‘Mass Effect: Andromeda’ isn’t getting a single-player DLC

If you have been waiting for a single-player DLC for Mass Effect: Andromeda, then we’re sorry to disappoint you but that isn’t going to happen. Earlier this week, a fake company called Sinclair Networks claimed on a Facebook post to have been working on a single-player, story-based DLC for the title until it was killed. BioWare producers were quick to dispute this saying that they don’t hire “fake companies” to work on their DLCs and they haven’t heard of Sinclair Networks.

Even with that news, it looks like there wasn’t even a DLC in the works in the first place. As Slash Gear points out, this marks a big change from the original Mass Effect trilogy, which always had expansions. EA won’t release any official announcements yet but it’s safe to say that an Andromeda DLC isn’t in our future, especially since the Mass Effect franchise is on hold indefinitely due to this game’s mediocre reviews.

Volkswagen wants cars to communicate with each other starting 2019

Volkswagen plans to make its cars “talk” to each other starting 2019 as the German car manufacturer wants to equip its vehicles with public wireless LAN (pWLAN). This technology will allow cars and transport infrastructure to send messages to other cars with a distance of up to 500 meters. Cars can get information about things like traffic jams, accidents, or even other vehicles coming out of an alley. Volkswagen even wants to equip fire trucks and ambulances with pWLAN tech so you’d know where the sirens are coming from. With pWLAN, you don’t have to worry about getting a data plan either as it’ll send messages via pWLAN, which uses its own frequency band and not cellular networks. And since this complies with industry standards for cars, you can communicate with any car fitted with pWLAN.

Initially, the system will be limited to local information and warnings. As the tech rolls out, it’ll be getting more features like real-time traffic light monitoring and the info on emergency service vehicles.

Source: Engadget + CNET

The Samsung Galaxy Note8’s most expensive option could cost over US$1,000

Much has been said about the Galaxy Note8. Some have already said it’ll cost over €1,000. And this new report from South Korean site Osen might be confirming these reports with claims that an unnamed Samsung Electronics official saying there will be two versions of the Galaxy Note8: 64GB and 128GB versions. And since the base version is tipped to cost around US$1,000 or $1,100 depending on the market, it would make sense that the 128GB model will be much more expensive. The high cost of Samsung’s newest phablet is attributed to prices of some components going up. The report doesn’t state which ones though.

The Galaxy Note8 will supposedly be launched in New York on August 26^th. While this lines up with previous rumours, the report doesn’t really say if they’re just reiterating previous rumours or if the source confirmed this as the lunch date.

Source: BGR

Here’s a look at the cancelled Microsoft Surface Mini

Back in 2014, Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 3. But a few weeks before that announcement, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop scrapped the Surface Mini project. It seems like a right move that Microsoft cancelled the tablet though as they haven’t had much success in the tablet market. But if you’re curious about how it looks like and what it was supposed to be like. Here’s your preview.

Resembling a notepad of sorts, it was an 8-inch device with a 1,440 x 1,080 display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. It even had a kickstand to it and a rubber-like exterior that would be available in different colors. It was designed to run on Windows RT and have the same support for the Surface Pen.

Source: The Verge