The CMA expects comments from the interested parties (Microsoft and Activision Blizzard) by July 20th at the latest. The UK-based authority will decide whether to open a more in-depth Phase 2 investigation on September 1st. To assist it with this assessment, the CMA invites comments on the transaction from any interested party. On the US side, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been reviewing the case at least since early March, when both Microsoft and Activision Blizzard received a request for additional information and documentary material....

So, what’s coming with the update? The Iberian Peninsula includes Spain and Portugal, as well as Andorra, and Gibraltar. In total, players will be able to course through 583,000 square kilometers of wonderful landmarks, incredible sights, and marvelous buildings. You can take a look at the upcoming stunning visuals from the Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 8 below: The update allows players to explore coastal nooks of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, the heights of the Pyrenees, and the legendary architecture of Lisbon and Madrid....

Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith stated: CWA President Chris Shelton added: The labor neutrality agreement is based on the following five provisions. This seems to be part of Microsoft’s strategies to facilitate the successful closing of the $70 billion worthy deal with Activision Blizzard. The closing should take place before the end of June 2023, unless regulatory agencies like the FTC sue to block the deal.

Here are the key features for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak… The standard version of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak will set you back $40, while the Deluxe Edition, which includes bonus layered armor sets and other cosmetics, will set you back $50. Capcom will also be offering a Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak bundle that will include both the original game and the expansion (a physical version of this bundle will be available in Europe)....

As confirmed during today’s Digital Event, Title Update 1, game version 11, which brings new monsters like Lucent Nargacuga and Seething Bazelguese, the Forlorn Arena map, and more, will go live tomorrow, August 10th. Today’s Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Digital Event also confirmed other unannounced additions. Alongside the already mentioned Lucent Nargacuga and Seething Bazelguese, the new update will introduce Silver Rathalos and Golden Rathian, new Anomaly Quests sporting new Afflicted monsters, and new Anomaly Investigations, special quests whose level can be decided by the player, but details will be randomized....

The new footage, which has been shared online by the Monster Hunter Rise official Twitter profile, showcases Lunagaron, the new Fanged Wyvern that will make its debut in the expansion. The footage shows some of the monster’s attacks, including its true form which sees it standing on two legs. 長距離の移動や環境の変化にも耐えられるためその生息域は広範囲。ルナガロンの真の姿は、二足歩行時にあらわに。前脚を巧みに操り、「その爪で切り裂けぬものはない」と恐れられている。 予約受付中！https://t.co/rX5ltu7Bsv#モンハンライズ #MHサンブレイク pic.twitter.com/a3o3Aebbm0 — モンスターハンターライズ：サンブレイク公式 (@MH_Rise_JP) April 10, 2022 Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak promises to expand the Monster Hunter Rise experience considerably with a new home base, Elgado Outpost, new monsters like the Three Lords, and more....

The new footage, which has been shared on the Monster Hunter YouTube channel, showcases the Great Sword’s Strongarm Stance, the Insect Glaive’s Awakened Kinsect Attack, and the Hammer’s Impact Burst. As a Great Sword main, I am quite excited about Strongarm Stance, as it seems like it will make it easier to unleash True Charged Slashes more consistently. Starting this week, Capcom started showing more of the new Silkbind Attacks that will be included in the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak expansion....

MSI Kombo Strike For AM4 500-Series Motherboards Released: Up To 5% Performance Uplift & Undervolting Support For AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU Through BIOS Kombo Strike is a brand new feature that’s being introduced by MSI for its AM4 500-series boards. The feature comes packaged in the latest BIOS for MSI’s 500-series motherboards which not only add the Kombo Strike feature for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU but also unlock undervolting support for the chip....

MSI’s Next-Gen MEG Power Supply Series Is Fully ATX 3.0 Compliant & Can Sustain 3x Power Excursion Loads On Next-Gen GPUs We recently detailed the MSI MEG Ai1300P and ME Ai1000P Power Supply units which are being designed to be fully compliant with the ATX 3.0 standard. The new standard will be a must for PC builders who are looking to get next-gen components for their systems. As PCs get faster than ever, the power requirements are also going to go up and it’s not just the overall power consumption but systems need to have a proper power management system that can sustain both, the power excursions and transient power spikes, that will be over 2-3x the rated power spec....

Intel Z690 & B660 Motherboards Will Feature Support For Both AMD EXPO & XMP DDR5 Memory Kits One of the premier technology introduced for AMD’s upcoming AM5 platform is EXPO or Extended Profiles For Overclocking. The new EXPO profiles allow AM5 motherboards to offer the best & most optimized support for DDR5 memory kits with EXPO certification. But AM5 motherboards also have support for XMP baked within them and it’s not just AMD motherboards that get dual DDR5 DRAM support but also Intel....

Looking good! There really aren’t that many good arcade racers these days, so EA may be addressing an underserved niche here. Oh, and by the way, if you don’t like those animated flourishes (what EA is calling “tags”) you can choose to turn them off at any time for a more traditional-looking Need for Speed. — Need for Speed (@NeedforSpeed) October 11, 2022 Need to know more? Here are Need for Speed Unbound’s key features… “Race against time, outsmart the cops, and take on weekly qualifiers to reach The Grand, Lakeshore’s ultimate street racing challenge....

Netflix is Testing a New Password Sharing Plan That Charges $3 Above The Standard Fee The terms of service of Netflix do not include account sharing with multiple households. While the company did not pay much attention to the aspect in the past, it is now looking to add an additional fee (Bloomberg). This is due to the fact that the company is losing money. Apart from money, the company also lost its subscriber count for the first time in the past 10 years....

Android Still Holds the Lion Share of the Market, but iOS Governs More Than Quarter of It Now Back in 2018, Android had a market share of 77.32 percent, according to StockApps. Unfortunately, Google’s operating system has not been able to maintain that position because, in a time span of five years, the market share of the platform has decreased to 69.74 percent. While that is almost two-thirds of the entire market, these statistics reveal that perhaps Android handsets are not as coveted as before....

AMD SP5 For EPYC Genoa & Intel LGA 4677 For Xeon Sapphire Rapids-SP Server CPU Platforms Pictured, Insane VRM Designs To Handle Over 300 Watt Chips & Up To 32 DDR5 DIMMs The latest pictures come from Yuuki_AnS who has leaked out the full motherboard picture of AMD and Intel server platforms. Although we did get to see the AMD SP5 CPU socket a few weeks back, now we are getting to see the whole motherboard....

Meanwhile, even Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson made a u-turn on the topic. Three months ago he said NFTs would be the future of the games industry, whereas in the latest earnings call he downplayed their importance in the company’s plans, likely as a result of all the negativity directed to the aforementioned initiatives. The most recent stand taken against NFTs comes from indie games store itch.io. Just yesterday, the company created in 2013 by Leaf Corcoran called them out as a scam in a series of tweets....

ASUS ROG Swift 500 Hz Is An Insanely High Refresh Rate G-SYNC Gaming Display With NVIDIA’s Reflex Optimizer The ASUS ROG Swift monitor was the first to bring 360 Hz G-SYNC to E-Sports gamers. That display launched all the way back in 2020 so now, ASUS is doing it again & aiming for even bigger numbers. For their latest ROG Swift gaming display, the display maker has gone with an insanely high refresh rate of 500 Hz and aptly called it, the ROG Swift 500 Hz....

Custom MSI, EVGA and Colorful RTX 3090 Ti GPUs will sip close to 500 watts from the wall and come in 3.5 slot designs We will go the following RTX 3090 Ti custom editions: the MSI RTX 3090 SUPRIM X, EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FTW Ultra and Colorful RTX 3090 Ti BattleAx Deluxe. All of these cards have been leaked courtesy of Videocardz (here and here). The one thing all three have in common is a TDP of at least 450W....

NVIDIA’s RTX 6000 Is A Workstation Behemoth With 18,176 Cores, 48 GB Memory, 91 TFLOPs Compute Horsepower, and 300W TBP at $7350 US The NVIDIA RTX 6000 graphics card is aimed at the workstation segment and will utilize the Pro driver suite. It is not intended to be used for gaming though one can still game on it if they want since NVIDIA’s drivers are very flexible. One might easily get confused with the naming scheme of the new card but one should remember that the Ampere generation had an ‘A’ at the beginning of the model name whereas the Ada generation doesn’t feature any alphabets in the beginning....

NVIDIA 16-Pin Connector Burns Up! Melts The Power Connector On GeForce RTX 4090 Graphics Card Update #3: As more and more cases of burned 16-pin connectors pop up, NVIDIA and its AIBs have actively started working to get to the bottom of this issue and resolve it once and for all. You can read more on that here. 1 x ASUS TUF Gaming1 x MSI SUPRIM X Credits: @harukaze5719 https://t.co/3fWT7RbtFrhttps://t.co/Ou1PjJVaKm pic....

The new mod introduces full 60 FPS support, finally making the game run at a smoother framerate both in combat and outside. The vanilla PC version runs at 15 FPS in combat and in the menus, and at 30 FPS everywhere else, so the mod is a huge improvement that makes the game play and feel much better. Tsunamods shared a video showcasing Final Fantasy VII running with the 60 FPS, which is currently available in beta as of now....