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Halo 5: Guardians has entered the UK Video Game Chart at No.1, with launch week sales outpacing the like-for-like sales of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate by 50 per cent, ChartTrack has announced. Likewise, Halo 5’s week one sales are also up by 50 per cent compared to the launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection – the only other Halo title currently available at retail on Xbox One. Despite Halo 5 gobbling up Xbox One sales, the lack of new releases on PS4 means Assassin’s Creed Syndicate slips only 39 per cent – a relatively modest drop given the typical week two fall for major launches....

Dan Trachtenberg has exited the Uncharted movie adaptation before production begins next year, as reported by Deadline. Shawn Levy initially departed the project, then Trachtenberg replaced him at the start of 2018. This is another blow to the movie’s development, and Sony Pictures is putting plans in place to find a new moviemaker before the end of summer. Additionally, the movie will be the first feature production of Sony PlayStation Productions, and will produce the adaptation with Ari Arad, Avi Arad, Alex Gartner, and Chuck Roven....

This Unidentified review contains no spoilers. The first episode of Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation on History Channel uses a familiar format to deliver an unprecedented investigation. UFO reality shows have come and gone, but what makes Unidentified unique is the credibility of the show’s investigators and witnesses. From a former career intelligence officer, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and multiple jet fighter pilots, it becomes clear that research into what the hell UFOs are is more legit than ever....

The Griswolds are taking the holiday road to HBO Max! The Vacation film franchise – after five theatrically-released films and a TV movie – is set to make its serial television debut for the premium cable channel’s 2020-launching platform, HBO Max, with a single-camera comedy spinoff titled The Griswolds. Interestingly, one of the driving forces behind this small screen venture is a former member of its eponymous family, Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki (who played young Rusty Griswold in the third film, 1989’s National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation), who’s executive-producing....

Valheim crashes often because the game is still in Early Access, things like Access Violation (0xc0000005), How To Unlock FPS, No Audio, Crash At Startup, Stuttering Fix are problems that have been creeping up while players are trying to get the best out of Valheim and it can be a bit frustrating to fix them if you do not know how to. If you’re here to know how to fix Valheim crashes, look no further....

Can you believe Valorant has only been around for one year? Riot Games’ hero-based tactical shooter has firmly cemented itself as one of the most popular games around. Today marks the one-year anniversary since the release of Valorant and Riot is celebrating its first anniversary with a month-long celebration that includes player rewards, revealing player numbers for the first time, and a surprise announcement. If you had any doubts about Valorant’s popularity, put them to rest....

This Van Helsing review contains spoilers. Van Helsing Season 4 Episode 4 Let’s be clear from the start. “Broken Promises” is a great episode. Vanessa’s stunning transformation and later reconciliation with Axel may highlight this chapter, but it’s the increased employment of mysterious psychic connections that really drives Van Helsing into fascinating unexplored territories. From the beginning of her journey, Vanessa’s role as the potential savior of mankind has been at the center of the tale, but now, even that expectation has morphed into something far greater....

It feels as if we’ve been waiting for the longest time for Blizzard’s Warcraft III: Reforged to arrive. Well, it’ll finally be over as the next decade rolls around, as the game has a release date. Today, Blizzard confirmed in a blog post that it will release the much-anticipated title on January 28, 2020. It also made pre-orders available starting today, with details available below. Here’s what’s in store for Warcraft III: Reforged The game will offer something for everyone, single-player and multiplayer-oriented alike....

Warframe is a game that keeps evolving, constantly adding new missions and weapons into the game. Some of the weapons are as unique as Halo’s Needler, further adding to the difficulty of choosing a weapon to upgrade. With the vast array of unique weapons this game has, it can be hard to keep track of what is good or dated. The Old Blood update has added a whole new category of weapons into the game....

Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters takes you to the far future where there is only war and the cruel laughter of thirsting gods. The god, in this particular case, is Nurgle. With the Tyrtaeus Sector ripe for corruption, the only ones who can offer any sort of resistance are the redoubtable Grey Knights. Here’s our Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters guides hub to help you with the classes and mechanics for the campaign....

For those of you that really got into the story of Warhammer: Chaosbane, there’s some good news for you today. The game and its tale are continuing on with the new Tomb Kings DLC. You can grab it and dive in right now. Bigben Interactive and EKO Software confirmed the news today, with the expansion available for $9.99 over on Steam. The new trailer gives us a glimpse of what kind of new story players are in for....

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 here – and brings with it a number of new features. One of these new features is something called Proximity chat – but what is it, and how do you use it? Here’s everything you need to know about Warzone 2 proximity chat as the game is currently rolling out and you’re able to use it now! Warzone 2 proximity chat explained In short, proximity chat will feature in both DMZ and Warzone 2....

The Red Door fast travel system was first introduced to Call of Duty: Warzone in Season Four. Once Season Five launched, the Red Door system was then updated. Previously, if you tracked down a Red Door, you could travel through it and it would take you straight to a room full of high-tier loot. Now, going through a Red Door will take you to a hallway with four more Red Doors....

Hawaiian representative Chris Lee is back with an update on his fight against predatory loot boxes. Watching this video you get a sense of how much of battle legislators are going to have trying to pass a bill on loot boxes. Lee picks up the phone and attempts to explain the problem and not everyone gets it which makes for some amusing moments. How did someone get his email if they don’t use email?...

What Does Dual Monitors Mean? In the context of personal computing, dual monitors are a visual display configuration consisting of two display devices, typically intended for workstations with extended workspace requirements. Most computer operating systems accommodate this type of configuration, which can be set up using various types of hardware connections (such as VGA and HDMI). Techopedia Explains Dual Monitors There are a variety of advantages to dual-monitor configurations in personal computing....

What Does Chatbot Mean? A chatbot is an artificial intelligence (AI) program that simulates interactive human conversation by using key pre-calculated user phrases and auditory or text-based signals. Chatbots are frequently used by organizations to provide 24-hour customer relationship management (CRM) services. This type of software bot can also be used as an intelligent virtual assistant. Techopedia Explains Chatbot Modern chatbots are frequently used in situations in which simple interactions with only a limited range of responses are needed....

What Does Command Line Option Mean? Command-line options are commands used to pass parameters to a program. These entries, also called command-line switches, can pass along cues for changing various settings or executing commands in an interface. Techopedia Explains Command Line Option The syntax of command-line options differs from one operating system to another. In MS-DOS/Windows, by convention, a command-line option is indicated by a letter prefixed with a forward slash....

What Does Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R) Mean? A compact disc recordable (CD-R) is a writable disc upon which a user can write once and read many times. Once finalized, a CD-R disc cannot be formatted and data cannot be deleted from it. Techopedia Explains Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R) The first CD-R was published by Sony and Philips in 1988. Data once written on the CD-R disc cannot be deleted, and thus if data is not written properly, it cannot be corrected....

What Does Conversion Operator Mean? A conversion operator, in C#, is an operator that is used to declare a conversion on a user-defined type so that an object of that type can be converted to or from another user-defined type or basic type. The two different types of user-defined conversions include implicit and explicit conversions. In general, explicit and implicit conversion operators provide the capability to a class to be cast to the other possible data types....

For fans of RPGs, few franchises have left as great an impression in recent years as CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher games. Not only is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt considered one of the best action role-playing games of the past decade, but it has gone on to inspire a hit Netflix series that wasn’t concerned about competing with Star Wars. Now RPG fans who somehow missed out on this great game before (including the more recent Switch version) have a chance to try it for a low price....