Why it matters: Are you looking forward to seeing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla running at 60fps in glorious true 4K on the Xbox Series X? You might want to reel in your expectations. Developer Ubisoft has confirmed that in its current state, the game will “run at least 30fps.”

One of the Xbox Series X’s supposed flagship features is the ability to run games in a 4K resolution at 60 fps. We’ve also heard of titles able to run at

A hot potato: Elon Musk, never one for obeying authorities, thinks his latest act of defiance could land him in jail. The Tesla boss said production at the company’s Fremont, California factory was restarting, going “against Alameda County rules.” Musk added that if anyone is arrested for this action, it should be him.

Musk yesterday tweeted that the factory was opening. “I will be on the line with everyone else,” he wrote in his post. “If anyone is arrested, I

In brief: We probably don't need to tell you that Steam's annual Summer Sale will take place again this year -- it's expected at this point, and Valve has never missed an opportunity to bombard its users with deals. Just as predictably, the sale's exact beginning and end dates have been leaked ahead of time courtesy of SteamDB.

SteamDB developer Pavel Djundik confirmed that 2020's Steam Summer Sale will kick off on June 25, with an end date scheduled

In context: Doom launched on December 10, 1993, and while the team at id Software knew they had something special on their hands, they had no way of knowing just how important the seminal first-person shooter would prove over the coming weeks, months, years and even decades.

In short, Doom and the cast of early characters involved in the game including John Romero and John Carmack have since become gods in the world of game development. Their code, legendary.

In context: Bethesda hasn't exactly been the most well-loved game developer in the world in recent times. Since the disastrous launch of Fallout 76, the company has lost some credibility in the eyes of its fanbase, despite its above-average track record with past single-player RPGs.

Indeed, this potential fall from grace is something Bethesda seemed to anticipate when it first revealed Fallout 76 to the world. Clearly expecting fan backlash following the announcement that Fallout 76 would be a multiplayer-only

In a nutshell: Ubisoft is holding an "E3-style" digital conference on July 12 at 12pm PST. The event is called Ubisoft Forward and will showcase updates for upcoming announced games as well as unveil some "exciting" new titles.

Because of the coronavirus outbreak, many industry gatherings were canceled or postponed this year, including E3. To make up for it, publishers and studios have been scheduling virtual events to hype up their wares.

Geoff Keighley organized a "Summer Game Fest"

The big picture: Researchers from Microsoft’s Threat Protection Intelligence Team are working with Intel Labs to further explore the use of deep learning to help fight malware. Through static analysis, most threats can be caught before they can even run.

Building on an earlier joint effort , the two are now attempting to tackle malware classification as a computer vision task through an approach known as static malware-as-image network analysis ( STAMINA ). By plotting malware binaries as grayscale images, textural and structural patterns can be analyzed and

Why it matters: Medical professionals are at the greatest risk of contracting infectious diseases, especially during a pandemic. Google's partnership with Mount Sinai Hospital will allow nurses to limit physical contact with patients while still being able to monitor vitals and respond to patient needs.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, medical professionals have had to ensure proper protection to avoid contracting the disease. However, this means using personal protective equipment (PPE) that may be in limited supply. Google has partnered with Mount Sinai Hospital to deploy

Forward-looking: According to a research paper by Sony Interactive Entertainment's Kazuyuki Arimatsu and Hideki Mori, the console maker may be looking to implement full hand articulation in a future PlayStation VR (PSVR) controller. The company even posted a proof-of-concept video demonstrating the technology with an early prototype (below).

Sony researchers presented a paper titled, "Evaluation of Machine Learning Techniques for Hand Pose Estimation on Handheld Device with Proximity Sensor" at the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in