Monthly Archives: May 2019
There Is Now Officially a Disease Called Gaming Disorder
The World Health Organization has officially recognized Gaming Disorder as a disease as part of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), which will take effect on January 1, 2022.
As reported by VG247, the World Health Organization defines the Gaming Disorder disease as "a pattern of gaming behavior (“digital-gaming” or “video-gaming”) characterized by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences."
Alienware’s Thinnest Gaming Laptops Get Their Best Facelift
Alienware has unveiled new, thinner versions of its best gaming laptops, the Alienware m17 and Alienware m15.
Both models will now feature the company’s sci-fi inspired Legend design as first seen on the Alienware Area-51m, which was announced earlier this year at CES 2019. The new look gives this pair of gaming laptops a unique futuristic, space-age aesthetic—like something out of The Martian. On top of that, Alienware has expanded the customizable RGB lighting to the logos, rear ring light, and every key on the keyboard.
The Best 4K TV Deals in the UK This Week
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New Black Mirror Season 5 Images Show More Dark Futures
A collection of new images from the upcoming Black Mirror Season 5 gives us a closer, but still enigmatic, look at the three new stories coming to Netflix.
Poster art and stills for all three episodes can be found in the gallery below.
The striking art for Rachel, Jack and Ashley, Too features Miley Cyrus as a pop star encased in an action-figure box. The episode, said to be about a lonely teenager yearning to connect with her favourite pop star, features a creepy robot doll that can be seen in some of the images. It’s not clear what the robot does, but this being Black Mirror, it’s likely something unsettling.
The Striking Vipers images show off Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II playing video games, as well as a Street Fighter-like image involving Guardians of the Galaxy’s Pom Klementieff.
The Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 Gets Intel’s 10nm CPUs and a Fresh Redesign
Dell has steadily been fixing its XPS lineup by moving the webcam back to its proper position above the screen and the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 is the latest notebook to get this treatment. However, this convertible has also seen several other major design tweaks and most notably, Intel’s long-awaited 10nm processors.
That’s right, Intel 10th Generation Ice Lake CPUs are actually arriving this year and you’ll be able to pick one of these three chips below to power the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1:
- Intel Core i3-1005 G1 (dual-core, 8MB cache, up to 3.4GHz)
- Intel Core i5-1035 G1 (quad-core, 6MB cache, up to 3.7GHz)
Crypt of the NecroDancer’s Zelda Spin-Off May Release This Week
Cadence of Hyrule - Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring the Legend of Zelda's release date may have been leaked, indicating that Crypt of the Necrodancer's Zelda spin-off will be arriving on Nintendo Switch this week.
Via NintendoLife, Twitter user NWPlayer123 discovered that the source code of Cadence of Hyrule's Nintendo of America game page now shows a release date of May 30, 2019.
Super Mario Maker 2: Building Levels, Destroying Friendships
Super Mario Maker 2 is the giant new sequel to Nintendo’s “build your own Mario” game that launched in 2015, allowing players to create and share original Super Mario levels instead of waiting for Nintendo to make some for them. For Super Mario Maker 2 on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo is adding loads of new single player, multiplayer, and building options.
So how does it all come together?
Avengers: Endgame Is Second Film to Cross $800M at US Box Office
Avengers: Endgame has joined Star Wars: The Force Awakens as one of only two films to ever cross the $800 million mark at the US box office.
The milestone comes thanks to the extended Memorial Day weekend, which saw the movie earn an estimated $22.3 million, reports Comicbook.com.
This puts Avengers: Endgame’s overall US earnings at $803.63 million, putting it in second place on the leader board for the US domestic box office. It currently lags behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens by $133 million.
The other title Avengers: Endgame is closing in on is that of the highest grossing film globally, which has belonged to Avatar for almost a decade. Endgame is just $103 million away from Avatar’s record, but experts suggest it would take until Labor Day in September to surpass that. Whether Avengers: Endgame remains in theatres that long remains to be seen, especially with a big summer for film already underway, and a second Marvel film in Spider-Man: Far From Home releasing in July.
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Death Stranding: New Teaser Hints Online May Be Revealed with New Trailer
UPDATE (5/27/19) - Hideo Kojima has released another Death Stranding teaser that is similar to the first teaser, but now features two hands instead of one and the new tagline "Help us reconnect."
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— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) May 27, 2019
This may be hinting that the new trailer arriving this week will reveal Death Stranding's online features and functionality. It has been teased before that Kojima's latest title is "all about player collaboration," and star Norman Reedus even said that it will feature "elements of social media" and is about "re-establishing of that physical contact" after "so many games and so many parts of millennial culture are being alone in a room."