Astronauts on board China's "heavenly palace" space station have demonstrated a new way of making rocket fuel products and breathable oxygen by mimicking a chemical reaction in plants. The technology could be utilized in China's planned moon base.

If you were a Harry Potter fan circa 2007 and remember the debacle surrounding a bookseller shipping copies of The Deathly Hallows a week early, you know better than anyone that its not impossible for a vendor to reveal something they shouldnt, accidentally or otherwise. Much like The Deathly Hallows for the 2007 book readers, Grand Theft Auto 6 is arguably one of the most anticipated titles in the gaming community, and as it seems, it also had a significant piece of information about it revealed by a store.RockstarBrought to our attention by a Montevideo local, a video game store and geek center from Uruguay called XUruguay has nonchalantly beaten Rockstar, Take-Two, industry insiders, and gaming journalists to revealing the biggest mystery surrounding GTA VI at this time its release date right on the games page in their store catalog.According to XUruguay, the next installment in the iconic series is set to release on September 17 as a PlayStation 5 exclusive, which aligns perfectly with Take-Twos plans to ship the game in Fall 2025. If true, this would mean GTA VI is launching exactly 12 years after GTA V, which hit the shelves on the same date in 2013.When the Montevideo local reached out to the store with the most obvious question, How do they know that? XUruguay allegedly claimed that they work directly with PlayStation, which provides them with information on what products to sell and when. Presumably, some miscommunication between the store and the games developers led to the unintended early reveal of a release date that was meant to remain secret giving us a chance to clear our calendars well in advance. Attached below is a screenshot sent to us by the Montevideano.As obscure as Uruguay and its geek stores might be to the vast majority of our readers, the shop in question appears to be a reputable establishment, boasting a 97% trust score on ScamAdviser and a 5/5 rating on Tripadvisor, making it all the more head-scratching as to why they would so casually disclose one of the best-kept gaming secrets currently in existence. At the time of writing, the games page has not yet been altered or deleted, so you can check it out yourself by clicking this link.80 Level has reached out to Rockstar for official confirmation. Stay tuned.Dont forget to join our80 Level Talent platformand ournew Discord server, follow us onInstagram,Twitter,LinkedIn,Telegram,TikTok, andThreads,where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post Rumor: Possible Release Date for Grand Theft Auto 6 Revealed appeared first on CG SHARES.

If you have fond memories of slicing and dicing cyborgs in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, then this upcoming game will surely take you back to that glorious era. Check out Tonin, a Unity-powered open-world sci-fi action game being developed by a Japanese Indie Developer known as Awesome with the help of their friends.Set in medieval Japan, the games main selling point is the ability to cut enemies and environmental objects such as trees and boulders into myriads of tiny pieces. You can also pull these objects closer to the player character and kick them after slicing, with the potential to damage enemies and directly affect gameplay if kicked in the correct direction.Additionally, the game features an anime-style ninja as its main protagonist, epic boss battles, stealth mechanics, and changing seasons, with the lush, green Summer and the yellow-red palette of Fall having already been showcased by Tonins developers.Recently, the team showcased Tonins cutting mechanic by demonstrating how you can cut bamboo in the game, and despite how it was perceived by the community, it wasnt intended as a jab at Assassins Creed Shadows and its bamboo-slicing tech recently shown by Stephen Totilo. My apologies. I dont mean to belittle AC in this post. As a creative person, I respect UBI and their team, the developer clarified.Going forward, Awesome aims to launch a Kickstarter campaign around May to support Tonins production. In the meantime, you can follow the developer on Twitter so as not to miss any future updates.Dont forget to join our80 Level Talent platformand ournew Discord server, follow us onInstagram,Twitter,LinkedIn,Telegram,TikTok, andThreads,where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post This Upcoming Game Features MGR: Revengeance-Style Slicing Mechanics appeared first on CG SHARES.

Microsoft's website recently listed a $15 price cut for the Xbox Series S, but don't expect the price drop to last (in fact, it's already gone back up by $5).Earlier this week, Microsoft was advertising a $15 price cut on the 512GB all-digital robot white Xbox Series S console, bringing the price down to $285. Later in the week, Microsoft bumped the price up to $290, where it stands currently. That's $10 off the normal $300 price point for the system, purchased directly from Microsoft. Buy the Xbox Series S on Amazon Buy the Xbox Series S on Walmart This price cut isn't permanent, though. A Microsoft spokesperson told GameSpot, "Any pricing variations are part of temporary promotional offers."Continue Reading at GameSpot

Almost a month into 2025, Valve has shared Steam's top releases of December 2024. But in typical Valve fashion, the titles are presented in random order and we're not entirely sure what they mean. GameSpot has reached out to Valve for clarification about how this list was tabulated in terms of unit sales, dollar sales, or some other metric. But for now, it simply serves as a snapshot for which new titles were popular on Steam at the end of 2024.Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the only title to appear on this list and on the roundup of the best-selling console games in the US for December 2024. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered also made the cut, as did The Thing: Remastered.Among free-to-play games, Marvel Rivals Season 1: Eternal Night Falls and Delta Force were the only titles to make the cut. Additionally, a handful of indie games appear as well, including Murky Divers, Astrometica, Fast Food Simulator, and Ballionaire. And while this list would ordinarily have 20 titles, only 17 games were listed by Valve.You can find the complete list of Steam's top releases of December 2024 below. As noted above, the games were presented by Valve in random order. Kletka See on Steam Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen See at Steam Antonblast See at Steam Fantasian: Neo Dimension See at Steam MiSide See at Steam The Thing: Remastered See at Steam Murky Divers See at Steam Delta Force See at Steam Astrometica See at Fanatical Fanatical and GameSpot are both owned by Fandom. Path of Exile 2 See at Steam Fast Food Simulator See at Steam Marvel Rivals Season 1: Eternal Night Falls See at Steam Ballionaire See at Fanatical Indiana Jones and the Great Circle See at Fanatical Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1-2 Remastered See at Fanatical Caves of Qud See at Steam Deadside See at Steam

An inherent part of a live-service game's ever-evolving nature is that the meta is always changing. New balancing updates, character reworks, and new additions to the roster continuously change who's considered the most viable in the competitive scene. Marvel Rivals is no exception to this rule.

With inflation kicking things up in a big way in 2024 and pushing into 2025, gaming has become an increasingly expensive hobby, especially for budget-conscious gamers and enthusiasts who often look to do more with less in terms of hardware. This means that one segment that overwhelmingly suffers is that of value-centric gaming PC builders that deal with limited budgets but ever-increasing prices when it comes to components needed for their builds.

Hey everyone, were just one day away from bringing the latest epic chapter in the Marvels Spider-Man franchise to PC, where youll battle as Spider-Men, Peter Parker and Miles Morales, against a rogues gallery of iconic Marvel Super Villains, including the monstrous Venom and the ruthless Kraven the Hunter.With the game launching soon, Im excited to share more about the awesome new PC-enhanced features the team at Nixxes has been working on.Play VideoMarvels Spider-Man 2, created by Insomniac in collaboration with Marvel, is a technological and graphical showcase utilizing tools like ray-tracing to bring the city of Marvels New York to life. On PC, youll encounter a variety of new ray-tracing options with individual quality settings to finetune performance and fidelity across a broad range of hardware configurations.Ray-traced reflections quickly catch your eye in the skyscraper-filled city of Marvels New York as you swing along its many glass surfaces. Meanwhile, were offering ray-traced interiors, shadows, and ambient occlusion options that add an additional layer of believability with realistic shadows and increased depth to the game.If you have a high-performance PC with Super Hero-tier hardware, you can take advantage of our increased raytracing geometry detail setting. This enables the use of higher quality meshes for raytracing, resulting in more detailed and realistic reflections. You can also use the raytracing object range slider to increase the range at which objects are considered for raytracing. Furthermore, Marvels Spider-Man 2 on PC includes NVIDIA DLSS Ray Reconstruction1, which improves raytracing quality on supported hardware. Let me introduce you to Menno Bil, Graphics Programmer at Nixxes, to tell you more about this feature:NVIDIA DLSS Ray Reconstruction aims to achieve more detailed raytracing features by combining two separate temporal processes in a frame: denoising of the raytracing features and upscaling of the entire frame. By combining these steps, ray reconstruction keeps more useful information over multiple frames to add small details in raytracing effects that can otherwise be lost.In Marvels Spider-Man 2 on PC with ray reconstruction enabled, we see more detailed ray-traced reflections and better-defined ray-traced shadows, especially when viewing raytracing effects at steep angles. We also seeimprovements in the ray-traced interiors and less ghosting and noise in the ray-traced ambient occlusion.Weve included two models of NVIDIAs Ray Reconstruction,the original model introduced in DLSS 3.5, and a newly improved model designed for RTX 40 series GPUs and newer. This new model results in an overall more temporally stable image, further improving the visual quality of raytracing. Menno Bil, Graphics Programmer, NixxesPlayers with ultra-wide monitors can enjoy full support for ultra-wide aspect ratios such as 21:9, 32:9 and even 48:9 when using triple monitor setups. Our team of engineers and artists worked hard on ensuring all cinematics in Marvels Spider-Man 2 are adapted to be fully viewable in aspect ratios up to 32:9.Marvels Spider-Man 2 on PC also supports various performance-enhancing technologies, including NVIDIA DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3.1 upscaling and frame generation.* Intel XeSS upscaling is also supported.1With options like raytracing and ultra-wide support, we want to give players the chance to make full use of their high-end PC gaming rigs. However, at Nixxes we also take pride in making PC games scale down to prior generation hardware. To cater to this, Marvels Spider-Man 2 on PC offers a wide range of graphics settings and presets, including options without ray-tracing, like dynamic resolution scaling. Check out an overview of the recommended specifications for a variety of graphics presets below.MinimumRecommendedHighHigh Ray TracingVery High Ray TracingUltimate Ray TracingAvg. Performance720P @ 30 FPS1080P @ 60 FPS1440P @ 60 FPS1440p @ 60 FPS1440p @ 60 FPS4K @ 60 FPSGraphics PresetsVery LowMediumHighHighRay Tracing HighHighRay Tracing Very HighVery HighRay Tracing UltimateGPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060AMD Radeon RX 5700NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070AMD Radeon RX 6800NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXNVIDIAGeForce RTX4090CPUIntel Core i3-8100AMD Ryzen 3 3100Intel Core i5-8400AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5-11400AMD Ryzen 5 5600Intel Core i5-11600KAMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Core i7-12700KAMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i9-12900KAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DRAM16 GB16 GB16 GB16 GB16 GB32 GBOSWindows 10/11 64-bit(version 1909 or higher)Windows 10/11 64-bit(version 1909 or higher)Windows 10/11 64-bit(version 1909 or higher)Windows 10/11 64-bit(version 1909 or higher)Windows 10/11 64-bit(version 1909 or higher)Windows 10/11 64-bit(version 1909 or higher)SSD Storage140 GB140 GB140 GB140 GB140 GB140 GBTwo editions of Marvels Spider-Man 2 will be available when it launches on PC on January 30, including the Standard Edition and Digital Deluxe Edition (DDE). Players will also have the option to upgrade to the DDE content if they already own the Standard Edition.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageUpon purchase, the previously announced Pre-Purchase offer will be made available to all players as PC Purchase Perks. This includes:Arachknight Suit early unlock for Peter with three color variantsShadow-Spider Suit early unlock for Miles with three color variantsWeb Grabber gadget early unlock+3 Skill PointsView and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imagePlayers will receive two early unlock suits: the Spider-Man 2099 Black Suit and the Miles Morales 2099 Suit, plus additional benefits like trophies and friend management if they opt to connect to a PlayStation Network account. A PlayStation Network account is optional to play Marvels Spider-Man 2 on PC. View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageOur friends at Insomniac are also excited to collaborate with NetEase Games and Marvel Games to bring Peter Parkers Advanced Suit 2.0 from Marvels Spider-Man 2 to Marvel Rivals. To celebrate Marvels Spider-Man 2s upcoming PC release, Marvel Rivals players can purchase this suit in-game starting 6PM PST on January 29. Check out the Advanced Suit 2.0 in action.Play VideoNixxes and Insomniac, along with our partners at PlayStation and collaborators at Marvel Games, are excited for everyone to experience Marvels Spider-Man 2 on PC!*Compatible PC and graphics card required.

Starting with tomorrows release of Marvels Spider-Man 2 for PC, were working to add more benefits to playing with an account for PlayStation Network. The Last of Us Part II Remastered (coming April 3, 2025), in addition to God of War Ragnark and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, will all soon be adding in-game content unlocks for PlayStation Network account users.An account for PlayStation Network will become optional for these titles on PC. Players who still opt to sign into a PlayStation Network account will also enjoy added benefits like trophies and friend management.Details on new benefits for players who opt to sign in with an account for PlayStation Network:Marvels Spider-Man 2Early unlock suits: the Spider-Man 2099 Black Suit and the Miles Morales 2099 SuitGod of War RagnarokGain access to the Armor of the Black Bear set for Kratos at the first Lost Items chest in the Realm Between Realms (previously only accessible in a New Game+ run) and a resource bundle (500 Hacksilverand 250 XP)The Last of Us Part II Remastered+50 points to activate bonus features and unlock extrasJordans Jacket from Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet as a skin for EllieHorizon Zero Dawn RemasteredGain access to Nora Valiant outfitGame creators at PlayStation Studios will continue to work on bringing more benefits to players who sign up for a PlayStation Network account, so be sure to follow studio channels for more information. You can find more details on account sign-in at our website.Thank you to our PlayStation PC fans around the world for your support.

Elliot Page at The Umbrella Academy fourth and final season premiere held at The Egyptian Theatre on August 5, 2024 in Hollywood, California. | Photo: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty ImagesElliot Pages PageBoy Productions has acquired the rights to adapt 2013 adventure game Beyond: Two Souls into a television series, Deadline reports.Beyond: Two Souls featured Page in the role of protagonist Jodie Holmes as Holmes learned to harness mysterious, supernatural powers. Willem Dafoe also starred as researcher Nathan Dawkins. The game, developed by French studio Quantic Dream, which has been accused of workplace harassment issues, received middling reviews despite strong performances from both actors.Filming the game was one of the most challenging and fulfilling acting experiences of my career, Page said in the Deadline story. The storys rich narrative and emotional depth offer us a fantastic foundation. We want to create a unique vision of the characters and their journeys that resonates with fans and newcomers.Beyond: Two Souls was embroiled in scandal when, shortly after release, a fully nude model of Page was discovered in the games assets. While not shown or accessible during normal gameplay, a 2015 email leak indicated Page considered legal action against Beyond: Two Souls publisher Sony after Quantic Dream, whose artists allegedly rendered the model without Pages knowledge or consent, declined mediation with his legal team. Its unclear how the issue was resolved.We are absolutely thrilled to collaborate again with Elliot Page on this project, said Quantic Dream CEO and Beyond: Two Souls director David Cage about todays news. I was blown away by his acting performance in the game, and I couldnt think of anyone else to tell this story with the same passion on another medium. Beyond: Two Souls is a very special game for millions of players around the world who were moved by the story of Jodie and Aiden, and their journey in life and beyond. I know that Elliot has all the talent and instinct to make it something really unique on TV.The adaptation is currently in early development with no scheduled release date.