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DC Comics MOBA Infinite Crisis Has Entered Open Beta
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Turbine's free-to-play, multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) Infinite Crisis has entered Open Beta. Players can now simply sign up to play at the official site, www.infinitecrisis.com, and start battling it out as one of several DC Comics champions. Joining the roster with the Open Beta launch are Green Arrow, Aquaman, and Mecha Superman.
In addition to the new champions, the game's first three-lane map has also been added, called Gotham Divided. It joins the two-lane Coast City map and control-point Gotham Heights map.
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New Screenshots Emerge for Murdered: Soul Suspect
Last week, Square Enix announced that supernatural detective thriller Murdered: Soul Suspect will be launching June 3, 2014. While the announcement of the official release date and pre-order bonuses was certainly welcome, unfortunately it came with no new video or screenshots. Well thankfully that changed yesterday – Square Enix has published nine new Murdered screenshots for our visual enjoyment, which can be seen below.
While sadly our image uploader shrinks images down to a measly 1500x844, the images provided by the press release were a whopping 3840x2160, more commonly known as 4K Ultra HD. That certainly bodes well for the PC version!
Source: Press Release
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Valve Redesigns the Steam Controller, Swapping Out the Touchscreen for Analog Buttons
Last fall, Valve unveiled SteamOS, Steam Machines, and the Steam Controller to show that PC gaming can be done from the comfort of your living room. All of those have launched in beta or prototype form, but now it seems the Steam Controller is getting a bit of a redesign. Valve has been constantly toying with the Steam Controller since it was announced, but is apparently ditching the touchscreen and four corner buttons for a more familiar style. The trackpads are still in place to mimic mouse movements, just now there are ABXY face buttons and a D-pad. A Steam button adorns the middle of the controller where the touchscreen use to be, with what looks like a Start and Pause button on either side of it. Valve says the buttons on the front are analog, but didn't offer anything more than that.
The redesigned controller will be on display at the Game Developer's Conference next week.
Source: PC Gamer and All Games Beta
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CyberPower Announces Latest Gaming Laptops
NVIDIA recently announced the availability of its next generation of gaming GPUs, the GeForce GTX 800M, and with it announced a number of companies working on laptops featuring the GPU. CyberPower is one of those companies and it will offer four configurations of the FANGbook EVO HX7 featuring the GTX 800M. Model numbers will range from HX7-100 to HX7-400 and prices will start at $1499. In addition to the GTX 800M the laptops will also be powered by an Intel i7 CPU with the base model starting with 8GB of DDR3, a 1TB HDD, and Windows 8.1. The laptops will power a 17.3" display with full 1080p resolution and will weigh in at 7.9 pounds with the battery.
Source: Press Release
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Jagex Unveils Autobot Front-Line and Decepticon Conduit for Transformers Universe
Last month, Jagex announced that Transformers Universe was changed from an MMORPG to a free-to-play, massively online tactical action (MOTA) game, and unveiled two playable characters, Autobot Meltdown and Decepticon Duststorm. Today, two new warriors have been revealed.
The first is Autobot Front-Line, a close-range combat specialist:
Source: Official Site
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Plex Now Available To All Chromecast Users
Previously, Plex video playback support was only available on Chromecast to subscribers of the media management service. Plex premium account holders were able to cast their video collection onto their television from a smartphone by using Google’s latest HDMI streaming media player. Now, all Plex users will be able to do the same, as Plex has released an application update that expands the feature set and availability of the media management application. Besides the wider audience that Plex is sure to reach now due to the update, the company has added content mirroring which allows users to cast details onto a television while browsing available media. Content filtering is now present as well, providing users of Plex the ability to filter media dependent on various factors.
Users can access the new features found within the Plex update, to include Chromecast steaming, by simply updating their Android or iOS application.
Source PC Magazine
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Images of an Amazon Game Controller Add Credence to Amazon Android Console Rumors
Rumors appeared late last month of an Amazon Android console/set-top box possibly launching this month, but so far nothing has come of that. However, we now have a bit more fuel to the fire, as images of an Amazon Bluetooth controller have surfaced. The images appeared by way of a Brazillian regulatory agency (similar to the FCC), and they depict a controller that looks quite traditional. There are media controls on the front, an Xbox-style analog and D-pad setup, and three buttons in the middle that resemble ones you see on an Android phone or tablet. There's a fourth button in the middle that is likely used with Amazon's GameCircle service for cloud saves, achievements, and online leaderboards. LED indicators are also present to display connectivity and battery life.
The controller images look rather convincing, but remember this is still a rumor until Amazon comes out and says something one way or another.
Source: Anatel via Zatz Not Funny
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Cadillac Announces CUE Collection
One of the luxury automobile brands owned by General Motors, Cadillac, has announced that a new application store for its CUE infotainment system will launch later this year. CUE Collection will likely feature many of the same applications that Chevrolet has announced to offer within its MyLink infotainment system, as both automobile manufactures share a technology base. Cadillac has also announced that its new and upcoming vehicles will feature 4G connectivity through the OnStar platform found throughout other General Motor vehicles.
The first vehicle from Cadillac that will feature the built-in 4G connection and the CUE Collection application store will be the 2015 ATS Coupe that is set to be released later this year.
Source: CNET
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New Office 365 Subscription Announced
Microsoft has announced a new, cheaper, Office 365 subscription that is tailored to smaller homes and individuals. Office 365 Personal will offer access to Microsoft Office applications on one PC or Mac machine and one tablet. Users of the newly announced Office 365 version will still receive 60 minutes of Skype calling per month, 20GB of additional OneDrive storage, and the latest versions of Microsoft Office applications. Office 365 Personal will be available for customers to subscribe to during spring of this year, costing $6.99 per month or $69.99 annually.
With the addition of the new Office 365 Personal subscription, Office 365 Home Premium will change its name to Office 365 Home, while still providing access on up to five PC or Mac computers.
Source: NDTV Gadgets
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PIXYUL Unveils ReROLL's First Region, Downtown Montreal
Back in February, Montreal-based indie studio PIXYUL announced its first game, a "Crowdfunded Persistent Online Open World Survival Action RPG" called ReROLL. While the ultimate goal is to drone-source and map the entire planet, PIXYUL plans to start with just one region, which it refers to as Brick 1. Today, PIXYUL announced that Brick 1 will be Downtown Montreal, which isn't all that surprising considering the studio's location. The region is approximately 25 square kilometers, or 15 square miles.
PIXYUL has published a Brick 1 Announcement trailer, which shows off a work-in-progress render of Downtown Montreal, as well as provides a little backstory to the game:
Source: ReROLL Newsletter
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Skype for Xbox One Receives First Update
Although Skype has been available on the Xbox One since November of last year, the instant messaging, voice calling, and video chatting application has just received its first update. A first time tutorial is now available upon initially starting the chatting application which walks users through the ins and outs of communicating with their contacts. The Skype team has improved the chat portion of the application, incorporating push notifications, synchronized messages across multiple devices, and increased chat history storage. Xbox One users will notice that the application now supports the filtering of contacts, making it easy to find who is online. Various bugs have also been fixed in the first update to Skype for Xbox One, which makes the program more stable overall.
Source: Skype Blog
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New Abyss Odyssey Video Shows Off Possessable Enemy Judith's Combat Abilities
Last week, Zeno Clash developer ACE Team announced its next game, a side-scrolling fighting game entitled Abyss Odyssey. While the game features three warriors to initially choose from, one of the unique aspects of Abyss Odyssey is the ability to possess almost any enemy and use its own skills and combat abilities.
To provide a taste of exactly what that entails, ACE Team has published a video called "Know Your Enemy: Judith." The video shows Judith battling a dummy in a training room, controlled by game designer Carlos Bordeu. It appears that the combat resembles that of Smash Bros., where you don't necessarily have complex combat moves, but rather have moves attached to simple key combinations, such as down attack versus forward attack. Also like Smash Bros., each character has its own weight, gravity, and physics.
When it comes to combos, there is no infinite juggling – the momentum decrease for every repeated attack is fixed. Watching the video below, the best Bordeu was able to accomplish was a 10-combo, and that was while up against a wall. While infinite juggling is less of a problem against AI than in competitive multiplayer, it's still nice to know ACE has taken measures to prevent it. And who knows, maybe there will be some sort of PvP mode.
Abyss Odyssey will launch Summer 2014 for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
Source: ACE Team Board
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Space-Based Robotic Refueling Tested
When out on a long drive, if you notice you are running low on gas, you can head to the nearest gas station and fill up your tank. When you have to refuel a satellite though, there are no stations to pull into. Researchers at NASA however are working on a robotic system that could refuel satellites in orbit, extending their lives.
Presently, when you launch a satellite it will never have more than what it launched with (though there have been some serviceable satellites). This is somewhat understandable, given the circumstances, but that hardly means we cannot try to do something about it. Under the Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO), the Remote Robotic Oxidizer Transfer Test (RROxiTT) was launched to see if it could transfer a very damage liquid fuel into a tank, while in orbit. It utilized many new technologies, including a new propellant hose, nozzle, and transfer system. After nine days of operations, the SSCO team declared the RROxiTT mission a success.
While the potential to extend a satellite's life by refueling it is invaluable as a means to reduce space junk, it could also have implications on the ground. The oxidizer RROxiTT transferred was nitrogen tetroxide, which is very dangerous in many ways, so building a robot to work with it instead of humans is generally a good idea.
Source: NASA
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Toshiba and SanDisk Suing Hynix Over Suspected Flash Memory Technology Theft
Yesterday, "a former SanDisk engineer suspected of improperly providing technical data to Hynix," was arrested by Tokyo police. Today, Reuters is reporting that partners Toshiba and SanDisk have separately filed civil lawsuits against Hynix, seeking damages due to the suspected theft. While Hynix says it has not received the litigation yet, both Toshiba and SanDisk have confirmed the suits.
Toshiba, based in Japan, filed the suit with the Tokyo District Court. It estimates that the alleged leak resulted in "losses of at least 100 billion yen ($980 million)," but did not disclose whether that was the amount it was seeking. SanDisk, based in the United States, filed its suit in Santa Clara Superior Court, "seeking damages, an injunction and other remedies." Toshiba and SanDisk have been "partners in flash memory technology for nearly 15 years."
Back in 2004, Toshiba sued Hynix "for the breach of its flash memory patents," seeking damages and an injunction. The case was settled through a cross-licensing agreement with Hynix, so it'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Source: Reuters
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