Back in 1985, Nintendo released Super Marios Bros; at the time there were variations of the game that included sticker seals before moving to shrink wrap – these are known as “Black Box” variants. According to Wata Games, the sticker seals were only used for test market launch from 1985 through March 1986 in New…
The Division 2 Endgame (Finally?!)
After lessons learned from The Division, Ubisoft is set to bring us the upcoming sequel: The Division 2 in just under 6 weeks. Fully built with the endgame experience in mind, Ubisoft is hoping to add a constant stream of content, including raids, co-op and pvp. Release Date: March 15, 2019 Summary: Washington D.C. is…
AV Mixer for Live Streaming
Whether you’re an aspiring live streamer or seasoned pro, the quality of your broadcast can help retain viewers and get those sub button clicks. That’s the motivation behind the new VR-1HD by Roland. With a price tag of about $1500 US, it’s surprisingly more affordable than comparable mixers – don’t get me wrong, there are…
AR: The “New” World
The concept of augmented reality appeared in the year 1901 when author L. Frank Baum wrote in his novel The Master Key, the idea of AR; to which electronic glasses mapped data onto people through a “character maker” device. A more recent example of AR technology is the game “Pokemon Go” which was released in…
The Final Frontier
Into spaceflight? spaceflightnow.com is a website dedicated to global space programs, including a list of all planned orbital missions and reports. Coincidentally, there’s a launch happening today from Japan: Global spaceflight launch schedule: https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
Gamer Movies: Mortal Kombat (1995)
Inspired by the original 1992 Mortal Kombat game with elements and characters from Mortal Kombat II, the film follows Lui Kang, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade on a journey to save Earth vs. the Outworld. Led by Lord Raiden (Christopher Lambert), the god of thunder, the group participates in a tournament to combat the forces…
Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse Siege Maps Preview
Intrepid Studios released a preview of the Castle Siege maps that will be added to standalone battle royale Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse. “We glide through the Castle Korgan previously owned by the Aelan humans and Castle Milnar constructed by the great Dünzenkell dwarves. Once great lands, they are now battlefields in the Apocalypse.” This past…
Amazon Game Studios’ MMO: New World Updates
Announced in 2016, the New World is an open world sandbox MMO, set in alternate 17th century colonial America, where superstition is fact and monsters are real. Designed by Amazon Game Studios with the Twitch customer in mind. By combining the cloud, game engine and Twitch technologies, the player, broadcaster and viewer are able to…
Ashes of Creation Beta this Weekend (Jan 11 – Jan 13)
FROM ASHES TO EMPIRES. YOUR PATH WILL SHAPE THE WORLD. Ashes of Creation is an upcoming MMORPG developed by Inteprid Studios If you didn’t have a chance to participate in the Ashes of Creation Apocalypse in December, you’re in luck; Intrepid announced another beta test starting today! Official AoC Discord “Join us for our Ashes…
AMD Announces World’s First 7nm Gaming GPU
At CES 2019, AMD announced the release of it’s 2nd gen Vega architecture. The company says the new GPU is able to compete with Nvidia’s RTX 2080 and offers 25 percent more performance than the previous generation cards in titles such as Fortnite, Dead May Cry 5 and The Division 2. Here are the press…