In near-future London, Dedsec is no more. Framed for a terrorist attack, the hacktivist group from previous Watch Dogs games has been purged, and the city has morphed into an authoritarian state policed by Albion, an evil mercenary company. However, the subjugated citizens carry the spark of resistance; it’s up to you to fan it […]
Lightmatter details Passage, a light-based chip interconnect that enables 1Tbps data transfers
Photonic computing technology startup Lightmatter today detailed Passage, a “wafer-scale” programmable chip interconnect fabric that uses light to boost performance while reducing energy usage. Lightmatter says Passage, which allows arrays of heterogeneous chips — including processors, graphics cards, memory, and AI accelerators — to communicate with each other, operates at “unprecedented speeds” compared with existing […]
RTX 3070 review: A solid upgrade with a solid price tag
Nvidia has put forward a powerful trio of new graphics cards this fall: the GeForce RTX 3070, 3080, and 3090. Polygon’s own Chris Plante tried out the RTX 3080 in September, which costs $699 and can play modern games on a 4K monitor at 60 frames per second (or at a higher frame rate than […]
How To Play Among Us With A New Horror-Like Game Mode
I usually try to hop on Among Us once a week to link up with my friends back home and get rowdy either trying to get away with virtual murder or ratting each other out. But they like to keep things spicy. So, they put together a sort of alternate game mode by customizing the […]
Xbox Head Phil Spencer On A Renewed Dedication To Single Player And Even More Studio Acquisitions
The Xbox One launch was rough with a limited library, confusion around the initial reveal of backwards compatibility, and a shifted focus away from games. Then Phil Spencer came into play and took back the Xbox brand and put it back in the hands of gamers. While a full 180 takes time, the team has […]
Circle Pharma Appoints James Aggen, PhD as Its Vice President, Medicinal Chemistry
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–October 26, 2020– James Aggen, PhD has joined Circle Pharma as its Vice President of Medicinal Chemistry and will lead Circle’s chemistry team in its discovery and development of macrocycle therapeutics against intractable cancer targets. Dr. Aggen has over 20 years of experience in medicinal chemistry. He most recently served as […]
PS4 load times have just had a massive speed boost in Sony first party games
The PS5 may be only weeks away now but Sony has begun releasing patches that speed up the loading of current gen games, even without a SSD. If you’ve played The Last Of Us Part 2 or Ghost Of Tsushima you would’ve a noticed a very strange but welcome feature: they load incredibly quickly. Like, […]
Fortnite World Champion Aqua Accused Of Stream Sniping
In a shocking twist of events, duo world cup winner Aqua was seemingly caught stream sniping during the week three qualifiers of Fortnite Champion Series: Chapter 2 Season 4. Aqua’s team was in the midst of being overpowered by their opponents when Aqua claimed that his game had crashed. Whether or not this was true […]
Here’s a fan-made 3D version of Among Us
Among Us has been in the social media spotlight for weeks now, despite being a simple 2D game with cute lil’ space bean graphics. But what if, instead, the crewmates (and deadly impostors) were running around a 3D version of the map? A VR developer named Jar has posted a video of this very thing. […]
Fortnite: How To Become A Shadow For Fortnitemares
Fortnite’s annual Halloween event, Fortnitemares, has arrived, bringing with it new challenges that give players additional experience and a few special items. One challenge asks you to become a Shadow, which requires you to die and then come back as an undead creature made of shadows. It’s suitably spooky, and it’s a nice change from […]