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In Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, the sim is great — the game is not
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is a competent, 8.5-out-of-10 facsimile of flight that extends player's experience to a game where the player set a course to pretty-looking places.
- However, some may find themselves either frustrated, confused, or bored as the game lacks a core progression that feels respectful of the player's time.
- Major cities and airports mostly rely on handcrafted renderings of famous buildings that look like polygon-for-polygon matches for their MSFS20 equivalents.
- At a high cruising altitude, or when taking off and landing at any of the game’s handcrafted airports, MSFS24 neatly glides past some of these complaints, but flying on more novice levels for the sheer thrill of realistic, beautiful scenery is harder when the game looks uneven.
- MSFS24’s new selection of activities might seem like the perfect way to guide players toward rendered corners of the planet and an ongoing sense of accomplishment. However, the activities are demanding as players try to score points by passing severe challenges.
- The game’s massive “career” mode asks players to progress from aspiring pilot to full-time businessperson by learning basic flying skills, unlocking certifications and getting into the economy of buying new aircraft to make serious cash. However, it fails to work or feels tragically soulless.
- Most of the game’s earliest missions ferry AI-brained passengers places to the next while reading a scripted AI-generated voice. Even when I successfully tuned their voices out, however, the missions often place takeoffs and landings in weird places, sometimes with trees, buildings, or other debris in the path of success.
- MSFS24’s scattershot tutorials, middling career progression, barriers to higher-level missions, visual letdowns, and various glitches added up to the opposite of a positive, newbie-friendly flight school experience.
- If you’re not already invested in the world of flying, don’t invest in MSFS24.
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Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes Rolls onto Xbox and PC, Delivering a Zombie-Smashing Mashup
- Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes is now available on Xbox and PC, offering a mix of pinball and zombie defense.
- Players can shoot, slam, and smash their way through hordes of zombies using pinball mechanics and special abilities.
- The game features 10 unique heroes, a procedurally generated overworld map, and epic boss battles.
- With Xbox Play Anywhere support, players can switch between Xbox console and Windows PC while carrying their progress and achievements.
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Apple nears switch to in-house Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chip
- Apple is developing its own Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chips, reducing dependency on third-party suppliers.
- The chip, codenamed Proxima, will be produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
- Apple aims to develop an integrated wireless approach that is energy-efficient.
- The transition will begin with home devices in 2022 and expand to iPhones, iPad, and Mac in subsequent years.
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While CEOs got dressed up for the Game Awards, 461 workers at Zenimax Online Studios unionised
- 461 workers at Zenimax Online Studios have successfully unionised.
- Employees from various departments, including engineers, artists, web developers, and game designers, are part of the union.
- The union aims to improve job security, protect against AI-related issues, and negotiate better pay and benefits.
- The union is formed under the Communication Workers of America, which has previously helped other game developers form unions.
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Yu-Gi-Oh Early Days Collection Full Title List Revealed
- Konami has revealed the full list of titles in the Yu-Gi-Oh Early Days Collection.
- The compilation includes 14 games from Nintendo's Game Boy family of handheld consoles.
- The collection features a mix of card games and board games based on the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise.
- Yu-Gi-Oh Early Days Collection will be available for Nintendo Switch and PC on February 27, 2024.
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Intel Interim CEOs Hints At Selling Foundry Business,
- Intel's interim CEOs, Michelle Johnston Holthaus and David Zinsner, have admitted that the company may be forced to sell its Foundry business if a new chip-making technology does not succeed.
- The spin-off of Intel Foundry was put in doubt after the Biden administration awarded $7.86 billion in federal funding to advance Intel's manufacturing and semiconductor packaging projects.
- The government subsidies would restrict Intel's ability to sell stakes in its chip-making unit if it became an independent entity.
- The decision to separate Intel's manufacturing and product-design operations will be made by the chipmaker's next CEO.
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Turok: Origins is rebooting the dinosaur-hunting legend with Saber Interactive
- Turok: Origins, a reboot of the dinosaur-hunting game, has been announced by Saber Interactive during The Game Awards.
- The game will be a fast-paced, third-person, sci-fi shooter with solo and cooperative gameplay for up to three players.
- Players will fight small numbers of dinosaurs, using weapons and abilities to defeat them and upgrade their arsenal with DNA obtained from the dinosaurs.
- Turok: Origins brings back the classic IP with a modern execution, following the success of the original trilogy of games on N64.
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Review: The Cabin Factory Is a More Story-Driven Take on The Exit 8 Formula
- The Cabin Factory is a horror game from International Cat Studios and Future Friends Games.
- The game follows the anomaly-spotting gameplay like The Exit 8 walking simulator.
- The game adds more of a story to make it more immersive and captivating.
- You are a Cabin Inspector at a place called The Cabin Factory where you have to inspect haunted buildings.
- There's an actual story around it involving the situations you’re experiencing.
- The fact that sometimes you just have to give up control and go with it, since International Cat Studios is telling a tale, is pretty great.
- The Cabin Factory builds upon this new walking simulator area of the horror game genre established by The Exit 8 mainly focusing on picking out anomalies.
- However, some anomalies may not seem fair making it more difficult and challenging.
- The implementation of some story elements adds insights that might even make it more scary for some and the game is a fun one to play.
- Cabin Factory is available on PCs via Steam.
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Turok: Origins will revisit the dinosaur hunter in a third-person shooter with co-op
- Turok: Origins is a third-person shooter that revisits the dino-hunting archery of the Nintendo 64 era.
- The game features online co-op where players can team up to hunt and upgrade their characters using dino DNA.
- Players can use a variety of weapons including plasma rifles, ray guns, snipers, bows, and shotguns.
- The game is being developed by Saber Interactive and will take players through epic locations from ancient temples to dense jungles.
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Tekken 8's next fighter is Clive, actually
- The next fighter to join Tekken 8 will be Clive from Final Fantasy XVI.
- Clive's moveset showcases his swooshy fire and ice effects, along with powerful attacks.
- He is the fourth and final character for the season 1 DLC pass, and will be added to the game on December 16th.
- Previous rumors about Anna Williams being the next character were incorrect, and she is expected to arrive in the next season of the game.
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Killing Floor 3 targets March 2025 launch – closed betas incoming
- Killing Floor 3 is set to release in March 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC with full cross-play.
- Closed beta tests for the game are also announced, with sign-ups available on the Killing Floor website.
- The new trailer introduces the Ninja, Medic, and Sharpshooter character classes, as well as the Chimera boss.
- Killing Floor 3 is a wave-based zombie horde shooter that requires players to strategize, utilize traps, and survive for as long as possible.
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Microsoft Recall offers a ‘sensitive information filter’ to avoid saving your credit card details – but whoops, it doesn’t work
- Microsoft's 'Recall' feature for Windows has been mired in controversy over privacy concerns
- The tool uses AI to constantly take screenshots and create a searchable timeline of your activity
- A new 'sensitive information' filter has been deployed for testing, but it doesn't appear to work very well
- The filter fails to block personal data, including credit card details, from being captured by Recall
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MacBook Pro Evolution: A Head-to-Head Comparison of M1 Pro, M2 Pro, M3 Pro, & M4 Pro
- Apple’s MacBook Pro series has long been a gold standard for professional laptops, evolving with each generation to meet the needs of creative and technical users.
- The M4 Pro introduces an upgraded webcam with Center Stage technology, making it a valuable addition for remote work and virtual meetings.
- The M4 Pro distinguishes itself with the inclusion of Thunderbolt 5 connectivity for faster data transfer speeds.
- The M4 Pro’s display technology includes increased brightness levels up to 1,000 nits and an optional matte nanotexture coating for minimizing glare.
- The M4 Pro has more CPU cores, 82% faster memory bandwidth and enhanced GPU, making it a powerhouse for creative professionals handling resource-intensive scenarios.
- The M4 Pro offers enhanced media engines, outperforming its predecessors in tasks including high-resolution video editing and visual effects.
- The M4 Pro delivers smoother performance in graphically demanding games, creating new possibilities for game developers to optimize their titles for the macOS platform.
- Battery life remains consistent across all models with the ability to last up to 20 hours on a single charge.
- The M4 Pro is the clear winner with the latest technology, long-term software support and innovative performance.
- The M2 Pro and M3 Pro remain strong contenders and offer excellent value, ensuring there’s a MacBook Pro for every user’s needs.
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The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 13th
- RPS Advent Calender 2024 is underway, revealing one favorite game each day leading up to Game of Year on Dec 24th.
- Helldivers 2 is a top-down shooter with clumsy controls, friendly fire, slapstick and aliens.
- Despite being an over-the-shoulder shooter, it retains studio's personality.
- The game has not adopted the live service grind and players can unlock weapons and cosmetics through play, or via a battle pass with their starting arsenal being as good as anything they'd get afterwards.
- Helldivers 2's missions are perfectly bite-sized and few blockbuster multiplayer games offer the option to finish few missions in a Helldivers 2 session.
- Arrowhead allows comedy to shine by making the actual encounters feel like serious stuff.
- The game has fascist forever war element, and Edwin suggests reporting it as automaton sympathizers, reporting major order failures as victories.
- 380mm barrage is a favorite in-game 'thing' of this year.
- Despite friendly fire in video games being always funny, Brendy is not very impressed with Helldivers 2.
- Head back to the advent calendar to open another door!
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TechViral
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How to Open Folders at Startup in Windows 11
- You can configure Windows 11 to open folders at startup using two different methods.
- Method 1: Add Folders to the Startup Folder
- Move the desired folder to the Startup folder by accessing it through the Run dialog box.
- Method 2: Automatically Open Folder via Task Scheduler
- Create a task in the Task Scheduler and schedule it to trigger at startup.
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