Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney noted that the company is trying to build “the publishing model we always wanted for ourselves when we worked with publishers.” Hector Sanchez, Head of Epic Games Publishing, noted that partner studios will also have “full creative control.” The terms of typical publisher/developer deals can vary wildly, so
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Director: Takashi Shimizu Writer: Daisuke Hosaka, Takashi Shimizu Cast: Ryôta Bandô, Narendra Singh Dhami, Tsuyoshi Furukawa Running Time: 109 mins Takashi Shimizu, the director and co-writer (with Daisuke Hosaka) of Howling Village (Inunaki-mura), will always, along with Hideo Nakata (Ring, 1998; Dark Water, 2002) and Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, 2001), belong to the pantheon of J-horror
Deep inside computer chips, tiny wires made of gold and other conductive metals carry the electricity used to process data. But as these interconnected circuits shrink to nanoscale, engineers worry that pressure, such as that caused by thermal expansion when current flows through these wires, might cause gold to behave more like a liquid than
The Zhat Vash and the Romulans were defeated, but not destroyed? In classic Star Trek fashion, the enemy isn’t defeated by a giant explosion. After proving that the Synth planet is under the protection of the Federation, Riker, Picard and Soji are able to convince the Romulans to pack up and go home. But why?
IMAGE: (Top row) Jiayi Fu, Jonathan Lym, (middle row) Weiqing Zheng, Konstantinos Alexopoulos, Alexander Mironenko, and (bottom row) Dionisios Vlachos of the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation–a U.S. Department of Energy… view more Credit: University of Delaware UPTON, NY–Scientists have designed a catalyst composed of very low concentrations of platinum (single atoms and clusters smaller than
IMAGE: Deletion of the TPR gene led to lower levels of TPR and its associated protein HSF1 (left; lower panel) whereas rapamycin treatment reduced the tumor cells (dark blue cells) in… view more Credit: Kanazawa University Ependymoma is a rare form of brain cancer that implicates children and is often tricky to diagnose. Since effective treatment
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska Writer: C.S. McMullen Cast: Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman, Denise Gough, Kelly Campbell, Eve Connolly, Isabelle Connolly, Ailbhe Cowley Distributor: MUBI Running Time: 97 mins If you like this, try… The Invitation Michiel Huisman also dabbled in a sinister cult in Karyn Kusama’s chamber piece horror. It’s not always fair to review a
We don’t need to tell you what Fortnite is. As one of the most popular games in the world, Fortnite has captured the attention of everyone from children and streamers to the makers of the highest-grossing movie of all-time. Hype aside, Fortnite remains an exceptional free-to-play experience. Epic continues to update Fortnite to the point
This The Magicians review contains spoilers. The Magicians Season 5 Episode 12 The Magicians should be applauded for its commitment to including a musical episode each season, and the fact that “The Balls” comes just before the end of the series makes this one particularly poignant. In that sense, centering the songs around emotions, bottled
With a huge chunk of the world currently under stay-at-home orders from their local or national governments, a number of parents are slowly going insane from all the constant screaming over “Into the Unknown” playing on loop. I’m fine, by the way, thank you for asking. Thankfully, DC Comics has offered help. DC Kids Camp
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Uncharted 4 is the culmination of the Naughty Dog action-adventure series starring explorer and treasure hunter Nathan Drake. Trying to hang up his guns and raise a family, Nathan Drake is thrust right back into the action by his brother Sam, who was thought dead. Together, and with their faithful
Director: David Fowler Writer: David Fowler Cast: Taylor Dianne Robinson, Matthew MacCaull, Matt Bellefleur Running Time: 98 mins “Welcome to the circle” is a recurring utterance in writer/director David Fowler’s debut feature of the same name. These words are addressed to anybody finding their way into an isolated woodland community whose few residents – Rebekah
“Bring it on, Shocker!” Following Kamen Rider Neo 1 comes Kamen Rider Neo 2,with the Shinkocchou Seihou system that brings you the most realistically posable action figures ever made! Remodeled Cyclone “Masked Rider,” Bandai S.H. Figuarts S.H. Figurarts presents the Cyclone (Remodeled Ver.) motorcycle as seen in the original 1971 Kamen Rider TV series! Takeshi
IMAGE: The nanoscale terahertz wave generator can be implemented on flexible substrates. © EPFL / POWERlab view more Credit: EPFL / POWERlab Terahertz (THz) waves fall between microwave and infrared radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum, oscillating at frequencies of between 100 billion and 30 trillion cycles per second. These waves are prized for their distinctive properties:
Director: Ilya S. Maksimov Cast: Aleksandra Bortich, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Vladimir Yaglych Running Time: 90 mins ‘Busy’ is the word that comes to mind in trying to describe Ilya S. Maksimov’s The Soul Conductor (Provodnik). For this is a film in which multiple subgenres and perspectives collide, and the viewer is left, not unlike the self-medicating
Star War 1313 remains not only one of gaming’s most famous cancelled projects but an essential piece of video game and Star Wars history. That’s an impressive legacy for a game that we honestly don’t know that much about. Fortunately, a recently leaked screenshot may reveal a big piece of the Star Wars 1313 puzzle.
The Mandalorian season 2 is adding Aliens star Michael Biehn to its cast, according to a new report from Making Star Wars, a reliable source for Star Wars news in the past. The report is corroborated by Slashfilm, which just last week broke the news that Rosario Dawson had been cast as fan-favorite animated Jedi
That dynamism is reflected in King’s storytelling techniques, as well. King has for some time been an evangelist for the nine-panel grid. He would use that rigid storytelling structure to frame his stories, and when the story broke out of that grid, the effect would be like a crescendo in music – everything got bigger
Doom Eternal is a much faster game than 2016’s Doom. It’s much faster than any other Doom game for that matter. I’ve heard some say the game is closer to Quake than Doom in that respect, but it’s actually closer to a combination of Quake, Doom, and even more intense FPS titles like Painkiller and
IMAGE: EpiAlveolar™ can be used to study the health effects of different kinds of substances instead of conducting tests in which animals are confined to small tubes and forced to inhale… view more Credit: PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. Ashland, Massachusetts – Researchers can now buy a first-of-its-kind human cell-based alveolar model to study the effects
CBS All Access is the latest streamer to provide an extended trial period during this period of social distancing and quarantine, and just in time, too, as this Thursday marks the end of Star Trek: Picard Season 1. The announcement was made via Sir Patrick Stewart‘s social media channels: Starting today, until April 24th, you
BETHLEHEM, Pa., USA: In line with the exceptional measures taken by Lehigh University to mitigate the risk of exposure and spread of COVID-19, the 2020 Lehigh Microscopy School, originally scheduled for May 31-June 5, 2020, in Bethlehem, Pa., has been canceled. The Lehigh Microscopy School, a week-long series of courses that keeps engineers, scientists, and
The ability to accurately monitor drug levels and biological molecules inside patients in real time has remained largely elusive. Most of the implantable monitors invented so far rely on high tech and expensive detectors such as CT scans or MRI. Using ultrasound – which is cheap and portable – as a means to track a
Scientists at University of Limerick’s Bernal Institute have helped discover a molecule that could have a major impact on how data is stored and processed. The UL researchers found that a simple metal-organic molecule can go beyond simple binary (0 – OFF, 1 – ON) computing logic and can in fact switch between three distinct,
IMAGE: Solid material capable of releasing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and nitric oxide (NO) when exposed to air. view more Credit: NIMS NIMS has developed a solid material capable of slowly releasing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and nitric oxide (NO) when exposed to air. These gases can induce physiologically favorable effects at low concentrations (e.g., reducing inflammation and
IMAGE: Professor Venkatesan (left) discussing the charge disproportionation mechanism with Dr Sreetosh Goswami (right). view more Credit: National University of Singapore Over the last decade, artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications such as machine learning have gained pace to revolutionise many industries. As the world gathers more data, the computing power of hardware systems needs to
RAM can also greatly affect a console’s speed, but since both consoles seem to sport nearly identical RAM components (16GB GDDR6 RAM) that only feature some minor technical differences, it doesn’t seem that either console has a significant advantage in that department. Which Has Better Storage? As we noted in the above section, the Xbox
Rosa is deeply in need, whether she realizes it or not. Her physical addictions might be gone, but the underlying issues were still waiting for her, and some have only been exacerbated by the strange circumstances of her revival. Later, we hear her saying the Serenity Prayer in a church, which is generally associated with
“We found ourselves creeping ever forward towards, ‘Well, let’s just keeping putting more and more, and more, and more stuff in this game because we want to make it as good as we can,’” Casali says. “I think at that point we realized, ‘Okay, maybe this episodes thing, it was a good concept, but we’re
KAIST researchers have developed a novel wearable strain sensor based on the modulation of optical transmittance of a carbon nanotube (CNT)-embedded elastomer. The sensor is capable of sensitive, stable, and continuous measurement of physical signals. This technology, featured in the March 4th issue of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces as a front cover article, shows
