In the past console generation, there has been a significant increase in fidelity. In the past ten years, developers like Naughty Dog and Sony Santa Monica have transitioned from painstakingly hand-drawing facial and movement animation to creating games and characters entirely through performance capture. So it should be no surprise that Sony has applied for a patent for yet another innovative performance-capturing system. The patented technique, submitted on April 1, 2022, by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, uses mesh information from a human actor....

Judging by its meaning, symbiogenesis is “the merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism.” It is the inspiration for the plot of Parasite Eve, which began as a novel in 1995 and expanded into a Square Enix-developed video game series in 1998. There has been no official word yet on whether or not Square Enix plans to relaunch the Parasite Eve series with a remake or brand-new instalment....

When any update is released, Steam analyzes the update and calculates how it can make the files out of chunks that are already saved in its database. If it is something entirely new, it divides them into new chunks. Now, when Steam gets to know that there is an update available for any of your games, it compares the new manifest against that which is already present on your computer....

As the name suggests, the GTX 1630 is part of the 16-series of GPUs NVIDIA launched in 2019. According to leaks, we know the card will be based on the TU117-150 GPU. Supposedly, this is a cut-down version of the GTX 1650, which in of itself is a cut-down version of the GTX 1650 Super. So, expect less cores and less memory all around. Case in point, the GTX 1630 reportedly has only a 64-bit memory bus, compared to GTX 1650’s 128-bit wide bus....

This issue is not specific to any Windows versions and is frequently reported on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. Note: Before you go through with the methods below, make sure you install any dedicated audio drivers that your motherboard might need. If you have a dedicated sound card, please install the correct drivers for it. In the event that you encounter this problem on a laptop, visit the manufacturer’s download website and download all audio drivers that are recommended for your particular model....

The error is usually followed by a long message which is “There were some problems installing updates, but we’ll try again later If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help – (0x80070057)”. This error may also come up with a slightly different message such as “Something went wrong” In this guide, we have listed several methods that have worked for a large number of users across Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10....

— Motherboard (@motherboard) December 1, 2022 The question is why the U.S. military is so keen on putting money into the video game industry and what they could possibly gain from it. The United States military has, over the course of the last few years, turned its attention to video games in an effort to broaden its appeal to younger audiences in order to boost its overall recruitment numbers. Recently released internal documents also reveal that the army had planned to pay a number of groups and Call of Duty streamers to boost its popularity among young people, especially women, black and Hispanic people....

Focus assist is a window feature that automatically suppresses notifications to help users focus while playing a game or using an app in fullscreen, which admittedly being a useful feature for some proves to be a detriment to those who actually want to receive their important notifications. Turn off Automatic Rules through the settings app. Even if you have Focus Assist disabled there set of automatic rules will still enable it when their specific criteria are met....

David Gibson, a well-known analyst with MST Financial, tweeted that import data appears to indicate that Sony Interactive has been expanding its imports in the US over the past several months, with imports for September 2022 having grown by 400% Year on Year. According to the analyst’s data, Sony bought about 1.5 million kg in September 2021, while imports this month were more than 7 million kg. Sony brought almost 5 million kg into the US in August 2022....

When To Use GTG? I have used this acronym all my ‘internet’ life. I usually messaged my friends quick and short message saying GTG whenever I had to go offline.You can use it in the same context too.Whenever you have to get offline, or have to leave in the middle of an online conversation because of whatever reason, you can send the acronym GTG to your friends or family. Other Acronyms Like GTG There are a few more acronyms like GTG which are used when you have to go offline in the middle of the conversation, or simply when you have end any conversation that is taking place on any of the social media forums....

Users usually get alarmed about hard faults after landing inside the Memory tab of the Windows Resource Monitor. Depending on the PC’s specifications and the task at hand, this graph might show dozens, maybe hundreds of hard fault per seconds. This article was written as an informative piece, detailing the technicalities behind a hard fault as well as some tactics related to memory management. Hard Faults (Page Faults) Explained Researching about hard faults can turn out to be quite tricky since they were called Page Faults in earlier Windows versions....

If you are one of those users who keep a very close eye on the services running on their Windows then you might have seen sppextcomobj.exe or KMS Connection Broker in the task manager. You will see this executable file continuously running the background. A lot of users are concerned about this service/file running in the background since it seems a bit suspicious and there isn’t a lot of information about this on the internet....

Failed to connect to server. The connection time out. Make sure you’ve configured a valid streaming service and no firewall is blocking the connection. Before moving on to the solutions to fix OBS failed to connect to the server, check if you can stream in OBS on a different network or a different device on the same network. Also, check if the streaming service servers are up and running. Moreover, make sure to enable Wi-Fi (even if you are using an Ethernet cable)....

There are some games that are forever grounded at the forefront of any franchise regardless of the time that passes and in the case of the Sonic Franchise, that series is Sonic Adventure which is the biggest example of that fan-driven longevity. Gamers, Twitch Streamers, and Youtubers still play Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 to this day, live streaming it to Twitch or Youtube or making Let’s Plays that still rake in hundreds of thousands or even millions of views....

The arrest happened on Thursday night, according to a statement from the City of London Police, and the suspect is still being held. Journalist Matthew Keys said the arrest was connected to the recent Rockstar hack and maybe even an Uber security breach, citing a person who was alleged to be acquainted with the situation. According to Keys, the arrest was done in conjunction with an FBI investigation. — Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) September 23, 2022 Uber, a major player in the transportation technology sector, earlier this week said that it was in touch with the FBI and US Department of Justice over the perpetrator of a recent security breach, who may be the same hacker responsible for Rockstar’s GTA 6 leak....

Record Breaking Frequencies The Ryzen 9 7950X from AMD’s upcoming Zen4 features 16 cores / 32 threads. From the leaks, the ‘F-max‘ frequency is rated at 5.85GHz which can be achieved using the built-in PBO (Precision Boost Overdrive). This technology uses algorithms to increase frequencies based on temperatures. More Power? With Zen3 (Ryzen 5000), you could reportedly set an offset for the ‘F-max’ frequency. This in theory, if applied with the pre-existing 5....

However, mydrivers claims that Zen4 has been delayed. This is not something new because Hassan Mujtaba (Wccftech) also considered this as a possibility. From what it seems, the announcement will be held on the 29th of August, however, the actual launch may differ by around 2 weeks. I hope not but that’s what I am hearing. — Hassan Mujtaba (@hms1193) August 12, 2022 That puts Zen4’s launch date to around 27-28th of September....

The U2777PQU is a great offering form AOC and is a generic monitor, providing various useful features. The monitor provides the staggering sharpness of the 4K monitors and looks great, thanks to the modern bezel-less design. When we look at the history of 4K monitors, they used to be a lot pricier before and had price-tags of thousands of dollars, especially the IPS ones while AOC U2777PQU is one of those monitors which provide 4K resolution at a handful of those prices....

Apple’s iPhone 14 Plus Production Has Been Slashed By 90 percent Since Release According to one of the sources, Apple has instructed at least one Chinese manufacturer to immediately stop producing iPhone 14 Plus components while its procurement team reevaluates demand for the product. Apple has situated the iPhone 14 Plus as a cheaper alternative to its more expensive iPhone Pro models but with a larger screen. According to Economic Daily News, the iPhone 14 Plus order drop is reportedly the most in Apple’s history for the brief period of the smartphone’s introduction, with a manufacturing cut of between 70 and 90 percent....

It is also said that Noctua and ASUS have improved the design further and will provide a more slim and elegant appearance in addition to much greater cooling capabilities at amazingly quiet functioning. ASUS introduced two GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards based on the innovative Noctua cooling technology during the previous generation. These cards featured the GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Edition graphics cards, each of which used a substantial quad-slot cooling setup and two Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM Fans....