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After such a major content drop as was seen back in June for the launch of Valorant’s Episode 5, it’s perhaps no surprise that the follow-up isn’t quite as robust. Act 2 brings with it only a minor update which is focused on better crosshair customization and a single bug fix for Yoru’s teleport. Here’s the full overview: GAME SYSTEM We’ve added a few quality of life improvements to crosshairs and are excited to share them with you!...

Fans have been asking for Octavia Prime for quite some time and Digital Extremes has obliged. Octavia Prime has made her debut in Warframe and we got to take her for a spin and see what the latest Prime packs have to offer. Octavia players are well aware of her unique capabilities, as she has a stringed instrument called a Mandachord with fully customizable music. This version of the frame naturally offers superior stats and a stylish new skin....

This article is sponsored by Tor Books. The opinions reflect those of the writer. Long time fans of Robert Jordan, author of the bestselling Wheel of Time series, may be puzzled how their beloved writer, who passed away in 2007, had a new book hit bookstore shelves this fall. Warrior of the Altaii, the newest of Jordan’s books to be published, is also his very first novel, and its road to publication was a long one....

Call of Duty’s Battle Royale: Warzone 2.0 has had a very successful and popular launch while new features like proximity chat have become major talking points within the community. It has helped create some unique and amusing moments for fans of the game as well as streamers. The proximity chat is monitored closely, as can be seen by the temporary banning of Dr Disrespect for using explicit language. The other new type of chat that has been introduced in Warzone 2 is a text chat that can be used to send messages to anyone in the lobby, including after death....

The Nikita AVT was first introduced to Warzone and Vanguard as part of the April 2022 Pacific Season 3 update. Unfortunately, this assault rifle isn’t as competitive as you might’ve hoped, due to its finicky recoil, and slower Time to Kill (TTK). Despite this, we still recommend giving it a try since developer Raven Software will likely adjust the Nikita later on, as the developer has done with other weapons in the past....

The first official trailer for the Sonic The Hedgehog live-action movie has arrived and it is pretty much exactly what we were expecting. Disney has been capitalizing on the live-action hype in a major way, and Pokémon is about to follow in its footsteps via Detective Pikachu. However, what we really want to know more about is Sega’s offering later this year. That’s right, this November, a live-action Sonic The Hedgehog movie will be hitting theaters....

Fellow UK based Spartans, it’s time to suit up, as our time has come. Paramount Plus will launch here tomorrow, and along with it bring the first three episodes of its Halo TV adaptation to Blighty’s shores. After the first three episodes of Halo become available tomorrow (22nd June), the rest of the series will be released on a weekly basis (via Cord Busters). Paramount also unveiled its UK commissioned factual slate ahead of the streaming platform’s launch tomorrow....

With 3 long days left until we’re all back in Pandora, Gearbox has been extremely busy ramping up their marketing campaign. Similar to some Geico and Old Spice commercials, Borderlands 3 has been masquerading as a variety of different television ads, specifically a used car dealership, shampoo, and even a remote vacuum cleaner. All of this, as fans of the long-standing series may already well-know, is in an effort to promote as much mayhem and destruction as can be had (in-game, of course)....

Another week rolls around and there are more games to check out. This week in PC game releases (January 21 – 27), we’ve got some slaying to do. You can Slay The Spire in Mega Crit Games’ card-battling roguelike. You can slay Chaos, Tyranids, Necrons and more in Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. Of course, you’ll probably want to slay some undead as well with the launch of the hotly anticipated Resident Evil 2 remake....

What Does .htaccess Mean? The .htaccess file is a configuration file for the Apache HTTP Server that allows administrators to specify options for individual directories. The syntax is exactly the same as Apache’s other configuration files. The file is placed in the directories where the web pages are served, to give finer-grained controls than the system-wide configuration file, httpd.conf. Techopedia Explains .htaccess The .htaccess is a plain text configuration file for the Apache HTTP Server that allows administrators to specify options for directories where web content is served....

What Does 256-Bit Encryption Mean? 256-bit encryption is a data/file encryption technique that uses a 256-bit key to encrypt and decrypt data or files. Techopedia Explains 256-Bit Encryption 256-bit encryption is refers to the length of the encryption key used to encrypt a data stream or file. A hacker or cracker will require 2256 different combinations to break a 256-bit encrypted message, which is virtually impossible to be broken by even the fastest computers....

What Does Console (CON) Mean? In computer technology, a console can mean different things depending on the context. It usually means a combination of a display monitor and an input device, usually a keyboard and mouse pair, which allows a user to input commands and receive visual output from a computer or computer system. It can also refer to specialized computers only meant to play video games. A console is also known as a computer console, a system console or simply as a terminal....

CD Projekt Red has announced plans to wind down support for Gwent, its Witcher card game spin-off, and laid out how it will hand over future balancing decisions to Gwent’s community of players. The game’s final 72 cards will release next year in three expansions, set to launch in April, July and September 2023. After this time, CD Projekt will transition from its own monthly balance changes to a system voted on by players....

It’s a good time to be into The Witcher franchise. The original Polish book series that kickstarted it has new editions of its English translations popping up in bookstores. The critically acclaimed video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been made available to millions of new players with its recent Nintendo Switch port. And in December, the franchise will be making its way to the busy realm of stream-based TV with Netflix’s new adaptation, simply titled The Witcher....

Nintendo elicits many different reactions depending on the type of gamer you are talking to. It can go from admiration to disdain, with nostalgia often part of the equation. You can think that Nintendo is a revolutionary company, or you can think that their products too often lean towards the childish end of the scale. The one thing everyone agrees on is that the Japanese giant always puts the time to make sure that the quality of their games is equal to none....

This week in iPhone games, we take a look at a port from a popular fighting series, peruse a new turn-based strategy game, check out a classic, and get a promising preview of an upcoming release. Street Fighter IV: Great port of a classic fighting game. This is one fighting game on the iPhone where the controls don’t seem to inhibit the gameplay much at all. You can pull off Guile’s Sonic Boom or Ryu’s Hadoken for $9....

Before Clash Royale and Boom Beach, there was Clash of Clans. Clash of Clans started as a simple real-time strategy game, but little did the developers know the beast they were making. Clash of Clans blew out of proportions in 2016-17 with a peak of 55 million users in 2016. Many believe it was the success of Clash of Clans that led to the developer making Clash Royale. Players can build their base, upgrade buildings, upgrade troops, raid other people’s bases for loot, join groups (Clans) and participate in Clan Wars....

For a while, I had never heard of the walking simulator, which is a genre that sounded dangerous when I considered the lack of walking I do. These story-based games, something like What Remains of Edith Fitch, have definitely risen in popularity over the past couple of years, and gaming has changed for the better because of it. To celebrate Dear Esther’s 10th anniversary, the game is free until the end of today....

In its best moments, Tolkien, a respectful and handsomely crafted biopic, honors that transition of not only boy to man, and student to genius, but also a transition to a future that had Tolkien spend the rest of his lifetime looking to the past, imagining appealing “what ifs” and a harrowing “what now?” Otherwise a very straightforward biopic about an artistic genius trying to realize his Great Expectations, particularly in the last vestiges of Edwardian England, it is the sense of melancholy loss and a snapshot of British privilege’s last unchallenged gasp that makes Tolkien a worthwhile journey....

Look beyond your TV and get to the next level for the Xbox Series X. Gamers everywhere are looking to upgrade their setup to improve their performance and become dominant in the next generation of gaming. Of course, one crucial aspect of this upgrade is a top-notch monitor. Keep in mind that the Xbox Series X supports both G-Sync and Freesync displays! So, whether you’re a competitive gamer looking for the ultimate gaming experience or just looking for an excellent multi-purpose display– we’ve got you covered....