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  1. AlphaAtlas

    Ace Combat 7 Will Get a New Trailer Every Two Days

    Bandai Namco just announced the promotional schedule for Ace Combat 7, and surprisingly, the game is set to get a new trailer approximately every two days, starting today. Today's trailer introduces the F-15C Eagle, and each subsequent trailer will showcase a different aircraft. Unfortunately...
  2. AlphaAtlas

    Halo TV Series Allegedly Delayed After Director Steps Down

    Showtime's Halo adaptation has allegedly been delayed after the Rupert Wyatt stepped down as the director and executive producer of the series. Wyatt cited "changes to the production schedule of Halo" as his reason for leaving, and as is typical with such departures, he left the project on a...
  3. AlphaAtlas

    Rockstar Intends to Address Red Dead Redemption 2's Economy

    While Red Dead Redemption 2's Online Multiplayer Beta is functioning as intended, more or less, Rockstar is facing backlash for the heavy grind the game subjects players to. Multiplayer mission rewards and loot selling prices are comically small compared to their counterparts in single player...
  4. AlphaAtlas

    Battlefield 5 DLC Delayed Due to Technical Issues

    As we reported yesterday, Battlefield 5's "Overture" was supposed to launch today. But on the official Battlefield Twitter, the developers announced that the new DLC has been delayed due to an unspecified issue. As of now, there's no concrete timetable for the free DLC's release, but the...
  5. AlphaAtlas

    ACG Reviews Just Cause 4

    Just Cause 4 comes out tomorrow, and reviews are popping up across the web today. The general consensus seems to be that the game carries over and improves on what made Just Cause 3 fun, while some say those improvements don't go far enough. ACG posted a fairly positive video review of Just...
  6. noclevername

    Yogcast Jingle Jam 2018 package on HumbleBundle valued at $815

    For $35 get 25 days of games, dlc, and other goodies. All proceeds go to charity. I did it last year and ended up with quite a few good games and deals out of it. Well worth checking out. Link
  7. AlphaAtlas

    Bioware Teases December Dragon Age Announcement

    On the Bioware blog, Casey Hudson hinted that a Dragon Age related announcement is coming next month. It could always be another unsubstantial tease, but with Anthem and other major RPGs slated to show up at The Game Awards in December, I would bet on Bioware making a real Dragon Age...
  8. AlphaAtlas

    Bethesda Details Fallout 76 Patch Schedule and Faces Backlash Over Bags

    Fallout 76 has gotten off to a rocky start, but Bethesda has outlined plans to iron some of the issues out in the coming weeks. On their website, Bethesda said they will increase the stash limit and address some nasty bugs related to the Cryolater and Power Armor on December 4, while an FoV...
  9. AlphaAtlas

    Obsidian Will Reveal a New Take-Two RPG at The Game Awards

    Geoff Keighley, the executive producer of The Game Awards, tweeted that Obsidian will reveal their previously announced RPG at the titular event next week. As previously stated, the new RPG will be published by Private Division, Take-Two Interactives's new and somewhat secretive publishing...
  10. cageymaru

    Ambient Occlusion and Its Importance in VR Gaming

    Modern day gaming effects that users notice the most are those that manipulate light sources in a scene. The VR game development house ARVI, developers of VR titles such as The Last Day of Defense and more created a blog post that explains "ambient occlusion" (AO) and tackles its various modern...
  11. AlphaAtlas

    Playstation Classic Torn Down and Benchmarked

    The folks over at Digital Foundry just got their hands on a Playstation Classic, and they've already torn it down. The tiny console sports a 16GB flash module and a Mediatek MT8167A with 4 ARM Cortex A35 cores running at 1.5GHz, which is paired 2 512MB DDR3 chips. While this hardware may seems...
  12. AlphaAtlas

    FTC Will Investigate Loot Boxes

    Senator Maggie Hassan asked the US Federal Trade Commission to investigate loot boxes yesterday, and the FTC agreed to do it. The Senator claimed that lootboxes will represent a "$50 billion dollar industry by 2020," and brought up a UK study that correlates loot boxes with "young problem...
  13. AlphaAtlas

    Digital Foundry Tests Just Cause 4 PC Performance

    With on-screen action and physics that would make Michael Bay green with envy, Just Cause 3 was a notoriously CPU heavy game. According to Digital Foundry, Just Cause 4 pushes the envelope even farther, implementing weather-based physics and even more outrageous stunts for Rico to deploy. The...
  14. AlphaAtlas

    Red Dead Redemption 2 Gets a Battle Royale Mode

    Red Dead Redemption 2's Online Beta is gradually rolling out, starting today. RDR2: Ultimate Edition owners will be the first who get access to the servers, while active players will be gradually rolled into the early access period until the "full" beta is open to everyone on the 30th...
  15. AlphaAtlas

    Prodeus Channels Classic Shooters in Reveal Trailer

    While gamers may have modern incarnations old school shooters like DOOM or Duke Nukem, some developers are trying to stick closer to the classics. Ion Maiden recently used the old Build engine, but the developers behind Prodeus want to emulate old school FPS aesthetics and mechanics using...
  16. AlphaAtlas

    Gamers Nexus Reviews the Walmart Gaming PC

    Walmart released their "Overpowered" lineup of gaming PCs late last month, and Gamers Nexus decided to get their hands on one for some testing. Walmart has a reputation for being cheap, and however bad you might think a $2100 Walmart PC would be... well, it might actually be worse. For starters...
  17. AlphaAtlas

    Darksiders 3 Trailer Reveals Fury's Horse

    The four horsemen in the Darksiders series tend to lead pretty violent lives, but THQ Nordic just uploaded a remarkably peaceful trailer that unveiled Fury's horse: Rampage. Darksiders 3 is set to return to a post apocalyptic version of Earth, like the one in the original game, and this...
  18. AlphaAtlas

    Princess Leia's Only Hope is Coming to Battlefront 2

    On Wednesday, EA uploaded a trailer for Battlefront II: Battle of Geonosis, which gives us our first look at EA's take on Obi-Wan Kenobi. Overall, it looks pretty good. In fact, Eurogamer points out that some of the game's CGI scenes look markedly better than the movie scenes they're trying to...
  19. AlphaAtlas

    Fallout 76 Bug Made a Player Effectively Immortal

    A bug in Fallout 76 allegedly has the Reddit user Brogadyn stuck in "permanent godmode." According to the player's post, killzones, ghoul swarms, and nukes straight to the face can't kill the player. Fortunately, the bug doesn't appear to be widespread, and Brogadyn has reportedly avoided...
  20. N

    Can you provide me some quick help with picking a PC monitor?

    So, I have a crappy 20 inch hooked up to my second PC. I am looking for a new monitor (general usage, potentially gaming but I'm not a hardcore gamer with a picky eye) and I figure the deals now (Black Friday + Cyber Monday) mean now is the time to buy. What I'm looking for: 24" or bigger...
    • NathanP2007
    • Thread
    • black friday cyber monday gaming monitor screen
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    • Forum: Displays
  21. AlphaAtlas

    UK Gambling Commission Clarifies Position on Lootboxes and Skins

    The legality of lootboxes has been brought into question in recent years, and legislators around the world are starting to tackle it. While the UK Gambling Commission previously said that lootboxes aren't a problem, a report released last week led some media outlets to believe that the...
  22. AlphaAtlas

    Planetside 2 to Get New Continent, New Faction, and DX11 Upgrade

    Planetside 2 is ancient news, and most people seem to think the MMO FPS died with Sony Online Entertainment awhile go. But, as it turns out, the game's development team is alive and kicking, and they've announced a slew of new content. 2 months ago, the devs revealed an entire new continent for...
  23. AlphaAtlas

    You Can Kill Sean Bean in Hitman 2 Now

    Hitman 2 launched awhile ago, but the game's first "elusive target" mission only appeared in the game today. Starting now, you, too, can kill off Sean Bean. I/O Interactive seems to be aware of the actor's reputation for dying, as the he plays the role of "The Undying" in game, who is notorious...
  24. AlphaAtlas

    InXile CEO is Upbeat about Microsoft Aquisition

    Microsoft doesn't have the best track record when it comes to game studio acquisitions, which led many RPG fans to worry about InXile and Obsidian when the software giant bought them out. But Eurogamer recently interviewed InXile's CEO, Brian Fargo, and he seems particularly excited about the...
  25. AlphaAtlas

    Star Citizen is Free to Try for a Week Starting November 23

    In celebration of the game's anniversary, Roberts Space Industries announced that Star Citizen will be free between November 23 and December 1. This isn't the first time the game has had a free trial period, but with the launch of the Alpha 3.3 patch a few days ago, it's probably the first trial...
  26. cageymaru

    Coolso Technology Reveals Muscle Bio Sensors for VR and AR at Trade Show

    Coolso Technology has unveiled its new muscle bio sensors that allow everyday gestures to be interpreted as commands in virtual reality and augmented reality. The company's founder Jack Wu says that they have many uses beyond gaming and medical applications. At the 2018 Meet Taipei Startup...
    • cageymaru
    • Thread
    • ar augmented reality bio sensor bluetooth coolso technology gaming htc vive htc vive tracker inertial sensor medical muscle optical sensor virtual reality vr
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  27. AlphaAtlas

    Sony Drops Out of E3 2019

    Sony told Game Informer that it is dropping out of E3 next year. The exact reasoning behind the decision was rather nebulous, as many PR statements are, but when asked if Sony would host an event off-site like EA has done in the past, they said "We will not activate or hold a press conference...
  28. AlphaAtlas

    Telltale Games are Disappearing from Steam

    Gamedaily.biz reports that Telltale's liquidation is underway, and as a consequence, some of their games are getting de-listed from Steam. Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, and Tales of Monkey Island are already gone. The Twitter account of Pete Hawley, who previously told the publication that...
  29. AlphaAtlas

    Narcos Video Game Adaptation Teased

    Curve Digital just uploaded a teaser for a video game based on the Netflix series Narcos. According to Eurogamer, the British publisher actually announced it earlier this year, but this this is the first time we've seen any footage of it. Check out the teaser here. Players take on the role of...
  30. AlphaAtlas

    Hunt: Showdown 3.0 Update is Live

    Hunt: Showdown's 3.0 Update went live today. The headline feature of this patch is the new Lawson Delta map, which has officially entered beta status and should be available in the mission selection menu. Other highlights include a skill-based matchmaking system, a movement inertia system which...
  31. AlphaAtlas

    C&C Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert are Getting Remasters

    Following backlash against C&C Rivals, EA confirmed that some kind of PC Command and Conquer remaster was in the works last month, but the conformation was short on details. Yesterday, EA went into a little more detail on their website. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command & Conquer: Red...
  32. AlphaAtlas

    Asus Says Intel CPU Shortage Will Continue, but Not for Gaming PCs

    Mirroring Compal's predictions, Asustek CEO Jerry Shen said that Intel's CPU shortage will continue into the 2nd quarter of 2019. However, Asus also pointed out that Intel is prioritizing high end Xeon and Core production, and that the shortages are mostly affecting entry-level CPUs. The company...
  33. AlphaAtlas

    Tyler Barriss Pleads Guilty to 51 Charges

    After being hit with a number of charges by the feds last month, notorious swatter Tyler Barriss entered guilty pleas to "count one (making a false report resulting in a death), count two (cyberstalking) and count 12 (conspiracy) of a superseding indictment" in a Witchita, Kansas court. Tyler...
  34. AlphaAtlas

    Activision-Blizzard Stock is Tumbling

    These last two months have been pretty hard on stock market in general, but Activision-Blizzard seems to be faring worse than everyone else. Their stock price has plummeted from a high of about $83.3 in October to about $53 right now. For a company as large as Activision-Blizzard, that's bad...
  35. AlphaAtlas

    Fallout 76 is Online Now

    Fallout 76 was supposed to launch tomorrow, as Bethesda's own website says it will be available on November 14. The PlayStation site has a "countdown to launch" timer, and right now it says the game is launching in 11 hours. But once again, Fallout 76 is apparently up a little earlier than...
  36. AlphaAtlas

    WinStar Sponsors eSports Club

    Marking "the first time that a U.S. esports organization has designated a casino as its official sponsor," VentureBeat reports that WinStar World Casino and Resort is sponsoring the esports club Complexity Gaming. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones currently owns Complexity Gaming, and the CEO of...
  37. AlphaAtlas

    PUBG is Coming to the PS4

    On the Playstation blog, Sony announced that Playerunknown's Battlegrounds is coming to the Playstation 4 on December 7. Preorders of the Playstation 4 versions of the game come with a Nathan Drake Skin and Ellie's Backpack from The Last of Us, and prices seem to be the same as other platforms...
  38. AlphaAtlas

    Bethesda Launcher Won't Uninstall Fallout 76 B.E.T.A.

    Yesterday, various news outlets reported that players ran into issues trying to uninstall the Fallout 76 B.E.T.A. VG247 says that the launcher would ask for login info when trying to uninstall the game. Upon entering the login info, players would receive a message saying "You do not have access...
  39. AlphaAtlas

    Steam Bug Allowed Games to be Downloaded for Free

    Researcher Artem Moskowsky found a bug in Steam that let users download "previously-generated CD keys for a game which they would not normally have access." The bug was submitted to Valve on August 7, quickly fixed on August 10, and publicly disclosed on October 31. Valve was quick to point out...
  40. AlphaAtlas

    Fortnite's Concurrent Player Count Hits 8.3 Million

    Think the Fortnite craze is wearing off? Think again. In an interview, Epic Games Korea said that Fortnite had 8.3 Million Concurrent players worldwide after launching in South Korea. For reference, the entire Steam service peaks at about 14 million concurrent users during prime time, and it's...
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