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It seems the whirlwind of attention given to Wild West Online last week has done the game a lot of good. The Red Dead Redemption look-alike game has now received enough funding from investors, that it will no longer be coming to Kickstarter or Steam Early Access. Developer 612 Games announced today that buzz Wild West Online will move forward with the development using the funding provided by initial investors, and that the game is still planned for release later this year....

Call of Duty: Warzone is Activision’s magnum opus. It is the center around which all other Call of Duty games from here on out orbit. It is fitting, then, that the game would get an update for Halloween, particularly as Zombies are making a return with Black Ops: Cold War. All of this has some players wondering, “Will Warzone be haunted for Halloween?” Unlike other battle royale games, like Fortnite or Apex Legends, Warzone has a more realistic style....

It’s fair to say that, despite the many contenders set to release in coming months, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will likely still be among the games being heralded as the best of the year when 2015 comes to the close. The final instalment in CD Projekt Red’s trilogy lived up to high expectations — and it seems that its DLC will, too. The studio drip fed smaller pieces of DLC for free in the weeks following the launch of The Witcher 3, but the intention was always to release a heftier expansion at a later date....

While World of Warcraft: Shadowlands players are directed towards a dungeon as part of each zone’s leveling storyline, there are 4 more that open up once a character reaches Level 60. And though the difficulty is ramped up compared to earlier dungeons, there’s plenty of better loot players can earn ahead of the Castle Nathria raid release in Revendreth. One of these max level instances is the Theater of Pain, located in Maldraxxus....

One of 2019’s sleeper hits was World War Z, a co-op zombie game that attempted to fill the hole left by Valve’s Left 4 Dead franchise. World War Z earned somewhat mixed reviews at the time of release, but still enjoyed strong sales and cultivated a dedicated following of players regardless. And now World War Z is getting a second lease on life, thanks to the upcoming Game of the Year Edition and the newly announced Nintendo Switch port....

When I was a tiny little geek child, going to GameStop was one of my favorite things to do. My dad was the one who first introduced me into the wonderful world of gaming, so naturally getting to walk into the store, test out new games, and maybe even be lucky enough to purchase one always made me elated. However, now that the nihilism of adulthood has set in, that facade is long gone....

Project xCloud is looking to be even more ambitious than some may have imagined. Along with the fact that Project xCloud will be a part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription, the service looks more and more enticing. The idea of Project xCloud is that it streams games directly from the Xbox console to the supported screen. The xCloud preview program works on specific devices, but the hope is the service will soon support more screens....

Microsoft had previously scheduled the arrival of game streaming on iOS and PC for this spring, and it appears to be holding true to its word. Starting April 20, select Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members will receive invites to test Xbox Cloud Gaming on both Windows 10 PCs and iOS devices. Game streaming will occur via web browsers on both platforms and should provide beta testers with access to over 100 Xbox Game Pass titles....

Microsoft’s backwards compatibility features are the best out of all modern consoles, and they’re only getting better. FPS Boost is the latest optimization coming to the Xbox Series X and Series S platforms, bringing with it stable heightened framerates for a variety of new and old Xbox titles. Bethesda fans are benefiting right away from this, as half of the games available in the first round of FPS Boost upgrades are Bethesda titles, likely stemming from Microsoft’s recent acquisition of the company....

Warner Bros. has yet to announced an official release date for the Zack Snyder cut of Justice League, but the filmmaker himself has indicated when fans can expect to see his version of the DC film. In a social media post, Snyder revealed his edition of Justice League will be available on HBO Max in March 2021. After a personal family tragedy, Snyder stepped away from directorial duties on Justice League while the project was in the post-production phase....

Zack Snyder and his crew are gearing up to knock out some additional reshoots for Justice League in October. Set to add even more content to his hotly anticipated extended cut of the film, the week-long shooting session is set to bring back Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, and Ray Fisher as Cyborg to record new content. In an interesting twist, the new footage will be part of an effort that will change the intimidatingly long film into a more digestible four-part series, cutting down what was originally going to be a roughly 3 and a half hour feature....

Ziggurat Interactive, the publisher best known for preserving and remastering many forgotten gaming gems, is giving away 500 steam codes over the next two weeks. The special giveaway, called “Stay Inside & Play Inside,” is a 10 day online sweepstakes. Ziggurat is giving away 50 codes every day, starting today, for 8 of their most popular games. To enter, all you need to do is visit their website and sign up for their mailing list from the contest portal....

What Does Multi-Cloud Strategy Mean? A multi-cloud strategy is the purposeful integration of cloud services from multiple service providers. The terms multi-cloud and hybrid cloud are sometimes used as synonyms, but technically there is an important difference – a hybrid cloud strategy also includes on-premises infrastructure and applications. Techopedia Explains Multi-Cloud Strategy Companies pursue multi-cloud strategies for various reasons, but most overarching reasons to pursue multi-cloud are related to price thresholds or the need for special functionality....

What Does Apache Storm Mean? Apache Storm is an open-source Apache tool used to process unbound streams of data. Providing real-time data processing solutions, Storm provides a topology to control data transfers, which is a critical part of routing data where it needs to go for analytics and other operations. It coordinates with other kinds of Apache tools such as database or scaling resources. Techopedia Explains Apache Storm In Apache Storm, the system involves items called “spouts” and “bolts” which control data batches and define the sources of the manipulated data....

What Does Enterprise Technology Architecture (ETA) Mean? Enterprise technology architecture (ETA) in IT refers to a set of standards or guidelines for an IT infrastructure. It is a broad-based term that covers efforts and technologies aimed at designing an architecture for the IT setups that a business uses. Techopedia Explains Enterprise Technology Architecture (ETA) IT experts define enterprise technology architecture as resources including reasonable standards and architectural philosophies for infrastructure. Some reference the work of John Zachman and the renowned “Zachman Framework,” which is basically a matrix of conceptual ideas around technology building, including elements like scope, business model, system model and technology model....

What Does Hot Data Mean? Hot data is data that is frequently accessed and transferred within a given system. Hot data is always in demand and in transit, not stored for long periods of time, and archive requirements for dealing with hot data may be more than those for cold data that is likely to be collected and then sit in a static archive. Techopedia Explains Hot Data Businesses look at all sorts of ways to improve the handling of hot data....

What Does Journey Analytics Mean? Journey analytics is a term for a specific kind of business analytics linked to a customer “journey” or sequential customer experience. In journey analytics, human analysts look at compiled information from analytics software that shows how a customer interacts with a business over time. Techopedia Explains Journey Analytics The coining of “journey analytics” is generally attributed to analysts from research firm Forrester, Tina Moffett and Joana van den Brink-Quintanilha, who are said to have come up with the idea in late 2014 or 2015....

What Does Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI) Mean? Software-defined infrastructure (SDI) is defined as a system where software controls computing hardware without significant human intervention. In a software-defined infrastructure system, some level of automation enables systems to be provisioned and work to some extent without human guidance. Techopedia Explains Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI) Although software-defined infrastructure has become an industry buzzword, many IT experts have been able to poke holes in it, arguing that the definition of software-defined infrastructure is exceedingly vague....

What Does General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Mean? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Commission regulation for the protection of data in the European Union. This regulation also regulates the flow of personal data outside the EU. Its main objective is to protect the privacy of citizens of the EU and unify the data regulation rules of the EU’s member nations. Its rules will also apply to the police and military procedures of the members....

After months of closed beta testing, WhatsApp has now made its Apple silicon Mac app available for everyone who wants to download and try it. The new app, which was previously only available to people who were part of the WhatsApp TestFlight program, is now available for download directly from the company’s website. What’s more, you don’t have to do anything special to get your hands on it - just download and go....