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Minecraft is widely-recognized as one of the most influential games of all time. The 2011 indie title has achieved massive popularity, and still attracts vast numbers of players a full decade after its release. This is partly due to the amount of updates that Minecraft has received, building and expanding the procedurally driven world with new items and encounters. One tool block that wasn’t added until late in Minecraft’s life is the Smithing Table, which arrived in the 1....

Fans of Minecraft before Microsoft’s acquisition of Mojang in 2014 may be familiar with worries about the future of Minecraft at the time. According to a recent interview with the Head of Minecraft, Helen Chiang, some developers had those concerns as well. Chiang recently went on the record with GamesIndustry.biz to discuss the acquisition, stating that there were some concerns about the indie spirit of Mojang being lost. In order to keep this spirit intact, Microsoft and Mojang approached Minecraft as if they were stewards of a vast world with a wide variety of players on various platforms....

Xiaomi’s MIUI 12 has reached most eligible devices but there are still several issues on the latest custom skin that require fixing. The OEM has released its weekly MIUI bug report addressing some issues that are still present on MIUI 12 and MIUI 11 builds for various devices. The latest MIUI bug report outlines the Poco X3 Discord app and audio server crash issues along with the Redmi 6 Pro system lag issue....

Endemic life plays a prominent role in Monster Hunter Rise. These small creatures are scattered throughout the landscape and Capcom decided to make endemic life a vital resource that gamers can utilize to create traps, as well as apply buffs and de-buffs. Monster Hunter Rise players will need to track down the small critters to have an advantage in high-level monster fights. While there is only a small sample size from the demo, this article will cover all of the endemic life locations in the Shrine Ruins....

Capcom has released the release notes for tomorrow’s Monster Hunter Rise patch 3.9.0. As said, the new update for the popular title will be available starting tomorrow and should download automatically if this feature has been enabled on Nintendo’s platform. As for the contents, this new patch adds new event quests as well as support for a new DLC voice pack for hunters. Meet Selva, the Commander of the Chevaliers....

Hardcore first-person sandbox MMORPG Mortal Online 2 finally has a Steam Early Access launch date, as communicated yesterday by the developers at Star Vault. The game, which has been in beta for the past few months, will publically debut on October 26th. Do note that it will require an active subscription to play, like the MMORPGs of old. On the upside, Star Vault promises no pay to win and all future expansions to be included....

O2 UK, also known as Telefonica UK is the largest telecommunication company in the United Kingdom. It was founded back in 1985 and has more than 31 million users as of September 2021. Last year, Telefonica merged the brand with Virgin Media into a 50/50 venture. Apart from being a mobile network provider, O2 also offers other services such as fixed-line and broadband. The company also has an app that helps subscribers manage their active plans and pay bills amongst other things....

This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. Nancy Pelosi, the current Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is often touted for her stellar stock-picking skill, which ranks among the best when compared with her other House peers. The snippet above, sourced from Unusual Whales, summarizes Nancy Pelosi’s current positions in the market. As is evident, the House Speaker is heavily invested in the US tech sector....

Navscore is a fairly popular app on iOS and Android that provides sports fans with a quick API for reports, stats, fixtures, and goals of the top 5 leagues in the world. Like any other app, Navscore has its shortcomings. But these shortcomings have kept piling up and have finally led to the app being pulled from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store for Android and iOS respectively....

After launching in 2013, Perfect World and Cryptic Studios’ Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG, Neverwinter is still growing and going strong. Neverwinter’s forthcoming Jewel of the North Expansion, set to hit the game on July 27, is adding the beloved Bard core class to the game. As D&D veterans would expect, bards bring a unique blend of swordplay and music to the game’s action combat, as well as a host of customization options allowing players to tailor their perfect singing swashbuckler....

CES 2021 provided quite a bit of gaming news for those interested in LG OLED TVs. LG has slowly positioned its TVs as the best way to play games thanks to HDMI 2.1 and G-SYNC compatibility in the past couple of years, and the 2021 lineup that was announced today goes even further with additions such as native Google Stadia support, which will be available in the latter part of the year as a downloadable app from the LG Content Store in countries where Stadia is available....

New Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak details will be revealed next week during a new Digital Event, Capcom confirmed today. The new event will air on March 15th at 14:00 GMT, 7:00 PDT, and will run for around 20 minutes. The event promises to bring new monster reveals, new gameplay info, and more. Tune in to the Monster Hunter Digital Event - March 2022 for approximately 20 minutes of programming, including exciting reveals of new monsters, gameplay info, and more!...

Ontwerp iPad Pro 12.9 (2021): 280,6 x 214,9 x 6,4 mm, 682 g iPad Pro 11 (2021): 247,6 x 178,5 x 5,9 mm, 466 g iPad Air (2020): 247,6 x 178,5 x 6,1 mm, 458 g Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021) review Beeldscherm iPad Pro 12.9 (2021): 12,9-inch, Liquid XDR, 2732 x 2048 resolutie (264ppi), 1600nits, ProMotion, True Tone iPad Pro 11 (2021): 11-inch, Liquid Retina, 2388 x 1668 resolutie (264ppi), 600nits, ProMotion, True Tone iPad Air (2020): 10,9-inch, Liquid Retina, 2360 x 1640 resolutie (264ppi), 500nits, True Tone Hardware en specificaties iPad Pro 12....

Among the many games that tried to offer their own spin on the challenging action RPG experience featured in the Souls series, very few have been as successful at it as Team Ninja’s Nioh. And even fewer have managed to create an experience that can stand head to head with that created by From Software: the high challenge level and the stamina-based combat are really the only similarities between the two franchises....

No Man’s Sky 4.0, entitled “Waypoint,” has just been released, and while it’s not quite as groundbreaking as the game’s 2.0 or 3.0 updates, Hello Games has still packed a lot of new features and quality-of-life improvements into the game. These include a new Relaxed mode for folks who don’t like the grind, the ability to set up custom games, dynamic difficulty, FSR 2.0 support, and much more. Of course, the game is also coming to Nintendo Switch for the first time....

By now, PC gamers and enthusiasts are probably tired of hearing about how the ongoing shortage of Nvidia and AMD graphics cards is not likely to ease up for perhaps another year at least. The same goes for console gamers who are struggling to get hold of new-gen systems. When it comes to GPUs specifically, much of the blame has been put squarely on cryptomining companies who have been buying stock in bulk, which is leaving very little for anyone else....

The latest GPU market report for the second quarter of 2021 has been published by JPR, showing both Intel and NVIDIA increasing their respective market share while AMD declined. NVIDIA’s Discrete GPU Market Share Climbed To 83% Versus AMD’s 17% In Q2 2021, Both Intel & NVIDIA GPU Market Shipments Increased According to JPR (Jon Peddie Research), PC GPU shipments reached 123 million units in Q2 2021. The market shipments increased 3....

During the GTC conference, Bill Dally, NVIDIA’s chief scientist and senior vice president of research, discussed how the company’s research and development teams are utilizing AI and machine learning to increase the design and efficiency of the company’s next-gen GPUs. Dally further discussed the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence to advance their goals of a better and more powerful GPU. NVIDIA discusses GPU design and the influence of AI and machine learning in tomorrow’s hardware Dally gave an example of using AI and ML to increase inference to speed a standard GPU design task from three hours to three seconds....

Steam has just published its latest Hardware Survey, and NVIDIA has held onto the highest spots on the mid-level to high-end GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs. The survey results proved positive with the recent changes in pricing in the graphics card marketplace. Along with NVIDIA’s graphics cards reaching the top of the list, Hexa-core processors have dominated quad-core chips to remove them from first place. During May, NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3080 and 3070 graphics cards gained the biggest market share on Steam, respectively....

Shedding more insight to what they said earlier, Microsoft has recently confirmed that beyond January 31, 2020, the Cortana app on both iOS and Android will no longer be supported in other countries, aside from the US. Yes, USA has been excluded from the list as per the latest revelation. The company had previously said that the Contata app will be discontinued in 8 countries (i.e. Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Mexico, Spain, and the U....