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Daniel Abt fired from Audi’s Formula E team for using pro sim driver in virtual race

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Audi fired Daniel Abt from its Formula E racing team after learning he had a professional sim driver race for him during a virtual competition called the “Race at Home Challenge” held over the weekend. The automaker said in a statement via Formula E that Abt had been suspended from Audi Sport “with immediate effect.” However, it appears the consequences are more serious and final. Abt said in a video message published Tuesday on YouTube that Audi had dropped him from the team. “Today I was informed in a conversation

‘SINoALICE’ Pre-Orders Are Now Live on the App Store Ahead of Its Release This July

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We’ve been covering SINoALICE for a while with the original Japanese release and the various announcements for the upcoming English version. While SINoALICE was originally scheduled to launch through Nexon, it was delayed indefinitely and it will finally launch in July from Pokelabo. Pre-registrations for SINoALICE already went live on Google Play and the game has gotten 1,500,000 pre-registrations so far on Android. The global version has two NieR collaborations coming as well. Watch the trailer for the global version of SINoALICE below: The official planned release date for the

Kardiachain Sets Sight on the $2 Billion Vietnamese Esports Market

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KardiaChain on May 21, 2020, announced its plans of expanding into the lucrative, multi-billion dollar Vietnamese eSports market. Consequently, they have launched the KardiaChain eSports Incentive Platform which is a prediction game for Garena’s Arena of Valor (Liên Quân) tournament on the Vietnamese mobile phone MOBA game. Garena is the largest game portal in South East Asia. Fans will now be allowed to punt on match outcomes using KardiaChain’s KAI tokens.  KardiaChain and Their Mission The decision was borne out of necessity. Because of COVID-19-related disruptions, the blockchain project, in a blog post,

Virtually reality: why isn’t VR more popular?

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VR is impressive to watch — but it is less impressive to purchaseMany people probably have experience of VR second-hand, rather than from the comfort of their own home. A casual demo in a gaming convention here, or a half hour spent on someone else’s setup there — the interest exists, but the demand does not.The titles already coming out for it are getting better and better, and have already contributed to a branch of Youtubers focusing on VR content. VRChat, Beat Saber and Half Life: Alyx have been raising

Chainlink Introduces VRF Tool to Help Smart Contracts Achieve On-Chain Randomness

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Chainlink is best known for its pioneering work around decentralized oracles, but the project’s experts have also gone expansive with work on Mixicles, meta oracles, and beyond. The Link Marines are buzzing anew, then, as Chainlink has rolled out yet another major contribution to the smart contracts ecosystem this week, the Chainlink VRF. The “VRF” in that stands for verifiable random function, a cryptographic primitive that can generate random numbers in verifiable and unbiasable fashion. Why’s this important? There are no shortage of use cases in which blockchain projects could

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla May Get Beowulf DLC

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla is another historical epic from Ubisoft, this time taking place in the dark ages and detailing the Viking conquest of large parts of England. But the series has always paid homage to famous myths and legends as well, and there's reason to suspect that a piece of Valhalla DLC will explore the epic poem Beowulf. A description on the German Ubisoft Store mentions the Beowulf DLC. A translated version of text promoting the season pass reads, "Includes the story mission: The Legend of Beowulf. Discover the cruel

Guy Fieri Raises $20 Million For Out-Of-Work Restaurant Workers

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In the midst of lockdowns and restaurant closures around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Guy Fieri has stepped up to help provide aid to thousands of out-of-work restaurant staff, Variety reports.In partnership with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, Fieri has helped to raise over $20 million, which will be distributed to restaurant workers experiencing hardship in grants of $500. In the last two months, over 40,000 of these grants have been awarded."I started thinking about my brothers and sisters in the restaurant business, and a bunch of

Call Of Duty: WW2 Studio Is Now Working On Two Games, Planning To Hire 100 People

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Call of Duty: WWII developer Sledgehammer Games is ramping up. The studio's COO, Andy Wilson, confirmed in a new interview that the developer is looking to fill 100 positions at its locations around the world as it moves to take on more responsibilities including working on two games at once.Sledgehammer was founded in 2010 by Dead Space and EA veterans Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, both of whom have since left the studio. With Sledgehammer now entering its second decade of existence, Wilson told VentureBeat that the studio is launching

GameStop’s Big PC Gaming Sale Discounts Headsets, Keyboards, And More

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GameStop may be more known for console gaming, but it also has a selection of great PC gaming accessories, some of which are discounted right now. A number of gaming headsets, mice, keyboards, and monitors are on sale at the video game retailer right now. GameStop has the HyperX Cloud Alpha Pro gaming headset for only $80, down from $100; the Razer Viper gaming mouse for $60, down from $80; and an Asus ROG Swift 1440p 165Hz monitor for $620, down from $650. If you've been looking for some new