Image: Nintendo Splatoon 3’s expansion pass is getting a new single-player campaign. The DLC, called Side Order, comes out in spring 2024 and is designed to “be replayed over and over,” according to Nintendo.The new DLC invites you to see what has happened to Inkopolis Square, the city featured in Splatoon 2. As you traverse the Spire of Order, you can continue to level up your abilities by adding upgrades to run speed, splash damage, and more. The new mode also features damage counters that appear when you splat your enemies, which seem a bit distracting at first glance.After launching Splatoon 3 last September, Nintendo launched the first part of its expansion pass in February, which allows you to return to Inkopolis Plaza from the first Splatoon g... Continue reading…

When it comes to premium laptops, Lenovo and Dell have consistently been at the forefront of innovation and design. The Lenovo Slim Pro 9i and the Dell XPS 15 are two prime examples of their prowess in the laptop market, and both got updates this year. We've spent plenty of time with them, and below, we've compared these high-end laptops side-by-side in terms of price, design, display, and hardware performance to help you decide which is most worthy of your money.

Image: Nintendo Earlier this year, Nintendo teased that it had a Princess Peach game in the works. With Thursday’s September Nintendo Direct, we finally know more about the game, which is officially titled Princess Peach: Showtime!Peach will be able to put on different outfits to transform into new versions of Peach with different powers, like Detective Peach and Kung-Fu Peach. During the Direct, Nintendo hinted that there were more transformations than what was shown, so I bet there are some fun surprises in store. The game is scheduled to release on March 22nd, 2024.Princess Peach has been a playable character in numerous Super Mario games going all the way back to the ’80s. Though her initial appearance in the Mario series cast her as the damsel in... Continue reading…

Yes, the stylus is included. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge The tablet space may be dominated by iPads and cheap slabs from Amazon’s Fire line, but Samsung’s recently revamped Tab S9s make the case for Android tablets, with the most widely appealing one on sale today. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 with 256GB of storage is selling for $799.99 ($120 off) at Amazon, and it comes with a free $100 Amazon digital gift card. Once you spend that credit, it’s like you’ve saved $220 on a very good 11-inch tablet with an excellent 120Hz refreshing OLED display.The Tab S9 has some nice specs that may sound similar to the highest-end Galaxy S23 Ultra phone, including a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, 12GB of RAM, and IP68 water resistance. It also includes the S Pen stylus, allowing you to do a variety of tablet-y... Continue reading…

Razer has launched the Viper V3 HyperSpeed gaming mouse. This mouse refreshes the Viper lineup a bit. It comes with a new design, a better sensor, as well as improved battery life. Best of all, it retails for $70 and is an affordable way to play just like the pros do.

AMD has caused some unrest in the Nvidia camp with the launch of its AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card. It's a direct competitor to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, which launched with an MSRP of $599. Even with a higher price tag over previous generations of the XX70 Nvidia GPU, we were still happy with the performance available for butter-smooth 1440p gaming. Now that AMD undercut the RTX 4070, beating it in a collection of PC games, Nvidia has slashed the price of its GPU, and AIB partners are following suit.

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Nintendo He’s the leader of the bunch; you know him well. He’s finally back to kick some Mario tail in Mario vs. Donkey Kong.Mario vs. Donkey Kong seems to be a remake of the 2004 Game Boy Advance game. In it, Mario must complete a series of platforming puzzles to reach Donkey Kong and thwart his theft of windup Mario toys.Though it seems like an out-of-the-blue announcement, we did have some hints that a new Donkey Kong game of some stripe was coming. Pyoro, a prolific (and often accurate) Nintendo leaker, started dropping hints earlier this month that a DK game would be announced at this Direct. pic.twitter.com/qMW86bL92Z— Pyoro (@Pyoro_X) September 8, 2023Turns out, they were right again, with their clever hint accurately predicting... Continue reading…

The toot-tacular indie darling Trombone Champ is releasing on Thursday on the Nintendo Switch eShop.Announced during Thursday’s September Nintendo Direct, last year’s hilarious music rhythm game that was a sleeper hit on Steam is making the move to Nintendo Switch. The game also has new control schemes just for the Switch, allowing you to use the Joy-Con controllers’ motion or IR sensors to control your trombone pitch.While the hilarious sound of these trombones may be calamitous enough, Trombone Champ on Switch is also getting four-player local multiplayer support — which, I can only imagine how ridiculous that may get in a living room full of people.You probably won’t be able to add all kinds of wacky songs via mod support like you... Continue reading…

Apple has unveiled its latest smartphones: the iPhone 15 series. Just like in 2022, we're getting regular and Pro models, with each offering two size options. So we're going to take a closer look at the smaller, 6.1-inch variants of each: the iPhone 15 or iPhone 15 Pro. They'll both be some of the best iPhones you can buy, but which one is best for you?

Apple's iconic smartwatch continues to dominate the wearables market. That's unlikely to change with the release of the new Apple Watch Series 9. Another thing that hasn't changed is the need to protect your pricey tech against bumps and scratches while maintaining its sleek aesthetic, and grabbing one of the best screen protectors for the Apple Watch Series 9 is a sure way to keep your device's display looking shiny and new for years to come.

Apple Watch Ultra is the company’s most powerful, long-lasting, and rugged Apple Watch to date and one of the best smartwatches available. The newer version, Apple Watch Ultra 2, drops on Sept. 22, and brings with it a new color, a faster chip, and improved sensors. But is it worth the upgrade? With the newest edition, you won’t find any major design changes, and both will be able to run watchOS 10. So, do the new internal components and features drive enough superior performance from its predecessor to necessitate an upgrade? We hash it all out here.