#pre-orders

#pre-orders

Trump Mobile, a company backed by president Donald Trump's sons Donald Jr. and Eric, unveiled a $499 gold-colored smartphone last June, with an original release date slated for August 2025. Use the handset, and you could supposedly tap into Trump Mobile's 5G cellular service. Presumably loads of MAGA faithful paid $100 deposits to pre-order the devices but to date, not a single one has shipped.

The cuboid sandbox game has been in production since 2015 from Hypixel Studios, with financial support from Riot Games for the first few years until the massive company bought Hypixel outright in 2020. However, big twist: in June 2025 Riot cancelled the whole project, leaving its future in serious doubt. But then another twist: in November of last year, the game's original founder Simon Collins-Laflamme bought the entire IP back from Riot and revived development.

If it ain't a story about sudden acts of intimidation and threats of violence over them, then it's probably one about scalpers and reselling. Thankfully, no one got hurt (physically) this time as the Mega Evolution Phantasmal Flames Elite Trainer Box (ETB), Booster Display Box, and Booster Bundle all sold out during their pre-order sale yesterday, with significant amounts of them going to folks who have no interest in actually using them to play the game.

Dying Light: The Beast is no longer releasing on September 19--it's now coming one day sooner. Developer Techland said it's moving the date forward by 24 hours, to September 18, to celebrate The Beast reaching 1 million in pre-orders. The studio also revealed the exact global launch times. "This inspired us to push our boundaries and make the impossible possible," the developer said about preorder numbers. Additionally, Techland said everyone who preorders will get an in-game reward, with details to be announced later.

Google officially unveiled the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold last week, when it also started taking pre-orders for them. Today reports are starting to come in on social media about the first deliveries of those pre-orders taking place. This is notable because the Pixel 10, 10 Pro, and 10 Pro XL are only expected to become available in stores tomorrow.

The Pixel Watch 4 41mm will cost €399 with Wi-Fi and €499 with LTE, while the 45mm model will be priced at €449 with Wi-Fi and €549 with LTE.

The Ichiban electric motorcycle prototype features a dual motor system that delivers 45 kW of power and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds.

Mafia: The Old Country launches on August 8, 2025, offers standard and deluxe editions with additional downloadable content for the deluxe version.

Tesla's struggle to explain the decline in pre-orders for the Cybertruck highlights a significant mismatch between supply and demand for the vehicle.