Online Dating Company Announces $20M Annual Fund to Accelerate “virtual intimacy” Startups

Social Discovery Group, the company behind Dating.com and DateMyAge.com, announced it’s launched a venture studio that aims to “transform virtual intimacy into the new normal” by backing early-stage startups in AI-powered communication, XR advancements, and social discovery platforms.

Called SDG Lab, the group has pledged an annual investment of $20 million by providing a “straightforward” fundraising process, wherein entrepreneurs can secure seed funding for product development and additional capital for scaling.

SDG Lab’s most notable investments include virtual dating platform ‘VR Chat&Date’, and niche-based dating apps Kiseki, Flure, and AstroLove.

Led by Alex Kudos, former CMO of Social Discovery Group, SDG Lab is also providing startups building social discovery and connection technologies with resources, such as legal assistance, back-office support, tech infrastructure, and marketing expertise.

“Social interaction is evolving, and digital intimacy is the next frontier,” said Alex Kudos, CEO of SDG Lab. “At SDG Lab, we’re not just funding ideas—we’re co-creating the future of human connection. By investing in and partnering with bold entrepreneurs, we are building technologies that make meaningful relationships possible, no matter where people are in the world.”

“Virtual relationships and AI-driven connections are no longer science fiction—they are a fundamental part of our digital lives,” added Kudos. “SDG Lab is building the next generation of products that will shape how people connect, engage, and build relationships online.”

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“It’s not actually you”: Teens cope while adults debate harms of fake nudes

Teens increasingly traumatized by deepfake nudes clearly understand that the AI-generated images are harmful.

And apparently so do many of their tormentors, who typically use free or cheap “nudify” apps or web tools to “undress” innocuous pics of victims, then pass the fake nudes around school or to people they know online. A surprising recent Thorn survey suggests there’s growing consensus among young people under 20 that making and sharing fake nudes is obviously abusive.

That’s a little bit of “good news” on the deepfake nudes front, Thorn’s director of research, Melissa Stroebel, told Ars. Last year, The New York Times declared that teens are now confronting an “epidemic” of fake nudes in middle and high schools that are completely unprepared to support or in some cases even acknowledge victims.

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Lenovo Unveils Solar Powered Laptop, Wild ThinkBook Flip With Expandable Display

Lenovo Unveils Solar Powered Laptop, Wild ThinkBook Flip With Expandable Display
Mobile World Congress (MWC) has officially begun in Barcelona, and with it comes the usual mix of product announcements and concept showcases. Falling into the latter category, Lenovo has a couple of cool gadgets on display, including a laptop that draws power from the sun (or other light sources) as well as a nifty ThinkBook design with a

‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ preview: Stunning visuals, innovative combat, prime melodrama

I’ve been wondering why everyone seems so hyped on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It’s the debut game from Sandfall Interactive, an independent French studio with fewer than 30 employees, and it’s attracted massive partnerships in video games and film over the past five years. Expedition 33 has a high-profile cast of voice actors, including Andy Serkis, Charlie Cox, Shala Nyx and Jennifer English. It received an Epic MegaGrant in 2022, it was picked up by Pacific Drive publisher Kepler Interactive in 2023, and it was a tentpole of Xbox’s first showcase of 2025. Even though the game isn’t out until April, Story Kitchen has already signed on to turn it into a live-action film.  

At the very least, it’s seemed like an easy game to fall in love with.

After playing just over three hours of Expedition 33, I understand all of it — the hype, the quick love and the quiet excitement generated by the game’s writing, acting, world and mechanics. Expedition 33 is innovative and absolutely stunning.

Expedition 33 feels like a prestige drama set in a surreal, slightly gothic 3D landscape. Tonally it’s drenched in melodrama, and visually it’s reminiscent of Game of Thrones, but with Belle Époque stylings and mountains of diabolical magic. The realm of Lumière has been consumed by a powerful being called the Paintress — she paints a new number on the tower each year and all people of that age instantly die. She’s been counting down for more than half a century, killing the oldest citizens first, and she’s just painted the number 33. The people of Lumière send out annual expeditions to stop the Paintress, but so far, they’ve all been met with death. The heroes of expedition 33 have one year to live.

When we meet Gustave in the preview, things aren’t going well for expedition 33. His party has been ambushed by a mysterious white-haired man — someone so old that he shouldn’t be able to exist in this world — and Gustave is alone. Gustave has a magical robot arm and a very French moustache, and he sets off through lush forests and dark, wet caves to track down other survivors. He does find some, but only after he nearly kills himself in despair. Lune, a strong-willed and scholarly mage, appears just in time to save Gustave from himself, and together they meet up with Maelle, Gustave’s introverted but powerful foster sister.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Your party supports six playable characters in the full game, but the preview focuses on these three. The prestige-drama vibes stem from their interactions, and particularly their personality clashes. In one cutscene, Lune and Gustave find themselves sitting around a campfire on a starry night, screaming at each other about the ethics of utilitarianism. Between tirades, Gustave screams, “Fuck the mission!”

Eventually their intensity subsides and the conversation returns to a tentatively amicable space. At the end of the scene, the shot pans to Lune, who smirks and says, “Fuck the mission? Really?”

Gustave sheepishly responds, “Sorry.” And suddenly, I’m deeply invested in the relationship between Lune and Gustave, but also Maelle and all of the friends they’ve come to save. It doesn’t hurt that these cutscenes are truly gorgeous, with realistic skin textures and dirt smudges in close-up shots, and beautiful performances by all actors. 

From cutscenes to combat, Expedition 33 is radiant.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Environments in the preview grow more surreal as Gustave, Lune and Maelle travel closer to the Paintress, who’s hidden herself across deep seas and expansive land masses. They travel through raw areas shattered by magic, boulders hovering in mid-air and ornate buildings haphazardly embedded in odd places, broken and inhospitable. Anthropomorphized rock enemies roam the lands and there are bits of chroma — currency, essentially — to find, and some upgrades hidden off the linear path. We’re not talking Avowed levels of shinies, but a minimal sense of curiosity is definitely rewarded.

When exploring, you can swap among party members without breaking stride, and Lune emerged as my clear favorite. Instead of running, Lune speed-hovers a few inches above the ground, and embodying her is like soaring through a dream. Running (or hovering really fast) feels great in the game, and so does the grapple system that flings you across gaps and up buildings. There are also climbable handholds and ropes of light that act as elevators, and all of it works a treat.

The game’s dreamlike feeling only crystallizes in Flying Waters, a region that looks and behaves as if it’s at the bottom of the ocean — bubbles, shipwrecks, whales and all — but without a drop of water to be found. You breathe, walk, run and jump as normal here, but there are schools of fish swimming through the air and the waterline is visible high above you. It’s wonderfully trippy.

I could spend the rest of this preview just gushing about Expedition 33’s fabulous environments, characters and enemies, or its top-notch writing, music and graphics — but let’s talk combat.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Expedition 33 is a turn-based game with clear JRPG influences, but it adds a twist to the traditional battle system: quick-time prompts. Your party members have the ability to use an item, deploy a specific skill, or plain-old attack, plus they have a Free Aim move that can snipe enemy weak points before a full strike. There are elemental weapons to equip and upgrade, and each character runs on a distinct battle mechanic. Gustave has an overcharge system that powers up his robot arm for a special move, Lune uses elemental stains to stack specific damage, and Maelle switches among three fencing stances. Balancing healing, buffs, defensive moves and attacks is a delicate dance in Expedition 33, and the preview really started to sing once I had all three members nicely leveled up, kitted out and slinging various types of elemental damage.

Unlike traditional turn-based play, there are real-time prompts embedded in your skill attacks, and executing these delivers bonus damage and effects. The Final Fantasy series has toyed with this idea to mixed success, but in Expedition 33 it’s a critical, finely tuned system, and I love the tension it creates. Quick-time elements infuse the familiar turn-based loop with a twitchy kind of clarity, adding a few extra dopamine hits to the classic press-and-wait rhythm. Each QTE prompt is tricky without being punishing, and it’s not just offensive moves that get the real-time treatment. Dodging, parrying and jumping are essential skills in Expedition 33, and these mechanics demand your attention with every enemy turn.

In short, no, you won’t be able to set the controller down during combat in Expedition 33. And, yes, I’m totally here for it.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Maybe it’s because each character strikes a dramatic pose whenever it’s their turn, but combat has a distinct Persona flair (and this is a great thing in my book). Meanwhile, the game’s soundtrack has echoes of Nier: Automata and Tetris: Effect, and altogether, even boss battles can be a bit of an emotional experience.

In the interest of keeping this preview under 3,000 words, I’m not going to get into the specifics of upgrade trees and resource types, but I will say that I found these systems to be purposeful and responsive. I was pleased with how often my party leveled up, there were ample traits to tweak for each character, and the effects of my stat manipulation were immediately apparent in combat. Rest assured, Expedition 33 is an RPG.

Though this is just based on a preview, Expedition 33 seems incredibly polished. Not only does it play seamlessly on a macro level, but it also gets the smallest details right, including voice-acted memories, haptic feedback that kicks in when a grapple point is in range, an opaque text box that’s both readable and seamlessly integrated into every scene, and the ability to put a rose in Gustave’s hair, even in cutscenes. The entire preview is impressive.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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That said, I wonder whether Expedition 33 is too impressive, technically speaking. I played the preview at a stable 1080p/60 on a gaming PC with an RTX 4070 Super, and I didn’t encounter any issues, but locking to 60 fps at 1440p was beyond my setup. This feels like a game that’s going to break a lot of hearts and PC parts. And it’s not just PC — I’m curious to see how Expedition 33 will run on any console that isn’t a PlayStation 5 Pro.

But, that’s a consideration for review time. The final preview for Expedition 33 illuminates why Sandfall Interactive has received so much pre-launch attention and support. Expedition 33 is composed of beautiful contradictions: It’s a JRPG but it comes from a Western studio. It’s a fantasy RPG built outside the restrictions of Dungeons & Dragons rulesets. It’s an indie game that looks, sounds and feels AAA. Most of all, Expedition 33 is refreshing.

Expedition 33 is due to hit PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on April 24.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/clair-obscur-expedition-33-preview-stunning-visuals-innovative-combat-prime-melodrama-140052194.html?src=rss

The Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch on Hulu This Month

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The movies and television shows below are the best of what’s coming to Hulu this month—according to me. Because I’m an expert at watching things. The best of the month is Deli Boys, a fishes-out-of-water comedy about pampered Pakistani brothers who inherit a criminal empire. Also of note: Good American Family, a series based on a very strange true story.

Deli Boys, season 1

Created by Abdullah Saeed, Deli Boys is an outrageous comedy series about a pair of sheltered, pampered Pakistani American brothers whose lives are upended when their father dies, and they learn that baba’s real money didn’t come from the delis he owned, but from the illegal drugs he dealt. Now the sons must take over the family business, but these goofs are the furthest thing on earth from drug dealers.

Starts streaming March 6.


Good American Family

Mark Duplass and Ellen Pompeo star as a Midwestern couple who adopt a child they believe has a rare form of dwarfism, but they start to suspect she’s not actually a child, and wonder what nefarious designs she has on their family. Based on the same true stories that inspired The Orphan, Good American Family aims to go deeper than a potboiler by telling its creepy, bizarre story from multiple points of view to explore the subtleties of bias, culture, and trauma that are really behind this odd story.

Starts streaming March 19.


O’Dessa

I don’t know whether O’Dessa will be good or not, but this Hulu original is the kind of movie that takes such a huge swing, it’s bound to be entertaining, even if it falls apart. It’s a sci-fi rock opera in which Sadie Sink plays a farm girl who ventures out into a post-apocalyptic wasteland to save the world through song, so it’s bound to be either a classic or a cult-classic. Either way, I am so on board.

Starts streaming March 13.


Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna

When a movie quality camera is pointed at a shooting, you’d think it would be obvious who’s to blame, but the story of Alec Baldwin killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust is way more complex than that. Through interviews with people who were there, police interrogation videos, and behind-the-scenes footage from the movie set, Last Take goes beyond the sensational headlines to tell the real story of the day everything went so horrifically wrong.

Starts streaming March 11.


Control Freak

This Hulu original horror movie stars Kelly Marie Tran as a successful motivational speaker whose life is close to perfect, until her head starts itching. The maddening itch gets worse, but not lice. It’s a parasitic infection, a malevolent creature that begins to take control of her mind and body. If you’re into body horror, you should definitely check out this squirmy, suspenseful flick.

Starts streaming March 13.


Am I Being Unreasonable? season 2

If you’re looking for something unusual to watch, check out Am I Being Unreasonable? Produced by BBC, the first season of this dark comedy/thriller series earned rave reviews for its anarchic, try-everything cinematic style, its sharp writing, and its talented cast headed by Daisy May Cooper. She plays Nic, a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage whose life unravels in hilarious ways when she tells someone her darkest secret.

Starts streaming March 12.


Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years

Bill Burr’s new special showcases the honesty, anger, and wit that brought him to the top of the stand-up comedy heap. Age hasn’t softened Bill at all: in this deeply personal hour of stand-up, Burr focuses on subjects like aging, death, and male sadness with his unique, don’t-give-a-fuck style.

Starts streaming March 14.


Last month’s picks

A Thousand Blows

Created by Steven Knight, the genius behind Peaky Blinders, this British boxing drama is made for fans of hardcore Victoriana. A Thousand Blows takes viewers to the mean streets of London in the 1880s where we follow Hezekiah (Malachi Kirby) and Alec (Francis Lovehall), two friends from Jamaica who immigrate to the UK only to find themselves fighting for their lives in the crime-ridden East End. The pair run afoul of criminal kingpin and pugilist Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham) and find a friend in Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), head of an all-woman shoplifting gang known as the Forty Elephants.

Starts streaming February 21.


The Kardashians, season 6

Love ’em or hate ’em, the Kardashians are an American institution, and they’re back for another season of rich people hijinks, including the potential of Khloé reuniting with her ex, Lamar Odom, a look at Kim and Khloé’s summer getaway to India, and North West’s Lion King tribute performance. I can’t freakin’ wait. (OK, I can wait.)

Starts streaming February 6.


SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

If you don’t like Sly and the Family Stone, we probably shouldn’t hang out. Directed by Questlove, whose first documentary series, Summer of Soul, is a classic, SLY LIVES! investigates the life and legacy of Sly Stone through amazing archival performance footage of Sly in his prime and in-depth interviews with the people who were there. Deeper than the “wasn’t Sly cool?” movie this could have been, SLY LIVES! doesn’t shy away from the bigger issues surrounding his fame or gloss over the downfall of a legend.

Starts streaming February 13.


My Best Friend’s an Animal

As anyone with a loyal pet can tell you, love doesn’t care what species you are. My Best Friend’s an Animal is a for-the-whole-family documentary series by National Geographic that examines the bond between people and unusual, exotic pets. Expect a ton of awwwwws.

Starts streaming February 5.


Muslim Matchmaker

Hulu’s original series Muslim Matchmaker is from Indian Matchmaking creator Smriti Mundhra’s Meralta Films, a company with a proven track record of creating cross-cultural, reality dating shows. The series follows the adventures of Hoda Abrahim and Yasmin Elhady, matchmakers who help Muslim Americans find romance. The focus is on traditional Muslim relationships, so this is not a show about hook-up culture; it’s a show about finding the person you want to settle down with, but that doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of awkward first dates.

Starts streaming February 11.


Wicked Game: Devil in the Desert

I can’t find a ton of information about this Hulu original documentary series, but I’m intrigued by Wicked Game‘s official show description: “Hunting the mastermind of a violent abduction, authorities unravel a twisted tale of obsession during the early days of legalized pot.” That’s a good enough premise for me to give it a spin, for sure.

Starts streaming February 4.


Shoresey, season 4

I have a confession to make: I’d never heard of Shoresey before today, and I can’t believe I haven’t been watching this show. Why wasn’t I informed? This Canadian sports comedy series is excellent and totally deserves the 100% fresh rating it has on rotten tomatoes. Shoresy follows the adventures of a Shoresy, a foul-mouthed, fan-favorite hockey player on the Sudbury Bulldogs in Sudbury, Ontario, known as the dirtiest player in the game. Hockey comedy has been funny since the original Slap Shot!

Starts streaming February 26.


Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke

If you’re a true-crime fan and you’re unfamiliar with the bizarre story of Ruby Franke, you’re in for twisted treat. Franke was once a prominent mommy vlogger, but something went terribly wrong and she ended up in jail, accused of abusing her children in horrible ways. Devil in the Family promises new insight into this dark story through interviews with the Frankes’ eldest children, Shari and Chad, and Ruby’s husband, Kevin.

Starts streaming February 27.

China May Be Ready To Use Nuclear Fusion for Power by 2050

China aims to commercialize nuclear fusion technology for use in emissions-free power generation by 2050, according to the countryâ(TM)s state-owned atomic company. From a report: China National Nuclear Corp., which runs an experimental device dubbed the ‘artificial sun,’ could start commercial operation of its first power generation project about five years after a demonstration phase starting around 2045, it said in a media briefing on Friday.

The Asian nation has recently stepped up its ambitions in achieving nuclear fusion, a process by which the sun and other stars generate energy and that is considered a near-infinite form of clean energy. It is notoriously difficult to carry out in a sustained and usable manner and only a handful of countries like the US, Russia and South Korea have managed to crack the basics.

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Qualcomm X85 5G Modem And Dragonwing FWA Unleash AI-Fueled 5G Advanced Wireless

Qualcomm X85 5G Modem And Dragonwing FWA Unleash AI-Fueled 5G Advanced Wireless
At MWC, Qualcomm announced that it is expanding its 5G portfolio with the Qualcomm X85 5G Modem-RF and the Dragonwing FWA Gen 4 Elite platform, which is the first major product under the company’s new Dragonwing branding. While AI is sometimes just a buzzword, Qualcomm notes it’s using machine learning to meaningfully improve 5G network efficiency

Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration

Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to make a picture-perfect landing on the Moon early Sunday, touching down on an ancient basaltic plain, named Mare Crisium, to fulfill a $101 million contract with NASA.

The lunar lander, called Blue Ghost, settled onto the Moon’s surface at 2:34 am CST (3:34 am EST; 08:34 UTC). A few dozen engineers in Firefly’s mission control room monitored real-time data streaming down from a quarter-million miles away.

“Y’all stuck the landing, we’re on the Moon!” announced Will Coogan, the lander’s chief engineer, to the Firefly team gathered in Leander, Texas, a suburb north of Austin. Down the street, at a middle-of-the-night event for Firefly employees, their families, and VIPs, the crowd erupted in applause and toasted champagne.

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The Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch on Prime This Month

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I’ve scoured the February releases on Amazon’s Prime platform to find the best new and new-to-streaming movies and shows. My pick for best of the month is Holland, a thriller starring Nicole Kidman that reminds me of The Stepford Wives. There are also the final season of Bosch: Legacy, and don’t sleep on Anora; it’s excellent.

Holland

Nicole Kidman stars in an off-kilter thriller from director Mimi Cage. Kidman plays Nancy Vandergroot, a teacher in the idyllic town of Holland, Michigan, where everyone is way into their Dutch heritage and they smile at each other with straight, white teeth. But (as you’d probably guess) something sinister lurks beneath the surface of this town, and Nancy is about to take a big bite into a rotten apple. If you’re into strange suspense, check out Holland.

Starts streaming March 27.


The Wheel of Time, season 3

If fantasy is your sort of thing, check out Prime’s sprawling sorcery and orcs (sorry, “trollocs”) series The Wheel of Time. The show is returning for a third season, and the White Tower is really in peril now. Right off the bat, Liandrin is revealed as a Black Ajah in front of the Hall of the Sitters. Later, Rand, Moiraine, Lan, Egwene, and Aviendha embark on an epic journey to the Aiel Waste. If you haven’t seen the first two seasons or read Robert Jordan’s 14(!) Wheel of Time novels, there’s no better time than now to dig in.

Starts streaming March 13.


Bosch: Legacy, season 3

The third and final season of hard-boiled police procedural Bosch: Legacy sees retired LAPD homicide detective turned private eye Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch (Titus Welliver) confronted by his daughter Maddie (Madison Lintz). Last season, Maddie learned that Bosch may have killed the man who previously kidnapped her. This season, the investigation into the kidnappers’ death could bring ruin to Harry, Maddie, and Honey “Money” Chandler (Mimi Rogers), who’s running for Los Angeles district attorney.

Starts streaming March 27.


Anora (2024)

Director Sean Baker’s radical empathy shines in Anora, a romantic comedy about a sex worker who hooks up with the son of a Russian billionaire, to the great displeasure of his family. In other words, this is not Pretty Woman. Mike Madison turns in a brilliant, nuanced performance in the main role of a film that revels in life’s gray areas. Anora refuses to simplify the complexities of love, money, and power in 2025, while refusing to ignore the humanity of its characters. There’s a reason this movie killed at Canne and critics love it.

Starts streaming March 18.


Picture This

Picture This is a romantic comedy starring Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley as Pia, a talented photographer who receives a surprising prediction: both true love and success will follow from the next five dates she goes on. With her sister’s wedding looming, Pia’s family busily lines up potential suitors giving Picture This‘s character actors (including Ted Lasso‘s Phil Dunster) a chance to shine. But when Pia’s ex Charlie (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) returns, things get complicated.

Starts streaming March 6.


Last month’s picks

Clean Slate

This Amazon original series was dreamed up by the late, great Norman Lear, a man who was known for spinning comedy gold from hot-button social issues with grace. Clean Slate stars actress and trans activist Laverne Cox as Desiree, who returns to her hometown after decades of living in the city. She’s been gone for so long, her father, played by George Wallace, doesn’t recognize her, mainly because she used to be his son.

Starts streaming February 6.


Reacher, season 3

Universally praised action series Reacher returns for a third season. Based on Lee Child’s seventh Reacher novel, Persuader, season 3 sees former military operative Jack Reacher going undercover for the DEA in New England and facing off against a character played by Olivier Ritchers, the seven-foot bodybuilder called “the Dutch Giant” in muscle-show circles, and Zachary Beck, played by Anthony Michael Hall, the six-foot tall American actor called “The Geek” in 16 Candles.

Starts streaming February 20.


House of David

No matter what you think of this “God” person, the Bible contains a lot of great stories, including that of David, who, like Madonna, needs no last name. This faith-based series begins with the fall of King Saul and the anointing of his successor, David, a teenage outcast who seems to have no business being king of anything. But David embarks on a personal journey of discovery and eventually (spoiler alert) becomes the greatest king of Israel. God, as they say, works in mysterious ways.

Starts streaming February 27.


Invincible, season 3

Both critics and fans love superhero cartoon-for-adults Invincible; the rotten tomato scores for season 1 are 98% and 93% respectively, and one critic called it “the Game of Thrones of the Superhero genre.” If you’re unfamiliar, Invincible is based on Robert Kirkman’s comic and tells the story of 17-year-old Mark Grayson. Mark is just like any teenager, except his dad is Omni-Man, and he’s developing super powers. Season 3 sees Mark meeting up with tons of villains, including Powerplex, voiced by Aaron Paul, The Elephant, voiced by John DiMaggio, and the merciless leader of The Order, Mr. Liu, voiced by Tzi Ma.

Starts streaming February 6.


My Fault: London

My Fault: London is a British romantic drama based on the novel Culpa mía by Mercedes Ron. It tells the story of Noah, played by Asha Banks, whose mother marries a rich British man and drags her daughter from Florida to London (oh no!). Despite the tony Notting Hill address, things in the UK don’t go great for Noah, especially when she meets Nick, played by Matthew Broome, her mother’s new husband’s privileged and snobby son. But, surprisingly, love blooms between the the extremely attractive couple, who then must navigate a chaotic life of partying in Ibiza and driving around in cars worth a million dollars each.

Starts streaming February 13.

GOLF+ & The Light Brigade Are The Quest+ March 2025 Monthly Games

From a golfing hit to a roguelike shooter, these are the Meta Quest+ monthly games for March.

What Is Meta Quest+?

The Meta Quest+ subscription offering lets you redeem two pre-selected games each month, alongside a rotating selection of titles in its Games Catalog.

Redeeming these monthly games ensures continued access while your subscription remains active. Should you cancel your membership, previously redeemed games become accessible again if you resubscribe.

Quest+ is available on Quest 2, Quest Pro, Quest 3, and Quest 3S.

The latest batch of redeemable monthly games are now live, following February’s selection of Budget Cuts Ultimate and PowerWash Simulator VR. Available now for subscribers until March 31, 2025, here’s what you can download.


GOLF+

GOLF+ remains one of the oldest hits on Quest, and it continues delivering regular post-launch updates. Playable solo or in online multiplayer, the base game includes three courses, while DLC courses are available as individual purchases or through a subscription pass.

Notably, developer GolfScope recently revamped the visuals for its original full course, which you can read about below.

GOLF+ Upgraded The Graphics Of Its Original Full Course
GOLF+ just upgraded the graphics of its first full-swing course, Cliffs, originally released in late 2021.


The Light Brigade

Developed by Funktronic Labs, VR roguelike shooter The Light Brigade mixes elements of World War 2 with mysticism. Featuring physics-based gunplay and procedurally generated battlegrounds, you’re tasked with restoring life to this world and freeing the fallen souls that perished here.

It’s seen a steady stream of post-launch updates since it first arrived two years ago, the most recent one being last November’s free ‘Phantom of Time‘ update.

The Light Brigade Update Adds A Stealthy Gunslinger To The VR Roguelike
VR roguelike shooter The Light Brigade adds the Saboteur class, a new world, and more in today’s free ‘Phantom of Time’ update.


Quest+ Games Catalog

Alongside the redeemable monthly games, Quest+ continues to offer a games catalog of titles that any Quest+ subscribers can play. This month sees 2MD: VR Football Unleashed ALL☆STAR, Fruit Ninja, Jurassic World Aftermath Collection and Until You Fall leave the service, while new additions include Angry Birds VR and Broken Edge.

Here’s the full Quest+ Games Catalog library as of March 3, 2025:

  • Acron: Attack of the Squirrels!
  • Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs
  • Asgard’s Wrath 2
  • BAM
  • Broken Edge
  • Carve Snowboarding
  • Cook-Out
  • Cubism
  • Demeo
  • Espire 1: VR Operative
  • Garden of the Sea
  • Guardians Frontline
  • Hand Physics Lab
  • Home Sports
  • Hunt Together
  • In Death: Unchained
  • Mini Motor Racing X
  • No More Rainbows
  • Onward
  • Party Versus
  • Premium Bowling
  • Puzzling Places
  • Red Matter
  • Shattered
  • Song in the Smoke
  • Space Pirate Trainer DX
  • Sweet Surrender
  • Synth Riders
  • Tetris Effect: Connected
  • Walkabout Mini Golf
  • Wallace and Gromit in the Grand Getaway

Meta Quest+ costs $8 per month or $60 annually.