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Up until today I had never heard of the White Nights conference. However given Valves presentation there and the news that came out of it, I decided to look into what the conference was and in their own words: As sniffed out by /r/games Heaney555, images posted via Michael Kuzmin appear to reveal some interesting tidbits from the Valve presentation this year. One of the more notable slides in their presentation reveals that there has been a “160% Year-over-year increase in Monthly active VR users on Steam”....

Following Valve’s pledge to more than double its Steam Deck shipments back in June, the company has announced that improvements to its supply chain mean it’ll now be able to fulfil all current reservations for the handheld gaming PC “by the end of the year”. Steam Deck has, of course, been in massive demand since its unveiling last July, with wait times for reservations rapidly stretching into this year. Unfortunately, supply chain issues forced Valve to delay initial shipments from the end of 2021 into this year, with further rollouts perhaps not as rapid as Valve would have liked....

There may be a whole lot of Rice — Anne Rice, that is — in your viewing diet in the years ahead, as Variety reports that AMC Networks has acquired the film and TV rights to the best-selling author’s two most famous and extensive series of books. The home of such other horror TV favorites as The Walking Dead and NOS4A2 has acquired the rights to Rice’s Vampire Chronicles and Lives of the Mayfair Witches canons, which encompasses some 18 novels, including titles like the original Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Witching Hour and Lasher....

All right, so, a few months ago, when Deadpool 2 came out, we did an article called Deadpool 2: Who is Juggernaut? People were pretty annoyed because Juggernaut’s role in that movie as a major antagonist wasn’t advertised and they cried spoiler. And that’s a fair call. Apologies. That said, if you think it’s a spoiler that Carnage is in any way alluded to in Venom, I don’t know what to tell you....

Oh, Fallout 76, everything was going so well for you. Well, no, not it wasn’t, it was a darn mess, but that doesn’t make it okay to throw a whole new dumpster fire on top. You thought those old bugs were squashed? Think again. Now, we gamers tend to be pretty darn defensive about our favorite franchises. It’s not just a pastime, after all, it’s a way of life. If you grew up with the Resident Evil games, say, you probably have mixed feelings about the state of the franchise now....

Sevagoth has finally made his back in Warframe with Update 30, which released on April 13, 2021. The new update brings a quest called Call of The Tempestarii, which you will have to complete to acquire the blueprints and a whole host of new abilities to engage with. Ever since the new Warframe patch out, there are thousands of fans who have been searching for Sevagoth’s abilities and skill and if that’s you then look no further as we have got you covered....

Fans of Chucklefish’s Wargroove have some good news coming their way, in the form of free DLC. The publisher announced today that it will launch the new “Double Trouble” downloadable content next month on February 6. With it, players will be able to experience an all-new co-op-enabled campaign, along with other features. What will Wargroove Double Trouble bring? In the new story campaign, you’ll meet up with the Outlaw Commanders. These include the mighty Wulfar, the troublemaker twins Errol and Orla, and the maleficent Vesper....

The world premiere of the new Battlefield game will take place today at 9pm BST, and you can see all the action right here. EA’s livestream actually kicks off with the pre-show from 3pm BST, with the main event scheduled for six hours later at 9pm. A recent Tweet from EA Access may also have confirmed the game will be titled Battlefield 5, though this could simply be a placeholder until the real name is announced this evening....

In a strong PR move, Bandai Namco made 80s TV legends Timmy Mallet and Keith Chegwin fight each other in Tekken 7. We’re just going to present the video without comment. Sorry Americans, there is no way to adequately explain this to you.

Once you enter the endgame in Lost Ark you will learn about gems and begin to wonder how you can get them. These gems also referred to as jewels are very useful items that can help by increasing your damage or by reducing your cooldown. If you are somewhat familiar with this game you’ll think this is quite the same as how card sets work. While it may be somewhat true but these are also very different....

2019 was quite a year for mobile gaming, and 2020 has the potential to be another blockbuster year. Much of the talk and marketing in the latter part of the year is sure to be focused on the Holiday season which should see the release of both Sony and Microsoft’s next generation consoles, but that is no reason to discount mobile gaming in the near future. Big Money On Little Devices According to games analytics and market research organization Newzoo, mobile gaming in 2019 saw a worldwide 10....

What Does Broadcast Flag Mean? Techopedia Explains Broadcast Flag Restricts users from saving a digital program to a hard drive or other non-volatile storagePrevents copying of secondary digital content recordings for sharing or archivingForcefully reduces digital content quality during recordingRestricts users from skipping commercials

What Does Domain Name Server Amplification Attack (DNS Amplification Attack) Mean? A domain name server amplification attack (DNS amplification attack) is a sophisticated type of distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) that involves sending massive amounts of incoming data to a server. Through spikes in network traffic, the intent is to make a system unavailable to legitimate users. Techopedia Explains Domain Name Server Amplification Attack (DNS Amplification Attack) Experts characterize DNS amplification attacks as techniques that use specific kinds of DNS query protocols and available hardware setups to plague a system with unnecessary incoming queries....

What Does Dumb Network Mean? A dumb network is a network that performs minimal processing to support running activities. In its early stages, the Internet was considered a dumb network. A public switched telephone network (PSTN) is an example of an intelligent network. Dumb networks are used by legacy systems (e.g., workstations and mainframes). Techopedia Explains Dumb Network Dumb networks provide flexible and efficient end-to-end connectivity. However, they are not sensitive to enterprise needs, which creates potential issues because dumb networks are used for sharing applications....

SPOILER ALERT: The following review contains details and spoilers from Netflix’s The Witcher Season 1. Like a lot of people, I became a fan of The Witcher through the excellent video games from CD Projekt Red and not the long-running series of novels from author Andrzej Sapkowski. While the games draw a lot of inspiration from those books, they also chart their own course through the Witcher mythos. This adaptation is more inspired by the works of Sapkowski, but even if you only know this world by means of controlling Geralt and playing Gwent, you should still be able to see where the story is going....

Although the Crysis series may be one of EA’s dormant ones, alongside the likes of Skate and Burnout, it is now on the forefront of many fans’ minds thanks to the CRYENGINE graphics engine. In a trailer for Crytek’s engine shown in August of 2019, the CRYENGINE 5.6 was revealed to be a force to be reckoned with in terms of presentation and features. From enhanced ragdoll physics to improved lighting effects, Crytek’s new technology is an engine that’s ready to compete with some of the more prominent engines in use right now....

Titanfall 2’s team size is almost 30% larger than that of the original game, Respawn has revealed, with around 90 people currently working on it. That’s about 20 more people than the original, HR & recruiting manager Kristin Christopher tells Develop, with a second team, which is working on an unannounced third-person action-adventure, expected to grow to roughly the same size. “Respawn is growing from a one game, one team studio to a two game, two team studio,” Christopher said....

Torchlight III has a special in-game feature called the Legendarium. It’s a panel that you can access to grant you legendary skills or passives. Here’s our mini-guide to help you out. Note: This guide is intended for Torchlight III‘s early access stage and certain mechanics may change in due course. For more information, check out our guides and features hub. Torchlight III: The Legendarium’s legendary skills and passives Throughout your adventures in Torchlight III, you’ll unlock several of the Legendarium’s legendary skills and passives....

Blizzard Senior Game Designer Paul Kubit recently spoke to Polygon about Torghast, the Tower of the Damned, which will feature in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Here are the highlights of what was learned. Torghast is specifically designed to prevent burnout Artifact Power from World of Warcraft: Legion and Azerite Power from Battle for Azeroth are both mentioned as being nearly infinitely scaling systems that wound up leading to a lot of burnout among players....

Saying that Tormented Souls has a “final boss” is actually misleading, so I’m sorry about that. It kind of implies that there are other bosses, which there aren’t, but “final boss” sounds so much clearer than just “boss,” don’t you think? It’s also more akin to a puzzle than a boss fight, but whatever. You’re here now and I’m going to explain how to get through this section, and that’s what matters....