Mat Smith
Articles by Mat Smith
Resident Evil Requiem announced at Summer Game Fest 2025
The Survival Horror OG is back again, with more mystery and scares.
Out of Words is a cozy stop-motion co-op adventure from Epic Games
Out of Words is a new cozy co-op adventure from Epic Games.
The Morning After: What to expect at Summer Game Fest 2025
The biggest news stories this morning: Stranger Things 5 finally has its release date, The latest Xbox kitchen kitsch is a Series X milk jug for Canadians, I still don’t miss E3.
The Morning After: Apple might skip iOS 19, straight to iOS 26
The biggest news stories this morning: This gaming mouse has a tiny fan inside, Grand Theft Auto is no friend to the queer community, Can you still buy a Switch 2 on launch day? Maybe.
The Morning After: Our verdict on the Galaxy S25 Edge
The biggest news stories this morning: What to expect at WWDC 2025, Apple’s smart home hub could reportedly make its debut later this year, Google’s most powerful AI tools aren’t for us.
The Morning After: Google I/O’s biggest announcements want to keep you Googling
The biggest news stories this morning: Netflix figured out a way to make ads even worse, The Fujifilm X Half is a tiny $850 digital camera, OpenAI buys Jony Ive’s design startup for $6.5 billion.
Google’s new filmmaking tool Flow adds editing tools and some consistency to AI-generated video
Google Flow is a storytelling tool. The company says it’s aimed at helping storytellers explore ideas and create clips and scenes, almost like storyboards and sketches in motion.
The Morning After: Computex's new laptops from ASUS, Razer and more
The biggest news stories this morning: LG 27 UltraGear OLED display review, 23andMe bought by Regeneron in court auction, The best robot vacuum for 2025.
The Morning After: Sony’s best headphones keep getting better
The biggest news stories this morning: Android gets a young, vibrant makeover, A year of Peacock Premium is on sale for only $25, Mission: Impossible should never have gone full sci-fi.
The Morning After: Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge is $1,100 and thin
The biggest news stories this morning: First impressions of the Galaxy S25 Edge, one editor's wish for Apple's next redesign and how to turn lead into gold.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge hands-on: Less smartphone, more compromises
The Galaxy S25 Edge is Samsung's slimmest smartphone ever, with a huge screen and few compromises. However, we're cautious about battery life.
The Morning After: What we learned from the FTC v. Meta antitrust trial (so far)
The biggest news stories this morning: Tesla’s Robotaxi brand might be too generic to trademark, The enshitification of YouTube’s full album playlists, How to use a VPN on Roku.
The Morning After: Remembering the Switch
The biggest news stories this morning: Half-Life 3 could be announced this year, Ask Engadget: Is it a good time to move to Macs from Windows? Google I/O 2025: What to expect from Android 16, Android XR and Gemini.
The Morning After: Microsoft's Xbox price increases
The biggest news stories this morning: Rivian R1S Gen 2 review, VR is helping to make daunting medical treatments more bearable for patients, The best way to compost your food scraps.
The BBC used AI (and an actor) to bring Agatha Christie to life for its writing masterclass series
The BBC's latest masterclass course features its first posthumous teacher, Agatha Christie, courtesy of AI and an actor. We tested it out.
The Morning After: Google gives Android its own show
The biggest news stories this morning: Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments, Russian regulators are trying to seize assets from the developers of World of Tanks, NASA’s Mars orbiter snapped an image of Curiosity trucking along.
The Morning After: The Switch 2 pre-order struggle
The biggest news stories this morning: Razer has a vertical mouse now, Duolingo will help you learn chess, Nintendo's messy Switch 2 preorder moment.
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 review: An original hit RPG
The world of Expedition 33 is doomed to repeat a cycle of death, with a powerful godlike figure, the Paintress, looming on the horizon. This is a modern, sumptuous turn-based RPG that leans a little too much on quick time actions.
Insta360 X5 camera hands-on: Bigger sensors, improved low light performance
The Insta360 X5 is more powerful, more reliable and easier to use than its predecessors. It has a larger 1/1.28-inch sensor compared to the X4's 1/2-inch sensor, ensuring more detail and a notable boost to low-light performance.
The Morning After: Nintendo Switch 2 US pre-orders (finally) open Thursday
The biggest news stories this morning: Bluesky is getting an official verification system, Blizzard explains hero bans in Overwatch 2, Using generative AI will ‘neither help nor harm the chances’ of Oscar nominations.