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Well, in a new interview with Eurogamer, Sony Santa Monica animation director Bruno Velazquez gave a surprisingly frank answer. According to him, their main goal with God of War Ragnarok was to make the best PS4 game possible, with extra features found on PS5 just being the “icing on the cake.” “When it comes to Ragnarök, from the very get-go, we knew this was going to be a PS4 game because we wanted to support the fanbase - we had so many people that had enjoyed the game on PS4....

We do incredibly well with adaptations, from Invincible to The Boys. I mean, we just covered so many of them, right? And so we know that there’s such a passionate fan base for God of War. But the thing that we’re always looking for is whether there is a real emotional core, if there’s a real narrative story, and I think that’s part of what makes God of War so special....

Pixel Tablet specifications provide a benchmark on the kind of Internals that may be present in the ‘Pro’ version While searching for code in Google’s Camera Go app, in addition to finding out that the Pixel 8 lineup for next year will support a new camera sensor and staggered HDR, Kuba Wojciechowski also notes that the Pixel Tablet Pro is being worked on. He finds this out through a string labeled ‘TangorPro....

In terms of the stats, the Play Store is used monthly by “more than 2.5 billion people in over 190 countries” with 2 million app developers. It is found on Android phones, tablets, Wear OS watches, Android/Google TV sets, Chromebooks, as well as Android Automotive cars. Since then, Google has decided to ditch music along with movies and television shows to focus strictly on Android apps, games, and audiobooks....

Google Pixel Fold to Potentially Launch in May With a Hefty Price Tag Take note that Google has attempted to work with foldable technology in the past, but no products ever saw daylight. Today, Front Page Tech has shared renders of the Google Pixel Fold that showcases the design of the device along with other details. At first look, it can be seen that the Google Pixel Fold is quite wider than Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold....

The 1.11 update, among other things, increases the amount of rewards for events in the latter half of the World Circuit and adjusts the rewards for Arcade, Daily and Custom races, Lobbies and more. The update also introduces Endurance Races The new Gran Turismo 7 update also increases the maximum cap for earned credits to 100 million, the maximum number of cars listed in the lineup at the same time and fixes issues with cars, the Livery Editor, and improves car physics simulation....

Well, a recent report from Windows Central may shine a partial light on what’s going on. According to the report, 343 Industries was relying heavily on Russian studio Sperasoft, a support studio which has quietly worked on everything from Halo Infinite, to Rainbow Six Siege, to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Of course, with most publishers cutting ties with Russian companies after the country’s invasion of Ukraine, 343 no longer has access to Sperasoft’s labor....

As pointed out by Jarrard, the TV series that began airing on Paramount+ a couple of weeks ago follows the so-called Silver Timeline to slightly distinguish itself from the canon seen in the Halo games. Early reception has been positive, with record-breaking results for a debut on Paramount+. We are looking at threads and nods we can bring into Halo Infinite because it is a service, and we’ll have the ability to shape and influence experiences and content over time, even though they are technically different universes and timelines....

iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 Could Potentially Release By Mid-December With a Boatload of Major Features iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 are major updates considering the number of features they will bring on compatible iPhones and iPads. Since iOS 16.2 beta 4 has been released, we could possibly see another beta this month before the company decides to release the final version. Moreover, we are also expecting a Release Candidate build of the operating systems ahead of the final release....

Intel 14-Core Alder Lake Alder Lake HX mobility CPU spotted in UserBenchmark, hints at upcoming high-end mobility launch The benchmarks show us that the CPU in question had an average turbo of 4.05 GHz and a base clock of 2.3 GHz. The nomenclature would put this as a 14 core part with 6 P-cores and 8 E-cores for a total of 20 threads. Needless to say, this is an insane level of power packed into a mobility chip and would be second only to the desktop 8+8 configurations....

As we get closer to the highly anticipated launch, the developers have shared more details on Horizon Forbidden West. In a recent interview, Italian website Everyeye spoke to Guerrilla Games Narrative Director Benjamin McCaw, who revealed that while the game features a single ending, players do have a bit of agency on the story. The interview also hints at why Aloy and her allies will move towards the West, in a journey that eventually leads them to a ruined San Francisco and to the Yosemite Valley....

Intel Silicon is being removed from Apple and AMD, dropping Intel USB4 solutions Twitter user SkyJuice first noted of iFixit’s dissection from last week. Intel Retimer chips that utilized USB4 and Thunderbolt support have been used in past MacBook models. The USB4 Retimer chip codenamed U09PY3 is a custom design by Apple itself. Also, Apple has not officially divulged the details of the unknown chip, but it feels that the company will probably keep quiet for now....

Intel Mesa Vulkan driver receives an unbelievable “100x” improvement to raytracing Lionel Landwerlin, a seasoned Intel Linux graphics driver engineer, opened the newest merge request after uncovering the extensive optimization of the hardware support. Once published, it has now been added to Mesa 22.2. The new alteration to the Intel ANV will allow for “scratch memory for Vulkan raytracing” to be “allocated to local memory, a.k.a. the local device memory for the DG2/Alchemist discrete graphics cards,” states Michael Larabel of Phoronix....

Intel Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPUs Bugs, Production Woes, Vulnerabilities Among Countless Reasons For 2023 Delay The Intel Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPU lineup for servers was meant to launch and compete with AMD’s EPYC Milan CPUs. Since their announcement, AMD has launched Milan, Milan-X, and will launch Genoa in the coming months. While we were expecting that Sapphire Rapids could ship around the same time as Genoa, that doesn’t seem to be the case as the launch is being pushed back to early 2023....

Intel recruits members of its community for mass testing of its Arc A7 lineup with free, indefinitely loaned, GPUs As hardware reviewers, we are intimately familiar with ILAs; basically any hardware unit you receive which is yours to keep for future testing comes under an indefinite loan agreement. The item stays “loaned” forever and you can essentially completely destroy it (as long as its in the name of science) but it will stay the property of the manufacturer for legal purposes....

After 18 years, we find more information about Intel’s infamous failure — the Pentium 5 processors First, let’s look a little closer into the two chips themselves. Tejas was the codename given to the microprocessor to be the successor to the Pentium 4 processor. Jayhawk was the Xeon variant of the abandoned Pentium 5 series. Intel’s Core formed the basis for power-efficient architectures. Netburst, the microarchitecture for the x86 processors, was launched in November 2000....

Apple releases iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2 for iPhone and iPad with important security fixes With the release of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, Apple has released software updates for older devices as well. Though the iOS 16 updates are packed with new features and changes, you get pretty much nothing with the smaller 15.7.2 release. However, you do get important security fixes which are always nice to have. There’s nothing worse than using a phone or a tablet that makes your private information vulnerable....

iPhone 14 Models to Use 6nm 5G RF Chips Made by TSMC for Enhanced Battery Life Thanks to the Smaller And Less Power Hungry Chip According to a new report from the Economic Daily News, TSMC has obtained all orders for Apple’s 5G radio frequency or RF chips for this year’s flagship iPhone models. The new chips will be purportedly manufactured using TSMC’s 6nm process which was announced last year. The 6nm 5G RF chips are smaller in size and also consume less power, which will contribute to enhanced battery life on iPhone 14 models....

This time around, SNK is adding three characters from the Samurai Shodown series to The King of Fighters XV’s roster. Haohmaru, Nakoruru, and Darli Dagger will join the roster, and the three of them have a short gameplay trailer that you can watch below. Haohmaru’s attacks have a ton of hitstun, and his sword swings give him additional range over some of the melee characters on the roster. To say he’ll do a ton of damage will probably go unquestioned since KOF XV already deals with extremely high damage as it is, and you can very easily die from any stray hit from many characters....