via Xia Zhou. Fast forward a few decades later and you might still want to use aluminum foil to improve signal strength, only now for your wireless router instead of your TV. “Not only do we strengthen wireless signals, we make those same signals more secure.” It is essentially an improvement upon previous studies in which placing an aluminum soda can behind a Wi-Fi access point can strengthen a wireless signal in one direction. Zhou and her team of researchers tested the reflector with several

I realize I’m playing as Rousseau, a French spy about to go undercover and covertly stab some evil bastards with a pen knife. This is Liberation, Call of Duty: WWII’s best mission by a mile. You need to know your name, where you’re from, why you’re there, and who you’re there for. A grey guard leans on the wall nearby, and I figure he’s the man I’m looking for, basement-based and all, so I open with the code phrase. Though they don’t play the same, Liberation and Call of Duty 4’s All Ghillied Up

Degica’s massive sale runs through 10 am Pacific (1 pm Eastern) this Friday, November 10 and boasts discounts north of 80 percent. RPG Maker, the entry-level, do-it-yourself game engine, is arguably the star of the sale. RPG Maker VX Ace is considered the ‘greatest hits’ edition of the engine by diehard fans. The MV version, meanwhile, is the latest version and the first to feature tools for mobile development. At 33 percent off, it isn’t the sale’s biggest discount, but $6.69 is still a steal f

Yesterday was November 7—N7 Day, in the parlance of Mass Effect fans, an occasion to celebrate all things about BioWare’s hit sci-fi series. To mark the special day, BioWare released a “Ten Years of Mass Effect” video looking back on the history of the series and the things that made it special—and, despite the failure of Mass Effect: Andromeda to meet expectations, expressing hope for the future. “The future of Mass Effect, I think, is really bright. It’s an interesting way to wrap up, because

It took a bit of waiting, but Vive owners who live in the US and Canada can finally preorder TPCast’s wireless adapter. This is the second time that preorders have opened up in the North America, at least in some capacity. We believe this industry milestone changes the game for VR unleashing it into a wireless world.” Installation goes like this (enjoy the music, folks):According to UploadVR’s hands-on testing, ideal positioning on the head can block headphones, but overall the wireless adapter

In Fortnite Battle Royale’s Halloween update, pumpkin rockets entered the arena, and while they look as spooky as any winter squash, they serve a far greater purpose than setting the mood. You can ride the things, and really damn far. ROCKET RIDE! But with the right plan and enough skill, pumpkin rocket riding can be used as a dangerously effective tool against enemy fortresses. When I first played Fortnite Battle Royale, I wasn’t very impressed with it.

A user on the RBT Asia forums noticed that his GK2 was sending data packets to an Alibaba.com server. At first glance, it appeared the keyboard’s cloud driver was acting as a keylogger. “So apparently the software of the MantisTek GK2 is sending all our key presses to an Alibaba.com server! Whatever the reason, sending plain text data about key presses to the cloud is a bit unsettling. This can be done by adding a new firewall rule for the cloud driver in the “Windows Defender Firewall With Adva

For those unaware, Zoie Burgher was a Twitch streamer who caught fire late last year. But for someone like Bucky, the boyfriend of top Elder Scrolls: Legends streamer Christian “IAmCVH” Van Hoose, the camera was far more terrifying. Bucky (left) and Christian ‘CVH’ Van Hoose, during their one-day off per year. “The more popular a Twitch streamer gets, the more obligations and less free time they have,” says Rania. Van Hoose tells me when he’s not streaming, he’s usually tied up with music, which

GOG has a fruitful history of revitalising older games on its digital storefront—and its latest gathering of classics dips into the ’90s. If you you weren’t, these classics are worth a punt at just £4.59/$5.99 each. Launching in 1990, 1991 and 1995 respectively, Rise of the Dragon, Heart of China and Conqueror A.D. 1086 are now available on GOG, optimised for modern systems and DRM-free. Courtesy of the folks at World of Longplays, here’s HoC in motion:Software Sorcery’s Conqueror A.D. 1086 mark

In late September, the studio released its second game, The Walking Vegetables , an ’80s-infused twin-stick shooter where you fight off mutated veg-based enemies. “We went to a proper dinner that day, we had fun,” Relander said, describing the game’s launch day. And with The Walking Vegetables, we want to give the community a bigger chance to really affect the future of The Walking Vegetables. The Walking Vegetables, meanwhile, grew from being a month-long mobile shooter project to something lar

I’ve been a bit skeptical about stepping into the world of Aberration—the next expansion for dino-survival game Ark: Survival Evolved, due out this month. But the idea of playing Ark underground around the clock felt like it could be a bit stifling. More importantly, there are new movement systems in Aberration, and even just ninety minutes of fumbling around with them has me kind of excited. With new movement items like ziplines and winged glider suits, you’d think climbing picks wouldn’t be th

The Episode would have introduced a new weapon called the ‘magnet gun’, although it was never explained how the gun worked. Now, though, PC Gamer can confirm that not only was Ravenholm to feature in Junction Point’s Episode, but it was to be the focus of the entire game. The magnet gun was Junction Point’s twist on the gravity gun idea from the original Half-Life 2. The magnet gun was Junction Point’s twist on the gravity gun idea from the original Half-Life 2. Would we have seen an open world

This week, the developer teased something new for Total War: Rome 2. And today, the turn-based strategy expert has unveiled Empire Divided as the new DLC heading to its 2013 stalwart . Set in 270 AD, Empire Divided visits the Roman Empire as it faces economic collapse and its “gravest crisis yet”. Alongside Total War: 2’s Empire Divided campaign pack, Creative Assembly will launch ‘Power & Politics’—a complimentary update that overhauls Rome 2’s existing politics system. More information on both

According to the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) loot boxes are not gambling—despite the surrounding and ongoing controversy tied to randomised item systems. Speaking to their inclusion in Overwatch, Blizzard co-founder and president Mike Morhaime feels the shooter’s interpretation of loot boxes is fair game. “I think another element, in terms of the gambling question, the question in terms of that is whether or not you’re actually… There’s an element of converting back into real-worl

Evan billed LawBreakers as “nimble, graceful and original” in his review back in August, but Boss Key Productions’ debut has since struggled to maintain its playerbase and, most crucially, its sales. In a bid to get more folk onside, it’s free-to-try on Steam this weekend and is subject to a limited-time 50 percent discount. Due to kick off tomorrow—November 9 at 10am PT/6pm GMT, through November 12 at 1pm PT/9pm GMT—the sci-fi arena shooter is hosting its second free Steam weekend in six weeks,

Yesterday, Take-Two Interactive released its FY2018 second quarter results, where we learned that GTA 5 is the best-selling videogame of all time in the US. As reported by Gamasutra, Zelnick outlines Take-Two’s desire to enforce microtransactions—”recurrent consumer spending opportunities,” as he refers to them—in every game going forward. “The business, once upon a time, was a big chunky opportunity to engage for tens of hours, or perhaps a hundred hours. “We’ve said that we aim to have recurre

For me, its enduring PC appeal is a result of its catalogue of neat user-made mods—the latest of which to catch my eye is JD Hauser and Stillhere’s Thor Script mod. Similar to JulioNIB’s outlandish superhero creations—which include the likes of The Hulk , Iron Man , and Dragon Ball —JD Hauser and Stillhere’s Thor Script brings Odin’s favourite son to Los Santos, complete with his iconic Mjolnir hammer and, perhaps expectedly, a repertoire of brutally aggressive maneuvers. Its creators note that

Starbucks lost $143 million trying to expand into Australia because we’re a nation of coffee snobs. And the center of Australia’s caffeine obsession is the city of Melbourne, home of indie game studio Route 59. They’re working on a game called Necrobarista, set in a cafe where some of the customers might actually be ghosts—it’s hard to tell. Necrobarista is a visual novel that plays out as a series of vignettes all based around the one location. Carlton is an inner suburb that’s home to Melbourn

Initially slated for a November 14 release , LA Noire’s new VR component will now launch in December, according to Take-Two’s most recent earnings report. In case you didn’t know, Take-Two is Rockstar’s parent company. After discussing the imminent release of new versions of the base game for PS4, Switch and Xbox One, the statement offers this:”Following these in December, 2017, comes LA Noire: The VR Case Files, featuring seven select cases from the original game rebuilt specifically for a virt

Earlier this fall, AMD’s Raja Koduri announced he was taking a sabbatical, with intentions to return in December. During this time I have come to the extremely difficult conclusion that it is time for me to leave RTG and AMD. Yours,RajaWhat does this mean for AMD and RTG going forward? And as part of those plans, we have the recent Intel announcement of integrating AMD graphics technology onto an upcoming CPU. This isn’t the first time Raja has stepped away from AMD, and he has announced no conc