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Apr42025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Had to Turn on ‘Yellow Paint’ Due to Playtest Issues

Yellow paint is a well-known meme among gamers. The noticeable color helps developers highlight key points and objects for interaction, but many consider this approach outdated. There is yellow paint in Assassin’s Creed Shadows — the creative director of the action RPG explained the addition of such hints. Assassin’s Creed Shadows creative director Jonathan Dumont told GamesRadar that the pseudo-historical open-world action RPG didn’t have a yellow coat of paint until playtesting. According to Dumont, many of Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ testers couldn’t figure out which cliffs were climbable — either walking past interactable ones or banging their heads against inaccessible ones. "Playtesters had a hard time finding their way forward when going through hidden paths. The environment...

Apr22025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Nintendo Confirms Record-Breaking Switch 2 Reveal Length

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Nintendo has shared new details about the Nintendo Direct presentation, which will feature the Switch 2 console in full, and announced two more streams showcasing games for it. As it became known, the duration of the upcoming Nintendo Direct broadcast with details of Switch 2 will be about 60 minutes, which is a record in the history of such informational broadcasts by Nintendo. Soon after, on April 3 and 4, there will be two Nintendo Treehouse presentations, featuring hands-on gameplay of Switch 2 games. It is not yet known which games will be shown, but it is likely that they will include a new Mario Kart or an improved version of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The launch lineup of games for the console is being kept under wraps, but Nintendo is rumored to be expecting to sell 20 million ...

Apr12025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

In Just a Few Days, Over 1.5 Million People Played “Atomfall”

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Within five days of its release, Atomfall's audience reached 1.5 million people, as developers Rebellion reported in a press release for the media. The game also had the most successful launch in the studio's history. Set in the Cumbrian Exclusion Zone five years after the Sellafield nuclear accident in Windscale, Atomfall challenges players to uncover the secrets of what happened in 1957. Rebellion co-founder and CEO Jason Kingsley said that reaching a million players in such a short period of time "speaks volumes about the creativity and dedication" of the team. "Our studio's size and stability allow us to take risks and make something different like Atomfall. Fortunately, those risks have paid off," Kingsley said. The action game is available on PC, two generations of Pl...

Mar302025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

AOC Unveils 27-Inch Q27G3H Gaming Monitor With 1440p, 200Hz For $158

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AOC has launched a budget 27-inch gaming monitor, the Q27G3H, in China. It costs only 1,149 yuan ($158) and offers support for a resolution of 2560 × 1440 pixels and a refresh rate of 200 Hz. The Q27G3H uses a high-response IPS panel that offers wide viewing angles and accurate color reproduction. The fast GtG response time (1ms) and MPRT (0.3ms) effectively eliminate motion blur. Adaptive Sync technology and AMD FreeSync support ensure smooth gameplay without tearing. The display is HDR400 certified and supports 10-bit color (8-bit + FRC), which allows it to display 10.7 billion colors. It covers 99% of the sRGB color space and 95% of the DCI-P3 color space. Factory calibration with a color accuracy of ΔE<2 makes it suitable for tasks that require high color accuracy, such as...