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Intel Labs’ Image Enhancement Tech Could Have a Massive Impact on Video Game Graphics

Making video games look better and better is something that developers and publishers have prioritized over most other things for a long time now. In the era of 4K visuals and frame rates that surpass with many people’s eyes can even appreciate, you could argue that we are entering the domain of diminishing returns when it comes to focusing on photorealistic graphics,  but that’s not going to stop some folks from continuing to try to push the envelope further. While there is certainly nothing wrong with that, it is also

Lost Judgment for PS5, Xbox Series X & More Gets New Screenshots & Videos Introducing Characters & Actors

Today Sega released quite a lot of new assets for its upcoming action game Lost Judgment, focusing on the cast of characters and the actors who play them. We get to see Takayuki Yagami, the protagonist of the game, played by Takuya Kimura. In this game, he is investigating bullying in a high school in Yokohama when his former colleague Saori Shirosaki asks him to also investigate a murder that happened in the city. The case, which appeared to have been triggered by a father’s revenge for the loss of

mason banned from Twitch yet again after homophobic slur

Steven Rondina • Apr 13, 19:53Mason "mason" Venne is banned from Twitch once again. The former pro Dota 2 player and current full-time streamer has been banned from the platform for the fourth time. The latest comes after he dropped a homophobic slur on his stream. When asked about a specific hero’s Aghanim’s Scepter upgrade, mason seemingly responded with an anti-gay epithet. While this would have been a clear violation of Twitch’s rules regarding hate speech, mason quickly caught himself and explained that he wasn’t trying to say what he

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity’ Trailer, Mini-Views Featuring ‘Kirby Fighters 2’, Plus the Latest Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 28th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got some news from the Tokyo Game Show along with a selection of Mini-Views on games like Kirby Fighters 2, The Long Dark, and more. There’s one new release to take a look at, and it’s a rather strange one. We finish things up with a look at the new sales that popped up over the weekend and the discounts that will be expiring tomorrow. Let’s get the week started right! News Check

Tell Me Why Review – Cleaning Out My Closet

There's an important milestone in every adult's life when they realize that their parents aren't just monolithic figures known only as Mom and/or Dad, but people in their own right who have hopes, dreams, thoughts, and desires that have nothing to do with their children. That’s not exactly new territory in other art, but it's a rarity in games. In the few that do explore that idea, it's usually Dad who gets the attention. That makes Dontnod's Tell Me Why a fascinating anomaly right off the bat. It is, without

Shooty Skies Overdrive Review: A Short Yet Sweet VR Wave Shooter

It’s time to take flight in Shooty Skies Overdrive, a new VR wave shooter for Oculus Quest and PC VR from the team behind the successful mobile game Crossy Road. Taking elements and inspiration from traditional and VR games alike, does this new bullet hell title fly higher than the competition? Here’s our review.Shooty Skies Overdrive is the first VR game from Crossy Road co-creator Matt Hill and Mighty Games, following a string of successful games on Android and iOS platforms like Crossy Road and the original non-VR Shooty Skies.The

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Burnout Paradise Remastered’ and Today’s Other New Releases, the Latest Sales Featuring ‘Saints Row IV’ and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 19th, 2020. In today’s article, we go through the rest of the new releases for the week. Not quite as many as yesterday, but still a rather healthy number with a few big names in the bunch. We summarize all of them before sliding into a large list of new sales. No time for news today, but the biggest bit is that EA is apparently planning to release seven games on the Switch this year, starting with today’s Burnout