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Team Canada took to Twitter to announce their roster for the 2019 Overwatch World Cup. There are some notable names here with some real talent, and it’ll be exciting to see how this team performs come tournament time. With four OWL players and one of the biggest Overwatch streamers in the world in the starting lineup, Team Canada is looking to the finals this year. The most dynamic part of this roster has to be the Los Angeles DPS duo of Gladiator’s Surefour and Valiant’s Agilities....

This article contains spoilers for You season 3. The latest installment of You follows creepy creepster Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) as he begrudgingly moves to the tony California suburb of Madre Linda with his wife, Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti). He attempts to atone for his sins and try his hand at being a good husband and father to his new son, Henry. But his plans are soon derailed. What follows is a wildly entertaining meditation on parenthood, marriage, and what happens after “happily ever after....

Despite the fact that the GamePad is the primary controller for the Wii U, Nintendo has found it difficult to create gaming experiences that can justify the second screen experience in a meaningful way. However, there has been one Wii U game that figured it out at launch, and that is the criminally underrated survival-horror game from Ubisoft, ZombiU. Set in London during a zombie apocalypse, ZombiU is one of the few triple-A hardcore survival-horror titles of the last few years, combining perma-death with a gameplay style that’s sort of like Dark Souls with zombies....

What Does Machine Intelligence Mean? Machine intelligence is an umbrella term that’s used to describe the accuracy of a machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL) or classical algorithm output. Techopedia Explains Machine Intelligence To understand machine intelligence better, it is good to look at this term within the context of two other terms that are proliferating in today’s tech world – “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning.” Artificial intelligence is composed of systems that allow computers to imitate human cognitive processes or perform tasks that used to be done by humans....

What Does Message Digest 2 (MD2) Mean? Message Digest 2 is a hash function used in cryptography. Developed in 1989 by Ronald Rivest, it is byte-oriented, producing a 128-bit hash value with the help of an arbitrary length message. It is optimized for 8-bit computers. Message Digest 2 was developed mainly to be used for digital signature applications, which required a secured and compressed large file to be signed with a private key....

Although Destiny 2’s Forsaken expansion doesn’t launch until September 4th, Bungie is launching its pre-expansion update on August 28th. With it, will come a number of changes that will improve and tweak systems within Destiny 2, like mods. But while players wait for the new changes to mods, they can actually prepare their arsenal by doing two things. One is optional, since it can still be done after the August 28th update, but another is very important and should be done before....

Every June, gamers look forward to E3. The biggest gaming event of the year, E3 is where the major announcements and reveals happen, and with next-generation consoles on the horizon, E3 2020 was set to be one of the most exciting yet. Unfortunately, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic forced the Entertainment Software Association to cancel E3 2020, throwing the game industry into a bit of chaos. While E3 2020 has been canceled, The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley has stepped up to better organize the slew of new game announcements that will be coming this summer under the Summer Game Fest umbrella....

With one of the most convoluted plots in the history of video games, Kingdom Hearts has won the hearts of fans but has possibly left even more people perplexed. The plot boils down to light versus darkness, or Mickey Mouse and Sora versus Xehanort. A cross between Disney and Final Fantasy, the unforgettable Disney-themed worlds of Kingdom Hearts are nostalgia at its best. With a diverse set of characters in the series’ story, we will find a match for each zodiac sign....

It was 40 years ago, in June 1981, that Clash of the Titans, the last film to feature the stop-motion animation effects of Ray Harryhausen, was released. Starring a then-unknown Harry Hamlin, along with veteran stars like Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Burgess Meredith, and Ursula Andress, the film was loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus (Hamlin), weaving in strands of other mythologies and legends and putting its hero into conflict with creatures like the Kraken, Calibos, Medusa the Gorgon and a two-headed dog named Dioskilos....

Lately, more and more video games have been playing with the parameters of “pay-to-win” game design. If those games are anything to go by, the gaming industry’s pay-to-win problem might get worse before it gets better. There are few better examples of this new era of pay-to-win techniques than the controversy currently surrounding the popular MMOARPG Lost Ark. Lost Ark is one of the latest titles to come under fire for egregious microtransactions....

This article contains spoilers for Vikings: Valhalla season 2. One of the most interesting aspects of Vikings: Valhalla season 2 is the way the series literally opens up the world to its story and characters. Yes, there’s still plenty of scheming, bloodshed, and betrayal, but gone is the sense that this is an insular story taking place among a small sub-group of people. In season 2, Valhalla sees its trio of main characters head off on separate adventures that literally span continents as the show does its best to depict the immense influence that Viking culture had on much of the known world—both during the 11th century and for hundreds of years afterward....

Despite Windows being the most common operating software for PCs, most find the packed-in offerings lacking when it comes to gaming. Instead of Microsoft, this need is expertly filled by Valve with their Steam service, which has become synonymous with PC gaming. With the announcement of Windows 10, Microsoft plans to change this stigma and learn from their mistakes by bringing the Xbox ecosystem to PC. Windows 10 will allow players to migrate their friends lists, achievements, messages, activity feeds and more from their Xbox One, as well as stream Xbox exclusives to any computer or tablet running Windows 10....

Fantasy worlds in video games are known for having dark undertones. The popular Witcher series and Skyrim are no stranger to presenting twisted concepts for players to sink their teeth into. The worlds of Geralt and Dovahkiin are littered with moral dilemmas that give players the freedom to mold the characters as they wish. There are tons of main and side quests in the game that will test the player’s morals....

Our quick take Withings Pulse Ox - 4.0 / 5 Small, simple design Activity tracking Heart rate and blood oxygen levels Sleep tracking Withings Health Mate app To recap The Withings Pulse Ox is a brilliant activity tracker that offers a small, simple and sophisticated solution to health monitoring. Its defining feature of recording blood oxygen levels certainly isn’t a good enough reason alone to buy it, but coupled with all the other functions, you have a cracking product that won’t disappoint those that run or walk as their primary activity....

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands adds all new methods for players to get loot, tough enemies to fight, and new Shadowlands mounts to acquire. One of these methods of looting involves the Dominance Keep area, a place filled with powerful elite enemies that players will have a tough time taking down. Within Dominance Keep, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands players can find Bleakwood Chests, but getting to these is often a huge challenge thanks to the tough enemies in the area....

As Battalion 1944 surpasses $300,000 in Kickstarter funding, developer Bulkhead Interactive touches on the upcoming stretch goals for the World War 2 shooter. Battalion 1944 is the latest title to receive near-instant crowd funding via Kickstarter, which has raised over $46 million for videogames in the last year. It only took Battalion 1944 three days to reach its £100,000 goal, and now that developer Bulkhead Interactive is heading into uncharted funding territory, many fans have started to ask what the stretch goals for the campaign will be....

She joined the WWE while still a teenager, became the youngest Diva champion at 21 and had an autobiographical movie before she’d even turned 30 but there’s one ambition Paige has still yet to realize: a part in the longest running soap opera in the world, Coronation Street. Paige declared her desire to appear on the definitive British soap opera after realizing she was being followed by their official account. Posting on twitter, Paige said “For all my brits out here....

In a post on Xbox Wire, Microsoft showcased the upcoming Xbox Series X dashboard and revealed that their design philosophy essentially boils down to “similar, but better.” “All the ways you experience Xbox should feel inviting and familiar, whether you’re on the couch playing on your console, rallying a group of friends together from your PC, or sneaking in a quick session on your Android device via cloud gaming,” says Chris Novak, Head of Xbox Research & Design, in the Xbox Wire post....

The war between the homs and the mechon is now taking a back seat to another conflict, as Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition has taken the top spot in the UK sales charts away from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has seen unprecedented levels of success around the world. It’s currently the sixth best-selling Nintendo Switch game of all-time, despite the fact that it has only been available for a few months....

Price Xiaomi 12T Pro: €799,90 / £699 Xiaomi 12T: €649,90 / £499 Xiaomi 12S Ultra: ¥5999 Xiaomi 12S Pro: ¥4699 Xiaomi 12S: ¥3999 Xiaomi 12 Pro: $999 / €1099,99 / £1049 Xiaomi 12: $749 / €799,99 / £749 Xiaomi 12X: $649 / €699.99 Design Xiaomi 12T Pro: 163.1 x 75.9 x 8.6 mm, 205g Xiaomi 12T: 163.1 x 75.9 x 8.6 mm, 202g Xiaomi 12S Ultra: 163.17 x 74.92 x 9....