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Here’s Nintendo’s official Pokémon Snap description… Pokémon Snap is the last of several games Nintendo previously confirmed would be coming to NSO eventually, so it will be interesting to see where we go from here. Will we get more N64 titles or is Nintendo winding down their offerings? The Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack offers N64 and Genesis games, as well as some exclusive DLC and original titles for $50 a year (only annual subscriptions are available)....

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Qualcomm and Samsung Relationship Strengthens as Samsung Becomes the Official Smartphone Partner for Snapdragon Pro Series ESL Today, Qualcomm has announced that Samsung is now the official smartphone partner for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Pro Series ESL. What does this mean? The events will be covered in Samsung branding across the board, and most of the competitors will be using Galaxy devices powered by Snapdragon chips. Qualcomm has announced that Snapdragon Pro Series competitors playing at Mobile Challenge and Mobile Masters levels will only use Samsung Galaxy devices approved by the competition....

Rambus Delivers PCIe 6.0 Interface Subsystem for High-Performance Data Centers and AI SoCs Press Release: Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced the availability of its PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 Interface Subsystem comprised of PHY and controller IP. The Rambus PCIe Express 6.0 PHY also supports the latest version of the Compute Express Link (CXL) specification, version 3.0. “The rapid advancement of AI/ML and data-intensive workloads are driving the continued evolution of data center architectures requiring ever higher levels of performance,” said Scott Houghton, general manager of Interface IP at Rambus....

Henderson said as much on Twitter some hours ago, although he didn’t provide any additional information about his concerns. “Not yet on NFS, but pretty worried about NFS to be honest”, Henderson tweeted as a reply to a question about the game. Although no further details were provided, the leaker did reveal that he has more information about the next WRC soon. “I’ll have lots of details on WRC later this week though....

Upon the game’s release back in April of 2020, we already covered an impressive video, showcasing the popular remake with Pascal “Marty McFly” Gilcher’s RayTraced Global Illumination shader, and today we wanted to share another graphical showcase of the game running in 8K resolution on an NVIDIA RTX 3090 GPU. Courtesy of German YouTube channel ‘Digital Dreams’, this 8K graphical showcase has Resident Evil 3 Remake running on PC with the creator’s own custom Ray Tracing ReShade preset based on the above-mentioned ReShade shader from Marty McFly” Gilcher....

First off, if you’ve missed the livestream, you’ll be able to watch it below. Now, onto what’s been announced at the Showcase. The show began with the Spatial Ops Open Beta, which can be downloaded right now. This game runs through the SideQuest VR software, supports 1 to 8 players, and allows players to create digital maps alongside their physical surroundings, doing battle within them. You can see a trailer of Spatial Ops in action below....

Added FSR 2, DLSS 2, and XeSS to the RTCW path tracer over the weekend! Wanted to tackle something easier after working on the path tracing side. When a user asked Wijetunga about the release date of the Return to Castle Wolfenstein path tracing mod, the AMD Graphics Engineer said: I’m hoping to have something out by late next year. It’s mostly a solo effort, so progress is a bit slow....

Here’s more detail on what you can expect from Returnal: Ascension, courtesy of Housemarque: Returnal is available now on PS5. Ascension arrives on March 22 as part of the free 3.0 update. What do you think? Eager to share the pain with a friend? By accessing the Chronosis portal near the crash landing (and in other select parts of the game), you’ll have the option to either host or join a public cycle....

Bitcoin (BTC), the veritable ringleader among all cryptocurrencies, is currently facing a trifecta of distinct headwinds, consisting of a backlash over BTC’s carbon footprint, increasingly stringent regulatory posture, and the supposed role of cryptocurrencies in undermining the sanctions regime on Russia. Collectively, these headwinds have served to dampen the overall euphoria not just in Bitcoin but also in the entire crypto space. Of course, as we had noted in a dedicated post, a large proportion of Bitcoin miners are increasingly pivoting toward green energy sources, thereby reducing the carbon footprint of the world’s premier cryptocurrency....

As mentioned, Saints Row offers a surprisingly extensive array of visual modes on Xbox Series X and PS5 – five in total, with the option to turn ray-traced ambient occlusion on or off in two of them (essentially boosting the number of modes to seven). Here are your options… 1080p Max Framerate 1080p Ultra Quality (with RTAO on or off) 1440p High Framerate 1440p High Quality (with RTAO on or off) 2160p 4K...

Sure, some Android manufacturers have tried to mock Dynamic Island through software. Samsung has decided to take things a step further and used a similar method of customizing your lock screen, the method that looks very similar to the one that we see on iOS 16/iPhone 14 phones. iOS 16 Cloning in Full Swing as Samsung Also Jumps the Bandwagon The similarity was spotted by Vaibhav Jain who shared the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra next to the iPhone 14 Pro Max, and yes, we can spot the similarities....

Samsung Confirms Galaxy S22 Event For February, Shares First Teaser of the Device Samsung’s TM Roh shared Samsung’s very first teaser for the Galaxy S22 series. He looked back at the Galaxy Note lineup as well as the Galaxy Z lineup and says that this year the company will bring “noteworthy” changes to the Galaxy S series which will “bring together the greatest experiences of Samsung Galaxy into one ultimate device....

Save $120 on Apple’s Fantastic AirPods Max in Every Color Compared to regular AirPods, the Max are premium headphones for those love nothing but the best listening experience. But, you do get a lot of great features compared to other headphones in this price range, including noise cancelling, premium materials and a design which you won’t find anywhere else. Buy Apple AirPods Max Wireless Over-Ear Headphones - Was $549, now just $429 At the core, the AirPods Max feature the amazing and legendary device pairing and switching....

Google to Take Advantage of Samsung’s 4nm Technology, the Same Process Which Forced Qualcomm to Jump Ship to TSMC With Google going back to Samsung for the second-generation Tensor SoC, DDaily reports that the upcoming silicon will be mass produced on the Korean giant’s 4nm process. The first-generation Tensor was made using Samsung’s 5nm architecture, so this will be considered an upgrade of sorts. Mass production is expected to start in June, according to the Korean publication, but there is no mention of when the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will officially launch....

Well-known hacker and dataminer Lance McDonald revealed on Twitter that he managed to get P.T. running on a non-jailbroken, fully updated PlayStation 5 console. He managed to do so by transferring a hacked PlayStation 4 emulator from a jailbroken PlayStation 5. — Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) October 17, 2022 After sharing the short video embedded above, Lance McDonald has also gone live on Twitch to showcase the Silent Hill P.T. demo running on PlayStation 5....

Snapchat Cheerio Selfie Drone Could Actually Release in Near Future Snapchat 11.66.0.20 Beta comes with several new stubs of strings that mention a feature/product named “cheerios” and well, XDA has mentioned that this codename has already been a part of strings for some time now. Looking at the strings, it is safe to say that it actually does sound like a drone. Additionally, a report by The Information from last year also hinted at the existence of a selfie drone....

Sniper Elite 5 is set in 1944 France, with the events taking place right around D-Day (itself placed in the middle of the main plot). The franchise’s main protagonist Karl Fairburne returns once more as part of a US Ranger Unit tasked with taking down searchlight posts and gathering information from some contacts within the French Resistance movement. The intel uncovered reveals a larger Nazi plan is afoot, though. Known only as Project Kraken, the plan involves a surprise attack on US soil that could change the outcome of D-Day and indeed, World War II as a whole....

The world of Sonic Frontiers brings to mind Zelda: Breath of the Wild, or perhaps the Xenoblade Chronicles games, with plenty of large structures to climb and even puzzles to solve. That said, this is still a Sonic game, as the blue hedgehog moves around at a nice clip (to the point it causes a bit of pop-in) and tons of classic elements – springboards, rails, balloons, ect. – are still scattered around the world....

Update 1.04 adds features to the Sonic & Knuckles sound test, fixes mismatches in the Museum for certain tracks included in the Classic Music pack, and addresses an issue in Sonic 2 where Tails was unable to rejoin Sonic after going offscreen. Added features to the “Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles” sound test Fixed track mismatches in the Museum for certain music tracks included in the Classic Music Pack Corrected an issue in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 where Tails goes off-screen and is unable to rejoin Additional bug fixes @TailsChannel provided some additional information on the new Sonic & Knuckles sound test features introduced in the Sonic Origins 1....