With smartphone battery capacity essentially stalling around 5000 mAh for size and manufacturing technology reasons, the next best thing is to charge them faster. That’s precisely where many OEMs are heading, including Infinix. Following Ubergizmo, you might have seen Infinix’s 160W fast-charger demonstrated with a concept phone last year. Thunder Charge is even better and…
A startup from Finland called Polar Night Energy has developed an energy storage system based on sand. The idea is to store excess energy generated from clean electricity sources such as Wind, Solar, etc., to be reused days or even months later. If it works, it will help solve the primary pain point of intermittent…
Netflix and Sennheiser have announced that Netflix users can experience Spatial Sound, thanks to Sennheiser’s AMBEO technology, regardless of their playback device, irrespective of the physical speaker setup. Obviously, the hardware is still relevant in regards to the sound quality. However, this means that any speaker or headphones hardware can output ‘some’ spatialization. AMBEO is…
Nintendo has announced the arrival of four more titles from the Mega Drive for Switch Online. These are Comix Zone, Mega Man: The Wily Wars, Target Earth and Zero Wing. You can check out the new trailer from Nintendo below. Read more /format/jpg/quality/80/comix-zone_MtMHvrD.jpg” title=”Nintendo Switch Online adds four more Mega Drive titles” />Read More
Rhythmic dungeon crawler Crypt of the NecroDancer has received its first update on Steam in five years. A new blog post provides a comprehensive list of the quality of life improvements made for version 3.0.0, including Steam Deck support and a level editor. Most excitingly, it seems even more is on the way from the…
Cult classic cel-shaded shooter XIII was famously remade, and subsequently widely panned, in 2020. However, the remake is getting a second chance, as it is now being basically remade again. A new statement on the game’s Steam page reads: “To achieve the quality standards and offer an optimal gaming experience, Microids decided to entrust the…
Pokémon Go maker Niantic’s new social app will begin its global rollout “in the coming days”. Campfire, as it’s known, will allow users to find other players in local communities, make friends, and send group messages. In the absence of social features in its games, Campfire will act as a companion app. Read more /format/jpg/quality/80/pokemon_go_server_status.jpg”…
Yesterday was a sad day in the gaming industry. In less than 24 hours, we got the news that Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert was no longer going to talk about the upcoming release of Return to Monkey Island following online abuse, and God of War Ragnarök’s producer had to ask everyone to remain patient…
EA’s skate. is still in “pre-pre-pre alpha” but is opening up an insider programme for playtesters. Fans have been eagerly awaiting the next entry in the skateboarding series and now have a chance to provide feedback on an early version of the game. Registration is now open for insider playtesting on the game’s website, along…
One of the most baffling technical mysteries of the last console generation is simply this: why is that every From Software title on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One stutters so noticeably? From the studio’s 2014 PS4 debut – Bloodborne – through to this year’s Elden Ring, From Software’s 30fps frame-rate solution just doesn’t look or…