The New Video Game Releases We Can’t Wait to Play in 2023: Starfield, Baldur’s Gate 3, and More

You’d be forgiven for thinking the biggest games of 2023 had already been released. After all, between The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, and Final Fantasy XVI, who has time to play anything else? But the biggest launches are still in store, with Spider-Man 2, Starfield, and many, many more titles competing for your attention this fall—and before that, plenty more to play this summer.

Here are more than a dozen of the games we can’t wait to play, including several we had the chance to try early at this year’s Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles.

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The Best Labor Day Mattress, Bedding, and Pillow Deals 2023

A restful night’s sleep is paramount for your health and well-being.That’s why the product experts at Wirecutter take our testing of all things sleep so seriously.  While quality sleep gear often comes at a cost, now is a great time to save money. The Wirecutter Deals team has sifted through the middling Labor Day discounts to bring you truly exceptional deals on tried and tested mattresses, sheets, blankets, and other accessories to set you up for a perfect night’s rest.

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The Best Mattresses for 2023

Choosing the right mattress is one of the most important steps to getting a restful night’s sleep.

It’s also one of the most challenging, because a perfect match is highly individual.

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ThirdLove’s 24/7 Is the Only Bra I Don’t Fling Across the Room As Soon As I Get Home

I spent decades quietly despising every bra in my drawer—until I discovered the ThirdLove 24/7 Classic Uplift Plunge Bra. The ThirdLove 24/7 is an exponentially better bra than anything else I’ve encountered.

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Why This Natori Underwear Is the Best I’ve Ever Worn

Until recently, my top drawer was stuffed with ill-fitting, outfit-spoiling underwear—and I know I’m not the only one with this problem.

The woes that plague women’s underthings are so numerous, in fact, that a whole vocabulary has sprung up to describe them: muffin top, camel toe, whale tail, wedgie, and of course, visible panty line (aka VPL). I’ve suffered all those afflictions and more in my search for the perfect pair.

But at long last (and with a little help from my friends), I’ve found them: the Natori Bliss French Cut Briefs.

These briefs are chic, indulgently comfy, and the first ones I reach for when the laundry is freshly done. It’s no wonder we made them a pick in our guide to the best women’s underwear.

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The Best Projectors

Different projectors are designed for different uses, and they can range in price from a couple hundred dollars to well into the five-figure range. Choosing the right model for your needs can be a daunting task, and we’re here to help.

Below is an overview of the top picks from our various projector guides. We have recommendations for premium 4K movie projectors, bright living-room projectors, budget home theater projectors, and more.

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The Best Personal Blender

A great personal blender can easily whip up smoothies, shakes, and small batches of sauce or pesto. These compact machines aren’t as powerful as full-size blenders, so they can’t totally replace them for all tasks, but they are easy to use, clean, and store. After years of pureeing frozen fruit, hearty kale, fibrous ginger, chunky nuts, and sticky dates in dozens of personal blenders, we think the NutriBullet Pro 900 offers the best balance of power, simplicity, convenience, and price.

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The Best 4K Monitors

When people shop for a TV these days, a high-resolution, 4K screen is practically a given. But 4K computer monitors are still a luxury, unless you’re editing photos or videos professionally, or if you specifically want to watch 4K content.

The Dell UltraSharp U2723QE is our favorite 4K monitor because it’s a quality, color-accurate display that can charge your laptop over USB-C, and it has superior contrast compared with the competition.

For a cheaper option, we recommend the Dell S2722QC.

If you want a larger 4K display that has the same contrast as our top pick and also supports Thunderbolt 4, the HP Z32k G3 is an excellent option. And if you don’t need 4K, you can find all kinds of great monitors and pay less.

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The Best Shower Caddy

We were skeptical that any shower caddy could be worth spending more than about $20, but after researching over 100 shower caddies and trying 15 of them, we’re sure the OXO Aluminum 3-Tier Shower Caddy is the only one of these things you’ll have to buy for a very long time.

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The Best Innerspring Mattresses

If foam mattresses leave you feeling hot and bothered or simply stuck, a traditional innerspring mattress—inherently more breathable and resilient—may be your dream bed.

Today’s innerspring options are worlds beyond the austere, creaky, or overly springy kind you likely slept on growing up. The key is to know what you’re getting. That’s why, since 2018, we’ve tested some two dozen innerspring mattresses in our office and at home. Here’s what we recommend.

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The Best Memory Foam Mattresses You Can Buy Online

If you crave a slow-sinking, pressure-relieving mattress that will cradle you all night, a foam mattress might be just right. We’ve weeded through the endless foam-mattress options online and recommend six.

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The Best Rain Boots for Women and Men

Unlined, unpretentious, and fully waterproof—few pieces of footwear reward joyful, mud-stomping impulses as much as a pair of great rain boots.

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The Best Air Conditioner

The perfect air conditioner slides gracefully in and out of your window, cooling you quickly, efficiently, and silently.

In other words, the perfect AC doesn’t exist.

The closest thing we’ve found to that ideal is the Midea U MAW08V1QWT. We’ve been researching window ACs since 2012, and this Midea model is quieter and more energy-efficient than any window AC we’ve ever tested.

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The Best Refrigerators

Fridges come in many different looks and layouts—and most do a fine job of keeping your food cold. Based on a survey of more than 5,000 Wirecutter readers and an AI-assisted analysis of 28,000 customer reviews, we can give you guidance on how to find the fridge that’s right for you.

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The Best, Most Comfortable Bras

An under-performing bra is a terrible thing. It can be hard on your psyche, your silhouette, your posture—the list goes on. We think any bra you wear should be comfortable and well constructed; it should make you feel confident and supported, in every sense of the word.

After researching hundreds of bras and testing 43 of them in person, we’ve found seven that suit a slew of moods, bodies, and style preferences. They include a versatile everyday bra that’s available in half cup sizes; a sleek, unlined underwire bra; a well-priced, full-coverage T-shirt bra; an indulgently comfortable wireless bralette; a more supportive adjustable wireless bralette for bigger busts; a barely-there sheer mesh bralette; and a smoothing minimizer.

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The Best French Door Refrigerators

Melding form with function, a French-door refrigerator features stylish double doors that open up to a user-friendly interior. With a full-width fridge up top and a full-width freezer down below, a French-door refrigerator makes everything easier to see and grab.

The LG LRFLC2706S is an excellent choice, packing lots of storage into a handsome frame that’s cleverly designed to feel a bit more compact in your kitchen.

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The Best Android and iPhone Gimbal

If you love making videos with your phone but want a smoother, less bouncy, more professional look, a smartphone gimbal can elevate your content creation for not a lot of money.

A gimbal is a mechanical stabilizer that, through a combination of sensors and electric motors, keeps your phone steady regardless of how you move your hand, arm, or body. Modern gimbals even have apps that can track a subject, keeping you or someone else in frame—while you’re both moving—for a professional-looking shot.

Of all the gimbals we tested, the Insta360 Flow was the easiest to use, had the best app, and reliably stabilized our video, making it the go-to choice for more cinematic smartphone shots.

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We Smeared Hundreds of Dishes With Peanut Butter, Egg Yolk, Red Sauce, and Lipstick to Test Dishwashers

When we test dishwashers, we get things dirty—very dirty.

For our most recent round of testing, we loaded a dozen dishwashers with piles of gunk-smeared dishes and ran more than a hundred cleaning cycles to find the best machines for the job.

Testing a dishwasher isn’t the same as running a load after a dinner party. Our assessments are designed to challenge a dishwasher and push it to its limits. (And no, we don’t prerinse the dishes.) Dishwashers have changed a lot over the years: From more-efficient filtration systems to more-sophisticated detergents, we consider it all. To create our test plan, we talk to industry experts, study dishwasher test protocols (like those of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers), and poll people about their top dishwasher frustrations. Then, we make a mess. Here’s a peek into the process.

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The Best Dishwashers

The dishwasher is one of the original labor-saving appliances. It also conserves water and energy. Any dishwasher is better than no dishwasher at all, but a great one—excellent at cleaning, easy to load, quiet, and reliable—goes above and beyond.

After scouring customer reviews and stress-testing 16 models, we recommend the Bosch 300 Series SHE53C85N as the first dishwasher you should consider.

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The Best Noise-Cancelling Headphones

For frequent flyers or commuters on public transit, reducing the noise around you is the difference between enduring a trip and enjoying it. Noise-cancelling headphones can make your music easier to hear and your world a little more peaceful.

The Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 is our favorite pair of noise-cancelling headphones, but we also have recommendations for people who want to spend less or prefer earbuds over headphones.

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The Best Outdoor Security Camera

An outdoor security camera can keep tabs on welcome (and unwelcome) visitors, package deliveries, and furry creatures helping themselves to a midnight snack in your garden. They can also be a powerful deterrent to prospective mischief-makers.

However, after reviewing dozens of cameras over the past seven years, we’ve yet to find a perfect model. Some are hard to place, some need to be charged frequently, and others require a subscription fee to be most effective.

If you want a completely cord-free option, we recommend the Arlo Pro 4 Spotlight Camera.

If you want something a little cheaper (and have an outdoor outlet nearby), we recommend the Ring Stick Up Cam Plug-In.

And if you want a camera that can light up the night, or at least your porch, we like the Eufy S330 Floodlight Cam.

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The Best Baby Monitors

Whether you’re a first-time parent or you’re welcoming another baby into your family, a baby monitor can offer peace of mind.

The best baby monitors are easy to set up and use, and they stay reliably connected. They also offer clear picture and sound quality, have batteries that last through the night, and are sturdy enough to survive through toddlerhood.

The Eufy SpaceView and Eufy SpaceView Pro meet those criteria better than any other local-video monitors we’ve tested.

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How to Clean Baking Sheets

Any well-used baking sheet will develop a dark patina of baked-on oils over time, and the internet is full of ideas for getting it off. The tips range from boiling dryer sheets to drenching your pan in ketchup, but I have bad news: There’s no good way to restore your baking sheets’ shine without a fair amount of hard scrubbing.

I also have good news: Your dingy baking sheets are actually fine—maybe even better—just the way they are.

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The Best Women’s White T-Shirts

A great white tee is a wardrobe workhorse, but finding your go-to can feel like a daunting task—and an awkward fit, overly stiff fabric, or stretched-out collar can quickly consign a shirt to the back of your dresser drawer.

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The Best Canned Tomatoes

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Having worked in the food and restaurant industry for a decade, I can tell you that no two brands of canned tomatoes are exactly alike. Some tomatoes are velvety, brilliantly red, and full of flavor, while others are tough, underripe, and insipid. To date, we’ve assessed over 25 different cans of whole peeled tomatoes—some with our colleagues at NYT Cooking—to find the best.

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The Best Travel Strollers

A good travel stroller can make the difference between a jaunty vacation and a miserable slog.

We researched dozens of travel strollers, tested seven on a variety of trips involving planes, trains, buses, and cabs, and concluded that the Uppababy Minu V2 is the best option to keep parents and tots happy. Unlike most travel strollers, you’re sacrificing very little in comfort and maneuverability with the Minu V2—which is why many people find it’s also the ideal everyday stroller.

If you’re looking for a lighter, simpler option, the Baby Jogger City Tour 2 Stroller is a great budget pick.

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The Best Laundry Detergent

Laundry detergent promises cleaner clothing through science: These extraordinarily complex goos and powders have to remove dirt, stains, and odors from fabric, and then rinse away without damaging your clothes, your washer, your skin, or the environment. We pitted 17 detergents against 10 common stains in cold water, and we found that Tide Ultra Stain Release was more effective at lifting a wider variety of stains than the competition.

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