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The State Duma approved in the first reading a bill on mandatory pre-installation of Russian software on smartphones

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Deputies of the State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on the mandatory installation of domestic software on technically complex products, for example, smartphones, computers, TVs with the Smart-TV function. The corresponding decision was made during a meeting of the lower house of parliament. In case of final approval from July 1, 2020, the document will oblige companies when selling certain types of technically complex goods in Russia […]

Chrome OS 78 Released with Virtual Desktop Support

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Google has unveiled the release of the Chrome OS 78 operating system, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild/portage assembly tools, open components and the Chrome 78 web browser. The Chrome OS user environment is limited to a web browser, and instead of standard programs, web browsers are used. apps, however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. Building Chrome […]

The Joker as the main character and Reshade - the first mods for Red Dead Redemption 2

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Red Dead Redemption 2 will be released on PC today, a year after its release on PS4 and Xbox One. The game will be available on the Rockstar Games Launcher and Epic Games Store, and will reach Steam in December. However, modders are not asleep and have already published several interesting modifications for the western. The RedDeadModders team has released a mod that turns Arthur Morgan into the Joker […]

Vulnerabilities in cpio and libarchive

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Four years after the last release, the cpio 2.13 file archiving utility, used in RPM packages and initramfs, has been released. The new release addresses three vulnerabilities: CVE-2015-1197 - allows files to be overwritten outside the directory in which the archive is expanded. CVE-2016-2037 - Causes an out-of-bound buffer write when processing specially crafted files […]

Co-founder of Devolver Digital urged developers not to cultivate addiction in games

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At the Reboot Develop conference, Devolver Digital co-founder Mike Wilson spoke on the topic of gaming addiction. He mentioned that the World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized over-indulgence in interactive works as a disease. The executive urged developers to “be conscious” about the kind of projects they create. And in his speech he compared the gaming industry to the drug business. Mike Wilson reported: "We feed […]

A fan discovered that Death Stranding's release date has been in everyone's minds since E3 2016

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A user of the social network Twitter under the nickname GermanStrands discovered that the release date of Death Stranding has been in everyone's mind since E3 2016. According to a fan, the release date is encrypted in the logo from the trailer dedicated to the announcement of Hideo Kojima's project. Officially, no one from Kojima Productions or Sony confirmed GermanStrands’ assumption, but such coincidences are hardly […]

Video: A short story about the love of Final Fantasy VII in Japanese society

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Square Enix has released a short film as a promotional video for Final Fantasy VII Remake. The publisher recalls that the game is especially beloved among fans of the series and the JRPG genre. The ad aired over the weekend during a 27-hour annual programming block hosted by comedian Beat Takeshi. The video is a mini-drama that revolves around a hired worker who finds a copy of Final […]

Rumors: a multiplayer shooter in the Alien universe will be released in 2020

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Journalists from GameWatcher drew attention to the description of the new official book on the Aliens universe. It says that the work will be a prequel to the multiplayer shooter about xenomorphs from Cold Iron Studios. The novel's plot summary reads: "Dr. Timothy Hoenikker has arrived at Pala Station, which is owned by the Weyland-Yutani Company." The scientist expected to see alien artifacts, but was faced with [...]

DiRT Rally 4 Free Trial Released on PS2.0 and Xbox One

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British studio Codemasters has announced the release of a free trial version of its rally simulator DiRT Rally 2.0 on consoles. The demo can be downloaded from the PS4 and Xbox One digital stores. In the Trial Version, 10 of the 50 cars of the main game and two disciplines are available - traditional rally and rallycross. When purchasing any edition of DiRT Rally 2.0, all progress made […]

Denuvo anti-piracy protection removed from Octopath Traveler after hack

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A Reddit user under the pseudonym PM__YOUR__BALLS noticed that on November 5, the Octopath Traveler Steam client became 333 MB smaller than before. The “weight loss” is a result of the removal of the Denuvo anti-piracy mechanism. The elimination of Austrian anti-copying protection was tracked thanks to the Steam Database service, which recorded changes in the game’s file system. In particular, the Octopath Traveler executable file was modified. Square Enix does not […]

AMD is preparing at least three more entry-level video cards with Navi 14

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Drivers for the Linux operating system regularly become a source of information about upcoming GPUs and video cards. This time, references to five versions of the Navi 14 GPU were found in AMD's driver code, which may indicate that AMD plans to release more video cards on this chip. At the moment, AMD has introduced two video cards based on Navi GPUs: […]

Diablo IV devs tried third-person view, but settled on isometric

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After the scandalous BlizzCon 2018, Kotaku published material regarding Diablo IV. It said that the developers wanted to turn the game into a third-person action game. And at BlizzCon 2019, the authors partially confirmed this information: Blizzard Entertainment was indeed considering the option of placing a camera behind the main character in the fourth part. The leading […]

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