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The Yakuza series is a big, shameful gap in my gaming knowledge, and Yakuza 0 was on sale recently, so I snapped it up and decided to give the series a whirl. I’ve heard nothing but praise for the franchise so my expectations were high, but I had no idea what the games were about beyond, you know, yakuza stuff. I’m only into the second chapter of Yakuza 0, so I’m not sure if this will be a position the game maintains throughout its entirety, but so far, it doesn’t glamourise the yakuza life of crime at all - a pitfall it could have very easily slipped into....

Many Yakuza fans are likely still enjoying Yakuza: Like a Dragon for the first time, but that doesn’t mean that the series isn’t already looking ahead to the future. However, one recent rumor that’s cropped up around the next major entry to the franchise has since been dismissed by Yakuza series producer Masa Yokoyama. Fans of the series are fairly excited right now, as the future of the Yakuza series will soon be revealed during a livestream event....

Nintendo premiered its February Direct yesterday, and with it, a number of new announcements. There was also some new information on already scheduled titles. One such title is Yoshi’s Crafted World. The game is releasing next month, but you can download a demo on the Nintendo Switch eShop now. The Direct trailer featured some new levels and a couple of boss battles. Although previous footage highlighted the game’s unique palette, not too much was shown in the way of unique level design....

What Does Nearable Mean? A nearable is a device belonging to an emerging class of technology: small pieces of hardware that can track nearby smartphone device behavior or other similar types of user events, or the proximity of devices. Techopedia Explains Nearable The idea is that small beacons or similar hardware pieces can sit in a particular point, often around a given business location, and record the proximity or activity of smartphones in the area....

What Does Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) Mean? The rectified linear unit (ReLU) is one of the most common activation functions in machine learning models. As a component of an artificial neuron in artificial neural networks (ANN), the activation function is responsible for processing weighted inputs and helping to deliver an output. Techopedia Explains Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) With the ReLU as the activation function, the function returns positive values, but does not return negative values, returning zero if negative input applies....

Best free video calling apps: Keep in touch with friends or colleagues What is Marco Polo? How does it work? How to use Skype: A beginner’s guide for complete Skype novices React? What about sharing photos/text messages? Filters, doodling and silliness What about group chats? How much does it cost? Marco Polo Plus (individual) - £7.99/mo or £44.99 per year Marco Polo Plus (family - add up to 5 people) - £19....

After completing development on Uncharted 2, or sometime thereabouts, developer Naughty Dog split into two teams. That first team went on to work on a follow-up to Uncharted 2, the obviously titled Uncharted 3, while the other team got started on The Last of Us, which releases this June. So, as we anxiously anticipate the release of Naughty Dog’s post apocalyptic survival title, gamers are also left wondering about that other team, and what they might be working on....

A few years ago, the idea of an Assassin’s Creed game having a season pass and post-launch support (outside the array of basic bug fixes and updates) would have been out there. That’s not to say the games didn’t receive DLC, but they never did to the extent of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s season pass. Through it, Ubisoft perfectly set the modern-day stage for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Now, as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla moves into 2021, fans can expect more content to keep them busy throughout the year....

Warning: This article contains Power Rangers Dino Fury premiere spoilers. For years Power Rangers basically had one continuity. Sure it was a little wonky and things didn’t quite all fit together but all the seasons basically took place in one universe. Then Power Rangers RPM happened. At first it was assumed to be a series set far in the future but was confirmed in its team-up with Power Rangers Samurai that no, RPM’s post apocalyptic world was its own continuity....

This article contains MCU spoilers Back at San Diego Comic Con, Marvel Studios announced that Thunderbolts would be the grand finale to MCU Phase 5. Fans had been excited to see if the classic Marvel Comics antihero squad would emerge in the MCU, and now we know that they will. Not only that, D23 has given us a look at what the team’s roster looks like! It’s a wild line-up that makes plenty of sense and has the potential to be an awesome team-up movie....

The Wii U has received a system update for the first time in over two years, but don’t get too excited about what it brings. Most of Nintendo’s focus has been on the Switch for the past four years and will be for the foreseeable future. However, it doesn’t appear to have forgotten about the Wii U entirely, not yet anyway. A new system firmware update was made available for the console today, as detailed on Nintendo’s Japanese support page....

Our quick take Withings Activité - 4.0 / 5 Best fitness trackers 2017: The best activity bands to buy today Best GPS running watch: The best sports watches to buy today Beautiful design Not your average smartwatch Activity tracking Sleep tracking Health Mate App To recap The Withings Activité is a stunning wearable that delivers basic activity tracking in a beautiful, subtle, Swiss Made form. It has its flaws like any other product, but with an 8-month battery life, beautiful design and a great supporting app, it is well on its way to being a fantastic product....

With 17 years under its belt, World of Warcraft has become host to a lot of memories for fans of Blizzard’s Warcraft franchise. Some fans joined WoW as early as the aftermath of Arthas Menethil’s fall to darkness. Meanwhile, others joined to face new threats that have come to Azeroth, or even traveled back in time to forge a new timeline. Interestingly, outside WoW’s main story, players also forged wonderful memories of their own....

The World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-expansion patch has reworked WoW’s entire leveling system. New characters will now be able to train from level 10-50 in any of the game’s previous expansions before proceeding to level from 50-60 in Shadowlands when it releases later this year. There’s more to the changes than a simple level squish though, and returning players may be slightly confused by the revamped leveling process. In this guide, we’ll be covering the best strategies for leveling from 1-50, the difference between normal time and Chromie Time, and the expansions best suited for the most efficient leveling....

World Wrestling Entertainment has had a tumultuous 2020 amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the promotion releasing a lot of talent over the year, and continued controversy over business decisions. One of the decisions that has earned the most ire from both talent and fans is the company’s new regulations regarding personal Twitch accounts for WWE wrestlers. As the month draws to a close, many of the wrestlers affected by the new rulings are signing off from their streams....

This Wynonna Earp review contains spoilers. Wynonna Earp Season 4, Episode 4 “Destiny is what we are drawn towards and fate is that which we run into.” Waverly needs to embroider this onto a pillow to have around the homestead because it’s not a half-bad motto for the Earp family, nor for the show itself. We know from the glimpses we’ve had into Waverly and Wynonna’s childhood, as well as from the information we’ve gathered about the history of this town and the Earps’ place in it, that The Family Earp has not always been the bastion of support and togetherness that it is today....

Betsy Braddock is a mutant member of the X-Men who first appeared in the pages of Marvel UK’s Captain Britain title before joining Xavier’s team of heroes as Psylocke, and the character has had a long and storied career alongside other teams like Excalibur, Uncanny X-Force, the Exiles, and more. Psylocke’s popularity in the comics and live-action appearances in films like X-Men: Apocalypse has created a huge fanbase of cosplayers, each with their own take on the telepathic ninja assassin, so today we will be taking a look at a few great Psylocke cosplays that look just like the comics!...

Get your DMR in Halo loaded, because Xbox Live Multiplayer will be free for everyone this weekend. It will last from August 6 until Monday August 10. According to Video Games Chronicle, stellar games like Monster Hunter World, ARK: Survival Evolved, and Gears 5 will be free to try for those without Game Pass. Happy days! Will Xbox suck you into paying for an Xbox Game Pass subscription? Rumors about Microsoft dropping Xbox Live in favor of supporting Xbox Game Pass and xCloud went flying over the past few weeks, but that is not the case....

The mysterious Xbox One Slim is unveiled and named the Xbox One S, unofficially leaked with specifications including a 2TB drive and a 40% smaller size. As far as E3 announcements go, Microsoft’s mysterious hardware announcements are some of the most anticipated reveals. With rumors regarding both a slimmer Xbox One and a more powerful VR-enabled Xbox One virally spreading throughout the internet, what’s real and what’s just hype is difficult to distinguish....

CD Projekt Red may have created a lot of buzz for the grungy futuristic genre of cyberpunk games, but their title is far from the only one available. In fact, Cloudpunk will be available next week for all major consoles. Of course, that means that you can preorder Cloudpunk on the Switch right now. Cloudpunk is the neo-noir game that will have you playing as Rania as you work to deliver more-or-less legitimate packages across the city of Nivalis....