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Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go, has settled a class-action lawsuit from Californian homeowners that claims the game incentivises trespassing on private property (via The Register). In 2016, the lawsuit began with 12 homeowners suing the augmented reality developer for encouraging players to trespass while searching for Pokémon in the surrounding area. Pokéstops, in-game pit stops attached to real world locations that distribute items and attract Pokémon around them, had been placed on their private property....

Ninja Star Simulator puts you in the shoes of a Ninja and uses your throwing star to defeat the enemies all over the map. The main idea of the game is to craft, combine, and upgrade your throwing stars to make them really powerful and deal more damage to enemy bosses. The game uses two currencies in form of Coins & Gems to achieve this. So to get your journey started, here’s our list of all the new OP Ninja Star Simulator Codes to redeem free Gems....

The Nintendo Switch wasn’t pushing the envelope in terms of performance when it launched with an modest Tegra X1 chip back in 2017, but its relatively modern graphics meant that the system could run recent titles without a massive development effort. On the flipside, its meagre levels of compute performance - a necessary compromise for a power-limited mobile device - often required big sacrifices to rendering resolution. With the Switch reportedly soon to be replaced by a successor, we thought we’d survey some of these efforts to see just how low-res the most demanding titles got - so just how low can the Nintendo Switch go?...

Redbeet Interactive and Axolot Games, creators of Scrap Mechanic, have now released their ocean survival game Raft into Early Access. In this survival game, players find themselves floating across the ocean and have to scavenge useful objects and debris to survive on their raft. If anything useful is found, players can enhance and expand their raft increasing their chances of survival. Raft has been available for some time via itch.io as a development version but this Early Access release takes the game a step further by adding multiplayer and it also looks a lot more impressive in the visuals department too....

History moves quickly these days, which is perhaps one of the reasons why Official Secrets, a political drama set in the lead up to the Iraq War, already feels like the ancient kind. It’s not, of course. The beginning of the century was not that long ago and the effects of the decision to invade Iraq are still being felt today, a reality that makes this just-period film vital political viewing for anyone unfamiliar with Katharine Gun and the courageous choice she made in trying to stop the Iraq War before it started....

Our quick take Olympus Stylus XZ-10 - 4.0 / 5 A Stylus… Not a Pen Shining star Familiar performance Image Quality To recap It’s got the style but it’s not quite got all the features - although, arguably, that’s where this sub-£300 advanced compact is supposed to exist. The XZ-10 is like the “XZ-2 mini” and although it packs slightly less of a punch due to lack of lens-based stabilisation and a standard size 1/2....

Key Facts The OnePlus 10T relies on the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset for improved speed and efficiency.It also comes with the Cyro-velocity vapor cooling system one of the brand’s most advanced cooling systems.The device also features smart link technology to ensure optimal signal strength. The OnePlus 10T is an excellent smartphone pick for gaming and performance enthusiasts looking for speed, dynamite performance, and affordability. OnePlus released the OnePlus 10T as a value-priced alternative to the OnePlus 10 Pro—the company’s 2022 flagship smartphone....

Now that the first phase of restoration for the PlayStation Network has begun, many gamers have started jumping headfirst back into their various online titles. Unfortunately, one of the titles released just before the hack of the PSN, Mortal Kombat, requires an online pass that cannot be redeemed without the PlayStation store. Since the PlayStation Store’s resurrection was not included with the first phase of the PSN restoration, many gamers have been wondering how NetherRealm Studios, the developer behind Mortal Kombat, planned to allow those gamers who did purchase the retail game to participate in online matches....

The OnLive gaming service has been available to PC players for some time now. In an effort to bring cloud-based gaming to console players, and to move OnLive from the PC to the HDTV, the company began shipping its MicroConsole in December. It’s a bold move and it puts OnLive in direct competition with Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. How does the system stack up? Is this an idea blossoming at the right time between console generations, or is cloud-based gaming not ready for the living room just yet?...

Our quick take Microsoft Surface Pro 2 - 4.0 / 5 Deja vu Price context Burly build Accessories assemble Windows win Battery bolstered

The movies and TV shows produced by Disney have helped to shape all of our childhoods. It seems like they will continue to influence the lives of children across the world, seeing as they are buying up every major media franchise they can get their hands on. The Disney animated movies have developed massive fanbases that span the entire globe. The aesthetic that we now call anime was directly inspired by the early features created by Walt Disney, while other companies have attempted to copy the Disney style since they first became popular....

Mirage:Perfect Skyline is a mobile game for Android and iOS developed by EYOUGAME(USS). It is an MMORPG game that features a grand story and mythical creatures. Other than that you also get a Multiplayer arena, 8 character classes, and other features. But one such feature loved by the fans is the ability to use codes for freebies. So let us take a look at all the Mirage:Perfect Skyline codes and how to redeem them....

If there’s one universal truth about Call of Duty players, it’s that they will spend as much money as needed to get even the slightest advantage over their peers. They would rather rage quit than be embarrassed by death. So when Activision releases a premium skin bundle that makes it as difficult as possible for you to been seen by opponents, players will buy it in droves. A new operator skin designed by Call of Duty eSports team LA Thieves puts players in an all-black outfit, allowing them to hide in shadows for some poor soul to pass by....

Aniplex released two videos featuring the opening and ending of the upcoming anime My Dress-Up Darling. Known as “Sono Kisekae Ningyou wa Koi wo Suru” (The Dress-up Doll Falls in Love) in Japan, the anime debuted today, and can be streamed in the west on Crunchyroll. It’s a story of romance and cosplay animated by Cloverworks and inspired by the seinen manga by Shinichi Fukuda and published by Square Enix in Young Gangan since 2018....

It’s been almost a decade since NASA shut down its Space Shuttle program in 2011, bringing an era of manned space missions to an end for the agency. Nine years later, the Elon Musk-founded private aerospace company SpaceX will help NASA send American astronauts to space once again when the Demo-2 Crew Dragon launches on Saturday, May 30 at 3:22 pm ET. You can watch the liftoff live right here....

This weekend saw the release of NBA 2K20 and what ought to have been a smooth launch for the latest entry in 2K’s annual series. It’s been anything but, with fans finding plenty to get angry at the game for, to the point that for a while the call to fire 2K exec Ronnie Singh was trending on Twitter. Despite that, there are no doubt plenty of players who don’t really care about things like the massive review-bombing NBA 2K20 has received and just want to get to playing....

2K has offered up fans a look at the new features for the MyNBA and The City game modes in the new-gen versions of NBA 2K22 ahead of its launch on Friday. A big change will be the addition of MyStaff. This will allow a whole new range of options for the people off the court that keep your team ticking over. You’ll have to fill the Front Office, Coaching, Scouting and Sports Medicine departments....

Square Enix has announced that action RPG NEO: The World Ends With You will head to the PC next week via the Epic Games Store. The game originally launched for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch back in July. In this follow up to 2007’s The World Ends With You, you play as Rindo. He’s the leader of a group known as the Wicked Twisters, who find themselves caught up in a deadly “Reaper’s Game” which they must survive to win....

Following up from its announcement a few weeks back, SNK has revealed the lineup of pre-installed games on the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro. While a really solid list of excellent fighters, it’s also kind of expected from previous compilations. There’s only so many times one can include The King of Fighters before its inclusion is mandatory. Here are all of the games that will come in the hybrid arcade stick/micro-console....

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery‘s Netflix release has become a massive success, with over 35 million households viewing the film in the first two days. The movie previously made its debut in September with a small theatrical release, but it didn’t do as well as its launch on the streaming service. Although there hasn’t been much information about the gross amount of the theatrical release, Variety has reported that it only earned $15 million, despite a budget of $40 million....