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Samsung Developing Cloud Gaming Service

Top GamesYongjae Kim at Samsung Developer Conference 2021. / Photo courtesy of SamsungSamsung has announced it's developing a new cloud gaming platform for its Smart TVs.The hardware manufacturing conglomerate revealed the upcoming tech during its Samsung Developer Conference 21 keynote presentation. It will be available on Samsung Smart TVs powered by Tizen, a Linux-based operating system that already supports over 200 million Samsung devices.[embedded content]Not much is known about the new platform, as Samsung only mentioned it in passing during the presentation."To diversify your game selection on Samsung Smart TVs,

Here’s every MTG Standard set coming in 2022

Four new Magic: The Gathering sets scheduled to release in 2022 were revealed by Wizards of the Coast during the August Magic Showcase.  The launch of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt is scheduled to take place on Sept. 24 in conjunction with the Magic 2021 Standard rotation. Two months later, Innistrad: Crimson Vow will release, providing two new Standard-legal sets to the existing four following fall rotation. A total of four MTG Standard sets will launch in 2022, revealed today during the Magic Showcase event: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, Streets of New Capenna,

Nirmata appoints Nataraj Narayan as Managing Director

Nataraj’s world-class leadership and three decades of experience with large Global System Integrators will be critical as we begin working with global partners to help organizations secure and automate their cloud applications." said Jim Bugwadia, Chief Executive Officer, Nirmata. San Jose, California (PRWEB) August 23, 2021 SAN JOSE, Calif., August 23, 2021 – Nirmata, the software solutions provider for governance, compliance, security, and automation of production Kubernetes workloads and clusters, and creators of Kyverno, the leading policy engine designed for Kubernetes, announced today the appointment of Nataraj Narayan as the

F1 2021 Update Temporarily Disables Ray Tracing in PS5 Version

Codemasters’ F1 2021 released recently for Xbox and PlayStation platforms along with PC, and though it’s been running well on most platforms, the PS5 version is a different story. The latter suffered from performance issues due to its ray tracing. As a result, update 1.04, which went live for consoles recently, has temporarily disabled the feature. This is being done to “aid stability” for the time being and Codemasters is looking to “re-enable this as quickly as possible.” It will provide an update to fans “in due course.” F1 2021

Redfall Development Began in August 2017 – Rumor

Arkane Studios has Deathloop coming up this year which will be available for PS5 and PC at launch (with a one-year exclusivity period on Sony’s console). However, at the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, it revealed a brand new IP called Redfall. Rumored as Omen before the event, Redfall is a co-op shooter set on an island in Massachusetts with players battling against vampires. Though rumors of Redfall began months before the showcase, it seems to have been in development long before. Timur22 posted a screenshot for the work profile

Scuba Crystal Fortnite Skin: Latest Details

FortniteScuba Crystal, a brand-new refresh of the popular Crystal skin, will be releasing soon in the Fortnite item shop during the Cosmic Summer event. / Photo courtesy of Epic GamesThe Scuba Crystal outfit in Fortnite has been generating a lot of buzz around the battle island as players are anxiously awaiting the opportunity to add the upcoming skin to their collections.Putting the hectic alien invasion of Season 7 on pause for a brief moment of relaxation, Epic Games has launched the Cosmic Summer event, bringing in a ton of seasonal

F1 2021 Interview – Braking Point, Two-Player Career, My Time, and More

Codemasters’ F1 series is in the unique position where it keeps on making improvements year-over-year to deliver increasingly excellent games, which isn’t something that can be said about a lot of annual franchises. It’s no surprise, then, that each new game in the series is something that fans look forward to with giddy anticipation. This year’s entry is making a number of major improvements and trying out new ideas, and that, combined with the fact that this is the series’ debut on next-gen consoles and the first time it’s being published under

CD Projekt Red Suffers Consequences Following Disastrous Cyberpunk 2077 Launch

CD Projekt Red has taken a financial hit this year partially due to Cyberpunk 2077's poor reception and continual development post-launch. | CD Projekt RedCD Projekt Red (CDPR) has taken a financial hit this year partially due to Cyberpunk 2077's poor reception and continual development post-launch.The company reported a 65% profit reduction in its first quarter (Q1), missing market estimates—earning only $8.84 million at the start of its 2021 fiscal year. However, according to a recent earnings presentation published at the end of May, CDPR did note a sizable profit

Leveling the playing field

Williesha Morris Contributor Williesha Morris has been a journalist and freelancer off-and-on for over a decade. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, playing video games or chatting about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2011, a product developer named Fred Davison read an article about inventor Ken Yankelevitz and his QuadControl video game controller for quadriplegics. At the time, Yankelevitz was on the verge of retirement. Davison wasn’t a gamer, but he said his mother, who had the progressive neurodegenerative disease ALS, inspired him to pick up where Yankelevitz was about to

Last Year, Roughly 20% of Switch Sales Went to Households That Already Owned Switches

That’s a pretty big number. The Switch is unique in that it’s both a traditional console and a handheld. While you can use it as the hybrid console Nintendo designed it as, it’s also very easy to use it as just a handheld or just a console. If you live in a house where multiple people use the console, for instance, it’s easy to see why you might want multiple Switches. Apparently, the number of folks who want more than one Switch is pretty large, as Nintendo has announced that