Back when I played the Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider demo, it was pretty clear to me that the game was aiming to be some sort of throwback to Sega’s classic Shinobi. After playing the whole game, I realized that this impression was mostly wrong. The game is more like Mega Man if it played like Shinobi with improved mobility and a completely different level design focus. That is to say, the game really does its own thing....
A new trailer to promote London’s Almeida Theatre production of a new play titled ‘Game’ has been released. The trailer blends scenes of an immaculate interior space with scenes from a first-person shooter. Game, inspired by POV gaming, invites audiences to spy on a family as they explore a dangerous new way to live. Viewers are promises an “unnervingly intimate experience”. Those under 30 can get tickets at a discounted rate of just £18....
The prospect of in-game ray tracing continues to remain nothing more than a dream for most gamers. Eventually, more will adopt newer hardware that specializes in rendering the fancy lighting, but the Vulkan API, developed by the Khronos Group, might just make that possible for some us even sooner. Better yet, the Vulkan API also works hand-in-hand with AMD ray tracing accelerators, meaning another big step towards wider ray tracing support....
Developer Digital Extremes has announced the long-awaited arrival of cross-play support for its free-to-play sci-fi shooter Warframe, meaning Tenno on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC can finally join forces wherever they may be. Cross-play was initially announced during Digital Extremes’ TennoCon fan event in July 2021, with the developer saying it hoped to launch the feature before the end of that year. It obviously missed that target and then some, but, 12 months later, cross-play is finally here....
Watch Dogs 2 has the potential to be “one of Ubisoft’s best-selling games of all time”, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has said, stating that the game will “surprise players” with its “new tone”. Discussing the publisher’s line-up of titles for the current financial year last night, Guillemot said that its “biggest title will be Watch Dogs, which will build on the success of the first game. “It has the potential to be one of Ubisoft’s best-selling games of all time,” he added....
Brain hack Additionally, the prior leaks offered more information on Watch Dogs Legion. The game will star Sarah, who works for the counter-terrorist task force in London. Sarah’s mission is to infiltrate a notorious hacker group in order to discover the identity of its leader. There will be an improved parkour system, and you can use a skateboard to travel around the city. In an interesting twist, however, the leaks also say that there will be no lethal weapons in the game....
The Ghostbusters reboot from Sony Pictures Entertainment has its first trailer, and you can watch it right here. In the trailer you’ll be introduced to the new Ghostbusters, comprised of Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. There’s also plenty of paranormal goings on, including a brief glimpse of everyone’s favourite ghost Slimer. Ghostbusters opens July 15.
Batman: Arkham Origins developer Warner Bros. Games Montreal currently has “two AAA projects in development focused on expanding the DC Comics universe”, a job ad for the studio has revealed. While neither game has yet been announced, it’s possible that one of the two projects could be the PS4 and Xbox One Batman: Arkham Collection rumoured by VideoGamer.com earlier in the year. The studio has also been linked to an unannounced Superman game and a Justice League title, although neither have been confirmed by publisher Warner Bros....
This week in PC game releases (November 5 to 11), we’re shining a spotlight on Overkill’s The Walking Dead, the submarine historical adventure Kursk, the return of Leisure Suit Larry, and more. Don’t forget, for those who are looking to check out the launches further ahead, you can always browse our updated PC game release date list. World Of Final Fantasy Maxima Release Date: November 6 Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Square Enix Our week starts off with an upgrade (or expansion, enhancement, and re-released version) for World of Final Fantasy — it’s another spinoff for the popular Square Enix franchise that proves that no fantasy was ever final....
What Does Break-Even Point Mean? A programming language is said to reach a “break-even point” when it can be implemented in itself. For example, a Lisp interpreter that is written in Lisp as well. One major goal for a new programming language is to reach the break-even point, as it is easier to ship programming tools if they do not depend on another language. Techopedia Explains Break-Even Point The break-even point is when a programming language can be implemented in the programming language itself....
What Does DataStage Parallel Extender (DataStage PX) Mean? DataStage Parallel Extender (DataStage PX) is an IBM data integration tool. It is one among the many widely used extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) tools in the data warehousing industry. This tool can collect information from heterogeneous sources, perform transformations as per a business’s needs and load the data into respective data warehouses. DataStage PX may also be called DataStage Enterprise Edition....
What Does Direct Connection Mean? A direct connection is a situation in which one computer is directly linked to another computer by a cable instead of a network. This might be using a crossover cable instead of going through an Ethernet switch. This kind of connection is typically faster than using a network. The two computers can transfer data through this method. Techopedia Explains Direct Connection A direct connection connects two computers together....
What Does HIPAA Disaster Recovery Plan (HIPAA DRP) Mean? Techopedia Explains HIPAA Disaster Recovery Plan (HIPAA DRP) HIPAA DRP can be applied to all entities that create, store or process electronic health records in some form. These include health providers, health care/medical insurance agencies and clearing houses. The HIPAA DRP plan must specify the planned operations and processes from recovering from an emergency and moving data securely in between different locations....
What Does Live CD Mean? A live CD or live disk is a self-contained bootable and fully operational operating system (OS) on a disk, typically a CD or DVD or even a USB drive, depending on the size of the OS. This version of an OS can boot and run on a PC without ever needing to be installed on the computer’s hard drive or changing the PC settings, allowing a user to recover files on a computer with a corrupted OS or to simply experiment on different things without fear of corrupting any files on the disk or the OS installation....
With The Witcher and Star Wars being two of the hottest brands on the planets right now, their respective streaming TV series were bound to become two of the most-watched shows of the year. Yet, the power of The Witcher franchise has caused its viewership to rise above that of The Mandalorian less than two weeks after The Witcher’s release on Netflix. According to CBR, The Mandalorian was host to 115 million demand expressions — which are units of measurement of a show’s viewership and engagement — for the week running from December 22nd to December 28th....
Netflix has confirmed the names of returning and new members of The Witcher‘s cast ahead of the show’s anticipated 2021 season 2 release date. Every major member of the show’s original cast will return for season 2 (including Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, and Anya Chalotra), so it’s the new cast members that have really caught everyone’s attention. Among them are Yasen Atour as Coen, Agnes Bjorn as Vereena, Paul Bullion as Lambert, Thue Ersted Rasmussen as Eskel, Aisha Fabienne Ross as Lydia, Kristofer Hivju as Nivellen, and Mecia Simson as Francesca....
The Witness, the new game from Braid creator Jonathan Blow, will launch for PS4 and PC on January 26, the man himself has announced. A new trailer confirmed the date. “We’ll be very happy to get the game out into the world, because we’ve been working on it a long time! We originally thought The Witness would be coming out toward the end of the PS4 launch window, but … there’s just been a lot to do....
At the end of 2017, The New York Times broke the story of a secretive Pentagon program with a budget of $22 million to investigate UFOs called the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). The man who exposed the existence of the program, Luis Elizondo, was the former head of the project. Elizondo’s ongoing efforts to investigate the UFO mystery with his new employer, the To the Stars Academy (TTSA), will be featured in a History Channel series premiering May 31 called Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation....
In the modern day, Nintendo’s primary way of marketing new announcements is through videos called “Directs.” They serve as prerecorded segments of new video game trailers, interviews, and other things related to upcoming Nintendo products. Interestingly, this is the longest time in-between Directs in years. The last general Nintendo Direct was in September, five months ago. There were a few notable game announcements, such as Luigi’s Mansion 3, Animal Crossing for the Switch, and Town, by Game Freak....
FF14 is extremely popular, and like many MMORPGs, it can take over a gamer’s entire gaming life. If you have a friend or loved one who loves Square Enix’s MMORPG, you likely can’t go wrong with a related gift. You can either pick something physical (available at the Square Enix official stores for North America or Europe) or an in-game item that lets you bypass the need for shipping. You can get in-game items at the Final Fantasy XIV online store and gift them directly to your friend by selecting their server/world and character, but do keep in mind that you need your own account for that and not all items can be gifted....
