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Following up on the overwhelmingly positive response to Stardew Valley Update 1.6, developer Eric «ConcernedApe» Barone has revealed Patch 1.6.4, which adds even more content and fixes a number of bugs. Stardew Valley Update 1.6 has been released for PC and will be coming to console and mobile platforms soon. In the meantime, ConcernedApe has released a number of key patches, including the latest 1.6.4 update.

By now, you’ve probably heard that the Amazon Fallout show is accurate to the video games, down to the last detail. In fact, Fallout: New Vegas happened in this universe, and they’re all part of one big Fallout continuity.

Nier Automata's director believes Japanese game developers have had difficulty implementing "Western systems" because it was hard for them to move away from Japanese-made game engines.

The second wave of closed beta testing for large-scale multiplayer mech action game Mecha BREAK for PC will run from April 26 at 3:00 a.m. PT / 6:00 a.m. ET to April 28 at 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET, Seasun Games announced. Users can register here.

Huawei did not reveal much about the Kirin 9010, but the company could do little when it comes to controlling information after it officially announced the Pura 70 series. Compared to the Kirin 9000S that debuted in the Mate 60 family last year, the Kirin 9010 is a noteworthy upgrade, offering a 12-core configuration, along with other changes, as you will soon find out.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is set to visit India as his businesses seek new markets in the world's most populous nation, with electric carmaker Tesla -- suffering a sales downturn in the United States -- reportedly scouting factory locations.

Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe has said he’s “proud” to see other studios making games inspired by Palworld.

Black Myth Wukong, the upcoming action RPG from Chinese developer Game Science, has received a PlayStation Store page.

Apple has announced investment plans to expand its clean energy footprint around the world as part of the ‘Apple 2030' initiative aiming to be carbon neutral across its entire value chain by 2030. While Apple's global operations and supply chain is powered by more than 18 gigawatts of clean electricity, the Cupertino-based tech giant is investing more in solar power in the US and Europe.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe has stated that he is seeing Chinese studios copying Palworld, and thinks that that’s a good thing.

Possible specifications of Intel's next-gen Granite Rapids-AP "Xeon 6" CPUs with up to 128 P-Cores have been leaked.

Minecraft has released a new Kung Fu Panda DLC, bringing players content based on the popular DreamWorks franchise. Minecraft has a significant history of collaborations with famous pop culture names that got the blocky treatment. The DLC released by Mojang includes Minecraft collaborations with other games and names outside the gaming world.

Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe recently shared an image of a Palworld clone being developed by Tencent and gave his opinion on potential competitors in the survival genre. Despite a few controversies leading into the game's launch,Palworld became one of the most successful games in 2024 with millions of players around the world.

The annual PC Gaming Show broadcast is set to return this year, with the show celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024. Once again, the showcase will debut and delve into several games coming to PC in the months and years to come, making it essential viewing for those who primarily play on desktop.

With the arrival of Amazon’s Fallout TV series last week came the dropping of another bombshell: the possible truth behind a mystery that’s gone unanswered in the video games for over 25 years. Before you read on, please bear in mind that spoilers for the Fallout TV show’s season one finale follow!

Palworld, the viral survival game that stirred up controversy (and found plenty of success) on the back of being a Pokémon-a-like - with added guns and factory labour, mind - is now due to become the inspiration for its own generation of clones, according to the head of its developers.

NVIDIA is working with its partners to create a new SFF gaming PC ecosystem which will be driven by "SFF Enthusiast GeForce" GPUs.

The CEO of Palworld studio Pocketpair has responded to Tencent's latest creature-raising clone, saying: "These are incredible times."

Qualcomm might find it difficult to tame the power consumption of the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, despite the chipset reported on multiple occasions to be mass produced on TSMC’s 3nm ‘N3E’ node. Theoretically, an improved manufacturing process should mean that the flagship SoC will be energy-efficient, but a tipster hints that smartphone makers opting to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in their models will add bigger batteries. Companies may compensate for the silicon’s increased power by incorporating bigger cells to deliver that record runtime.

Expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) push, Microsoft has announced that it will be investing $1.5 billion in United Arab Emirates-based artificial intelligence firm G42, giving the U.S. giant a minority stake and a board seat, allowing the two to deepen ties amid the global battle for tech dominance. AI has become the buzzword of the last few years, with companies around the world competing to leverage this technology.

Huawei has discontinued its P-series of flagships by introducing a re-brand of the Pura 70 family, which can mean that the company will put on a positive first impression by bringing an attractive design and notable hardware upgrades to the upcoming models. Naturally, a name change will also pique the interest of potential buyers, resulting in higher sales.

NVIDIA seems to have been shipping A100 "Ampere" GPUs with higher core counts than the original spec in China as per recent retail listings.

Apple has been reported on multiple occasions to bring various camera improvements to the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, which includes bringing the tetraprism upgrade to the smaller version and an entirely new Sony sensor for the primary unit. The company also intends to address the lens flare problem on its upcoming premium models, with the latest rumor stating that a special ‘Atomic Layer Deposition’ (ALD) coating will be used to alleviate that effect while improving image quality. Let us take a look at the details.

Bandai Namco has confirmed four fighters for the roster of Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, who are all classic members of the usual roster. The upcoming Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is a highly anticipated title for fans of the long-running franchise, as it is a return to the classic Budokai Tenkaichi arena fighting game series. The roster of Sparking Zero has been an aspect that fans have been fervently looking forward to, as it usually features a number of fighters from across the franchise's history.

Apple's upcoming iOS 18 is set to introduce a range of new AI features that won't rely on cloud servers, according to a recent report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. This move signifies Apple's commitment to enhancing user privacy and device performance by processing AI tasks directly on the device.

VR fans galore as two modders have created a WoW VR mod that adds support for VR to the final patch of World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King.

Amazon's Fallout TV show released in its entirety last week, and answered one of the series' longest-running mysteries in the process.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will announce the company is increasing its commitments to Vietnam by an unspecified amount during his visit to Hanoi.

A new revenue report has revealed that Genshin Impact's creator, miHoYo, has reached an important milestone by reaching a valuation of $23 billion. Back in February 2022, miHoYo expanded globally by launching its subsidary HoYoverse to better represent the developer's expansion into various forms of entertainment beyond gaming, but the company still goes by its original name in China.

Within two days of NetEase announcing a renewal of their partnership to bring Blizzard games back to China, over two million players have pre-registered, 147,000 accounts reactivated, 92,000 accounts recovered, and Blizzard China has received 1,000+ resumes! While restoring service to other Blizzard games including Hearthstone, Overwatch, Starcraft, Diablo, and Heroes of the Storm, the response for WoW has been overwhelming. Officially reported by Blizzard China and translated by NasDa on Twitter, these stats show the extreme appetite for World of Warcraft in China. While many players completely rerolled on Taiwanese realms in order to keep playing after servers shut down last year, many more still have been left in limbo, without access to the game they invested the better part of two decades into playing.

A new gameplay video of Persona 5: The Phantom X highlights a rhythm-based mini-game that fans can play. Persona 5: The Phantom X is an upcoming mobile and PC spin-off of the Persona franchise. Unlike the game it is based off of, The Phantom X is similar to gacha games like Genshin Impact and Tower of Fantasy, with this game being developed by Black Wings Studio and published by Perfect World Games. Despite being a very different game from the original Persona 5, it carries a lot of the same DNA in terms of story, characters, and gameplay elements.

Controversially, Fallout 4 makes it a little harder to build your own character. If you play as a woman, you were a lawyer before the bombs dropped. If you're a guy, you were part of the US military, fighting in the war against China. Either way, your character got married and had a son before the events of the game, and there's nothing you can do to change that.

As we wait for the official arrival of the P70 series, Huawei is rumored to introduce the direct successor to the Mate 60 lineup later this year, the Mate 70. The company is said to announce the new models in October, with its highlights being an upgraded Kirin chipset and improved imaging capabilities. Unfortunately, in-depth details of the SoC are yet to be unearthed, but looking at Huawei’s current efforts, it could be its most advanced silicon to date.

One of the original creators of Fallout, Tim Cain, has shared his thoughts on Amazon's recently released adaptation of the franchise, and they're very positive. WithPrime Video's live action Fallout adaptation receiving a stamp of approval from one of the masterminds behind the video game series itself, it seems like it's safe to say the TV show has lived up to the hype.

Fortnite video game maker Epic Games has urged a federal judge in California to force Google to open up its Play Store to greater competition after a jury found the U.S. tech giant had abused its power as a gatekeeper for apps on the Android mobile platform.

Jeff Strain has a pretty impressive resume, co-founding both Guild Wars developer ArenaNet and State of Decay creators Undead Labs, but things don’t seem to be going as well for him lately. Today it emerged that Possibility Space, one of the new studios Strain has founded with his wife under the larger Prytania Media umbrella, is closing for a rather unusual reason.

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 witnessed a sales ban in China, but who will be responsible for the RMA requests of existing units? Well, we do have an answer now.

Fallout, the new TV drama based on the post-apocalyptic game series, premiered earlier this week on Prime Video. And instead of directly adapting any of the games (like HBO’s The Last of Us) or creating a separate continuity inspired by the series (à la Paramount Plus’ Halo), Fallout takes a wholly different approach: telling an original story set explicitly within the continuity of the games.

The new 13-inch, 15-inch M3 MacBook Air and the base M3 MacBook Pro all have 8GB unified RAM for the base configuration. Where Apple’s competitors have started outfitting their premium notebooks with 16GB RAM as standard, the company has taken a backseat when it comes to upping the total memory count. According to the latest interview, Apple executives have defended the technology giant’s decision by stating that this amount of unified RAM is ‘suitable’ for various tasks. Obviously, these individuals have ignored the significant number of drawbacks that come with these limitations, which we have discussed below.

The version 4.6 update for Genshin Impact, dubbed “Two Worlds Aflame, the Crimson Night Fade,” will launch on April 24, developer miHoYo announced.

It didn’t take long for last year’s excellent Street Fighter 6 to take the fighting game world by storm. Capcom’s critically praised fighting game didn’t just revitalize the Street Fighter series, but reignited interest in the fighting genre as a whole. Capcom then focused on growing the competitive side of Street Fighter 6 by hosting a new entry of its tournament circuit, Capcom Cup, with a first-place prize of $1 million.

Huawei has grand ambitions of completely ridding itself of foreign technology and relying on its resources to get the job done, but it will take a massive investment for the former Chinese giant’s goals to reach fruition. To accomplish this, the company is reportedly putting up $1.66 billion for its R&D chip plant and has employed talented personnel hailing from the likes of ASML to speed up the process.

Bethesda has announced that the long-awaited Fallout 4 upgrades for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S are coming out later this month on 25th April. PC, PS4 and Xbox One gamers will also see some benefits.

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AMD has launched two new Ryzen desktop processors globally, but the chips will only be offered to a specific market segment, according to reports. The semiconductor giant is scheduled to release its next-generation CPUs in 2024.

Bethesda is preparing to roll out a significant update for the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S versions of. Last-gen players will also benefit from improved stability and a variety of fixes. The game also has two new free creations, adding a variety of new weapons, clothing, and settlement items.

AI roundup: In a race to bring AI to smartphones, Oppo and OnePlus partner with Google to bring the Gemini Ultra platform to smartphones. This move will allow smartphone brands to provide improved integration of AI. In other news, Adobe is currently developing its artificial intelligence text-to-video generator for which it is buying videos to train the model. Know more about such AI news from today. 

AMD seems to be preparing a 4nm refresh of its MI300 AI Accelerators known as the MI350 which is planned for later this year.

The wait for Fallout 4’s next-gen update has been longer than expected, but Bethesda has announced that the game will finally be getting its native PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions later this month, on April 25. That, it turns out, will also be accompanied by some notable movement for the game in the PC space.

Heroes of Crown: Legends, the latest RPG from the creators of Panilla Saga, has just launched its closed beta test (CBT) and is seeking brave adventurers to join!

iQOO is gearing up to launch its latest smartphone, the iQOO Z9 Turbo. Amidst speculation in the last few weeks over its features, the launch and several specifications have been confirmed by the company. While there is no information about its launch in India, the iQOO Z9 Turbo is set to make its debut in China on April 24. 

Diablo series boss Rod Fergusson knows the time is coming to move on from the PS4 and Xbox One, but says that time ain't now.

Hong Kong actor and stuntman Jackie Chan has revolutionized the action film genre by utilizing his acrobatic slapstick fighting techniques. On April 7, he just turned 70. After a photo showed the Rush Hour actor gray-haired, Chan assures his fans, “Don’t worry!” about any health concerns.

Zenless Zone Zero, the new action-RPG from the developers of Genshin Impact, will have a technical test period for PlayStation 5 players. The latest game from HoYoverse has been drawing attention for having a similar aesthetic to Genshin Impact but an utterly distinct setting. Zenless Zone Zero is scheduled for release in 2024, so HoYoverse is working at full throttle on beta tests to ensure a smooth launch.

Over a year after its exit from China, Blizzard announced its return to the country thanks to a new partnership agreement with NetEase. Starting in the summer of 2024, fans of Blizzard and Microsoft games in China can expect to see the return of titles such as World of Warcraft and Hearthstone that were part of the previous NetEase agreement.

Microsoft Gaming and NetEase have entered into an agreement to explore bringing new NetEase games to Xbox consoles and other platforms.

Microsoft is rumored to make a huge announcement about its back catalog after its acquisition of Activision Blizzard King.

We’ve been hearing about Lost Soul Aside for years at this point, and though the Final Fantasy and Devil May Cry-inspired action RPG has looked promising in each of its showings, the long stretches of silence that have characterized recent years have certainly not gone unnoticed. And while developer UltiZero Games still hasn’t received a substantial new update, its developer has resurfaced and provided assurances that more details will arrive… at some point.

Blizzard games are set to return to China, thanks to a new agreement with publisher NetEase.

Wccftech recently met with the developers at Shiny Shoe at GDC 2024 to check out their upcoming roguelike, Inkbound. What makes this title so unique is approaching a roguelike dungeon together with friends in turn-based combat, something that’s been attempted in numerous action roguelikes but turn-based combat is still a rarity in the growing genre. Sitting alongside a couple of the core developers on the project, Wccftech got an advanced look at Inkbound ahead of the 1.0 launch that just went live on Steam.

Blizzard Entertainment has renewed its publishing agreement with NetEase, which is set to begin this summer.

Blizzard games are set to return to China in a new licensing agreement, well over a year after games like Diablo 4 and World of Warcraft exited the country after Blizzard and NetEase failed to reach an agreement.

US games firm Blizzard has signed a new deal with China's NetEase.

Blizzard and NetEase have formally announced they have renewed their partnership to bring Blizzard games back to China.

Blizzard and NetEase’s new deal was not just for Blizzard games to come to China. As it turns out, it could go the other way too.

Three months ago, a rumor suggested that NetEase was close to inking a new agreement to bring Blizzard games back to mainland China after the complete shutdown that occurred in early 2023.

In August 2023, the Indian government restricted the import of laptops, tablets, and personal computers. The import was only allowed with a valid licence. After several reported concerns, the government on October 19 tweaked the import rules for laptops and computers. Now, a new a new report from the Commerce Ministry has come forward which highlights the decline in imports of personal computers from China. Know what the report said.

miHoYo has announced a “Technical Test” for the PlayStation 5 version of free-to-play urban fantasy action RPG Zenless Zone Zero. Sign-ups are available now via the official website until April 17 at 12:00 a.m. PT / 3:00 a.m. ET.

Blizzard has announced that its games are coming back to mainland China in summer 2024 after almost a year and a half off the market. Additionally, Microsoft (which now owns Blizzard) and NetEase have entered another separate agreement to bring NetEase games to Xbox and other platforms.

NetEase has announced a renewed partnership with Blizzard Entertainment to bring World of Warcraft and other Blizzard games back to China! Included in the announcement were statements from NetEase President Ding Lei, Blizzard President Johanna Faries, and Head of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer all celebrating the renewed venture and welcoming the Chinese player base home again.

Following the announcement of a renewed partnership to bring Blizzard Entertainment games back to mainland China, NetEase has released further details explaining their plans to support World of Warcraft for their restored playerbase! Included are preparations for various e-sport events, more anti-cheating measures, better support for content creators, and ways for players to earn to missed rewards during Dragonflight. Additionally, NetEase has shared plans to work with Blizzard artists to design a new Gorehowl statue incorporating community collected player messages, which will be renamed Bloodhowl.

Nvidia board partners are reportedly looking to increase the prices of various GeForce RTX products in China. These prices reflect up to a 10% increase in the cost of Nvidia products over American prices and US markets, and they are expected to hit consumers soon.

Persona 5: The Phantom X is about to steal your heart – and your free time – with its release on April 18th. Persona 5: The Phantom X, developed by Black Wing Game Studio and distributed by Perfect World Games under ATLUS, is based around the Persona 5 universe, but goes its own way. Both veterans and beginners can explore a distinct Persona 5 chronology and perspective with new characters and a new storyline.

Intel is allegedly gearing up to release a new next gen wave of ‘Battlemage’ graphics cards, and they might land amid the chaos of Black Friday. The Arc successor is set to be the tech giant’s second generation of GPUs, following the slow launch of cards using ‘Alchemist’ chips throughout the last two years

As rumors pick up the pace around Huawei and its upcoming P70 series, so do the claims that the former Chinese giant is developing a flagship Kirin chipset. One tipster talks about this in a new post but fails to mention other important details. Regardless, there are a heap of earlier reports that talk about the same silicon, which will allow us to get to the bottom of this rumor.

The popular Zombies mode in Call of Duty was once set to transition into a Mad Max-like standalone game before these plans finally got scrapped. Recently, a former Call of Duty developer revealed more information about this canceled live-service game, codenamed «Project Zed.»

NetEase is reportedly about to bring Blizzard’s games back to China.

Activision Blizzard‘s games could return to the Chinese market soon, it’s been claimed.