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A couple of months ago, online functionality was confirmed for the Collection, bringing battling and trading to places like PlayStation Network, for example. Earlier today, though, some more information was revealed for the upcoming collection, which we’ll break down now. First off, a new trailer was released earlier today, which you can watch below. Secondly, pre-orders are available for both parts of the compilation. You can buy them both together at a $59....

Mesa 22.1-rc1 Adds Enhancements For Radeon Vulkan ‘RADV’ & Even Older NVIDIA Graphics on Open-Source Users will now see candidates released every week, leading to Mesa 22.1 full release. Below is a list of Mesa 22.1-rc1 changes provided by Michael Larabel of Phoronix. Ray primitive culling for assisting to improve the RADV ray-tracing support. RADV RT support is also further along for Doom Eternal and KHR_ray_query support. AMD GFX1036 / GFX1037 support....

At least, that’s what Bloomberg now reports to have heard from sources familiar with the matter. Last week, we reported that Microsoft is willing to offer Sony a 10-year Call of Duty licensing deal in order to shorten the regulatory process, but Bloomberg’s source now claims that conversations with the FTC about offering remedies or concessions haven’t taken place at all. “The Xbox maker hasn’t had conversations with the FTC about remedies or concessions aimed at getting the deal approved, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing a confidential matter”, the Bloomberg article reads....

Preview updates are also available for the supported versions of Windows 10, including KB5011831 which is out for versions 20H2, 21H1, and 21H2 (Builds 19042.1682, 19043.1682, and 19044.1682, respectively). Some of the highlights of today’s release include: Release notes for Windows 11 KB5012643 (Build 22000.652) Preview Windows 11 KB5012643 (Build 22000.652) is available via Windows Update (or Microsoft Update) and Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft has also released Windows 11 servicing stack update 22000....

MINISFORUM Combines AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX & Radeon RX 6600M In Its Neptune HX99G Mini PC, Starting at $839 US Press Release: Minisforum introduced a new variant called HX99G in its Neptune portfolio today. It is an upgraded version of the first member, the HX90G (5900HX processor + RX6600M GPU), which was announced in May 2022 before going up for sale in September 2022. The Neptune HX99G looks practically identical to the HX90G....

On the heels of this news, Ralph Valve shared a rumor that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will feature an exclusive (and free) PlayStation VR2 experience. This would be a standalone mode where players get on the ground as a Tier-1 operator. The report also says this is supposed to launch alongside PS VR2, which begs the question: is the new VR headset from Sony coming in late 2022?...

The demo uses the Nintendo Switch version of the game to be played. As such, the gameplay is locked at 30FPS. However, you can still expect the game’s PC version to deliver cool things such as high framerates and higher resolutions. Of course, the neat thing is that both versions will be playable at the same time. We noticed immediately that the demo showcases a fourth and fifth Switch Skill slot, adding to the current maximum of three....

MSI Shows Off Powerful X670 Class Motherboards For AMD Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs, Launching This Fall Press Release: MSI announced today that the new MEG X670E GODLIKE, MEG X670E ACE, MPG X670E CARBON WIFI, and PRO X670-P WIFI to the brand-new AMD X670 Motherboard product lineup. These new X670 motherboards come with support for the upcoming AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series processors. We always make sure our goal is to bring every new product as exciting as possible, especially with the new AMD processors and platform....

Netflix believes charging an additional fee for sharing passwords will help in long-run revenue generation despite the initial backlash Based on the information from an earnings report, Netflix will implement this new change towards the end of the first quarter of this year. The change will prompt users to pay a higher monthly fee if they are currently sharing their passwords with anyone outside the same household as the subscriber. The earning report mentions that Netflix will give subscribers the “option to pay extra if they want to share Netflix with people they don’t live with,” however, there are no details on the pricing....

High power efficiency of the M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets coupled with a larger battery likely enabled the 16-inch MacBook Pro to last this long Most tech companies like to exaggerate the battery life of their products, so we had to dig a little deeper. When we landed on the 2023 MacBook Pro lineup’s main page, we noticed that the 14-inch and 16-inch models had varying battery life, which was expected....

For a limited time, NVIDIA will partner up with Firaxis Games to give players who purchase RTX 30 Series GPUs and desktops. That way, players will be able to experience this game with enhanced graphics and use technology like DLSS 2 to significantly accelerate performance and give themselves the headroom to enable realistic, immersive, ray-traced ambient occlusion effects and ray-traced reflections. We reviewed Marvel’s Midnight Suns previously. Here’s what our writer Chris Wray has to say on this new tactical game: Marvel’s Midnight Suns is a strong tactical RPG that feels like something that wouldn’t be amiss in the MCU....

The work for running natively on ARM64 has been wrapped up and a build is released. Power Rename now is running on WinUI 3. Keyboard Manager now allows up to 4 modifier keys for shortcuts and has received some quality fixes. Upgraded the Windows App SDK runtimes to 1.1.0, fixing an issue where Settings wouldn’t start with UAC off and improving performance. The Windows App SDK runtime binaries are being shipped with PowerToys which should resolve the installation issues reported with WinAppSDK....

To celebrate the partnership, Intel has created the Ultimate Realmwalker Survival Giveaway, giving away prizes like Arc desktop graphics cards and Intel Core 13th-gen desktop processors, leading up to the grand prize that will be unveiled on December 8th. The date is no coincidence, as Inflexion Games plans to reveal a new trailer and gameplay features for Nightingale at The Game Awards show. The game recently had its early access debut delayed to the first half of 2023 as Inflexion upgrades Nightingale to Unreal Engine 5....

Being a minor update, update 14.1.1 doesn’t add much, with the update notes only mentioning general system stability improvements. The new Nintendo Switch System Update, however, does bring some more undocumented changes, as detailed by well-known dataminer OatmealDome. According to the dataminer, the internal web browser has been updated and the bad word list has been updated The previous Nintendo Switch System Software Update, update 14.1.0, was definitely more substantial than today’s, introducing a Platinum Points Notification setting and more....

According to Japanese financial publication Nikkei, Nintendo only expects to be able to produce 20 million Switches this fiscal year (which runs from the beginning of April, to the end of March 2023). That may sound like a lot, but it is down 30 percent from the high point in fiscal year 2020, when they produced nearly 29 million Switches. Nintendo hoped to produce 30 million Switches again in FY 2021, but that had to be adjusted down to 23 million....

PLAYSTATION NINTENDO SWITCH Nobody Saves the World is a twist on Action RPGs. In it, you play many different character Forms, each with its own unique gameplay mechanics. In Wccftech’s review of the game, the game received an 8.5 out of 10 score, with writer Nathan Birch describing it as follows: The game has received tons of critical and user praise. So it isn’t strange to see an expansion into other consoles such as the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation....

Nothing Announces Phone (1) With Glyph Interface, Translucent Design, Snapdragon 778G Plus, and a Starting Price of £399/$475 The Nothing Phone (1) is a unique device and outshines most smartphones when it comes to looks. It is available in two color options and the highlight of the device is the translucent back with hundreds of LEDs. Nothing calls it the “Glyph Interface” and it can be customized to your preferences. The aim of the LEDs on the back of the device is to “make tech fun again”....

Nothing decided to hold a surprise event for Nothing Phone 1 in Switzerland and gave a sneak peek to a few journalists so they can look at the phone. The Nothing Phone 1 Glows From the Back and it is Actually Cool A video that has been shared by German tech journalist and YouTuber Rafael Zeier shows the Nothing Phone 1 sitting inside an enclosure. Sadly, we still do not see the actual front of the device but we now know that certain areas of the device actually glow and light up....

NVIDIA To Go The Extreme Efficiency Route With GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Graphics Cards, 20% Lower TGP Than 3060 Ti Based on another rumor from Kopite7kimi, it is reported that NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4060 Ti has got a slight correction in specs which has pushed its TGP figure down from 220W to just 160W. The RTX 4060 Ti is expected to launch after the RTX 4070 Non-Ti which itself would feature a TGP of 200W & that’s a reduction of 50W compared to what we were going to get before....

NVIDIA Unveils GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Graphics Card: Aiming The RX 7900 XT At $799 US With All The RTX & DLSS3 Goodness! The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti graphics card is exactly what everyone expected, a rebadge of the GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB graphics card which was unlaunched by the green team owing to its vastly different performance but similar naming scheme. Now, almost two months after it was planned to launch, the GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB RTX 4070 Ti is finally being unveiled....