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The Khronos Group rolls out Vulkan Video after almost two years of the API in beta The new Vulkan Video 1.0 extensions — four primary extensions — are now available. The new new extensions are as follows: VK_KHR_video_queue: standard APIs for all video coding operations. VK_KHR_video_decode_queue: standard APIs for all video decode operations. VK_KHR_video_decode_h264: H.264 decode-specific capabilities and parameters. VK_KHR_video_decode_h265: H.265 decode-specific capabilities and parameters. The last two video decoder extensions, H....

Defined as a K-Zombie action RPG, the game is being developed for PC and mobile platforms. Here’s an excerpt from the announcement press release. Staying true to the beloved Netflix series, Kingdom: The Blood recreates characters, zombies and vicious action from the show in high-quality 3D graphics. Korean culture is treated with the utmost care in both gameplay and aesthetic. Motion capture was recorded using a professional Korean sword dancer to perfectly replicate deadly Korean-style combat....

Knack: https://t.co/7VbxIEo2OA Stacky Basket: https://t.co/ZMd3vOkvPy pic.twitter.com/Thg8i9naF3 — Gematsu (@gematsu) March 28, 2022 Now, as always, the filing of a new trademark could mean various things. Perhaps Sony is looking to revive the series, or maybe they’re simply planning to re-release the original games. If a Knack 3 is in the works, it will be interesting to see who’s making it, as original developer Sony Japan Studio has been disbanded. The new Knack trademark comes amid rumors of a big week for PlayStation fans....

Intel Boosts Arc DX9 Game Performance By Up To 2.3 Times With Latest GPU Drivers, More Ahead! In its latest blog, Intel has shown us the performance comparison between its latest Arc driver suite (v3959) and how it compares with the previous driver suite from October (v3490). Intel used the Arc A770, its flagship graphics card based on the Alchemist GPU architecture, for testing and the results are simply spectacular. According to Intel, the latest drivers are designed specifically to boost performance in DX9 (DirectX 9) games....

Released worldwide on April 5th for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One, Warner Bros. Games, and TT Games latest entry in the LEGO series has smashed previous sales records of the franchise. “The latest LEGO Star Wars title featuring all nine Skywalker saga films in one brand new game has surpassed all previous LEGO console game launches”, the official press release from WB Games reads....

The gameplay trailer embedded below impressed Gamescom judges enough to award Lies of P with the Most Wanted PlayStation Game award. The game was also nominated in the Best Action Adventure Game and the Best Roleplaying Game categories; the winners will be unveiled on Saturday, August 27th. Gamescom attendees can check out a demo either at the NEOWIZ booth (Hall 9, C-049) or at the Microsoft one. Lies of P will be released on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S|X....

While the mod itself is not yet available, the modder released two videos over the past few days to demonstrate it. Needless to say, it won’t be for everyone, as swinging across New York in first-person view could easily induce nausea in some folks. Of course, this could open up to a Virtual Reality mod that could be even more immersive (and prone to motion sickness bouts). Jedijosh920 already released several Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered mods, including:...

Alongside introducing support for the new version of NVIDIA’s upscaling tech, which can only be used with RTX 4000 series GPUs, the new 1.1011.1.0 patch also addresses a couple of issues, such as crashing issues occurring on some hardware configurations with very high ray tracing settings. Thanks to DLSS 3, users can achieve amazing performance with RTX on, compared to DLSS 2 with RTX off, as showcased by NVIDIA a few weeks ago....

Twitter leaker HXL (@9550pro) tweeted yesterday of a new motherboard design from company Meterstone and provided a picture. The Meterstone H45 system showcases an Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake processor with two available desktop DIMM memory sections and a complete PCIe Gen4 x16 slot available for graphics processors. “HXL” took this information from the forums on the website Chiphell. — HXL (@9550pro) April 1, 2022 While the company and the leading Maxsun brand have not mentioned the exact processor used on the new motherboards, we can tell that it is probably the Alder Lake-P series 14-core chips (which also has an iGPU with 96 EUs)....

The collection, which will be released sometime in 2023 on PC, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, will not only include all entries in the series from the original game to Mega Man Battle Network 6, but also additional features like high resolution filters, an art gallery, and a music player. A new trailer has also been released online and you can check it out right below. Art Gallery In this robust gallery, players can view official art and illustrations from the original releases, as well as rough designs, character sketches, and other rare items....

Only Other Notebook Where the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Runs in Is the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Earlier, we reported that Microsoft would end up merging its Surface Pro family, suggesting that the Surface Pro 9 would arrive in both ARM and Intel-based flavors. At the time, we had no information as to which specific SoC would fuel its innards, but given that Qualcomm was the only firm focusing on ARM chips for Windows-based machines, our impulse thought was that Microsoft’s 2-in-1 would sport a modified version of the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3....

Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 Specs Leak Out: Up To AMD Ryzen 7 6980U & Intel Core i7-1280P CPUs, 120 Hz Display, LPDDR4x Memory The specifications leak comes from WindowsPrime (via MyLaptopGuide) who have got their hands on the full specs sheet of the upcoming laptop. Starting with the meat of the details, Microsoft will be using the top-end chips from AMD and Intel this time around. Which variants you can get solely depends on the laptop size....

Minisforum’s HX90G Mini PC Rocks The World’s First Discrete AMD Radeon GPU Design, RX 6650M Under The Hood! Minisforum HX90G ‘G stands for discrete graphics’ is a brand new Mini PC that will be launching in various configurations. These configurations include: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX + Radeon RX 6650M AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX + Radeon RX 6650M Intel Core i9-12900H + AMD Discrete GPU At launch, the Minisforum HX90G Mini PC will come with the AMD Cezanne APU option along side the Radeon RX 6650M....

MINISFORUM Intros Venus UM690 & UM590 Mini PCs Featuring AMD Ryzen 6000/5000 APUs Press Release: Minisforum, the professional mini PC manufacturer, is going to launch two new mini PCs shortly. The first one will be the EliteMini UM590 which comes with a Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU and Radeon graphics to provide powerful performance for your everyday tasks. The other one will be the UM690 which comes with Ryzen 9 6900HX, which is also the first mini PC in the world with a USB4 port....

MSI’s High-End MEG/MPG X670E & B650 Motherboards To Feature Toolless M.2 For Easy SSD Installation, Ease of Use For AMD Ryzen 7000 PC Builders The new toolless M.2 SSD installation design will be called ‘Screwless M.2 Shield Frozr’ and allows you to install an M.2 device under the Shield Frozr M.2 heatsink without having to deal with tools and screws. The installation process is very simple and will be featured on MEG & MPG class X670 & B650 motherboards such as the MEG X670E GODLIKE, MEG X670E ACE, and the MPG X670E Carbon WiFi to name a few....

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Orion spacecraft, which is currently part of the agency’s first mission of the Artemis program, is now officially on its way back to Earth. Orion launched board the Space Launch in November, and throughout the mission, the spacecraft reached several milestones and set a new record. The return powered flyby burn, which used the Moon’s gravity to fling the spaceship back to Earth, began close to noon today and lasted for more than three minutes, with no footage or signal available from Orion during this period as the ship was flying behind the Moon....

That’s right, NEO: The World Ends With You was released today on Steam with a 25% Off discount that players can access to from today until October 25. Square Enix also tweeted the announcement of the Steam version of the game with a video celebrating the occasion below: NEO: The World Ends with You is out now on Steam, and is 25% off too! https://t.co/7rrIq2A2FZ pic.twitter.com/nFvH72NP08 — Square Enix (@SquareEnix) October 19, 2022 NEO: The World Ends With You follows the story of Rindo Kanade as he alongside his friend Tosai “Fret” Furesawa are caught in the middle of a new iteration of the Reaper’s Game....

NVIDIA CEO On Next-Gen GeForce RTX 40 GPUs Launch: “We do have exciting new next-generation coming”, Announcement in September? NVIDIA’s second quarter this year has been brutal, with gaming revenue dropping down to 44% sequentially & 33% annually. You can read the full earning report by our Finance team here but what we are going to talk about is the fact that NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang, has confirmed that their next-generation GPUs are inbound....

NVIDIA unveiled a host of new products at its GTC keynote today, including a series of major announcements regarding the company’s peripheral AI-related ambitions. One such major development now aims to bring autonomous mobility one giant step closer to becoming a reality. To wit, NVIDIA has now unveiled the latest iteration of its Autonomous Vehicle (AV) System-on-a-Chip (SoC), dubbed the DRIVE Thor. As a successor to the Orin chip, the NVIDIA DRIVE Thor superchip will offer a whopping 2,000 teraflops of computing power – capable of processing 254 trillion operations per second – and unify diverse functionalities, including digital cluster, infotainment, parking, and assisted driving....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB GDDR6X Memory Spotted Over at UL Retailer For 369 Pounds Earlier, it was reported that NVIDIA was working on a trio of GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards, mostly in the mainstream segment. The graphics cards which include the new models of the RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Ti, and RTX 3070 Ti, are reportedly designed to have options within the mid-range segment & while NVIDIA is launching its next-gen RTX 40 series soon, their lineup won’t include any mainstream options till next year....