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Microsoft makes big promises that its next-gen Forza game will hit native 4K 60FPS with ray-tracing enabled, a feat that requires some serious technical wizardry.

Turn10 is known for pushing Xbox hardware to its limits. Forza 7, for example, hit native 4K 60FPS on the Xbox One X, an older Jaguar-based SoC refreshed to 14nm with Polaris and splashes of Vega. So imagine what they'll be able to do on a 7nm SoC with a 12TFLOP Navi GPU complemented by other synergized components? On Xbox Series X, Microsoft promises the new Forza will deliver native 3840 x 2160 resolution at 60FPS with ray tracing turned on.

We have no idea how they'll hit this kind of perf, but we do know the console's new Velocity Architecture will play a big part.

Horror maven Junji Ito, who's responsible for some of the most disturbing manga of all time, could team up with Hideo Kojima to make a new horror game.

Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima wants to make a horror game, and he's invited Junji Ito to work on the project. But the game is still in early pre-planning phases and hasn't been greenlit, if it even coalesces at all. Junji Ito says he's currently not involved with any game development right now. This wouldn't be the first time Kojima and Ito worked on a horror game--Ito was helping out with the cancelled Silent Hills back in 2015.

When asked if Ito is making a new game right now, Ito said in a Comic-Con interview: "The simple answer is no. However, I do know director Kojima and we have been in conversations that he might have a horror-based game that he might be doing, and so he has invited me to work on that. But there's no details yet."

Oh, Intel -- what it would be like to be a fly on the wall of your offices right now.

Intel has just -- kinda -- got its feet on the ground with the 10nm node after sitting on 14nm so long that it takes too long to add all the pluses in the titles.

Well, Intel has just delayed its 7nm node that will means we have major delays on Intel's next-generation CPUs as well. The company explained during its recent Q2 2020 earnings release that its "7nm-based CPU product timing is shifting approximately six months relative to prior expectations".

The topic of UFOs has blown up in the last 24 hours, with The New York Times that many reporters writing headlines about UFOs -- including my own, that Joe Rogan helped blow up by sharing on his social media pages. Hell, there's even reports of a UFO that is 10x the size of Earth chilling by the Sun.

Well, from the same article is something that is just as interesting as hearing about UFOs that are "off-world vehicles not made on this Earth". What is it? It's that the Pentagon's UFO department could be force to provide updates to Americans every 6 months on all-things extraterrestrial.

The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force has been operating out of the Office of Naval Intelligence -- and will now be forced to talk about what it has found, and share it with the public every 6 months.

We've got UFOs that are 10x the size of Earth chilling next to our Sun, the Pentagon confirming that recovered UFOs are "off-world vehicles not made on this earth". How can it get crazier? Nuclear power plants on the Moon and Mars, that's how.

The U.S. Energy Department has put out formal requests to the private sector on ideas on how to build a fission surface power system -- something that would be capable of powering facilities for humans to live on other planets for long periods of time.

Over in eastern Idaho, the Idaho National Laboratory -- which is a nuclear research facilitiy, will team with the U.S. Energy Department and NASA on developing the new reactor. The U.S. Energy Department explained: "Small nuclear reactors can provide the power capability necessary for space exploration missions of interest to the Federal government".

Dr. Deborah Birx works alongside Dr. Anthony Fauci in the White House coronavirus task force, and has issued one of the scariest warnings yet.

In an update on Wednesday, Dr. Birx said that there are 11 major US cities at risk of a major COVID-19 outbreak. These cities include Baltimore, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, Pittsburgh and St Louis.

She warned that the COVID-19 infections that are hitting the Sunbelt states -- Phoenix and San Antonio, is going to move north. Dr. Birx explained: "What started out very much as a southern and western epidemic is starting to move up the East Coast into Tennessee, Arkansas, up into Missouri, up across Colorado, and obviously we're talking about increases now in Baltimore".

Yet another depressing statistic is emerging out of research including the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, which says that the outbreak at the Toennies Group slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck saw 1500 struck down with COVID-19.

Similar incidents of coronavirus outbreaks have been happening a similar plants across the world, becoming a "virus epicenter" reports MSN. Meat plants inside of the US -- and outside of the US in countries like the UK and South America, have seen massive explosions of COVID-19 infections.

Social distancing is hard to do at these plants, but it seems as though the recent COVID-19 outbreak at the Toennies plant stemmed from a single employee. This staffer was in the plant's dismantling area, where it is usually kept at 10C (50F) where the cold air is circulated without change.

It seems that we're headed into the unfortunate: a second, and probably much worse lockdown over COVID-19 infections surging in multiple states across the US.

We've seen some US cities and towns opening back up for business, just like any country would need -- but it seems that even with face masks, OCD levels of washing hands, contact tracing, and home isolation weren't enough to stem more coronavirus infections.

There's now whispers of a new "lockdown 2.0" that would happen, but these new lockdowns would be much more fierce than the first. We would see harsher "lockdown 2.0" effects where COVID-19 can spread easily: nightlife establishments (think bars, clubs, restaurants) as well as house parties and other events where lots of people are within close proximity of each other.

If you're based in Washington D.C. then you might not like this news, as Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has just signed an executive order on Wednesday that requires DC residents to wear masks outside of their home.

The move has been done to stem COVID-19 coronavirus cases, with Bowser explaining in a press conference: "Basically what it says is, if you leave home, you should wear a mask. This means, if you're waiting for a bus, you must have on a mask. If you are ordering food at a restaurant, you must have on a mask. If you're sitting in a cubicle in an open office, you must have on a mask".

You will be fined $1000 per violation, while the new rules do not apply to children that are under the age of 3 -- as well as people who are eating or drinking.

It was just 24 hours ago that I wrote the story about the Pentagon on UFOs, saying that they are "off-world vehicles not made on this earth" -- something so big the legendary Joe Rogan himself shared on social media and had my phone blowing up all day.

Well, sticking to the topic of UFOs -- I see a story that includes some photos snapped by NASA and its Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite of a gigantic cube-shaped alien craft (or should we refer to them as "off-world vehicles not made on this earth" coming out of the Sun.

The gigantic UFO if real, would be at least 10x the size of Earth -- as the radius of our Pale Blue Dot is just 3,958 miles which would see the radius of the UFO being an absolutely mammoth 39,580 miles.

Truly Exquisite, the brand that brought you the $3500 all-gold Galaxy S20, is now working their magic on the PlayStation 5.

Sony's next-gen PlayStation 5 doesn't have a price tag yet, but that hasn't stopped Britain's premiere luxury-maker Truly Exquisite from dipping the console in gold. Prestige gamers with bank loans to spare can now sign up for info on the new pure-gold PS5, a design that'd make C3-PO jealous. No pricing has been revealed of course, but don't expect it to come cheap.

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Ghost of Tsushima is a big first-party hit, and is now the fastest-selling new IP in the PlayStation 4 generation.

Today Sony confirmed some surprising news: Sucker Punch's new samurai slasher Ghost of Tsushima has sold 2.4 million copies in 3 days, making it the quickest-selling new IP on PS4.

"Ghost of Tsushima is now PS4's fastest selling first-party original IP debut with more than 2.4 million units sold through globally in its first 3 days of sales," Sony said on Twitter.

Seven years after being retired, G4TV is coming back in a big way.

Today Comcast's NBC division announced that beloved 2000s-era gaming network G4TV is coming back next year as a web series, complete with old favorites like X-Play and Attack of the Show returning. Both X-Play and Attack of the Show have activated their Twitter accounts. NBC hasn't made an official press release announcement yet, and details are muddled, but industry insider Rod Bresleau says Comcast's esports head Tucker Roberts is leading the charge.

"G4TV is making a come back from Comcast who still own the property, led by Spectacor Gaming President Tucker Roberts who oversees Comcast's esports orgs T1, T1 LoL, and the Philadelphia Fusion OWL team. Tucker is also the son of Comcast CEO Brian Roberts,"Bresleau said.

UPDATE:343 Industries confirms the report is false. Halo will ship with multiplayer at launch.

Halo: Infinite may release in November as an incomplete game without any multiplayer, a source familiar with the matter tells Brad Sams.

343 Industries didn't show any multiplayer during yesterday's huge Halo: Infinite reveal. Apparently it's possible they didn't show it because multiplayer simply isn't ready, and won't be ready for the game's launch in 2020. A source familiar with 343i's plans says that Halo: Infinite's multiplayer could be delayed post-launch, and the game will instead ship as a campaign-only experience.

HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, has sent out a new press release detailing an upcoming livestream on the HyperX Twitch channel.

According to the press release, Post Malone will be featured on the HyperX Twitch channel as apart of an event called "HXCKED". The press release says that HXCKED will be the first in a series of streaming events that will include "various HyperX Heroes and other guests playing popular gaming titles and connecting virtually with fans." Post Malone is first up to the plate and will be playing Call of Duty: Warzone.

Post Malone is no stranger to the world of gaming and has actually been quite open about his passion for games. If you didn't know, Post Malone is a PC gamer (while he may also have consoles) he had a custom PC built for him by JayzTwoCents, which you can check out here. If you are interested in checking out the Post Malone livestream, it will be going live on July 24 at 9 p.m. EDT. A link to the HyperX Twitch channel can be found here.

It has been forever since UFOs have been talked about and constantly battled against being called "conspiracy theories", but there has been more and more information released in the last couple of years. Remember it was only last month that a classified briefing on UFOs left senators 'disturbed' afterwards.

But the latest news is coming from The New York Times, in an article titled 'No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon's U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public' saying that a Pentagon unit tasked with UFO sightings and their findings are out of this world. Tucker Carlson broke it down saying that the New York Times reports about "recovered UFOs" that are "off-world vehicles not made on this Earth" -- a direct quote from the New York Times, says Carlson.

Edit: I wanted to clarify it was Eric W. Davis who worked as a consultant to the Pentagon UFO program, now a defense contractor, and gave a classified briefing to the Defense Department. In this briefing, he described what he calls "off-world vehicles not made on this earth".

We've been hearing so much about Microsoft's flagship Xbox Series X console that the Xbox Series S console doesn't get as much of that spotlight... until now. Speaking of that Xbox Series X spotlight, I recently reported that the next-gen Xbox consoles would launch in November with the "largest line up ever", more on that here.

We have some new rumors from Moore's Law is Dead on YouTube that Microsoft could be pricing the Xbox Series S at somewhere between $250-$300, which will sit very well against the disc-less all-digital PlayStation 5 which should cost somewhere between $350-$400.

If the Xbox Series S is priced at $249 with its super-small design and same internals -- a semi-custom APU made up of Zen 2 CPU cores and RDNA 2 GPU cores, the super-fast PCIe 4.0 storage and GDDR6 memory (but just less RAM: 10GB GDDR6 versus 16GB GDDR6).

This weekend is a big one for Snyder Cut fans, with the community-organized and run Justice Con event happening on July 25-26 where Zack Snyder himself will make an appearance.

Snyder is expected to show off some new footage to Zack Snyder's Justice League, where during an interview with Grace Randolph he said that he "may show a clip" of his movie. He quickly corrected himself, adding: "It is a small clip - oh, I mean, I may".

At this point, even a 30-second clip would blow the lid off of the internet -- at least in the very tightly contained fanbase this move(ment) has. I've been a part of it since day one, and if we see a proper 30-second clip from Zack Snyder's Justice League this weekend, I'm going to lose my shit.

Samsung reserves its most powerful smartphone release for this time of the year, every year -- in the form of the Galaxy Note series. This year is no different, with the impending reveal and unleashing of the new Galaxy Note 20 Ultra smartphone.

The company will have a family of Galaxy Note 20 smartphones to choose from, but we're talking about the flagship Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Samsung will be cramming in Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 865+ processor, or its own in-house Exynos 990 processor depending on the market -- both, with 5G.

There's a lot to know about the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra so far, here's some of the big points:

I thought it was known from previous reports, but yeah -- NVIDIA will be unveiling its new Ampere-based GeForce RTX 3000 range of graphics cards in August, with a September launch into gamers' hands.

The news is coming once again from Overclocking.com and other sources, but it's something that I revealed back in March 2020 in an article titled "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080: August 2020 reveal, launch at Computex 2020" which you can read here.

Videocardz points out that there were people after me saying that an August reveal and September launch would happen, and now even more outlets are reporting it so it seems like we're ramping right into a September launch for NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 3000 series graphics cards -- exciting times, people!