Author: ProHoster

Canonical changes director of desktop systems development

Will Cooke, who has led the development of the desktop edition of Ubuntu since 2014, announced his departure from Canonical. Will's new place of work will be the company InfluxData, which is developing the open source DBMS InfluxDB. After Will, the post of director of desktop systems development at Canonical will be taken by Martin Wimpress, co-founder of the Ubuntu MATE editorial team and part of the Core Team of the MATE project. At Canonical […]

Console release of Two Point Hospital delayed until next year

Comedy hospital management sim Two Point Hospital was originally slated to release on consoles this year. Alas, publisher SEGA announced a postponement. Two Point Hospital will now release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in the first half of 2020. “Our players asked for console versions of Two Point Hospital, and we, in turn, […]

Horror Underworld Dreams based on "The King in Yellow" will be released in early 2020

Drop of Pixel studio has announced the horror game Underworld Dreams for Nintendo Switch. The game is based on the collection of short stories “The King in Yellow” by Robert Chambers. Underworld Dreams is a first-person psychological horror game set in the eighties. Arthur Adler returns to Grok's house, where the murders for which he was accused were committed. There he will discover something supernatural. […]

#FixWWE2K20 call: fans of the fighting game series unhappy with the latest installment

Fighting game WWE 2K20 released yesterday on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but this year's installment of the annual franchise is particularly different from last year's. And not for the better. The game suffers from a variety of bugs and other issues, including long loading times for online matches and glitches in playback. WWE 2K20 also looks much worse than previous installments. All this […]

Facebook Will Only Launch Libra Cryptocurrency After Obtaining Regulatory Approval

It has become known that Facebook will not launch its own cryptocurrency, Libra, until the necessary approvals are received from American regulatory authorities. The head of the company, Mark Zuckerberg, stated this in a written opening statement to the hearings, which began today in the House of Representatives of the US Congress. In the letter, Mr. Zuckerberg makes it clear that Facebook […]

Video: 13 minutes of fun in Luigi's Mansion 3 multiplayer mini-games

Nintendo has released a 13-minute gameplay video for Luigi's Mansion 3, featuring ScreamPark multiplayer mini-games. In ScreamPark mode, users can play with up to seven other ghost hunters on a single Nintendo Switch console. Having divided into teams of two people, those who wish will compete in mini-games. One of these mini-games is Ghost Hunt. In it, teams need […]

Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications: Russians are not prohibited from using Telegram

Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications Alexey Volin, according to RIA Novosti, clarified the situation with the blocking of Telegram in Russia. Let us recall that the decision to restrict access to Telegram in our country was made by the Tagansky District Court of Moscow at the request of Roskomnadzor. This is due to the messenger’s refusal to disclose encryption keys for the FSB to access correspondence […]

The authors of BioShock Infinite are developing a game in the genre of immersive sim

In 2014, developer Irrational Games, which released System Shock 2, BioShock and BioShock Infinite, was restructured and significantly downsized. The handful that remained, including creative director Kevin Levine, founded Ghost Story Games in 2017 as a new brand for their former workplace. The studio is working on a small project, but is in no hurry to share its details. However, still [...]

Microsoft introduced a PC with hardware protection against attacks through the firmware

Microsoft, in collaboration with Intel, Qualcomm and AMD, presented mobile systems with hardware protection against attacks through firmware. The company was forced to create such computing platforms by the increasing number of attacks on users by so-called “white hat hackers” - groups of hacking specialists subordinate to government agencies. In particular, ESET security experts attribute such actions to a group of Russian […]

Microsoft adds FPS and achievements widgets to Xbox Game Bar on PC

Microsoft has made a number of changes to the PC version of the Xbox Game Bar. The developers added an in-game frame rate counter to the panel and allowed users to customize the overlay in more detail. Users can now adjust transparency and other appearance elements. The frame rate counter has been added to the rest of the system indicators that were previously available. The player can also enable or disable it […]

Smartphone Samsung Galaxy A51 appeared in the benchmark with an Exynos 9611 chip

Information has appeared in the Geekbench database about a new mid-level Samsung smartphone - a device coded SM-A515F. This device is expected to be released on the commercial market under the name Galaxy A51. The test data states that the smartphone will come with Android 10 operating system out of the box. The proprietary Exynos 9611 processor is used. It contains eight computing cores […]