Best Apple AirPods deals for Black Friday 2022: Pick up a great deal

Apple’s AirPods are excellent wireless headphones, offering some great convenience features for iOS users, like auto switching between devices, one-tap connecting and announcing notifications and calls.  Deals on AirPods – whether the first generation or the latest models – aren’t common, though if there’s ever any money off, the Black Friday sales period is typically…

How to upgrade your Xbox storage by 2TB or more: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One storage tips

The current generation of consoles might have elevated gaming to a new level, but thanks to Microsoft’s decision to make the Xbox Series X and S part of the same ecosystem as Xbox One, they are all compatible with the same accessories. That includes external hard drives to store large game collections. There are some…

Sony dunks on Battlefield series in Microsoft Activision merger bid

Sony has dunked on EA’s Battlefield series in its arguments against Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard. In documents released as part of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority review into the potential merger, Sony argues that Call of Duty “is not replicable” and that other games cannot compete with its success. It then calls out…

US competition regulator “likely” to challenge Microsoft-Activision deal

The US’ Federal Trade Commission is “likely” to file an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The report from Politico suggests that while a lawsuit is not guaranteed, and that the FTC’s four commissioners have yet to vote on the deal or meet with the two company’s lawyers, FTC staff members are…

EA apologises for “milkshake brain” response from Need for Speed Twitter account

EA has apologised after the Need for Speed Twitter account branded a fan as a “milkshake brain”. The exchange followed news that players who pre-order the forthcoming Need for Speed Unbound: Palace Edition will receive three days of early access ahead of release. One particular fan criticised this, which began an argument in which the…