Pokemon Go players slam “worst” Field Research ever Pokemon Go players are frustrated with a Research Task that one player has claimed is the “worst Field Research ever.” Field Research tasks have proved to be a key way forPokemon Goplayers to earn various rewards and progress their Research Breakthrough. These challenges typically have been short and fairly easy, such as “Take a Snapshot of a Wild Pokemon” or “Make 3 Curve Ball Throws....

Choosing between Eevee and Pikachu can be hard, but deciding to playPokémon: Let’s Gois easy. The game brings you back to Kanto, wherethe first three Pokémon gamesbegan. The setting will be familiar to anyone who playedPokémon Yellow,and the catching sequence will be familiar to fans ofPokémonGO. Pokémon: Let’s Gobrings together the mainline game and the mobile, creating its own identity somewhere in the middle. The game wants you to pay attention by providing an adorable setting for different catch sequences, leveling up animations, and in general making your way around Kanto....

Respawn cancels new Titanfall game and lays off hundreds of devs: Report Respawn Entertainment has cancelled development of a new Titanfall game and laid off hundreds of development staff, according to a report. In an announcement just before the release of Apex Legends Season 25, EA confirmed they had cancelled 2 other games they’re working on and have cut staff on their Apex and Star Wars teams. According toBloomberg, one of those games was a new entry in the Titanfall series, and layoffs amounted to between 300 and 400 staff, including 100 at Respawn....

Roblox Re: XL codes (August 2024) Re: XL is no doubt grueling, filled with lots of unfriendly monsters. The only way to knock their blocks off is by getting more powerful and one way to get stronger quickly is by using codes. Like most games on the platform, be itDeadly Sins RetributionorMy Hello Kitty Cafe, Re: XL also hands out free codes often, one that’ll provide a much-needed boost for your progression....

The bad news comics fans were expecting is now official: San Diego Comic-Con is canceled this year. The world’s largest annual festival for comics and pop culture, Comic-Con International in San Diego, has been called off for the first time in the event’s 50-year history due to the coronavirus pandemic. San Diego Comic-Con (as it’s commonly known) was originally scheduled to kick off July 23 in the Southern California city....

Most information today travels through underground cables and from satellites beaming radio signals. In the coming decade, satellite information may instead be sent via lasers, which, among other advantages, are more secure and can carry more data. But lasers have a big weak spot those other technologies don’t have — lasers can’t pass through clouds. Now, researchers at the University of Geneva in Switzerland have proposed a new technique for clearing cloud layers to aid in communication via laser technology....

Everyone loves sweets, and 3D-printed confectionery is all rage in the closing months of 2016. Now, German companyWackerhas just announced its latest addition to a growing genre: 3D-printed chewing gum. Set to be unveiled at theProSweets Colognefair in early 2017, the company claims to have reinvented chewing gum with a technology that allows it be printed on a variety of different shapes and flavors. “Generally speaking, chewing gum is a very complex food matrix with unique physical properties, such as its intrinsic elasticity and high viscosity even at elevated temperatures,” Martin Seizl, business development manager at Wacker, told Digital Trends....

A senior SpaceX official has said that following a successful static-fire test of the Super Heavy’s engines, the next-generation rocket is ready for its first orbital test flight. Gary Henry, SpaceX’s senior director for national security space solutions, said at this week’s Space Mobility conference in Orlando, Florida, that the engine test two weeks ago was “the last box to check” ahead of the rocket’s maiden test flight. In comments reported bySpace News, Henry added that both the launch vehicle and the launchpad were in “good shape” following the “successful hot fire,” which saw almost all of the rocket’s 33 Raptor 2 engines briefly blast into life in an exercise to confirm their readiness for flight....

Amazon is about to send another batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites to orbit as it seeks to take onSpaceX’s Starlink serviceto provide broadband internet to customers around the world. The tech giant has a long way to go before it has any hope of effectively challenging Starlink, but with its second launch set for next week, progress is being made toward its goal. Project Kuiper iscurrently targetingMonday, June 16, for the launch of 27 internet satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida....

The team that brought youBand of BrothersandThe Pacificis at it again. Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Playtone, the production company owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, will adapt Donald L. Miller’s nonfiction novelMasters Of The Airfor Apple. The limited series will air exclusively on Apple’s upcoming streaming service,Apple TV+. Spielberg, Hanks, and Goetzman will serve as executive producers on the series, which tells the story of the Eighth Air Force, or the Mighty Eighth, a group of pilots that changed the course of World War II....

When it comes to the top streaming devices, one option that always stands tall is the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max. As luck would have it, Amazon is going to be throwing a Prime Day sales event in just a few days. You’ll already find greatAmazon dealson all kinds of tech, but now other retailers are starting to ramp up the competition. Take this Best Buy offer, for example:...

The past few months have been great for the gaming industry, with excellent titles becoming available across a wide range of genres. Whether you’re looking for a game to help you relax or one filled with high-octane shootouts, there’s probably something that will fit your needs. Although a few high-profile releases were delayed to later in the year — includingFinal Fantasy VII Remake— there are still plenty of games to sink your teeth into....

While December is historically a quiet month for the video game industry, that was not the case in 2022. Delays caused several AAA games to launch in the final month of the year, while some charming indie titles also tried to carve out a spot for themselves in what would turn out to be a surprisingly busy month. While a couple of this month’s releases werehit-and-miss, the December 2022 game lineup featured a diverse array of experiences that will please players of all kinds across all platforms....