Month: September 2020

Chadwick Boseman, the actor best known for playing Black Panther, unexpectedly passed away over the weekend after a four-year battle with cancer. During a recent Marvel’s Avengers War Table livestream, Crystal Dynamics revised the broadcast to commemorate the late actor.

“Like many of you, we were shocked and saddened by Chadwick Boseman’s passing,” the stream reads, embedded below. “As members of the global Marvel family, our thoughts are with his loved ones in this difficult time. Please join us for a moment of silence in memoriam.”

The stream then shows a still of Boseman, as well as his birth and death year. Immediately after, Crystal Dynamics confirmed that the War Table livestream had been revised to respect the fallen hero.

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Fortnite Chapter 2: Season 4’s map is constantly changing. One of Week 2’s challenges will need you to track down Tony Stark’s constantly moving Quinjets in order to steal some of the Avengers loot. The challenge tasks you with searching SHIELD chests inside Quinjets. This guide will help you locate Quinjets, deal with the bots that guard them, and complete the challenge.

This challenge leaked early; check back later in the week to try it for yourself.

Where Are the Quinjets?

Fortnite’s Season 4 Quinjets change location with every match. You see them fly by when the battle bus starts crossing the map. Plane-shaped icons will pop up on the map once you land. Those are the locations of the Quinjets. Here’s an example:

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Mega Evolutions recently arrived in Pokemon Go, but many players have not been entirely happy with their implementation thus far. In order to Mega Evolve a Pokemon, users must first collect that monster’s Mega Energy. This, however, is typically locked behind Mega Raid Battles, making it difficult for many players to collect the required amount. Developer Niantic has acknowledged these concerns and promises to address them.

In a post on Pokemon subreddit The Silph Road, a Niantic representative wrote that the studio is keeping a close eye on players’ feedback regarding Mega Evolutions and is looking into ways to make the feature more accessible. In particular, the rep noted the studio has heard players “loud and clear” that they want additional ways to harvest Mega Energy outside of Raids, and that the current requirement feels too steep and not worthwhile.

“[P]lease know that we’re discussing how we can address these concerns, though we’re in the very early stages and it might be some time before you see changes implemented in-game,” the representative wrote. “We do have some changes in the pipeline already, but again we don’t have a set schedule just yet.”

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Fortnite Chapter 2: Season 4 isn’t all Marvel-themed. Sometimes you have to keep it simple and find some bridges to drive under. This weekly challenge tasks you with riding a motorboat under different colored steel bridges. This guide will show you the location of three different colored bridges and how to best drive under them.

This challenge leaked early so check back on Thursday to try it yourself in Fortnite.

Where Are The Colored Steel Bridges?

There are all sorts of bridges spread out across the Season 4 map–some wood, some concrete, and some steel. Here are the locations of three steel bridges with different colors:

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The third title update for Madden NFL 21 is on the way. Ahead of its targeted release on September 10, Electronic Arts detailed the update on its official site. It’s set to fix a number of gameplay issues, improve navigation in Madden Ultimate Team, and improve the football game’s logic.

Madden NFL 21’s third title update will fix several defensive coverage issues, such as defenders in press-alignment not being able to backpedal properly. Tackle animations not triggering against juke moves will also be fixed, and so is an issue that caused receivers to warp into a tackle during a possession catch.

Madden Ultimate Team is also seeing a number of tweaks that mostly improve the speed of navigating menus. Players will be able to upgrade players quicker thanks to an improved user interface. An issue where roles didn’t work properly in MUT Squads is also being addressed.

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Fortnite Chapter 2: Season 4’s Week 2 challenges are coming later this week. One challenge will send you to a specific Marvel location. It asks you to dance on top of different Sentinel Heads at the Sentinel Graveyard. This guide will show you how to find the Sentinel Graveyard and get the challenge done quickly.

This challenge leaked early; check back on Thursday to see it live within Fortnite.

Where Is The Sentinel Graveyard?

The Sentinel Graveyard is located in the E6 tile on the map near Lazy Lake and Misty Meadows. It has multiple giant robots laying around in a clearing. It’s easy to land directly there and loot the houses and camps nearby, but there won’t be enough for multiple players if you run into someone looking for a fight. Some players, however, will be trying to complete the challenge like you. Be friendly if possible. Check out the map below for an exact location:

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After weeks of rumors and leaks, Nvidia finally revealed three new GPUs in its RTX 30 series, all sporting the new Ampere architecture underneath. If there’s one thing speculation before the event drove home, it was that these cards were going to be expensive. And while that’s certainly true for the flagship, Nvidia uncharacteristically got very aggressive with the pricing for the two cards most people will likely buy.

Nvidia revealed the RTX 3070, the RTX 3080, and the RTX 3090 during its GeForce Special Event, which Nvidia billed as the biggest generational leap forward in the last 20 years of GPUs. On paper, those claims seem sound. The RTX 3070 was described as faster than Turing’s flagship card, the RTX 2080 Ti, while the RTX 3080 boasts twice the performance of the RTX 2080. The RTX 3090, this generation’s Titan card, is in a league of its own–and with a price point of $1500, it’s not for even most enthusiast PC builds.

The pricing on both the RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 came as a bit of a shock though. The least powerful card in Nvidia’s new range boasts better performance that its previous flagship while also costing less than half. Today, a RTX 2080 Ti can still run just over $1000 (not far off what it launched at), while the RTX 3070 launches at just $500 in October.

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Nvidia has revealed the latest in its graphics card technology, the RTX 3000 series. Each card in this series is more powerful than the company’s current flagship GPU, the RTX 2080 Ti, making this year’s line of cards particularly enticing. Pre-orders for the RTX 3090, RTX 3080, and RTX 3070 aren’t available yet, but you can sign-up for notifications. This will ensure you’re one of the first people to know when pre-orders go live.

All you have to do is head over to Nvidia and click the “Notify Me” button, select which RTX 3000 series products you’re interested in, and put in your email and age. Click “Submit,” and then you’re good to go. You’ll get an email when pre-orders become available, though you’ll want to act fast because whenever Nvidia releases a new graphics card, it always sells out quickly.

Nvidia RTX 3000 series graphics cards

Starts at $500

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The team helming Netflix‘s The Three-Body Problem adaptation has been announced, and some familiar names are attached to the project. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss of Game of Thrones fame, along with The Terror’s Alexander Woo, have been tapped to serve as the executive producers and writers.

The Three-Body Problem is an award-winning Chinese science fiction series of novels by Liu Cixin. Netflix’s adaptation will cover all three books in the trilogy, including The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death’s End. The Three-Body problem starts in China’s Cultural Revolution period and grapples with humanity’s response to first contact by an alien civilization.

Benioff and Weiss are best known for their Game of Thrones work, including the final seasons that were not as well-received. The pair were set to work on Star Wars but are now instead lined up to work on multiple Netflix projects. Woo has written episodes for True Blood and was the showrunner/co-creator of The Terror’s second season.

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