'Diablo IV' test build leaks gameplay footage

Yes, there are more gameplay leaks to report today. This time, it's Blizzard's upcoming Diablo IV game. A Reddit user going by iV1rus0 noticed footage of the game appearing on a file-sharing website and shared the said link. It contains gameplay spread across two clips that clocked in at 43 minutes. 

They look like footage from a Discord stream. The videos are watermarked, denoting these are from a private test build. Computer-moduleated voices in the video claim the viewers are tuning into a Skyrim session even if it clearly shows that the footage is from an early build of a Diablo game. Blizzard hasn't responded to the leak, but then sent out a PR advertising a confidential closed-end game beta. Perhaps trying to soften the blow of the leak. Diablo IV doesn't have a concrete release date yet, but it's expected sometime in 2023. Hopefully, the leak won't impact its development.

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There's a Baby Yoda Tamagotchi

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This feels like something that should've been around longer. But now, we finally get it. There's a Tamagotchi version of Grogu a.k.a. Baby Yoda. You take care of the little guy by feeding him squid chowder and macarons and play mini-games. You can unlock a bunch of outfits for Grogu. 

But be warned, you shouldn't overfeed him. Apparently, "if you feed the Grogu Tamagotchi too much squid chowder, the squid will jump on him." According to Bandai Namco, the Grogu Tamagotchi will be available for preorder on Amazon "soon."

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iPhone 14 Pro users are experiencing CarPlay phone call troubles

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A bug seems to be affecting the iPhone 14 Pro line. Some of the early adopters are reporting issues with being heard at a suitable volume when phone calls are initiated via CarPlay in a vehicle. Some of the reports claim that after they call someone via CarPlay with either an iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max, their voice sounded quiet or far away on the receiving end of the call. 

The complaints seem to be coming from iPhone 14 Pro users running iOS 16.0.1, but someone has mentioned trouble with the standard iPhone 14. Downgrading to iOS 16 doesn't seem to solve the issue. MacRumors reported that this problem doesn't seem to show up through a regular hands-free Bluetooth call, but they have replicated the issue if coursed through wired CarPlay. Hopefully, this gets resolved soon.

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Take-Two started filing takedown requests of 'GTA VI' leaked footage

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Earlier this week, footage of Grand Theft Auto VI started to show up online. A user on the GTA Forums posted a 3GB file full of 90 videos of GTA VI footage. It's not clear how the footage was obtained, but the "teapotuberhacker" poster says they are behind the unrelated Uber hack. If that's true, then they're connected to Lapsus$. Either way, they claim that they may "leak more data soon," including GTA V and GTA VI source code, assets, and testing builds.

Rockstar Games owner Take-Two has started filing takedown requests for leaked footage hosted on YouTube. Many remain online, though. Some of the videos show a new female playable character, which has been talked about earlier in the year. GTA VI is expected to get a female protagonist influenced by Bonnie and Clyde. The game is still at least two years away, and this leak shows footage that's from early, unfinished builds and testing of some parts of the game.

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