Sleeping Snapdragon?
We don’t know that there’s a Samsung Galaxy S26 FE in the works, just like we don’t know the sun will rise tomorrow morning. Whatever we think about the matter, it’ll happen all the same. We’re nearly as certain that a new ‘Fan Edition’ for Samsung’s Galaxy S26 is on the way, and now a fresh leak shows us just how right we were.
This isn’t as extensive a leak as we’re used to from the South Korean giant, but it does give us a rough idea of how powerful it’ll be. Perhaps the biggest question mark surrounding the device is whether it’ll use one of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips or one of Samsung’s own Exynos ones. Leaker Erencan Yilmaz reckons he has the answer.
Shared in a post on X, Yilmaz confirmed that the still-unannounced mid-ranger would pack an Exynos chip. Exactly which one is still a mystery, but after the S25 FE used an Exynos 2400 chip, we can assume it’ll be better than that — likely the Exynos 2500. The leaker also gave us a peek behind the foldable curtain, confirming a few other key details early. Note, Yilmaz’s leak only mentions an Exynos model, and doesn’t rule out a separate Snapdragon model.
If Samsung sticks to the same routine as last year, expect to see the latest FE land sometime in September. We’re less confident in taking a stab at pricing, considering just how much of the world is feeling the sting of the RAMpocalypse. All that to say… don’t get your hopes up to pay R15,000.
Nintendo says goodbye to videogame royalty, Takashi Tezuka
One of Nintendo’s more, uh, important directors, Takashi Tezuka, is retiring. In some ways, that’s good news. He’ll be able to spend more time with his family, and bathe in some much-needed relaxation. In other ways, it’s a bad thing. Nintendo just lost one of its brightest sparks in Tezuka, who not only co-created Yoshi with Shigefumi Hino, but also led the development of some of Ninty’s most important games.
We’re talking Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Yoshi’s Island and many others. He’s a big, big reason that Nintendo is the behemoth it is today. Tezuka initially began his career at Nintendo in 1984, designing sprites for the game Punch-Out!, before quickly rising through the ranks to work alongside other gaming royalty such as Shigeru Miyamoto on Mario and The Legend of Zelda.
His final credit as a designer was on Super Mario 64, before fading into the background to produce and oversee the creation of many new games under the Mario, Zelda, and Pikmin franchises. Nintendo confirmed Tezuka’s departure from the company in a financial document, revealing he’d officially leave the team on 26 June 2026. Here’s hoping he’s injected enough wisdom into the Ocarina of Time remake that’s (supposedly) in the works.
Zombies, Run! is, ironically, back from the dead
Zombies, Run! has been a staple in the running community for more than a decade. Co-creator Naomi Alderman writes about launching the game on Kickstarter back in 2011, unaware of just how big this zombie-driven running narrative would become. The app offered an immersive audio story that relied on the player to run — yes, in the real world — to escape a horde of zombies behind you. It is, by all accounts, a whole lot of fun.
Or at least, it was. The company behind Zombies, Run! — Six to Start — was eventually sold to OliveX, a company that believes a ‘fitness metaverse’ is the way to go. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Zombies, Run! eventually felt the strain, before new episodes were put on hiatus indefinitely. Now, it’s crawling back to life.
Last year, Alderman bought the app back and has worked tirelessly to get the game back to its former glory. It’s now entering its “Back from the dead” era, with the game’s Play Store page teasing a big update: “8 new missions! Loads more zombies! Dig out those running shoes and celebrate ZR’s return with this special story event.”
Speaking to The Verge, Alderman noted that many of the original game’s voice actors were also returning, embodying many of the same characters you might remember from back then. Alderman and the rest of the Six to Start team are all about conserving momentum for the long run, providing players with steady updates for years.
“I think there are at least as many people out there who haven’t tried Zombies, Run! yet, so I feel like there’s good organic growth to be had in the player base,” she says. “We’re an apocalypse that’s about getting through by being part of a community and caring about each other. I feel like it’s a message that’s needed now more than ever.”
Prime Video will put on a Clips show
The world doesn’t need more short-form media. Too bad Amazon doesn’t really care what the world needs. The company announced this weekend that it would soon introduce ‘Clips’ into the Prime Video app. It brings, if you couldn’t guess, a “scrollable, short-form video feed” right to the place you currently watch The Boys.
The feature initially launched overseas as a way to quickly catch up on the bigger NBA moments in the US. Now, it’s expanding to include clips from the movies and TV shows currently housed on the Prime Video platform.
“Clips gives customers a whole new way to browse with short, personalized snippets tailored to their interests. Whether they have a few minutes to scroll or are looking for something to watch when they have more time, entertainment is just a tap away.”
Amazon isn’t the first (or even second) streamer to attempt a feed like this. Disney was the first to capitalise on its customers’ waning attention span, before Netflix followed suit not too long after. Amazon isn’t keen on first finding out whether the apps have found success yet with this strategy, instead banking on its general audience’s waning attention spans to give them a few minutes of watchtime every day. Cool… right?
