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- Intel's H310 motherboard chipset now comes with an integrated
GeForce GTX 1650 GPU - Have you ever thought of buying a
motherboard having a discrete GPU ? Worry not, because a Chinese
motherboard vendor Zeal-All
has recently revealed its new ZA-KB1650 motherboard,
featuring an Intel LGA1151 CPU socket and the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
GPU in a single package.
- Comprehensive Core i9-10900K Review Leaked - A
comprehensive review of the Intel Core i9-10900K 10-core/20-thread
processor by Chinese tech publication TecLab leaked to the web on
video sharing site bilibili. Its testing data reveals that Intel
has a fighting chance against the Ryzen 9 3900X both in gaming- and
non-gaming tasks despite a deficit of 2 cores; whereas the much pricier
Ryzen 9 3950X only enjoys leads in multi-threaded synthetic- or
productivity benchmarks. Much of Intel's performance leads are
attributed to a fairly high core-count, significantly higher clock
speeds than the AMD chips, and improved boosting algorithms, such as
Thermal Velocity Boost helping the chip out in gaming tests. Where
Intel loses hard to AMD is power-draw and energy-efficiency. TecLab
tested the three chips with comparable memory- and identical graphics
setups.
- Epic Offering Partial Refunds for Purchasing Games Before They
Go on Sale - A tweet
from Joshua Boggs indicates Epic Games is now offering partial
refunds to those who buy games from the Epic Games Store shortly
before those games go on sale. The store has not posted an official
refund policy, but Joshua, who is founder of Studio MayDay, posted the
following email he received after one of his recent purchases went on
sale: Hi Joshua,You recently placed orders from the Epic Games Store.
The
price of the game(s) you purchased were recently lowered, so we are
issuing partial refunds for the difference(s).
- Kerbal Space Program Free Update in July - Private
Division and European Space Agency announce a free Shared Horizons
update coming on July 1st to Kerbal Space Program for Windows. The
console versions of the space sim will get this update later this year.
- Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Released - Grey
Dog Software announces the release of Total Extreme Wrestling
2020, the first new installment in their series of wrestling
promoter games since the release of Total Extreme Wrestling 2016. You
can get a look at the game in this trailer
and pick up a copy exclusively through the official
website.
- Enlisted Interview - WW2 Campaigns, Next-Gen Ports, Battle
Royale, Release Plans - Speaking with SegmentNext in a recent interview,
publisher Gaijin Entertainment CEO Anton Yudintsev confirmed that
Enlisted should officially release for everyone later in the year.
Yudintsev also discussed why only certain campaigns from World War 2
have been used in the game, what improvements are being rolled out for
the enemy AI, additional modes in the pipelines, microtransactions,
release plans, and such.
- Jazz Jackrabbit total conversion mod for Doom 2 - BassSlapper89
has released a pretty cool total conversion mod for the
classic Doom 2 game. Jazz Jackrabbit Doom TC is basically a fan
game
based on the Jazz Jackrabbit game in the Doom Engine, and you can
download it right now. Jazz Jackrabbit Doom TC features a first-person
perspective. Moreover, it features sprites for enemies and weapons from
the Jazz Jackrabbit game.
- Fallout New Vegas Remake in Fallout 4, Fallout 4: New Vegas -
The team behind the Fallout New Vegas Remake in Fallout 4, Fallout 4:
New Vegas has released a brand new gameplay video. This video shows the
main protagonist roaming the roads and talking to Oliver Swanick. It
also shows the dialogue menu and reload animation. Fallout 4: New Vegas
aims to recreate Obsidian Entertainment's Fallout: New Vegas in Fallout
4's Creation Engine. This mod will come with all of the original
quests, story and content. Furthermore, it will have additional
gameplay elements and systems from the new and improved engine. There
is currently no ETA on when Fallout 4 New Vegas will come out. Still,
the good news is that a) the team has a real passion for this project
and b) it has not received any C&D letter from Bethesda.
- Nintendo Wii U Emulator CEMU Version 1.19.0 - The team
behind the best Nintendo WiiU emulator, CEMU, released a brand new
version of it. Version
1.19.0 adds option to allow async shader & pipeline compilation
under Vulkan. Moreover, it brings a number of fixes for the Vulkan API.
Alongside these Vulkan improvements, version 1.19.0 brings minor
compatibility and misc improvements. Moreover, the new version fixes
some lighting issues in some games.
- Ubisoft Sues Apple, Google Over Alibaba's Rainbow Six 'Ripoff'
- According to a recent report from Bloomberg,
Ubisoft has sued Google and Apple for hosting Alibaba’s ‘Area F2’ which
is claimed to be a near-identical clone of Rainbox Six: Siege. For the
unaware, Area
F2 is a game published by Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd’s Ejoy.com
which was released in the U.S. late last month. Ubisoft alleges that
the game is a “near carbon copy” of Rainbow
Six: Siege and that can’t “seriously be disputed.” The
original game has over 55 million registered players around the world,
according to Ubisoft’s copyright infringement lawsuit and it’s played
by over 3 million people each day. Rainbow Six: Siege (R6S) is also
played as a competitive “esport” and has both professional and
semi-professional teams competing for millions of dollars in prizes. In
a statement regarding the matter, Ubisoft said, “R6S is among the most
popular competitive multiplayer games in the world, and is among
Ubisoft’s most valuable intellectual properties…Virtually every aspect
of AF2 is copied from R6S, from the operator selection screen to the
final scoring screen, and everything in between.” Due to this, the
company had previously notified Apple and Google that Area F2 is
infringing its copyrights, but the companies refused to remove the game
from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
- Gamescom 2020 digital event set for August 27 to 30 - The
all-digital version of Gamescom 2020 will run from August 27 to 30,
event organizers Koelnmesse and Game – The German Games Industry
Association announced. The digital
Gamescom, which will replace the physical event that
was cancelled
due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, will feature a variety of shows,
a “greatly expanded” Gamescom Now platform as a content hub for all the
latest information, and a Devcom Digital Conference for game developers
and other trade visitors. Opening Night Live, the kickoff show hosted
by Geoff Keighley and previously planned for August 24, will now happen
on August 27.
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