Author: ProHoster

Launch of the Otus.ru project

Friends! The Otus.ru service is a tool for employment. We use educational methods to select the best specialists for business tasks. We collected and categorized the vacancies of major players in the IT business, and created courses based on the requirements received. We have entered into agreements with these companies that our best students will be interviewed for relevant positions. We connect, we hope, [...]

Development of Xfce 4.16 has begun

The Xfce desktop developers have announced the completion of the planning and dependency freezing phases, and the project is moving to the development stage of a new branch 4.16. Development is planned to be completed in the middle of next year, after which three preliminary releases will remain before the final release. Upcoming changes include the end of optional support for GTK2 and an overhaul of the user interface. If, when preparing a version [...]

Release of Qbs 1.14 assembly tools, the development of which was continued by the community

The Qbs 1.14 build tools release has been announced. This is the first release since the Qt Company left the development of the project, prepared by the community interested in continuing the development of Qbs. To build Qbs, Qt is required among the dependencies, although Qbs itself is designed to organize the assembly of any projects. Qbs uses a simplified version of QML to define project build scripts, allowing […]

Confirmed: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will have quality and speed modes on XB1X and PS4 Pro

After many years of rumors, announcements, released trailers and game videos, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (in Russian localization - “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order”) is ready to hit the market. There is less than a month left until the announced date of November 15th. Recently, journalists from the WeGotThisCovered resource had the opportunity to evaluate the almost final build of the game and were quick to share some impressions and news. The game is not [...]

Obsidian Entertainment Says Microsoft Lets You Make Games The Way Developers Want

Journalists from Wccftech interviewed senior designer from Obsidian Entertainment Brian Heins. He told how the acquisition of the team by Microsoft affected the creativity of the developers. A studio representative said that the authors have enough freedom to implement their own ideas. Brian Haynes said: "The Outer Worlds was not affected by this [Obsidian acquisition] as the publisher […]

PlayStation video story about Hideo Kojima's visit to Moscow

At the beginning of October, a special guest at the IgroMir exhibition was Japanese game developer Hideo Kojima, known for the cult Metal Gear series. The game designer also visited the “Evening Urgant” program and presented the Russian dubbing of his game Death Stranding, which will soon be released exclusively on PS4. Somewhat belatedly, Sony on its Russian-language PlayStation channel shared a video story about visiting […]

The creators of The Outer Worlds spoke about the patch of the first day and revealed the system requirements of the game on PC

Obsidian Entertainment has revealed details about the day one patch for The Outer Worlds. According to the developers, the update for the version on Xbox One will weigh 38 GB, and on PlayStation 4 - 18. The creators of the RPG said that the patch is aimed at optimization. Although Xbox owners will have to almost completely download the game again, because the weight of the game client is […]

Global strategy Crusader Kings II became free on Steam

Publisher Paradox Interactive has made one of its most successful global strategies, Crusader Kings II, free. The project can already be downloaded by anyone on Steam. However, you must purchase add-ons, of which there are a decent amount for the game, separately. On the occasion of the approaching PDXCON 2019 event, all DLC for the mentioned project is sold with discounts of up to 60%. Paradox company […]

Modders: The Witcher 3 for Nintendo Switch is a PC version of the game with low settings

Modders have found a way to improve the graphics quality in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition on Nintendo Switch. The authors of the YouTube channel Modern Vintage Gamer claim that on a modified version of the console the game can be run at 60 frames per second. Enthusiasts have stated that the Nintendo Switch version of The Witcher 3 is a copy of the PC version of the game, only with low […]

NPD Group: NBA 2K20, Borderlands 3 and FIFA 20 dominated September

According to research firm NPD Group, consumer spending on video games in the United States continued to decline in September. But this does not concern fans of NBA 2K20 - the basketball simulator immediately confidently took first place in sales for the year. “In September 2019, spending on consoles, software, accessories and game cards was $1,278 billion, […]

Khronos allowed to certify open drivers for free

At the XDC2019 conference in Montreal, the head of the Khronos consortium, Neil Trevett, explained the situation around open graphics drivers. He confirmed that developers can certify their driver versions against the OpenGL, OpenGL ES, OpenCL and Vulkan standards for free. It is important that they will not have to pay any royalties, nor will they have to join the consortium. The most interesting, […]

Huawei's revenue grew by 24,4% in the first three quarters of 2019

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, blacklisted by the US government and under enormous pressure, reported that its revenue rose 24,4% in the first three quarters of 2019 to 610,8 billion yuan (about $86 billion), compared with the same year. period 2018. During this period, over 185 million smartphones were shipped, which also […]