Podcast 'Echoes of Valhalla' delves into the Viking history behind Assassin's Creed Valhalla
In context: When it comes to the Assassin's Creed franchise, Ubisoft likes to share the real history behind the games. The developers spend considerable amounts of time researching time periods to ensure their depictions of customs, dress, weapons, events, and other things that go into the game are accurate.
On Monday, Ubisoft announced that it released a five-part podcast on Spotify that delves into Viking history. The series titled "Echoes of Valhalla" is something of a supplemental for the upcoming game Assassin's
Bing is now Microsoft Bing as the search engine gets new branding, updated logo
What just happened? Microsoft on Monday updated its Bing search branding and rolled out a new look for the product that better “reflects the continued integration” of search experiences across Microsoft’s product family.
Jordi Ribas, a corporate vice president at Microsoft, noted that as the Redmond-based tech firm expands the ways in which people can use Bing , they felt some differentiation was in order. As such, the search engine product will now be known formally as Microsoft Bing (rather than simply Bing).
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Cyberpunk 2077 has gone gold
What just happened? After two delays and years of development, Cyberpunk 2077 is finally just around the corner: in a few short weeks, players will be walking the streets of Night City in this long-awaited sci-fi RPG from CD Projekt Red. Today, the game has officially "gone gold," meaning it's content complete, mostly polished, and ready to ship out on discs.
Unfortunately for CD Projekt Red's workers, reaching this point hasn't been easy.
Apple seeks $23 million in damages from contracted recycler for reselling obsolete devices
In a nutshell: Apple reportedly filed a lawsuit against a Canadian recycling firm in January for stealing and reselling more than 100,000 obsolete devices. The recycler was supposed to destroy the products and retrieve resources like cobalt for reuse, but instead sold them to "downstream" resellers for refurbishing.
The Logic notes that Ontario-based recycler GEEP was contracted by Apple to collect old iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches and safely dispose of them. Reuseable materials were to be returned to Apple's suppliers
Zeiss' full-frame ZX1 mirrorless camera appears on B&H Photo
In a nutshell: The ZX1, if you recall, packs a 37.4-megapixel full-frame image sensor with an ISO range of 80 – 51,200 and is mated to a 35mm f/2 Zeiss Distagon T lens. Around back, you’ll find a spacious 4.34-inch touchscreen LCD (1,28
Someone installed Crysis 3 on a GeForce RTX 3090's VRAM
Editor's take: RAM drives were sort of popular among enthusiasts back in the days of spinning hard drives but now that we have speedy flash memory, there’s not much of a need for them.
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3090 includes a massive 24GB VRAM buffer, which as Steven pointed out in his recent review of the “Titan” class card, could be highly beneficial in workstation environments. As it turns out, it also has plenty of other uses if you are willing
Nest Audio reviews show this $99 smart speaker is a hit
Regal Cinemas is closing in the US again due to pandemic
What just happened? Cineworld, the UK theater company that owns American movie theater chain Regal Cinemas, is temporarily closing its theaters in the UK and the US due to the pandemic. Cineworld confirmed on Monday it will be suspending operations at all of its 536 Regal theaters in the US effective October 8, 2020.
Movie theaters were among those hardest hit by pandemic shutdown measures in mid-March. Many have since reopened , albeit with social distancing measures in place. But the issue has been compounded
EA is preparing a remaster of 2010's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Something to look forward to: Hardcore Need for Speed fans probably remember 2010's Hot Pursuit as one of the last great installments in the racing franchise that could still teach the latest entries a thing or two about cop chases. To EA, the decade-old classic now seems ripe for a remaster, which is what it has been teasing players with over the weekend.
Update: Now confirmed , arrives November 6. Check out the reveal trailer .
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