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As part of an ongoing effort to embed virtual reality (VR) in education, Meta has launched a new partnership with a slew of universities in the U.S. and U.K., designed to provide feedback on a new product that Meta hopes will finally make VR just a little more mainstream. The new Meta for Education beta program will see Facebook’s parent company partner with 13 educational institutions, which will get access to an early version of a product that Meta has been teasing for a while already. In a blog post on Monday, Meta said it wants to “make it easier…

Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images and damnzaddy13/TikTok | Published: Dec 24, 2025 06:00 pm An Ohio server accidentally discovered a massive tipping hack after joking around with his co-worker by yelling “Happy birthday!” across the dining room. This simple two-word phrase ended up netting his colleague a huge payday, and now servers everywhere are reacting to the shocking results. TikToker Zaddy (@damnzaddy13), who wears a Longhorn Steakhouse uniform, shared the story in a video that has exploded with over 291,000 views and was covered by BroBible. He was sitting in his car on his lunch break with a burger and…

A game with as much hype as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is bound to attract haters. Unlike most games, however, the beloved French RPG has birthed a social media phenomenon where ardent detractors decry the game only to later go online and admit they were vehemently wrong. On the r/expedition33 subreddit, this genre of post is practically a daily occurrence. “Add me to the pile of converted haters,” one post from Dec. 19 reads. “I get it now,” another poster, who says they were hating on the game during its TGA sweep, wrote last week. It’s become such a common…

Vince Zampella, best known as the co-creator of the Call of Duty franchise and co-founder of Infinity Ward who went on to co-found Titanfall, Apex Legends, and Star Wars Jedi developer Respawn Entertainment, died in a single-car accident in Los Angeles on Sunday, NBC Los Angeles reports. He was 55 years old.According to the NBC report, “the single-car crash was reported at about 12:45 p.m. on the scenic road north of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Mountains. The southbound car veered off the road, hit a concrete barrier and a passenger was ejected, the California Highway Patrol said. The…

How to Wager Big with a Small Bankroll — and Climb the Contest LeaderboardTrying to win a monthly wagering contest with a limited bankroll can feel like showing up to a heavyweight fight with gloves two sizes too small — but with smart strategy and a good grasp of house edge, you’ve still got a real shot. The goal is not to win every bet, but to maintain your balance alive long enough to build volume and outlast others. That is where the choice of good games and using controlled risk is profitable.The key is to play games with the…

Continued leaks of Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday marketing plans have left fans convinced they know everything in next week’s Thor-focused trailer, prompting a stream of lookalike AI versions to hit the internet.The past week has seen a flood of leaks and industry whispers detail Disney’s Doomsday marketing, which officially kicked off yesterday with the reveal that Chris Evans will return as Steve Rogers, confirmed via a theatrical trailer attached to Avatar: Fire and Ash.The Hollywood Reporter has stated that this Doomsday trailer will be swapped out for three others over course of the next three weeks, while FeatureFirst reported that these…

The incredible team over at Six One Indie held its inaugural awards-only ceremony, The Indie Game Awards, last year, and the team returned to do the same last night! Game Informer was on the jury for its various awards, and after an awesome ceremony last night celebrating the year’s best indies, we have a list of every winner. So, without further ado…Every Winner From The Indie Game Awards 2025 Below, we’ll list each category and every game nominated. The winner will be listed in bold lettering. Achievement in Accessibility Abiotic FactorBaristaCalm the StormPeakSpray Paint SimulatorSqueakross: Home Squeak HomeAfrican Indie Game AwardBru & Boegie…

Displace first tried its hand at reimagining the TV in 2023, with a wireless screen that suctions onto walls and features built-in rechargeable batteries. At CES 2026, the company is not only introducing new versions of its own TVs, it’s also showing off the Displace Hub, an accessory that can make other TVs wireless.The Displace Hub is a wall-mounting system with some extra bells and whistles. It combines the “active-loop suction” of Displace’s TVs, with a rechargeable battery that can power whatever screen you mount on it and a built-in PC that runs Displace’s “ambient computing platform.” The Hub uses…

We factory sim perverts have all known the joy of combing a mile of conveyor belt tagliatelle for that one empty hopper or unplugged furnace that’s stalled the entire production line. Now, imagine that the stalled production line is producing plasma swords for your army of murder droids. You need your army of murder droids to fight another army of murder droids, but unfortunately, all of your murder droids are now swordless, and therefore murder droids no longer. They advance placidly into the firestorm, falling like mown dandelions, while you run your cursor desperately over the hexagonal smokestacks. There it…

A few hours ago, reports surfaced that Larian are making use of generative AI during development of their new RPG Divinity – specifically, to come up with ideas, produce placeholder text, develop concept art, and create materials for PowerPoint presentations. In the same Bloomberg article, Larian CEO Swen Vincke sought to balance these revelations with the promise that Divinity won’t directly contain any AI-generated materials, commenting that “everything is human actors; we’re writing everything ourselves.” As with generative AI in gamedev generally, the disclosure has sparked anger online – anger that is all the sharper for the love that has…