Microsoft has lobbed a grenade into the cloud gaming arena. A grenade packed full of exclusive games that competitors can’t hope to match. This news came fromPhil Spencer’s recent interview with The Vergeabout the Xbox chief’s most recent post on the Xbox blog. Spencer’s post alludes to xCloud and, in the interview, he clarifies that Microsoft is “putting it in Ultimate for no additional cost.” This will happen in September....
Even authorities overseas are placingMicrosoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzardunder intense scrutiny. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into the deal made between the Xbox powerhouse and theCall of Dutypublisher in January. According to a report fromCNBC, the CMA released a statement saying that the investigation would “consider whether the deal would harm competition and lead to worse outcomes for consumers — for example, through higher prices, lower quality, or reduced choice....
“Why you may trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruinis the perfect entry point for newcomers to the series. No, really. That statement has become a bit of a meme in recent years as Monster Hunter fans paint each new release as “accessible....
Summary Netflix’s upcomingTerminator Zeroseries has castAhsokaandHouse of the Dragonstars in key voice roles for the upcoming animated series. Produced by Skydance Television and Netflix Animation in partnership with Japan’s Production I.G., the latest project in theexpansiveTerminatorfranchisefollows scientist Malcolm Lee developing an AI competitor to SkyNet. However, a cyborg assassin from the future arrives to kill him to ensure Judgement Day will happen in 1997, while a soldier has also come back to protect him and his children....
Nintendo has always been particularly litigious regarding software emulation and unauthorized copies of its own games — for example, the company recently filed a lawsuit to take two popular ROM-hosting sites offline. Now,Nintendo has requestedthat a popular Game Boy Advance emulator be taken offline, and it appears its host has agreed to do so. A Game Boy Advance emulator hosted on the code-sharing site GitHub waspreviously available, offering a JavaScript-based emulator that also included digital versions of games likeFire Emblem,Wario Land 4,Pokémon Fire Red,Super Mario Advance,Advance Wars, andF-Zero: MaximumVelocity....
Overwatch 2 has cheeky response to concerns Juno is better than Mercy & Lucio The newest Overwatch 2 hero has been revealed and first impressions from players say she looks like a supped-up version of Mercy and Lucio. Hilariously, the game’s social media account agrees. Juno is the newest support hero coming to the game and has abilities that let her fly and speed up allies while healing her teammates. This has garnered some obvious comparisons to characters with similar abilities....
Just days after the announcement of someserious innovation in laptop memory, we’re now seeing some great news on the desktop front, too.MSIandAsrockhave announced that they are enabling support for up to 256GB ofDDR5 memoryon select motherboards. Each memory slot will now support 64GB sticks, which means that motherboards with four slots can go up to 256GB while smaller ITX boards with two slots can go up to 128GB. This has been made possible thanks to Micron, the leading industry supplier for PC memory and data storage....
Pokemon Go player shares “awesome” and unique rural map A Pokemon Go player has shared the rural overworld map of their local area, which looks drastically different from the ones that most players are used to seeing. The ideal location for aPokemon Goplayer to live is a big city. Not only is there likely an active community of players to engage with, but there will be PokeStops and Gyms for you to interact with, giving you lots of items and the chance to participate in Raids....
At the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show 2022, you will no doubt hear plenty from TV and speaker companies about making the home viewing and listening experience more immersive. But if you want the ultimate in immersive realism, you’ll have to wait patiently for the world’s first lickable TV to make its way to stores. Yes, you read that right. A Japanese professor has developed a prototype lickable TV screen,according to Reuters, that can imitate food flavors you can experience with your own taste buds....
Summary Star Trek’sMirror Universe is full of evil variants of Spock and Kirk, as well as some truly horrifying weapons, and now the franchise has confirmed that one of them is more powerful than fans thought. In the mid-1980s,DC’sStar Trektitle brought the Mirror Universe back and in issue 12, one of their most nefarious weapons revealed its true destructive potential. Star Trek#12 was written by Mike W. Barr and drawn by Tom Sutton and Ricardo Villagran....
Elon Musk has a talent for getting everyone to talk about Tesla. Shortly after Porsche announced its newTaycan electric carhad lapped the Nürburgringin 7 minutes and 42 seconds, setting a new electric production car record, Musk tweeted that a Tesla Model S was being dispatched to the German racetrack to set a better time. Tesla hinted it has already broken the record, and it kept its promise of returning to the track in October 2019 to make it official....
Tesla chief Elon Musk has said that the automaker is aiming to launch its robotaxi service on June 22, in Austin, Texas. “Tentatively, June 22,” Musk said ina post on Xon Tuesday, adding: “We are being super paranoid about safety, so the date could shift.” But take note, the vehicle used for the upcoming robotaxi service won’t bethe futuristic Cybercab— sans steering wheel and pedals — that Musk unveiled at Tesla’s flashyWe, Robotevent in October last year....
The Flashis upon us, and what a stellar collision course of DC cinematic worlds it truly is. Just as the promotional material promised, we not only see Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) headline his own film as the Scarlet Speedster, but we’d also get a glimpse into DC’s own version of the multiverse. This has already occurred on the Marvel side of things on a few occasions including the Disney+ seriesLokiand films likeDr....
