Monster Hunter World tops January’s list of video game releases. The first month of 2018 is actually a really great time to catch up on games you missed or haven’t finished from 2017 (or 2016!) There just isn’t all that much coming out in January, at least not until the end of the month. In fact, only two games are releasing for the Xbox One the entire month. That’s fewer than the Nintendo Switch (4) and just one more than the 3DS. PS4 will see 9 new releases including a VR game and a Vita cross-play game. PC gamers will…
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Dec 29, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29) and Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Connor Brown (28) battle for the puck in overtime at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports More (The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of National Hockey League games on Friday: Blackhawks 4, Oilers 3 (OT) It was 2 a.m. on Friday when Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville informed 32-year-old goaltender Jeff Glass that his NHL dream would finally be coming true. After the Blackhawks lost in Vancouver on Thursday, Quenneville decided that Glass would be getting his first NHL…
Hello! Welcome back to the final instalment of our top 50 games of 2017, as picked by the Eurogamer editorial team. Looking back, it’s clear that 2017 in gaming was truly something very special – which is nice, frankly, because elsewhere the year had some serious problems. Anyway, here are our top ten games of the year! 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10. Total War: Warhammer 2 Creative Assembly Chris Bratt: At launch I was impressed by a new style of campaign that has players pushing forwards with some urgency, taking more risks, lest they lose the race for the Great Vortex…
The Xiaomi Redmi 5A will sell for Rs. 500 more offline than via online channels HIGHLIGHTS The 3GB RAM variant will be available at Mi Preferred offline stores The smartphone can be priced up to Rs. 7,499, subject to retailer 2GB RAM variant can be expected to be available soon The Xiaomi Redmi 5A will soon be available offline via select brick-and-mortar stores across India. Xiaomilaunched two variants of the smartphone that are available on Flipkart, Mi.com, and Mi Home stores, of which the 3GB RAM/ 32GB inbuilt storage variant will hit offline partners. The 2GB RAM variant can be expected to be…
HIGHLIGHTS Apple is looking to partner with MediaTek for 2018 iPhones MediaTek reportedly meets Apple’s principles Intel is said to receive over 50 percent of orders for iPhone modem chips Amid the ongoing battle with Qualcomm, Apple is now reportedly looking to partner with Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek for a portion of the baseband modems it will use on 2018 iPhone models. The latest development emerges days after the iPhone maker was said to explore a similar partnership deal with Intel. Presently, Qualcomm is a major entity for Apple to deploy advanced modems on its iPhone models. But it appears that the long-standing disputes between the two companies can give…
HIGHLIGHTS Apple acknowledged the ‘feature’ last week The feature was rolled out last year without announcement Lawsuits claim Apple should have been more forthcoming Apple defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance, according to eight lawsuits filed in various federal courts in the week since the company opened up about the year-old software change. The tweak may have led iPhone owners to misguided attempts to resolve issues over the last year, the lawsuits contend. All the lawsuits – filed in US District Courts in California, New York, and Illinois – seek class-action to represent potentially millions of iPhone owners…
IF YOU are one of the almost 100,000 Australian homes and businesses reaching the 18-month NBN cut-off date, you might yourself without internet in January. Currently there are 95,590 homes and businesses in “NBN ready” areas that haven’t moved over to the national broadband network, which means they will be disconnected from their internet and landlines next month. A total of 173 suburbs need to choose a NBN provider and a plan before the year and a half grace period comes to a close. RELATED ITEMS The big problem with the iPhone X Panasonic Lumix G9 put to the test…
Illustration by Sam Woolley/GMG Some call them “dunks.” Others speak of the humble “own.” They are also known to many as righteous “trolls” (although this word is fraught with internet revisionism). However you say it, 2017—a truly awful year, certain only to be bested by every year to come—was a great year for bad people being told just how terrible they are online. As the only appropriate good riddance to 2017, I’ve rounded put the best Twitter owns of the year, broken into completely arbitrary categories. Don’t see your favorite own? Literally do not @ me. THE INSTANT CLASSIC OWN In…
For those who support net neutrality, 2017 has been a tough year. Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a massive repeal of net neutrality laws, a repeal the commission approved in a 3-2 vote on December 14. It was a long road to this point. Before the repeal, the internet was regulated as a public utility under the Title II provision, meaning that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were legally bound to keep the internet open and give all internet traffic equal priority. Title II regulation came about in 2015, during Barack Obama’s presidency and with a Democratic majority at the FCC. At…
HIGHLIGHTS Update a part of our efforts to increase transparency: Tiwtter Similar notification will be available for withheld accounts as well Users would now know if Twitter withholds a tweet due to legal reasons To help the public better understand the scope and scale of government censorship from around the world, Twitter has updated its transparency tool to tell its users the legal compulsions behind blocking of some tweets and accounts on its platform. “We are updating our in-product messaging when we withhold content to clarify why the content was withheld and where,” Jeremy Kessel, Global Legal Policy Director at Twitter wrote in a…