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Respawn Entertainment May Be Working On New Project

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For the past couple of years, Respawn Entertainment was able to add several incredible games to its repertoire, including popular titles such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Apex Legends, as well as its most recent VR release Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.

The studio and its more or less 300 employees were acquired by Electronic Arts in 2017 and hasn’t stopped developing games since. As a matter of fact, there’s a new job offer at Respawn Entertainment, which could possibly mean that the studio is working on a brand-new project.

According to the listing, the developer is looking for a generalist software engineer. Usually, every job offer on Respawn Entertainment’s website has a specific game attached like Star Wars or even Apex Legends to let interested applicants know which game they’ll be working on.

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In the case of the generalist software engineer position, however, it only vaguely states “New IP Incubation Team.” We speculate that this means Respawn Entertainment is currently working on a new IP but it’s most likely still in the early stages.

Since the job listing specifically says “new IP incubation,” this unfortunately indicates that the IP won’t have anything to do with already-existing franchises such as Titanfall or Star Wars. On the bright side, most of Respawn Entertainment’s recent games have been well-received by fans, so a brand-new IP is undoubtedly an exciting concept to look forward to.

From what we can see, Respawn Entertainment is definitely capable of impressive range when it comes to its game design. After all, the developer was able to release an action-adventure game for the Star Wars franchise, a game that’s exclusively for VR, as well as a first-person shooter all within the last two years.

Respawn Entertainment marked its beginnings with the release of Titanfall in 2014. However, the developer hasn’t released a new title for that franchise since 2016. There were rumors circulating in the past saying that a third Titanfall title is in the works. If this is true though, the fact that Respawn is currently working on a new IP could hinder the game’s progress.

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Electronic Arts has also confirmed that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will have sequels at some point, as it’s the first game in the franchise. So, fans can rest assured that they can look forward to more Star Wars content in the future. As for the new project, however, this is still a mystery to us all and will remain so until the developer will make official announcements.

There’s not a lot of information as well on the job description that could give us a hint as to what this new IP could be, except for a short bullet point in the “Why Join Us” section that says “Pioneer new, practical technologies to enable ‘adventuring forever.'” So despite the fact that details are scarce about the game itself, this bullet point could be a hint about the gameplay technology used for the new project.

Respawn Entertainment continues to be busy working on the games it still supports right now. Add a brand-new IP to the mix and the developer definitely has a busy 2021 ahead of it.

Sword of the Necromancer is Pushed Back Until January 2021

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Aletheia
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2020 has been a host of video game delays, and it appears that Sword of the Necromancer is now one of its victims. Developer Grimorio of Games and publisher JanduSoft have confirmed that the release date of the dungeon-crawler action RPG will be slightly pushed back.

This would mean that Sword of the Necromancer has been delayed twice now, as the game was supposed to be launched last December 10. The unfortunate news was announced on its Kickstarter page.

According to the developer, the game was pushed back due to the fact that CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 was also delayed to that same date, which would mean that attention won’t be spared on Sword of the Necromancer’s release.

Even though both games have different targets in mind, releasing on December 10 still wouldn’t benefit Grimorio of Games and JanduSoft because streamers and the media will all be focusing on CD Projekt Red’s release.

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Sword of the Necromancer isn’t the only victim of this too — in fact, several titles have been delayed already just to stay as far away as possible from Cyberpunk’s launch. That being said, it appears that Cyberpunk 2077 isn’t the only reason for its delay.

While Grimorio of Games wanted to possibly launch Sword of the Necromancer a week after December 10 to avoid the Cyberpunk 2077 hype, the developer encountered issues when it tried to get the game approved for the Nintendo Switch.

The certification for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were given seamlessly and with no extra effort on the developer’s part. Unfortunately, the same thing can’t be said for the Nintendo Switch certification.

The problem, according to the developer, was that “the game’s screen appreared cut when forcing the game to be displayed with a 480p resolution on a 1080p screen.” While it appeared to be a minor issue, Nintendo required the developers to fix it first before the game would get approved. As such, Grimorio of Games had to fix the problem and then redo the whole certification process.

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Sword of the Necromancer is best described as a dungeon crawler that has rogue-like elements. Players will control the character Tama, who has the ability to revive enemies and turn them into allies by using the mystical yet forbidden powers of the Sword of the Necromancer.

Tama has one goal in mind, and that is to fight their way to the depths of the dungeons in order to obtain enough soul power to revive Koko. If Tama gets defeated by the various enemies before they get the chance to bring back Koko from the dead, then they will lose all their equipped items along with the monsters they’ve turned into allies. On the bright side, they will still have half of the level they were able to reach during the run.

Tama is capable of using all kinds of weapons and items to assist them during battle. As expected of an action-RPG, Tama can also level up their stats through fighting, as well as the summoned monsters who fight with them.

Sword of the Necromancer’s new release date is now January 28, 2021, and it’s set to launch on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.

Limited PlayStation 5 Gold Edition Is Outrageously Expensive

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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Russian luxury brand Caviar has revealed a limited edition, solid gold PlayStation 5. There is no official price announced yet, but it is certainly preposterously very expensive. The news came just days after Dbrand revealed its own custom-made PlayStation 5 faceplates, daring Sony to file a lawsuit against them.

Past attempts at selling customized PlayStation 5 faceplates were forced to shut down by PlayStation following legal threats, as the company claims that its intellectual property includes the removable faceplates. Certainly, Dbrand is not scared of any threats and now it seems that Caviar is participating in with its own questionable, customized faceplates.

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A few hours ago, LetsGoDigital reported on a post by Caviar for the state of the art, customized console, and did some guessing on how much the gold console will cost. Caviar’s website stated, “The Caviar PS5 Limited Edition is completely clad in 18-karat gold in the company’s jewelry workshop. The DualSense controller has also been given a matching theme.” As for its design, LetsGoDigital writes:

“Caviar has opted for a 3D design which gives the console an extra voluminous look with a beautiful texture. The console is composed of 8 plates, cast in solid 18-karat gold. To manufacture this unique and luxurious design, no less than 30 kilograms of gold are used, of which 20 kilograms are actually present on the console.”

For those not well knowledgeable in metrics, 20 kilos is a little over 44 pounds. As a reference, the standard PS5 weighs just under 4.5 kilos (10 pounds), making Caviar’s golden PlayStation 5 over four times as heavy.

Caviar’s website didn’t mention a price for this intriguing console, but LetsGoDigital noted that “With a gold price of roughly € 50,000 per kilo, the cost price of the game console alone amounts to about € 1,500,000.” A quick search on Google reveals that €50,000 is valued at $61,050, and €1,500,000 at $1,831,545.

Again, the company producing the gold PlayStation 5 console didn’t reveal any price, the only way to know its cost is to select “request a price” but doing this signs the user up for a 1-click order which is not recommended to say the least, especially if the console probably costs almost $2 million.

Since the PlayStation 5’s launch in November, the standard, non-golden PS5 has been extremely difficult to find, and fans have been getting impatient trying to get one, resulting in tracking down Target’s shipping schedule, among others.

Is it advisable to opt for a home loan with a fixed interest rate?

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Home loan interest rates are among the most prominent factors that each prospective borrower acknowledges ahead of applying for a home loan. Based on your home loan eligibility it’s crucial to compare the varying home loan interest rates of policies you can apply for. To do so, many employ the use of a home loan EMI calculator before finalizing the desired loan for their needs.

Part of this decision is simply choosing the best home loan interest rate before making the decision to buy a home loan. There are two types of home loan interest rates: fixed and floating interest rates. Which of the two is ideal for a customer?

The answer is that it depends. As the name suggests, fixed home loan interest rates remain the same throughout the term of one’s policy, while a floating one can increase or decrease depending on a variety of factors. Fixed interest rates tend to be higher, not impacted by any market conditions, thereby making EMI’s for one’s home loan fixed as well. This means one can opt for budget planning with the sense of security they get about their EMIs.

Hence, fixed interest rates tend to work best with loans that are shorter in their term, namely those that range from 3 to 10 years since they lower risk without growing too costly in the long term.

On the other hand, floating home loan interest rates tend to offer customers a lower value which will be affected by factors in the market. Therefore, it will change as per interest rate changes announced by the RBI. Floating home loan interest rates are trickier to budget with but are suitable for long term home loan payments that are 20 to 30 years long since they drastically minimize costs.

In general, fixed interest rates are more expensive but come with a lower risk, while floating interest rates are less expensive with the potential to change. It is easily possible to shift from one type of interest rate to another if one struggles to manage their payments via one home loan interest rate.

Hence, based on one’s home loan eligibility, choosing the interest rate type that best suits them depends on their risk appetite, tenure of loan taken, and repayment ability.

 

Chinese Game Publisher Yozoo’s CEO Dies In Apparent Poisoning

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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Yoozoo, a video game publisher based in China was established by 39-year-old billionaire and CEO Lin Qi back in 2009. The founder was found dead last Christmas after an apparent poisoning from an unknown source. Lin is also accredited as The Three-Body Problem’s executive producer which is an upcoming Netflix series headed by Game of Thrones makers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff.

The new series is based on a trilogy of best-selling Chinese narratives that have been translated into various languages and Yoozoo obtained the rights to its screen adaptation back in 2015 with plans to make a franchise of six movies. When Yoozoo settled to make the Netflix series, the company has already started working on Chinese-language adaptations of the novels via a partner company called the Three-Body Problem Universe, headed by CEO Xu Yao.

Last December 16, Lin became sick and rushed himself to the hospital and by the very next day, the Yoozoo CEO was already showing signs of brain death, based on credible news sites. Doctors alerted the authorities that they are suspicious that the man had been poisoned.

A thorough investigation began and police zeroed in on Xu Yao, who was believed to have poisoned Lin because of work problems among company executives. Xu has since been taken into custody, although the investigation has not yet been closed.

While the general accord as to the CEO’s cause of death during Christmas Day remains poisoning, the exact source of the poison has not been traced. Originally, Lin was speculated to have been poisoned with aged Pu’er tea, based on local Chinese media outlets. Other news sites claim that Lin died because of a cocktail of various poisons.

Dr. Zhou, who looked at Lin before he died, mentioned that the deceased ate blueberries on the day that he fell sick, although it’s uncertain if the medical professional considers it a possible source of the poison. The symptoms of the CEO, according to the doctor, were similar to those experienced from taking tetrodotoxin, a dangerous neurotoxin found in the pufferfish.

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Yoozoo Games verified last Christmas Day that it had gotten news of Lin’s fatal encounter directly from his family. “The board of directors gives its highest respects to the chairman for his contributions to the firm,” the message stated, and staffs at the company were in “deep grief and mourning.”

Another farewell was later posted on the company’s official social media accounts, and tons of white candles and flowers in the shape of a heart were put outside of the Yoozoo main office in Shanghai.

Lore Video for Apex Legends’ Loba and Revenant Has Been Released

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Aletheia
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Every time Apex Legends launches a brand-new season, Respawn Entertainment always releases episodic storylines. This content started with Season 5 and now players look forward to these with each season that comes and goes.

Despite the several mini-episodes that have already been released since the fifth season, the reason for Loba’s negative feelings towards Revenant still leaves fans confused even until today.

Apex Legends Season 5’s storyline is all about the legend named Loba. Entitled The Broken Ghost, we follow Loba’s mission to try and ask the other legends for help in assembling an artifact. However, she refuses to tell them what this strange artifact is for. We soon discover that the mysterious object was actually the head of Ash — or rather an imitation of it just like what Revenant is.

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As the storyline goes on, Apex Legends reveals that Hammond Robotics agreed to inform Loba where Revenant’s source code is (a.k.a the bona fide copy of his mind) in exchange for the Ash simulacrum that Loba found. It was believed that Revenant could only be defeated via his source code.

On the other hand, Loba began to have second thoughts after she found out that Revenant wanted her to find his source code as well so that she could finally finish him off. It appears that Revenant is more than willing to die so that he can finally be at peace.

Now that Apex Legends is on its seventh season, Loba has finally found Revenant’s source code. Respawn Entertainment shared the new episode on the game’s official Twitter account. According to the video, Loba doesn’t plan on giving the source code to her mortal enemy nor will she finish him off.

Instead, she decided to send it to a far-away planet known as Gridiron. By doing this, Loba believes that Revenant is now at her mercy. He musters his strength to attack the legend, but Loba walks away in the end having won the battle.

The storyline was released in the format of something similar to an audio play or perhaps even a podcast. The video features mesmerizing art by Fragment, who is a dedicated member of Apex Legends’ community.

Speaking of, Respawn Entertainment actually only decided to work with fan artists this year to help it create bonus story content that is a part of the game’s overall canon. This fact definitely didn’t go unnoticed and most of the fans seem to love it.

We’re definitely excited to see where Apex Legends’ storyline will go from here, although it’s highly likely that we won’t be hearing about Loba and Revenant at least until next year or Season 8. For now, the spotlight will fall on Pathfinder next, since he’s expected to be a part of his own Stories from the Outlands video. For those interested, this video is set to debut on December 29, 2020.

After the Stories from the Outlands video, players will be treated to a couple of new cosmetics along with a town takeover. This is supposed to be a part of the upcoming “Fight Night” collection event. In Pathfinder’s case, his town takeover will be in Olympus and we expect this to take place in early 2021.

Electronic Arts is Hiring Developers for New Star Wars Mobile Game

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Aletheia
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Electronic Arts recently posted several job listings that have led fans to believe that the company is currently hiring to create a brand-new Star Wars title. We don’t have a lot of information about this new game just yet, but we can infer from the listings that the game will be different from Electronic Arts’ existing Star Wars titles such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2. In other words, the company is looking to release an upcoming mobile game.

There are multiple job openings available right now that were posted by none other than Electronic Arts. If we were to believe that these listings are true, then it would be safe to say that the company isn’t trying to be discreet about its future Star Wars project.

Including in the listings is a job opportunity for a Senior Performance Software Engineer for mobile gaming. The other job offers were pretty clear about what kind of work Electronic Arts wants them to do. Not only that, but it appears that the studio is also looking for a couple of Gameplay Software Engineers and Live Services Software Engineers.

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The job listings may be scattered across the different areas of the United States and Canada, but one thing ties them together: the fact that they’re all tagged “Star Wars Mobile.”

All of these offers suddenly showed up a few days ago, which is another indication that the the title will be a new one rather than a continuation of an already-existing title, such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 which is set to have a mobile port.

That being said, there’s barely any information regarding this upgaming game, and Electronic Arts has yet to reveal anything else asides from the description on the job listings. Although, the fact that the company is hiring several people for the Live Services Software Engineer position could mean that Electronic Arts is working on an MMORPG or some other type of video game that has multiplayer features.

For the past couple of years, Electronic Arts has earned a reputation for going “all in” when it comes to Star Wars. This can be seen in the way the studio paingstakingly released Jedi: Fallen Order in 2019, adn then Star Wars: Squadrons only this year. The company has already released several different titles for this franchise in particular, but who could ever have too much Star Wars?

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That being said, Electronic Arts also has prior experience in terms of releasing expansive multiplayers under this franchise. The company previously stated that it wasn’t planning to release a sequel to Star Wars: Battlefront 2, even though it has amassed a pretty massive and dedicated fanbase after a couple of updates were released and praised by others in the community.

In addition to that, Disney+ and its success played a huge part as to why there has been a resurgence in popularity as of late.

Among other things, fans have also been looking forward to the fact that The Mandalorian will be featured in Fortnite’s latest season, among many other crossovers. Since the Star Wars franchise has once again grown and become active, along with the fact that there are several Star Wars games across the different platforms, it’s hard to know for certain what kind of mobile title Electronic Arts is working on. However, we’ll probably find out soon enough!

Fortnite New Year’s 2021 Event Has Been Leaked

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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Fortnite has found a way to commemorate the New Year, at least based on a new video that has leaked all over the internet. The game has been having themed events for the past few years that have been held to commemorate various holidays and it appears a new one will emerge as soon as the next year begins.

The hit battle royale title has been going strong for more than three years now since its launch back in 2017. After the release of the famous season method that they have been utilizing for some time, Fortnite has been able to retain players and keep them engaged with new weapons, skins, and maps as the years have gone by.

Just a few days ago, they even started a new subscription service that provides even more special skins to players if they want to sign up for it. Events have also had a strong pull on fans, who usually like to join in weekly tasks that provide them with new weapons, rewards, and other prizes.

However, it appears that a huge part of the New Year’s event has been unveiled because of a leak posted by InTheShade on Twitter. If the leaker is to believe and everything goes seamlessly, players will have the opportunity to play along a big rift that emerges in the sky, as fireworks explore all over the map.

Fireworks do seem like a suitable option to celebrate the New Year, so it was only a matter of time before the developers tried to integrate them into the game. However, according to the leak, a lot of players speculate that there will be lesser interactivity in the event compared to previous similar events and more of a sight to watch.

That’s not to say that it’s a bad thing as the fireworks still add a lot of color to the sky and the rift will surely be impressive to watch. It will certainly be an interesting approach to the New Year event. Dataminers have been working hard recently, as they also just uncovered and leaked a new Gnome gun that shoots gnomes out of its barrel – along with explosive trolls. So it’s not like Fortnite’s developers aren’t working enough to keep their player base entertained.

There are various other new events and items that will be happening alongside the New Year event including the release of the new Green Arrow skin as well as the continuation of the game’s fifth season.

Xbox CEO Thanks Employees For Making Sure Servers Are Online During Christmas

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Xbox CEO Phil Spencer has acknowledged the effort of his staff who made sure that their online services were running well during the holiday season so that new PC and console owners were able to enjoy their games while on vacation. During the old days, a console and its games worked straight out of the box, as it wasn’t possible to update an NES game.

It can be perplexing to enjoy new consoles and games over the holiday, considering it’s even possible to buy one. The individuals who open their gifts on Christmas Eve have to go through the process of updating their consoles, and then downloading any day-one updates for their games.

This doesn’t take into account downloading games that are bought digitally, which can also be a tedious process. The gamers who have Xbox Game Pass can expect a few days of downloading games. As such, we suggest that parents open their gifts early and update the new consoles for their kids so that they will not be staring all the time at the loading screens on Christmas Day.

The overwhelming number of new users on Christmas Day has caused various online services to crash in on themselves in the past years. This year has been really steady with no major outages reported on the news and social media.

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer has openly acknowledged all of his company’s employees who worked hard to guarantee that their servers were running on Christmas Day so that players would be able to enjoy their games without any disruptions. It is worth mentioning that Nintendo did post about an outage on Twitter, so it’s possible that Spencer was talking about this, as there were no similar problems with the servers of Microsoft.

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This year saw a massive amount of internet usage, as people are forced to stay at home amidst the global pandemic. This resulted in internet speeds being decreased as well as data caps being suspended. Companies such as Sony and Microsoft imposed speed restrictions on their online services, which resulted in slower download speeds for games and updates. The holiday season was anticipated to cause all types of online problems, as new Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 owners might have caused servers collapsing down.

It’s probable that there were smaller problems and outages with people not being able to connect to servers, but they weren’t that widespread to cause major complaints on the internet. Any problems were likely fixed immediately, thanks to staff working on the holidays in order to make sure that everyone’s gaming time was uninterrupted.

Pokemon Go Collaborates with The North Face and Gucci

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Aletheia
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Pokemon Go is no stranger to crossovers, especially ones related to fashion. As a matter of fact, the AR mobile game previously partnered with Longchamp last September in celebration of Fashion Week. However, this latest collaboration appears to be one of the strangest ones yet, as it appears that designer clothing company Gucci, as well as Pokemon Go and The North Face, will somehow be collaborating with each other.

The official Gucci account tweeted a teaser for the campaign a few days ago, which featured a dreamy shot of a campsite. The shot also featured a flag that had the Pokemon Go logo on it. Details were initially scarce regarding this collaboration, with Gucci tweeting a simple caption that something big is coming to Pokemon Go soon along with the campaign’s hashtag.

From what we can infer, it seems as if the partnership will feature clothing and outdoor equipment, with designs that took inspiration from throwback fashion from the 70s. That being said, we’re not entirely sure where Pokemon Go will fit into all of this, but long-time fans have already seen the mobile game crossover with unexpected companies like Uniqlo before as well.

Following the teaser tweet, the luxury fashion company posted several photos of the products that will be included in The North Face x Gucci collection. As we expected, there will be printed backpacks that, according to Gucci, is made out of ECONYL fabric, which is “nylon sourced from regenerated materials.”

There’s also what looks to be sturdy hiking boots that have the two companies’ logo emblazoned on the side. The soles are apparently made out of Goodyear welt, which means that it can be easily replaced when needed without causing damage to the boots.

The last tweet showcases what looks to be the campaign’s collection of puffer jackets or something similar to that kind of clothing. So far, none of the involved companies have revealed any information that is of value except for the fact that the collaboration between the three is a real thing that’s taking place.

As such, interested fans should definitely keep an eye out on their respective social media accounts for updates. Until then though, Pokemon Go players can go ahead and keep themselves occupied for the remaining days of December by participating in ongoing and upcoming events.

There’s actually a lot of exciting things to do and look forward to for the rest of this month and the first few days of January. For one thing, players are still in the middle of Pokemon Go’s Holidays 2020 event, which is full of special bonuses and spawns for fans to enjoy.

In addition to that, a New Year’s event was announced a few days ago, while the dates for the Mega Raid and legendary bosses for January 2021 have already been revealed as well. It has also been confirmed that next month’s Community Day will be dedicated to Machop, which will offer event-exclusive items and bonuses.

Without a doubt, Pokemon Go players will start the new year with so many things to do and new Pokemon to catch.

 

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