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Arch Linux has changed how Linux kernel packages are installed

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Arch Linux developers have announced changes in the way they install packages with the Linux kernel. All official kernel packages (linux, linux-lts, linux-zen and linux-hardened) will no longer actually install the kernel image into the /boot directory. Installation and removal of kernel images will be performed by the mkinitcpio script (hooks for processing kernel installation operations have so far been added only to mkinitcpio, but in […]

The cast of the Halo TV series has arrived: Danny Sapani and Olive Gray will play the Case family

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Showtime will be ready to start filming the Halo TV series soon. Two key characters from the original trilogy have been cast for the show, along with a new hero who has some ties to the Covenant. Danny Sapani (Black Panther, Doctor Who, Courtesans) will play Captain Jacob Case, and Olive Gray (Crescent Moon Investigation, Sex Education, Fleabag) will play his daughter, Doctor […]

Game Freak: Future Pokemon Games Will Have Limited Pokedex

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Game Freak has confirmed that future games in the main Pokémon series will offer a limited Pokédex. In Pokémon Sword and Shield, the set of available Pokémon will be significantly reduced due to the increased workload on Game Freak, as the studio had to rework the animals for modern graphics. “We currently have no plans to make Pokémon that are not in the Galar region Pokedex available in […]

Steam has started a sale for singles

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Singles' Day is a Chinese holiday, but in 2019 it will be celebrated around the world on Steam. Valve's marketplace has started a sale for singles. The promotion will end on November 12 at 19:00 Moscow time. The full list of offers can be found on the event page - games of various genres received discounts: BattleBlock […]

Pillars of Eternity 3 is in doubt due to weak Deadfire sales. The authors do not know what is the reason for the failure

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Released last May, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire was outsold by the original game. Recently, Obsidian Entertainment design director Josh Sawyer said on his Tumblr blog that the developers still have not figured out the reasons for its low popularity, and made some assumptions. In addition, he noted that for this reason the third part may not […]

Death Stranding launched in UK retail worse than Days Gone

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The general hype did not help Death Stranding conquer the UK retail sales charts. According to the Games Industry portal, the new product lost first place to the leader of recent weeks - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Death Stranding's opening sales were 36% worse than Days Gone. The action game Bend Studio, released in April, still remains the most successful exclusive […]

SberMarket will deliver groceries from stores to your home and office

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Sberbank announced the launch of a new service for the delivery of groceries and goods from stores: the platform called “SberMarket” will cover the largest Russian cities. The service was created on the basis of the online grocery delivery service Instamart, which joined the Sberbank ecosystem in September this year. You can use the new service through the SberMarket website or a mobile application for devices running Android and iOS. On […]

Almost 300 million Chinese users have registered for Minecraft

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Minecraft has "almost" 300 million registered accounts, and we're talking about China alone. This became known at an event by NetEase, which publishes Minecraft in the Middle Kingdom. Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad noted on Twitter that the game is free in this country on PC and mobile devices. Therefore, we are talking about sales, [...]

BYD and Toyota will create a joint venture to develop electric vehicles

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Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD and Japan's Toyota Motor on Thursday announced plans to form a joint venture to develop and deploy electric vehicles to expand production of zero-emission vehicles. A joint venture with an equal share of the partners and headquartered in China will be created next year. The authorized capital of the joint venture is not disclosed. New company […]

Synced Developer: Ray tracing will become the new standard in 2-3 years

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Hybrid rendering using ray tracing to calculate certain lighting effects such as shadows and reflections is slowly but surely spreading in the gaming industry, even though it is not supported by AMD consoles and video cards. In the blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, for example, ray tracing was used to create more accurate shadows and additional occlusion from objects such as shops […]

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