Month: September 2023 - Page 21

Sep 15 2023

Lessons Learned From Cyberpunk 2077’s Terrible Launch And Hands-On With Phantom Liberty

18 minutes of reading / agile, Meta, Tech / By Comkex

This feature originally appeared in issue 359 of Game Informer magazine The 2020 launch of Cyberpunk 2077 was terrible. Anticipation reached a point that no reasonable game could meet. Cyberpunk could have potentially grappled with those lofty expectations, but the major problem was its technical proficiency – or lack thereof. Despite the game getting good…

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Sep 15 2023

Battle Crush Coming To Switch, Beta Announced For October

1 minute of reading / Tech / By Comkex

NCSoft has announced that Battle Crush, its upcoming battle royale brawler, is coming to Nintendo Switch in addition to the previously known PC and mobile release. On top of that, the company revealed that all versions will receive a closed beta test next month, complete with crossplay. In Battle Crush, players choose a character and fight to…

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Sep 15 2023

Microsoft to offer Oracle cloud database on Azure

3 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, Cloud, compliance, Database, Microsoft, Oracle, Oracle Cloud, Tech / By Comkex

Ahead of next week’s Oracle CloudWorld in Las Vegas, Oracle and Microsoft have announced Oracle Database@Azure. This is said to give direct access to Oracle database services running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and deployed in Microsoft Azure datacentres. It also opens up Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI services to Oracle customers. “Our expanded partnership with Oracle…

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Sep 15 2023

Everything We Learned About Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty And Update 2.0 During Today’s Night City Wire

5 minutes of reading / Tech / By Comkex

Today, CD Projekt Red announced during a special Night City Wire that Cyberpunk 2077’s Update 2.0 will go live on September 21, for free, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. It also revealed new cinematics, gameplay and music details, and more about Cyberpunk 2077’s upcoming expansion, Phantom Liberty, which is out September 26.…

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Sep 15 2023

How Is Solar Ash On Switch?

1 minute of reading / Tech / By Comkex

Solar Ash – from Heart Machine, the creators of Hyper Light Drifter and the upcoming Hyper Light Breaker – released in 2021 for PlayStation 4 and 5 and PC. Today, the game comes to Xbox Series X/S (via Game Pass) and more curiously, Nintendo Switch. This video is meant to answer the question, how is…

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Sep 15 2023

Unity Closes Two Offices Today Following Death Threats

1 minute of reading / Tech, Unity Technologies / By Comkex

Bloomberg reports that two Unity Technologies Inc. offices closed today following a “credible death threat” amidst ongoing controversy regarding a new per-install fee implemented for developers using Unity. The company also canceled a planned town hall, according to Bloomberg. Two days ago, Unity revealed plans to charge developers using the Unity video game engine a per-install fee…

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Sep 15 2023

ASRock’s Low-Profile Arc A310 Fits Every PC and Every Budget

2 minutes of reading / Intel, Tech / By Comkex

ASRock this week has introduced an Intel Arc-based A310 Low Profile 4 GB graphics card. Aimed at the lower power/size/cost portion of the video card market, the entry-level A310 card carries a cut-down ACM-G11 GPU with 768 stream processors operating at 2.0 GHz and a 64-bit memory interface that connects 4 GB of GDDR6. And…

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Sep 15 2023

Supergiant Games Announces Hades II Early Access Starts Next Year

3 minutes of reading / Tech / By Comkex

Supergiant Games, the company behind Hades and Bastion, has revealed that it will launch Hades II into Early Access in the second quarter of 2024 on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. The company stopped short of revealing a concrete date, though. Supergiant announced Hades II during The Video Game Awards 2022 last…

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Sep 15 2023

Zelda, Ganondorf Amiibo Out This November, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 And Sora Amiibo Out Next Year

2 minutes of reading / Tech / By Comkex

During today’s Nintendo Direct, the company announced release dates and windows for some highly anticipated Amiibo figures, namely, the Zelda and Ganondorf Amiibo for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the Noah and Mio Amiibo for Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and the Kingdom Hearts Sora Amiibo for his inclusion on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate…

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Sep 15 2023

Vanillaware, The Dev Behind 13 Sentinels, Announces Tactical Fantasy RPG Unicorn Overlord

2 minutes of reading / Tech / By Comkex

Vanillaware released 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim in 2020, and it was a bit of a sleeper hit. However, this team is also behind other games like Dragon’s Crown and Odin Sphere. Now, Vanillaware has announced Unicorn Overlord, a new tactical fantasy RPG, and it launches March 8 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4…

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