Play as a bird flying against a hoard of airplanes and other flying machines or creatures in this cartoon themed side-scroller. Eat mosquitos and fight a series of nasty aviators who think the sky is theirs to control. It's either you, or them.

Your BFA in customer service unfortunately goes to waste as you lose your job to AI. But... a mysterious stranger sends a gift - magical glasses called 'dateviators' - which make your house come alive and dateable! Date Everything brings an exciting new twist on the dating simulator genre. Each dateable object will open up, have their own stories and potentially become your lovers, friends, or enemies. With an exhaustive Who's Who of voice actors keeping you company on your journey!

Aleksandra, Queen of Random, has lost everything. Deprived of her powers and trapped in a dark, nightmare realm, she must rely on her skills and trusty die-companion Fortune. Together, they gamble with fate on an epic adventure of revenge, redemption, and revelations in the whimsical realms of Random. To defeat her tormentor, Aleksandra must brave ever-changing realms packed with random twists, challenges, and rewards. Embracing chaos, adapting, and strategizing is key. Throw Fortune or rely on weapons to smash foes. Split-second decisions, some luck, and your mastery of chance will determine your fate! Lost in Random: The Eternal Die is an action-packed, rogue-lite adventure in the world of Random. Play as Queen Aleksandra and wield her living die-companion Fortune, as they go all in against the ancient evil that took everything from her.

TRON: Catalyst pulls you back into the world of Disney’s TRON to battle multiple opposing factions in the latest imaginative story from Bithell Games. TRON: Catalyst is an all-new story-driven, isometric action adventure game, set in the immersive and diverse locations of the Arq Grid introduced in TRON: Identity. Play as Exo, a highly resilient and resourceful program wielding an unexpected power known as the Glitch, gaining strength and abilities which the overlords of the Arq Grid’s crumbling society seek to bring under control. Ride Light Cycles, engage in Identity Disc combat, and more as you’re relentlessly pursued through the city and beyond by Conn, a malevolent program with an agenda of his own, while uncovering more about the glitches that threaten the stability of this world.

Amazon has revealed the dates for this year's Prime Day sales event. The 2025 iteration of the massive sale for Prime members kicks off July 8 and runs through July 11. The four-day window makes it the longest Prime Day sale yet. As the name suggests, Prime Day debuted as a 24-hour flash sale in 2015 before moving to a two-day structure in 2019. And now the sales event has doubled in size once again for Amazon Prime Day 2025.

Amazon Prime Day 2025 Start/End Times

Amazon Prime Day 2025 officially begins on Tuesday, July 8, at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET. The sales event will run for a full 96 hours, ending on July 12 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET.

That said, Amazon offers early Prime Day deals in the lead-up to Prime Day every year. And depending on sale plans from other retailers, Prime Day-esque deals will likely be available on Monday, July 7, or even the weekend prior to the event. Amazon has a tendency to match competitors in the gaming, tech, and entertainment spaces.

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Are you curious about how to unlock the Tabula Rasa in The Alters? As their name suggests, this character is more of a blank slate, created from the very distant past of Jan Dolski's life path, well before he had acquired knowledge and experience. That said, there's a pretty specific way to turn this clone into a permanent character in your base. Likewise, please bear in mind that this guide contains spoilers.

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• How to unlock the Tabula Rasa in The Alters - Tabula Rasa clone guide
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  How to unlock the Tabula Rasa in The Alters - Tabula Rasa clone guide

  To unlock the Tabula Rasa, you must side with Lena when prompted to make a decision in Act 2. We've got all the details for you in our Act 2 cure - Maxwell or Lena guide, but we're still going to mention all the important tidbits here.

  How to create the Tabula Rasa clone

  You can create The Alters' Tabula Rasa clone after speaking with Maxwell and researching the QC Hacking tech. This gives you access to the Tabula Rasa alternate option in the Quantum Computer. You can find this option in the far-left portion of the Quantum Computer's screen. Simply spend 20 rapidium and wait a few hours until your new clone has been "birthed" in The Womb.

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The Martian Chronicles: Deluxe Collector’s Edition (Hardcover)

$30 | Releases July 15

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Released in 1950, Ray Bradbury’s debut novel The Martian Chronicles is an iconic piece of sci-fi literature that chronicles humanity's attempt to colonize Mars through a series of interconnected stories. The Martian Chronicles remains one of the late author's most-celebrated novels. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, William Morrow is releasing a gorgeous new hardcover edition of the classic sci-fi tale. The Martian Chronicles: Deluxe Collector's Edition is available to preorder for $30 at Amazon ahead of its July 15 release.

Check out the budget-friendly collectible edition below. We've also rounded up deals on some of Bradbury's other classic novels and short story collections. Most notably, you can get The Ray Bradbury Collection for $45 (was $80). Library of America's two-volume hardcover box set is essentially a greatest hits album and is an ideal place to start for new and returning readers.

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One of the most frustrating elements of Minecraft is the tool degradation system. The more you use an item, the more it degrades, until eventually it breaks. There are ways to make this process take longer, such as using Minecraft enchantments to improve the durability of your items, but you can also repair your tools. Here's how.

By placing two items of the same type and material on the crafting grid or grindstone, you can retrieve one of that item with improved durability. The new item's durability will equal the sum of the two old items' durability, plus 5% of the item's maximum uses, up to the maximum durability of the item. Repairing can help to conserve your inventory space: If you have two almost-broken pickaxes and combine them to get a new pickaxe with better durability, you also save a space in your inventory.

Repairing tools by crafting.

However, if the original items were enchanted, you will lose the enchantments by following this process. Therefore, you can combine an item you don't want with one that you do to remove any "wrong" enchantments the item has. This is also handy if you just want to remove enchantments altogether.

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The souls-like genre has become the flavor-of-the-industry in recent years, thanks to games like Elden Ring and the namesake Dark Souls becoming massively successful. Nowadays, in order to stand out in this highly competitive space, a game needs some sort of engaging hook to reel players away from other titles--be it a gameplay mechanic, overarching story, or unique visual style.

Blighted--the latest from Guacamelee developer Drinkbox--is attempting to lure souls-like fans into its desolate world with all three of those elements, and the result is shaping up to be another hit under the Drinkbox banner. While at its core, it feels familiar to what players will expect, Blighted's unique attributes waste no time in shining through, and after my time with the game at Summer Game Fest, I expect souls-like fans will have another incredible experience to sink their teeth into come 2026.

For those who missed the trailer at SGF Live, Blighted is an isometric action-RPG with combat similar to other souls-like games--slashing, dodging, and parrying are key to victory. It is set in a world befallen by Blight, a plague that alters reality itself. Before the Blight, the people of this world would plant a seed in the brain of those who passed away, and when a Memory Tree grew from that seed, the people would eat the fruit from the tree and gain the deceased person's memories.

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More than anything, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is an odd part of the Switch 2 launch lineup because it's defined more by what it isn't than what it is. It isn't really a video game. It isn't part of a franchise. And most centrally, it isn't a free pack-in game.

That last one feels instinctually unfair as a game reviewer who makes a point to ignore price in most cases. Games are worth what you're willing to pay for them, prices fluctuate, and I try to evaluate quality on its own merits. But Welcome Tour makes its price impossible to ignore because every bit of its identity feels so ideally crafted to be a pack-in game to introduce the Switch 2 to new users, and then it just ... isn't.

The name is very pointed in this regard. This is built to be a primer for the Switch 2, explaining all of its new features in clear layman's terms. Informed Switch 2 players are bound to know what they're getting for their investment, but the non-gamers Nintendo likes to eye as part of its wide net "Blue Ocean" strategy may not understand the intricate alphabet soup of VRR and HDR. The in-game tutorials break down these complex topics with simple explanations that anyone can grasp, along with videos and demonstrations when necessary to let you experience the difference for yourself. It's genuinely neat! I could see handing this to my parents and having them walk away with, if not a complete understanding of next-gen gaming technology, at least a better grasp of it.

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Historically, collecting coins in the Mario Kart series generally grants a bit of a speed boost. While never a huge improvement, it gives players another way to build a marginal edge in races. In Mario Kart World, coins do grant additional speed, but it's a more complicated process than in past titles.

New evidence surfaced by TikTok user shortcatt321 suggests that each additional coin (up to the max of 20) does not grant a constant speed boost. In other words, coins add speed on a curve--rather than the speed bonus building on a linear scale. In a TikTok video, the user explains that this speed boost curve is actually different depending on the kart and character a player selects.

The curve for low top-speed builds is front-loaded, where early coins add a bigger bonus than later coins. High top-speed builds, meanwhile, are the inverse: later coins matter much more. At 20 coins acquired, both types of builds receive the same boost of 5.1% faster top speed.

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Obsidian Entertainment released Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire just over seven years ago, but there hasn't been any firm news about a sequel in that time. If Pillars of Eternity 3 ever happens, director Josh Sawyer says it will likely take some influence from Baldur's Gate 3.

Sawyer--who directed both of the Pillars of Eternity games--recently suggested that that the franchise's isometric perspective needs to shift to the 3D style in Baldur's Gate 3 in order to enhance the overall presentation of the game.

"I think if we did go into a 3D environment, we could patch up one of the things that's really lacking," Sawyer told Gamepressure (via PC Gamer). "Because [Pillars of Eternity 2] is isometric, there's no sense of height, and the environment can't be that dynamic. When you compare it to something like [Baldur's Gate 3], you realize it's such a huge part of the appeal. I think, at some point, I would like to see a game that used all those Deadfire mechanics, plus more environmental mechanics, elevation hazards, and dynamic terrain stuff. That could be super cool... I think that a third game should be an isometric 3D with an environment more like Baldur’s Gate 3. It would work."

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