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Once an internal startup within Google before becoming its own independent entity in 2015, Niantic rose to fame thanks to its patented Real World technology (later renamed Lightship) that melds real-world locations with augmented reality game experiences. The first successful game released by Niantic was Ingress, though Pokémon GO was the real breakout hit for AR mobile games, smashing all kinds of player spending records. It has since spawned a whole genre, and even the likes of CD Projekt RED attempted to dip into the AR craze with Spokko’s The Witcher: Monster Slayer....

The upcoming title will have lots to offer players in the form of expansive maps, new mechanics and missions, and more. Fulqrum Publishing also released a new Dev Diary to talk about these brand-new changes. You can watch that Dev Diary below. Andrey Geleta, one of the game’s designers, reveals that the title intends to expand and improve the game to the point where players themselves decide how missions are approached....

Micron now offers reliable QoS and industry-leading form factors to assist the needs of high-processing data center workloads The new data center SSD possesses Micron’s industry-leading NAND, which contains 176 layers of storage cells and verified CMOS-under-the-array technology to provide an ultra-efficient technique. Integrated with Micron’s DRAM, internally developed SoC, and associated firmware, this vertically integrated SSD boosts the company to reply to customers’ immediate needs in the market and helps preserve device security....

Microsoft DirectStorage 1.1 API Tested On Sabrent’s Rocket 4 Plus-G PCIe Gen4 SSD Back in August, Sabrent introduced its brand new Rocket Plus-G PCIe Gen4 SSDs for PC & console gamers. These SSDs are specifically optimized for Microsoft’s DirectStorage API which aims to bring console-level loading times to the PC platform. Microsoft also introduced GPU decompression with its v1.1 of the DirectStorage API which will be shipping with the latest AAA titles such as Forspoken in early 2023....

Here’s the complete changelog of Windows Build 25126 Windows 11 Preview Build 25126: Fixes Windows 11 Build 25126: Known issues For more details, head over to the official blog post. This update will allow you to view all supported Microsoft 365 Office products licensed to your account and you can view details about your product or install Office by clicking the “View Details” button. This information is shown on the Microsoft account management page and you will now be able to view these datils in Windows 11 via Settings > Accounts as shown in the above screenshot, starting with this build....

The phone features the Samsung HP1 200-megapixel sensor that was launched last year and it can opt to use all 200-megapixel as individual 0.64 micro pixels. It also uses Samsung’s ChameleonCell pixel-binning tech to group 4 or 16 pixels into a single, larger pixel. These two configurations turn the ISOCELL into a 50-megapixel sensor with 1.28-micron pixels or a 12.5-megapixel sensor with 2.56-micro pixels. The Motorola X30 Pro is Easily One of the Most Powerful Devices to Come Out This Year Other specs are not shoddy, either....

MSI’s SFF Intel Arc A380 LP Graphics Card Pictured, Entry-Level Design Without Power Connectors The Intel Arc A380 graphics card from MSI sticks with the reference specifications in a custom low-profile form factor. The card features a custom PCB designed specifically for SFF (Small Form Factor) PCs. So far, we have seen Arc AIB designs from GUNNIR and ASRock. The GPU is based on the Alchemist ACM-G11 SKU, featuring 8 Xe-Cores or 1024 ALUs clocked at 2000 MHz....

MSI’s Top Brass of X570 Motherboards First To Recieve AMD AGESA 1.2.0.7 BIOS FIrmware, Fixes fTPM Issues Once And For All MSI did fulfill its promise of offering AMD AGESA 1.2.0.7 BIOS firmware later this month and now the top tier MEG X570 motherboards have finally received the update. As of right now, the four top MSI boards including the MEG X570 GODLIKE, MEG X570S ACE MAX, MEG X570 ACE and the MEG X570S Unify-X have received the BIOS which can be found in the download links provided below (MSI’s official Google Drive Repository): As for the updates, the first and most important is the AMD AGESA 1....

The platform fighter developed by Player First Games has been available to the public for over a week. While the game feels quite balanced, some characters are considerably better than the others in 1 versus 1 and 2 versus 2 and free-for-all modes, so those who want the best shot at winning in a highly competitive setting will need to pick between a few strong characters. As with any fighting game, it’s not impossible to win at a high level with any character, only that the tools that low-tier characters have or do not have make it more difficult for them to win if the players’ skills are evenly matched....

Courtesy of Game Informer, this new exclusive PlayStation 5 gameplay highlights the game’s unique and fast-paced combat while also showing some impressive visuals. Granted, with all the alpha effects and particles flying around, the game’s framerate does take a dive, and we hope that Square Enix and developer Luminous Productions find a way to resolve the performance drops before the game launches later this year. Check out the new gameplay footage down below:...

These include File Explorer improvements, support for Emoji 14.0 (that melting face emoji is melting our hearts!), support for Microsoft Edge tabs in snap assist and ALT + TAB, and more. Windows 11 Insider Build 22563: what’s new Changes and Improvements in Build 22563 Windows 11 Preview Build 22563: Fixes For more details and known issues, head over to the official blog post. There are two states of this taskbar: collapsed and expanded....

As said, this new patch packs various fixes and improvements for quests, visuals, and gameplay. In addition, it includes platform-specific fixes, including a fix for an issue on the PC version which caused FPS drops when exiting menus. One of the most interesting changes, however, has been included at the bottom of the official release notes – support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.1 on PC and next-gen consoles. Whether this means that FSR 2....

The recent spectacular pump in the price of Ethereum (ETH) is largely a function of the hype that has been consistently building around the upcoming merge event and the oft-repeated prognosis that the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is about to turn into an almost perfect deflationary asset in a world beset by raging inflation. However, as with almost all things in life, the reality is much more nuanced....

TechPowerUp’s GPU-Z update will attempt to limit leaks about NVIDIA GPU engineering samples New updates will allow for more prevented information leaked to the public, at least in theory. The website has also chosen to grant GPU-Z its web domain (www.gpu-z.com) so that it can relieve any issues for administrators and ease the blocking of networks. With this new implementation by TechPowerUP’s monitoring tool, board partners and third parties cannot validate GPU-Z submissions or BIOS info to the website’s lofty database....

So, like always, we’ll start this article with the list of games that are going to be added to the service. This week, several Electronic Arts games are going to be added to the GFN catalog in celebration of this week’s GFN Thursday. Anno 1404 - History Edition (Steam) Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread (Steam) Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark (Steam and Epic Games Store) Need for Speed HEAT (Steam and Origin) Plants vs....

NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4060 Ti & RTX 4060 “Rumored” Specifications & Performance Revealed, Could Offer Faster Performance Than RTX 3080 Update: This rumor has been confirmed as nothing more than fake information being spread by FCL. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4060 will be aimed at the sweet spot pricing between $300-$500 US. Both of these graphics cards are expected to launch on the latest Ada Lovelace graphics architecture....

NVIDIA’s Jeff Fisher To Host Computex 2022 Keynote on 23rd March: Featuring Latest Products & Tech For Gamers The NVIDIA Computex 2022 keynote will go live a few hours after AMD’s keynote which happens the same day but at 2 PM PDT. NVIDIA’s keynote will take place between 8 PM till 9 PM PDT. The company has announced 6 representatives who will be present at the event which includes: Ian Buck, Vice President of Accelerated Computing Brian Kelleher, Senior Vice President, Hardware Engineering Ying Yin Shih, Director of Product Management, Accelerated Computing Michael Kagan, Chief Technology Officer Deepu Talla, Vice President of Embedded and Edge Computing Jeff Fisher, Senior Vice President of GeForce...

Created by YouTuber ‘RwanLink’, this fan remake of 1998’s N64 Zelda installment shows the series’ iconic Lake Hylia running in Epic’s upcoming new graphic engine, and boy, does this video has fans (me included) thirsting for a proper remake on the current-gen hardware. “The goal of this series is to reimagine these different environments as if they exist in real life using the Unreal Engine 5 and also to become a better artist in general", the Unreal Engine and 3D artist writes....

The OnePlus 10T measures at 6.7-inches and includes a 120Hz FHD+ AMOLED display that has a center hole-punch camera and an optical fingerprint scanner for unlocking your phone. The latest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor is powering the device and it is paired with 8, 12, and 16 gigs of RAM along with 128/256 gigs of UFS 3.1 storage. The OnePlus 10T is an Incremental but a Worthy Upgrade Over the Predecessor Fans of Alert Slider will be sad as the OnePlus 10T becomes the first flagship to get rid of the slider, and that is because the removal has allowed the company to add a larger battery with faster charging methods on this device....

Reliable Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station has claimed that OnePlus will be revealing a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 smartphone at the end of this year. The leaker has also asserted that the new OnePlus phone is going to be focusing on performance. OnePlus is Seemingly Preparing a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Sporting Device You can look at the machine-translated screenshot below that explains the existence of the device: It is also important to know that at the moment, there is no word on what the phone could be....