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• Бета новой Resident Evil — https://stopgame.ru/newsdata/46369

• Трейлер The Medium — https://stopgame.ru/newsdata/46367

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Чемпионат по Fortnite в 2021 году получит призовой фонд 20 миллионов долларовhttps://www.gametech.ru/news/2021/01/21/cempionat-po-fortnite-v-2021-godu-polucit-prizovoi-fond-20-millionov-dollarovEpic Games раскрыла подробности о серии мини-чемпионатов по Fortnite в 2021 году. Общий призовой фонд составит 20 миллионов долларов, что на 3 миллиона долларов больше, чем в предыдущем году.

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Над пилотным эпизодом сериала по The Last of Us будет работать оператор «Дылды»https://www.gametech.ru/news/2021/01/20/nad-pilotnym-epizodom-seriala-po-the-last-of-us-budet-rabotat-operator-dyldyКрейгу Мазину очень полюбился фильм Кантемира Балагова и именно поэтому его выбор пал на Ксению Середу

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What if Peter Parker never escaped the clutches of his symbiote costume? That's the premise fueling the new limited series Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow.

Score the lowest price ever on an Intel Core i7 Iris Plus laptop, an Intel Core i7 RTX 3060 Ti Gaming PC, or a 77" LG CX 4K OLED TV.

Among Us developer Innersloth has released a development log, promising a 2021 content roadmap and explaining why updates to the game have taken longer than might have been expected.

An early development build of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been discovered and it reveals that, at one point, Link could have turned into Navi via the Soul Medallion.

Jurassic World: Dominion director Colin Trevorrow says the upcoming movie will conclude the story of all six Jurassic movies, not just the sequel trilogy.

Excitement was sparked today as Xbox Game Pass suggested Fall Guys would be arriving on the service soon – but Mediatonic and Devolver have since quashed the idea.

Bright and colorful platformer Balan Wonderworld isn’t too far away from its March release date now but you can try it out next week if you’re keen.

Square Enix have announced that you can hop in and give it a go on January 28th.

From its original announcement trailer just below, Balan Wonderworld sure does look like a classic mascot platformer ’em up.

“The setting for this tale is the fantastic, imaginary land of Wonderworld; a place where people’s happy and positive memories mix with their restless worries and negativity,” Square Enix say.

Balan Wonderworld will launch on March 26th, also on Steam.

Without fail, it means that the always creative Minecraft players will come up with unexpected ways to use them.

The newest Minecraft snapshot adds some more parts of the upcoming Caves & Cliffs update including the pretty glow squids and their glowing ink.

Mojang’s update notes for snapshot 21w03A explain what’s possible with the new glow squids and their ink.

Do beware, axolotls will attack glow squids so be sure not to let them hang out.

If you want to meet the squids yourself, you’ll want to load up the Minecraft launcher and choose “latest snapshot” in your installations tab.

He was willing to say that the company has games in development currently and also mentioned that launching Half-Life: Alyx had created the despire within the company to continue creating singleplayer games.

“We definitely have games in development that we’re going to be announcing—it’s fun to ship games,” he said.

Valve have had all sorts of games in development over the years.

We heard about plenty of them in the Half-Life: Alyx – Final Hours documentary from last summer.

“I’ve successfully not spoken about those things for a long time and I hope to continue to not talk about them until they are moot questions,” Newell said.

The magic of AI-powered text to speech continues as Skyrim modders get their hands on an application that generates speech from text based on voice samples from Bethesda games.

It’s already inspired a trailer with AI-only voice acting and a new mod that gives Skyrim characters lines to compliment your dragonborn’s naked figure.

The voice lines are created with an application called SKVA Synth by Dan Ruta which outputs speech based on voice samples from Bethesda games.

It could be used to create voice lines for Skyrim companion mods.

It’s already been used for this mod that has Skyrim characters compliment you if you’re walking around in the nude.

So in this guide to Ambrosia and Nectar in Hades, we’ll walk you through the best methods for gaining these resources, and what to do with them once you have them.

Nectar in Hades is a delicacy of the Underworld, and therefore very valuable to most of its inhabitants.

You can continue to gift Nectar to these characters after receiving their Keepsake, in order to deepen your relationship with them.

With certain characters, enough Ambrosia traded will give you the chance to enter into a romantic relationship with them.

Fastest way to gain AmbrosiaBy far the fastest way to gain Ambrosia is to earn bounties during your runs using the Pact of Punishment.

Learn everything you need to know by reading our Hades God Mode and Hell Mode guide below.

How to turn on God ModeYou can turn God Mode on at any time by opening the menu, and navigating to Settings.

That final condition is unique to Hell Mode, and doesn’t appear in any save file that doesn’t have Hell Mode enabled.

How to turn on Hell ModeUnlike God Mode, Hell Mode in Hades cannot be enabled or disabled at any time.

And that’s all there is to know about both God Mode and Hell Mode in Hades.

Io Interactive say they’re on the case.

Trouble is, that import progress is being funneled through their progression carryover website that’s having a bit of a struggle handing all those barcode-bearing hitmans at once.

Io’s pre-launch guide specifies that importing progress from prior games will clear any current Hitman 3 save data.

Io say they’re working on getting things up and running and to “please press F5 on Twitter instead of our site,” to get updates about the situation.

It is like Ian himself – reliable, dry-humoured, uniformed.”Hitman 3 is available now from the Epic Games Store for £50/$60.

The hidden-role murder ’em up was originally released in 2018, and managed to burst its way to fame late last year thanks in large part to lots of Twitch streamers.

Yesterday, they released a dev blog explaining why development and updates have been taking so long, and telling fans a bit about what’s been going on behind the scenes.

All this organisational stuff has meant they’ve needed to spend time away from the game, but ultimately it all means development will be a little easier in the future.

“Thank you SO much for the patience as you wait for the next big update!” Innersloth add.

An account system is on the way too, the first update for which will be focussed on moderation so you can …

Valve and a handful of game publishers have landed themselves in hot water with the European Commision for geo-blocking Steam keys in certain regions in Europe.

The Steam owners, along with Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax (Bethesda’s parent company), have been collectively fined €7.8 million (around £6.9 million) for “breaching EU antitrust rules”.

“Valve and the publishers restricted cross-border sales of certain PC video games on the basis of the geographical location of users within the European Economic Area (‘EEA’), entering into the so called ‘geo-blocking’ practices,” the European Commission said.

An investigation into Valve and the five publishers found that…

Ian Hitman’s current trilogy of sandbox stealth-o-murder games wraps up today with Hitman 3, which launched just a few minutes ago.

“As a final act, Hitman 3 is as capable and pleasing as its trilogy-siblings,” Brendy said in our Hitman 3 review.

Instead, it said people who pre-ordered Hitman 3 or bought it within the first ten days would get Hitman 1’s content free, and could buy Hitman 2’s at a discount.

Hitman 3 is available now from the Epic Games Store for £50.

Uh, as a stopgap, you can still get that Hitman 1 Access Pass to play those murders before it’s all fixed.

The AOC Agon AG273QZ is one such gaming display, offering a slightly cheaper (and flatter) alternative to Samsung’s similarly-specced Odyssey G7.

The Odyssey G7 also has a slightly higher HDR rating than its AOC rival, meeting VESA’s DisplayHDR 600 specification instead of the entry-level DisplayHDR 400 standard.

Making these changes also didn’t resolve my other main issue with the AG273QZ, and that’s its poor handling of text and word documents.

And that’s fine if you’re buying a 240Hz screen that’s going to be used purely for playing games.

Alas, I can’t say that’s particularly true of the Agon AG273QZ, which puts quite a big dampener on it.

Blizzard are shaking up Hearthstone’s update schedule with a crafty new strategy: big expansions that now spawn small expansions.

The Darkmoon Races is the first of what they’ve dubbed ‘Mini-Sets’, which shuffles in some new additions to last year’s Madness At The Darkmoon Faire expansion.

In another first, Blizzard say you’ll be able to purchase the entire Darkmoon Races Mini-Set (a grand total of 66 cards) from Hearthstone’s in-game store, or Blizzard’s web shop, for 2000 Gold or £15.

These Darkmoon Races cards also bring back Keyword abilities from last year’s Hearthstone expansions.

To coincide with the Darkmoon Races update, Blizzard also announced that Hearthstone Battlegrounds will b…

Horizon Zero Dawn was pretty darn buggy when it came out on PC last year.

Notably, this patch marks the start of Guerrilla slowing down on their HZD updates, so they can shift focus to work on the game’s sequel, Horizon Forbidden West.

“As our team continues development on our upcoming title Horizon Forbidden West, we are shifting to less frequent updates for Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition for PC after this patch.

I’ve contacted Guerrilla Games to ask why they took those bits out, but haven’t received a response just yet.

Horizon Forbidden West was announced in June last year, and is expected to come out sometime this year.

The additional hiring and organization needed to take on post-release support for the game ate up a couple of months’ time, InnerSloth said.

It also meant the studio stopped working on a sequel back in September, to make sure players on new platforms weren’t shortchanged by the original game.

“There’s a ton of other things out of our control (legal issues, meetings, planning), so sometimes these things take longer as well,” the blog post reads.

Among Us also made its console debut with the Nintendo Switch in December, which involves certification and processes other than post-launch support of the original game.

At The Game Awards 2020 on Dec. 10, Innersloth announced a new map, Airship, wo…

It’s been decades since I’ve played Pokémon Snap, but I still think of it fondly.

You can see the influence of Pokémon Snap over a new crop of indie games that have come out over the past few years — stuff like Toripon or Pupperazzi, where the main goal is to take photos of animals.

For so long, it felt like a new Pokémon Snap game would never happen.

It’s UsTwo Games’ Alba: A Wildlife Adventure.

In the deep cold of winter in New England, Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is just the summer vacation I needed.

Tom Bombadil is the Stan Lee Cameo of The Lord of the Rings.

Who is Tom Bombadil, reallyMultimedia LOTR buffs know Tom Bombadil as one of the most famous omissions that the movie trilogy makes from J.R.R.

This is Tom Bombadil, “Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!,” who whisks them off to his wholesome home to meet his beautiful wife, Goldberry, the “River-woman’s daughter.” And in addition to not being a Man or a hobbit or a dwarf or a wizard, Tom has weird powers.

In another way, Tom Bombadil actually makes The Lord of the Rings more like a real world mythological system than not.

And this is why it’s entirely reasonable that Boyens, Jackson, and Walsh declined to include Tom Bombadil in t…

If it’s possible to suffer physical pain from trying to catch up on a comic book character’s fictional history, The Vision and Scarlet Witch would absolutely cause it.

This stands in contrast to their comic book counterparts, who did spend a lot of time married — a union that haunted many of their most popular stories for decades.

While comic book characters have iconic pairings — Clark Kent and Lois Lane, Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson — these couples’ marital status rarely matters.

But the way Vision and Scarlet Witch’s marriage keeps coming up in stories about them underlines how defining the writers consider it.

Married comic book characters rarely stay married.

Takaya Imamura, an artist who worked with Shigeru Miyamoto in the creation of iconic Nintendo games Star Fox, F-Zero, and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, is retiring today.

Imamura worked 32 years for Nintendo, and is famous also for creating the Zelda franchise’s map merchant, Tingle, who has made numerous appearances in that series and other games over the past two decades.

Imamura was also an artist for the team developing Star Fox, the 1993 Super Nintendo game that was the company’s first to use polygonal graphics.

(In a 2017 interview, Imamura revealed that Peppy is director Katsuya Eguchi, and Slippy Toad is longtime Zelda developer Yoichi Yamada.)

Tingle also starred in a series …

The Predator, the Yautja warrior who made his debut in the 1987 film Predator, is the latest addition to Fortnite.

Epic Games announced Wednesday that the Predator is now available in Fortnite as part of the game’s Chapter 2 Season 5 Battle Pass.

The Predator joins an eclectic crew of Fortnite guest characters as part of the game’s Zero Point arc.

The Predator also got its own dedicated game, Predator: Hunting Grounds, in 2020 and another film, The Predator, in 2018.

Another Predator film is in the works under director Dan Trachtenberg, known for his work on 10 Cloverfield Lane and Black Mirror.

When Split was first released, it was an excellent example of some of Valorant’s biggest map design problems.

For a look at everything that changed in Valorant patch 2.01, you can check out Riot’s full patch notes.

On top of the changes to B Main, there is an additional trash pile placed in the corner to prevent defenders from hiding in too deep a nookThis creates a new angle into B Main when standing on the new object.

Increased Spike plant zone boundaryThis allows a new Spike plant location for attackers to defend from within B Main.

New material stack for cover in B Site that allows you to isolate angles more effectivelyThis also breaks up a vertical 50/50 angle when peeking into the sit…

Over the course of more than 25 years, Pixar has done more to redefine what an animated movie can be than any other US studio.

Ranking Pixar’s movies isn’t easy, since there isn’t really a terrible Pixar movie, just ones that fall flat compared to the most indelible classics.

Cars 2 is simply a Pixar movie stuck in cruise control.

Pixar sold this movie with the image of kids whimpering over Lightning McQueen ostensibly dying.

And to boot: this collection of memorable character designs, all in the first Pixar film in which the company had attempted to present human figures as the leads.

A new record high for an unopened box of first edition Pokémon cards has been set at $408,000.

The sale was handled Jan. 15 by Heritage Auctions, the same company that brokered another record-breaking Pokémon sale in November.

The Pokémon Trading Card Game (Pokémon TCG) first launched in 1996, and was originally published in the United States by Wizards of the Coast — the same company behind another collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering.

It pits two or more trainers against one another in traditional Pokémon battles, but with cards instead of digital pocket monsters.

Like Magic, the original Pokémon TCG is still in print.

The next book published for Dungeons & Dragons will include the work of 19 different co-authors, more than any included in the 5th edition of the original role-playing games.

Dungeon Master’s Guild | Kobold PressMichael Polkinghorn started playing D&D and other role-playing games back in 1979 and has been active off and on ever since.

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When I was a youngin’ on Neopets, my favorite aspect of the game was collecting “secret avatars.” These avatars were how players would represent themselves on the Neopets message boards; avatars that were harder to earn came with tons of clout.

As an adult, I still play Neopets sometimes, and these avatars still appeal to me.

And I’m missing dozens of avatars that require you to play a Flash game.

It wasn’t a matter of just beating a Flash game and then unlocking a secret avatar.

Unfortunately, I never got the Typing Terror avatar.

Star Wars Battlefront 2: Celebration Edition is free on the Epic Games Store until Thursday, Jan. 21, and there’s never been a better time to play the game.

The quality of Battlefront 2’s single-player campaign and the breadth of content in the multiplayer modes at launch in 2017 was overshadowed by EA’s controversial monetization strategy, which relied heavily on loot boxes.

And there’s enough interest in this kind of large-scale Star Wars experience that the new players crashed the servers when the game was first offered for free last week.

What exists today is a huge pile of sights, sounds, environments, vehicles, characters, references, and even plot twists, all of which acts as a celeb…

Share All sharing options for: Spider-Gwen just got her own Carnage, and it’s Mary JaneThe Marvel Universe is in the thick of the Venom King in Black crossover, and that can mean only one thing: You get a symbiote!

The Mary Jane of Ghost-Spider’s home universe is the newest version of Carnage.

Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #1If you’re looking for more Yara Flor and Jon Kent in your life, their Future State team-up book is very fun.

King in Black: Thunderbolts #1I can’t speak for King in Black: Thunderbolts #1 overall, but these panels gave me a good old belly laugh.

Future State: Kara Zor-El, Superwoman #1Shoutout to Marguerite Sauvage, whose work in Future State: Kara Zor-El, Superwo…

THQ Nordic’s remaster of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will launch on Nintendo Switch on March 16, the company announced on Tuesday.

Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning, as the new version is called, first launched in September for PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One in September 2020.

#ReReckoning pic.twitter.com/xRpPZGafnY — Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning (@ReckoningGame) January 19, 2021THQ Nordic bought the rights the Kingdoms of Amalur franchise in 2018.

38 Studios, founded by the former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, was ultimately liquidated at the end of 2013.

The rights THQ Nordic now controls are for the Amalur franchise; the original game’s publishing rights are still r…

Nowadays, if you watch a clip of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, chances are very good you’ll feel bewildered.

Between the speedrunners, trick shotters, and combat aces embracing the open world adventure, we’re still routinely seeing the game pushed to new limits.

Case in point, in 2020 alone, Breath of the Wild fans discovered 20 new bugs that can exploit the game in all sorts of ways.

If you’ve ever wanted to emulate the masters who do neat things in Breath of the Wild, you might find yourself overwhelmed — where would you even start?

You must waste all of your stamina and start to spin a little before your stamina recovers back to full.

Starting at the top, Xbox Series X runs the game at native 4K resolution (incidentally doubling frame-rate and increasing pixel count over Xbox One X's 1440p).

Meanwhile, Xbox Series S aims for the same 60fps target, but this time the GPU is tasked with running the game at 1080p resolution.

This starts with texture quality, where Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 run with the equivalent of PC's highest settings, up against the memory-constrained Series S, which opts for high quality textures instead.

Yes, Series X's resolution advantage is there, and the Glacier engine thrives on precision, giving it a pristine edge.

The push to 60fps does set the next-gen consoles apart, but PS4 Pro's curiou…

Around a week ago, a bit of light brandter between Fall Guys' cheeky Twitter and the official Xbox UK account set tongues wagging that Fall Guys would arrive on Xbox Game Pass sooner rather than later.

Then, last night, the Xbox Game Pass Instagram account replied to a user asking about Fall Guys that "it's coming [suspicious eyes emoji]".

This was picked up and shared as further evidence - until a pretty clear denial was suddenly issued this afternoon from the Fall Guys official account:Sorry - there has been a bit of a mixup - Fall Guys is not coming to Xbox Game Pass!

— Fall Guys ??

Of course, even if Fall Guys is not coming to Xbox Game Pass, it doesn't mean the game won't launch on oth…

His work for the latter included designing the fan-favourite character Tingle, but it's for his creation of the core Star Fox cast of characters that Imamura is best known.

The faces of the characters on Team Star Fox are based on staff members at the time.

(laughs)"Imamura continued to work on the Star Fox series throughout his time at Nintendo, becoming art director of Star Fox 64, then co-producer and sole producer respectively of Star Fox Assault and Star Fox Command.

Imamura's first credit was a designer on 1990 SNES game F-Zero, another series he continued to work on throughout his Nintendo tenure.

His most recent known project was working on the Star Fox sections Starlink: Battle for…

It's one of the most famous board games of all time, but until recently chess wasn't getting a whole lot of attention on Twitch.

In January last year, chess was averaging 3298 concurrent viewers over 24 channels on Twitch, peaking at 29,820 viewers.

Since the series was released on 23rd October, chess viewership on Twitch has increased dramatically - as has the number of channels and streamers choosing to play chess.

Of course, the viewing figures for chess still pale in comparison to Twitch behemoths like Fortnite and League of Legends (which pull in hundreds of thousands of viewers), but chess now consistently ranks in the top 30 categories on Twitch.

As someone who only recently started …

You've got to really be into your Elder Scrolls lore to want to splash out $1000 on one of these: a 10K gold Ritual of Mara ring.

Here's the official blurb:"The Elder Scrolls Ritual of Mara 10K Gold Ring is for all who believe in the Divine of Love.

This lighter colour most accurately matches the original Elder Scrolls Online concept art found in-game."

For the uninitiated, the Ritual of Mara is a ritual in MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, and grants an experience bonus when in a group together.

Back to the real-world version - as mentioned it's solid 10K yellow gold, with "with this ring and Mara's blessing" engraved on the inside of the band.

Fortnite's Champion Series (FNCS), the game's pinnacle competitive series, will dole out a staggering $20m total prize money in 2021.

Players will continue to compete in a cross-platform pool with weekly qualifiers, then semi-finals and finals played out on separate weekends to manage player fatigue.

The first three weekly qualifiers will take place in the first three weeks of February, with semi-finals in the first week of March and finals the week after.

Official coverage will now be broadcast in multiple languages for the first time, with French, German and Spanish speakers.

FNCS will run with trio-based teams but also include Solo Saturday cups for cash prizes and other trio and limited…

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So how good does Hitman look in VR, considering it's essentially a last gen build running on what amounts to be the lowest resolution VR headset on the market?

When you factor in the lack of mini map in VR too, this limited HUD can actually make the VR version harder to play.

Another bone of contention for Hitman VR has been its control scheme.

this all leads me to the most important part of VR - the immersion, and this is where Hitman VR really shines.

Hitman VR is a top notch virtual reality experience, sure it's scrappy and clumsy at times but when it hits its mark you can easily lose yourself inside it for hours at a time.

The European Commission has fined Valve and five publishers €7.8m for geo-blocking PC games.

Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax (Bethesda) were all fined for breaching EU antitrust rules.

The European Commission said the companies restricted cross-border sales of certain PC games on the basis of the geographical location of users within the European Economic Area (EEA), violating EU antitrust rules.

The Commission published a useful graphic, below, explaining what went on:The fines were reduced for the publishers because they cooperated with the Commission.

Here's the breakdown:The Commission said Valve refused to cooperate, and so slapped the US company with a …

What Comes After is a game themed around death, with themes of suicide.

It's only in the many ways adults complicate things that life becomes more, well, complicated.

It is a game about life, about reflecting on a life, and waving away all the complexity to enjoy simply being.

As you walk Vivi through the compartments, you rebuild a kind of appreciation for life.

There is something very restorative about this kind of game.

In a new blog post, the dev team has addressed why some features are taking longer to implement than some expected.

On top of that, bringing the game to new platforms like Nintendo Switch and Xbox required additional support.

As for those who suggested simply hiring more people to speed things up, Innersloth explained it wasn't that straightforward.

Rushing to hire people could be financially damaging, Innersloth said, while onboarding newcomers is also a time-consuming process.

), so we're taking it slow and steady to make sure we can keep sending good things your way," Innersloth added.

Fan-favourite Assassin's Creed character Shao Jun will get her own manga, to be released in stores and online on 16th February.

Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun chronicles the latter adventures of the character following her visit to Ezio seen in the short film Assassin's Creed Embers.

Both storylines revolve around the hunt for Shao Jun's mysterious box, which has played a part in various Assassin's Creed stories.

Shao Jun previously starred in the side-scrolling spin-off game Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China and has been referenced various times in other full-fat AC adventures.

Fans are keen for her to get her own proper Assassin's Creed game at some point.

Fortnite's previously-teased Predator crossover is now fully operational, with the masked hunter available to unlock for current battle pass holders via new challenges.

Predator has also become a roaming boss, able to be found and battled on the battle royale map for all players.

Defeat Predator and it'll drop Predator's Cloaking Device, which lets you become nearly invisible for a short time.

Here's a leaked look at the near-invisibility effect in action:Battle pass owners will be able to unlock Predator and a full set of themed gear.

You'll also be able to get Predator to take off his mask whenever you want.

Relic has released a 64-bit update for Company of Heroes 2.

The update should result in greater stability and overall performance for the vast majority of players, Relic said in a blog post.

It also enables crossplay between Steam and Microsoft Game Pass / Windows Store users.

If your PC hardware does not let you run the new 64-bit update, there's a 32-bit legacy beta on Steam.

Meanwhile, an extensive community map patch, which includes 10 new maps and five reworked maps, is also now live.

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Peter Moore joins Unity as SVP and GM of sports and live entertainment Former Sega, EA boss finds new role at engine developer following departure of Liverpool FCRebekah Valentine Senior Staff Writer Wednesday 20th January 2021 Share this article ShareCompanies in this article UnityFormer EA and Sega boss Peter Moore has announced his new role following his departure from Liverpool FC last year: as Unity's SVP and GM of sports and live entertainment.

Moore shared the news in a tweet today but did not provide any further details on the appointment.

He joined Liverpool FC in 2017 as CEO, a role he held for three years and announced he would be leaving last year.

Earlier this month, Moore spok…

"It feels very, very familiar -- even more than the leap from 2016's Hitman to 2018's Hitman 2" Ars TechnicaHitman 3, which launches today, is the third game in that trilogy.

"It feels very, very familiar -- even more than the leap from 2016's Hitman to 2018's Hitman 2," Machkovech said.

"...At its core this is still very much a classic Hitman game, but in many ways a more playful, experimental one.

"These two games [Hitman and Hitman 2] were about taking the simplicity of the Hitman concept and building more and more scaffolding around it, giving you more ways to create novel situations without obscuring the core mission," he said.

In Hitman 3, the tail is wagging the dog; the plot of the …

EU fines Valve and five publishers €7.8m for geo-blocking practices Valve alone was fined over €1.6 million, having refused to cooperate with the European CommissionMarie Dealessandri Academy Writer Wednesday 20th January 2021 Share this article ShareThe European Commission has ruled that Valve and five publishers breached EU antitrust rules, and fined them a combined €7.8 million.

The five publishers impacted are Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media and ZeniMax, which, alongside Steam's parent company Valve, were accused of geo-blocking practices between 2010 and 2015, across around 100 games.

That essentially means that, as part of concerted practices, Valve provided p…

"A common misconception is that concept art is about doing cool and pretty drawings or illustrations - it is not" Pierre Armal, Shiro Games"A common misconception is that concept art is about doing cool and pretty drawings or illustrations -- it is not," says Pierre Armal, concept artist at Shiro Games.

And it's not the only misconception about the field, adds Cécile Jaubert, also a concept and VFX artist at Shiro Games.

For instance, despite common beliefs, you don't need to be a flawless illustrator to be a good concept artist.

On the other hand, it's Jaubert's love of drawing that led her to concept art.

Closely linked to communication skills, synthetic thinking and problem solving are a…

GAME details efforts to prevent PS5 scalpers UK retailer assures automatic checks will help ensure the 'one per customer' rule is upheld as new stock becomes availableJames Batchelor UK Editor Wednesday 20th January 2021 Share this article ShareCompanies in this article GAME DigitalGAME has offered more insight into the systems it has in place to prevent scalpers using bots to snap up new PlayStation 5 stock.

A statement released to VGC assured that the UK retailer is only selling one PS5 unit per customer and has checks and processes to ensure no one is purchasing multiple consoles.

Payments will commence once our order checks have been completed."

The statement came in response to VGC's r…

Ultimately, the acquisition not only bolsters the long-term future of Hutch but also better enables it to achieve its goal: to conquer the mobile racing market.

"The biggest mistake for racing games on mobile is to just translate console games to mobile.

"Top Drives is a great racing strategy game, but there's no actual racing in it at all in terms of that real-time, dextrous skill -- and it's our most successful game.

"Our mantra at Hutch is to always be working on something new while supporting our current live games," Rutland concludes.

"We don't want to be the biggest company in the world -- we just want to get to No.1 in racing."

Playtech sells YoYo Games to Opera for $10m GameMaker's parent company had been part of Playtech since 2015Marie Dealessandri Academy Writer Wednesday 20th January 2021 Share this article ShareCompanies in this article YoYo GamesGambling software company Playtech sold GameMaker creator YoYo Games for $10 million.

The publication only mentioned that Playtech disposed of "all its casual and social gaming assets," not specifying who acquired YoYo Games.

YoYo Games was initially acquired by Playtech in 2015, for $16.4 million.

However, the latter was closed after just one year, as it had been putting a strain on YoYo Games' resources.

GamesIndustry.biz has reached out to YoYo Games for more det…

Mobile gaming saw surge of new players in 2020 NPD: Number of mobile gamers increased 12% last year, in part due to pandemic-related lockdownsRebekah Valentine Senior Staff Writer Tuesday 19th January 2021 Share this article ShareCompanies in this article The NPD GroupThe full extent of mobile gaming growth in 2020 following surges of engagement during COVID-19 lockdowns is finally becoming apparent, with The NPD Group releasing its Deconstructing Mobile & Tablet Gaming report in collaboration with Sensor Tower.

Per the report, of the 303.7 million mobile users across the US and Canada in 2020, 238.7 million are active mobile gamers.

Mobile gaming rose across all age groups, with the number…

Miniclip acquires Online Soccer Manager studio Gamebasics Deal aims to strengthen Miniclip's position in mobile sports market, Netherlands studio working on unannounced titlesJames Batchelor UK Editor Tuesday 19th January 2021 Share this article ShareCompanies in this article MiniclipMobile games publisher Miniclip has acquired Gamebasics for an undisclosed sum.

The studio, based in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, is best known for Online Soccer Manager, a title that serves three million users every month.

The 60-person team behind OSM will now work as part of Miniclip, with its new parent helping the company to grow.

Founded in 2014, Gamebasics will continue to develop the OSM franchise and work …

Bohemia Interactive sold 5.7m units of software in 2020 Czech firm had 14 million unique players across its games last yearThis is a News In Brief article.

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From the outside looking in, Jeremy Dela Rosa seemingly had every reason to be content -- but it wasn't that simple.

Leyline is taking donations through a GoFundMe page, which Dela Rosa admits is off to a slower start than he imagined.

That is perhaps the biggest of several hills that Leyline has to climb to become the force for good Dela Rosa believes it can be.

Happily, the opposite has been true so far , and Dela Rosa has put everything on the line to make it work.

We want to make the world better, and we want other people to help us make the world better."

"Just follow what feels right and what's cool for the team, and don't get overly caught up in focus-testing and overthinking certain decisions."

"At each of those companies, everybody's best intentions were to make something great, but you always find yourself sitting in a meeting room noodling something to death and finding ways to very objectively poke holes in a decision," Krankel says.

"But what happens after a while is the purity of an initial creative decision can just get totally muddled.

As for who gets input into those decisions, Krankel says the fewer voices outside the team you hear, the better.

"With Oxenfree, we weren't afraid to take [the sales pitch] from a pure mystery to, '…

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Gif : Umurangi GenerationWhen photography game Umurangi Generation hits Switch sometime this year, it’ll do so, the developers just announced, with an updated suite of mechanics that make use of the console’s unique features.

One of these will be gyro controls, to help you snap the perfect picture.

I tend to turn off motion stuff when I play games, but this looks like a really cool application of the technology.

It’s almost like Umurangi Generation turns your Switch into an actual camera, and you can’t argue with immersion like that.

AdvertisementUmurangi Generation is currently available on Steam.

Screenshot : YouTubeTotal Recall Total Recall Total Recall is a look back at the history of video games through their characters, franchises, developers and trends.

Prev Next View AllThis 20-minute collection of b-roll footage, shot as part of a news report and only uploaded to YouTube this week, gives us a fascinating look behind the scenes at Nintendo of America in 1990, showing everything from manufacturing to R&D to the Nintendo Power Line.

While some of it is narrated or is part of interviews, much of it is simply footage capturing day-to-day activities, which is incredibly relaxing to watch in a “slow TV” kinda way.

The workers assembling NES consoles by hand is particularly great.

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Final Fantasy XV is one of my “ones that got away”—a game that I deeply enjoyed without ever finishing despite getting very close to its end.

Thanks to Xbox Game Pass, however, I have the opportunity to correct this glaring error in my video game record, but also thanks to Xbox Game Pass I only have nine days to finish the fight before it goes away for good.

I want to see if taking a second look at Final Fantasy XV will inspire that same kind of commitment.

I choked up seeing the FF15 logo spread across the screen, so ravenous was I for new single-player Final Fantasy content.

According to Xbox, Final Fantasy XV is scheduled to leave Xbox Game Pass on January 29th.

Screenshot : NBA Jam 2K21I love NBA Jam, and I love 90s basketball, but look, I don’t always want to play as Tom Gugliotta or Kendall Gill.

Sometimes, I want to play NBA Jam and play as Alex Caruso or Bam Adebayo, and now I can.

This excellent mod for 1994's NBA Jam Tournament Edition (not 1993's NBA Jam) brings the game mostly up to date, adding current rosters (including the latest rookie class), fleshing the number of teams out to the full 30 (previous versions couldn’t get there, since there weren’t 30 teams in the league when the original game came out) and editing logos and uniforms where necessary.

Here’s some video of the latest version of the mod in action, and if you’re wondering …

I know the box says 987lbs, but that’s including the weight of the palette.

PlayStation consoles, by the pound.

From time to time, Goodwill will clear out excess stock online in bulk, and here are two very big examples of that.

First, a “GAYLORD OF VARIOUS PLAYSTATION CONSOLES” (as a non-American, I had to google that one, it means a very big, strong cardboard box), containing 912lbs of PlayStation 2s, 3s and 4s (that I can see anyway, who knows what lurks beneath).

Both boxes are currently up for auction, the PlayStation consoles asking for a minimum bid of $800, the controllers $650.

Geo-blocking breaches EU antitrust rules, and so the five publishers cited—Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax (Bethesda)—were fined around €6.2 million.

As the owners and operators of Steam, Valve—who “chose not to cooperate with the Commission”—were fined €1.6 million.

“Today’s sanctions against the “geo-blocking” practices of Valve and five PC video game publishers serve as a reminder that under EU competition law, companies are prohibited from contractually restricting cross-border sales”, EU competition Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager says.

“Such practices deprive European consumers of the benefits of the EU Digital Single Market and of the opportunity …

Trump’s finally out of office, and hopefully about to be prosecuted by someone for at last some of the allegedly criminal shit he’s been up to.

They were apparently a gift from a Vermont teacher and made of repurposed wool sweaters and recycled water bottles.

Some said Sanders’ outfit had major standing in line at the Post Office vibes.

“Bernie dressed like the inauguration is on his to do list today but ain’t his whole day,” tweeted comedian and podcast host Marie Faustin.

But like all good meme material his outfit and energy transcend any one particular time and place, and the internet has already gotten to work trying to imagine all of them.

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Where streamers all role-play and only open fire in an agreed-upon set of locations and scenarios, regular Rust servers are a hodgepodge.

Some players role-play, but many don’t.

New Rust players on Steam, then, are split.

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Intergenerational leaps are fair game, though, so you can bring Hitman 2 PS4 data to a PS5 copy of Hitman 3.

The process won’t, however, delete your data from Hitman 2, but you won’t have synchronicity between Hitman 2 and Hitman 3.

Any progress you make on Hitman 2 levels in Hitman 3 won’t affect your Hitman 2 game, and vice versa.

Owners of Hitman will first need to port levels into Hitman 2, via the Hitman Legacy Pack.

After that’s settled, you should see the Hitman: Game of the Year Access Pack pop up in the Hitman 3 store.

Gif : Juliana ClarkWednesday’s Best Deals | Kinja DealsIt’s January 20, and we at Kinja Deals are here to bring you the top 10 deals of the day.

If you’re still craving more deals, take a peek at Wednesday’s best deals overall.

This deal was originally published by Gabe Carey.

#3: Cuisinart hand blenderCuisinart Tasty 2-Speed Hand Blender Graphic : Sheilah VillariAdvertisementRemember at the beginning of quarantine sixty years ago when everyone was trying to make Dalgona coffee.

#4: Aukey FD webcamAukey PC-LM1E Webcam Graphic : Sheilah VillariAdvertisementI can’t think of any computer accessory that’s gotten more of a workout in recent history than the webcam.

Image : NintendoNintendo preservationists Forest of Illusion recently got their hands on a Nintendo 64 development cart containing what appears to be the demo version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time shown at the Space World ‘97 trade show.

This early build includes maps, items, abilities, and even story beats that didn’t make it into the final release.

The cartridge, which Forest of Illusion obtained from a former Nintendo tester, was first assumed to just hold a development build of Nintendo 64 racing game F-Zero X.

Upon finding this extra Ocarina of Time data, Forest of Illusion quickly dumped the cart and provided it to the video game community at large, prompting eager fans to p…

Image : BethesdaNearly a decade after it released as a bit of a mess on PS3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on PS5 can now be played at 60 FPS thanks to the work of one of the game’s console modders.

Created by a modder who goes by Wrighton, “Skyrim @ 60fps” is exactly what it says on the tin, unlocking the game’s framerate on PS5 to boost it from the standard 30 FPS.

Thus allowing the game to run at 60fps instead of 30.”AdvertisementSkyrim got a similar treatment on Xbox Series X last month, with mods boosting the framerate on that console to 60 FPS as well.

(Interestingly, Digital Foundry reported that Skyrim actually ran at a more consistent boosted framerate on Xbox Series S than X.)

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Screenshot : miHoYoAdvertisementIllustration : KotakuFarewell, Archaic Lord is a major story chapter in Genshin Impact, and it’s a fascinating story about how a god tests whether or not his patron city can survive without his protection.

While he is an exceptional citizen of the city, the game insists that anyone would have done the same.

An economic system based on social relationships isn’t completely foolproof, because it leaves out people on the margins.

Genshin Impact allows just enough breathing room in the story to allow us to wonder: could there be alternative outcomes?

Genshin Impact shows an idealized portrayal of Chinese social relations that exists in localized pockets.

Personally, I’d say you’d be fine just starting with 3, but if you really want to understand what the new game is doing, start with Hitman 2.

Hitman 2 will give you the most thorough look at all the locations, gameplay, and tools that make the modern Hitman games so fun, and its plot will be the most relevant for understanding the events of Hitman 3.

You should obviously play Hitman 1, because it is Hitman and Hitman is great.

AdvertisementYou can also play levels from 1 and 2 in Hitman 3, through a convoluted tangle of purchasable DLC.

But if all of this is too expensive, too confusing, or you just can’t wait to play some new Hitman, go ahead and jump into Hitman 3.

“I’ve never been more excited about a console generation.

All that effort has culminated in a brand-new, launch day title in The Falconeer for Xbox Series X|S.

As well as launch window games, such as the PS5 version of Overcooked: All You Can Eat.

And this is the first generation where you’re seeing Unity creators right out the gate, actually there.

“Now, when you have all these studios distributed, and the employees are getting Unity, they’re getting an LTS (long term support) version.

[This content was created in association with Perforce]The last decade has seen immense change in the way developers create games.

That said, the platform of choice could become less relevant, with developers noting that cross-platform gaming is a key area for the future.

“We believe cross-platform gaming will become an expected standard in the game development industry.

We as developers need to break the barrier at limiting people from interacting based on a platform.

Find out more by reading The State of Game Development Report.

A new report from US body NPD, shows that of the 303.7m mobile phone users in the US and Canada, 238.7m of them are “active mobile gamers.” A figure that represents a 12 pre cent rise over last year’s jfigure.

The increase in players was spread across all age groups, but weighted towards older players.

The 2 to 12 and 13 to 24 age groups experienced respective increases of 9 per cent and 3 per cent over 2019.”All mobile gaming genres saw revenue growth as a result.

“Mobile is the most popular platform in the video game industry, with wide and increasing appeal across all age groups,” said Mat Piscatella, games industry analyst for The NPD Group.

“Its strength comes not only from its accessi…

Is sony deliberately dragging its heels when it comes to making, relatively simple, updates to its PS4 exclusives to run better on PS5?

With that in mind, there must be a reason why many other exclusive titles published and/or developed by Sony haven’t also received updates.

In many cases it’s a matter of developers changes that were made in later patches, or for the PS4 Pro hardware.

God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn might get updates in advance of their respective sequel’s releases for instance.

It’s a sensible strategy for Sony’s first party jewels, but without considerable care and attention, it’s not one that’s likely to engender much love from customers.

Another player in the space is CREY, which looks to create a ‘social gaming network’ of creators and content sharers, all based on a code-free platform.

We ask Fabien Rossini, CEO of CREY Games, about where the platform is positioned and its key strengths.

CREY is a games creation platform and digital hangout where you can play games, create games or just connect with friends.

Our aim is to provide the first true social gaming network, a code-free platform built with social at its heart.

A new, fast and playful way of creating games and experiences without coding.

Free-to-play mobile games developer and publisher (and one of our DEVELOP 100) Huuuge, Inc has announced its intention to undertake an initial public offering.

Huuuge intends to apply for listing and admission of the Company’s shares of common stock on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Within this segment, Huuuge has pioneered massive multiplayer gaming in its social casino franchises, where we are among the world leaders.

This means that we continue building and developing our free-to-play mobile game offering while pursuing further growth and scale via our Buy strategy; publishing & acquiring complementary products and businesses.

Huuuge is one of the fastest-growing mobile ga…

US consumers spent a record $56.9 billion on gaming in 2020, a jump of 27 per cent from 2019, according to data from the NPD Group.

Hardware dollar sales totalled $5.3 billion for the year, 35 per cent higher than 2019, and the highest since the $5.6 billion generated in 2011.

PlayStation 5 set a new dollar sales record for PlayStation hardware through each PlayStation platform’s first December at retail.

Cyberpunk 2077 debuted as the second best-selling game of December, and the 19th best-selling game of 2020, despite the lack of digital tracking.

The Last of Us: Part II finished 2020 as the year’s best-selling PlayStation exclusive, and the sixth best selling game overall.

Wallace and Gromit: The Big Fix Up promises to be a significantly more ambitious experience than you’d perhaps expect from many games with a big-name IP attached.

Cummings seems hugely appreciative of the support Aardman provided throughout the project,“No one’s done this before,” says Cummings, “no one’s really tried to tell a story in this way.

The Aardman connection helped to ground The Big Fix Up in the distinct Wallace and Gromit universe.

“But when you think about it, if you’re going to do that for Wallace and Gromit, you have to do for the others.

It’s certainly in-keeping with the idea of bringing people together through Wallace and Gromit.

26 March 2021 will see the launch of Games Careers Week, which will feature online events aimed at reaching millions of parents, learners, teachers and job-seekers.

The new event was created by Into Games, Grads in Games and the BGI, with support from Ukie, NextGen Skills Academy, TIGA and Gamesindustry.biz.

Job-seekers of all ages will find material to help them prepare to start, maintain and restart careers in games.

Games studios will get resource packs to run events and work with schools and universities to share their career opportunities.

The campaign is being supported by media company Shift6 and is funded by the BGI, IntoGames and Grads in Games.

Publisher 505 Games is expanding its its focus in the free-to-play market with the acquisition of Australian developer Plus Two, creators of the Puzzle Quest series and successful F2P puzzle RPG Gems of War.

Based in Melbourne, Australia, the developer specializes in creating original intellectual properties, puzzle and strategy games in the fantasy genre.

Infinity Plus Two, founder Steve Fawkner will continue to lead the studio, transitioning onto the management team within 505 Games.

Their creative vision and extensive experience will be a great addition to 505 Games,” said Clive Robert, head of Free-to-Play at 505 Games.

“After working closely together on Gems of War for the past 7 years…

I’ve worked at Microsoft for over ten years now and over that time we have become increasingly customer-focussed.

Do you feel the games industry is headed in the right direction?

Consequently, while there’s certainly work to be done in that area, we are heading down a positive path – one where ultimately more people get to play great games.

What are some of the biggest marketing challenges today in the games industry?

Can the games industry possibly change as much over the next few years as it has over the last few?

Barclays and NSE (National Student Esports), the official body for university esports in the UK, have announced the first Games Innovation Challenge, a games development competition for students across the UK to test their skills and creativity.

“We are extremely excited to announce this new challenge with Barclays,” said Alex Coulson, managing director at NSE.

The Games Innovation Challenge is a great way for students to test their creativity and showcase their passion with the added benefit of improving their employment prospects post graduation.

Students are also encouraged to submit a plan on how a competition of their proposed game would be run.

A panel of gaming and esports industry e…

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Acer has introduced the TravelMate Spin B3 Laptop, ideal for classrooms with its included stylus and military-grade durability.

These two features make the TravelMate Spin B3 Laptop perfect for classrooms or virtual learning.

Alongside these fantastic features, this laptop features a built-in stylist to allow for easy drawing or note-taking.

Acer Refreshes Its 2021 Laptops With AMD’s Ryzen 5000 Mobile CPUs, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 30 Series Mobile GP, & Intel’s Tiger Lake-H35 CPUsInterestingly, the TravelMate Spin B3 Laptop is the battery indicator on the outside of the chassis.

Acer's TravelMate Spin B3 laptop is expected to be available in April for North America and with a price tag of $329…

Nintendo is certainly no stranger to legal wrangling over Joy-Con drift.

The lawsuit seeks restitution for anybody who’s bought a Nintendo Switch, Switch Lite, Joy-Con, or Pro Controller in the province of Quebec.

In the meantime, Lambert Avocat are collecting information about Joy-Con drift via an online questionnaire.

Last year Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa apologized for the Joy-Con drift issue, but it doesn’t seem like the company has done anything to resolve the problem since then.

What has been your experience with Joy-Con drift?

For some time now, we’ve known that the iPhone 12 mini isn’t selling as well as Apple would have liked.

Fortunately, the iPhone 12 Pro is picking up in demand to cover up those losses.

According to the latest report, Apple will be making adjustments in production for both models when it comes to demand.

iPhone 12 mini Production Cut by Two Million to Make up for iPhone 12 Pro DemandThe latest data from Morgan Stanley that was spotted by PED30 mentions production being slashed for the iPhone 12 mini.

Those are some outrageous accolades, but the same cannot be said about the iPhone 12 mini.

Also on Wccftech's Most Anticipated Games of 2021: Action, Strategy & Simulation, Sports & Racing, Horror, Indie, Virtual Reality, Adventure, FightingNote: Only games with confirmed 2021 release dates are eligible for these lists.

Monster Hunter RiseThe first Nintendo Switch-developed iteration in the long-running Monster Hunter franchise features a number of QoL changes that were first implemented in Monster Hunter World.

Monster Hunter Rise looks to capture the raw thrill of difficult boss fights as well as the looting and crafting that the series is known for.

Featuring both local and online co-op play, Monster Hunter Rise is already looking to be the best reason to get a hunting party t…

CD Projekt Red have taken their share of lumps following the messy launch of Cyberpunk 2077, but Valve head honcho Gabe Newell isn’t joining the chorus of detractors.

Of course, the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 arrived in better shape than the console ports, and according to an interview from 1 News from New Zealand, Newell's mostly seeing “very happy users” on Steam.

All I know is that there are a lot of very happy gamers in the PC space, which are the ones that are most visible to us.

Of course, a large portion of the PC copies of Cyberpunk 2077 were bought on Steam, so it wouldn’t make sense for Gabe to trash the game or CD Projekt Red.

Cyberpunk 2077 is available now on PC, Xbox One, an…

NVIDIA’s next big Game Ready driver update isn’t here yet, but the company has released GeForce Hotfix 461.33, which addresses a number of long-standing issues fans have reported.

You can check out the full patch notes for GeForce Hotfix display driver version 461.33, below.

The hotfix addresses the following issues: Adobe Premiere Pro may freeze when using Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (CUDA) [3230997/200686504][461.09] NVIDIA Broadcast Camera filter may hang.

[200691869][Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game (Without using any Hardware monitoring tool).

NVIDIA AIBs Silently Reintroducing GeForce RTX 2060 & RTX 2060 SUPER Graphics Cards To DIY & OEM …

Corellium CTO Chris Wade has announced today that Ubuntu Linux is now completely installable and usable on the new M1 Macs.

Researchers at the company have developed and released a port through which you can install Linux for M1 Macs.

Corellium Announces Linux for M1 Macs With Limitations to GPU AccelerationChris Wade announced the Linux port for M1 Macs on Twitter earlier today.

Nonetheless, we're glad that Linux for M1 Macs support is here.

Apple's M1 Macs have performed stunningly since their launch in November of last year.

Google Messages is slowly turning into one of the best iMessage alternatives that are available on Android.

However, Google's job is not done yet as Google still has to make some changes within the Messages app.

However, the latest app teardown has revealed some interesting information that shows that Google is moving away from uncertified Android devices, which means that those devices will no longer be able to use Google Messages.

With uncertified devices, Google cannot ensure the same protection, and therefore, killing the support for Google Messages is the best possible solution.

These devices have to go through the process of sideloading the Google apps to run them.

Blaming them for “severely violating China’s sovereignty” the sanctions ban the listed from entering China, Hong Kong, and Macau as well as doing business with any Chinese firms.

Reportedly, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, has to be paid in cash as many banks in Hong Kong which also have relationships with US institutions or hold US dollars cannot do business with her.

China’s sanctions on former US officials are not expected to be nearly as damaging.

For the US, the trade war had a mixed to moderate impact on the economy.

In the first half of 2019, Taiwan’s exports to the US went up by $4.2 billion making it a trade war winner and its economy outpaced China’s growth by 2.7% v…

A study promoted by the Juegaterapia Foundation and published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research shows that gaming is objectively beneficial for kids that are fighting cancer.

Increase of 14% in parasympathetic tone, which favors recoveryAcute nociception (conscious perception of pain) is associated with changes in the sympathetic-parasympathetic balance regulation.

The way to counter this situation is the activation of the parasympathetic system, which favors physiological recovery.

Thanks to being fully wrapped up in the game, children activate their parasympathetic system.

While the study itself has been available for several months, there is now a documentary film titled “When …

The iPad Air 4 was introduced to us in 2020, but unfortunately, Apple wasn’t keen on releasing the successor to the iPad mini 5.

A fresh set of renders may have an idea of what the upcoming tablet will look like, so let us dive into those details quickly.

The new set of images reveal that the iPad mini 6 will sport slimmer bezels than the iPad mini 5.

The upcoming tablet was said to sport a higher screen-to-body ratio in a previous report, with the display size increased to 8.4 inches.

Since there’s not much information related to the iPad mini 6’s design, we strongly advise our readers to treat these renders with a pinch of salt for now.

Today, Biostar announced the launch of its latest Z590 VALKYRIE series motherboards engineered to run Intel’s new 11thgen Rocket Lake-S processors.

The Z590 VALKYRIE is a full-size ATX board while the Z590i VALKYRIE is a much smaller mITX board.

BIOSTAR UNVEILS THE ALL NEW Z590 VALKYRIE MOTHERBOARDSBIOSTAR’S NEW FLAGSHIP MOTHERBOARD RANGEJanuary 19th, 2021, Taipei, Taiwan – BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices today announces the launch of their latest Z590 VALKYRIE series motherboard range engineered to run Intel’s 11thgen Rocket Lake-S processors.

Designed based on the latest Z590 chipset from Intel, BIOSTAR’s VALKYRIE series motherboards ar…

Retail Packaging and AccessoriesColorful’s retail packaging for the iGame RTX 3060 Ti Vulcan OC-V is the usual black box-in-box type.

Meet the Colorful iGame RTX 3060 Ti Vulcan OC-VThe iGame RTX 3060 Ti Vulcan is mostly black with some gunmetal gray accent pieces around the plastic shroud’s edges.

The tests were done with the Colorful iGame RTX 3060 Ti Vulcan OC-V in stock, factory overclocked, and manually overclocked configurations.

We’ll also see the iGame RTX 3060 Ti trailing the MSI 3060 Ti at stock and pulling ahead in the factory overclock (OCB) position.

Overclocking the RTX 3060 Ti Vulcan pushed it very close to the RTX 2080 Ti in many of our benchmarks.

MSI has been a very busy company in preparation for CES 2021 and its own event, the MSI Premiere 2021: Tech For the Future.

See the full press release below for more information:MSI Unveils Innovations in Gaming Hardware & Computing at MSI Premiere 2021: Tech for the Future[Taipei, Taiwan] MSI, a world leader in gaming hardware and computing solutions, unveils an innovative lineup of gaming, creator and business products at its virtual launch event, “MSI Premiere 2021: Tech For the Future”.

“It’s showtime, and we hope you enjoy it.”A powerful MSI Dragon G opened the “MSI Premiere 2021: Tech For the Future” show, followed by a helicopter that flew over the sea and revealed MSI RTX 30 SEA HAW…

This morning as part of CES 2021, Corsair announced the launch of its 5000 series mid-tower PC cases, the CORSAIR 5000D, 5000D Airflow, and the iCUE 5000X RGB.

Availability, Warranty, and PricingThe CORSAIR 5000D, 5000D AIRFLOW, and 5000X RGB are available immediately from the CORSAIR webstore and the CORSAIR worldwide network of authorized retailers and distributors.

The CORSAIR 5000D, 5000D AIRFLOW, and 5000X RGB are backed by a two-year warranty, alongside the CORSAIR worldwide customer service and technical support network.

For up-to-date pricing of the CORSAIR 5000D, 5000D AIRFLOW, and 5000X RGB, please refer to the CORSAIR website or contact your local CORSAIR sales or PR representati…

As CES 2021 rolls on, MSI announced their entire GeForce RTX 3060 family of video cards.

With the RTX 3060 series starting at $330, this will bring the latest Ampere architecture in a more affordable package.

With its efficient, high-performance architecture and the second generation of NVIDIA RTX™, the GeForce RTX™ 3060 brings amazing hardware ray-tracing capabilities and support for NVIDIA DLSS and other technologies, and is priced starting at $329.

GAMING seriesMSI also brings the GAMING series with the iconic TWIN FROZR 8 thermal design to GeForce RTX 3060.

AVAILABILITYThe new MSI GeForce RTX 3060 series graphics cards are expected to be available starting the end of February 2021.

In addition, Colorful is also launching a full line of 3060 graphics cards, the RTX 3060 Advanced OC 10G-V, the RTX 3060 Ultra W 10G-V, and finally the RTX 3060 NB 10G-V. MSRP pricing for the 3090 Neptune is set at $1,999 while the RTX 3060 series cards are available starting at $349.

The COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX™ 3090 Neptune comes in a slimmer 2-slot form-factor with a 240mm AIO liquid cooler.

iGame GeForce RTX™ 3060 Advanced OC 10G -VThe COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX™ 3060 Advanced OC features the same cooling design as the RTX 3060 Ti Advanced OC model.

iGame GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ultra W OC 10G-VExpanding the Ultra White Series graphics cards, the COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ultra W OC…

Yesterday, DeepCool revealed a new company logo that is designed to usher in a new corporate identity.

Premier PC hardware manufacturer DeepCool reveals a new corporate brand identity, redesigned logo, and website.

This new brand identity reflects a continuous evolution of the organization, its products, and the computer hardware industry as a whole.

Look out for all-new DeepCool products in the upcoming year that feature the new brand identity and logo designed for the modern age.

The new DeepCool brand identity is an extensive initiative designed to carry the company forward in better serving its partners and customers.

COLORFUL also launches the iGame Z590 X, the black version of the iGame Z590 W, giving builders more motherboard color options for color-matching builds.

iGame Z590 Vulcan W and iGame Z590 Vulcan XUltimate Gaming Motherboard: Premium features meets premium aestheticsThe COLORFUL iGame Z590 Vulcan W and iGame Z590 Vulcan X motherboards come with the same set of premium features except for the color.

The COLORFUL iGame Z590 Vulcan W and iGame Z590 Vulcan X two PCIe 4.0 X16 slots to support the latest high-end PCIe 4.0-enabled graphics cards.

SpecificationsCVN B560M Gaming Frozen V20The COLORFUL CVN B560M Gaming Frozen V20 is also a white-colored motherboard with matching silver heatsinks.

ATX…

ASRock has joined the party, announcing several new Z590 motherboards for CES 2021, joining the likes of ASUS and BIOSTAR.

The flagship ASRock Z590 Taichi and Z590 PG Velocita both feature Killer WiFi and Lighting USB Gaming Ports designed for use with the latest ultra-high poll rate gaming peripherals.

Rounding out the lineup are the mainstream Z590 Pro4 ATX and Z590M Pro4 micro-ATX motherboards.

ASRock Steel Legend SeriesMemory overclocking is now available on all ASRock Z590, H570 and B560 motherboards, giving more users the best performance potential.

A graphics card holder is bundled with all ASRock Z590 mainstream to high-end motherboards.

Check out the press release below for more details on the full lineup:BIOSTAR ANNOUNCES THE BRAND-NEW INTEL 500 SERIES MOTHERBOARDSINTRODUCING A NEW BREED OF BIOSTAR MOTHERBOARDS!

Designed to run the latest Intel 11th gen processors, BIOSTAR’s 500 series motherboard range consists of 6 new main boards engineered with form and functionality suited for many use cases.

BIOSTAR’s RACING series motherboard range gets a fresh new look this year, with an all-new semi-covered armor design.

The H510MH/E 2.0 (Micro-ATX) and the H510MX/E 2.0 (Micro-ATX) are the last two motherboards of BIOSTAR’s new Intel 500 series product range.

In conclusion, BIOSTAR’S new arsenal of Intel 500 series motherboards a…

HP meets this need with the new HP Dragonfly G2 and HP Dragonfly Max with next-level collaboration.

The HP Elite Dragonfly Max takes the Elite Dragonfly G2 beyond expectations and provides a stunning experience perfectly designed for portability, amped up collaboration, and seamless remote work.

The HP Elite Wireless Earbuds are the world’s most advanced earbuds for collaboration, with personalized audio tuning, adjustable noise cancellation, and sound situation presets.

The device also includes an always-ready HP Elite Slim Active Pen with an integrated charging and storage cradle for quick access.

The HP EliteBook x360 1030 G8 and the HP EliteBook x360 1040 G8 are expected to be available…

HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, released a whole new lineup of gaming peripherals today at CES 2021.

Known for professional-grade gaming products HyperX looks to continue its success with the Alloy Origins 60 gaming keyboard, HyperX ChargePlay Duo Controller Charging Station for Xbox, Pulsefire Haste Gaming Mouse, Cloud II Wireless Gaming Headset, and the Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset + 7.1.

Participating in the digital version of CES this year, HyperX continues to support the gaming community by expanding its professional-grade products used by gaming pros and HyperX fans.

Expanded HyperX Pulsefire Haste Availability: Originally released in the U.S., the Pulsefire Haste…

With CES 2021 ramping up this week, we are seeing lots of new releases including the array of six new Z590 motherboards from ASUS.

ROG Maximus XIII, ROG Strix, and TUF Gaming boards all use our VRM heatsink design to keep these many-phase VRMs cool.

We’re also extending our renowned cooling and RGB LED control capabilities from the Maximus XIII Extreme and Maximus XIII Extreme Glacial to let demanding builders realize their most complex cooling and lighting visions.

Finally, ROG and ROG Strix Z590 motherboards also employ new Realtek ALC4000-series audio codecs to deliver the highest-quality sound for both music and games.

To take full advantage of these AI-powered features, you’ll want an …

With CES 2021 starting today and running through the week, we can expect a barrage of newly released and leaked products.

The first on that list is a leaked image from Videocardz.com showing MSI’s next flagship motherboard, the MSI MEG Z590 GODLIKE.

Just like its Z490 predecessor, the Z590 GODLIKE will be an E-ATX board but will feature only a pair of PCIe slots as opposed to the trio from the previous generation.

Slated as a flagship overclocking beast, the Z590 Godlike is reportedly equipped with 20 VRM phases.

Also featured in the image are the MAG Z590 Tomahawk WIFI and MPG Z590 Gaming Carbon WIFI.

Alphacool announced the Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N RTX 3070 Founders Edition GPU water block today.

As with all of the Eisblock Aurora series, this is a nickel-plated full cover block that is said to produce exceptional cooling performance.

With the vast number of available GPU water blocks in the Eisblock Aurora line-up, it is obvious that Alphacool is committed to providing all of your custom water cooling needs, regardless of which GPU you are able to acquire.

MSRP for the Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N RTX 3070 Founders Edition GPU water block is $161.14.

Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N RTX 3070 Founders Edition with Backplate Alphacool presents a new Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N coo…

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The Medium (Xbox Series X|S and PC) ID@Xbox – January 28Available with Xbox Game Pass on day one!

Game Pass members and all players can join the program’s standard track at home and play any operator, even those you don’t own in the stadium.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate PerksClaim your Perks by going to the Perks gallery on your Xbox Series X|S or Xbox One consoles, Xbox App on Windows 10 PC, or the Xbox Game Pass mobile app on iOS and Android!

Xbox Game Pass QuestsAll through January, we’re doubling the points you can earn from Ultimate Quests for EA Play and Xbox Series X|S Optimized titles.

Remember you can buy these games and use your Xbox Game Pass membership discount to save up to 20% befo…

One of the most-discussed titles we revealed in 2020 was The Medium, a psychological horror game developed by Polish developer Bloober Team, coming exclusively to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass.

By holding down the B button, I was able to take control of just the Marianne in the Spirit World while Material World Marianne stayed put.

Staying out of body for too long will make Spirit World Marianne disappear, so I had to hightail it over to the altar and return to charge up the elevator.

Suddenly, a swarm of moths came buzzing down the hallway in the Spirit World.

The Medium is now available for pre-order and will launch January 28 for Xbox Series X|S and PC.

The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S have launched, so we’re officially going full steam ahead into the next generation of gaming.

Star Wars: Squadrons, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Yooka-Laylee are all available for Xbox Live Gold… Read moreDown in Bermuda Crash-Lands Today on Xbox OnePuzzle adventure Down in Bermuda is available today on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

We’ve been thrilled with the reception of last month’s launch of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

Even though DCUO released on Xbox One in 2016, we celebrate 10 years of world-spanning storylines… Read moreNext Week on Xbox: January 19 to 22Welcome to Next Week on Xbox!

Here we cover all the new games coming so…

And that’s exactly what leads our prehistoric protagonist to finding a jetpack left behind by an alien invader.

In Jet Kave Adventure, the Stone Age meets Science-Fiction.

We tell the story of Kave, a chief banished by his own tribe.

When you meet him, Kave wanders aimlessly through a canyon until he stumbles upon a wrecked spaceship.

Jet Kave Adventure is available now on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S (through backward compatibility), so without further ado, I sincerely invite you to join Kave in his quest to save his island and prove his worth to the tribe!

Scott Pilgrim vs.

Playable on Xbox Series X|S via backwards compatibility, Scott Pilgrim vs.

The World: The Game – Complete Edition preserves everything fans loved about the original, including music by Anamanaguchi, pixel-art animation by Paul Robertson, and cutscenes by series creator Bryan Lee O’Malley.

Whether you’re revisiting the game or experiencing the story for the very first time, Scott Pilgrim vs.

The World: The Game – Complete Edition a love letter to the comics, the movie, and the 8- and 16-bit eras of gaming that inspired them.

GSC Game World here.

We have made quite a bit of progress since July, and we decided to go forward, sharing an in-engine gameplay teaser.

You’re seeing this world through the eyes of a stalker named Skif— remember the codename, you will hear it a lot.

We’re progressing smoothly, including Xbox Series X/S versions as well.

But you can be confident the game will come to Xbox Game Pass on day one.

The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S have launched, so we’re officially going full steam ahead into the next generation of gaming.

In 2021, creators around the world will tap deeper into the power of Xbox Series X|S and bring a massive variety of content to Xbox players.

Developed by Neon Giant and published by Curve Digital, The Ascent will target 60 FPS and full 4K on the Xbox Series X for an amazing gameplay experience.

Forget about homework, come play on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S exclusively with Smart Delivery.

Later this month, The Yakuza Remastered Collection, which gathers Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5 will land on Xbox Game Pass.

Here we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Windows 10 PC as well as upcoming Xbox Game Pass and soon-to-be released ID@Xbox titles!

Tauronos – January 19 – Xbox Play Anywhere / Xbox One X EnhancedTrapped inside an ancient labyrinth, chased by the mythical Minotaur.

Unspottable – January 21 – Xbox One X EnhancedUnspottable is a competitive couch party game for 2 to 4 players.

Gravity Heroes – January 22Gravity Heroes is a fast paced, chaotically beautiful 2D platform shooter.

Redout: Space Assault – January 22 – Xbox One X EnhancedRedout: Space Assault is an arcade space battler, coupled with the thrill of combat.

Rock Band is celebrating the start of 2021 with its 20th season of Rock Band Rivals!

If you still haven’t checked out Rock Band Rivals, we invite all RB4 players to join a crew and see what it’s all about!

And if you haven’t played Rock Band on your all-new Xbox Series X, wait until you see the load times!

The first challenge of Rivals Season 20 calls back to the first challenge from Season 1, “Ready To Rock?”, which highlighted our namesake: Rock music.

We’ll be with you again all year bringing new songs to Rock Band 4, so don’t go anywhere!

We are excited to bring Classic Mode and the new Kingdom: Two Crowns boss area to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night today!

Classic Mode contains five levels of enemies and sub-bosses that lie between you and your ultimate goal: Gebel.

Additional shards can be picked up throughout the Classic Mode levels, each with its own special properties.

When you finish Classic Mode, you’ll be graded on time, score, and number of deaths across three difficulty modes.

A completed playthrough of the core game is not required to play Classic Mode.

Puzzle adventure Down in Bermuda is available today on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

After an unnatural storm brings his plane down, adventurous aviator Milton is left stranded for decades within the infamous Bermuda.

Down in Bermuda is a quirky adventure filled with puzzles to solve and mysteries to uncover.

It’s a combination of logic puzzles and hidden object hunting wrapped in a vibrant world set deep within the infamous Bermuda triangle.

Can you escape before it’s too late or will Milton be stuck in Bermuda forever?

For the upcoming launch of its psychological horror title, The Medium, Bloober Team released a live-action trailer to give a glimpse of the mystery only a medium can solve.

While the live-action trailer takes a thematic, atmospheric, and character-driven approach to The Medium, Bloober Team also recently released an extended 14-minute gameplay trailer that can be seen above in case you missed it.

Players will be able to fully recognize and appreciate the many references and interesting details included as part of the live action trailer once they have the chance to play the game later this month.

The Medium is now available for pre-order and will launch January 28 for Xbox One, Xbox Series …

We’ve been thrilled with the reception of last month’s launch of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

On that note, we’d like to provide a deeper look into one of the big features being added to the game today, in the first of a series of free content updates coming to Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 — the Boss Raid mode!

The eclectic character lineup in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is also getting a few more familiar faces — four new characters are being added with today’s free update!

Be sure to pick up Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 on either Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S and check out all the fresh new content arriving today, with more to be added in the coming months.

And as always, please stay tuned to the…

The Predator Helios 300 was refreshed to include the latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU to power the notebook’s 240Hz IPS display.

The notebooks are available with 15.6-inch or 17.3-inch displays, featuring a quad high-definition (QHD) display with a 165 Hz refresh rate or a FHD display with up to a 360Hz refresh rate.

On both displays, Adaptive-Sync synchronizes the panel’s refresh rate with the GPU’s frame rate to reduce lag, minimize stuttering, and eliminate visual tearing.

On both displays, Adaptive-Sync synchronizes the panel’s refresh rate with the GPU’s frame rate to reduce lag, minimize stuttering, and eliminate visual tearing.

Check back on Xbox Wire and the Windows Experie…

Jump in your starfighter battle players among the stars, go Super Saiyan and relive epic battles, and explore an imaginative open world all in this weekend’s Free Play Days.

Star Wars: Squadrons, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Yooka-Laylee are all available for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play from Thursday, January 14 at 12:01 a.m. PST until Sunday, January 17 at 11:59 p.m. PST.

Clicking through will send you to the Microsoft Store, where you must be signed in to see the option to install with your Xbox Live Gold membership.

Don’t miss out on this exciting Free Play Days for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members!

Learn more about Free Play Days here and st…

Share this on Twitter (opens in a new window)Share this on Facebook (opens in a new window)PlayStation Store’s new Games Under promotion begins Tuesday, January 19 and brings with it a selection of amazing experiences available at a reduced price for a limited time.

Running until Wednesday February 3 at 11.59pm local time, the Games Under sale includes the likes of multiplayer horror Dead by Daylight: Special Edition PS4 & PS5, open world epic Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and survival horror Resident Evil 2 – Deluxe Edition.

There are plenty of other titles included in the sale – a selection of which you can see below – so check out the full list for European players here and North American pla…

We know you’ve all been patiently waiting for more news on Resident Evil Village, and that chill going down your back isn’t from the cold outside – rather, it’s from the spine-tingling terrors that await you in the Resident Evil Showcase making its debut on Thursday, January 21 at 2pm PT / 10pm GMT / 11pm CET.

Play VideoWe won’t spoil all the fun announcements that await, but you’ll definitely want to be there live as it happens.

Join our host Brittney Brombacher as we showcase new information on Resident Evil Village, including an extended trailer that unveils a bit more of the world and mysterious new characters, as well as a first look at gameplay!

We’ll also have Producer Peter Fabiano …

Share this on Twitter (opens in a new window)Share this on Facebook (opens in a new window)The team shares what they played over the holidays.

Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google or RSS, or download hereHappy new year!

Kristen and Tim are back to share what they played over the holidays, and geek out during an Assassin’s Creed Valhalla spoilers chat.

[Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice.

Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]

Share this on Twitter (opens in a new window)Share this on Facebook (opens in a new window)Last week, we asked you to sail across Norway and England as a viking in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

The iconic Assassin’s symbol lights up this hideout, shared by Nakko_blueSearch #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme.

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THEME: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – EivorSUBMIT BY: Wednesday 9 AM PT on January 20Next week, we’re staying in the realm of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and focusing our Odin’s sight on Eivor.

Share portraits or detailed shots of your viking hero using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

Keep the Puyo-popping and Tetrimino-clearing party going this New Year with the launch of a free new update for Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, available starting today for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4!

Sonic also plays a pivotal role during Skill Battle, such as his ability to change all Puyos on the board to blue!

While she only played a minor role in the original Puyo Puyo Tetris, this update marks the first time Ms. Accord will appear as a playable character in a localized release since Puyo Pop Fever.

Like Ms. Accord and Lidelle, this will mark his first playable appearance since Puyo Pop Fever after making a cameo in Puyo Puyo Tetris.

For the latest on all things Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, make sure …

Like Ramona skating into Scott’s life, PlayStation fans fell hard for Scott Pilgrim vs.

Scott Pilgrim vs.

PSB: What track from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game do you feel best represents Anamanaguchi’s sound in 2021?

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PSB: Looking back, which track from Scott Pilgrim vs.

2020 has drawn to a close, which means it’s time to take a look at the year’s most downloaded games at PlayStation Store.

On the PS5 side, we see Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales taking the top two spots on our US/Canada and European charts, with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla right behind.

Demon’s Souls, NBA 2K21, and FIFA 21 place high atop the lists as well.

Call of Duty also led the US/Canada PS4 charts, though the worldwide appeal of FIFA 20 and FIFA 21 made them top hits across Europe.

Which did you spend the most time with in 2020?

Play VideoFrom lightning to tentaclesSelene will have many weapons and devices at her disposal to survive on the hostile alien planet Atropos.

The above video shows some of the various abilities you’ll find while playing Returnal which we’ll dive into below.

As you progress, you’ll unlock and add on various Weapon Traits, each providing a unique gameplay modifier to the base weapon’s behavior.

These Weapon Traits will also stack, so the combined effects can lead to many surprising results that can have unique advantages and playstyles to explore.

With 10 base weapons, more than 90 Weapon Traits (each with three levels)and 10 alt-fires, there are numerous weapon combinations to test out on y…

This is MekaSkull, the developer of Cyber Shadow: the retro-rooted, ninja-jumping, robot-slashing action platformer that is coming to PS4 and PS5 on January 26.

I started to spend my spare time on a “training” project.

My training project wasn’t just for training anymore.

Teaming upAny game needs music, and luck was on my side as just the right music found the game.

To top it all off, with the help of Yacht Club Games and MP2 Games, Cyber Shadow gained improved response time, which can now be improved even further with the PS5 version running at 120fps.

We did actually end up using the particle grass displacement tech, but for pushing the grass around as the player and horse run through it.

The video below is an example of the grass displacement and a debug view of the particle system controlling it.

For this feature we teamed up with the same rendering coder who wrote the particle system during Second Son production, Bill Rockenbeck.

Growth and biomesHere’s a simple example: we wanted particle leaves to fall in only the forested areas and not in the grasslands.

What this got us was the ability for the particle system to know what biome any specific particle was created in.

For the first time in Call of Duty history, Treyarch’s Zombies mode will be available for free through the Zombies Free Access Week.

This free access period will be available to all players through the PlayStation store and includes the following game modes:Cranked ZombiesNeed a Zombies experience with a bit more urgency?

Keep watch of the clock – and your six – to survive this fast-paced variation of the traditional Zombies game mode.

Onslaught (PlayStation exclusive*)Those who have a PlayStation can access Onslaught, a fast-paced two-player Zombies experience on Black Ops Cold War’s Multiplayer maps.

Enjoyed this free access period?

I’m super excited to be here to give you a very special update on our upcoming cyberpunk stealth-action RPG Disjunction: a release date.

I’m thrilled to say that Disjunction will be releasing on PlayStation 4 on January 28, and will be fully playable on PlayStation 5 via backwards compatibility.

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It’s set in a cyberpunk New York CityDisjunction takes place in the year 2048, in a New York City barrelling into the future, yet plagued by social unrest.

Your approach to situations can have serious consequences for the future of New York City, with the repercussions of choosing to spare or kill even one person rippling throughout the underworld.

Share this on Twitter (opens in a new window)Share this on Facebook (opens in a new window)We take a look back at some of our favorite gaming moments from 2020.

As last year came to a close, we asked you to share you favorite gaming shots using #PSshare and #PSBlog.

This Death Stranding share by TheFourthFocus honestly just made me laugh, it’s so good.

Eivor is ready to go aviking in this Assassin’s Creed Valhalla share by adambomb2mkCloud gazes through the mist in this Final Fantasy VII Remake share by virtua_photoJesse stares down new threats in Control, shared by MdeavorVPHoffman_vp shared a monstrous portrait from Doom Eternal.

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These new additions to the PS Now lineup are available from today, Tuesday January 5 for all subscribers, joining hundreds of other titles ready to play instantly.

The Crew 2In The Crew 2, take on the American motorsports scene as you explore and dominate the land, air, and sea of the United States in one of the most exhilarating open worlds ever created.

● The Crew 2 is available to play on PlayStation Now until July 5, 2021Surviving MarsDiscover a planet’s secrets as you work to build a sustainable colony on the face of Mars.

But colonizing a hostile world challenges you to build carefully and the planet hides secrets, both good and bad.

Research new technologies to develop advanced infra…

Now leading developers in the industry share their personal PlayStation picks from the class of 2020*.

What I didn’t foresee happening is video games becoming another instrument in mine and so many others mental health toolbox this year.

For those reasons Warzone was and still is my favorite game of 2020.”– Ramone Russell, Product Development Communications and Brand Strategist, San Diego Studio – MLB The Show 20Demon’s SoulsPlay VideoAs chosen by…“Although there were many amazing games this year, my favorite has to be Demon’s Souls.

Incredible job by Bluepoint Games!”– Jason Connell, Creative Director & Art Director, Sucker Punch – Ghost of Tsushima“For me it’s got to be Demon’s Souls.

One…

Telstra is offering a rare discount on its NBN plans, in the form of a AU$10 saving on your monthly bill for six months.

It only applies to new customers, unfortunately, and naturally you'll need to live somewhere NBN friendly.

But it's fairly uncommon for Telstra to reduce the cost of its pricey NBN plans, so it's worth consideration.

The same discount applies to Telstra's NBN 100 plan, which as the name implies, offers "100Mbs typical download speeds" in the evening for AU$110 per month across 24 months.

But naturally, there are caveats too: if your connection is FTTN (fibre to the node) you probably can't get the NBN 50 deal, and as for the NBN 100 deal: you can't get it at all.

Minecraft's forthcoming Caves & Cliffs update is still a while away, but dedicated players have already sampled its wares in the form of content snapshots.

The latest of these, memorably titled 21W03A, adds glowing squids and glowing lichen to the Java Edition of the game.

The glow squid can be spotted "from even far distances" and will drop glow ink if you slay the helpless beasts.

Oh, and if you're hunting down glowing squids, expect to find axolotls in the vicinity: apparently the latter really love to attack the former.

As for the glow lichen, it can also be put to practical purpose.

As you slip into the cockpit of your ship and take flight, here are some helpful Everspace 2 tips that'll make your journey a little easier.

The tradeoff is worth it, and I'm a little baffled Everspace 2 doesn't start you in first person by default.

In any other RPG that item would have to sit in your inventory waiting until you've gathered enough experience points.

One thing to note, however, is that crafting experience is specific to the quality of equipment.

So if you're dismantling common rarity items, that'll earn you crafting experience points so you can unlock more common rarity blueprints.

The first result, higher than well-known examples of the genre like Danganronpa and Doki Doki Literature Club, is an idle game—a clicker—called Crush Crush.

Meanwhile, the cast of Blush Blush have all been placed under a curse that can, of course, only be broken by love.

Both Crush Crush and Blush Blush allow the player to start over at any time with a multiplier applied to progress bars.

That includes future additions to Crush Crush and its boy-focused spin-off Blush Blush, which is predictably less profitable.

"Although we have characters in Crush Crush and Blush Blush who dabble in murder, these are treated with more darkly comedic tones.

NZXT is a hardware manufacturer that makes cases, components, and accessories for the PC gaming market.

RTKFT makes "virtual and physical next-gen collectible sneakers for the best esports, gaming, and entertainment celebrities."

SNEAKERS MASTER RACE, @NZXT DRIP 💧 pic.twitter.com/OuNrEA6j4RJanuary 20, 2021Is it a shoe that looks like a PC?

Or a tiny PC that looks like a shoe?

At first glance, I honestly couldn't tell, and neither RTFKT—that's "Artifact" phonetically, by the way—nor NZXT were very helpful in clarifying.

Ah, Split: both the name of Valorant's worst map and a description of what I'd like to do whenever I have to play it.

After seeing the map rework for myself, I may not have to hate Split anymore.

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(Image credit: Riot Games) Image 4 of 4 A new stair chunk on B site.

Take, for instance, the homing briefcase from Hitman 2, which appeared in November of 2018.

Despite the name everyone gave it—the "homing briefcase"—the core issue wasn't the homing ability of the briefcase, exactly.

After fixing the error, IO Interactive recreated the bug in 2019 with the unlockable MKII model briefcase.

Above is another good clip of the briefcase bug as it first appeared.

The video below comes from 2019, after the MKII briefcase model was added, and answers the question, 'What happens if the target is on a jet ski?'

Two weeks ago, following the attack on the US Capitol Building, Twitch suspended the official account of former President Donald Trump.

A representative said the move was necessary to "prevent Twitch from being used to incite further violence" leading up to the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20, and that the status of Trump's account would be reassessed "after he leaves office."

Today is the day, and Twitch has announced that, due to its view on his ongoing behavior, Trump's account will not be reinstated.

❌https://t.co/50dZbS4CcU#twitch #ban #secondban #partner #twitchpartner 🈵January 20, 2021"We have indefinitely suspended President Trump’s Twitch channel due to the ongoing risk of …

Rust has been a popular game for ages, typically hovering among the top games played on Steam.

Fall Guys, Among Us, and Phasmophobia are other recent games that got a big boost from drawing the attention of big-time streamers.

That's our question this week: Which game would you like to see get a big boost from popular streamers?

Maybe it's a game you love and want to see get more popular, or a fading multiplayer game that could benefit from having more people crowding its lobbies.

Multiplayer support, more levels, a killer soundtrack, and some fun ragdoll physics could really make it the next big skating game, assuming the right streamers play it.

Call of Duty: Warzone is rapidly becoming a bigger part of Activision's business.

The past year of Infinity Ward updates has maintained a meta in which one or two guns are always overperforming or completely broken.

If Raven is the Warzone studio now, it also prompts speculation about what Infinity Ward is up to.

Keeping its future project a secret could also explain why Activision won't plainly say if Infinity Ward has stepped aside with Warzone.

Before it shifted focus to Call of Duty, Raven was responsible for other memorable FPSes.

The Predator, AKA the alien who dueled Arnold Schwarzenegger and hunted xenomorphs on Earth, is now a Fortnite skin, because of course he is.

The Predator is easily one of the most difficult bosses we've ever seen in Fortnite, for several reasons.

We've whipped up this guide to show you exactly where to find Predator and how to defeat him.

(Image credit: Epic Games)Swipe: The Predator will use his wrist blade to swipe at the player for high levels of damage.

- Where to find the Predator's apartment in Fortnite- How to get the Predator skin in Fortnite- Where to find the mysterious pod

More Fortnite season 5 guides Best Fortnite skins: Finest virtual threadsFortnite Creative codes: Best custom mapsFortnite map: Season 5 POIsEpic Games has announced its schedule and format for the 2021 Fortnite Champion Series, including a $20 million prize pool.

We've combed through Epic's announcement to lay out everything you need to know about FNCS 2021.

FNCS 2021 FormatPerhaps the biggest change to previous Fortnite Champion Series, Epic has decided to make all of 2021's FNCS events trios format.

How to watch FNCS 2021You'll most likely be able to watch FNCS 2021 on the usual Twitch or YouTube channels.

Other FNCS 2021 detailsEpic is also planning on running console-specific tournamen…

Hitman developer IO Interactive is making a James Bond game, and it's a match made in heaven.

It also feels like a test run for IO's Bond game.

Image 1 of 2 (Image credit: IO Interactive) Image 2 of 2 (Image credit: Eon Productions)Hitman 3 doesn't just continue this fascination with the world's most famous fictional spy; it doubles down on it.

In Hitman 3's second mission, Agent 47 travels to Dartmoor, England and infiltrates Thornbridge Manor, a dusty old country house.

IO's mysterious Bond game is way, way off, but until I get to play it the Hitman trilogy scratches the itch.

Tencent Games, the world's largest gaming company (and China's second biggest tech firm), has its fingers in a lot of pies.

But in 2020, Tencent closed 300 percent more deals than it had the previous year—adding a whopping 31 gaming companies to its list of investments and acquisitions.

This all comes courtesy of Niko Partners, the leading market research and consulting firm for Asia's enormous gaming industry.

The list of the 31 gaming companies Tencent invested in can be seen below, but it's worth noting that most of its investments are minor stakes in smaller Chinese companies that don't have much of a global presence.

If you're curious about all the major gaming companies that Tencent h…

Balan Wonderworld, the whimsical action-platformer from the creators of games including Sonic the Hedgehog, Nights into Dreams, and Phantasy Star Online, is set to arrive on Steam in March.

This mysterious world is woven from the memories inside Jose Gallard’s heart, a farmer whose beautiful cornfield is struck by a storm.

In this magical world built from Cass Milligan’s fond memories, candy pieces and books float in the air and there are mysterious buildings full of moving gears.

Balan Wonderworld is a collection of 12 different stories, themed around a mysterious, magical musical theater.

The stars of the show will take advantage of special abilities gained from more than 80 "characterful…

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When it comes to Roblox, creating your own Roblox GFX can really show off your avatar and your creations.

But, what is Roblox GFX, what do you need to create them and what can you do with the graphics you create?

Roblox GFX are basically beautiful, realistic images of Roblox avatars - sometimes just one avatar - in environments that look so much better than real Roblox games can currently be.

Subscribe to Pocket Gamer onHow to export your Roblox avatarWhen it comes to creating your Roblox GFX, you will need to import your avatar.

Now, if you are looking for a quick and easy way to create Roblox GFX on mobile, you can do so!

Pokemon Go is currently celebrating the Hoenn region in its ongoing build-up to the Pokemon Go Tour: Kanto.

During that time, a plethora of Pokemon from the region will appear more frequently in the wild.

This will include Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Mareep, Hoppip, Aipom, Sunkern, Yanma, Murkrow, Gligar, Snubbull, Slugma and Miltank.

Johto Pokemon will also be appearing in Raids too, with one-star Raids being populated by Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Mareep, Marill, and Larvitar.

Finally, Pokemon will exclusive attacks from 2018 Community Events can also be obtained by evolving certain Pokemon during the week.

It sees the introduction of a brand new character alongside more story for players to make their way through.

This will see the conclusion of Return of the Goddess of Time - Part 2 Tales from the East.

Subscribe to Pocket Gamer onIn addition to some more story, players will also find a new character called Heena to add to their collection.

Doing so will net them a Rainbow Radiance Drop.

This can then be used to select an element from fire, water, wind and earth before encountering a 5-Star character of that type.

In Pokemon Go, Groudon appears in level 5 raids, like all legendary Pokemon.

Pokemon Go has given out a remote raid pass box alongside this event, to help you out.

Groudon is a ground-type Pokemon, which is weak against grass, ice and water-types.

As Groudon is a ground-type Pokemon, it cannot damage flying-type Pokemon, but Flying-type Pokemon are not able to deal any additional damage to Groudon.

Good luck in your research mission and collecting legendary Pokemon!

Today Nordeus has released a major update to their popular football management game, Top Eleven.

Subscribe to Pocket Gamer onBeyond grass, different weather conditions have also been added to Top Eleven.

This will give players more to think about when it comes to their strategies for each match since these weather changes can affect player condition.

This aims to give the game a more television-style feel such as showing the line-ups of both sides before kick-off.

The passion, excitement and support of the crowd make every manager feel like they are home.

New content updates have been coming thick and fast for Joycity's popular MMO strategy game CROSSFIRE: Warzone since it hit the app stores last July.

Subscribe to Pocket Gamer onA new Alliance Title system has also now been added where members of your alliance can receive a special title.

For more details about the Alliance Raid System and other updates, be sure to check out the game’s official website and Facebook page.

CROSSFIRE: Warzone is available now over on the App Store and Google Play.

Check out our growing collection of CROSSFIRE: Warzone news stories!

On Friday, subscribers of Apple's gaming service will also be able to play Orbital Knights' latest title Spire Blast.

A cursory glance would understandably make you think that Spire Blast is merely another colour matching puzzler, something that the App Store isn't exactly short of.

However, Orbital Knights are attempting to make it stand out from the crowd by making it physics-based.

You can check out some gameplay from Spire Blast in the embedded trailer above.

Spire Blast will be available over on Apple Arcade this Friday, a subscription service that costs $4.99 per month.

Welcome to PocketGamer's Illusion Connect Tier List!

When you start playing Illusion Connect, you want to have the best head start possible - you want a powerful lineup that can help you get to the late game, and that can easily defeat all the Nightmares and bosses that lie ahead.

For that reason, this Illusion Connect tier list is going to be your best friend all throughout the game.

You see, in Illusion Connect the summoning banners are account-bound.

So, if you start an account tomorrow or next week, you will receive the same banners as somebody who's started their game months ago.

If you’re a fan of the Hitman games but don’t have a fancy computer or home console to play on, IO Interactive has released a few options to stream the game from the cloud on your mobile device or Nintendo Switch.

All the familiar gameplay of the Hitman series makes a return, including large open levels that feature an immeasurable degree of choice in how you want to perform your assassination.

It launches on Google Stadia today after the first two games in the World of Assassination trilogy were released on the service last August, allowing you to play the games on your mobile device by streaming it from the cloud.

Additionally, you’ll also be able to do the same on Nintendo Switch by purc…

Indie developer Natsukashii Games has released its digital board game Flip Discs on the Google Play for Android store.

In Flip Discs, instead of just capturing the highest amount of discs like you would in the former game, you must focus on getting discs with the highest number of corresponding points.

Flip Discs offers several ways to play the game, tailoring it to your liking.

Flip Discs uses Google Play Games to save your stats, unlock achievements, gain experience and earn places on the leaderboards, with an alternative in-game option available to see your stats against AI or other human players.

You can download it now from the Google Play for Android store, where it’s a free to play t…

Abyssrium, FLERO Games' popular clicker, has just received an update that introduces a new monthly theme, a host of different events for players to enjoy and a collaboration with the anime and manga Bonobono.

Joining all of these sea creatures will be other special fish from previous events.

Beyond that, there will be a host of different events to take part in, such as Mystery Egg.

In addition to that, they can grab various rewards simply for logging into the game, with a firecracker available on the 12th day.

Finally, there will be bingo events offering various rewards across 16 missions, hidden fish search events and more.

The adventure continues as you explore the world of Exos Heroes in Season 3!

The fate of Saint West - and Zeon’s unwilling involvement - aside, “Blooded Rhapsody” will also feature major content and convenience feature updates, including a welcome reorganization of the current Challenge contents.

With the Season 3 update, Exos Heroes fans can enjoy new convenience features for a better play experience.

Check out the Exos Heroes official Facebook page to find out more!

Check out our growing collection of Exos Heroes articles!

By default there are three main ways to stream Oculus Quest footage: to your phone via the Oculus app, to a Chromecast 3 and/or Chromecast Ultra device, or to your personal Facebook page.

So, here’s everything you need to stream Oculus Quest to Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and any other streaming platform of your choice.

Wireless Casting Quest / Quest 2 Streaming: What You NeedThe best way to stream Oculus Quest to your PC right now that allows you to then broadcast to your audience on platforms like Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook, is to use the casting method.

Wireless Chromecast Quest / Quest 2 Streaming: How To Do ItHere is what your stream can look like: [YouTube Archive]Make Sure Your Que…

Bigscreen today announced is bringing ad-supported movies to the free social viewing platform, which will allow users to watch select films for free.

Now Bigscreen is bringing free movies hosted by PlutoTV, which much like their streaming TV content, will have intermittent ads sandwiched in between.

A big difference between steaming TV and the new ad-supported film service is that films can be watched on-demand, and in any Bigscreen environment.

“Bigscreen has added many integrations with streaming services over the past year, such as Twitch, PlutoTV, and Adult Swim,” the studio says.

“We plan to integrate more streaming services in the future, [and] we’re actively working on built-in YouTu…

Free movies.

Today the social hub is launching a new series of movies that can be enjoyed with friends on the app’s virtual screens.

The service already offers paid movie rentals but these free movies arrive through PlutoTV and will be ad-supported.

Bigscreen told UploadVR that built-in YouTube support is being actively worked on and other streaming services will arrive in the future.

Will you be checking out Bigscreen’s new free movies?

Gabe Newell says the success of last year’s Half-Life: Alyx has “created a lot of momentum” for Valve to make more single-player games.

New Valve Games In The WorksBut, whatever Valve is working on, it’s likely to be single-player.

Referring to last year’s VR-exclusive adventure, he said: “Alyx was great — to be back doing single-player games, that created a lot of momentum inside of the company to do more of that.”Sadly Newell didn’t comment on if those games could be VR.

Even if that’s the case, we definitely hope Alyx isn’t the end of Valve’s VR development.

What would you want to see from new Valve games?

Despite launching in mid-November, developers are still catching up when it comes to optimizing their games for the new PlayStation 5 console.

Now, Hello Games says No Man’s Sky (2016) will soon see some improvements to the game’s resolution and performance when playing in VR mode on PS5.

In a Steam update covering the experimental branch on PC, Hello Games says that “[r]esolution and performance for PSVR have been significantly improved when running on a PS5.”The experimental branch is only available to PC players on Steam, although it’s likely we’ll see these improvements sometime soon on PS5.

Among the changes also comes a fix for rendering-related crash on PS5, as well as improved loadi…

Need to see more of Hitman VR before picking up the new PSVR release today?

You’re in luck; our Hitman 3 VR livestream sees us fumbling our way through the game at 8:30am PT/4:30pm GMT today!

IO Interactive rounds out its World of Assassination trilogy with the launch of Hitman 3 on pretty much every console today.

Better yet, you can important levels from Hitman 1 and 2 and play those in VR too, all with the PS4’s DualShock 4 controller.

Hitman 3 VR LivestreamWe already have a full review of the game right over here, but rest assured we think it’s pretty great.

Jamie has been covering the VR industry since 2014 having come from a gaming and technology background.

While he loves games, he's most interested in experiential VR that explores narrative, human connection and other such themes.

He's also the host of Upload's VR Showcases, which you should definitely watch.

Much to our relief, IO Interactive’s Hitman 3 is pretty great inside PSVR.

But how does it hold up next to the PS4 version?

As you probably know by now, Hitman 3’s VR support is an optional extra that lets you play the entire campaign inside PSVR, exclusively on PS4.

Hitman 3 Graphics Comparison: PSVR vs PS4Some changes will be obvious.

If you are opting to play Hitman 3 on PS5, don’t forget you’ll need the PS4 version to access VR support.

Zeena is UploadVR's video specialist with experience in the VR and gaming industries.

Her love for VR started back when she was reporting on the launches of major headsets in 2016, and is flourishing now that she can shine a spotlight on how far the industry has come as our Video Producer.

She will be bringing you tons of content throughout the week, including the VRecap, regular gaming and culture showcases, and more - subscribe to our [YouTube] channel for the latest.

GORN (2019), the single-player arcade battle simulator, is finally coming to Oculus Quest next week.

Created by Free Lives, the studio behind Broforce (2015) and Genital Jousting (2018), Gorn is officially headed to the Quest platform on January 28th, 2021.

Check out the PSVR launch trailer below to see more.

With its launch on Quest, the critically-acclaimed game can finally says its on all major VR headsets.

You can also grab Gorn on SteamVR headsets, Oculus Rift, and PSVR.

Warplanes: WW1 Fighters is a new game on SideQuest letting you pilot WW1 biplanes in combat missions.

It’s developed by Polish studio Home Net Games, bringing its experience from successful mobile games to virtual reality.

There’s a free demo plus a full campaign if you purchase it for $9.99 on Itch.io.

The free demo lets you play 2 missions and access 6 German planes.

The graphics may be the best of any Quest-native flight title we’ve seen yet.

The most recent update for No Man’s Sky will include “stability improvements” for PC and better resolution and framerate for PSVR on PS5.

Since this is an “experimental” update, on PC you need to opt in.

Here are the full patch notes:No Man’s Sky Experimental Branch 19/01Stability improvements on PC.

To do that, go into your Steam library, right click on No Man’s Sky, select Properties, click on the Betas tab, and type in: “3xperimental” and click on “Check Code”.

For more on No Man’s Sky VR, read and watch our reviews of the PC VR version and PSVR version.

Here’s our guide to common problems with the Oculus Quest and Quest 2, along with basic troubleshooting, care, and maintenance tips.

Tracking and Guardian ProblemsOccasionally the guardian system or headset tracking might act up and be a bit inconsistent.

First, make sure you are playing in an indoor area that is well-lit but not in direct sunlight.

If direct sunlight hits the Quest lenses, it can be magnified and burn the screen’s pixels, causing irreparable and noticeable damage.

Never carry your headset around in direct sunlight and never store the headset out in the open where it might be exposed to direct sunlight.

New job listings show that Ubisoft is hiring for upcoming VR games based on the Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell series.

For Assassin’s Creed VR, there are 4 jobs listed, including Development Tester, QA Tester, Senior VR Game Designer (Comfort) and VR Game Designer (Comfort).

This seemingly confirms that Splinter Cell VR will have some kind of multiplayer mode.

This implies that the Assassin’s Creed games will be an entirely built-for-VR experience that exists separately to the main series games, not connected to a PC/console Assassin’s Creed release at all.

Assassin’s Creed VR and Splinter Cell VR were announced in September last year at Facebook Connect and will release for Oculus devi…