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Even if you haven’t played Kingdom Battle, the second in the Mario + Rabbids franchise should feel accessible for players of all skill levels. The teams at Ubisoft Paris and Milan (among other ancillary studios such as Montpelier and Chengdu) have revamped the tactical RPG in more ways than one. Ubisoft began its presentation with some numbers. Development for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope began in 2017 when Kingdom Battle was released....

Last month, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that the proposed acquisition of Blizzard-Activision by Microsoft might lead to competition concerns, and a more in-depth review was announced. “Following our Phase 1 investigation, we are concerned that Microsoft could use its control over popular games like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft post-merger to harm rivals, including recent and future rivals in multi-game subscription services and cloud gaming”, the CMA said last month....

Minecraft Legends will be released in Spring 2023 for PC (Steam, Microsoft Store), Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch. The developers, who are working alongside Blackbird Interactive on this project, also revealed a cinematic trailer and some new co-op gameplay. You can check all that out below, alongside a recap of the game’s main features and its PC system requirements. Discover the Mysteries Learn the story of Minecraft Legends and explore its new yet familiar world while experiencing the Minecraft Universe in an exciting new way in this new action strategy game....

Update 1: The German-language Xbox Twitter account seems to have confirmed the following rumor, posting that Monster Hunter Rise is coming to Xbox Game Pass on January 20, 2023. Presumably, the game will be coming to PlayStation as well. This has yet to be confirmed by English Xbox PR or Capcom, so it seems like the German Twitter account may have let the beans spill early. Original Story: Monster Hunter Rise has been well-received by fans of the franchise, but not all of them have been able to play it....

Per the latest episode of Grubbsnax, and confirmed by Corden in an article on Windows Central, Project Suerte is going to be a Monster-Hunter-style adventure, featuring big bosses of some type and co-op play. This project reportedly began development back in 2020, so it’s unlikely to arrive this year, but a 2023 or 2024 release may be feasible. According to Corden, Project Suerte isn’t the only big thing Certain Affinity are working on....

MSI Next-Gen MEG & MPG Series PSUs Pictured: Here’s Your First Look At A Fully PCIe Gen 5 Ready, Up To 1300W Platinum PSU Design That Is Ready For Next-Gen GPUs Back in 2020, MSI was amongst the first manufacturers to unveil its MPG GF series PSUs which came bundled with the 12-pin Micro-Fit 3.0 power adapter for NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 30 series Founders Edition graphics cards. The manufacturer also recently unveiled its flagship MPG PSU, A1000G, which is an 80 Plus Gold Certified Unit....

Sounds promising enough! I’m not sure I’m wild about the anime aesthetics, but Chicago should make for a great racing playground. Of course, take all this with a grain of salt for now. If the game is indeed coming this year, hopefully we get a reveal sometime soon. It’s going to be photorealistic, but it’s going to have, on top of that, there’s going to be anime elements. When you see maybe a car commercial or something like that, and the car’s driving around and cartoon flames are flying off it and stuff, and sparks are flying, and it looks like it’s out of an anime?...

Peters took it as an endorsement of the subscription model that Netflix has long championed in entertainment. Indeed, Microsoft’s primary driver behind this acquisition (behind all of the many acquisitions they’ve made since 2018, really) was clearly Game Pass. Head of Gaming Phil Spencer immediately said Microsoft would offer ‘as many as Activision Blizzard as they can’ to Game Pass subscribers once the deal is closed. Game Pass itself was, after all, openly modeled after Netflix....

On Apple’s official YouTube channel, the company has provided the following description of its latest and greatest smartwatch. The ad pretty much summarizes how the Apple Watch Ultra continues to work despite being exposed to harsh environments, where extreme temperatures prevent electronics from working correctly, which happens when you are using smartphones in such weather. The latest wearable is said to be more durable than a regular Apple Watch while also sporting a sapphire crystal display to give it extra endurance against scratches....

Some days ago, FromSoftware rolled out update 1.02.1 for PC and PS5, and we now another yet another update for these platforms. Interestingly, the Xbox version has yet to receive a new patch. PC owners will be happy to learn that this minor new patch addresses an issue that resulted in the GPU not being used properly, in turn resulting in slow performance of the game. In addition, this update fixes an issue that caused the game to close while battling the Fire Giant....

iPhone 14 Pro to Retain Same Screen Size as iPhone 13 Pro, With Several Upgrades in Tow With the efforts of 91mobiles, we get a closer look at the iPhone 14 Pro, and from the front, you can see an immediate change compared to previous generations. Apple reduced the size of the notch for last year’s models and is expected to do away with it this year, at least for the ‘Pro’ versions....

There is no reason to call these the sequel to the Ear (1) buds that were released last year. The Ear (stick) earbuds, every mean, are just entry-level offerings that aim to offer some design changes and good battery life. The Nothing Ear (stick) are Funky Looking Earbuds without Modern Features Nothing has decided to go away with the silicone tip seal that was found on the Ear (1). Instead, you are now getting an AirPod-like design that sits in your ear, and for those wondering, each earbud weighs only 4....

NVIDIA Readies At Least Five GeForce RTX 40 “Ada” Laptop GPUs Featuring RTX 4090, RTX 4080 Ti, RTX 4080 Ti, RTX 4070, RTX 4060 Ti & RTX 4060 The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 “Ada” Laptop GPU SKUs have been leaked by REHWK who posted a chart from an OEM marketing slide listing down several next-gen SKUs. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX “Ada Lovelace” GPUs for the mobility platforms will be branded under the “GN21” series and will include at least five SKUs....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Graphics Card Beats The RTX 3090 Ti 24 GB In Leaked 3DMark & Gaming Benchmarks The benchmarks of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB graphics card have leaked over at Chiphell Forums. It is unknown if the graphics card was a Founders Edition variant or an AIB model but the chip was running on an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU. The graphics card was tested across 3DMark & a few titles....

NVIDIA Rumored To Equip GeForce RTX 4090 With 24 GB / 21 Gbps Memory at 600W, RTX 4070 With 12 GB / 18 Gbps Memory at 300W In his tweet, Kopite7kimi focuses on two NVIDIA ‘Ada Lovelace’ graphics cards, the GeForce RTX 4090 and the GeForce RTX 4070. The leaker has already revealed the alleged specs of other cards such as the RTX 4090 Ti and the RTX 4080 but it looks like he was able to dig further info regarding the two cards mentioned above....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 SUPER Leak Shows How The Green Team Changed Its Flagship Graphics Card At The Last Minute The leak over at NGA.178 Forums shows an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 SUPER graphics card which has the same design and specifications as NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card. The only major difference is the branding which we know was only used for the RTX 20 “SUPER” series lineup....

According to the Japanese official website for the game, players will need to use the unique skills of each Straw Hat to explore locations fully, such as Luffy’s rubber abilities, Franky’s tool building abilities, and more. A couple of the new screenshots also shed some more light on the game’s turn-based combat system. Apparently, it will be possible to have up to four party members, and it seems like the game will feature some sort of rock-paper-scissors system that will dictate resistances and weaknesses for party members and enemies....

The new ONEXPLAYER Mini (AMD variant) features a Ryzen 7 5800U processor with 8-cores and 16-threads and a boost clock reaching up to 4.4 GHz. The internal APU utilizes AMD Radeon Vega 8 graphics clocked as high as 2 GHz. The new handheld console system is fitted with 16GB of LPDDR4X-4266 memory which is only available for this specific model. It’s worth noting that AMD RYZEN 7 5800u adopts a new Zen3 architecture....

ONEXPLAYER Mini Pro: ONEXPLAYER’s mini-series rings in a new generation of performance with AMD Ryzen 7 6800U The new ONEXPLAYER Mini Pro has added features to bring portable gaming to the next level. The ONEXPLAYER Mini Pro will incorporate the hall sensor stick instead of the commonly used ALPS joysticks to guard and control drift and dead zone, with a more accurate input detection and shelf life. The new ONEXPLAYER Mini Pro also embraces an HD linear motor for the company’s latest vibration source located within the handle....

Google Announces the Pixel Buds Pro to Match Apple and Samsung The Pixel Buds Pro is the most premium earphones that Google has to offer and the feature that they are going to offer will be enough for everyone who is looking for the proper experience. This time around, you are looking at a powerful addition, you are now looking at Assistant-powered headphones. These are going to be the first earbuds with active noise cancellation to give you an excellent sound....