Monthly Archives: October 2019
Google Pixel 4 Announced, Has Radar Built-In
After being the world's worst kept secret ever for months, Google has finally officially announced the Pixel 4 at its Made By Google Press Event.
The Pixel 4 is the first smartphone to include radar capabilities. Radar allows the phone to be touched "without touching," sensing through materials and improving the gesture experience, according to Google.
One of the new features touted with Motion Sense on Pixel 4 was shutting off your morning alarm. As you reach for your phone, the radar senses your reach and the nalarm volume decreases as your hand grows closer.
On top of the new radar features in Motion Sense, Google Pixel 4 also has live transcription capabilities. The Pixel 4 audio recorded "taps into
The Pixelbook Go is Google’s Most Affordable Self-Made Chromebook Yet
Google's has a history of making the most premium and expensive Chromebooks around, but at its Made by Google event, it introduced an affordable Pixelbook Go laptop.
A "thin and light laptop" with reported all-day battery life, the Pixelbook Go comes in just black "and not pink," but the "not pink" can be ordered at a later date.
It includes a "wavy" bottom for increased grip and has a keyboard promised to be both "comfortable and quiet."
Unlike Google's previous convertible Pixelbook or detachable Pixel Slate, this new Chrome OS device is a classic clamshell laptop. From the outside, it looks like an everyday slim 13-inch notebook, that is until you flip it over and reveal its ribbed, washboard-styled bottom.
WWE: RAW and SmackDown Draft Results – Night 2
WWE's Draft, meant to more definitively split the main roster between USA Network's Monday Night RAW and FOX's Friday Night SmackDown, concluded on Monday.
Night 2 saw the likes of Seth Rollins, Charlotte Flair, and Rusev head to RAW while SmackDown nabbed Brock Lesnar, New Day, Bayley, and Daniel Bryan.
As mentioned back in the Night 1 results, WWE's two main shows have two separate corporate masters (which have also been turned into on-air "characters" in the form of "executives") so this Draft, even though it's the second one this year, is meant to be a more permanent split.
Google Stadia Founder’s Edition Release Date Revealed
Google has announced that the Google Stadia Founder's Edition will be available beginning on November 19, 2019.
Revealed during Made by Google '19, those who pre-ordered the Google Stadia Founder's Edition will be able to play such titles as Red Dead Redemption 2 and Mortal Kombat 11 on your TV, laptop, desktop, and certain phones and tablets on November 19 at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm BST/6pm CET.
Google Stadia Founder's Editions and Google Stadia Premiere Editions will both begin shipping "in the same order that pre-orders were received." Shortly after Stadia packages begin shipping, those who pre-ordered will receive a code to activate their Stadia account and Stadia Pro.
Marvel’s X-Men Relaunch Leaves Us With These 8 Burning Questions
Now that House of X and Powers of X are both complete, Marvel's X-Men relaunch is in full swing and a new status quo for the X-Men is fully established. From a brand new mutant nation to the newfound ability to cheat death, the X-Men have entered a very different, very exciting era in the Marvel Universe.
We've already broken down everything we know about the new X-Men status quo, but we still have a lot of questions as Marvel prepares to launch its new ongoing titles. There are still major mysteries that need to be solved, and a few things that have left us scratching our heads. With that in mind, these are the biggest questions we have about Marvel's Dawn of X relaunch.
Need For Speed Heat Feels Like the Dying Light of Racing Games
Every time a new Need For Speed game comes along I eagerly await to see what the new hook (if I’m being positive) or gimmick (if I’m leaning negative) is this time. For 2017’s Need For Speed Payback that was “action driving”, which initially felt promising, but ultimately failed to deliver. Thankfully this year’s Need for Speed Heat feels different. I’m happy to report that after five hours of hands-on time, the game’s 'hook' of day-night switching not only feels refreshing, but also an interesting direction for the series.
When I sampled Need For Speed Heat at Gamescom I was initially concerned about how the day-night switching worked. After all, Payback had introduced a seamless day/night cycle to the series for the first time, and to abandon that after only one outing felt like an odd choice. After more time with the game though, I now understand this decision as not only a game mechanic, but also a unique step in helping mould this games’ character.
Fortnite Chapter 2: Every New Named Map Location
Fortnite Chapter 2 has brought along a brand new map, which means a whole new set of map learning to do.
That said, you might recognise a few of the places scattered in there, with some returning favourites making it through the game's black hole.
Here's every named location on the Fortnite Chapter 2 - Season 1 map, and a little description of what you'll find there. We'll start with the returning favourites:
Fortnite Chapter 2 Returning Locations
Retail Row - Now clean of zombies, Retail Row is still a ring of commercial buildings and wide-open spaces, perfect for a snipe-off.
Galaxy Quest Documentary Gets Limited Theatrical Release
Among many other movie milestones this year, 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of Galaxy Quest. Hardcore Galaxy Quest fans have a special treat to look forward to in November. A new retrospective film called Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary is on the way, and it's hitting theaters for one night only in November.
Watch the trailer for the doc above!
Fandom and Fathom Events are collaborating for a special one-night screening on November 26. Never Surrender will play at approximately 600 theaters across the US. The documentary will be accompanied by an exclusive series of deleted scenes and the world premiere of the Honest Trailers: Galaxy Quest Video.
Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Calls Post-Release Microtransactions a ‘Bad Idea’
The head of CD Projekt Red’s Krakow studio, John Mamais, has said that Cyberpunk 2077 won't contain any microtransactions, and called the practice of adding them into a game after release a "bad idea."
In an interview with Gamespot, Mamais said, "I think it's a bad idea to do microtransactions after you release a game. It seems like it's very profitable, though. It's probably a hard decision for the guy that runs the business to decide if we should do it or not.
"But if everyone hates it, why would we do something like that and lose the goodwill of our customers?"
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