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Announced during Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase, Studio Seufz’s The Longing is officially available for the Nintendo Switch starting today. The indie title initially hit PC last year, managing to find acclaim due to its experimental concept and inspired art style. For those who’ve never heard of The Longing, it follows a creature known as a Shade that explores an intricate cave system while waiting 400 days to awaken its sleeping king....

Twitch is no stranger to wielding the ban-hammer, but whether the company swings it responsibly is an entirely other matter. While some accounts are understandably banned for breaking Twitch’s terms of service (TOS) beyond a shadow of reasonable doubt, the popular streaming platform has also garnered a reputation for handing out several loosely justified — if not unwarranted — bans since the service took off years ago. That same sentiment rings true in 2021, where just eight months in, several high-profile streamers have been banned for reasons ranging from well-deserved to contentious, at best....

Sony has brought back the Walkman in a fresh avatar. This one is called Sony NW-A105 Android Walkman. This is unlike yesterday’s Walkman and as the name suggests run on an Android OS ecosystem. Built for people who just want the best resonance form a device and nothing else, it is for them. But it does make us wonder when iPod and other similar music players have been killed by the smartphone why is Sony bringing a stand-alone personal audio player now to the market....

Sweet Magnolias (Season 2): Releasing – Feb 4th 2022 Based on the book ‘Sweet Magnolias books’ by Sherryl Woods, the series is back with another season. The show debuted in May 2021, however left millions of fans at a cliff-hanger. Netflix has confirmed that season 2 is releasing on Feb 4th 2022. The famous sitcom about love, friendships and relationship would feel like a cuddle on a wintery afternoon. You can watch the first season here....

Many old-school games once had cereal brands of their own. Pac-man, The Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda all had officially licensed breakfast foods, with Pokemon getting its own cereal twice. There was also the Nintendo Cereal System, which was a two-for-one package of Zelda and Mario-inspired breakfast cereals. However, despite a partnership with Honey Nut Cheerios in 1994, Sonic the Hedgehog never got a breakfast cereal of his own....

The PS Now streaming service isn’t necessarily as popular as PS Plus, but each and every month it provides players with a couple of stream-able games. Download-only games have appeared before, if rarely, but PS5 games have yet to appear on the service in any capacity. According to a new PS Now patent, Sony is actively working on making this a reality. The ‘Ultra High-Speed Low-Latency Network Storage’ patent, recently published by Sony but filed back in April, details this work....

Sony announced the new PS Plus games for the month of February 2020, which could very well take the ‘prize’ as the best month ever in terms of quality titles. PS Plus subscribers will get to play Destruction AllStars, Control Ultimate Edition, and Concrete Genie for free. Destruction AllStars is the freshest of the three, being a brand new released; apparently, the vehicular combat PlayStation 5 exclusive will launch on February 2nd and stay on PS Plus until April 5th....

This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. SpaceX conducted a rare lunar launch early morning today after it launched the Japanese company ispace Inc’s lunar lander from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch was SpaceX’s second lunar launch of the year and the first for a lunar lander. It made the firm one of the first American companies to launch a lunar lander after its rival United Launch Alliance (ULA) is yet to launch the Vulcan rocket with Pitsburgh-based firm Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander....

This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) next-generation launch vehicle that aims to replace the company’s workhorse Falcon rocket lineup is currently under review by the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) for conducting testing and launch operations. Dubbed Starship, the new rockets use a different propulsion system than SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, and they will form the backbone of the company’s plans to enable access to the Martian surface....

New updates are being added at the bottom of this story……. Original story (published on December 18, 2021) follows: Lately, Spotify app users have been experiencing issues while trying to use some features offered by the music streaming service. According to multiple reports, these issues affect the ability to log in and use the search function in the app. So, the functionality of the app is very limited (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)....

Samsung’s One UI 2 skin has received a lot of accolades from both users and critics. It is probably the first Android skin that even Android purists wouldn’t mind daily-driving. And that should say a lot about just how matured Samsung’s skin on Android has become. In a bid to further refine this skin, Samsung has been pushing out an updated version of the same, One UI 2.1 to a number of eligible devices like the Galaxy Tab S6....

The stable release of Android 11 was released back in September last year. Even though Android 11 was not a massive departure from Android 10 or even Android 9, for that matter, which made it easier for Google to stick to a timely and quicker release. However, Android 12 is not the same story. This version of the OS is perhaps one of the most significant overhauls that Android has seen, and the newest version is perhaps the most different from the rest of the apps that we have experienced so far....

Star Wars: The Acolyte was announced at Disney Investor Day in 2020, a sprawling event that also included reveals for Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, Rogue Squadron, and more. The Acolyte stood out, though, due to its unique place in the Star Wars timeline and, in particular, its premise. Right now, most Star Wars projects seem to be set in between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, or sometime after Return of the Jedi....

As endlessly playable and addicting a game Stardew Valley can be, going through the motions of doing the same thing each time around will eventually get tiresome. The game offers ways to mix up each playthrough, with different choices of spouse or new farm layouts. However, that’s not enough to last forever. Thankfully, the community has filled in the gap and come up with a whole host of challenges players can enforce upon themselves....

This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet service enabled Ukrainians to quickly restore connectivity after a recent barrage of cruise missile attacks by Russia pounded several cities including Kyiv. The strikes are described as being one of the largest since the invasion began earlier this year, and they came after the crucial bridge linking Crimea with Russia was sabotaged....

STN publishers using TownNews as their content management system (CMS) now have full access to STN’s award winning online video platform including: Premium video content Unparalleled revenue generation Infinitely configurable video player technology NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – STN Video, creator of North America’s largest, independent online video platform (OVP), has partnered with TownNews to provide their local publishers seamless and immediate CMS integration with STN’s premium video content, technology and revenue platform....

It has been a couple of months since the launch of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, and just a week or so has passed since the game’s first expansion pass content was released. Now, news has surfaced that the Story of Seasons development team is quite open to making remakes of the older games, and even went so far as to detail which ones the team would be interested in revamping....

FORT COLLINS, Colo., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — STOW IT is a Colorado-based start-up that works with locals that have extra space to connect with those who need storage for cars, boats, RVs, and other vehicles storage. They have become the largest vehicle provider in Denver, returning over $200 million to the city. They are expanding nationwide and are looking for hosts in Houston. Any business or individual with extra space can become a host on STOW IT....

Twitch is one of the world’s most popular streaming platforms, but the company is well-known for inexplicable bans and making mistakes when dealing with both streamers and viewers. One Twitch streamer is taking to social media to ask fans for help after Twitch reportedly failed to pay her earnings for the month of October. Streamer bbjess started her Twitch career after being laid off during the pandemic. Apparently, she has a background in theater and that experience paid off when she was able to catapult herself to Twitch stardom in just one year....

Cision’s 2022 State of the Media Report outlines the need for effective and efficient relationships between media and public relations A vast majority of journalists (91%) say only about half the pitches they receive are relevant LONDON, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — While access to high-quality journalism and credible reporting has never been more prevalent, the pressure on the media to produce it is becoming increasingly challenging. There’s now a greater need to lift output and create compelling content that drives engagement and stands out in a 24-hour news cycle....