343 Industries is continuing its reward system revamp by making Credits earnable in Halo Infinite’s Season 2’s battle pass. While as yet there’s no date on when the changes will be implemented – Season 2 is expected to come in around May 2022 – it’ll be welcomed news for Halo fans who’ve been unhappy that …
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Valve says Steam Deck still on track for a February release
Following a delay at the end of 2021 , Valve has confirmed its highly anticipated portable gaming PC Steam Deck is still on track to meet its revised February 2022 launch date. When Steam Deck reservations first opened in July last year , Valve anticipated its hardware to begin shipping before the end of the …
Yakuza creator Nagoshi details new NetEase studio
Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of the Yakuza series, has officially announced Nagoshi Studio – his new Tokyo-based development house that’s part of Chinese technology company NetEase. Nagoshi announced his departure from Yakuza publisher Sega in October last year, when it was first revealed he would be joining NetEase. A new staff page for Nagoshi Studio shows …
Nvidia Says RTX Studio Laptops Are 7x Faster Than MacBook Pro | Digital Trends
A new line of Studio laptops have been announced at Nvidia’s CES 2022 press conference . According to Jeff Fisher, Nvidia Senior Vice President of GeForce, they are seven times faster than Apple’s latest MacBook Pro in specific 3D design workflows. That’s quite a hefty claim, considering how powerful Apple’s new M1 Max MacBook Pros …
I had CPR after nearly drowning as a child. Here’s how I finally beat my fear of swimming
‘Someone help me, I’m going to die!’ I screamed. When I was nine years old, my friend and I were in our friend’s pool at her birthday party — I was always a decent swimmer from the mandatory lessons we were given in school. A friend at the time couldn’t swim, so I offered to …
CES 2022: Asus ROG Gaming Laptops, Desktops Refreshed With Updated Intel, AMD, Nvidia Hardware
Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16, Zephyrus G14, Strix SCAR, and Strix G Series laptops have been launched by the company at CES 2022. The new gaming laptops feature updated Intel and AMD processors, along with Nvidia and AMD GPUs, and run on Windows 11. The company also launched Asus Flow Z13 gaming tablet which runs …
Halo’s Xbox 360 servers are now offline
Halo’s Xbox 360 servers are now offline. “Online services for legacy Halo Xbox 360 titles have been discontinued,” confirmed a tweet from the Twitter account Halo Support just before the weekend. “The affected games will remain playable indefinitely, but some experiences will be impacted.” Affected games include Halo: Reach, Halo 4, Halo 3, Halo 3: …
Razer admits its masks aren’t N95 grade after all
Razer has removed all mention of its Zephyr and Zephyr Pro face masks having N95-grade protection from its website, and there’s a new addendum specifically clarifying that the masks aren’t N95-certified. As we noted in our hands-on review of the fancy mask from October, the Zephyr was originally billed as having N95-grade filters, which might’ve …
Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon review – once it clicks it really clicks
A microsurgical blending of genres results in a lovely balance of precision and chaos. Falling block puzzlers are the colourful, sugary, family-friendly games that often model what it’s like to be buried alive. Tetris panic, the screen filled up and the music racing: isn’t that fear you feel at this moment a little too primal …
Metals, private banks among Ajay Bagga’s top bets next week
Synopsis “There is a lot of noise from the domestic industry on the ferrous pricing, but overall our companies are placed well and they should do well this year on the metal pack.” PSUs will do well going into the budget. Top private sector banks, the top five will be the best plays for the …