December 8, 2023

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🕹️ Game Awards 2023

📱 All-screen iPhone

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Everything announced at the Game Awards 2023

Hosted by Geoff Keighley, it was a big night at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles

Some of the biggest games of the last few years battled it out for the top prize amid a varied string of announcements at the Game Awards on Thursday night.

Baldur’s Gate 3 emerged with six wins, including Game of the Year and Best Performance for Neil Newbon. Alan Wake 2, which had the same number of nominations as Baldur’s Gate 3, received three awards and stole the show with the Herald of Darkness live performance. Here’s the complete list of winners from the night.

Alongside the awards, a major part of the event is the plethora of announcements that set the stage for the next year of releases. These included details on Hideo Kojima’s Xbox game, reveals for Monster Hunter Wilds, God of War DLC, Arkane Lyon’s new game, and plenty more besides ...

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Tech of the Week: Logitech's A50 X is a gaming headset and HDMI switcher in one

Logitech has announced its latest gaming headset, the Astro A50 X. It’s a headset that is compatible with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and doubles as an HDMI switcher.

The A50 X boasts some impressive stats – it features Pro-G Graphene drivers and a high-resolution microphone and has 24 hours of battery life. It also features an open-back design (with no active noise canceling, by design) and allows players to mix their game and chat audio on the fly.

The Logitech Astro A50 X will begin shipping on December 20 and comes in both black and white designs ...

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Much-desired iPhone design feature may not arrive until 2027

Patience is required if you're waiting for a full display without any cutouts

Respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed last year that an iPhone with an all-screen appearance could arrive with next year’s iPhone 16, though others have since suggested that it may take several more iterations of the handset before Apple is able to make the change.

In the latest development, a report from a South Korean news site this week claimed that an Apple supplier there has started to develop an under-display camera that could lead to the first iPhone with a display uninterrupted by the Dynamic Island or some other smaller cutout.

It’s been suggested that as a stepping stone to a full display, Apple will first place the FaceID technology beneath the screen, followed by the camera a year or two later, with current forecasts pointing to a full display arriving with the iPhone 19 in 2027 ...

TECH ROUNDUP

The most innovative tech products of 2023

They're bold, unique, and sometimes wildly impractical. But all of these products dared to be different

At this time of year, we like to recognize the most innovative tech products that launched over the last 12 months.

Whether they introduce a few new features or totally try to reinvent a category, these are the products breaking new ground in technology. Sometimes they’re impractical, overpriced, or just don’t work as intended the first time. But we love them anyway for the sheer chutzpah it takes to try something new. And sometimes, they truly are the best, too.

So join us in saluting the companies that stepped out on a ledge in 2023 and the products that dared to be different ...

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