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The football simulation sub-genre has been monopolized by Football Manager for a long time. The lack of meaningful competition has led to Football Manager growing stale and failing to make enough substantial improvements for some time. Most attempts to challenge Sports Interactive’s management series are made by small indie companies that don’t have the resources to compete. However, We Are Football is a little different. We Are Football is a new football management series published by THQ Nordic....

If you’ve seen episode 6 of Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re probably wondering what Reva does after trying to kill Luke on Tatooine. Seeing as this happened at the end of the series, you aren’t alone in wondering this. With that in mind, here is everything you need to know about what happens. What Does Reva Do After Trying To Kill Luke on Tatooine in Obi-Wan Kenobi? At the moment, nobody knows what exactly Reva does after attempting to kill Luke on Tatooine....

The last time we saw Annie Leonhart was when she enclosed herself in Titan crystallization after being defeated by Eren Yeager. She is still a prominent character by appearing in flashbacks, and Armin was shown to visit her regularly in season 4. Now that Eren has undone the Titans’ hardening in season four, people have wondered what happened to Annie in Attack on Titan? Annie’s Fate in Attack on Titan Annie Leonhart is finally free of her crystallization and is now back to aid humanity in Attack on Titan’s latest season....

What Does 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) Mean? 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE, 10 GE or 10 GigE) is a telecommunications technology that transmits data packets over Ethernet at a rate of 10 billion bits per second. This innovation extended the traditional and familiar use of Ethernet in the local area network (LAN) to a much wider field of network application, including high-speed storage area networks (SAN), wide area networks (WAN) and metropolitan area networks (MAN)....

What Does Boot Loader Mean? A boot loader is a type of program that loads and starts the boot time tasks and processes of an operating system or the computer system. It enables loading the operating system within the computer memory when a computer is started or booted up. Techopedia Explains Boot Loader A boot loader primarily manages and executes the boot sequence of a computer system. A boot loader program is typically started after the computer or the BIOS have finished performing the initial power and hardware device checks and tests....

What Does Compilation Unit Mean? Techopedia Explains Compilation Unit A function in one compilation unit could very well call a function in a completely different compilation unit. External linkage can be assigned to data objects to ensure that other compilation units can access them.

What Does DB-9 Mean? DB-9 is an analog 9-pin plug of the D-sub miniature (D-sub) connector plug and socket family for computer and communication devices. Some uses and characteristics of the DB-9 connector are: Techopedia Explains DB-9 DB-9 connectors are built with the fewest pins and holes in the D-sub connector family. At one time, DB-9 was the typical computer and server component designed to work with the EIA/TIA 232 serial interface, which established the 9-pin function as a standard....

What Does Fingerprint Scanner Mean? A fingerprint scanner is a type of technology that identifies and authenticates the fingerprints of an individual in order to grant or deny access to a computer system or a physical facility. Techopedia Explains Fingerprint Scanner A fingerprint scanner typically works by first recording fingerprint scans of all authorized individuals for a particular system or facility. These scans are saved within a database. The user requiring access puts their finger on a hardware scanner, which scans and copies the input from the individual and looks for any similarity within the already-stored scans....

What Does Laptop Mean? A laptop is a computer designed for portability. Laptops are usually less than 3 inches thick, weigh less than 5 pounds and can be powered by a battery. As such laptops are designed for low power consumption and are most often used when space is limited, such as on an airplane. Techopedia Explains Laptop The first commercially available laptop computer, the IBM 5100, came out in 1975....

What Does Legacy-Free PC Mean? A legacy-free PC is a computer that does not have certain kinds of ports or disk drives. Specifically, legacy-free PCs and hardware devices lack the serial and parallel ports used on traditional, or “legacy”, computers. The assessment of legacy-free PC designs is important in looking at how various computers of different ages can be connected or share information. Techopedia Explains Legacy-Free PC The critical change in technology that has led to the evaluation of legacy-free PCs is the evolution of the USB connection method, which has been dominant for quite a while in the hardware industry as a whole....

THQ Nordic has acquired Gunfire Games, the studio behind the Darksiders franchise. It seems like a natural fit, considering THQ Nordic published Darksiders 3 and picked up the rights to the franchise after their parent company, THQ, went bankrupt. Lars Wingefors, CEO of THQ Nordic, said the move will increase the Austrian company’s U.S. presence. “With the acquisition of Gunfire Games we are strengthening THQ Nordic’s footprint in the US and are adding an experienced and talented development team that we know very well from having collaborated on Darksiders,” Wingefors said in a press release....

Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer are two of the funniest men in the video game business working today. Not only are they known for creating some truly creative and gut busting pieces of art but they have also had an ongoing friendship for some time now. While the two had been split up for a time they have now finally joined forces once again under the banner of Schafer’s Double Fine Studios....

Square Enix has dropped a trailer for a new free-to-play action game starring gaming’s favourite grave-robber Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Reloaded. The teaser not only features a pretty adorable looking Lara wearing her OG getup and trademark dual pistols, but has plenty of other nods to the original 1996 Tomb Raider game too, with the Scion (the artifact that Croft hunts for during the game) making an appearance alongside the famous T-Rex and of course the familiar music chime at the end....

Playing games with friends is one of the best ways to experience a compelling narrative, bloody warfare or relationship destroying player versus player action. In today’s day and age, the power of the Internet is taken for granted; being able to connect with millions of people around the world is a 21st. Century phenomenon. So, knowing this, Twitch capitalized on the idea of shared gaming on more than just a couch level....

The gaming industry is full of sequels, and while that’s not a bad thing, sometimes the story keeps on rolling without any time to sit down and explain what just happened or how we even got to this point in the first place. That being said, some games have taken the term sequel very lightly and flipped it around instead of opting to focus on the past rather than the future....

Let’s kick off this list of the longest video games of all time by noting something very important. This list is a combination of our own personal experiences, plus data shared by HowLongToBeat, a site that collects game completion data. Your experiences with specific games may vary greatly. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Complete) Just like Dragon Age, the actual story of Oblivion will probably take you around the same as your average RPG; that being around 30-40 hours....

Tower of Fantasy is finally here, and players looking for an alternative to Genshin Impact are flocking to the game in droves. So many, in fact, that persistent login issues have kept players from enjoying the open-world festivities. The login errors have been so pervasive that the Tower of Fantasy team announced a compensation package for players who register by tonight. According to an official update post, the team stated that all “problems related to queuing, disconnection and inability to register and login have all been fixed....

Accelerate Games has announced a delay to its Nintendo Switch release of remastered XBLA classic Toy Soldiers HD. The developer announced the last-minute hold-up via its Twitter account. “We regret to inform you that we must hold the release of Toy Soldiers HD for Nintendo Switch for a bit longer,” the statement read. “Although we passed extensive quality assurance testing it was discovered that the game’s software is not communicating properly with the consumer version of the console when in multiplayer mode....

Bungie’s next project has been completely shrouded in secrecy since the studio signed an exclusive 10-year publishing deal with Activision over a year ago. Bungie’s Lead Network Developer David Aldridge confirmed at GDC 2011 that Bungie’s next game would be a massive multiplayer action game, but beyond that nothing else has been confirmed. Earlier this year a non-salaried employee let go by Bungie revealed that he had been working on a project titled Destiny with the codename “Tiger....

Ubisoft has revealed the date and name for their upcoming digital showcase which will seemingly replace their previously planned E3 2020 press conference. The event, officially known as Ubisoft Forward will feature “exclusive game news, reveals, and more.” Ubisoft has also revealed that you can earn a free copy of Watch Dogs 2 just by watching the Ubisoft Forward event. You’ll just need to log into Uplay during the livestream in order to add a copy of the game to your account....