Author: ProHoster

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare PC Trailer - Expanded Features and Battle.Net Exclusive

Studio Infinity Ward and publisher Activision presented a trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, telling about the exclusive features and capabilities of the PC version of the shooter. The developers promise that the game is polished to a shine, allows you to enjoy 4K resolution, unlimited frame rates and is available on PC exclusively on the Battle.Net service: The above video was recorded on PC in ultra-wide 21:9 resolution, which […]

TSMC will talk in detail about the 2019nm process at IEDM 5 in December

As we know, in March of this year, TSMC began pilot production of 5nm products. This happened at the new Fab 18 plant in Taiwan, built specifically for the production of 5nm solutions. Mass production using the 5nm N5 process is expected in the second quarter of 2020. By the end of the same year, the production of chips will be launched based on productive […]

Solar Team Twente leads Australian solar car race

Australia hosts the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, a solar car race that started on October 13th. More than 40 teams of riders from 21 countries, consisting mainly of students from secondary and higher educational institutions, participate in it. The 3000 km route from Darwin to Adelaide passes through deserted terrain. After 17:00, race participants set up camp […]

Oracles come to the rescue

Blockchain oracles solve the problem of delivering information from the outside world to the blockchain. But it is important for us to know which ones we can trust. In the article about the launch of the Waves Oracles catalog, we wrote about the importance of oracles for the blockchain. Decentralized applications do not have access to data outside the blockchain. Therefore, small programs are created - oracles - that gain access to the necessary […]

The Epic Games Store has launched a Halloween sale

The digital store Epic Games Store has launched a Halloween sale on the platform. Users can purchase 31 projects at a discount. Among them are The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series, Control, Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, Darksiders III and other games. The most interesting promotional offers in the Epic Games Store: The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series - 2029 rubles; […]

Fake Russian Version of Tor Browser Used to Steal Cryptocurrency and QIWI

Researchers from ESET have identified the distribution of a malicious build of Tor Browser by unknown attackers. The assembly was positioned as the official Russian version of Tor Browser, while its creators have nothing to do with the Tor project, and the purpose of its creation was to replace Bitcoin and QIWI wallets. To mislead users, the creators of the assembly registered the domains tor-browser.org and torproect.org (different […]

New versions of Wine 4.18 and Wine Staging 4.18

An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API is available - Wine 4.18. Since the release of version 4.17, 38 bug reports have been closed and 305 changes have been made. The most important changes: Added many new VBScript functions (for example, error handlers, Hour, Day, Month functions, etc.); Cleaned and expanded the functionality of quartz.dll; Exception handling has been added to ntdll and […]

Activision Says Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Will Have No Loot Boxes, Season Pass or Paid DLC

Publisher Activision published a statement on its official blog regarding monetization in the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. According to the message, which was previously hinted at by the head of Infinity Ward, loot boxes, a season pass and paid additions will not be added to the game. Only Battle Passes and COD Points currency will be sold. Future additions in the form of maps and modes will all [...]

EA has revealed the system requirements of Need for Speed ​​Heat

Electronic Arts has published the system requirements for the racing game Need for Speed ​​Heat in Origins. To run the game you will need an Intel Core i5-3570 or similar processor, 8 GB of RAM and a GTX 760-level video card. Minimum system requirements: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570/FX-6350 or similar; RAM: 8 GB; Video card: GeForce GTX 760/Radeon R9 280x or similar; Hard drive: 50 […]

Amazon EKS Windows in GA with bugs, but the fastest

Good afternoon, I want to share with you my experience in setting up and using the AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) service for Windows containers, or rather about the impossibility of using it, and the bug found in the AWS system container, for those who are interested in this service for Windows containers, please under cat. I know that windows containers are not a popular topic, and few people [...]

How Lighting Affects Game Design and Experience

In anticipation of the PS5 and Project Scarlett, which will support ray tracing, I started thinking about lighting in games. I found material where the author explains what light is, how it affects design, changes gameplay, aesthetics and experience. All with examples and screenshots. During the game you don’t immediately notice this. Introduction Lighting is needed not only for [...]