Fantasy MMORPG Lineage 2: Revolution adds large-scale sieges in its latest update

Setting a game during a time of dragons, dungeons, and duels brings with it the need for battles of epic proportions. Mobile publisher Netmarble understands this, and so are adding in colossal PvP battles as part of Lineage 2: Revolution’s latest update. Capping off what’s already been a big year for the game, Sieges are an early Christmas present for all iOS and Android players.

Highly anticipated amongst Lineage 2: Revolution’s fanbase since before launch, a new online mode known as Fortress Siege will allow players to butt heads with other clans in all-out 50v50 player warfare. An event held every Friday between 20:30 – 21:00 PST, your objective is to “imprint” on the opposing team’s Holy Artefact. The winners can look forward to exclusive buffs and a freshly won fortress.

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Apple's most powerful desktop, the iMac Pro is available today starting at $6,299

The iMac Pro, which is the most powerful Mac ever made  designed around the needs of professionals in the areas of photography, graphics, music and video production, is now available.

iMac Pro takes the familiarity and simplicity of Apple's iconic iMac yet imbues it with next generation technologies including Xeon processors with up to 18-cores, generating 22 Teraflops of graphics performance mated to a 27-inch 5K Retina Display ideal for splicing and dicing 4K and 8K video, the creation of immersive AR and VR content plus significant speed increases for multi-core and multi-threading processes. iMac Pro is available in Canada starting at $6,299 and is available for purchase online.

“iMac Pro combines the incredible design of the iMac with the most powerful workstation architecture we’ve ever built,” said John Ternus, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering.

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Disney to buy most of 20th Century Fox for $52 billion

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As far as blockbuster deals go, you can't do better than this. In its efforts to consolidate a roster of properties in order to counter the surging popularity of Netflix, Disney will be buying most of 20th Century Fox for an unprecedented $52 billion dollars.

The Mouse House stands to gain a number of marquee properties from Rupert Murdoch's Fox that it can very well spin off into movies, toys and merchandising and even theme park rides. We're talking huge properties including cable channels FX and National Geographic as well as Fox's stakes in streaming service Hulu, which positions it nicely against Netflix. Fox will retain the mosre serious side of their portfolio of products including Fox News, Fox Sports and Fox Business Networks.

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Freedom Mobile's calling, text, and data services available in all 75 TTC subway stations

BAI Canada, the TTC and Freedom Mobile  announced earlier that talk, text and data technology is now available at all 75 TTC subway stations and in all 9km of tunnel in the brand new Line 1 extension in Toronto.

Torontonians have spoken loudly and clearly - they not only want, but expect to be able to talk, text and use data wherever they are in the city. BAI Canada has brought its global expertise from transit systems in New York, Hong Kong and elsewhere to deliver this project on schedule and with the highest industry standards.

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