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Well, during a recent Giant Bomb steam, insider Jeff Grubb provided some more details. According to him, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us multiplayer project will not be a continuation of Factions, and will indeed be “very, very live service-y.” Grubb’s claim that Naughty Dog is trying to create a system where they can slot content in and out without major downloads is certainly interesting. Could some sort of procedural generation be in play?...

The Vivo X Fold is One Compelling Foldable to Look Out For Frequently tipster Digital Chat Station decided to show the device as well as the specs of the Vivo X Fold. Starting with the specs, you should be getting an 8-inch LTPO QHD+ OLED screen with ultra-thin glass, ultra-sonic fingerprint, 66W wired, and 50W wireless charging. Vivo is also going to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, offering some really good power to the phone....

Intel’s First Discrete Graphics Family, Arc Alchemist GPUs, Finally Launching on 30th of March We are all excited about the fact that a third player is entering the discrete GPU segment. With the blue team’s entrance, one can expect the GPU market to become even more competitive, offering more options to gamers, better performance, brand new features, and more. Next week, on 30th of March, Intel will finally be taking the curtains off its first Arc GPU products based on Alchemist Xe-HPG architecture....

Need to know more? Here’s a more thorough description of how the Chaos Chamber works… Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands launches on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5 on March 25. Crystals: During the Chaos Chamber run, players can collect and utilize Crystals to earn more rewards. Players can amass Crystals by smashing a crystalline, rainbow-glowing die that spawns after completing a room, and by completing optional side objectives that are randomly assigned to each room; Blessings: By collecting enough Crystals to activate an altar, players can receive Blessings, ranging from increased critical damage or ammo capacity, to melee attack and movement speed buffs, and more; Curses: The polar opposite of Blessings, Curses are debuffs that last the rest of the run and can make it that much harder for players to survive—but with higher risk comes better rewards....

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) share price target and revenue growth forecasts were cut by investment firm UBS securities in a note released yesterday. TSMC came at the center of controversy earlier last month, when a research report suggested that Intel had delayed some of its products that would have been built on the Taiwanese company’s 3nm process node, and as a result, caused capacity underutilization at TSMC. In its research report cited by the United Daily News (UDN), UBS believes that the delays at Intel will slightly hurt TSMC’s revenue growth and as a result, the financial firm cut down the semiconductor company’s share price target to NT$815 from an earlier NT$850....

tvOS 16.1 Bug Identifies the 128GB Apple TV as 64GB As mentioned earlier, a tvOS 16.1 bug is causing Apple TV models with 128GB of storage to virtually run out of memory as soon as a user spends 64GB of space. The bug was discovered by FlatpanelsHD, which makes users question if they have only 64GB of storage on their Apple TV. Once a user crosses the 64GB memory mark, they are presented with a message that reads: Upon testing, the source suggests that Apple has not fixed the storage bug in its latest tvOS 16....

Twitter Blue Drama Takes Another Turn as Company Is Looking For Ways To Circumvent Apple’s 30% In-App Purchase Fee According to the Platform, the launch of Twitter Blue has been delayed indefinitely. Why? Because Twitter owner Elon Musk is looking for ways that will let the subscription circumvent Apple’s 30% fee for in-app purchases. This is not the first time Twitter Blue has been delayed. We have been hearing about its launch since Musk took over Twitter, and this is another delay on the way....

UP 4000 board to fill the demand for Raspberry Pi boards utilizing Intel Atom, Celeron, and Apollo Lake Pentium processors Recently, UP Board has revealed their new board designs that offer Intel-based processors for consumers, enterprises, and more. The latest innovation, the UP 4000 board, offers increased memory versus its predecessors, offering IO support and a 12V powered input. The inclusion of Intel processors sets this apart from other boards on the marketplace, where most boards found are usually Arm-based....

If you look at the RTX 3060 LHR 12 GB from Manli, you can see that the two cards’ specs are identical, but now users will receive just 240 GB/s of memory bandwidth across a 128-bit bus interface in the 8 GB versus the 360 GB/s bandwidth that you got with the 12 GB variant featuring a 192-bit bus. The release of an updated GeForce RTX 3060 series was expected from NVIDIA, and it is following the right time for the release, which was scheduled in October....

The new footage, which has been shared on YouTube by Famitsu, provides a new look at some of the game’s mechanics, such as multiple weapon types, skills, and more. The video also showcases an intense boss battle against Hilde, who will also be introduced as a playable character with a free update scheduled to go live in November. Valkyrie Elysium is the latest entry in the series originally developed by tri-Ace....

Western Digital motivates gamers to boost their gaming setups with the introduction of the WD BLACK SN770 NVMe SSD The new WD BLACK SN770 NVMe SSD gives users improved performance and power efficiency by offering a maximum speed increase of 40% on routine and 20% on power efficiency compared to previous generations by the company. The WD BLACK SN770 NVMe SSD showcases a PCIe Gen4 interface, delivering premium read speeds as high as 5,150MB/s (only found on 1TB and 2TB models)....

WhatsApp Users Might Soon be Able to See Stories in Main Chat Lists We all know that Meta has been developing the app actively and adding new features to the app, as well. For instance, users can hide their online status, create larger groups, and a lot more features, as well. Now, WhatsApp Statuses, which are also known as Stories, are now appearing in the main chat list for users who are running the latest beta version of the app on Android or iOS....

Here’s an official overview of how cross-faction play works in World of Warcraft and where it is not allowed. The next World of Warcraft expansion, Dragonflight, was unveiled last month. It will feature a new race (Drachtyr), a new class (Evoker), and the ability to become a Dragonrider. There’s no release date yet, but it will likely launch this Fall. Players will have the ability to find Premade Groups in the Group Finder for dungeons (Normal, Heroic, Mythic, and Mythic+), raids, rated arena/RBGs, and also Torghast....

Back in May of this year, Bethesda and Microsoft made the decision to delay both upcoming titles into 2023. In a new interview with The Verge, Spencer was asked about the decision to delay these big hitters, which were both first scheduled to release during this holiday season. As pointed out by the Xbox head, the decision to delay both games surely wasn’t an easy one, but having shipped games too early in the past, it felt like the best choice with quality in mind....

The first version of the game, created by the developer PlayMagic, received scathing critic and user reviews when it launched in late 2020. The Steam page currently has Overwhelmingly Negative user reviews, as only 13% of them gave XIII Remake the thumbs up. However, this new overhaul, developed by Tower Five over the course of more than a year, will deliver improvements such as refined art style, reworked heads up display (HUD), enhanced AI, revamped sound design, 60 FPS support on next-generation consoles like Xbox Series S|X and PlayStation 5, and online multiplayer (2-13 players)....

In a recent interview with Inverse, Yoshida expressed his thoughts on the future of gaming, such as Virtual Reality and quantum computing. If we think in terms of the next decade, the development and spread of new devices — such as VR chips — may give way to revolutionary game experiences. I’d thought this could happen a bit sooner, but I believe it might’ve been delayed by several years due to the shortage of semiconductors caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and other factors....

Apple to Launch New iPad Pro Models in Fall With M2 Chip and MagSafe Capabilities According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple will launch the next generation of its iPad Pro lineup in the fall with an ‘M2’ chip. Gurman suggests in his latest Power On newsletter that it is only reasonable to expect an even more powerful iPad this year since Apple did not upgrade its iPad Pro. Moreover, since the iPad Air and iPad Pro feature the same chip, Apple wants to keep a margin between the two when it comes to performance....

So, let’s start with the first nugget of information. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick was successfully re-elected to the board of directors for another year as a result of the company’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday. And yes, this happened in spite of the massive protests that have been happening surrounding the company’s culture of discrimination and abuse. This also comes in spite of a few shareholders opposing the vote while calling for Kotick’s resignation....

Apple to Launch AirPods Pro 2 This Fall, New Color For AirPods Max Also Expected According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple will launch its AirPods Pro 2 this fall. Apple launched the original AirPods Pro in 2019 and multiple reports have suggested that Apple might be looking to introduce the upgraded model this year. In addition, the AirPods Max is also stated to host new color options later on. In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman writes: Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo also mentioned the fall launch of the new AirPods Pro 2, suggesting that the upgraded technology might reach the consumer in the second half of 2022....

Disruptive Games CEO and founder Eric Ellis, who previously worked on multiplayer titles at Insomniac Games, added: Disruptive Games is an independent studio based in Berkeley, California, known for co-developing games like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, Diablo II: Resurrected, Godfall, and Orcs Must Die! Unchained. Their new IP is still mostly under wraps, although the press release does confirm it will be a multiplatform title built for both cooperative and competitive play....