Today is the day that Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time hits the Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, but Activision had a surprise in store for us. In the new trailer announcing Crash’s arrival on next-gen consoles (and the Switch), Crash also got a release date for PC. March 26–that’s when Crash 4 will swing onto PC via Battle.net. This marks the second Crash Bandicoot game to hit PC since Crash Bandicoot N....
Zynga, the mobile gaming company known for such hits as Words with Friends, Farmville, and Mafia Wars, is doing incredibly well for itself according to a recent financial report. This report shows that the company stock shares have boomed up 55.9% in 2020, an unprecedented amount of growth. It’s worth noting that, across the board, most video game companies have been doing particularly well as a result of the coronavirus. With more people staying home and having free time on their hands, they are turning to video games to keep themselves occupied....
A not so long time ago, on a website not so far away, Video Games Chronicle picked up the rumor that French studio Quantic Dream might be working on a Star Wars video game. This was later corroborated by Kotaku. If the rumors are true, it would be surprising to say the least. Quantic Dream, of course, is the developer behind celebrated interactive adventure titles like Heavy Rain and Fahrenheit, but also the controversial company that just lost a libel lawsuit against French outlet Mediapart (while winning another against the publication Le Monde) after reports and claims of an unsafe, toxic workplace were lodged at the studio in 2018....
Jane Asher is as well-known for acting as she is for dating an ex-Beatle, and in 1964 she brought Swinging London to the canteen of Roger Corman’s The Masque of the Red Death. Based on the gothic short story “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy,” the film remains the most ambitious installment in Corman’s Edgar Allen Poe cycle of movies, contrasting the bleak landscape of a dying village with the psychological torment of six rooms of color, and one with no color at all, just a deep black with a blood red crimson glow cast on it....
Things are rarely ever what they seem to be, and The Witcher 3 is no exception. The game has introduced many intriguing characters both in the base game and the two subsequent DLCs. But not all of them were heroes. Some of them were downright despicable while others were just victims of circumstances - or simply were at the wrong place at the wrong time. Whatever the case, no villain in The Witcher 3 was entirely the same....
Marty O’Donnell is one of the most recognizable faces in the world of video game music, and for good reason. After all, he is the man that spearheaded some of the most memorable and iconic musical scores in all of video game history, thanks to his acclaimed work on Halo and Destiny for Bungie over the years. Considering Marty O’Donnell’s superb talent and penchant for delivering quality, mind blowing music that makes the games he works on truly come to life, it came as a shock to the gaming world when O’Donnell was suddenly fired from Bungie in April of 2014....
Of all of the games rumored for the Xbox Series X, a reboot of Fable is one of the most anticipated. While the game is in no way confirmed, there are rumors that Fable will appear at Xbox’s exclusive presentation in July, resurrecting a franchise that hasn’t received a true new entry in almost a decade. The gaming landscape has changed considerably in that time. With the new generation of consoles came new standards for design, and while Fable, for the most part, holds up in terms of gameplay, there are mechanics within it that may have trouble in the new wave of video games....
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is the upcoming expansion for the long-running fantasy MMORPG, and Blizzard is releasing a series of animated tie-ins to the game, called Shadowlands Afterlives, in the run up to the expansion’s launch. The first installment, Shadowlands Afterlives: Bastion, aired today at Gamescom 2020, leading many fans to ask who the characters involved were and how they will tie into World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Uther the Lightbringer Uther the Lightbringer is one of the most important characters in the Warcraft series....
It’s clear that something drastic needs to change with WWE video games. Their series didn’t always get stellar reviews but most games were at least pretty good. That changed with WWE 2K20, which was filled with glitches, had disappointing graphics, and sold poorly due to the negative press that it received. It got so bad that WWE 2K21 was shelved, giving the developer an extra year to prepare for WWE 2K22....
The question on every Xbox fan’s mind as they look forward to the Xbox Series X is when next-gen games will be revealed. Virtually no games have been confirmed for the Xbox Series X launch outside of Halo Infinite, so the hype is more than understandable. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has heard fans’ requests for an update, teasing fans once again about Xbox’s big plans for the rest of 2020....
When compared to other gaming platforms like Nintendo or PlayStation, Xbox is the youngest, with the original Xbox releasing in November 2001. Despite this, Xbox has grown quite a lot since that point, with the platform currently occupying nearly 35 percent of the console market share, according to a recent GamingSmart study, and a dedicated fanbase. In fact, one member of the fanbase has developed a way to stylize broken Xbox controllers....
Microsoft’s Xbox Series X will be releasing worldwide in November according to Xbox Wire, alongside “thousands of games to play, spanning four generations.” It says over 100 of those titles are optimized specifically for the next-generation console, however Halo Infinite has been delayed and will instead release in 2021. Among the games that will be available in lieu of Halo Infinite are over 50 multi-generation titles “this year,” including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs: Legion; at least 40 older games optimized for the new console, including Destiny 2 and Gears 5; and exclusive titles, such as The Medium and Tetris Effect: Connected....
We’re just days away from Yakuza 6: Song of Life hitting PC via the Microsoft Store, Steam, and also Xbox Game Pass. And with just days to go, Microsoft has graced us with the hardware requirements to play Yakuza 6. As an original PS4 game, Yakuza 6 isn’t asking too much of your PC. At a minimum, you should have 5GB of RAM, a GeForce GTX 660 video card with 2 GB of VRAM (or an AMD Radeon HD 7870 with the same VRAM), and either an Intel Core i5-3470 or an AMD FX-6300....
When Justice League was released in theaters back in 2017, many unimpressed fans called for Zack Snyder to release his cut, especially after it was revealed that Warner Bros. had greatly altered his original vision. In anticipation of the director’s version, fans have been speculating on what changes the director has made, with one of the most buzzed-about rumors being that Green Lantern will be making an appearance in the film....
What Does Real-Time Analytics Platform Mean? A real-time analytics platform enables organizations to make the most out of real-time data by helping them to extract the valuable information and trends from it. Such platforms help in measuring data from the business point of view in real time, further making the best use of data. Techopedia Explains Real-Time Analytics Platform An ideal real-time analytics platform would help in analyzing the data, correlating it and predicting the outcomes on a real-time basis....
What Does Output Layer Mean? The output layer in an artificial neural network is the last layer of neurons that produces given outputs for the program. Though they are made much like other artificial neurons in the neural network, output layer neurons may be built or observed in a different way, given that they are the last “actor” nodes on the network. Techopedia Explains Output Layer A typical traditional neural network has three types of layers: one or more input layers, one or more hidden layers, and one or more output layers....
What Does Bimodal IT Mean? Bimodal IT is a type of strategy or setup where a single IT department is split up into two parts – one part addresses maintenance and support issues, while another part pursues innovation and expansion. Bimodal IT helps companies to keep up with these two very different responsibilities in a more direct way than by trying to delegate both within one IT department. Techopedia Explains Bimodal IT Bimodal IT is helping to solve major issues in how companies move forward....
What Does EVO:RAIL Mean? EVO:RAIL is a scalable software-defined data center (SDDC) building block (server hardware) which is used to deliver compute, storage and networking resources along with management products. VMware calls it a Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance (HCIA) as it combines the aforementioned resources into a single unit of deployment. In this case, EVO:RAIL is a 2U unit which has four independent physical nodes. Techopedia Explains EVO:RAIL EVO:RAIL is VMware’s complete delivery solution package for an enterprise which requires quick setup for a virtualized environment....
What Does Icky-Pic Mean? Icky-pic is a nickname for a gel-type substance that is put inside some types of multi-strand fiber cable, typically outdoor cabling. Outdoor rated cables such as twisted pair copper cabling and fiber-optic cable often have this type of gel installed inside to protect the interior wires from water damage or damage caused by wildlife. Techopedia Explains Icky-Pic Icky-pic is a petrochemical product. It can be extremely sticky and can stain hands and clothing....
What Does Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) Mean? Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a population-based stochastic method that helps with optimization problems. It is modeled after natural processes, such as the flocking of birds or the movement of schools of fish. Techopedia Explains Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) Particle swarm optimization works with a set of feasible solutions and constraints on an optimization problem. The optimization problem has to have a target condition – then the algorithm works to solve the problem and provide the best values....
