The next character coming to Apex Legends will be Crypto
Respawn has been going through a tough time with the Apex Legends community, something you cna read up on here, but moving on we have an ew character and new goodies coming into the game soon.
First off, the new legend coming into the world of Apex Legends will be Crypto, something that has leaked out of a GameStop leadership conference being held in Nashville, Tennessee. A new shot of Crypto shocking a slick coat and some cybernetic gear hooked up, and into him, has emerged.
There's also a new "Charge Rifle" that is coming to the game, with no details on it exactly -- but it could be a BFG-style heavy hitting weapon. We might see it only drop into the game through a Supply Drop, like other guns in the game like the L-Star, Mastiff, and Kraber.
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Trump revives Space Command to protect US interests in space
President Trump and Vice President Pence have announced that US Space Command is back and operational, after a lengthy 17-year hiatus the Cold War-era division of the Air Force is back.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that the US Space Command will "ensure the protection of America's interests in space", but the new Space Command isn't the same, and shouldn't be confused with Space Force. Space Force is the 6th branch of military that President Trump is hoping to build, which will focus on Air Force operations where no one can hear you scream.
Trump said at the event itself: "The dangers to our country constantly evolve. Now, those who wish to harm the United States, who seek to challenge us in the ultimate high ground of space, it's going to be a whole different ballgame".
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Control runs like BALLS on consoles, drops to as low as 10FPS
Control is the best looking game of the year (with Derek's review here), and one of the best-looking games of all time with all of its RTX real-time ray tracing effects enabled on GeForce RTX graphics cards -- but what about consoles?
Yeah, I know -- I'm not surprised either, with consoles not capable of running Control smoothly. The base Xbox One and PS4 consoles run Control like crap, with the game dropping into 15FPS without a problem, and down to an even more unplayable 10FPS at times. Digital Foundry's video (above) does a great job (as always) of breaking down Control on the Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, PS4, and PS4 Pro consoles.
Even the 'higher-end' Xbox One X and PS4 Pro consoles drop into the 20FPS region, which is ridiculously low for games not just in 2019, but forever. Digital Foundry notes that the stock Xbox One and PS4 performance of Control was so bad, he thought something was wrong with his consoles and rebooted them. It didn't fix the issue, obviously.
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ADATA unveils the world's first 4D gaming mouse
ADATA has just unveiled the world's first 4D gaming mouse at IFA Berlin 2019, the new XPG Headshot Gaming Mouse.
The new ADATA XPG Headshot Gaming Mouse hits some big buzz words in AI and 4D printing, with ADATA teasing its new XPG HEADSHOT gaming mouse combines intelligence, ultra-light form factor, and "versatile lattice structure" that forms to make the "ultimate gaming mouse".
ADATA XPG Director of Products and R&D, Luca Di Fiore explains: "The XPG HEADSHOT is the embodiment of our commitment to achieving a relentlessly fine-tuned and insanely ergonomic experience. From day one, we have sought out ways to accommodate both Esports professionals' needs with tech enthusiasts wants to create a mouse that is an extension and reflection of who they are".
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Google to GTFO out of China, move production to Vietnam
Google is "aggressively" moving the production of its Pixel smartphones out of China, and into Vietnam, according to new reports from Nikkei.
The move by Google to get its Pixel production out of China seems to be over Trump's moves of slapping tariffs on the country, so Google is moving production out of the country for long-term benefits. Vietnam is also a new hot spot for cheap wages, since China can't offer the same slave labor rates it used to.
Google is looking to cut costs (from labor) the drama and risk associated with the tariffs, by moving Pixel production to Vietnam. More specifically, it looks like Google is eyeing off an old Nokia factory in the Vietnamese province of Bac Ninh. Google is reconditioning the plant, so it can crank up manufacturing there for future generation Pixel smartphones, I'm guessing beyond the about-to-be-released Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones.
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Legendary 3dfx Voodoo 5-6000 shown off, 4-way SLI on a SINGLE BOARD
I still remember getting my first 3dfx graphics card, the Orchid Righteous 3D -- a 3Dfx (capital D) Voodoo 1 with 4MB of RAM. I later had Voodoo 2 in SLI, and then a Voodoo 3 3000, but the Voodoo 5 was always a dream for me. But recently, TPU forum member 'SWZSSR' acquired a Voodoo 5 6000 Revision 3700A and it looks absolutely glorious.
3dfx announced and teased the Voodoo 5 6000 but it was never released, a halo product that rocked an insane 4 x VSA-100 processors each closed at 166MHz and each packing its own 32MB of 166MHz SDRAM. The Voodoo 5 6000 would've been the world's first graphics card with 128MB of RAM, but just 1000 test cards were made at the time.
In early tests the Voodoo 5 6000 was beating NVIDIA's at-the-time beast of a GeForce 2 Ultra, but it was just too expensive to make and in the end it didn't make it to market and 3dfx went out of business.
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AMD overtakes NVIDIA in graphics market share, first time in 5 years
AMD has had a phenomenal past couple of years with it culminating better than anyone could've planned it to celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, with the company releasing their new 7nm CPUs and GPUs in the Zen 2 and Navi products.
The hype has become very real with AMD's new Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards, which has propelled the company into the headlines once again. According to Jon Peddie Research's new Q2 2019 GPU market reports, AMD shipped more graphics cards than NVIDIA for the first time in five years.
JPR's numbers includes all types of graphics processors, so we're not looking at just discrete graphics cards as this includes CPUs with integrated graphics. AMD has a boat load of those as well, but the new Radeon RX 5700 and Radeon RX 5700 XT have been immensely popular, even in a world where its competitor clearly has the superior product in terms of performance, technology, and feature set.
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Ready At Dawn moves to a new studio to work on new AAA game
The Order 1886 devs move to a new studio in Irvine, California, presumably to work on their brand new AAA project.
Ready At Dawn just revealed its new studio on Facebook, showing off a nice complex with open workspaces, leisure areas (there's even an arcade section), and a stylish design. The devs are currently hard at work on their next game and this move could be indicative of the studio ramping up development for a next-gen console launch. Several pictures of office screens were blurred out, presumably showing evidence of RAD's next title.
The team is definitely on a hiring spree to bolster the new project. Right now the studio has 11 positions open for new hires, including senior-level design, engine programming, and QA testing.
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Yakuza 7 announced, is a turn-based RPG not an action game
Yakuza 7 trades the series' well-known action combat for a more turn-based RPG system straight out of Final Fantasy.
With its next big Yakuza game, SEGA's Ryu ga Gotoku team is trying something new. Yakuza 7 not only stars a new protagonist ( Ichiban Kasuga instead of Kiryu) but it'll sport turn-based JRPG fighting instead of the real-time chaos of the previous games, but the system should still bring a kind of hybrid action bent. Toshihiro Nagoshi says the team is trying something new with Yakuza 7 and that it'll be a "watershed moment" for the series.
The new RPG focus should bring more replayability and add even more gameplay mechanics to the Yakuza games. We've seen previous titles like Assassin's Creed merge into RPG hybrids for this express purpose (as well as monetization) but I expect Yakuza 7's new combat won't entirely break the themes, flow, and style of the series. It's definitely an experiment and SEGA will change things back if fans don't like the new turn-based fighting.
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Witcher and Cyberpunk are still CD Projekt RED's only two game IPs
CD Projekt RED's new games will only be in one of two major franchises: Cyberpunk and The Witcher.
In its latest 1H 2019 earnings report, CDPR reiterates its current lineup of games and IPs. The company still plans to release another AAA RPG after Cyberpunk 2077 ships in April 2020, and previous reports indicated the new unannounced RPG is another Cyberpunk project. We originally thought CDPR would move from Cyberpunk onto another Witcher title, but the studio invested heavily into the next-gen Red Engine powering Cyberpunk 2077 and we could see some more assets and content from the FPS RPG recycled into the new game.
CD Projekt RED has multiple teams working on different projects including Gwent, Cyberpunk, and the unannounced project. The company is still a dual-franchise developer and each IP is separate from one another.
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