Torchlight II is the latest free game on the Epic Games Store, but you only have 24 hours to grab it.

Epic Games is closing out its huge free game giveaway with one of the best ARPGS on the market. Torchlight II is free right now on the Epic Games Store until December 31 at 11AM.

Torchlight II isn't as good as, say, Grim Dawn or even Path of Exile, but it does have its own charm. The game has awesome mod support and co-op play set in a stylish and colorful atmosphere, and the gear/skills progression is pretty fantastic. The game was made by original Blizzard North developers from the Diablo era--a team called Runic Games. Sadly, Runic shut down in 2017 but the online servers are still up so Torchlight II isn't completely defunct.

GOG.com is giving Metro Last Light Redux, but you have to act fast to grab it.

4A Games is working on a new Metro sequel complete with online multiplayer, so now there's even more reason to experience the franchise's early chapters. If you haven't played Metro Last Light yet, GOG.com has you covered. You can now grab the remastered Last Light for free on GOG.com for the next 48 hours.

All you have to do is agree to promotional emails and snag your copy. Once you grab it, the game is 100% free to keep forever. Also remember the game is DRM-free so there's no copy protection or Denuvo getting in the way. Metro Last Light is a must-play that still sets a high watermark for PC performance even to this day.

A now-deleted job listing indicates Respawn Entertainment is working on a new IP, but the reality is the studio has been assisting with a new intellectual property for a while now.

Respawn has made a big impact on EA. Apex Legends launched in February 2019 and is now a billion-dollar franchise. Jedi Fallen Order exploded on the scene later in the year, and the game's strong sales transformed how EA makes Star Wars games. As a result, Respawn CEO Vince Zampella has been given lots of creative control at EA and was tapped to help rebrand DICE L.A. from a support studio into a fully-fledged team.

Zampella is currently leading two teams: The DICE L.A. group, and Respawn. There's no word on what DICE L.A. is working on, but the project has been in development since late 2019.

A new mysterious small marine reptile that dates back 150 million years ago, has been identified as a new species found in a Late Jurassic deep marine deposit along the English Channel coastline in Dorset, England.

Interestingly the new small marine reptile is known as the Thalassodraco etchesi or Etches sea dragon -- with SciTech Daily reporting that this newly-discovered species might have been able to dive to extreme depths. SciTech reports: "The aquatic reptile has been determined to be part of the group known as ichthyosaurs, which were streamlined marine predators from the Late Jurassic period".

Paleontologist Megan L. Jacobs said: "This ichthyosaur has several differences that makes it unique enough to be its own genus and species. New Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs in the United Kingdom are extremely rare, as these creatures have been studied for 200 years. We knew it was new almost instantly, but it took about a year to make thorough comparisons with all other Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs to make certain our instincts were correct. It was very exciting to not be able to find a match".

Volkswagen is showing off a prototype EV charging robot, something that helps bridge the gap of the now -- with the future of charging cars. Check it out:

VW can be enabled by an app or it can be done through communicating with your car, where it will then grab the battery trailer and bring it over to your car. Once the EV charging robot has the battery trailer next to your car, it will plug it in for you and your VW electric vehicle will begin charging -- the EV charging robot will then be free to do other duties with other EVs.

The new EV charging robot could be used to charge other EVs, but that hasn't been confirmed yet -- and I'm sure we'll know more before this thing becomes a reality. This could be very useful in certain situations where charging an EV isn't an option -- as it could drag a battery trailer to the VW electric vehicle and get it up and charged in no time.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have released their new drone regulations, new regulations that will go into affect in early 2021 in the US.

The new rules will allow licensed drone operators to fly their drones at night, as long as they have completed their required additional training -- and added anti-collision lights to their drones. This step isn't just for regular or enthusiast drone pilots, but for drone delivery services like Amazon and Alphabet's Wing.

Starting in 2022 the FAA's Remote ID requirement is that every single drone sold in the United States weighs more than 0.55 pounds -- to include a feature to allow broadcasts of its location and identification. The FAA wants to know about your location, at every second you're flying -- and have it sent to local authorities.

LG currently dominates with its flagship OLED technology but the company will be introducing its first-ever QNED Mini LED TV -- debuting as its top-of-the-line flagship LG 2021 premium LCD TV lineup.

The company is teasing the infusion of technologies in its new QNED Mini LED TV family that has 10 different models in both 4K and 8K panels and sizes ranging all the way up to a huge 86 inch. We will see quantum dot and NanoCell technologies with Mini LEDs as the light source.

LG explains that "brightness and contrast are far superior to that of conventional LCD televisions". LG's innovative Mini LED back-lighting "comprises up to almost 30,000 tiny LEDs that produce incredible peak brightness and a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 when paired with up to nearly 2,500 dimming zones and advanced local dimming technology. This results in excellent HDR image quality with outstanding contrast and blacks, a wide color gamut and incredible color accuracy. For stunningly life-like images that seem to shed the confines of the screen and enter the user's space, it's not hard to see why LG QNED Mini LED is the new LCD TV to beat".

Caviar is no stranger to high-end products, with the new solid gold PS5 console costing $1 million -- now there's a $100,000 pair of Apple's new high-end AirPods Max.

The new customized AirPods Max will be available in black and white versions, costing $108,000 in total. Caviar says that the earcups on the headphones are made from 750 grams of pure gold, with Caviar adding that it has used "rare crocodile leather" on the headband of the AirPods Max Golden White/Black headphones.

Caviar explains their new $108,000 custom gold-laden headphones: "The AirPods Max Golden White are the luxury version of Apple's loudest new release. Brilliant high pure sound from Caviar jewelers. This precious accessory is made of 750 grams gold and white crocodile leather. It is impossible to look away from this innovative and splendid device created for those who value their uniqueness and want to always be on top".

Let's face it: you need all of the performance that you can get from your system in Cyberpunk 2077 -- especially if you want ray tracing enabled.

The new Cyberpunk 2077 mod is called "Optimized Raytracing Setting" for the PC version of the game, and wants to make the game playable with ray tracing on by adjusting settings. You'll have to play around with it yourself to see what kind of performance gains -- if any -- that you'll get out of Cyberpunk 2077.

Modder 'Romelsalwi' explains: "This mod is made with an intention to make the game playable with RT settings. I did a little reading around and come up with these settings. If anyone can help me understand ray tracing settings in depth, I'm all ears and looking forward to optimize the experience further".

ASUS is preparing for a big year in ROG STRIX gaming laptops it seems, with AMD's new Ryzen 9 5900HX processor to be offered -- as well as NVIDIA's new stack of Ampere GPUs.

The new ASUS ROG STRIX gaming laptops will be configured with high-end GeForce RTX 3080, GeForce RTX 3070, or a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti -- and for the first time it'll be joined with a high-end AMD CPU. Intel won't be launching it's new Tiger Lake-H 8-core CPUs for another few months at least, so AMD's high-end Ryzen 9 5900HX will just have to do (and it's not like that's a bad thing at all).

ASUS will be offering up a 2560 x 1440 (2K) display with a super-smooth 165Hz refresh rate -- a perfect compromise between a resolution too lacking (1080p) and a resolution that requires too much grunt for a laptop (4K).

Today, Tundra Labs revealed the Tundra Tracker, a more compact, more affordable alternative to HTC's Vive Tracker puck. The Tundra Trackers will be available for pre-order on Kickstarter next month. Pricing hasn't been announced, but the Tundra Trackers are supposed to be cheaper than Vive Trackers, and you'll get better pricing if you buy them as a set.

The Tundra Trackers use Valve's open-source Steam VR platform, which enables them to work with any Steam VR compatible device, including Valve's Index, HTC's Vive headsets, and the Pimax 5K and 8K lineups. Tundra Labs even said the Tundra Trackers would work alongside Vive Trackers.

Tundra Trackers are significantly smaller than the Vive Trackers, making them lighter and easier to mount in new ways. Luke Beno, the founder of Tundra Labs, told Road to VR that Tundra Trackers are 60% smaller and weigh 50% less than Vive Trackers. Tundra Trackers also consume 50% less power, giving them twice the battery life of HTC's version.

It looks like Apple is set to release a next-gen iPad in 2021 that will not only have 5G connectivity, but also a next-gen mini-LED display.

According to a new Digitimes report, Apple will have a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro with mini LED display technology in Q1 2021. Apple has diversified its supply chain when it comes to displays and touch panels, with BOE gaining approval to supply OLED displays to Apple for its new iPhone, while GIS will make touch models for the new iPad Pro with mini LED.

Apple's new iPad Pro with mini LED display technology will also come with 5G connectivity, the first iPad with 5G. Apple will have its new iPhones and new Mac Book Pros with a totally new form factor in 2021, both with mini LED display technology.

A story has been floating around that 500,000 boxed-up GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards were discovered in a shipping container -- gone missing during transit, but that story was BS.

Geeknetic.es first reported the story which when put into Google Translate spits out that a Samsung subsidiary port warehouse worker somewhere in South Korea found a bunch of boxes with NVIDIA logos on them. This staffer noted that the shipment wasn't on any port records.

The staffer himself had been trying to buy a GeForce RTX 30 series graphics card, and after seeing the hundreds of boxes of NVIDIA products "only added to my frustration of not getting one".

Samsung will be releasing its next-gen Galaxy S21 family of smartphones early next year, where you can now even reserve your new Galaxy S21 if you're living in the US. But what if you wanted a super limited edition version of the Galaxy S21? It'll cost you $60K, though.

Caviar has announced its new Galaxy S21 Ultra Limited Edition smartphone, which starts from $63,000 with 128GB of internal storage and the beautiful 18-karat gold style. What Caviar is doing here is using the 18-karat gold with beautiful lines that were engraved into the number 21 -- get it, Galaxy S21.

Inside, the Galaxy S21 Ultra rocks a large 5000mAh battery, 6.8-inch QHD+ 120Hz display, a family of rear-facing cameras and I'm sure much more internally. We'll know more when Samsung unveils the new Galaxy S21 family of smartphones on January 14, 2021.

Redditor Cooliomendez88 has purchased all of the buyable vehicles in Cyberpunk 2077 and made quite the collection of cool sci-fi cars and bikes.

Someone's finally done it. One dedicated gamer has spent lots of hours grinding out millions of eddies to buy up all of the purchasable vehicles in Cyberpunk 2077. The collection ranges from the derpy Makigai MaiMai P126 economy car all the way to the ultra-expensive 225,000 eddie Rayfield Aerondight S9 Guinevere supercar. All in all the cars are worth a wallet-smashing 2 million eddies.

Racking up those eddies took quite a bit of effort. Cooliomendez88 says he completed every side mission in the game and all of the NCPD Scanner Hustles...and even that wasn't enough to fund the extravagant collection.

Reddit user Sybekul discovers what could've been Cyberpunk 2077's original travel system.

Like most big-budget AAA games, Cyberpunk 2077 is littered with unfinished pieces and remnants of cut content. One big piece that was cut out is the NCART line, or the Night City Area Rapid Transport. Remember the monorail that V. rode in the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer? That railway was at one point included in the game.

One industrious gamer found a way to hop on the unfinished NCART railway system. There's the plain monorail track and a very glitchy railway station, and there's also a moving shipping rail you can ride--provided you find it and can hop on top of it (try out this build to reach super high areas in Night City).

Could Cyberpunk 2077's planned free DLC get pushed back as CDPR gears up for big PS4 and Xbox One updates?

Just like The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 will get a bunch of free DLC for all gamers to enjoy. The official Cyberpunk 2077 website confirms the DLC will start releasing early 2021. However, this scheduled timeline could get disrupted. Right now CD Projekt RED has bigger fish to fry.

The studio is currently prioritizing the development of two big PS4 and Xbox One optimization patches that will fix the dismal performance on last-gen hardware. The devs expect to release one update in January 2021, and the other in February 2021.

Despite GTA V's brief stint on Xbox Game Pass, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is still skeptical about subscriptions and game streaming platforms.

Xbox Game Pass is the single-most transformative subscription in modern gaming. It's changed how Microsoft distributes, markets, monetizes, and develops its games. Other publishers are following suit with their own subscriptions (EA Play, Ubisoft+), and even Sony adapted PS Now to mimic Game Pass. But there's one major publisher that isn't ready to jump on the bandwagon with their own all-in-one subscription platform: Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive.

At the UBS Global TMT Virtual Conference, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick made it clear he's not sold on the idea. Subscriptions, Mr. Zelnick argues, deliver too much content that can't possibly be consumed. Most working consumers only have a small amount of time for leisure activities, and Mr. Zelnick argues consumers would rather buy games selectively than get access to a glut of content.

In a new letter to Star Citizen players, RSI's Chris Roberts reiterates that Squadron 42 won't be rushed to meet a deadline.

There's a running joke about Star Citizen that it'll never be finished. The game has commands a huge $300 million budget and whole parts of the game are still missing. Star Citizen's ambitious singleplayer campaign Squadron 42, a spiritual successor to the Wing Commander games with an all-star cast including Mark Hammill, Liam Cunningham, Gary Oldman, and Gillian Anderson, is one such missing piece, and it won't be found any time soon.

In a recent letter to backers, Chris Roberts confirms Squadron 42 is still a long ways off. Roberts says he won't show actual Squadron 42 gameplay nor divulge new details until the game is closer to release. In short, it'll be done when it's done--which is exactly what Roberts said in October.

GTA IV managed to generated $2 billion in worldwide sales in its heyday, but it doesn't hold a candle to GTA V's juggernaut earnings.

According to ex-Rockstar producer Franceska Bucci, Grand Theft Auto IV made over $2 billion in lifetime sales revenues. The current data shows GTA IV managed to sell 28 million copies since 2008. These are massive figures compared to most games, but Grand Theft Auto V absolutely crushes its forebear.

In comparison, GTA V has now sold a monumental 135 million copies since 2013. GTA V has the added benefit of releasing across two whole generations of consoles--and is about to re-release on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S too. GTA V's revenues are also significantly higher thanks to GTA Online; in 2019 alone, GTA V and GTA Online generated over $500 million, or roughly 1/4th of GTA IV's total lifetime earnings. GTA Online managed to break $1 billion in earnings way back in 2017 solely from microtransaction purchases.