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At the first Live Developer Q&A for Microsoft Flight Simulator of 2021 on Twitch, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann, Asobo Studio CEO and Co-Founder Sebastian Wloch and Asobo Studio Executive Producer Martial Bossard shared new information on the future of the amateur flight simulator program. During the live stream, the team revealed a new trailer showcasing World Update III: United Kingdom and Ireland, which will be released between February 9 and February 11....

Gamers tired of playing sequel after sequel may soon be able to find something new and fresh on the Xbox One, if Phil Spencer’s latest comments are any indication. The head of Xbox said in an interview last week that Microsoft is working on new first-party titles at both internal and external studios. Spencer pointed out that the upcoming Sunset Overdrive is a good example of a game that doesn’t fit in with the likes of Halo or Gears of War but still offers an exciting experience....

Design and connectivity Both: 287 x 208 x 9.3mm / 2x USB-C with Thunderbolt 4, Surface Connect port Surface Pro 9 colours: Sapphire, Forest, Platinum, Graphite Surface Pro 8 colours: Graphite, Platinum Display and cameras Both: 13-inch 3:2 PixelSense Flow Display 2880 X 1920 at up to 120Hz Surface Pro 9: Dolby Vision IQ support, Gorilla Glass 5 Both: 1080p front-facing camera with Windows Hello, 10MP 4K rear camera Hardware and battery life Surface Pro 9 processor: 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1235U / i7 1255U / Microsoft SQ 3 Surface Pro 8 processor: 11th Gen Intel Core i5 1135G7 / i7 1185G7 Both: 8GB/16GB/32GB RAM and 128GB/256GB/512GB/1TB storage Surface Pro 9: Up to 15....

Both the EU and US regulators have given their rubber stamp of approval to Microsoft’s purchase of ZeniMax Media, so that means this thing is going to happen. Microsoft now owns Bethesda, Id Software, Tango Gameworks, Arkane Studios, and everyone else that was under the ZeniMax umbrella. But what does this really mean from a gamer’s perspective? That we don’t really know, but we might find out on Thursday. According to VentureBeat, Microsoft will host a video presentation on Thursday, March 11 to discuss the Bethesda purchase and tell us all what might come next....

Among exploring and building, there’s one more core activity of Minecraft that most players will need to learn about: farming to survive. With a myriad of different crops and plants to farm, players have the option to grow just about anything their heart desires. However, each plant has its own requirements. Mushrooms are an underappreciated food that many Minecrafters choose not to grow, and for good reason; they require a bit more thought to grow in a safe manner, without attracting too many mobs, while also ensuring it’s actually worth the effort....

In Minecraft, there are a variety of potions that can help players to be stronger, faster, and even repel fire damage. While potions can be found in treasure chests as loot, it’s much easier to make them than to rely on chance. There are several items players will need first, however, to make their own Minecraft Fire Resistance Potions. While Fire Resistance enchantments on gear give up to 32% resistance to fire damage, Potions of Fire Resistance give players complete protection against just about anything hot....

With several years of development, It Takes Two developers have announced that the game has finally gone gold. On top of that, It Takes Two is ready about a month before the scheduled release date. Josef Fares, known for co-op thriller A Way Out, released a tweet earlier today on his Twitter account, making this announcement. Which, in the video game development industry, implies that the company has completed all the required work for the game to be shipped out on discs....

Even after releasing just last week, the thrilling adventure I was expecting to have with Just Cause 3 just ended up being a sense of open world fatigue. I fell hard for the pre-release hype for Just Cause 3. Featuring a bunch of cool trailers like the one Avalanche Studios put out called Firestarter, and the promise of causing all out chaos in a beautiful world called Medici, I was ready to dive in....

The reviews are in for Just Cause 3, with the game praised for its over-the-top action, but criticized for repetitive missions as well as technical issues. While most of 2015’s biggest games dropped in October and November, the fall gaming rush is not quite over just yet, and Just Cause 3 from Avalanche Studios is a testament to that. Now that the game is released, reviews from around the web have started pouring in, and generally speaking, Just Cause 3 is receiving a fairly positive reception....

In one of the more unexpected news items this week, platformer hero Kao the Kangaroo is returning with his first new game in over 15 years. Players may fondly remember platformers like Ty the Tasmanian Tiger and Croc. Unfortunately, some of these mascot-type franchises have laid dormant for many years, never making it big. (Anyone remember Blinx: The Time Sweeper?) One of these platformer animal heroes is Kao the Kangaroo. Developed by Polish studio Tate Interactive, Kao the Kangaroo is a 3D platformer series with similarities to Crash Bandicoot....

Kingdom Hearts has a lot of worlds for players to explore, with many of them being based on Disney movies, both old and new. However, they’ve never had a world based on a Disney cartoon series, and there are many great ones that fans would love to travel to. It would be awesome to have a game where Sora, Donald, and Goofy met the characters from Disney’s TV shows and teamed up with them to defeat the heartless....

Last call on deals for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare on the PC and console, as the latest shooter goes live in less than twelve hours on its Friday release date. We’re just hours away from the release of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and if you’ve been on the fence about pre-ordering for Day 1 action, the question to ask is this: would a discount or gift card push you over the edge?...

The news that Microsoft has delayed Halo Infinite, a planned launch title for the upcoming Xbox Series X, until next year has brought an age old question to the forefront: What role do launch titles play in the success of a console? Will the titles that are immediately available with a new console be a factor in how well the console performs in the longterm? The short answer is “not really....

Our quick take LG OLED GX 4K TV - 4.5 / 5 Design Dimensions: 829 x 1446 x 20mm Weight: 29.8kg (65-inch model) Connections: 4x HDMI, 3x USB, 2x tuner, 1x CI card, 1x digital optical, 1x 3.5mm analogue Bluetooth 5.0 (inc. Bluetooth Surround Ready), Wi-Fi Bluetooth 5.0 (inc. Bluetooth Surround Ready), Wi-Fi Features HLG, HDR10, Dolby Vision, Dolby Vision IQ Filmmaker Mode Interface webOS interface and voice control ‘Magic’ Bluetooth remote handset No UK TV catch-up apps (yet) Picture quality Sound quality 60 watts of audio power To recap Quite aside from its numerous picture-quality positives, this LG OLED might be the most wall-hangable TV ever made....

Physical game publisher Limited Run Games announces that it has delayed its planned digital E3 presentation. Limited Run Games is one of several companies that elected to hold a digital E3 press event after E3 2020 was cancelled, with Ubisoft announcing Ubisoft Forward for July. On Twitter, Limited Run Games said that it would not be hosting its annual E3 event on Monday, June 8 as it had announced. The company would announce a new date for the event next week....

Netflix’s Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! is a new Black sitcom that has Jamie Foxx revisiting his comedy roots. “Executive produced by Jamie Foxx, his daughter Corinne Foxx, The Jamie Foxx Show creator Bentley Kyle Evans, and director Ken Whittingham, Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! is a multi-cam sitcom inspired by Jamie and Corinne’s father-daughter relationship. Jamie Foxx assumes the role of Brian Dixon, and teenage actress Kyla-Drew plays his daughter, Sasha.”...

This Lucifer review contains spoilers. “Let’s go home.” With those three simple words, Amenadiel alters the tenor of a show that has built its house on clever writing, engaging characters, and stories that ask us to look inside ourselves for meaning. Tonight we learn that Lucifer has been wrong all along, and it takes Charlotte’s devastating death to drive home that point. Now that he’s got the girl, can Lucifer once and for all accept that he alone determines how his life unfolds, and that his Father’s manipulations may, in fact, be all in his imagination?...

Our quick take Apple MacBook Air (2019) - 4.0 / 5 Design & Display Available finishes: Gold (as pictured), Space Grey, Silver 13.3-inch ‘Retina display (2650 x 1600 resolution) Adds True Tone technology for adaptive colour 2x USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports 3.5mm headphone jack 15.6mm thickness 1.25kgs Best laptop 2019: All the top notebooks, 2-in-1s and ultraportables What is Apple’s True Tone display all about? Keyboard & Trackpad Improved third-generation butterfly keyboard (uses new material in mechanism) Large trackpad with Force Touch (dual level control) Touch ID fingerprint login (no Face ID)...

This August saw the release of Madden 21, just before the release of the next-generation consoles from Xbox and PlayStation. The NFL has a large fandom, and the best part about being in a fandom is discussing and ranking certain aspects of the thing everyone loves and brought them together. Quarterbacks are considered the most important position in professional sports, but who reigns supreme as the best of the best under center?...

Red Dead Online’s long awaited Naturalist update arrived yesterday, allowing players to take on the Naturalist Frontier Pursuit. But despite the update’s variety of new wildlife-themed content, including legendary animals, clothing and gear, many fans were left disappointed. Many took to Twitter to express their disappoint, with most criticizing the update for being “boring” and “contradictory.” One major issue seems to stem from how the Naturalist role contradicts other frontier pursuits....