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LG has announced the next series of Gram laptops at CES. There will be five new models that feature a new design and some internal upgrades. The Gram 14, 16, and 17 are clamshell models, while the Gram 2-in-1 14 and 16 are convertibles.

“Synonymous with unprecedented portability and first-class performance, the LG Gram brand continues to raise the bar for the ultra-lightweight and slim laptop market,” LG senior vice president Jang Ik-hwan said in a statement. “With sleeker, more refined designs and 16:10 aspect ratio displays while maintaining their light weight, our latest LG Gram lineup gives consumers the ability to enjoy better productivity and more immersive viewing experiences wherever they go.”

While changes are coming, the features Gram laptops are known for are sticking around. They’re called Grams because they’re notoriously lightweight, and the new models follow suit; the Gram 14 is 2.2 pounds, the 16 is 2.62 pounds, and the 17 is 2.98 pounds (the same weight as its predecessor).

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CES 2021 is officially underway, and while the show might look different this year with its online-only setup, it’s still bringing lots of news. Technology giant Panasonic has announced a new TV set as part of the show, and it’s powered by AI that may make your life easier.

Panasonic’s flagship OLED TV for 2021 is the JZ2000, which will be available in 55-inch and 65-inch sizes. The new model is billed as having low latency and support for HDMI 2.1 variable refresh rate and high frame rate. Inside the TV is a new AI processor that can automatically detect what you’re watching or playing and select settings that is best for it.

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Joe Barton will be stepping in as the new showrunner on HBO Max’s upcoming The Batman series, replacing Boardwalk Empire’s Terrence Winter, who quit the show back in November. It was revealed that Winter’s vision for the planned TV spin-off from Matt Reeves’ upcoming movie The Batman “did not match what Reeves and other producers had in mind.” Barton getting the gig was reported by Variety.

Barton is best known for creating the Tokyo and London crime drama Giri/Haji for Netflix. (The show’s name translates to Duty/Shame.) Previously, he has also worked on the AMC sci-fi show Humans, and the BBC drama Troy: Fall of a City. Barton had not yet provided a comment for the media.

HBO Max announced the Gotham City TV show last summer. Adapted from the comics series with the same name, the series will focus on the corrupt police department in Gotham City, which butts heads with Batman.

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Marvel’s Kevin Feige has revealed the length and episode count of the upcoming She-Hulk series on Disney Plus. In an interview with IGN, Feige confirmed Marvel’s She-Hulk will consist of ten half-hour episodes.

That puts She-Hulk above fellow Marvel series like WandaVision (nine episodes) and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (six episodes). However, Feige told IGN most of these MCU series are designed to clock in around the six hour mark in total length, and the material dictates the exact format and episode count.

“It’s about six hours of content,” said Feige. “Sometimes that’ll be six episodes, sometimes that’ll be nine episodes, in the case of WandaVision. Sometimes that’ll be 10 episodes. You basically have 10 half-hour episodes, which is what She-Hulk … will be.”

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Feige noted one of the main benefits of Disney+ is that things like syndicated reruns and commercial breaks aren’t a factor, allowing teams to focus on telling the best possible stories.

“It all varies based on the story that we’re telling and only based on the story that we’re telling,” said Feige. “A lot of the reasons for… other things are the rules of, you need this many commercial breaks, you need this many episodes in a season, you need this many episodes to be able to resell it in syndication. There are lots of non-creative reasons for the way a story would be told.”

Feige continued, “Now, there are ways to make all of that work. None of that was a factor when it comes to streaming [on] Disney+, so we got to just say basically, ‘Here’s what we’re thinking, here’s how we’d like to do it.'”

Marvel’s She-Hulk stars Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters, a lawyer who gains incredible strength after receiving a blood transfusion from her cousin, Bruce Banner. Mark Ruffalo will reprise his role as Hulk in the series. Feige confirmed Maslany and Ruffalo’s casting during Disney’s Investor Day press event in December, while also confirming Tim Roth’s Abomination will finally return to the MCU.

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In other MCU news, Feige also confirmed an R-rated Deadpool 3 will be part of the MCU and Marvel’s Secret Invasion won’t have an Avengers: Endgame-size cast.

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BioWare has been in fairly dire straits for a while now, after the very public failure of their online shooter Anthem and the departure of several key staff, including general manager Casey Hudson. That said, the developer is still working on a new Dragon Age game–which is seemingly titled simply Dragon Age–and a producer at the company shared some concept art to indicate that it’s still in the pipe.

Dragon Age is one of the most-acclaimed fantasy RPG series of all time, with legions of fans baying for any update on the game. Another BioWare staffer provided a similar update on the game’s development six months ago. However, BioWare courted a certain degree of controversy when they announced a new Mass Effect game at The Game Awards.

While many would be happy to play a new Mass Effect, fans can’t help but wonder how the studio can work on new games in their two most beloved franchises when they’re still ostensibly working on a “reboot” for Anthem that they’ve termed Anthem Next. Last year, producer Christian Dailey indicated that a “small team” is working on the project, and that it would end up being a “long process.” Another update showed how the game’s Javelins will change in the Next update.

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Secret Invasion is one of many Marvel series in the works at Disney+. But if you’re confused why Marvel Studios would opt for the small-screen treatment rather than tackling Secret Invasion as a blockbuster movie, don’t be. Kevin Feige hints the series will be a much more intimate story than its comic book inspiration.

In an interview with ComicBook.com, Feige said the Secret Invasion series won’t have a massive ensemble cast a la Avengers: Endgame, but will instead highlight Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn’s Talos as the two characters investigate a cosmic conspiracy.

“Well, there were more characters in the Secret Invasion comic series than there were in Endgame so, no,” Feige said. “It’s not that but it very much is a showcase for Sam Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn and tapping into the paranoia elements of the Secret Invasion comic series that was great with the twists and turns that that took. So, that’s certainly our focus more than, ‘Can we cram in more characters than Endgame like publishing?'”

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The original Secret Invasion comic was published in 2008 and dealt with a vast conspiracy involving Skrull double agents using their shape-shifting powers to impersonate various heroes and villains and pave the way for the Skrull Empire to take over the planet. By the end of the series, nearly every active Avenger and X-Man – along with a great many villains – join forces to beat back the Skrull invaders. Clearly, the live-action series won’t be following that same road map.

It also makes sense the Disney Plus series would carve its own path, given that the MCU’s Skrulls have thus far been painted in a more heroic light than their comic book counterparts. 2019’s Captain Marvel revealed Fury has been working directly with the Skrulls to defend Earth, with the fruits of those labors being revealed in a post-credits scene in Spider-Man: Far From Home. It remains to be seen if the Skrulls are even meant to be the antagonists of Secret Invasion, or if the MCU will flip the script by having the Kree or another alien race attempt a hostile takeover of Earth instead.

Feige officially confirmed the Secret Invasion series in December 2020 as part of Disney’s Investors Day press event, alongside numerous other MCU announcements. That news included confirmation that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will connect to Spider-Man 3, The Falcon and the Winter Solder’s release date, and Ms. Marvel and Monica Rambeau joining the cast of Captain Marvel 2.

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CES 2021 will arrive on schedule, starting on Monday, January 11, and continue through Thursday, January 14. But instead of the usual grandiose trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center, it’ll be going fully online as a virtual event. With almost 2,000 exhibitors and a plethora of streams coming from tech companies all around the world, it’s a show that can easily become intimidating to keep up with, even when watching from the comfort of home. As such, we’ll be going over how to watch and rounding up some of the biggest and best announcements from the show so you don’t miss a beat.

OtterBox Partners With Xbox For Gaming Accessories

OtterBox and Xbox announce a lineup of gaming accessories, including an Xbox controller shell, a phone clip for mobile gaming, a heat-dissipating case, a controller carrying case, and a smartphone screen protector.

Arcade1Up’s Pong, Dragon’s Lair, and Killer Instinct Cabinets

Arcade1up announced it will be adding new Pong, Dragon’s Lair, X-Men, and Killer Instinct arcade cabinets to its lineup. The Pong machine comes in the form of a 4-player pub table and includes 8 Atari games. The Dragon’s Lair machine is a more traditional cabinet and comes with Dragon’s Lair, Dragon’s Lair 2: Time Warp, and Space Ace. The X-Men machine is a 4-player cabinet that comes with three Marvel games, including the X-Men arcade game from 1992. The Killer Instinct cabinet is a 2-player machine that comes with Killer Instinct, Killer Instinct 2, and Battle Toads Arcade. Both the X-Men and Killer Instinct cabinets allow for Wi-Fi connection so you can take on friends locally and online.

LG’s G1 and C1 OLED TVs

LG announced a G1 and C1 series is coming to its 2021 lineup of televisions. The G1 series features an OLED Evo technology that aims to bring a brighter, more vibrant picture alongside a thinner panel display. LG also added to its lineup of CX televisions with the C1 series, coming in sizes ranging from 48″ to 83″. Both series will have the new Alpha 9 Gen 4 AI processors which promise to enhance sound and audio using deep learning, and AI Picture and Sound Pro which improve picture and sound quality.

Acer’s Nitro XV282K KV Gaming Monitor

Acer revealed the Nitro XV282K KV, a 28″ 4K gaming monitor with HDMI 2.1 support which makes it a great option for console gaming.

Lenovo’s LaVie Mini Laptop

Lenovo revealed the LaVie Mini Laptop, a “pocket-sized” Windows PC that comes with attachable wireless controllers similar to the Nintendo Switch.

TCL’s 8K 6-Series QLED TVs

TCL announced its upcoming line of 6-series QLED televisions will support 8K and feature an enhanced AiPQ engine for 8K image upscaling.

Sony’s A90J OLED TV

Sony is adding the A90J OLED television to its lineup, featuring a brighter display thanks to aluminum sheet lamination that allows for cooling, a new UI built on Google TV, and the Cognitive Processor XR which uses AI and machine learning to provide enhanced sound and picture.

Samsung Consumer MicroLED TV

Samsung announced their MicroLED TVs are now available in 88” and 99” sizes. Initially announced back in December 2020 in 110” and requiring professional installation, the new MicroLED sizes allow for out-of-box, regular mounting like traditional TVs.

Samsung Neo QLED TV

From Samsung’s new line of TVs comes the Neo QLED. Featuring a thin 0.9mm frame, an AI-driven Quantum Processor, and new LED light source technology, Samsung says the Neo QLED aims to deliver more immersive sound and display, and a more refined backlight experience.

Make sure to check back once CES 2021 kicks off as we’ll be continuously updating our roundup with the biggest and best news from the show.

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Over the past week, developer Facepunch Studios revealed its online survival game, Rust, generated over $1 million twice in one week. Released in early access back in 2013, Rush is having what many say is an “Among Us” style surge in popularity.

Today, Garry Newman, founder of Facepunch and developer of Garry’s Mod, revealed Rust made over $1 million in revenue on two separate days in the same week on Steam. At the time of this writing, Rust is the most viewed game on Twitch with 717k viewers.

We made over $1m on Steam on two days this week pic.twitter.com/UTiqxgzdO0

— garry (@garrynewman) January 8, 2021

What is Rust?

Rust is a multiplayer-only survival game released in Early Access in 2013 and a full release in 2018. In Rust, several players are put on a procedurally generated map where they must scavenge and craft weapons and supplies to ensure their survival.

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While players usually begin games with only a rock and torch, these can be used to acquire other materials and eventually craft more sophisticated weapons like guns and unique ammo. Essentially, think of Rust like a really violent game of PvP Minecraft.

Why is Rust So Popular Now?

Although a fixture of multiplayer gaming since 2013, Rust is having a bonafide surge in popularity, seven years after its initial Early Access release. Facepunch revealed Rust doubled its player count record on January 7, 2021, beating a record that was set on January 3, 2021.

Rust on track to double it’s previous high player count.. which was set like 4 days ago pic.twitter.com/1AP0hkJ6EH

— garry (@garrynewman) January 7, 2021

The explosion of popularity is attributed to a group of high-profile streamers who have taken to playing Rust together on a private server started by Offline TV.

The roster of streamers includes Shroud, XQc, Disguised Toast, Pokimane, Myth, and more. Their streams have brought over a million viewers to Rust, and this exposure is translating into player interest.

The Rust Private Server

Given the high-profiles of these streamers, the private server has become akin to a TV show with different streamers starting up competing factions and focuses. XQc, for example, leads a competitive PvP stable called Team Rocket.

THE OTV RUST SERVER IS TOO FUN THATS ALL I THINK ABOUT. MY COMPETITIVENESS OVERWHELMED ME AND I WAS RUDE TO NON-PVPERS. TOMORROW WERE GONNA DO BETTER AND TEAM ROCKET WILL TAKE OVER

— xQc (@xQc) December 31, 2020

Other streamers on the server prefer role-playing over PvP and Offline announced it will spin up a second, smaller private Rust server with a focus on role-playing.

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Rust was recently rated for consoles by the ESRB, which times perfectly with the newfound popularity. With ongoing stay-at-home orders around the world, more players might discover Rust now. Check out IGN’s Rust review.

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Matt T.M. Kim is a reporter for IGN.

From a four-player TMNT cabinet to the sit-down driving experience, Arcade1Up has released a ton of interesting arcade cabinets, and now it’s announcing its first-ever four-player Pub-Style Head-to-Head machine.

Arcade1Up’s latest machine is called the Pong 4-Player Pub Table and it’s basically a tall round table you and your friends can gather around to drink and play Atari classics. There are 8 licensed Atari games including Pong, Pong Doubles, Quadra Pong, Pong Sports, Warlords, Circus Atari, Tempest, and Super Breakout

Aside from play classic Atari games, the Pong 4-Player Pub Table is a functional piece of furniture. It even has a clear cover top to protect it from accidental spills. It’s also now available for preorder at Best Buy.

If you’re looking for a more traditional arcade cabinet, Arcade1Up has also announced a new Dragon’s Lair machine. The machine features an HD transfer of all the original arcade games including Dragon’s Lair, Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp, and Space Ace. This cabinet is an almost perfect replica of the early ’80s machine with nearly identical art and the same form factor.

Acrade1Up is also rolling out a new X-Men 4 Player Arcade. Similar to the company’s previous 4-player TMNT cabinet, it’s loaded with the 4-player X-Men arcade game from 1992 but with Wi-Fi added so you can play with others both in-person and online. You’ll also find Captain America and The Avengers and The Avengers in Galactic Storm loaded onto this machine.

Lastly, there’s a new Killer Instinct made in collaboration between Arcade1Up and Rare. On this machine, you’ll be able to play Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2, as well as Battle Toads Arcade. It also features Live Wi-Fi, so you can take on opponents playing from their own Killer Instinct cabinets.

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Kevin Lee is IGN’s Hardware and Roundups Editor. Follow him on Twitter @baggingspam