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A comparison image has surfaced on the /r/kingdomcome reddit showing the real-life locations of some in-game environments. The image is a great way to really appreciate the effort Warhorse has put into their latest release.

Redditor 'xXEdgy13YrOldXx' has put together some great images which compare real-life structures with some in-game locations. From the below image we can see that Warhorse did a fantastic job recreating houses, castles, towns and churches.

It really is awesome when a developer recreates real-life structures into a playable world, in this case though I can't help to wonder how much better some of these structures would look if Warhorse kept the same lightening system that was displayed in the beta. I guess we will never know, maybe a mod of some sort (if it can be implemented) would help splice some things up.

There has been some speculation circling some forums about a Nintendo Direct being held this week, within this speculation there has been some hints towards a Super Smash Bros title being announced for the Nintendo Switch.

From here on out is just speculation as there has been no official confirmation from Nintendo for a Direct. On the Resetera forums/Nintendo Switch subreddit I came across an update for Super Mario Odyssey that will be made live tomorrow, Nintendo suggests something called "Ballon World" will release as well as "a range of new outfits and Snapshot filters."

This announcement from Nintendo has caused speculation in the forums that the company will actually be holding a Nintendo Direct tomorrow, the reasons for the speculation follow as such: Nintendo Direct Mini was held on a Thursday, Nintendo Switch Online in September and Super Smash Bros has been is rumored to be coming to the Nintendo Switch this year.

Qualcomm has announced a new reference design for a Snapdragon 845-powered VR headset, with the new mobile Snapdragon 845 system architecture boasting the bleeding edge tech that Qualcomm has.

The new Snapdragon 845 VR headset packs two displays that are pumping out 1024 x 1152 at a huge 120FPS, which makes Qualcomm the first to market with an SoC-powered VR headset at 120FPS, right? Comparing Qualcomm's mobile VR offering, the HTC Vive Pro packs a higher-res 1400x1600 per eye display, but at 90Hz.

Inside is the Snapdragon 845 which packs an 8-core Kryo 385 CPU, Adreno 630 graphics, dedicated Hexagon digital signal processor (DSP), Spectra 280 image signal processors (ISP) and even 3D audio support. Qualcomm says that with this mobile VR powerhouse we can expect it to drive 4 million pixels per eye.

Qualcomm has just unveiled the next leap in wireless earbud technology with their new TrueWireless Stereo and TrueWireless Stereo Plus products, packed with the latest in Bluetooth tech.

The new TrueWireless Stereo products are completely wireless, with the two earbuds connecting to each other over Bluetooth, versus other wireless earbuds that are connected to each other with a cable but wireless to your smartphone.

Qualcomm's TrueWireless Stereo will connect to your phone and blast L+R audio to the first earbud, and then use Bluetooth to transfer the second channel of sound. TrueWireless Stereo Plus on the other hand blasts the signal in half to each individual earbud.

Epic Games is making some big changes to Fortnite, with the upcoming v3.0.0 update offering improvements to building, and so much more.

The developer wrote on their website: "We're always hammering away at building and working through ways to improve feel. Our new features (in v.3.0.0) allow you to both be in the heat of battle and still craft that clutch set of stairs!"

Fortnite v3.0.0 changes:

In its chase towards being the best in everything, Samsung will break ground on its new foundry plant that will be making some of the most advanced chips in the world.

Samsung's new foundry will be built in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, and will have the South Korean giant better fighting Taiwanese foundry giant TSMC. Samsung said that they're going to have a ceremony with around 100 local residents of Hwaseong on Friday to mark the ground breaking of the new plant.

Samsung has said: "The new plant is so far planned to be used largely for foundry production, but it can further be expanded for other productions later".

Qualcomm has just announced that there are major mobile operators that are prepared to activate Snapdragon-powered Windows 10 machines with 4G/LTE networks.

The company showed off their Always Connected PCs during the Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii in December 2017, with ASUS, HP, and Lenovo now packing Snapdragon chips that will drive the entire Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile PC platform forward.

Don McGuire, Vice President, Global Product Marketing, Qualcomm explains: "Our collaboration together with Microsoft has continued to build momentum for the Always Connected PC category. With the growing list of commitments from leading mobile operators worldwide, Snapdragon powered Always Connected PCs are engineered to offer consumers a compelling and powerful mobile computing experience, with instant on capability, always on connectivity* and 'beyond all-day' battery life in innovative, thin and light designs".

Ubisoft has its own R&D division that's experimenting with tech like AI and blockchain in an effort to enhance its games.

Similar to Electronic Arts' SEED division, Ubisoft's Strategic Innovation Lab is devoted to finding new ways to leverage fledgling and next-generation technologies and meld them with its video games. The lab itself is currently looking at AI, which it's already used in Star Trek: Bridge Crew, as well as blockchain, which it hopes can one day use to bring a new sense of engagement via truly unique in-game rewards and collectibles.

With blockchain, gamers will "finally have real digital collectibles that cannot be replicated by anyone and can be 100 percent owned by you," the division's Lidwine Sauer told IGN in a recent interview. "Thanks to the blockchain, we can now have the equivalent of a digital Picasso, with the advantage that it's a lot more difficult to steal something on the blockchain than to steal a Picasso."

Exclusive: AMD is making some changes to the way it has been running its Hollywood-connected side of things, with the company rolling AMD Studios into their graphics and workstation businesses.

In the middle of this Corporate Vice President, Media and Entertainment, AMD Studios, Roy Taylor, is leaving the company. AMD has said that they "thank Roy for all of his contributions to AMD, and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors". Taylor has held many positions within AMD over the years, joining the AMD ranks in 2013. There was no reason provided, with Roy just exiting the industry and not joining another company, at least for now.

As for AMD Studios, the company will be rolling these efforts into their graphics and workstation businesses, with expectations that it will create a stronger bond between the product, engineering, and enablement teams in order to get AMD products like Ryzen, Threadripper, EPYC, and the Radeon range of hardware into the media and entertainment industry.

The Nintendo Switch is reportedly getting a Super Smash Bros. game (finally!), but it could just be a port.

As a Switch owner I'm eager to play Super Smash Bros. on-the-go with a friend, or random people I meet out and about. The Switch is an amazing machine for native engagement and a great way to break the ice or make new friends--or, in SSB's case, enemies--and I feel there's some games that are just missing. This includes Super Smash Bros. and Mario Party, both of which may actually release this year.

According to well-trusted Nintendo insider Emily Rogers, the Switch is getting a Super Smash Bros. game sometime in 2018. "Unfortunately, I don't have enough information to speculate whether Smash Bros will be branded/marketed as a "deluxe definitive edition port", a "half-sequel" or a "full sequel," Rogers said in a post on gaming forum ResetEra. She goes on to say that only two things are really confirmed to her: a SSB game will be revealed and released in 2018, and the game will feature new content and re-vamped existing Wii U/3DS content.

Overkill confirms that Payday 2's port on Nintendo Switch is based on an old flavor of the game, not the latest PC (or console version) for that matter.

Following a big hoopla on Reddit over reports that Payday 2's Switch version is actually quite old, Starbreeze Studios (the parent company for Payday dev Overkill) admits the game will ship with outdated content...but the studio plans to update the game over time.

"Payday 2 is releasing on Switch with content up to and including the 'Most Wanted' update, which is equivalent to the content released through mid-2017 on PC. PS4 and Xbox One received one additional update after that, the 'Master Plan' update, which released near the end of 2017. "So Switch is one update behind other consoles, which are slightly behind PC,"Starbreeze said in a statement to Polygon.

Chasing the lucrative service game tail, Konami has monetized Metal Gear Survive in lots of different ways--including making gamers pay cash to unlock extra save files.

Like most online live service games Metal Gear Survive has an in-game currency that's used to "increase the productivity of Exploration Teams, increase food production and boost other features in the game." This currency, or SV coins, is Konami's main monetization point for the online-based tactical shooter, and the cost ranges anywhere from $0.99 for 100 coins to $50 for 60,020 coins.

But apparently bandwidth is at a premium (or Konami wants to maximize returns in key areas, which is more likely) as the publisher is charging players extra money to unlock additional save files. Metal Gear Survive has a max of four save files, but the game only let's you save one playthrough by default; if you ever want to start over you'll have to buy an extra save slot a la carte for 1,000 SV or about $10, or 1/4th of the game's MSRP.

In December, Rime developer promised that some of the main problems that the Nintendo Switch port faced were going to be fixed, Rime has now had its Nintendo Switch port updated.

Developer Grey Box has come through with their promise they made back in December 2017, the developer said that they would be fixing the problems that the Nintendo Switch port of Rime faced. A video has been released by Direct-Feed Games showing the original game before the patch and the game after the patch was received.

Clearly from the video you can see that there has been major improvements in the terms of visual fidelity, color, contrasting, shadows and of course frame-rate.

Codemasters have taken to their Onrush Twitter page to say that "there's a stampede coming" for players, which could be in reference to the new trailer that was also just released.

Racing games are not necessarily my cup of tea but that doesn't mean I won't be recognizing a potential rivalry between releases. Burnout Paradise remaster is heading to gamers on March 16th this year, and now we have more recent news that Onrush a Codemasters creation will be debuting on June 5th.

It could be assumed that Burnout might be taking the cake on this one but don't discourage Onrush just as of yet. Onrush might just slot itself very well into the arcade racer genre, the game appears to feature a "Rush" meter which would suggest that once tricks are performed the meter grows granting boost or other perks. It might not be Grand Turismo racing or even Forza, but if you are a gamer that wants to smash into your opponents on the road and be rewarded for it Onrush might just be for you.

Awhile back I reported on a exclusive title coming to the Nintendo Switch called Caste of Heart, now the game has an official release date and to accompany the date a new trailer has also been released.

Caste of Heart is a action platformer that players will find challenging and quite unique. Players will be taking control of a knight that has been transformed into stone by an evil sorcerer, destined to prevail against all the odds players must use love to conquer the magic spell that has cursed the character.

Your 'rock solid' Knight will be required to beat all 20 levels that begin in a village and finish at the sorcerers castle. Players should note that there are 4 different biomes with their respective unique enemies, each require different gameplay mechanics to beat.

The sci-fi space adventure, The Station releases today and to go accompany the launch of the game a new trailer has also been released.

The Station is a sci-fi tale about a group of researchers that have broke down in space after spending some time researching a recently discovered alien race. Players are required to investigate what happened to the crew alone and to complete the mission the ships system cores need to be restored.

The title has been developed by former Radical Entertainment Studio Head Dave Fracchia, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning designer Les Nelkin and League of Legends composer Duncan Watt. The Station will launch on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on the 20th of February.

A collaboration between Rocket League developer Psyonix, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have produced a brand new DLC pack, make way for the Batmobile!

This collaboration has created a great selection of DC comic themed skins that are soon to debut to Rocket League. An example of a skin is the Tumbler from Christoper Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises and also the Batmobile from the classic Tim Burton Batman from 1989.

For those that aren't all caught up on the new Batman skins don't be dis-hearted as of yet, there is more DC themed items to go around. Some examples include decals, wheels and player banners. For more information regarding what else is released in this DLC pack visit the official Rocket League website.

Sledgehammer Games founders Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield have resigned from their positions as founders of the studio, now they have decided to move onto pursue new roles within Activision.

In a statement from Activision, it was explained that both Condrey and Schofield leaving the Call of Duty studio resulted in a new role for Aaron Halon, a founding member of Sledgehammer Games. Halon is now the team leader and with his 20 years of industry experience Activision believe that the future of Sledgehammer Games is in good hands.

Here is the statement from Activision: "Following the incredible success of Call of Duty: WWII, Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey have decided to transition from their duties at Sledgehammer Games to new executive duties inside Activision. We thank Glen and Michael for their tremendous body of work on Call of Duty and look forward to continuing to collaborate with them in their new roles.

EA has confirmed they're working on Burnout Paradise Remastered, which will be released on both consoles and the PC and will include nearly all of the DLC from Burnout Paradise.

Burnout Paradise Remastered will be running at up to 4K on the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, with EA warning in the trailer for the remastered arcade driving game that "native 4K resolution not available on all platforms", because consoles, I guess. EA has said that the game will run "natively" at 1080p on the PS4 and Xbox One, all at 60FPS. EA has said that Burnout Paradise Remastered won't include the Time Savers Pack, an add-on that unlocked every vehicle in the game.

As for the game itself, it will hit consoles first in digital and retail form on March 16 while PC gamers will have to wait a little while longer, as it'll launch on EA's digital service, Origin. EA hasn't confirmed whether or not Burnout Paradise Remastered will be released on the Nintendo Switch, but EA Access subscribers will get access to it early on March 9, something that is good for 10 hours of play time.

It seems that cryptocurrency jacking is the new thing, with Tesla Motors now hit not just once but twice - the first of which with cryptojacking, and then an exposure to data theft.

The electric car maker was hit by hackers recently, something security researchers at cloud security firm RedLock revealed. RedLock said that the unprotected Kubernetes console that Tesla owns saw hackers getting into their systems, and mining cryptocurrency.

Kubernetes is something Google designed, and is used to deploy and manage containerized apps in the enterprise market. Tesla was vulnerable to the hit, as the console was unsecured in their AWS (Amazon Web Services) environment. Varun Badhwar, CEO and co-founder of RedLock said: "We weren't the first to get to it. Clearly, someone else had launched instances that were already mining cryptocurrency in this particular Tesla environment".