Sunday
Jun132021

Ubisoft will release 'Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora' in 2022

We finally have a tentative timeline for the upcoming Avatar game from Ubisoft. The publisher announced that Massive Entertainment's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will be released in 2022 on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/s, Luna, PC, and Stadia. As you might have noticed, it won't be available on last-gen consoles. It will take advantage of Ubisoft's newest Snowdrop engine, which should offer the game more visual detail that befits James Cameron's CG world, as Engadget pointed out. It'll come out in the same year the delayed Avatar sequels will come out, so there's much to be excited about in this made-up world.

You will play as Na'vi as you travel across the "never-before-seen" Western Frontier of Pandora, where you will face the planet's wildlife and human RDA forces that want to exploit that world. 

Sunday
Jun132021

Chrome OS to switch to a four-week update release cycle

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Google has announced that its Chrome OS platform will follow its browser's footsteps with a four-week update cycle. The new schedule will begin in the third quarter of the year. To sync the OS and browser schedules, Google will skip the M95 release for Chrome OS.

For enterprise and education users who don't want to follow or can't keep up with this faster update cycle, Google will introduce a new channel with a more manageable six-month schedule by the time M96 is ready. The company will announce more details soon.

Source: Gizmodo

Saturday
Jun122021

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 6/6 – 6/12

Saturday
Jun122021

Facebook's Oculus acquires 'Population: One' battle royale developer BigBox VR

Facebook is bringing more interesting content to its VR platform. The company's Oculus arm just acquired BigBox VR, the developer behind Population: One, Fortnite-esque battle royale game. The developer will continue to support the game on its existing platforms, and it still plans to expand the title. So, those who play the game on a non-Oculus device can continue to do so.

Source: Engadget