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YouTuber Nerd of the Rings hosted a roundtable live stream featuring some developers from Free Range Games and Dr. Corey Olsen, known as “The Tolkien Professor” for his expertise in the lore created by J. R. R. Tolkien. During the lengthy stream, viewers were treated to new screenshots (available in the gallery below) and lots of new information on where The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria fits in the timeline, how dwarven history and society will be portrayed in-game, insight around the small details the team is committed to integrating for a truly authentic experience for lore buffs, and many of the potential dangers that await players deep in the Mines of Moria....

Byles also talked about the portrayal of nine main characters featured in The Quarry. You can also go into the characters and map out their characteristics: this person’s fairly grumpy, they’re argumentative, and they’re clumsy, they’re this and they’re that. Then you just hit play and see how it plays out. There’s a whole lot of stuff like that, a lot of which leads into where streamers are concerned. We’re going to add some DLC later in the cycle too that will, again, allow streamers to tailor their games for their audiences....

Besides, three promotions are available to celebrate the launch from September 28 to October 13. Customers will receive 15% off their entire order when they purchase one Bang Mini speaker. A 20% discount will be applied to orders containing two Bang Mini speakers. Customers who purchase a Bang Mini speaker at its full price, they will receive a red Tronsmart Trip speaker for free. Get details and coupon code on the Tronsmart website before purchasing....

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s chairman Dr. Mark Liu pointed out in a recent interview that any conflict between Taiwan and China will create a losing scenario for all sides involved. Dr. Liu was speaking to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, and during the conversation, he agreed with his host’s assessment that even if China were to try to take TSMC’s chip-making facilities by force, the true competitive advantage of the company is its global supply chain that is built on principles of trust and cooperation....

A lot of fans are excited about the latest Sonic entry, but especially PC players have expressed to be unhappy with the game’s capped framerate, which also applies to the console versions of the game. On PC, the game renders in a dynamic resolution up to 4K at 6FPS, whereas there are two display modes available on the next-gen consoles. Interestingly, on Xbox Series S, the game appears to run at 30FPS by default....

Do note that keyboard and mouse controls aren’t supported at this time, so you’ll need a controller if you want to play Aperture Desk Job. You can find our Steam Deck review right here. You play as an entry-level nobody on their first day at work — your heart full of hope and your legs full of dreams, eager to climb that corporate ladder. But life’s got other plans, and they all involve chairs....

Today, we’re telling the story of Weasel Token, a small two-person team formed by partners Alexander Molodkin and Tay Kuznetsova. Their next game, called Puzzles for Clef, is a 2D puzzle/platform adventure title due to be published by Freedom Games for PC via Steam. Of course, all development on Puzzles for Clef has stopped for now as the duo lives in Kyiv and cannot relocate for the time being. We had the opportunity to talk with Alexander Molodkin, who helped us understand what it truly means to live in a besieged city such as the Ukrainian capital....

This release has been published from the NI_RELEASE branch of Microsoft, which has shifted from RS_PRERELEASE. Microsoft says that this is an insignificant change as the branch has nothing to do with the new features and improvements that accompany this flight. Furthermore, Microsoft will no longer be noting the branches in future flights. If you are running a Windows 11 machine and subscribed to the Dev channel, you should definitely upgrade to this release using the given guide....

Here’s everything new with Windows 11 Insider Build 22622.436 Changes and Improvements in Windows 11 Insider Build 22622.436 Fixes in Windows 11 Insider Build 22622.436 Fixes included for BOTH Builds 22621.436 and 22622.436 For more details and known issues (surprisingly only one!), head over to the official blog post. Share local files to OneDrive When sharing a local file from the desktop, File Explorer, Photos, Snipping Tool, Xbox, and other apps that use the built-in Windows share window, you can choose OneDrive as a target to directly upload the file to OneDrive and share it further along with access control options....

You are definitely aware of what is happening in Ukraine right now. Russia declare war not for Ukraine but for all civilized world. If you support human values, you should live the Russian market! pic.twitter.com/tnQr13BsSv — Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 2, 2022 In a subsequent tweet, the Ukraine Deputy PM also asked companies like Riot Games, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Gameloft, and Wargaming to close down their Russian offices. The Russian Federation has carried out a deceptive and outrageous military attack on my country!...

Well, in a new interview with the Same Brain podcast, Xbox boss Phil Spencer gave an interesting answer when asked about the future of Microsoft’s gaming division. He doesn’t touch much on Xbox Game Pass, instead focusing on new hardware, developing interesting games with their expanded first-party roster, and perhaps most significantly, mobile. “Longer term, we’re all in. We’re thinking about new hardware, we’re thinking about new styles of games, new partnerships, new first-party things that we can go do....

Here are your late-May PC and console Game Pass titles: Xbox Game Pass grants players access to more than 100 games for 10 bucks a month, while Xbox Game Pass Ultimate also gets you Xbox Live Gold and EA Play access — you can check out a full list of available console and PC games here. You can sign up for your first month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $1....

As part of an investigation into the online console video gaming sector the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) identified concerns about certain features of Microsoft’s auto-renewing subscriptions, in particular: whether it was clear upfront that contracts would automatically renew; how easy it was to turn off automatic renewal; and whether people may not have realised they were still paying for services they no longer used. With this in mind, the CMA secured undertakings with Microsoft to address the concerns....

The third entry in the series developed by Monolith Soft was originally announced with a September release date, so the game is releasing well over a month than anticipated. Alongside confirming the game’s release date, Nintendo also shared a brand new Xenoblade Chronicles 3 trailer that provides a new look at the game’s battle system, story, and more. You can check out the new trailer below. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 launches on July 29th on Nintendo Switch worldwide....

Newegg’s laser engraving option ensures each user’s system will be one-of-a-kind Shoppers can select an assortment of font sizes and styles. Users can also customize the placement of the text on the case. Only five case manufacturers are selected for the new service — Corsair, Fractal Design, Antec, Rosewill, and NZXT. Corsair has the most case options available, with models such as the 4000D Airflow in black or white (sale price starting at $94....

Nanominer crypto mining software adds support for Intel Arc A380 GPUs for Ethereum mining The Intel Arc A380 can produce a nominal 10.2 MH/s hash rate without optimizations or boosting while consuming 75 watts of average power. These numbers are severely low for mining purposes, clocking in under the NVIDIA GTX 1660 GPUs. The memory bus on the Intel Arc A380 is only capable of 96 bits and only eight Xe-Cores....

Among these remakes, the most interesting one is the one in development by CryZENx, which has been recently ported to Unreal Engine 5 for considerably better visuals. Now, the remake has been updated to Unreal Engine 5.1 with its latest release, a special Christmas version that does a great job showcasing the lighting improvements provided by Lumen. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time CryZENx Christmas special release can be downloaded for free right now by heading over here....

[Original Story] Crysis 4 appears to be in development by Crytek, judging from a new social media post by Crytek China. Right now the game is in the early stages of development so it will be a while yet, but we wanted to bring you the news at this time as we are so hyped for the future, and to let you know that we will be listening to our community....

Mac Pro Continues To Be Slower Than Apple’s M2, but 12-Core Intel Xeon CPU Upgrade Brings Massive Multi-Core Performance Gains, Beating the M1 The Mac Pro arrived at a YouTuber’s home with the channel name called This Does Not Compete. The configuration he paid for featured a quad-core Intel Xeon E5 processor, and it was obvious that it would never hold its own against even the least powerful Apple Silicon. Thankfully, the workstation is user-upgradable if you do not mind investing a ton of time and effort getting inside, but the YouTuber managed to swap out the existing CPU with a 12-core Intel Xeon E5-2679 v2....

However, for you to go back to a previous computer state, you must have System Restore, also known as File History, enabled beforehand. If it is not enabled, then your PC has no previous states saved to go back to. In this post, we are going to show you 2 methods you can use to confirm whether System Restore is enabled on your Windows PC or not. Learn how to enable and use File History or Backup and Restore (Windows 7)....