The sci-fi graphic novel series Red Rising: Sons of Ares is getting a massive omnibus collection on March 25. The graphic novels serve as prequels to author Pierce Brown's epic book series, Red Rising, and the omnibus is the first time all three volumes are available in a single collection. The previous single-volume releases are now hard to find and often very expensive, making the omnibus even more enticing for fans who want to read the origins of this sprawling sci-fi universe. The Red Rising: Sons of Ares Omnibus will be available in hardcover and paperback editions, and preorders for both versions are available at Amazon Red Rising: Sons of Ares Omnibus $50+ | Releases March 25 This 456-page collection includes all the Red Rising: Sons of Ares graphic novels written by Pierce Brown and Rik Hoskin and illustrated by Eli Powell. The series is set before the events of Brown's Red Rising book series, where humanity has developed into a multi-planetary civilization organized into a rigid caste system. The Sons of Ares prequel graphic novels explore the origins of a rebel group known as the Sons of Ares that is attempting to dismantle the caste system and overthrow the existing hierarchy. The Red Rising: Sons of Ares Omnibus is available in a $50 paperback edition or a $60 hardcover edition. Alternatively, you can pick up digital versions of all three volumes on Kindle.Preordering through Amazon locks in the preorder price guarantee, meaning if the omnibus's price drops before release, youll only pay the lowest price. You also wont be charged until your order has shipped. Preorder Sons of Ares Paperback Preorder Sons of Ares Hardcover Since theres plenty of time between now and the Sons of Ares Omnibus launch, it's a good time to check out the series that started it all. It currently consists of six entries, with a seventh planned (though no release date has been announced). New reader should check out the Red Rising 3-Book Box Set that's on sale for just $43.13 (was $54) at Amazon. It includes paperback editions of the first three books in the series: Red Rising, Golden Sun, and Morning Star, plus an excerpt preview of the fourth book, Iron Gold. Youll also find paperback and hardcover versions of all six books in the series available for individual purchase. You'll find a list of all the books below.Continue Reading at GameSpot

The original PlayStation is now thirty years old, and it is home to some of the most valuable games ever released, thanks to the machines diverse and massive library of games. Unsurprisingly for collectors, many rare PlayStation games are Japanese-developed RPGs. Except for the mainstream hits, these games had limited runs impacted by low sales. In addition, many of these games never made it outside of Japan and North America because of the time and expense of translating Japanese games with lots of dialogue into several different EU languages.

Monkey D. Dragon is one of One Piece's most important characters and quite easily an individual that fans are most desperate to see. Dragon was introduced very early on in One Piece, specifically around the time of the Loguetown arc, however, his identity was only made known after the events of the Enies Lobby arc. Dragon has, since then, become incredibly important in One Piece, being the leader of the Revolutionary Army, but he is yet to play a massively important role.

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One of the most annoying Marvel Rivals characters to play against is Moon Knight. He flies around the map dropping ankhs that tear you apart the second you step into their radius. And any time a match enters overtime with everyone stacked on the payload, you can bet there will be a Moon Knight somewhere doing the Iron Man grin as he slams his ultimate for an easy team wipe.In the season 1 balance patch, NetEase actually buffed his ult to make the claws of Khonshu rain down from the portal in the sky a little faster. Its now pretty common to only hear him say the first two words of The moon haunts you! before youre toast. But according to Reddit user Sidewaysgts, dying to his ult might not be entirely your fault.The official description on the Marvel Rivals website says Moon Knights ult calls down multiple ghostly claws that deal 75 damage in a small radius. However, Sidewaysgts discovered that each claw does double that, and they can even hit you standing outside the highlighted circle. This bug with the ult would explain why everyone, including high-health tanks, are getting obliterated.Moon knight ult is bugged. Does 2x damage byu/Sidewaysgts inmarvelrivalsNow before you start blaming a bug on all your deaths, its worth pointing out that the problem here isnt that its lethal, but that its misleadingly lethal. It isnt clear that each claw explodes twice, and its a little unfair that it can reach outside the ults circle. And when you combine that with other issues, like how the voice line doesnt go off if Moon Knight dies as he ults, it ends up being hard to play against even when youre prepared for it.Even with this overpowered ult, Moon Knight isnt actually one of the strongest characters in the game at the moment. According to RivalsMeta, hes one of the heroes with the lowest average win rate across all competitive ranks. But that doesnt mean hes not the number one villain in quick match right now.Fingers crossed that this gets fixed in the Chinese New Year update coming this Friday. The event introduces a couple new skins and a new Rocket League-like mode that might be the only place safe from Moon Knight.

If youre a Baldurs Gate 3 player on PlayStation 5, you can check out the games long-awaited Patch 8 ahead of schedule. And the developers have no idea why.No, the Patch 8 stress test hasnt yet begun, Larian Studios said in a clearly frustrated Bluesky post. Yes, PS5 players do currently have access to Patch 8. While we work with our partners to understand whats going on, please note that any new saves made while on Patch 8 will not be compatible with Patch 7. Hows your Monday going?No, the Patch 8 stress test hasnt yet begun.Yes, PS5 players do currently have access to Patch 8.While we work with our partners to understand whats going on, please note that any new saves made while on Patch 8 will not be compatible with Patch 7.Hows your Monday going? Larian Studios (@larianstudios.com) 2025-01-27T15:42:03.794ZSo, yes, while youre free to play around with Patch 8 on PlayStation 5, it sounds like youre going to want to be careful of doing so with your main Baldurs Gate 3 save lest it becomes unplayable when/if this unplanned access is taken away.Baldurs Gate 3s Patch 8 is set to add a bunch of cool features, including cross-play between all platforms, a robust photo mode, and 12 new subclasses, before Larian Studios says goodbye to the game and franchise for good. It doesnt currently have a release date apart from a vague 2025 window, but registration is ongoing for an upcoming stress test.

Thinking about getting a new iPhone? You certainly have options: Apple's latest generation of smartphones, the iPhone 16 series, offers four different models, each with their own plusses and minuses. If you're not set on having the latest and greatest, you could consider last year's iPhone 15, or even 2022's iPhone 14. They're all great.However, there's one iPhone that stands out from the rest: the iPhone SE. Unlike every other iPhone Apple currently sells, this one has a Home button. In fact, the phone looks nearly identical to the iPhone 8 Apple released back in 2017, which itself borrows the design from 2014's iPhone 6. That means it has a smaller, lower quality display than many might be used to these days, a single camera that isn't as capable as newer iPhones, and poor battery life for its size. In short, the current SE is a bit of a black sheep, and is probably not the iPhone I'd recommend you buy in 2024even if it only costs $429. That price is the main selling point of the SE brand, especially when this particular model launched back in 2022. Apple takes the design from the last generation (in this case, the iPhone 8 style), packs a modern chip inside, and slashes the MSRP. In effect, you get an iPhone that can keep up with the performance of the flagship Apple phones, but at half the cost, if not more. Sure, the cameras aren't as good, and the device looks a bit dated, but again, you get a lot of iPhone for the price. To be frank, if you're eyeing a mid-range device at a good price, I wouldn't recommend buying an iPhone at all right now. But if you can wait until spring, Apple might just have exactly what you're looking for in a brand-new SE (which, according to rumors, might even have a different name). 2025 could be the year of the SEAs reported by MacRumors, analysts have confirmed Apple is working on a fourth-generation iPhone SE. The only "confirmed" spec from this report is an Apple-made 5G modem. If true, it would be the first iPhone with a non-Qualcomm 5G modem, but it's not clear whether that would mean any performance gains or other positive changes for customers. Analysts say the SE is set to launch at the end of Q1 2025, which might track with a rumored March announcement. Apple unveiled the SE 3 in March 2022, so it'd be consistent. According to the rumors, we'll see an iPhone SE 4 (or whatever it releases as) with some decent specs. MacRumors says the new SE could have a 6.1-inch OLED display with Face ID, an upgraded A-series chip (though it's not certain which chip Apple would use), USB-C, a 48 MP rear camera, 8GB of RAM, and this new 5G modem. That extra RAM would allow the SE 4 to run Apple Intelligence, which is obviously important to Apple, but perhaps not to anyone who has already turned it off.If those features come to pass, this would be quite the upgrade over the current iPhone SE. The SE 3 is rocking a 4.7-inch 750p LCD, a much smaller and lower resolution display than what's rumored. It also uses the A15 Bionic chip, which is still powerful enough in 2024 (it's the same chip used in the iPhone 14), has a Lightning port, a 12 MP rear camera, 4GB of RAM, and, of course, a Qualcomm 5G modem. The SE always borrows from the previous generation of iPhone, and right now, that's likely the iPhone 14. Based on these rumors, the new SE would have some edge over the iPhone 14: The 14 has 12 MP rear cameras, 6GB of RAM, a Lightning port, and doesn't support Apple Intelligence, all of which the rumored SE improves upon. And while the 14's A15 Bionic chip is plenty powerful for iOS 18, the SE 4 will undoubtedly come with a newer A-series chip. The A15 was the newest iPhone chip at the time when the SE 3 came out: If Apple continues the trend, the SE 4 could get the iPhone 16's A18 chip. Even the 15 Pro's A17 chip would be quite the upgrade.There's also a potential name change in store for the iPhone SE 4, as noted leaker Majin Bu (don't you have Saiyans to fight?) has said Apple is considering naming it the iPhone 16E, pushing it as a budget version of its most recent model rather than a separate line altogether. Bu's report follows a similar statement from popular Chinese account Fixed Focus Digital.What would a new iPhone SE look like?Aside from the internals, leakers have also now gotten their hands on supposed dummy units of the iPhone SE 4. As expected, these look a lot like the iPhone 14, but with two noticeable changes. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. The biggest changes here, at least according to a video from also coming from Majin Bu, are the swap to a USB-C port and the move to a single camera lens. The former is necessary for the phone to be sold in the EU and constitutes a modest upgrade over the 14, while the latter is likely a cost-cutting measure, but could still be considered an upgrade if the single lens is more powerful than the prior dual lenses, as rumored. Notably, while the move to a single camera lens is a change from the iPhone 14, the current iPhone SE also only uses a single camera lens, and it does provide for a less noticeable camera bump.Over the old SE, the Home button is also now gone, and noticeably, a notch is here in place of the Dynamic Island Apple made standard on all new iPhones starting with the iPhone 15. That's not wholly a surprise, given the base iPhone 14 had a notch too, but anyone who was hoping Apple would leave notches entirely in the past after the iPhone 15 announcement will likely need to wait for the SE 5 (or whatever it's called) to see that wish come true.Bu isn't the first leaker to come forward with an iPhone SE 4 dummy, although their post is certainly clearer than prior looks, especially regarding the notch.Will Apple keep the price low?Of course, the value of a rumored SE all hinges on the price. Ideally, Apple would keep the same $429 price point for the SE 4which, itself, was a hike from the $399 starting price for past SE models. These rumors point to a excellent all-around iPhone that omits certain modern or "Pro" features like a Camera button, Action button, zoom lens, titanium build, 120Hz ProMotion display, Always-On display, Dynamic Island, and a brightness maximum of 2,000 nits. Hopefully, scrapping these features most users don't want or need can motivate Apple to price the SE accordingly. As of this writing, rumors don't suggest what Apple will do, one way or another.At the end of the day, most people looking to buy an iPhone want something that can handle iMessage and FaceTime, run their favorite apps, and take great photos and videos. The SE traditionally handles these tasks without issue, so if the fourth-generation iPhone SE does indeed deliver on these rumors, and is priced appropriately, it might be the best iPhone for most of us.

Google has been taking its crusade against adblockers to a whole new level lately, so if youve started getting unskippable multi-hour ads on YouTube, that might be why. Over the past week, Redditors have been sharing screenshots showing that theyve been served ads with runtimes as long as three hours, with no skip button in sightand that's to watch videos that are much shorter than the ads themselves.Android Authority was the first to report on the phenomenon, linking to threads from users Lin1ex and Standard-Slip6572, who complained about the feature-length interruptions, complete with images of their screens. The publication also pointed to commenters who made further claims, saying they were served 10-hour or even 90-hour ads, although these more extreme accusations lacked photo evidence.If that all sounds a little unbelievable to you, you have good instincts. And in one of the linked photos above, you might see a small pop-up, separate from YouTubes UI, that says Skipping adsThis pop-up led Android Authority to question whether its only users running ad blockers who are getting this kind of treatment, a question author Aamir Siddiqui reached out to YouTube for confirmation on. While the company exactly admit to any specific punitive behavior for users employing adblockers, its answer does seem to hint at whats going on, if you read between the lines....the use of ad blockers violate YouTubes Terms of Service, Googles statement reads. Weve launched a global effort to urge viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium for an ad free experience.By YouTubes own admission, unskippable ads are supposed to be limited to 15-seconds, so something is definitely going on here, assuming the Redditors claims are true. While I myself have gotten hour-long ads before, a skip button has always appeared for them.Ive reached out to YouTube myself for further clarification, but in the meantime, it's worth noting that the move does line up with the companys recent behavior. Previously, the company has injected ads straight into videos so that ad blockers cant detect them, as well as used pop-ups to block users with ad blockers from watching videos at all. Google Chrome as a whole has also started disabling certain ad-blockers, thanks to a controversial change to the API extension developers use.If you notice an unskippable multi-hour ad on YouTube, try disabling your ad blocker to see if that fixes the issue. If it does, and this new change works like YouTubes prior anti-ad-blocker rollouts, you might then want to try watching the video again in incognito mode to see if the measure is linked to your accountthis should help you diagnose whats going on so you can more easily know what to do next.

Pebble is back, baby. On Monday, Google (which owns Pebbles IP via its Fitbit purchase) open-sourced the OG modern smartwatchs software. Although that paves the road for anyone to make new Pebble-esque wearables (or custom firmware for the old models), one high-profile figure has already raised his hand: Pebble creator Eric Migicovsky.Google says the open-source PebbleOS includes most of the softwares source code. The only exceptions are proprietary code for chipset and Bluetooth software. Googles Matthieu Jeanson, Katharine Berry and Liam McLoughlin wrote that developers face a non-trivial amount of work in finding replacements for the stripped-out pieces of code. Migicovsky says he spurred the project by asking friends at Google if they would open-source the software.The Pebble founder, who went on to run Beeper (the iMessage for Android app that sparked a short-lived war with Apple), wrote on his blog that he wants his planned smartwatch to be a modern take on the original Pebble a spiritual successor that doesnt try to reinvent the wheel. No one makes a smartwatch with the core set of features I want, he wrote. I had really, really, really hoped that someone else would come along and build a Pebble replacement. But no one has.KickstarterHis wishlist for the as-yet-unnamed product includes an always-on e-paper screen, long battery life, a simple and beautiful user experience, physical buttons and hackability (like custom watch faces). Those were indeed the hallmarks of the innovative and charming Pebble, which broke Kickstarter records and preceded Apple, Samsung and Googles models by several years.The new watch were building basically has the same specs and features as Pebble, though with some fun new stuff as well, the Pebble founder wrote, adding that his team still needs to nail down the products exact specifications and timeline. It runs open source PebbleOS, and its compatible with all Pebble apps and watchfaces.Developers can get Googles open-sourced Pebble OS on GitHub. And if youre interested in Migicovskys as-yet-unnamed spiritual successor to the 2013 smartwatch, you can sign up for updates on its webpage.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/wearables/google-open-sources-the-pebble-smartwatchs-software-and-its-creator-is-making-a-new-model-220526568.html?src=rss

Swedish indie development studio Hazelight just dropped a new trailer for its forthcoming co-op adventure Split Fiction. This new footage takes a more indepth look at the actual nuts and bolts of the cooperative gameplay. Remember, Hazelight is the same company that made the genre-defining It Takes Two and A Way Out.Unlike the bickering parents of It Takes Two, this game stars a sci-fi writer and a fantasy author as they travel into various fantastical worlds. Its a story of friendship, and not marital collapse. This should make for fewer awkward conversations between couples as they play through the campaign.The company calls Split Fiction a boundary-pushing co-op adventure. There are all kinds of unique mechanics shown off in the trailer, which is quite a feat since previous footage already showed off dozens of fun-looking ideas. There are dragons, cyberpunk motorcycles and even Dune-like sandworms.Hazelight also announced a new mechanic called Side Stories, which are one-off adventures hidden in main story levels. This allows the main characters to do even more stuff, like surf on a sandfish or snowboard down a mountain during a heated battle. The co-op madness will never end.Split Fiction comes out on March 6 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. The game supports crossplay and purchasers will be able to invite friends to play with them for free on any platform.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-new-split-fiction-trailer-shows-off-some-intense-co-op-gameplay-190028752.html?src=rss