GTA 3 has the atmosphere, Vice City has the soundtrack, San Andreas has the freedom, GTA 4 has the story, and Grand Theft Auto 5 turned the whole series upside down with its limitless online mode. But for me - and I know this makes me sound old - the best GTA game is still the 1997 original. Grungy, nasty, and low-budget, it fits the tone of Rockstar’s crime sim exactly, and it’s reminiscent of an age when videogames were underground and dangerous. Inspired by GTA's old-school, top-down visual style, The Precinct feels like a mix of modern and retro, but with a twist. With Grand Theft Auto 6 still a distant wanted star on the horizon, you should play The Precinct today. Continue reading GTA 6 isn’t here yet, so play new sandbox crime game The Precinct instead MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best crime games, Best police games, Best open-world games

I'd like to think videogames make flying easy. Even in Microsoft Flight Simulator, if you customize the settings and tweak the difficulty, you can make an intercontinental journey in a 747 feel like a breeze. Freedom, exploration, spectacle - these are some of the things that games do best. If you take the mechanics of a plane simulator, blend them with the galactic narrative of Star Citizen, and throw in some of Cyberpunk 2077's hard-edged aesthetic, you get G-Rebels, a new flying and dogfight game that's just been announced. Continue reading Upcoming cyberpunk flight sim G-Rebels is like a more intense Elite Dangerous

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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazon Prime Day is still going, but sometimes the deals at the outskirts of the multiday sales event are the ones that surprise us the most — like the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro popping up for sale at Amazon-owned Woot for $151.99 ($98 off) when you use checkout code SAVE20. The deal is good on both the space-y silver and the oh-so-AirPods-looking white colors, running until October 12th or until the Amazon-fulfilled shipments are sold out. There doesn’t seem to be a catch to this deal, as they’re listed as being in new condition and coming with the full one-year warranty from Samsung. The Buds 3 Pro do have fragile ear tips that suffered from initial quality control issues right after launch, causing shipments to be halted for a bit,... Continue reading…

Ring’s new AI-powered video search launches today and lets you find everything from pets to people in red sweaters in your video history. | Image: Ring Ring’s new Smart Video Search lets you search through recorded footage to find everything from a lost cat to a red sweater. According to Ring, the AI-powered feature can locate specific events in your Ring video history based on natural language searches, such as “a black cat at night,” “a red truck in the rain,” and “a kid riding a bike yesterday.” Compared to Ring’s current smart notifications, which can alert you to doorbell rings, people, or packages, Smart Video Search opens up a whole new level of historical insight. The feature is launching today in beta for users in the US with the Ring Protect Pro plan ($19.99 a month). At launch, Ring says it can search for queries related to animals, vehicles, packages, and people, which can... Continue reading…

Apple is a few weeks away from unveiling several M4 Macs and the new iPad mini 7. That's what all the leaks say, and I don't have any reason to question them at this point. The M4 MacBook Pro appeared in a couple of hands-on videos in the past few days, so there shouldn't be much of a question that it's about to be announced. The good news for buyers is that Apple is indeed preparing a few exciting upgrades for the base M4 14-inch MacBook Pro, which will make it an even better purchase than its predecessor. The bad news — at least, for Apple — is that someone was able to steal a bunch of these laptops. It's unclear what the backstory is, but the Russian YouTubers who posted hands-on videos of the M4 MacBook Pro bought the unreleased laptop from somewhere. Some said the M4 MacBook Pro was available via a Facebook group, but the seller has apparently gone further than that. The M4 MacBook Pro was being sold, at least briefly, on the black market in Russia. Spoiler alert: The base M4 MacBook Pro will be a much better value than the M3 variant, but you should absolutely not pay $7,500 for a stolen unit. Continue reading... The post Apple’s unreleased M4 MacBook Pro is being sold on the black market appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Best Fire TV Stick deals for October Prime Day 2024 Today’s deals: $17 off Apple Watch Series 10, $30 OneBlade 360, $300 viral floor cleaner from TikTok, more Today’s deals: $76 off Nintendo Switch OLED, $190 memory foam mattress, $90 Chefman Air Fryer+, more Best Echo Dot deals for Fall Prime Day 2024