Justin Kahn

Update: The LEGO SEGA Genesis Controller is now available as a gift with purchase when you checkout with at least $130 in your cart. 

The previously leaked LEGO SEGA Genesis Controller is official. The brick built gamepad made headlines just over a week ago when low res images were leaked online, but the set has now officially been revealed. 

Nintendo has been on a bit of a roll when it comes to adding to new titles to its classic game libraries for Switch Online members, and the next one has now been revealed. Just after Chibi-Robo! landed in the GameCube library for Switch 2 owners with a membership, it has now announced FORSAKEN 64 for the Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Classics collection. 

Now roughly 48 hours out from one of the most highly-anticipated game releases of the year, Team Cherry has issued a final Kickstarter update on Hollow Knight: Silksong. It just recently confirmed the GameStop price leak at $19.99 here in the U.S. across what appears to be all platforms (as well as the launch times on September 4), but what does this mean for Nintendo Switch 2?

Labor Day is delivering some big time price drops on highly sought-after gear this year. From MacBooks and Android tablets to 2025 Samsung foldables and e-bikes, we are also tracking some particularly solid discounts on AirPods 4 and the amazing new Sony XM6 headphones. Those deals also join offers on Amazon’s latest Kindle readers and some of our favorite Apple gear accessories too. All of the most notable discounts are in our master hub right here, but be sure to head below for a closer look at our top 10 favorite Labor Day deals up for grabs today followed some ultra-affordable accessories and essentials starting from $4. 

Sony has now announced the next State of Play – a deep dive into the new James Bond game. The upcoming 007 First Light is set to shine a light on what sounds like a new origin story for the world-renown, jet-setting secret agent and we are for a lengthy look at bond’s first mission this week. 

Labor Day has arrived and we have now collected all of the best deals carrying through the long weekend. The Amazon Labor Day sale, alongside events at Walmart, Best Buy and others kicked off well ahead of time this year and we have been featuring all of the most notable discounts across a massive selection of product categories for the better part of two weeks now. While not all of those offers are still be up for grabs through today, many of them are and you will find them all ready and waiting down below.

Is Walmart open on Labor Day? How about Best Buy and Target? Will Costco warehouses be opening doors for Labor Day 2025? Let’s take a look. By and large most major big box stores will be open and on typical hours, but there are a few exceptions you’ll want to take note of this year. 

Here are the best Pixel 10 preorder deals. The official Made by Google Pixel 10 event is still about 30 minutes out, but pre-order deals for the new Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL are now live. You’ll also find early offers on the brand new Pixel 10 Pro Fold and pre-order listings for the new Pixel Watch 4 now at the ready. 

As you know by now, and as we have detailed extensively over ay 9to5Google, the new Pixel 10, 10 Pro/XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold have arrived and are now up for pre-order with hundreds in FREE store credit at Amazon and from Google. They debuted alongside the new Pixel 4 but there is, unfortunately, no pre-order deals on those outside of trade-ins. However, there is a way to score a Pixel Watch 4 for FREE without a trade, or at effectively $200 off – all have to do is wait a week or so. Details below. 

Welcome to 9to5Toys News Weekly – your go-to spot to catch up on the latest new product releases, features, and hands-on reviews. This weekly roundup collects all of the coolest new gadgets, the most interesting updates in the world of tech, and more from the past week, and organizes it into a single handy reading list for you to sift through every Sunday morning.

While there are certainly a number of notable deals live directly from Samsung right now and in the Amazon Labor Day Sale for the long weekend, Woot is landing this morning with a particularly notable price on the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3. The Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are currently marked down from $250 to $179.99 in the Amazon Labor Day event, and the Galaxy Buds 3 are on sale for $149.99, but Woot has the latter down at $74.99 Prime shipped. 

One of the most popular and unique smartphone “cases” we have featured over the last year or so is the Arc Pulse. And ahead of today’s Pixel 10 launch, the Arc Pulse 2-piece bumper style case is now ready for the new Google handsets, including both the 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL, in four colors of the Pulse’s aerospace-grade metal shell. Details await below. 

The new Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL pre-orders are now live with hundreds in FREE credit up for grabs on all of them. We have even detailed some tips on how to ensure you don’t pay anywhere near full price on the new Pixel Watch 4 even without a trade-in. But today we are going to take a look at some of the options for folks who are looking to land the new Google smartphones at a major discount with trade-ins. 

Update 9/1: Team Cherry has now officially confirmed the $19.99 list price on Hollow Knight: Silksong, as well as the launch times:

Release times:

7AM PT | 10AM ET | 4PM CEST | 11PM JST

Game price:

USD $19.99 | EUR €19.99 | JPY ¥2300

After many years of waiting, we are now only 5 days away from the release of the most highly-anticipated indie game (maybe ever) – Hollow Knight: Silksong. We finally know when the game will launch and even got a new trailer recently with a decent look at the game, but we still don’t know the price of it – unless a recent GameStop listing that surfaced is be to believed. 

As you likely already saw from our report this morning, Samsung has officially announced its next Galaxy event, and that means its FREE credit time. This event is teasing the “next evolution of Galaxy Tab” and Samsung is now offering a no-commitment chance at securing a FREE $50 Samsung credit ahead of time. Details below. 

Bose debuted the second-generation QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds recently and we have now had a chance to test them out ahead of today’s pre-order launch. Frankly, the now previous models are still a wonderful set of buds that can mostly go toe-to-toe with the best of them – we weren’t even sure if we wanted Bose to change anything. But with some subtle tweaks here and there, enhancements to its already world-class noise cancellation tech, better call quality, and fine tuned audio, one of the best just got even better.

Nintendo has officially announced the launch of the first-ever Animal Crossing x Crocs collaboration, and everything is now available for purchase. While it might not be the Switch 2 Animal Crossing game we are all waiting for after rumors/leaks went live, these Animal Crossing Crocs clogs and Jibbitz seem like a perfect way to bring your island to life. 

A new report has surfaced claiming Nintendo will indeed host the next Nintendo Direct in the coming weeks. The Switch 2 has officially launched and has taken over the charts, and still we have not gotten a proper, full-on Nintendo Direct showcase since. But it looks like that’s about to change, and very soon now. 

The new Qi2.2 wireless charging standard is beginning to emerge and one of the first major brands out of the gate with a proper 3-in-1 MagSafe stand is Belkin. The UltraCharge lineup contents of three new models, all of which sporting the new Qi2.2 standard that supports 25W power pass through to your devices via the magnetic charging pad ahead of the iPhone 17 launch. 

We are now tracking a deep discount on the SpaceX STARLINK Standard Kit Wi-Fi system down at $174.97 shipped courtesy of Walmart. You’re looking a a regularly $350 package at a straight 50% off the list price for the lowest price we can find. 

This better be real. Just after the new LEGO Game Boy went up for pre-order, and just ahead of its official release this fall, a new LEGO SEGA Genesis controller has surfaced online. There has been no official announcement as of yet, but imagery and details on a new LEGO Genesis gamepad have leaked online. 

The gamescom 2025 action rolls on today with hours (days) of Bethesda action. The Bethesda live streams will take place on Twitch and span throughout the day today and right through weekend. Rumor has it, after a “TBC” listing was spotted on its gamescom schedule recently, we might get a new game reveal as part of the event, and perhaps even the announcement of a new Fallout remake. 

Update 8/21: Pre-orders for the Kirby Air Riders are now live at $69 via Walmart – this is the lowest priced option – and over at Amazon.

Creator Masahiro Sakurai hosted a dedicated Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct today to give us our very first look at gameplay from the upcoming Switch 2 title, and that he very much did. We got a lengthy look at just about every aspect of the experience, from the rider roster and a good look at the courses, the City Trial mode, riding machine details, and a whole a lot more. But we also got the official release date. 

The new Google have arrived and with them comes the usual influx of new cases and accessories. You won’t be able to use your old Pixel 9 case, so you might be on the hunt for a new one and if you’re not going to go with the showstopper Arc Pulse metal bumper case, perhaps something from Spigen’s ultra-affordable lineup will do the case. With pricing starting from $17 and bonus discounts applied at checkout on just about every model, the new Pixelsnap-ready magnetic Spigen Pixel 10 cases have arrived. 

Well, it finally happened. After seven long years of waiting and getting drip fed tiny bits of info, imagery, and a demo years ago now, Team Cherry hosted a special announcement on YouTube this morning that finally gave us what we have (all) been waiting for – the Hollow Knight Silksong release date! 

Just before Hollow Knight Silksong takes center stage later this morning for a special announcement of its own, the Xbox gamescom livestream broadcast will kick into gear for day 2 of the world’s biggest gaming show. Yesterday’s livestream was loaded with game reveals, updates on upcoming titles, and we even got the official release date for the upcoming Xbox ROG Ally and ROG Ally X handhelds. 

Update 8/21: Chibi-Robo is now playable as part of the Switch 2 GameCube library.

Nintendo has now officially announced the next expansion for the Switch 2 GameCube library. The latest classic game library for Nintendo Switch Online members and Switch 2 owners launched alongside the next-gen console with three titles before Nintendo brought the classic Super Mario Strikers in late June, and now it is readying a fifth title. 

Update: Hollow Knight Silksong officially releases on September 4, 2025.

After being confirmed as an official sequel way back in 2019, with development starting before that to some degree, it’s been a very long wait for Hollow Knight: Silksong. After years of no-shows at gaming events and showcases, and becoming one of most wishlisted titles on Steam ever, it looks as though Team Cherry is finally ready to break the silence in a major way and finally give us the good news. 

The big summer game showcases came and went, and still no release date or even a proper look at the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong. But gamescom 2025 is here, and so is Silksong. We still didn’t get a proper look or a release date for the bigger-than-indie 2D side-scrolling adventure at the Opening Night Live event yesterday, but industry darling and Game Awards boss Geoff Keighley did specifically say that it is “100%” for sure releasing this year, and we are almost certainly going to get the actual launch date tomorrow morning. 

Those old traditional power banks are on their way out in favor of what look to be much safer and more reliable semi-solid state models. There has been issues for years in some capacity or other, but with recalls surfacing on once universally accepted power banks with traditional Li-ion batteries seemingly ramping up, new solid models are the way of the future it would appear and STATIK just unveiled its new State Power Bank with some launch deals. 

After Sony decided to increase the price on PS5 hardware outside of the U.S. it seemed it was only a matter of time before the price hikes would land stateside, and that day has come. Sony has now taken to its official PlayStation Blog, right smack in the middle of the Xbox gamescom broadcast, to announce imminent price increases across the PS5 lineup – it begins tomorrow. 

Amazon has now launched a collection of discounts across its current-generation Fire TV Stick streaming device lineup. While not quite as low as we saw during the Prime Day bonanza last month, these deals are on par with the best we have tracked otherwise, delivering both the latest entry-model at $24.99 with free shipping for Prime members or in orders over $25, and the Game Pass Ultimate-ready 4K models starting from just $29.99. The details await below. 

The 2025 gamescom festivities kicked off in major way yesterday with the Opening Night Live livestream, and today it’s Microsoft’s turn. After Mr. Keighley got things going yesterday, guaranteeing Hollow Knight: Silksong will 100% be launching in 2025, followed by a string of new game reveals and new looks at a series of highly-anticipated titles, the ball rolls on today with the Day 1 Xbox @ gamescom broadcast. 

Just when you thought were surely going to get an update on the long-awaited Hollow Knight Silksong at tonight’s gamesome Opening Night Live, it looks like we are not. But not all is lost, as the official Team Cherry YouTube channel has posted a “Special Announcement” video set to go live on August 21…this could actually be it. 

Just as promised, we are getting a new exclusive look at the highly-anticipated Resident Evil Requiem at gamescom 2025 Opening Night Live. Host Geoff Keighley said we would, and after revealing the game back at the Summer Game Fest, gamescom is delivering once again and the next look at one of the biggest new titles on the Horizon. 

At today’s gamescom opening Night Live 2025, Activision announced the official release date for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Anyone who has followed our coverage of the leak that already surfaced won’t be in for any surprises here. 

The official 2025 gamescom Opening Night Live is about to do just that to kick off the world’s biggest gaming convention of the season straight from Cologne, Germany. While the actual show floor isn’t open to the public until tomorrow, the festivities actually get going tonight with the massive 2-hour long livestream showcase set to be packed to the brim with game reveals and updated looks at some of the biggest upcoming titles. 

Spigen, as you likely already know, is a brand perhaps best known for its iPhone and smartphone cases, but its lifestyle products are also quite popular around here. Products like its $20 Titanium Keychain Pocket Knife and its Magnetic Keychain Key Holder have drawn quite a bit of attention among readers, and we just spotted a stealthy release of its sweet-looking new Tumbler Carrier. Check it out below. 

While it seemed like we were going to have to wait until the usual September slot for the next big Nintendo Direct, today is the day folks. After seeing two Nintendo livestream presentations in as many weeks with IndieWorld and the Partner Showcase, Nintendo did not make us wait all that long for its next big presentation, and this time it’s all about Kirby Air Riders. 

Nintendo has now officially announced the next Nintendo Direct. As part of an update that just landed on the official Nintendo Today! app, and likely to surface everywhere else momentarily, the Mario maker has confirmed another Nintendo Direct showcase for this week, and it’s all about the new Kirby Air Riders! 

Update: Pre-orders are now live – Best Google Pixel 10/Pro pre-order deals: $200 in FREE Amazon credit, up to $350 on 10 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 4, more

We are now over 2-days out from this year’s Made by Google event where we will get our first official reveal for the new Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro Fold, among others. While you can certainly already get a good look and a ton of details on the new slate of Pixel devices set to take center stage later this week over at 9to5Google, we wanted to highlight the exclusive offer the Google Store is offering folks ahead of the official reveal on Wednesday. 

That’s a wrap for the 2025 Pokémon World Championships, but The Pokémon Company did have a series of new announcements and reveals for the closing ceremonies this year. CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara took to the stage with updates on everything from Pokémon GO and Pokémon TCG to the upcoming Pokémon Champions and Pokémon Legends: Z-A ahead of its release on Switch and Switch 2 in roughly two months time. 

Welcome to 9to5Toys News Weekly – your go-to spot to catch up on the latest new product releases, features, and hands-on reviews. This weekly roundup collects all of the coolest new gadgets, the most interesting updates in the world of tech, and more from the past week, and organizes it into a single handy reading list for you to sift through every Sunday morning.

The next big Switch 2 game release lands later this month with the updated version of Kirby on the Forgotten Land, but it’s the other Kirby game many of us are waiting on – the actual new Switch 2 exclusive Kirby game. There’s really only a few truly Switch 2 exclusive games left that are slated for 2025, and Kirby Air Riders is the only one we still know almost nothing about. 

Your annual Call of Duty leak has arrived – it appears the Black Ops 7’s official release date and launch platforms have surfaced alongside details on when you’ll get to see the game in action next.