DayZ creator Dean Hall and his studio RocketWerkz have announced their next game, a co-op survival sci-fi game called Icarus, which is “set on an Earth-like alien world with persistent metagame progression.” The game was revealed during the 2020 PC Gaming Show. Icarus will build on the survival formula first established in DayZ and add
This Love, Victor review contains no spoilers. From the people who made Love, Simon, the heartwarming spin-off series Love, Victor is here to soothe our tired souls without asking too much of our brains. And while its made strides in updating its queer representation to the modern context, there are still some significant oversights. As
Dontnod Entertainment, the studio behind Life Is Strange and Vampyr, is developing a new game called Twin Mirror. The new game tells the story of a man named Sam who returns to his hometown of Basswood, West Virginia to attend his best friend’s funeral. But this visit becomes more than he ever bargained for when Sam
“It’s not an easy watch,” says Annabel Scholey of her latest role in BBC One’s The Salisbury Poisonings. “It’s harrowing but it’s an important story to tell.” The three-part drama airing on consecutive nights from Sunday the 14th of June depicts the aftermath of the 2018 assassination attempt on Russians Sergei and Yulia Skripal in
Developer Red Barrels is working on a new Outlast game called The Outlast Trials. It’s not quite what you’re expecting, either. “Whilst not a direct sequel to the other critically acclaimed Outlast titles in the series, The Outlast Trials will be set in the same thrilling universe: more precisely, right in the middle of the Cold
Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is a superb television show for many reasons. The animation is lush and beautiful, the characters are richly-realized and human, and the action is relentless and thrilling, never giving in to the puritan notions of what “children’s entertainment” can or cannot depict. There’s another, more underappreciated, reason for Avatar’s success
Gerry Conway helped create the Punisher in 1974, on his way to becoming one of the all time legends of superhero comics. Now, he’s trying to reclaim his character’s main symbol from police who really don’t get what it meant in the first place. Conway just launched Skulls 4 Justice on Custom Ink. He’s selling
Ampere Analysis’ research director for games, Piers Harding-Rolls, has released a report (as covered by GamesIndustry.biz) which suggests that the PlayStation 5 will outsell the Xbox Series X by the year 2024. The full analytical report argues that the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X‘ sales figures will be relatively close upon their initial release.
While the launch of WarnerMedia’s new all-encompassing streaming service HBO Max has been largely successful, there has been one area in which consumers have expressed some confusion: the branding. For those keeping score at home, the arrival of HBO Max meant the existence of four “HBO” entities simultaneously with HBO, HBO Now, HBO Go, and
Dennis O’Neil, who wrote and/or edited Batman comics for 30 years, passed away Friday at the age of 81. As a writer, he was responsible for countless classic comics, both in Gotham City and around Marvel and DC. As an editor, he oversaw several industry-moving shifts and nurtured new talent that set high water marks
One of the strangest games revealed during the recent PlayStation 5 game showcase was undoubtedly Capcom’s mystery sci-fi project known as Pragmata. Pragmata‘s mysterious trailer showcases what appears to be an astronaut wandering through the seemingly empty streets of what we believe is supposed to be Times Square. We see the lone figure utilize a
Scientists at the University of Southampton’s Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics are developing a rapid bedside test for diagnosing neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (nRDS) in premature babies. The photonic platform combines the complementary capabilities of fingerprint Mid-IR and Raman spectroscopies to create a compact, versatile and easily operable device that could underpin a range
IMAGE: This representation shows gamma-modifications (in white) uniformly decorating the structure, increasing binding strength and providing chemical modification. view more Credit: College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid (γPNA), a synthetic mimic of DNA. The process has the potential to
IMAGE: The optimum nanostructure designed with MI (aperiodic superlattice structure) was actually fabricated, and the optimal performance was verified by assessing its thermal conductivity. Figure: the Actual Structure is the electron… view more Credit: The University of Tokyo Professor Junichiro Shiomi et al. from The University of Tokyo aimed to reduce the thermal conductivity of semiconductor
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector will cease any kind of hunt, at least on NBC, which has canceled the serial-killer-chasing drama after an abbreviated inaugural season. NBC’s cancelation of Lincoln Rhyme, reported via Variety, was a two-birds-with-one-stone move that also saw the nixing of another freshman offering in the Bradley Whitford-headlined comedy, Perfect
Diamond Comics Distributors had what amounts to a monopoly on comic book distribution in North America for more than 20 years, so when DC Comics stood up two competitors after COVID shut down shops and warehouses around the country, it was enormous news. Now, DC announced that it is severing its relationship with Diamond entirely,
Ghostwire: Tokyo is the new first-person horror game from Tango Gameworks, the studio led by Resident Evil veteran Shinji Mikami which previously created The Evil Within series. At E3 2019, Mikami described the stylish and eerie Ghostwire: Tokyo, which takes place in the aftermath of a Rapture-like event, as an action-adventure game in which you will
Every time you hear a deep rumble and feel your house shake when a big truck roars by, that’s partly because the weight of heavy vehicles causes a slight deflection in the road surface under them. It’s enough of a dip to make a difference to the trucks’ overall fuel efficiency. Now, a theoretical study
Pump threads rings onto polymer chains to build polyrotaxanes Polyrotaxanes show promise in soft materials, such as scratch-resistant coatings and actuators Pump allows researchers to control precisely how many rings thread onto the chain, which was previously impossible Nobel laureate: ‘This is one of the best papers I’ve been associated with during the past 50
IMAGE: Artistic illustration of the light compressed below the silver nanocubes randomly placed over the graphene-based heterostructure. Image credit: Matteo Ceccanti. view more Credit: Matteo Ceccanti Miniaturization has enabled so many unfathomable dreams. Shrinking down electronic circuits has allowed us to access technology like smartphones, health watches, medical probes, nano-satellites, unthinkable a couple decades ago. Just
IMAGE: Optical microscopy image of a single fiber of self-assembled polysaccharide in snaking, twisted, and straight structures. view more Credit: JAIST Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST): graduate student Kulisara Budpud, Assoc. Prof. Kosuke Okeyoshi, Dr. Maiko Okajima and, Prof. Tatsuo Kaneko reveal a unique polysaccharide fiber in a twisted structure forming
IMAGE: Precisely Magnetized: Iron filings stick to this mini chessboard with four millimeter edge length. The partially magnetic structure was produces from a single type of steel power at different temperatures. view more Credit: Empa It looks quite inconspicuous to the casual beholder, hardly like groundbreaking innovation: a small metallic chessboard, four millimeters long on either
Filming on Outlander season 6 was set to begin last month as part of Starz’s continuing efforts to appease fans of the time-traveling series who hate to wait very long for new episodes to appear, but as the industry shutdown went into effect earlier in the year, not even a Droughtlander could be avoided. True,
Before Sega had Sonic the Hedgehog, it had Alex Kidd, the high-flying protagonist of several ’80s platformers on the Master System and Genesis consoles. While Alex has long been regarded as a relic of gaming’s 8-bt and 16-bit era, forgotten after the blue hedgehog took over as Sega‘s mascot in 1991, Merge Games and Jankenteam
IMAGE: In the future, camera lenses could be thousands of times thinner and significantly less resource-intensive to manufacture. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, now present a new technology for… view more Credit: Chalmers University of Technology/Daniel Andren In the future, camera lenses could be thousands of times thinner and significantly less resource-intensive to manufacture.
“Mock if you will,” Christian Evangelist Florence Scanwell (Dorothy Atkinson) chided the bordello workers in Hulu‘s progressive period series Harlots. “There is honor in righteous poverty.” The creative team will be finding new places of employment. Harlots has been cancelled at the streaming service, according to THR, nine months after its third season came to
The Dark Souls-like Mortal Shell may have managed to steal the show during the first day of IGN’s Summer Gaming Festival. “Awakening as an empty vessel, you will enter into a shattered and twisted world where the remains of humanity wither and rot,” reads a description of this upcoming Action-RPG. “Implored to do the bidding
IMAGE: This image demonstrates the photoresponsive ability of nanosheets when exposed to near infrared light. Dr. Akhilesh Gaharwar and his team are experimenting with these nanosheets to see how they can… view more Credit: Texas A&M University Scientists in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University are developing new ways to advance the field
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Soft Materials Research Center (SMRC) have discovered an elusive phase of matter, first proposed more than 100 years ago and sought after ever since. The team describes the discovery of what scientists call a “ferroelectric nematic” phase of liquid crystal in a study published today in the Proceedings
Chemical engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed new technology that helps convert harmful carbon dioxide emissions into chemical building blocks to make useful industrial products like fuel and plastics. And if validated in an industrial setting and adopted on a large scale, the process could give the world breathing space as it transitions towards a