escapes from its conference room confinement

• Surge the rescue robot is RoboSimian's more evolved sibling

• Step into the ring with MoMath's Robot Swarm

• iRobot's newest machine is made for student hackers

• TGI Fridays' mistletoe delivery drone draws blood

• Engadget UK giveaway: win a Sphero 2.0 or Ollie bot courtesy of Orbotix

• Pepper, the humanoid robot, wants to sell you a Nescafe coffee machine

Samsung (13)

• All of Samsung's new smart TVs run Tizen, stream TV to your phone

• Samsung announces a curved-screen all-in-one and its thinnest laptop yet

• Samsung just added a 360-degree video store to its VR headset

• Samsung's new 'ring' speakers pipe sound in every direction

• Samsung crams even faster LTE into the Galaxy Note 4

• Samsung has closed its flagship London store

• How Samsung became the king of CES and where it's going next

• Samsung's ChatOn service will shut down next year (update)

• Samsung is searching for an answer to Apple Pay

• Rumor Roundup: Three takes on a Samsung rumor

• Samsung's virtual reality headset, Gear VR: what you need to know

• You can buy Samsung's virtual reality headset right now for $200

• Samsung keeps its mobile chief despite plummeting smartphone sales

Science (51)

• Collaborative mapping project will chart the Amazon's rivers

• You can make a 143-megapixel camera using a scanner

• Sticky sensors will monitor your body's organs

• Scientists show how you can restore lost memories

• Russia wants to collect the DNA of every creature

• Breakfast Topic: Revisiting the question of flight

• Fly across the Earth on board the ISS with this timelapse video

• How a company plans to make it snow in Dubai

• Scientists take a step towards curing infertility with stem cells

• Your smartphone is changing the way your fingers work

• The Queue: Queues, Sorting, and Santa

• Selfit takes selfies to a new level with mixed reality

• The UK will decode the genes of 100,000 people to help fight cancer

• Barilla uses 3D printing to find its next pasta shapes

• The Big Picture: Catching an intense solar flare in action

• NASA wants to build airship cities in the Venus sky

• Lens-free microscope lets almost anyone spot cancer

• Quantum physics theory is easier to understand than you think

• The Big Picture: Monitoring the brains of online game addicts

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: terra-cotta heaters, edible snow globes and 3D-printed dog legs

• Here's what astronauts aboard Orion will see during re-entry

• Claims that MMOs are a 'threat to public health' are 'exaggerated' says new study

• NASA delays 'capture the asteroid' plan until next year

• Boiling an iPhone 6 in Coca-Cola, for science

• DARPA-funded mind-controlled robotic arm now works a lot better

• Curiosity detects organic molecules in Martian atmosphere and soil

• SpaceX is going to land a rocket on a 'spaceport' barge

• Scientists dream up a credit card that no one can forge

• 'Mutarium' prototype is the perfect farm for edible plastic-eating fungi

• Climate change deal has 194 countries cutting emissions

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: triple-decker tree houses, prototype Hyperloop pods and a massive biodome

• The Big Picture: Telescope tech shines a rainbow on a train station

• Virgin Oceanic pauses its deep sea exploration plans

• Project Loon works with France's space agency to develop next-gen balloons

• Unusual X-ray signals could reveal dark matter

• Yup, NASA made an 'All About That Bass' parody

• The Big Picture: a closer look at live rodent nerve cells

• Sound Off! How do you get kids interested in science and technology?

• Stretchable artificial skin can give prosthetics the sense of touch

• China has a microwave pain weapon of its own

• Artificial evolution is now possible in chemicals, but life remains elusive

• Royal Mail wants you to 3D print gifts right before you ship them

• Relive Orion's deep-space test flight in pictures and videos

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: stain-proof shirts, eco-friendly gifts and the top six uses for urine

• NASA's Orion capsule begins its 3,600-mile journey into outer space

• Pentagon turns to Silicon Valley for the future of warfare

• Light-bending silicon strips are the key to super-fast computers

• Scientist's new rewriteable 'paper' is actually made of glass or plastic

• One day, your voice could keep you from driving drunk

• It turns out the world's oldest 'computer' dates back to 205 BC

• 23andMe's £125 DNA testing service launches in the UK

Smartphones (43)

• Moto X Pure Edition gets a 64GB option

• Samsung squeezed past Apple in consumer satisfaction for smartphones

• iPhone 6 Plus spends Christmas in the snow and survives

• iPhone takes on Android in a sci-fi battle to the death

• Kodak's finally making smartphones (sort of)

• OnePlus gets the all-clear to sell phones in India, for now

• Samsung gives its metal-framed Galaxy Alpha a leather backside

• Meizu's M1 Note is a dirt-cheap iPhone 5c on steroids

• Rumor Roundup: The awful iPhone 7 concepts have begun

• A novel smartphone case that should never touch your iPhone

• Micromax launches the phone that got OnePlus banned in India

• This stunning 4K video was captured with an iPhone 6

• This man's jeans show the scars of multiple phone upgrades

• BlackBerry's $450 'Classic' phone aims to bridge the past and present

• Engadget giveaway: win an iPhone 6 courtesy of iOttie!

• Huawei's dual-lens phone lets you get artsy, shoot in the dark

• This is why you should clean under your iPhone case every now and then

• Gartner: Smartphone sales up 20 percent, Xiaomi kicks LG out of the top 5

• Two months in, iPhone demand still outpacing supply

• These Aerial Wallpapers will make your iPhone spacey

• Iowa developing iPhone-based driver's licenses

• Twelve South announces BookBook for iPhone 6 / 6 Plus

• Step up your ugly Christmas sweater game by employing your phone

• iPhone 5 survives ride on car tire, refuses to die

• Uber's ridesharing app will come preloaded on Sprint smartphones

• United Airlines attendants will get the iPhone 6 Plus to help you mid-flight

• United Airlines providing iPhone 6 Plus to more than 23,000 flight attendants

• Want a pair of 1st gen iPhones? Fork over $30,000

• The world's slimmest smartphone is now 4.75mm thick

• The iPhone 6 is causing a slapping epidemic

• Cyanogen backpedals on promise to update OnePlus phones in India

• iOS 8.1.2 available now, fixes missing ringtone issue

• In China, faux homeless iPhone owners busted for begging

• Thieves swipe over 1 million smartphones in the US each year

• White House photographer uses iPhone 6 to catch people off-guard

• Cyanogen says it'll continue support for the OnePlus One in India

• This is what a 12-story fall will do to your iPhone 6

• Smartphone makers are banking on less being more

• iPhone 6 Plus accounted for 41% of Q4 U.S. "phablet" sales in one month

• Samsung set to release its slimmest smartphone ever

• Dual-screen YotaPhone 2 arrives in Europe this month

• Lollipop isn't making a dent in Android usage numbers (yet)

• Motorola slashes £100 off the new Moto X for a limited time

Social Media (34)

• Working adults are too busy emailing to care about social media

• Your nightlife tweets can improve urban planning

• Pinterest users: expect more adverts in 2015

• The Bank of England is using Facebook and Twitter to help set interest rates

• Twitter login bug kicks users out (update: resolved)

• Facebook's now playing Verizon-sponsored NFL clips

• Judge says police can create fake Instagram accounts to see photos

• Reddit Notes: Don't call it a currency

• Instagram is now worth 49 times what Facebook paid for it

• Instagram purges spam fake accounts, costing celebs millions of followers

• Secret reboots its anonymous sharing app in search of a future

• Facebook's going after eBay and Craigslist with group-based selling

• Snapchat buys eyewear company that lets you record video on the sly

• Twitter may tap Foursquare to make location more relevant in tweets

• Facebook will auto-enhance your photos, if you use an iPhone

• Instagram gives you more control over your photo filters

• Breakfast Topic: I hate that follower

• Find out what your friends really think of you with Noknok

• Fewer Brits are using social media, but those who do can't put down their phone

• Instagram celebrates 300 million users, which is more than Twitter

• Snapchat updates with iPhone 6 and 6 Plus support and improved text editing

• Facebook makes it easier to find your friends' old posts

• Facebook's Snapchat competitor wants your evaporating photo stories

• Some users of Mumu Chat Room want more than just chatting

• Google Plus now lets you pin posts to keep them front and center

• Arrivederci: WhatsApp cited in 40 percent of adulterous Italian divorces

• Viral Vine video reveals the celebrity torment of never-ending selfies

• The UK's fastest selling hardback of 2014 was written by a YouTuber

• Tumblr adds a 'Buy' button for impulse shoppers

• Twitter makes it easier to report abusive tweets

• Snapchat now lets users submit their own location-based photo filters

• Flickr Find: A penny for his thoughts

• Facebook now has its own 60-second newscast from ABC

• Police to publicly shame drink-drivers on Twitter this Christmas

Space (23)

• How NASA plans to deal with Opportunity rover's failing flash memory

• Motion-detecting nanosensors could help find life on other planets

• Artists create EP of 'space music' from NASA's audio archive

• Russia lets anyone use Earth-sensing data from its civilian satellites

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: Solar farms, hydrogen cars and 3D-printing in space

• Mathematicians find a cheaper, slower way to get to Mars

• The Big Picture: NuSTAR telescope shows the sun blasting out X-rays

• The International Space Station is now making 3D-printed tools

• Google extends Lunar X Prize deadline to 2016

• PocketQube kits make it easier for amateurs to build their own satellites

• The Big Picture: A Dragon heads to the International Space Station

• Supercomputer gives most accurate picture yet of star formation

• Recommended Reading: The Orion capsule's great radiation test

• The Big Picture: Galactic collision provides amazing X-ray light show

• Rosetta data puts the origin of Earth's water in doubt

• Orion spacecraft powered by single-core processor previously found in iBook G3

• NASA: Mars' Gale Crater held a huge lake for millions of years

• Research says alien life could exist but chances of contact are slim

• The 'Extremely Large Telescope' on track to study the universe by 2024

• NASA's mission countdown clock is getting a digital upgrade

• The Big Picture: a laser-beamed satellite image of Berlin

• Rosetta's camera takes the first color image of its comet

• The Big Picture: measuring the 'Eye of Sauron' galaxy

Sports (13)

• UK charts close out 2014 with CoD: Advanced Warfare as king

• New Final Fantasy 15 footage is pos-Cid-ively Titan-ic

• Evolve's Wraith monster steals the show

• Joystiq Streams: Silent night, Dying Light

• Blizzard's bringing its 'Warcraft' card game to Android tablets (update)

• Final Fantasy 15 English-language trailer hits the road

• Joystiq Streams: Chaos Reborn, Julian Gollop Grudge Match Round 2

• Brock Lesnar among MMA legends now in EA Sports UFC

• MLB: The Show 15 swings for the fences on March 31, 2015

• The Game Awards 2014: Hang out with Joystiq for the show [Replay]

• Blood Bowl 2 to break tackles, bones on PC, Xbox One, PS4

• Oculus Rift Pokémon game lets you throw Poké Balls in VR

• Bandai taking motorcycles out for a Ride in spring 2015

Streaming (44)

• 'The Interview' spreads to cable VOD, DirecTV, Vudu and more theaters

• WatchESPN sports streaming arrives on Windows Phone

• TalkTalk is also in talks to buy Tesco's Blinkbox streaming service

• Better late than never, iTunes is offering 'The Interview'

• Vudu's digital movie library is rebuilt and easier to use on iOS

• How to watch The Interview on your iPhone or Apple TV

• Vizio brings Amazon's 4K video to its TVs and fixes an annoying bug

• DirecTV's new deal lets you watch ABC, Disney and ESPN online

• Getting the most out of your Chromecast this Christmas

• DirecTV launches internet TV for $8 per month, but it's all in Spanish

• The FCC gets to work on letting internet TV compete with cable

• Bravo, you've opened Pandora's app on Xbox One

• Hulu's push for exclusives gets a big boost from Fox (update)

• Hulu's former chief shows how he'll take on YouTube

• Netflix comes to Dish's TV set-top boxes

• Netflix says offline playback is 'never going to happen'

• Google brings mood-matching smart playlists to Play Music in the UK

• DJ music store Beatport to relaunch as a free streaming site

• NBC will stream live broadcasts if you pay for regular TV

• BT scores more football with Sky Sports 1 and 2 on YouView

• Comcast, Roku cut a deal for HBO Go and Showtime streaming (update)

• Women's basketball recruiter sanctioned for sharing a Netflix account

• Bose wants to launch a streaming music service

• Hulu offers free streaming on Android over the holidays

• Netflix and Amazon's video battle continues at the Golden Globe Awards

• Netflix is now much better on Virgin Media TiVo boxes

• YouTube is testing a GIF sharing option

• YouTube launches offline playback for Android users in three Asian countries

• BBC iPlayer for iOS now gives you 30 days to watch downloaded shows

• Sainsbury's has a video streaming service, and it's now available on Roku

• EE TV gets the BBC's Red Button features and several new streaming apps

• The BBC's plan to turn an online-only BBC Three into a new media brand

• Showtime Anytime is now streaming on Xbox One

• HBO eyes April premiere for its standalone streaming service

• YouTube warns users of potential music copyright issues

• Grooveshark will launch an internet radio service in 2015

• YouTube offering bonuses to keep talent away from rivals, says WSJ

• CBS and Dish reach TV deal that includes Showtime streaming

• Spotify promotion offers users 3 month premium subscription for just $0.99/month

• Popular podcast 'Serial' will be broadcast on British radio

• BBC iPlayer arrives on Xbox One

• Spotify's offering you three months of premium for 99 cents

• StreamNation's digital-media locker overhaul focuses on mobile music

• Vodafone is in talks to buy Tesco's Blinkbox streaming service

Tablets (6)

• How would you change Acer's Iconia W3 tablet?

• T-Mobile's Nexus 9 comes with LTE and a $600 price tag (update: AT&T too)

• Wireless charging for tablets is finally coming next year

• LA Unified School District under investigation for bungled iPad program

• L.A. school district halts iPad contract as FBI seizes documents

• Rumor Roundup: 'iPad Air Plus'

Technology (75)

• Wave goodbye to Microsoft's original Kinect for Windows

• LED mask concept lets you smile through the pollution

• Watch an iPhone sort M&Ms by color

• Japan's first Firefox OS phone is transparent

• Samsung's 'Look at Me' app teaches autistic children to communicate

• Watch the first steps of a robot inspired by stick bugs

• This Majora's Mask-inspired Christmas carol is smashing

• When makers festively daydream, they're accompanied by singing LEDs

• Algoriddim takes on Traktor with its djay Pro desktop app

• Comcast's Ultra HD app launches today -- but only on Samsung TVs

• Amazon offers one-hour deliveries with Prime Now

• Looking into the future: Samsung Gear VR review

• Navy drone swims like a shark to spy on foes

• To-do list app Todoist now works on Android Wear devices

• Opera's Coast iOS browser gets faster, smarter and more social

• Microsoft app lets you take calls on your Lumia just by picking it up

• HBO Go is on Amazon's Fire TV now, Fire TV stick soon

• A tale of two Chromebooks: one size doesn't fit all

• Jaguar's smart windshield will eliminate blind spots

• Microsoft kicks off Skype's Translator preview on Windows 8.1

• Watch teens play Mega Man for first time and mega suck at it

• This week's UK charts are last week's UK charts

• Google's new YouTube show reaches out to iOS developers

• This DIY hoverboard combines ingenuity and four leaf blowers

• Watch every panel from PlayStation Experience 2014

• Losing money and reputation to build Heavy Gear Assault

• Dropbox makes it easy for workmates to edit Office files

• Sony's smart lock is yet another crowdfunding experiment

• Seagate starts shipping 8TB hard drives that cost only $260

• Scrolls shuffles out of beta, cuts price to $5

• Castlevania precursor Vampire Killer coming to Wii U Virtual Console...in Japan

• Shoot fireballs from your wrist with Pyro

• Live the luxurious life of a customs agent with 'Papers, Please,' on iPad tomorrow

• Ford drops Microsoft and revamps its Sync system for more speed

• Chromecast's Guest Mode lets anyone commandeer your TV

• Sony Pictures hack: the whole story

• Nokia's Here Maps arrives on Android

• Even 2014 had a montage - watch a year of gaming in 118 seconds

• Jambanz is a $30 wearable Bluetooth speaker right out of the '90s

• Twitch's revamped Xbox One app makes it easier to find better broadcasts

• Lamborghini's 88 Tauri: A $6,000 phone for people with money to burn

• Sony's selling 20th Anniversary Edition PS4s for £19.94, but only in London

• Apple TV's YouTube app gets a sorely needed update

• Chrome experiment turns Wikipedia into a virtual galaxy

• You can trick a 3D printer into playing 'The Imperial March' from 'Star Wars'

• Sony celebrates PlayStation history using LittleBigPlanet 3

• Sony's Shuhei Yoshida playable in Super Time Force Ultra

• Sony's Project SkyLight lets you customize your PlayStation 4

• Street Fighter 5 'built from the ground up for PlayStation'

• Shovel Knight brings shovel-based platforming, 8-bit Kratos to PlayStation

• Bastion rebuilding worlds on PlayStation 4, Vita

• Disney Research crafts a more realistic way to capture the human eye

• New King's Quest coming from Activision, The Odd Gentlemen

• With Cortana on Windows 10, Microsoft's bringing its virtual assistant full circle

• Dead or Alive 5 Last Round to hit PC, but online play's in limbo

• High-speed camera tracks light at 100 billion fps

• Space shooters Ultratron, Titan Attacks flying to new platforms

• New tech uses ultrasound to create haptics you can 'see' and touch

• Runtastic's new app wants to help with those buns, hun

• Stephen Hawking is still terrified of the AI revolution

• Gear up with Hearthstone expansion Goblins vs. Gnomes next week

• 20th Anniversary Edition PS4 pays homage to original PlayStation

• Sony's created an official PSone theme for your PlayStation 4

• PlayStation celebrates its 20th birthday with a retro-themed, limited-edition PS4

• Opera has a new way for you to share your favorite bookmarks

• The ZX Spectrum returns as a plug-and-play console

• Here's how the first 3D-printed presidential portrait was made

• A simple accessibility app can make the visual world audible

• Cable-free elevator moves you in any direction

• Project Ara collaborator will give you $12,500 to recycle plastic better

• Google isn't the only one making a modular smartphone

• Google Fiber sign-ups go live in Austin

• Amazon shows off the robots handling your holiday orders

• Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire score Pokemon's biggest UK launch

• Japanese carrier 'cooks' shrimp in three seconds to sell you on LTE

Tomorrow (2)

• Maker movement may be the cure for our disposable times

• TechShop Inside is a modern shop class on wheels

TV & Movies (34)

• What's on your HDTV: 'The Wire', 'Galavant', 'Downton Abbey', 'Friends'

• 'The Interview' and the aftermath

• 'Game of Thrones' crowned as 'most pirated' show for third-year running

• 'The Interview' is already Sony's most popular online movie to date

• WoW Moviewatch: Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies style trailer

• After the hype: here's what the internet thinks of 'The Interview'

• The Queue: Shark Attack

• WRUP: You'll shoot your eye out, kid

• WoW Moviewatch: Frozey the Snowman

• One Shots: Mandy the Christmas Whale

• One Shots: The last superhero

• Sony Pictures: 'The Interview' will be in theaters on Christmas Day

• Netflix has its actors for Jessica Jones and Luke Cage

• What's on your HDTV: 'Mozart in the Jungle', 'Black Mirror', 'Anger Management'

• One Shots: Cruising for Borg

• Dish Network's latest squabble turns off Fox News, Business channels

• Recommended Reading: The life and death of 'The Colbert Report'

• President Obama says canceling release of 'The Interview' was a mistake

• RuPaul on 'gaymers,' Tim Cook's coming out and why we need to lighten up

• George R.R. Martin and indie cinemas want 'The Interview' to live on

• Jimmy Fallon gifts his audience with iPads

• Sony Pictures cancels 'The Interview' theatrical release (update)

• MoviePass' new subscription lets you watch any flick in any format

• Director Shawn Levy on why he left the Minecraft movie

• Tomb Raider prequel series revealed by Teen Wolf actor

• PewDiePie and Let's Plays at center of latest South Park

• ESPN to debut live player-tracking visuals during MLS Cup

• CBS goes dark on Dish Network in NYC and LA

• WoW Moviewatch: The Force Awakens

• The Queue: A hodor of questions

• HBO will re-air 'The Wire' in HD starting December 26th

• Star Wars kitty loves the iPad preview of 'The Force Awakens'

• The third season of 'House of Cards' arrives on February 27th, 2015

• Stiq Figures, November 17 - 23: Video game movies edition

Wearables (23)

• With webOS and wearables, LG's moving beyond just displays at CES

• Android Wear puts Inbox by Gmail updates on your wrist

• When you jump, VERT tells you how high

• Sony can make any eyewear more like Google Glass

• The LAPD is getting a body camera for every officer on the street

• The author of 'Snow Crash' is working for an augmented reality company

• Pebble's smartwatches now support Android Wear notifications

• Netflix for Android now lets you control movies from your wrist

• Fitbit says Charge skin issues aren't caused by its materials

• Spiders are the key to ultra-sensitive wearable devices

• Here's what our readers are saying about the Moto 360

• The Movo Wave is a stripped-down fitness tracker that costs just $30

• Jawbone wants to help companies keep employees healthy

• Android Wear's Lollipop update adds a slew of new watch faces

• Looking at Apple Watch success through the lens of the digital camera revolution

• Engadget Daily: Gear VR goes on sale, upgrading your soccer life, and more!

• Bionic Bra automatically boosts and loosens to keep your breasts in place

• Vessyl connected cup tracks hydration and more; also makes a great gift

• Hacked hearing aids produce stellar ambient tunes from WiFi signals

• Intel teams with Luxottica to make smart eyewear fashionable

• Misfit eyes the connected home in addition to new wearables

• Evernote's CEO: Siri and wearables are doing it wrong

• UBS finds smartwatch interest is on the rise, anticipates Apple Watch sales of 24 million units

Xbox (34)

• Xbox countdown sale wraps today

• Xbox One SDK leak opens the door for homebrew apps

• Xbox One's $50 holiday trimming ends this weekend

• Assassin's Creed prices cut during Xbox Live sale

• Playdate: We're livestreaming the 'Halo 5: Guardians' beta! [update: game over!]

• Halo 5 kicks off multiplayer beta today

• Console Madness: Free Sunset Overdrive Xbox One and much more

• Christmas brings 'Madden 15' demo to Xbox One and snow to 'GTA Online'

• Xbox sales galore: Dragon Age Inquisition, Diablo 3, Telltale

• Halo 4's Spartan Ops comes to Master Chief Collection

• Telltale Games Collection hits Xbox One, 5 seasons for $55

• Games with Gold January: D4, The Witcher 2, MX vs. ATV Alive

• 343 announces free ODST campaign as apology for Halo: MCC woes

• Microsoft apologizes for broken 'Halo' multiplayer with more 'Halo'

• Joystiq Streams: Halo 5 beta, live and uncut

• Master Chief Collection reloads, adds Combat Evolved playlist

• Your Xbox One now plays Pandora radio and Vevo music videos

• Assassin's Creed: Unity patch is 40 GB on Xbox One for some

• Halo: Master Chief Collection patch aims at stability, matchmaking

• Countdown to 2015 Xbox sale starts: Dark Souls 2, Resident Evil, more

• Microsoft follows Chinese PS4 reveal with Xbox One price cut

• More news on Xbox One's Windows 10 update arrives in January

• November NPD: Xbox One leads consoles, Call of Duty tops software

• Showtime Anytime app now available on Xbox consoles

• Microsoft Store offers free games with Xbox One bundles

• Deals with Gold: PopCap puzzlers

• Twitch update on Xbox One: This time it's personal(ization)

• Dragon Age: Inquisition stability patch out for all but Xbox One

• 343 issues yet another patch to fix Halo: MCC matchmaking

• Halo: MCC woes push Halo: Spartan Strike spin-off into 2015

• Matchmaking improved but not fixed by latest Halo: MCC patch

• Warface quitting the Xbox 360 in February

• Warface lays down its guns on Xbox 360

• Halo: MCC: More fixes incoming as promotion stirs outrage