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Released last week for PC and PlayStation platforms, the third-person cat title from BlueTwelve Studio is quite the immersive and atmospheric adventure. It allows cat fans to play as their favorite domestic cat in an ancient mystery. Thanks to modder ‘Jessica Natalia’ we now have a first-person mod, however, that makes the title even more immersive. It’s a fairly no-nonsense mod that does what can be expected although there are still some minor bugs....

Street Fighter VI was already a top guess, as it’s about time for a new game in the series to be announced, and next Monday also happens to play host to this year’s Capcom Pro Tour Season Finals. Capcom has been teasing the next iteration of Street Fighter for a while – they recently released Street Fighter V’s final character, Luke, who they promise will be key to the next entry in the series....

Producer Yosuke Futami talked about the game’s setting and gameplay mechanics on the PlayStation Blog. The year is 2222. It has been years since Tears of the New Moon, a mysterious rain, poured and wiped out almost the entire human race. The poisonous rain gave birth to deformed creatures devouring for humans, and humanity fled from the danger. As means for survival, the humans then build an underground haven; Amasia....

As of yesterday evening, Valve released another update to Team Fortress 2. This update has lots of unlisted changes along with what’s going on over in the update’s patch notes. These shadow changes have made a bigger impact than anyone would anticipate. That said, a YouTuber known as Tyler McVicker made a video relating to said unlisted changes, which you can watch below. It’s a rather short video, but it denotes one thing that’s pretty big in relation to the “bots in public servers” problem....

Update 1.08, which is now live on PC and consoles, introduced combat improvements, performance and stability fixes, localization optimizations, and general quality-of-life changes. The update also fixes an issue that prevented PlayStation 4 trophies from syncing properly. Detailed update notes are not yet available, so these changes’ full extent is unknown. — The Callisto Protocol (@CallistoTheGame) December 16, 2022 Even without the technical issues plaguing The Callisto Protocol, especially on PC, the game developed by Striking Distance Studios isn’t on the same level as the Dead Space series....

A new video shared on YouTube by Heavy Burns provides a new look at one of the most ambitious Skyrim mods ever, Skyros. This total conversion mod aims to recreate Game of Thrones’ Westeros as accurately as possible, allowing players to journey from Dorne and the Reach to the Wall and experience for themselves the beauty of the world created by George R.R. Martin. The story will also make players feel part of Westeros, as it begins right at the start of the A Game of Thrones novel, as King Robert Baratheon reaches Winterfell....

As covered last month, developer ‘CryZENx’ is currently focusing on N64-inspired fan recreations in Unreal Engine. His latest work is the Ocarina of Time remake in Unreal Engine 5, and from what we witnessed last month, the results are quite staggering. Courtesy of YouTube channel ‘Digital Dreams’, a new graphical showcase has now been released, showing off this impressive fan recreation in Epic’s new game engine in 8K resolution and with some mesmerizing water effects, and some footage from the Temple of Time (as also featured in last month’s demo)....

Razer Kishi V2 is Perhaps the Best Controller for Android Smartphones with a Ton of Features The Razer Kishi V2 is an impressive controller and you can check out the specifications below. Just like the original Kishi, the Razer Kishi V2 has a telescopic bridge that expands to accommodate most of the Android smartphones available on the market, and the bridge itself does not wobble, either. It does have a larger footprint this time around, so it can easily accommodate phones like the Galaxy S22 Ultra....

While an official remake is nowhere on the horizon, we can get a glimpse of how a modern, Unreal Engine 5-powered, remake of the game would look like thanks to developer Reuben Ward, who is working on one. The developer isn’t just improving the visuals but is also turning the game into a proper open-world title with better vehicles, online multiplayer, and more. You can check out the first entry in a video series detailing the development process below....

The game, which has been revealed during the June’s State of Play, will feature an interesting retro-futuristic setting and it will combine smooth movement and tricking with shooting action for an explosive mix. You can find more information on the game and the reveal trailer below. Rollerdrome launches on August 16th on PC, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4 worldwide. The game is set in 2030, in a world where the public are kept distracted from an increasingly sinister political situation by the violence and excess of a brutal new arena sport: Rollerdrome....

Originally conceived as the next chapter in Lineage before evolving into its own IP, Throne and Liberty is targeting a global launch in the second half of the year for both PC and consoles. NCSOFT revealed a lot of information about the game’s systems and content through a developer interview. It seems like the game will incorporate several next-gen features to make the world feel more immersive and dynamic. Ahn Jong-Ok said: NCSOFT is also striving to create challenging PvE content, instead of just PvP content as they did with previous titles....

Anyways, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands had a much shorter exclusivity on Epic than Borderlands 3 did (three months compared to about seven months), and this week, the title will be making its way to Steam. Essentially, the exclusivity deal’s over, and with it, more people will be able to access 2K’s next Borderlands experience. So, when exactly does Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands release on Steam? It drops on June 23rd (two days from now, as of the time of writing)....

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) chip making facilities in Taiwan’s Nan-ke city were at the center of a major voltage drop earlier today in the evening time Taiwan. The facility, officially dubbed 18A, is responsible for manufacturing semiconductor on some of TSMC’s most advanced chip technologies, and soon after the drop, the company was quick to clarify that production had not stopped. TSMC’s response came as the industry began to speculate on the impacts of a power outage and some quarters feared that TSMC’s production of wafers on the advanced process nodes might have stopped....

Twitter for iPhone Now Lets You Create a GIF Right from the App When You’re Composing a Tweet There are millions of GIFs out there to choose from and share. But, nothing hits harder than a GIF that you created yourself. Thankfully, you can do that using the official Twitter app for iPhone. With the official announcement of the feature coming today, Twitter has revealed that you can now create GIFs from i’s official app on the iPhone....

That said, there were some positives in the year’s performance, such as increased back catalog sales (up 11.1% year-over-year) and great results from three big Ubisoft franchises. Assassin’s Creed had net bookings nearly doubled compared to 2019-20, which was the previous year without a new game release. Valhalla reportedly had a ‘stellar performance’ and registered more unique players in 2021-22 than in 2020-21, the year of its release. Far Cry had the brand’s best year ever with the sixth installment, according to Ubisoft, and Rainbow Six also experienced net bookings growth thanks to the release of the PvE cooperative spin-off game Extraction....

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), the world’s largest subscription-based content streaming and production company, just became the latest stock to fall victim to the dreaded Cramer curse. To wit, CNBC’s Jim Cramer had tweeted a buy recommendation on Netflix stock on the 03rd of January. — Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) January 3, 2022 Since then, however, the stock has been on a one-way path to stock market purgatory along with the rest of the high-growth, high-beta stocks....

The XFX Radeon RX 6700 XL graphics card, is a customizable, triple-fan model, that appeared, and at first glance, it looks like this card was never purposely built for gaming. This specific card is the first instance that we are seeing this model appear anywhere, raising the question of the number of GPUs out there that did not make it to PCs and went straight to mining cryptocurrency. Labels on the graphics card confirm that the XFX Radeon RX 6700 XL offers 10GB of VRAM....

The anniversary celebration was announced on the official PlayStation Blog just now. To celebrate this milestone, players will get access to limited-timed challenges, in-game credit rewards, and more. The upcoming update for GT7 will add four new banners to the World Map of the game for a limited time. We’ve included the details for these new banners alongside the increased Sport mode rewards during the celebration down below: From November 24 to 27 The World Series banner gives more information about the World Finals and enables you to watch the streams....

The new entry in the series, developed by creative director Yoko Taro (Drakengard series, NieR series), music director Keiichi Okabe (Drakengard 3, NieR series), and character designer Kimihiko Fujisaka (Drakengard series), will release on September 13th on PC, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. A new trailer showcasing the newly announced Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden has also been shared. You can check them out below. Told entirely through the medium of cards, Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden is a standalone experience that newcomers and fans of the previous iterations, Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars and Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden, can enjoy....

watchOS 9 to Offer New Low Power Mode to Conserve Battery Life While Not Limiting the Wearable’s Functionality The news is reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, citing that Apple Watch will be able to conserve battery life with the launch of watchOS 9 at the company’s WWDC event in June. At this point, the Apple Watch does feature a “Power Reserve” mode to save battery life but it eliminates the ‘smart’ from a smartwatch....