Riot reveal Valorant Champions Tour roadmap for 2022

Riot reveal Valorant Champions Tour roadmap for 2022 As the inaugural Valorant Champions Tour season nears its conclusion withValorant Champions in Berlin, Riot Games have now outlined how the esports circuit will take shape for VCT 2022. Team Liquid are preparing to take on Acend and Gambit are set to lock horns with KRÜ Esports in Valorant Champions 2021, the season-ending event that effectively serves as the world championship for Riot’s hero shooter....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Marcus Sandoval DVM

Rumour: Baldur's Gate 3 New Game Mode Hinted

Baldur’s Gate 3 could be getting a new game mode according to a currently unobtainable achievement. Rumour: Baldur’s Gate 3 New Game Mode Hinted Baldur’s Gate 3 could be getting a whole new punishing way to play according to a recently added new unobtainable achievement. Adventurers should note that this hasn’t been officially announced by Larian as of yet, so take this with a pinch of salt until confirmed. The unearthed achievement hints at a new Honour mode which could be a whole lot more challenging than the current hardest level of difficulty....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Charlene Payne

Samsung could buy RIM to rival Apple in enterprise

Canada-based Research In Motion is declining rapidly. Its ailing BlackBerry platform has beenreduced to a single-digitmarket share, it has a$1 billion backlogof unsold tablets and smartphones, corporations areabandoning their phones in drovesand theBlackBerry 10operating system has been delayed until 2013. In betweenstaging stupid stuntsandfighting Apple over Nano SIM, the embattled company found time to replace its co-CEOs with a new guy, Thorsten Heins, who is shedding jobs left and right as creditors and advisers plot possible scenarios, including selling off its server messaging platform and the BlackBerry hardware biz…...

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 624 words · Stephen Walsh PhD

Slick Strategy, Sumptuous Detail Make Demonschool a Tactics RPG Not to Miss

Hard as it may be to rely on one specific homage or influence and still stand out, it’s harder still to rely on several. Admitting to such or otherwise, it doesn’t take long to list off the various names after only a few minutes of Demonschool. Persona should be obvious even to those unfamiliar with the series, but then you notice other flashes through both gameplay and overall presentation alike. Into the Breach, Octopath Traveler, all of this lying on top of other inspirations Demonschool’s Creative Director, Brandon Sheffield, reveals during one’s recent time with the game....

August 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1213 words · Rita Carr

Sony PS VR2's slow start could mean some great deals soon

Anyone yet to take the plunge on theSony PlayStation VR 2could be rewarded for waiting by getting a price cut. That’s if the company wants to “avoid a complete disaster,” according to a new report. The headset went on sale a few weeks ago and is said to be selling poorly. So poorly that PlayStation might have to drop the price to try and drive sales. That’s according to research firm IDC however, and we haven’t seen official sales numbers from Sony or PlayStation....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Jesse Reyes

Supcase's Apple Watch UB Ore case is an outdoorsperson's dream

Last fall, I upgraded to the 46mmApple Watch Series 10. Having already acclimated to having an Apple Watch as an essential part of my daily wear, the only thing I had to adjust to was the larger display. With that came more caution with how to protect the screen. With a 46mm display, my Apple Watch Series 10 became a coveted item for my wrist. This was especially true while at the gym or outdoors....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 925 words · Christopher Burton

Tales of the Shire Review: Charming Gameplay Marred by Repetition, Bugs

Stepping intoTales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Gameand helping your little community become a village in the eyes of the Hobbits is a fun concept that has plenty of charm. The execution falters, however, like Gollum losing the Ring of Power. You’ll be running around like a headless chicken, finishing task after task for the people of Bywater without the luxury of fast travel, unlike the successful Disney Dreamlight Valley....

August 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1197 words · Theresa Young

Terraria: How to get NPCs

Terraria, at first glance, seems like quite an easy game to understand; pretty much it’s a 2D Minecraft, but as you dig deeper, no pun intended, you start to realize how in-depth Terraria really is. From finding different biomes filled with an assortment of disgusting creatures, finding Spider Caves, to finding a Mine Cart track deep underground - exploring is essential! Yet as you progress, starting building and turning your house into a home, you’ll eventually get NPCs (Non-player character) to come to join your community as it were....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Jeanette Anderson

The best cars of CES 2020: Fisker, Faraday Future, and Byton M-Byte

Are cars gadgets now, or did CES just turn into a car show? It doesn’t matter: The annual mecca of all things electronic is now crawling with cars. Whether they’re autonomous, electric, or just loaded to the gills with speakers, vehicles of every type are showing up at the Las Vegas Convention Center and we’ve rounded up some of the best Cars of CES 2020. Manufacturers are continuing to make announcements as we speak, so keep checking back as the show goes on for the latest CES updates....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · Emily Bond

The best tips for saving battery power while playing Pokémon GO

Without a doubt, many who are reading this post right now are hugePokémon GOfans. The game took the mobile device market by storm and it became an instant hit, topping the application stores on two of the largest competitors on the market today: iOS and Android. One of the things that can’t be avoided while playing Pokémon GO is thebatterydrain you’re going to suffer, and this is because it’s a GPS-based game, but there are still some pointers you can follow to help reduce battery drain so you can play as long as possible....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 1051 words · Steven Robinson

The EFF clarifies legality of jailbreaking and unlocking in the US

The big news this week, aside from thenew 128GB iPadand theimpending jailbreak, has been thatunlockingyour phonebecame illegalin the US on Saturday. Law-breakersface a fineof up to $500,000 and/or 5 years in jail. Well today, the folks over at the EFF (the Electronic Frontier Foundation) commented on the new regulations and have broken down what they really mean for us end-users. There’s both good news and bad news… For starters, let’s go over the new law: Unlocking a phone bought after January 26 without your carrier’s permission violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) regardless of whether or not the phone is under contract....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 369 words · Michael Barnett

The iPhone 17 Pro might get this long-awaited charging feature

The rumor mill surrounding theiPhone 17 Prois in full swing. One of the most notable leaks about the phone indicates it may feature arectangular camera barsimilar to thePixel 9 Pro. Now, another leak suggests that the phone could finally support this long-awaited charging feature. According to the well-known leakerInstant Digitalon Chinese social media platform Weibo, Apple is testingreverse wireless chargingon the iPhone 17 Pro. However, it’s unknown if Apple will implement the feature at launch yet....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 426 words · Robert Fox

The MOBiLE CLOTH Holiday Giveaway: 10 Gift Packs, You Could Win One! [Update: Winners Announced]

We at iDB love MOBiLE CLOTH. We’vetold you aboutthe company’s cleaning cloths for the iPhone and iPad multiple times, and we’ve had multiple MOBiLE CLOTH giveaways on our site before. The fine folks at MOBiLE CLOTH reached out to us about a special giveaway for the holidays. We are teaming up to give away not one, not two, not three, but10fantastic MOBiLE CLOTH packs to lucky iDB readers… MOBiLE CLOTH is made of a unique high tech material consisting of microfibers 100 times thinner than a human hair!...

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 448 words · Troy Fernandez