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Clair Obscur Expedition 33 review: An original hit RPG
It’s rare for a turn-based RPG to excite the editorial team beyond Engadget’s usual core RPG fans. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has many excited, however. Maybe it’s the dreamy Belle Époque aesthetic and design. Maybe it’s the gloriously pulpy concept of an all-powerful Paintress dooming humankind to an ever shortening…
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Black Mirror is now a delightful escape from reality
Minor spoilers for Black Mirror season 7 ahead. The latest season of Black Mirror feels almost therapeutic as we peer over the cliff of civilizational collapse. Everything is awful, but at least we don't have to worry about renting out access to our brains from skeevy startups, or dealing with…
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A Minecraft Movie review: It’s good, actually
Hear me out. I too rolled my eyes when A Minecraft Movie was announced. We're all tired of seeing Jack Black in video game movies — he was fine in Super Mario Bros., but good god Borderlands was a disaster. And the Minecraft film's trailers did it no favors, another…
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‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ preview: Stunning visuals, innovative combat, prime melodrama
I’ve been wondering why everyone seems so hyped on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It’s the debut game from Sandfall Interactive, an independent French studio with fewer than 30 employees, and it’s attracted massive partnerships in video games and film over the past five years. Expedition 33 has a high-profile cast…
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Alexa+ is a smarter, more conversational AI version of Amazon’s digital assistant
Following years of development, Amazon's next-generation digital assistant is nearly ready for public use. Panos Panay, senior vice president of devices and services, demoed Alexa+ at the company's 2025 devices event, and it gave a glimpse of how generative AI could supercharge a product millions of people use. The model…
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Dune: Awakening will spice things up on May 20
A day after it was reported that Denis Villeneuve’s third Dune movie starts shooting this summer, developer Funcom announced that its open-world MMO Dune: Awakening arrives on May 20 for PC. You can even get a jump on your journey through Arrakis with a character creator that’s available today. Dune:…
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