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When NASA's telescopes such as the NEOWISE telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Pans-STARRS1, and Catalina Sky Survey track a new Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), astronomers measure the asteroid's observed positions in the sky and report them to the Minor Planet Center. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) then uses that data to determine the asteroid's most likely orbit around the Sun, according to NASA. Using this method, the US space agency has shed light on an asteroid that is expected to pass Earth today, January 4.

2024 has begun multiple asteroid approaches in the first two days, and the trend is set to continue today. As per the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), an asteroid is expected to pass Earth by a close margin today, January 3. When NASA's telescopes track a new Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), astronomers measure the asteroid's observed positions in the sky and report them to the Minor Planet Center. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) then uses that data to determine the asteroid's most likely orbit around the Sun, according to NASA. Using this method, know details about Asteroid 2019 KK5 such as its speed, size, and distance of approach.

India is increasingly and rapidly stepping up its game in space missions and discoveries. With a number of new upcoming missions planned by the space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India has also laid out its investment plans for a monetary contribution to the international astronomical collaboration project, which includes over 16 nations. The collaboration between the nations will be developing the world's largest radio telescope called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which will be responsible for studying galaxies present in the universe. Additionally, it aims to make available the data as to evolution of our galaxy. Know what the project is about and how and when it will be ready to conduct research.

Even in today’s modern age, video games are an often underappreciated art form when it comes to wider society. The majority of gamers know the impact and value that video games can offer, but folk who aren’t interested in games often miss why they’re so special to fans. 

The anticipation for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024) has begun rising. The physical event which will be held in Las Vegas starting January 9 to January 12 is going to bring some of the biggest consumer tech brands together as they showcase gadgets that will be launched in 2024. Apart from that, many startups will also showcase their technologies and products in front of tech enthusiasts, journalists, distributors, and important dignitaries from the tech ecosystem. But what exactly can you expect from the CES 2024 event? Let us take a look.

Mimimi Games didn’t set out to make a trilogy of stealth strategy games. But once the studio shut its doors in December, after the release of its final DLC pack and content update for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, a trilogy of stealth strategy games is the prevailing legacy it left behind.

In a new development, NASA, with the help of its advanced ground and space-based telescopes, has revealed that an asteroid is expected to pass Earth today, December 29. The space agency made this discovery using its advanced instruments such as the NEOWISE telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Pans-STARRS1, and Catalina Sky Survey. According to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the space rock has been designated Asteroid 2023 YZ. Know all about the asteroid's close approach to Earth such as its speed, size, distance of approach, and more.

Recently, NASA repurposed the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to study asteroid Apophis which will come dangerously close to Earth in 2029. It is just one of the ventures undertaken by the space agency to discover, track, and study asteroids in a bid to eliminate uncertainties around their close approaches. Using its advanced technology, NASA has revealed that an asteroid is set to pass Earth in the coming days, and it is as big as an aircraft! Know all about this close encounter.

Asteroids are mostly located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in our solar system. However, their orbits bring them close to Earth on some occasions, potentially raising the possibility of impact. These close calls with asteroids highlight the importance of continued technological development in asteroid detection and monitoring programs such as NASA's DART test. This will help to ensure the safety of our planet from the potential impact of these space rocks. With the help of its advanced ground and space-based telescopes, NASA has tracked an asteroid whose orbit will bring it very close to Earth tomorrow, December 28. Know all about this close encounter.

When NASA's telescopes track a new Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), astronomers measure the asteroid's observed positions in the sky and report them to the Minor Planet Center. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) then uses that data to determine the asteroid's most likely orbit around the Sun. As per CNEOS, an asteroid, given the designation of Asteroid 2023 XO7, is expected to pass Earth by a close margin today, December 7. Know details about Asteroid 2023 XO7 such as its speed, size, distance of approach, and more.

Due to close calls with asteroids, NASA, ESA, and other space agencies have developed technology to track these space rocks in their orbits, and even deflect them in case a potential impact scenario develops. Using its amazing tech, NASA has now shed light on an asteroid that is expected to pass Earth today, December 25. As per the details issued by NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the asteroid has been designated as Asteroid 2020 KT4. Know all about its close approach to Earth.

Deck13, the developer of The Surge series and the recently released Atlas Fallen, is going to develop its next major project codenamed Foxtrot using Unreal Engine 5.

Released last week as a free update for EA Sports WRC, Central European Rally is a very fast-flowing tarmac rally. Debuting just this year in the real-life WRC, the new tri-nation event (co-hosted between Germany, Austria, and Czech Republic) was held in late October, 2023 – and its digital counterpart was still being pieced together at the time of EA Sports WRC’s own launch on October 31.

I love how Microsoft Flight Simulator exists in the background now, like the distant roar of an overhead flight path. Not only is it just nice to have a shiny, new version of one of the gaming OGs there to pick up and play at any time, every now and then it drops an absolutely gorgeous new trailer showing off some wild technical wizardry or hyper-detailed new cityscape. That's exactly what's happened now, with Flight Sim's latest update inviting you to pay a flying visit to an eclectic collection of European cities.

AMD has landed two supercomputer wins in Germany, powering the "Hunter" & "Herder" systems using its latest chips such as the Instinct MI300A.

NASA says that the orbits of asteroids can be changed by Jupiter's massive gravity and by occasional close encounters with planets like Mars or other objects. These accidental encounters can knock asteroids out of the main belt and hurl them into space in all directions across the orbits of the other planets. With the help of its advanced space and ground-based telescopes, NASA has now revealed that an asteroid is expected to pass Earth by a close margin today, December 19. Know the details of this close encounter.

Nearly 298148 asteroids have been discovered to date by NASA, which uses its advanced ground and space-based telescopes and satellites including the NEOWISE telescope, Pans-STARRS1, and Catalina Sky Survey. Using this advanced technology, the US space agency has tracked an asteroid that is expected to pass Earth by a close margin today, December 18. It is the only asteroid that will come close to Earth today. From size to distance of approach, know all about this close encounter with Asteroid 2023 XL11.

Neil Roberts is a great many things in the world of acting. He’s an accomplished soap opera actor in the U.K., a villain in the classic series Charmed, a performer on countless radio dramas, and a stage actor, and he’s been in a lot of stuff going back over three decades — including an early Marvel film called Nick Fury: Agent of Shield, alongside Germany’s favorite import, David Hasselhoff.

Hideo Kojima and Jordan Peele's newly-announced game,, seems to have a lot in common with his canceled project. Announced at The Game Awards 2023,, like almost all Kojima's games before it, immediately attracted a lot of speculation. His reputation precedes him, but it's well deserved. Kojima is credited with the invention of the modern stealth game in 1987's, and all his other games since have attempted to break boundaries in a variety of different ways.

As promised, EA Sports WRC is soon to be updated with one more rally location. The Central European Rally will be added to the game very soon, on 14th December 2023, as part of a free game update.

Sony propelled overall console sales up almost 60 per cent year-over-year, as the PS5 absolutely exploded in Europe during November. According to a GSD sales report – which tracks several major countries, excluding the likes of the UK and Germany – the new-gen console’s sales were boosted by an eye-opening 376 per cent year-over-year. It’s worth remembering that in 2022 the system was still supply constrained, which is a factor in these results.

Various Chinese smartphone makers will eventually move out of the local market and turn their attention overseas, starting with Europe, and many of these flagships feature MediaTek’s latest and greatest Dimensity 9300. With these launches, we can expect some heated competition for Apple and Qualcomm, as these handsets are not only attempting to take away the brand’s market share but also MediaTek’s aim to take away the chip dominance of its competitors.

Scientists study asteroids to learn more about the early solar system and the conditions that existed when the planets were forming. Asteroids can also provide valuable resources such as water, metals, and other minerals. Research on asteroids is critical since it can provide valuable information on the early stages of the solar system and planetary development. Furthermore, these celestial bodies might contain useful resources such as metals and water, which may be utilized in forthcoming space missions. NASA, with the help of its advanced space and ground-based telescopes, has recently tracked the asteroid that is set to pass Earth today, December 15, and shed light on details such as its speed, distance of approach, and more.

Following the acquisition of Post Scriptum by Squad developer Offworld Industries in late November, the game is being officially rebranded to Squad 44, a WWII extension of Offworld's main game.

Hideo Kojima’s next game, outside of Death Stranding 2, OD, was revealed during The Game Awards, and most people loved the look of it. Keen-eyed fans have already dissected the trailer, and upon finding what they believe is a Silent Hill reference, they’re more intrigued than ever.

Publisher Rainy Frog and developer Score Studios have announced Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons for Switch and PC (Steam). It will launch on February 27, 2024 with English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese language support.

Starting from tomorrow through January 5, 2024, we’re celebrating the holiday season with a month full of activities for our PlayStation community. As part of the PlayStation Plus Season of Play, PlayStation Plus members can redeem free avatars for PS5 and PS4 consoles, join eSports tournaments, earn points on PlayStation Stars and enter a competition for your chance to win amazing prizes. Activities for those who are not PlayStation Plus members are available as well.

In a new development, NASA's Defense Coordination Office (PDCO), responsible for monitoring the skies and watching various Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), has shed light on an asteroid that will pass Earth closely today, December 12.NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has designated this space rock as Asteroid 2023 XO1. The space agency uses its advanced ground and space-based telescopes such as NEOWISE telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Pans-STARRS1 and Catalina Sky Survey to discover, track and categorize these space rocks. Know the details of this close encounter with Asteroid 2023 XO1.

AI regulation is necessary but not sufficient to stop Europe from being a tech footnote.

Hideo Kojima appears to have snuck a reference to Konami‘s Silent Hill series into his teaser trailer for OD.

 The European Union reached a preliminary deal that would limit how the advanced ChatGPT model could operate, in what's seen as a key part of the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence regulation.

Hideo Kojima took to The Game Awards stage last night to unveil his new game, OD, being made in partnership with Get Out director Jordan Peele. And while I've got no real sense of what the game is actually about, Kojima himself definitely wants you to know what it's not about.

During Gamescom 2018 in Cologne, Germany, NVIDIA announced that ray tracing–a graphics technique capable of rendering special effects on par with motion pictures–was finally coming to video games. The event also marked the introduction of the concept of AI for gaming with the introduction of Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS).

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima announced OD, a new horror game for Xbox, alongside Us director Jordan Peele at The Game Awards. Finally, he's cashing in on the years of goodwill he built up with horror fans after making the unreleased Silent Hill P.T. nearly a decade ago. 

It’s always a good bet that Hideo Kojima may pop up to show something at The Game Awards, and he didn’t disappoint this evening. No, he didn’t show Death Stranding 2, instead he finally teased his long-ago announced Xbox-exclusive project. The first teaser focused on super-detailed facial animations of the game’s cast, including Sophia Lillis (the new It films), Hunter Schafer (Euphoria), and legendary German actor Udo Kier. Whatever he’s cooking up will make use of Xbox’s cloud tech, although it also seems to be playing off the fan-favorite P.T. with a reoccurring opening door motif. The game’s tagline seems to be “For all players and screamers.” You can check out the teaser trailer, below.

Hi, I'm Philipp Wittershagen, senior developer at the small, independent German game studio Mimimi Games. We're best known for reviving the stealth-strategy genre with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun to critical acclaim, following up that success with Desperados III and, most recently, our most ambitious and self-published title Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, which, although again released to critical acclaim, will sadly be our final game.

There's snow on the ground, magic in the air, and the doors on your advent calendar have begun popping open to reveal the treasures inside. That can only mean one thing: It is time to look at Geoff Keighley. The Game Awards—an awards show, but for games—returns tonight, December 7, and promises to bring with it a gamut of premieres and trailers that you'll probably want to tune in for.

You may not like playing mobile games, but millions upon millions do. Estimates indicate approximately three billion people enjoy some kind of interactive experience on their smartphone, which is almost half the entire planet’s population. That’s a staggering statistic, and it’s not hard to understand why Sony would want to penetrate the market.

Read any memoir from World War II and you’ll inevitably find it: the “don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”-style moment of first contact with the enemy. The latest trailer for Masters of the Air has one too, and it goes by at a closing speed of roughly 500 knots.

It’s pretty common to see long, elaborate videos show up in your YouTube recommendations — I’ve found myself watching multi-hour takedowns of obscure foreign series I’ve never watched before. One particular video, clocking in at just under four hours, has taken off on the platform, and is a hot topic of discussion on social media. Plagiarism and You(Tube), by Harry ‘Hbomberguy’ Brewis, digs into several important topics: reaction content, AI-generated media summaries, and of course, plagiarism.

Mobile gaming revenue is projected to increase by 4% year-over-year to $111.4 billion in 2024, according to a new Data.ai report.

A new trailer for Masters of the Air has landed, and it promises an epic TV event from the creators of Band of Brothers and The Pacific. In the spine-tingling new teaser, Austin Butler leads the star-studded cast playing members of the 100th Bomb Group, a group of World War 2 pilots who conducted perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany.

Pronty developer 18Light Game has announced boss rush action game NanoApostle for PC (Steam). It will launch in 2024 with English, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese language support.

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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, the soon-to-be-released new open-world game by Ubisoft Massive, is going to show how good AMD FSR 3 frame generation can be, as its implementation in the game is the best yet.

Telescopes such as NEOWISE, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Pans-STARRS1, and Catalina Sky Survey help NASA track and study asteroids that are present in space. After studying the data, the US space agency has shed light on an asteroid that is expected to pass Earth by a close margin today, December 6. This asteroid is colossal in size! Know all about the close encounter with the Asteroid 2001 QQ142.

Spending more than two hours a day in meetings can hurt productivity, a new survey found, putting a ceiling on an element of the daily grind that many workers have come to dread.    

New World Interactive has been hit with layoffs amid Embracer Group's restructuring program. 

2023 has been particularly tough for those of us who make Best of the Year lists. From Barbie to Baldur’s Gate 3 to The Bear, there’s just been too much good stuff this year! And this doesn’t stop at the movies, TV, and anime we watched, the video games and board games we played, or the comics and sci-fi and fantasy books we read. It’s all the little (and big) things the Polygon staff got for ourselves in 2023 that made our lives easier, cheerier, cozier, and cooler, too. From the wireless earbuds that drown out construction noise to a cat-approved pet bed, the Polygon staff’s shopping carts were brimming with purchases that genuinely sparked joy — and we’re sharing all our best buys of 2023 with you here.

Konami has dropped some new info (they call it “intel,” but that’s too corny for me) on WayForward’s Contra: Operation Galuga in the form of the trailer. The main draw of this new slab of gameplay footage is a focus on all the characters joining Lance and Bill.

There have been several close calls with asteroids in history. One of them even impacted Earth and kicked off the extinction of the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. In a new development, NASA, with the help of its advanced ground and space-based telescopes, has revealed that an asteroid is expected to pass Earth today, December 5. According to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the space rock has been designated Asteroid 2023 WW. Know all about the asteroid's close approach to Earth such as its speed, size, distance of approach, and more.

London is looking absolutely amazing in this new AC Syndicate graphical showcase, showing Ubisoft's title from 2015 running with ReShade Ray Tracing.

Starting from tomorrow through January 5, 2024, we’re celebrating the holiday season with a month full of activities for our PlayStation community. As part of the PlayStation Plus Season of Play, PlayStation Plus members can redeem free avatars for PS5 and PS4 consoles, join eSports tournaments, earn points on PlayStation Stars, save on PlayStation Gear merchandise, and enter a competition for your chance to win amazing prizes. Activities for those who are not PlayStation Plus members are available as well.

AI Roundup: Several notable developments took place in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) today, December 4. Amazon announced plans to expand its Amazon Future Engineer program by introducing advanced coding and AI modules in 100 Karnataka schools. Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court sought the Indian government's response to a PIL against deepfakes. In another development, Nvidia CEO committed to prioritizing AI processor supply to Japan amidst global demand and Japan's $13.6 billion chip investment.

Nosferatu Director Robert Eggers says Bill Skarsgård is unrecognizable in the role of vampire Count Orlok – even more so than he was as Pennywise.

The Fallout TV series just got a trailer, giving us a glimpse into its irradiated post-apocalyptic world. Unveiled during the Comic-Con Expo (CCXP) event in Brazil, the show brings forth an original story set in a dilapidated Los Angeles and runs canon to the Bethesda game's universe — adding to the franchise, instead of adapting from one of its titles. However, just like the games, the tale largely follows a vault dweller who heads out into the nuclear wasteland in search of answers and in the process, meets countless eccentric characters — both good and bad — and uncovers the larger politics surrounding class divide, morality, and more. Fallout premieres April 12 on Amazon Prime Video.

The PlayStation Store will soon be removing more than 1300 seasons of Discovery TV shows, even for users who bought them.

Microsoft Paint Cocreator, which allows users to create images with the help of generative AI, has finally been made available to the public. It is a Paint Cocreator feature that enables users to create images by giving text prompts to the AI model. The AI image generator feature is accessible to Windows 11 users. Microsoft's AI image generator is powered by OpenAI's DALL-E, enabling users to bring their visions to life with AI-generated images. Microsoft has been utilizing the capabilities of DALL-E for its various other services such as Bing Chatbot, and now, it has been added Microsoft Paint vis Windows 11. It will provide a tremendous boost to users and here know how the generative AI art feature works.

With the help of its advanced ground and space-based telescopes, NASA has discovered thousands of asteroids to date, including a potentially life-threatening asteroid called Bennu which has a 1/2700 chance of impacting Earth between 2175 and 2195. Moreover, the space agency has also recently shed light on an asteroid that is expected to pass Earth as soon as today, December 4! This space rock has been designated as Asteroid 2013 VX4. Know all the details about this close encounter with the asteroid.

BlizzCon gave us a ton of interviews with the Diablo staff and various content creators — we've summarized a few of them, this time with multiple game news outlets! BlizzCon is always a treasure trove full of information on upcoming features, reasoning behind development decisions, and thoughtful commentary from Blizzard. With so many interviews happening at once, though, things get overwhelming — so we're summarizing Diablo 4 interviews that occurred during the convention for those that might not have time to watch them in full. Take a look at these interviews, conducted by multiple game news outlets! AnnacakeLive & Tiffany Wat, Force Gaming & Rod Fergusson Rhykker & Joe Shely, MacroBioBoi & Adam Jackson ActuallyArcane & Kayleigh Calder, Wudijo & Adam Jackson IGN with Joe Piepiora & Tiffany Wat, Kripparrian with Joe Piepiora Lucky Luciano with Joe Shely, TheGamer with Joe Piepiora, PCGamesN with Tiffany Wat Several Written Interview Summaries

The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted is set to take place today (November 30), taking a look at the most exciting future PC games and featuring a whole host of exciting trailers and announcements for upcoming games. Don’t want to miss out? Here’s everything you need to know. 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Chief Executive Officer Oliver Zipse was incredulous when asked this month whether the German premium carmaker would respond to a brutal price war in electric vehicles by cutting production. “Do I understand you right that you try to slow us down? Two years ago, it was the other way around,” he told analysts, triggering wry laughter.  

Want to know how to watch the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Intel? Thankfully, you’ve come to the right place. 

LEVEL-5 has delayed soccer RPG Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road from its previously planned 2023 release window to 2024 worldwide. It will be available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, iOS, and Android. A worldwide beta test demo for Switch will be held in March 2024 with support for English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese language options.

“Social slow-life RPG” FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time will launch for Switch in summer 2024 worldwide, publisher LEVEL-5 and developer LEVEL5comcept announced. It will support English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Korean language options.

LEVEL-5 has delayed mecha action RPG Megaton Musashi: Wired from its previously planned 2023 release window to April 25, 2024 worldwide. It will be available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam for $49.99 / 4,950 yen. It will support English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, Italian, German, and Spanish language options.

German developer Fishlabs is the latest Embracer outfit to experience job cuts.

Around 50 job cuts are expected to be made at German studio Fishlabs, as Embracer Group’s restructuring program continues. 

As we first mentioned back in October, Microsoft has been busy leveraging machine learning into all of its software products and now Paint will let you go all Picasso with its generative AI system, Cocreator. Just a handful of clicks and you'll be gazing at some spectacular landscapes, glorious starfields, and anatomically-inaccurate hands and feet.

2023 has been a turbulent year for Embracer Group, with a number of its many studios and projects having been affected by widespread layoffs and an internal restructuring initiative. Now, another studio under the company’s umbrella has been hit with significant layoffs.

Next year, Gamescom will be spinning up a new event set in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Appropriately dubbed Gamescom Latam, it'll run from June 26, 2024 to June 30 and provide "a unique opportunity for gaming fans and for the digital entertainment industry from Brazil, the whole Latin America and beyond."

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November of 2013 was a big one for games, with two major consoles launching opposite one another after years of discourse about the surely imminent demise of the console market.

Veteran German game developer Fishlabs is the latest Embracer-owned studio to suffer layoffs, VGC understands.

MyDearest has acquired global publishing rights for Ming Studio-developed virtual reality roguelike action game Mecha Force, the company announced. It will launch for SteamVR, Quest, and Pico in 2024 with English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean language support.

The Paris metro has launched an instant translation app ahead of next year's Olympic Games to help hapless foreign visitors navigate the French capital's urban transport system. The meandering metro, featuring more than 300 stations whose names can be hard to find or pronounce even for natives, easily becomes a nightmare for anybody without fluent French.

In 2022, Elden Ring won Game of the Year, but the acceptance speech was hijacked at the last minute by a stage invader who 'nominated' his "Orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton". Unfortunately, that wasn't the end of Geoff Keighley's events being interrupted. Earlier this year, during Gamescom Opening Night Live, a member of the stage ran up to Keighley and started yelling about Clinton wanting GTA 6.

Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box is reportedly coming to Nintendo Switch, according to a new listing by Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle or USK, Germany’s video ratings organization. It launched in September for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC, so a Switch version isn’t out of the ordinary.

A Switch rating for Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box has popped up in Germany.

A rating for Prison Architect 2 has popped up in Korea.