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Hasbro Power Rangers 2020 showcase

Here's what's next from Hasbro's line of merchandise based on Saban's hit Power Rangers franchise. You can’t talk about 90’s pop culture and children’s programming without mentioning the Power Rangers. Power Rangers hasn’t slowed down since it first debuted in 1993. The series has spawned 27 seasons, along with several film adaptations, video games, and comics. A large component of the Power Rangers franchise is its merchandising. We met up with Hasbro to talk about what fans can expect next. Our Video editor Greg Burke caught up with Hasbro to

Total Tank Simulator hands-on preview – All out war

Go head to head in a number of simulated battles based on World War II. Our preview. Total Tank Simulator is a passion project from the team at Noobz from Poland. Published by 505 Games, this battle simulator takes the genre and looks to triple down on it. Players can explore over 50 battle maps throughout a fleshed out campaign, sandbox mode, and shadow mode.  World superpowers When playing an early build of Total Tank Simulator on PC using mouse and keyboard, I got to experience Noobz from Poland’s take

Fortnite and Travis Scott Astronomical Concert

Relive the latest Fortnite event, an Astronomical concert from visionary artist Travis Scott. Fortnite’s in-game events have grown into some of the best in gaming over the last couple of years. The team at Epic Games is constantly out to outdo themselves in terms of scope and spectacle. Their latest event, a collaboration with musical artist Travis Scott brought about new outfits, emotes, and a concert.  Titled Astronomical, the concert aired worldwide on April 23 at 7pm EST. If you weren’t able to catch the event live, we’ve got the

Valorant hands-on preview: A new offensive

Initially revealed as Project A, the word surrounding League of Legends developer Riot Games’ hero-based fps went from optimistic curiosity, to fever pitch levels of excitement. With promises to feature dedicated servers, a rewarding ranked system, and a brand new anti-cheat software, expectations for Valorant were considerably high. Going global Valorant finally got into the hands of the public with the launch of its closed beta. I had the chance to jump in and put several hours into Riot’s new fps. It’s no secret that Valorant takes heavy inspiration from

Sky Racket Review: Get served

Blast through the galaxy on a quest to defeat evil with the power of tennis in our Sky Racket review. Double Dash’s Sky Racket is an unlikely mashup of the brick-breaker and shoot’em up genres. Players assume the role of either RacketBoy or RacketGirl, on a journey to save the galaxy from a great evil. Through the power of tennis, these heroes will traverse a colorful set of worlds on a grand journey. Intergalactic Open What instantly struck me with Sky Racket is the game’s art direction and design. The

Borderlands Science’s in-game puzzles could benefit real scientists

Playing games could end up helping you help real-world scientists in Borderlands 3, so get in on the efforts to make change. Looking to make a difference in the real world while playing your favorite games? You can do just that with Borderlands Science, a whole new way to interact with real-world researchers studying the inner workings of humans – real ones! Gearbox is working alongside McGill University, Massively Multiplayer Online Science, and The Microsetta Initiative to put together research about the human body in the "gut" with Borderlands Science. 

The internet changed gaming forever. How’s player support keeping up?

“Gaming has changed,” I thought to myself as I slowly maneuvered past the young cosplayers crowding the halls at Gamescom, the largest gaming conference in Europe for players and industry professionals.I thought back to my childhood, and the games I grew up with. Mario and Sonic were still present, I could still find Street Fighter and Fallout merchandise, and FIFA 20 was, somewhat expectedly, huge. But that was pretty much it — the gaming universe I used to know, tucked in between massive displays of games I’ve never heard of.

Swarm Intelligence could be the Key to More Accurate Sports Betting

Share... Facebook Twitter Linkedin Reddit StumbleUpon Tumblr Print email You don’t see many traffic jams in the bee worldPhoto by Jordan Schwartz Artificial intelligence has been shown to have tremendous predictive power in all sorts of areas. Sports is one area in which data plays a key role, whether it’s statistics about a team’s form and overall performance, or data for individual players and their strengths. Collecting this data and analyzing it using algorithms can lead to more accurate predictions. This type of AI doesn’t have to involve any human

P.S.: I love you. When gamers break up with you.

Quick disclaimer: I am not a gamer.But there was this one time, a few years ago, when I came home to find a borrowed PlayStation with a Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas case right next to it in the living room. It was my girlfriend who had left it there.She had been playing it all afternoon and as soon as I got home she told me all about her plan. The idea was for us to spend a different kind of weekend together, just the two of us, playing GTA.Little

How Artificial Intelligence is changing the gaming industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) in gaming isn’t a recent innovation. As early as 1949, mathematician and cryptographer Claude Shannon pondered a one-player chess game, in which humans would compete against a computer.Indeed, gaming has been a key engine of AI, and a proving ground for the simulations, constructed environments and tests of realism that are the foundation of virtual experiences.AI for the gaming experienceIn 1989’s Sim City, for example, players controlled complex simulations, and rudimentary gaming AI was deployed to simulate something close to realism – i.e. deeply human characteristics like unpredictability.