16 Best Pokemon spin-offs, ranked

The Pokémon franchise has a ton of memorable mainline games, but it’s also spawned a series of terrific spin-off games. These spin-offs change the formula a bit but are still set in the classic Pokémon universe. From pet simulations to battle arenas and mysterious adventures, these spin-offs do a great job of experimenting with the franchise. Below, we’ve listed the 16 best Pokémon spin-off games, ranked. Top Pokémon spin-off games 16 – Hey You, Pikachu!...

August 16, 2025 · 9 min · 1751 words · Brian Olson

5 Basic Features The Original Dodge Viper Didn't Have

5 Basic Features The Original Dodge Viper Didn’t Have When you think about the original Dodge Viper that came out in 1992, its speed, look and focus on a pure driving experience immediately spring to mind. In addition to its 400 hp, naturally aspirated, 8.0-liter V10, its manual transmission and rear-wheel drive configuration — Dodge’s powerful roadster had a long hood and a low profile, giving it an aggressive and sporty appearance....

August 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1369 words · Daniel Sanchez

Amazon Luna cloud gaming service comes to the UK at last

Amazon has finally launched its cloud gaming platform outside the US.Amazon Lunais now in the UK, Germany and Canada too, with the service and dedicated controller becoming available. Amazon Luna is the retailer’s answer toCloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass,Nvidia GeForce Nowand the now defunct Google Stadia. It allows users to play games across multiple devices by streaming video of live gameplay over the internet from a remote server, with the controller movements heading the other way....

August 16, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Christopher Burnett

Anthem Producer Reaffirms Loot Boxes Will Not Be In The Game

It has been over a year since the EAloot boxfiasco that took place in 2017, when they were released forStar Wars Battlefront IIwhich was met with a lot of push back. In order to assure that there won’t be a repeat,Biowareshares that upcoming Anthem will not have them. Anthem Producer Reaffirms Loot Boxes Will Not Be In The Game To make sure that Bioware’sAnthemget’s off on the right foot, they continue to tell fans that it will not be a repeat of Battlefront II....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Kristi Allen

Anthropic makes Claude AI Artifacts available for free

Back in June,Anthropic released the Claude 3.5 Sonnet modelof it’sAI chatbot. Alongside the new model, a new preview feature was introduced:Artifacts. An Artifact is a dedicated window that can be used to display content separate to your main chat, such ascode,websites,flowchartsorSVG images. Artifacts was released as a preview feature back in June, but Anthropic has nowmade it available as a core featureof Claude AI, which is available to users onFree,Pro, andTeamsplans....

August 16, 2025 · 4 min · 747 words · Teresa Young

Apple AirPods (3rd gen) have Spatial Audio and sweat resistance

Apple has announced the third generation of its standard AirPods, which feature the company’sSpatial Audio technology, already present on theAirPods ProandAirPods Max. The third generation of AirPods have been redesigned - both on the outside and the inside. They borrow design details from the AirPods Pro, featuring shorter stems than thesecond generation AirPodsand force sensors for more control of your phone calls and music. Inside, Apple has added a low distortion driver, which is claimed to deliver powerful bass and “crisp, clean frequencies”....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · Linda Stone

Apple is offering guided one-on-one phone training about using Photos

Wanna take Photos for iOS and macOS to the next level? If so, consider signing up for Apple’s new one-on-one training lessons that are available to customers in the United States? “Our specially trained Apple Support Advisors are experts in using Photos to transform pictures from good to amazing—and they’d love to show you how in a 30-minute guided phone session,” reads Apple’s support document published earlier this week. Aside from photo management and sharing features, the Photos apps have built-in editing tools for one-tap fixes, including curve-based editing that makes it possible to fine-tune all the details in the palm of your hand....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Karen Perez

Apple: 8GB iPhone 5c is for mid-tier markets where ‘LTE is becoming more established’

Today’s releaseof a new, cheaperiPhone 5cmodel with a rather paltry eight gigabytes of storage has prompted many writers to postulate as to why Apple may havelimited the handset’s distributionto only a few markets, namely the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia and China. According to Apple itself, that device is meant to target the mid-tier smartphone market where the iPhone has been under lots of pressure from an avalanche of rather affordable and pretty capable Android handsets....

August 16, 2025 · 3 min · 541 words · John Miller

Assassin’s Creed: Pirates arriving next Thursday

Announced more than two months agoas coming before 2013 wraps up, Ubisoft’s companion iPhone and iPad game toAssassin’s Creed IV: Black Flagfor consoles, calledAssassin’s Creed: Pirates, will be available for download in the App Store soon. The game will cost $4.99 a pop and is scheduled to launch next week, on December 5. From the looks of it, there seems to be a lot to be looking forward to inAssassin’s Creed: Pirates....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Madison Rodriguez

Change the color of your Status Bar with this tweak

It was just over a week ago that we showed you a free jailbreak tweak calledBlack Status Bar (System Wide)by iOS developerJustin Petkovic. As the name implies, the tweak blackened your Status Bar, an aesthetic that some may prefer over the stock coloring method. But for anyone who didn’t like having a black Status Bar all the time, the same developer just launched a new freejailbreak tweakdubbedColor Status Bar (System Wide), which lets you choose what color your Status Bar will be....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Emily Molina

Demon’s Souls PS5: Where To Find Blacksmith Ed

InDemon’s Soulson the PS5, there are two blacksmiths the player can meet. One is called Blacksmith Ed, and the other is Blacksmith Boldwin; both of them can provide players with various weapon services like crafting, selling, and upgrades. Blacksmith Boldwin is relatively easy to find as he is already at the nexus when you start the game, but to discover where Ed is, you will need to get to the Stonefang Tunnel level....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Jeremy Gates

Disneyland's Roger Rabbit Ride Is Giving Jessica Rabbit a Modern Update

Disneyland has given the Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin ride a re-vamp (Get it?) with an update that putsWho Framed Roger Rabbit?star Jessica Rabbit front and center, as she begins her new private investigations service to save Toontown. Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin, which debuted at Disneyland in 1994, is currently described at Disneyland’s website as a “race through Toontown in search of Jessica Rabbit.” “The attraction revisits the story of Roger Rabbit as he attempts to rescue his beloved wife Jessica Rabbit from the evil henchman known as the Weasels, " was the original description for theDisneylandride....

August 16, 2025 · 4 min · 648 words · Todd Butler

Divinity Original Sin 2 Comes to Table Top

If you’re a fan ofDivinity: Original Sin 2, then you’ll likely be happy to hear that one of the best RPGs of the last decade, if not all time, is coming to table top next fall. Larian Studios posted the project to Kickstarter a little over a week ago, and the board game has already raised nearly 1 million dollars in that time. In this article, I’m not going to explore the backer options, but instead dive into how the board game plays and what gamers can expect....

August 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1563 words · Scott Martin