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Roundup of the backlog...

I realized I watched more stuff than I even can keep up with writing about. So let's do a speedrun...

given ("Can't Say Goodbye, I'm Still Drifting With Your Echoes")

So, I got into this one because it was about musicians and being in a band. It also seems to be a boy-on-boy love story... as such, I don't mind. The characters are all drawing me into the story. And as a musician I can't resist the loving attention to detail - as an aspiring guitarist you could learn some things from this show. I certainly didn't know more than this as a teenager myself...

I'm just a few episodes in, and I like what I see.

TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You

An unlikely beginning - a boy promises a girl to marry her. Once he's of age, she shows up on his doorstep, ready to go. From this premise unfolds an incredibly cute story of two people figuring out life and romance together. She's probably a legendary character from a Japanese story, too. These blushing newlyweds are simply adorable.

Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro

A loner artist second year runs into a gaggle of trendy first year girls - and one just won't leave him alone. I gave it a chance because I was curious, and I don't regret it. Frankly, what happens in the first episodes would probably count as bullying, but very soon it becomes clear that there is something between especially these two characters, and Nagatori-san is not nearly as cool or experienced as she wants her Senpai to believe. Over time he also becomes friends with the whole gaggle. The show is changing from funny to cringe to adorably cute constantly. It's certainly entertaining.

My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999

Girls gets dumped for another girl, gets drunk, runs into young hot dude (who doesn't say much) and realizes he's the popular streamer her ex adores. Ends up passing out on his bed, too. She joins the MMO where he hangs out with his friends. Initially a very one-sided crush, but as the cast expands it becomes a rather chill and nice story about misunderstandings and friendship, plus a slow-burn romance. Airs on Crunchyroll once a week - and I find I look forward to every episode.

Tomo-chan Is a Girl!

Oh, I'm definitely sold on this one! Tomo is a high school girl that confesses to her childhood friend, except he doesn't seem to understand and only see her as his best friend. Over time both cast and backstory expand so by the end of the series you will understand why things ended up this way. Very satisfying, doesn't overstay its welcome, supposedly better paced than the original web manga. Wraps up in a single season.

First show where I recognized a Japanese voice actress again. The boyish Tomo has the same one as the not-very-girlish Anzu from Romantic Killer. Just listen when she is surprised or weirded out - you can't miss it.

Skip and Loafer

Very nice coming-of-age story, airs weekly. Girl from remote rural community joins Tokyo high school to realize her ambitious plan to become a public servant. Ends up being friends with laid-back guy whom all girls adore. Frankly the first episode is some of the best-paced funny stuff I've ever seen. The show then grows its cast organically and settles into high school life, plus it's a love story, of course, but not in a hurry.

Waiting for the next episode is hard...

To Every You I've Loved Before

Without knowing I watched a sequel! A very satisfying story on its own, this one is about parallel worlds and how we constantly skip between them. A boy is the son of the guy who's researching how choices create parallel worlds, and the first major branch in his life is when his parents divorce. Continuously throughout his life he is confronted with the impact of his choices as his life unfolds together with a girl that he ends up marrying and growing old with.

A story about love, loss, choices, grief, happiness... Very satisfying, told at the right pace, always engaging, and not afraid to go in a new direction even in its last half hour.

As I said - the story of a boy who makes a choice. But guess what? There's another movie, "To me, the one who loved you". Telling the story of the same boy, but making the other choice. I haven't watched it yet. Maybe I have spoilered myself by doing this in the wrong order. But even if only this movie existed, I would have been very happy with it. Fun detail: It may be sixty years into the future with pocket watches that measure parallel universe shifts and holograms everywhere, but apparently people still do the thing where they wear "belly pouches" diagonally over their chest. I guess they didn't make up a "future look" for all the filler pedestrians...

Alya sometimes hides her feelings in Russian

This was a chance buy - it's a light novel series. High schooler sits next to very pretty "solitary princess" - the platinum blonde Alya who's half-Russian. And sometimes she says the most outrageous things to him, thinking he does not understand - yet he does.

First novel was rather good, but then you can tell the author tries to drag it out. Protagonist ends up knowing all the most pretty and popular girls in his elite academy... yawn. Still, the story is at times rather charming and funny. Too bad it tries to keep the cat in the bag - it didn't have enough substance for what we're getting. Stuffed to the hilt with light novel tropes... she's probably secretly his childhood love he got separated from and learned Russian for in the first place, his sister has the hots for him (they grew up separate after some family fallout), student council this and that, let's obsess about girl's exact bust size, hints of harem, the works... and the artwork does not do a good job of keeping some of the girls apart except for the title heroine. Also, outrageously dumb hypnosis scene?

Still, the author can write and largely delivers an entertaining story with that nice little twist. I started disliking the protagonist because of his habit to prank Alya... not charming. Usually he's a very upright and forthright guy, and completely oblivious of his feelings for Alya.

Not exactly recommended, but readable.

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The best Android MMORPGs you need to download today

The best Android MMORPGs you need to download today

Read update New games have been added to this roundup: MMORPGs for Android contain familiar names like Old School Runescape to newer exclusives like Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds. Many of these are as comprehensive and engaging as classic PC MMOs and promise hundreds of hours of gameplay. It’s harder to sit down and play Android MMOs for long periods, so we recommend grabbing your best Android…

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Daily Crunch: Facebook organizes a virtual graduation ceremony

Graduation goes virtual, more details emerge about the U.K.’s contact tracing app and Shopify launches a mobile commerce app.

Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 28, 2020.

1. Facebook will stream a virtual graduation ceremony featuring Oprah and Miley Cyrus

Here’s some consolation for the Class of 2020: a virtual graduation ceremony, which kicks off at 11AM PT/2PM ET on May 15 via the Facebook Watch App. Oprah Winfrey will be giving the commencement address, while Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X and Simone Biles will all be giving speeches. And Miley Cyrus is set to perform.

Other sites are holding similar events — and many schools are also planning their own, less star-studded events to celebrate graduations remotely.

2. UK’s coronavirus contact tracing app could ask users to share location data

More details have emerged about a coronavirus contact tracing app being developed by U.K. authorities. NHSX CEO Matthew Gould said today that future versions of the app could ask users to share location data to help authorities learn more about how the virus propagates.

3. Shopify launches Shop, a new mobile app

The app is actually an update and rebrand of Arrive, an app for tracking packages from Shopify merchants and other retailers — in addition to package tracking, Shop allows consumers to browse a feed of recommended products, learn more about each brand and make purchases using the one-click Shop Pay checkout process.

4. Okta hires ex-Symantec executive as new chief security officer

David Bradbury, a security veteran with more than two-decades of security experience and recently served as chief security officer at Symantec, takes over from Yassir Abousselham, who departed for Splunk in February.

5. Five top gaming investors explain how the pandemic is reshaping MMOs and social games

This month, when we asked 17 VCs how this era would impact consumer startups, gaming was one of the top verticals they named. We wanted to learn more about how the venture community thinks about the future of this sector, so we asked five experienced gaming investors about where they do — and don’t — see new opportunities within this trend. (Extra Crunch membership required.)

6. DJI’s mini Mavic Air gets an upgrade with improved camera and battery life

The original Mavic Air’s 21 minutes of life was among Brian Heater’s key frustrations with the product. The company says the new drone should be able to get up to 34 minutes on a charge.

7. Partech raises $100 million seed fund

The firm is looking for companies at the very early stage, from pre-seed to pre-Series A. Partech can invest as little as a few hundred thousands dollars and as much as several million dollars, depending on the stage of the startup.

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here.

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MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr chapter heralds five months of cat memes

I wouldn’t go calling Elder Scrolls Online’s Khajiit catgirls and catboys to their faces, however we’re positive to be tempted this summer time when as introduced this week the Elsweyr chapter/enlargement launches and we get our first probability to dig into the complete depths of the province. Convey your hype!

In the meantime, gamers rioted over Blizzard’s WoW esports plans, Astellia introduced it’s coming westward, Breach hit early entry, and Fallout 76’s bug parade continued. Learn on to meet up with the easiest of this week’s MMO information and opinions immediately as each Sunday in Massively Overpowered’s Week in Evaluate!

THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES

Elder Scrolls On-line will launch Elsweyr and Necromancer in June, Wrathstone DLC in February – ZeniMax has simply revealed that Elsweyr, homeland of the Khajiit, is certainly Elder Scrolls On-line’s subsequent chapter. The devs kicked off their stream with a teaser and the cinematic (the… Tamriel Infinium: Analyzing the options (and hype!) of Elder Scrolls Online’s Season of the Dragon – I’ve combined emotions about dragons coming to Elder Scrolls On-line. Initially, we knew that we might not see them as a result of they have been hibernating or had fled Tamriel in this… EverQuesting: Can Dawn make it by way of 2019? – Those that’ve been long-time followers of Massively OP’s long-running EverQuesting column may need observed a definite lack of new yr hopes and predictions articles for the EverQuest franchise together with… WoW Issue: No, Activision just isn’t the rationale you’re sad with World of Warcraft – There is a narrative that is been making the rounds for a short while now among the many World of Warcraft group, buoyed so much by the truth that we have seen tons of proof… Interview: Astellia’s western staff on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early entry and battle royale – Yesterday we coated the information that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity courses, strong PvE and PvP, and arduous lean away from… Digital Arts cancels its untitled open-world Star Wars recreation – Keep in mind that open-world Star Wars recreation that Digital Arts’ Vancouver studio was engaged on after the corporate closed down the earlier studio that had been engaged on an open-world Star… Blizzard lays out World of Warcraft’s esports 2019 plans, will crowdfund half of prize swimming pools – Though Blizzard might have reduce on esports help for Heroes of the Storm, World of Warcraft’s esports scene is again and larger than ever in 2019, and the studio… Torchlight Frontiers previews gear development, redesigned alpha UI, and pets – It has been a few month since Torchlight Frontiers concluded its second alpha check, and the devs have been onerous at work making modifications based mostly on gamers’ suggestions. Undertaking Lead Tyler… The Recreation Archaeologist: Fury – Again in 1997, Australian recreation developer Auran arrived onto the scene with the real-time technique title Darkish Reign. Whereas it wasn’t precisely Command & Conquer or Warcraft, the sport bought over… The multiplayer Skyrim Collectively mod is about to hit closed beta – For those who’ve been across the Elder Scrolls modding group lengthy sufficient, you recognize that fan efforts to convey multiplayer parts to the franchise’s single-player video games are a endless factor, maybe… Fortnite is seemingly fertile floor for doing crimes, like cash laundering – Hey, you understand what’s enjoyable? Cash laundering! Wait, did we are saying “fun”? We meant “highly illegal and full of dire consequences.” It is in all probability not one thing most of us have… Nexon founder’s controlling shares in the corporate at the moment are formally up on the market – Keep in mind how Nexon’s founder and 98.64% share holder Kim Jung-ju made it clear early this month that he was wanting into promoting his controlling stakes in the corporate? It seems… Elder Scrolls On-line is just not launching a swag-stuffed bodily collector’s version of Elsweyr – One of the bulletins oddly lacking from the Elder Scrolls On-line’s Elsweyr hoopla earlier this week was one about bodily swag for the collector’s version. Seems that wasn’t an… Bethsoft is banning extra Fallout 76 exploiters and teasing its free-for-all PvP mode – Even earlier than Fallout 76 launched final yr, the sport was turning into well-known for bugs of the exploitable type. The newest to make headlines was the glitch that allowed… Breach hits early entry with a mix of motion fight and MMO dungeon crawling – Snowbound or bored this weekend and in search of one thing new to do? Breach arrived on Steam early entry yesterday, bringing with it an fascinating mix of MMO design, co-op dungeon… Bungie reiterates its dedication to Future 2 long-term because it previews short-term objectives – Since final week’s revelation that Activision and Bungie have been parting methods and sending Future residence to stay with its actual dad – oh yeah, and buyers started investigating potential securities… Massively Overthinking: What would you need out of a World of Warcraft 2? – Let’s fake for a second that the rationale Blizzard seems to be dropping the ball with World of Warcraft proper now’s that it is engaged on World of Warcraft 2… Take a look at one other 10 minutes of gameplay footage from Anthem – The whole lot has hidden depths. Anthem undoubtedly does. Actually, it is obtained a mission named Hidden Depths, and in the present day’s newest burst of gameplay footage from IGN covers 10 minutes of operating by way of Hidden… Atlas simply rolled again the North American servers five hours after an admin account was ‘compromised’ – In case you wanted your day by day reminder to not purchase early entry video games which are nonetheless neck-deep in testing and drawback youngsters, this is your dose for the day: Studio Wildcard’s… Obscure Patch Notes: Illustration in video games issues whenever you don’t see why it issues – This can be a story a few boy named Michael. Comply with together with me for a bit of bit, when you’d be so variety. Michael was born in 1983, and he did not… Gamigo is increasing ArcheAge’s workforce, decreasing lockboxes, and evaluating the Gazillion belongings – MMOBomb has an interview up with Gamigo’s prime brass in the present day that has some fascinating nuggets for MMO gamers questioning concerning the present state of the corporate and all of the MMORPGs… Artifact continues to lose gamers at an aggressive price – We’re nearly two months into the life cycle of Valve’s aggressively non-free-to-play card recreation Artifact, and the sport continues to lose gamers with a spotlight and depth often reserved for gaining… ArcheAge rolls out replace 5.1 as gamers name ‘bait-and-switch’ over normalized mounts – As promised, Gamigo pushed out replace 5.1 for ArcheAge yesterday, full with its hero system revmap, tweaks for pirates, the Abyssal Library do-over, and the separated Golden Plains Battle area.… Elder Scrolls Online’s racial talents are getting revamped in replace 21 – One of the issues that the parents at Zenimax are specializing in in The Elder Scrolls On-line’s upcoming replace 21 is balancing the passive talents of the sport’s myriad races,… Legends of Aria’s Steam early entry launch is now slated for spring – The testing by means of early entry continues for Legends of Aria, and that features determining the schedule for the sport’s patches and supreme launch. The newest information from the group is… Good Ten: The MMOs with probably the most unsure futures in 2019 – Working in this area has given me one thing of a way of how so much of the business goes to play out. Take the continued early entry saga of Atlas,… Black Desert’s battle royale mode, Shadow Area, hits early entry for present gamers at the moment – Black Desert is formally hopping on the battle royale bandwagon this week with the “early access” launch of Shadow Area right now. How does a totally launched MMORPG run an “early… Steam is rolling out higher retailer discoverability, cellular chat, and library enhancements in 2019 – Valve is unquestionably feeling a bit frazzled over Epic and Discord’s energy performs in the previous few months, however you would not comprehend it from its annual Steam recap this week.… The Survivalist: Seven survival recreation options I need to see in 2019 – A brand new yr is all about new hopes, new objectives, and — hopefully — new options and content material. I’m speaking about video games, of course! (Though I’d go for… Select My Journey: The lonesome job of star charting in Elite Harmful – Right now’s version of Select My Journey options outcomes that have been each a landslide and very shut. On the one hand, most individuals steered that I commerce in my present ship… Darkish and Mild is closing down 70% of its early entry servers – Snail Video games’ early entry MMO Darkish and Mild has suffered a couple of rising pains throughout its improvement. The corporate initially introduced it was resurrecting the 2004 MMO again in 2016;… Knowledge of Nym: Last Fantasy XIV’s patch four.5 in evaluation – Ah, that is the great things. I am not going to lie, I used to be truthfully a bit involved about this patch for Ultimate Fantasy XIV. Not simply because of my frankly absurd degree of… Fallout 76 gamers are discovering methods to glitch right into a secret developer room with unreleased gadgets – We want to preface in the present day’s story of Fallout 76 having all of the integrity of tissue paper in a hurricane by saying that you must in all probability not attempt to entry this…

THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS

AND FROM OUR FRIENDS AT BLIZZARD WATCH

• We’re not ready for Burning Campaign to have fun its 12th birthday • These courses shall be must-haves for WoW’s Battle for Dazar’alor • Enhancements to WoW’s transmog would make cosmetic-swapping simpler

Each week, get caught up on the MMO style’s newest information and Massively OP’s greatest content material in our MMO Week in Assessment! Need extra roundups of content material? Attempt Friday’s Betawatch for MMO testing highlights, Saturday’s Make My MMO for MMO crowdfunding updates, and Sunday’s The MOP Up, which mops up all of the bits of information we didn’t cowl anyplace else.

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MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr chapter heralds five months of cat memes

I wouldn’t go calling Elder Scrolls Online’s Khajiit catgirls and catboys to their faces, however we’re positive to be tempted this summer time when as introduced this week the Elsweyr chapter/enlargement launches and we get our first probability to dig into the complete depths of the province. Convey your hype!

In the meantime, gamers rioted over Blizzard’s WoW esports plans, Astellia introduced it’s coming westward, Breach hit early entry, and Fallout 76’s bug parade continued. Learn on to meet up with the easiest of this week’s MMO information and opinions immediately as each Sunday in Massively Overpowered’s Week in Evaluate!

THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES

Elder Scrolls On-line will launch Elsweyr and Necromancer in June, Wrathstone DLC in February – ZeniMax has simply revealed that Elsweyr, homeland of the Khajiit, is certainly Elder Scrolls On-line’s subsequent chapter. The devs kicked off their stream with a teaser and the cinematic (the… Tamriel Infinium: Analyzing the options (and hype!) of Elder Scrolls Online’s Season of the Dragon – I’ve combined emotions about dragons coming to Elder Scrolls On-line. Initially, we knew that we might not see them as a result of they have been hibernating or had fled Tamriel in this… EverQuesting: Can Dawn make it by way of 2019? – Those that’ve been long-time followers of Massively OP’s long-running EverQuesting column may need observed a definite lack of new yr hopes and predictions articles for the EverQuest franchise together with… WoW Issue: No, Activision just isn’t the rationale you’re sad with World of Warcraft – There is a narrative that is been making the rounds for a short while now among the many World of Warcraft group, buoyed so much by the truth that we have seen tons of proof… Interview: Astellia’s western staff on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early entry and battle royale – Yesterday we coated the information that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity courses, strong PvE and PvP, and arduous lean away from… Digital Arts cancels its untitled open-world Star Wars recreation – Keep in mind that open-world Star Wars recreation that Digital Arts’ Vancouver studio was engaged on after the corporate closed down the earlier studio that had been engaged on an open-world Star… Blizzard lays out World of Warcraft’s esports 2019 plans, will crowdfund half of prize swimming pools – Though Blizzard might have reduce on esports help for Heroes of the Storm, World of Warcraft’s esports scene is again and larger than ever in 2019, and the studio… Torchlight Frontiers previews gear development, redesigned alpha UI, and pets – It has been a few month since Torchlight Frontiers concluded its second alpha check, and the devs have been onerous at work making modifications based mostly on gamers’ suggestions. Undertaking Lead Tyler… The Recreation Archaeologist: Fury – Again in 1997, Australian recreation developer Auran arrived onto the scene with the real-time technique title Darkish Reign. Whereas it wasn’t precisely Command & Conquer or Warcraft, the sport bought over… The multiplayer Skyrim Collectively mod is about to hit closed beta – For those who’ve been across the Elder Scrolls modding group lengthy sufficient, you recognize that fan efforts to convey multiplayer parts to the franchise’s single-player video games are a endless factor, maybe… Fortnite is seemingly fertile floor for doing crimes, like cash laundering – Hey, you understand what’s enjoyable? Cash laundering! Wait, did we are saying “fun”? We meant “highly illegal and full of dire consequences.” It is in all probability not one thing most of us have… Nexon founder’s controlling shares in the corporate at the moment are formally up on the market – Keep in mind how Nexon’s founder and 98.64% share holder Kim Jung-ju made it clear early this month that he was wanting into promoting his controlling stakes in the corporate? It seems… Elder Scrolls On-line is just not launching a swag-stuffed bodily collector’s version of Elsweyr – One of the bulletins oddly lacking from the Elder Scrolls On-line’s Elsweyr hoopla earlier this week was one about bodily swag for the collector’s version. Seems that wasn’t an… Bethsoft is banning extra Fallout 76 exploiters and teasing its free-for-all PvP mode – Even earlier than Fallout 76 launched final yr, the sport was turning into well-known for bugs of the exploitable type. The newest to make headlines was the glitch that allowed… Breach hits early entry with a mix of motion fight and MMO dungeon crawling – Snowbound or bored this weekend and in search of one thing new to do? Breach arrived on Steam early entry yesterday, bringing with it an fascinating mix of MMO design, co-op dungeon… Bungie reiterates its dedication to Future 2 long-term because it previews short-term objectives – Since final week’s revelation that Activision and Bungie have been parting methods and sending Future residence to stay with its actual dad – oh yeah, and buyers started investigating potential securities… Massively Overthinking: What would you need out of a World of Warcraft 2? – Let’s fake for a second that the rationale Blizzard seems to be dropping the ball with World of Warcraft proper now’s that it is engaged on World of Warcraft 2… Take a look at one other 10 minutes of gameplay footage from Anthem – The whole lot has hidden depths. Anthem undoubtedly does. Actually, it is obtained a mission named Hidden Depths, and in the present day’s newest burst of gameplay footage from IGN covers 10 minutes of operating by way of Hidden… Atlas simply rolled again the North American servers five hours after an admin account was ‘compromised’ – In case you wanted your day by day reminder to not purchase early entry video games which are nonetheless neck-deep in testing and drawback youngsters, this is your dose for the day: Studio Wildcard’s… Obscure Patch Notes: Illustration in video games issues whenever you don’t see why it issues – This can be a story a few boy named Michael. Comply with together with me for a bit of bit, when you’d be so variety. Michael was born in 1983, and he did not… Gamigo is increasing ArcheAge’s workforce, decreasing lockboxes, and evaluating the Gazillion belongings – MMOBomb has an interview up with Gamigo’s prime brass in the present day that has some fascinating nuggets for MMO gamers questioning concerning the present state of the corporate and all of the MMORPGs… Artifact continues to lose gamers at an aggressive price – We’re nearly two months into the life cycle of Valve’s aggressively non-free-to-play card recreation Artifact, and the sport continues to lose gamers with a spotlight and depth often reserved for gaining… ArcheAge rolls out replace 5.1 as gamers name ‘bait-and-switch’ over normalized mounts – As promised, Gamigo pushed out replace 5.1 for ArcheAge yesterday, full with its hero system revmap, tweaks for pirates, the Abyssal Library do-over, and the separated Golden Plains Battle area.… Elder Scrolls Online’s racial talents are getting revamped in replace 21 – One of the issues that the parents at Zenimax are specializing in in The Elder Scrolls On-line’s upcoming replace 21 is balancing the passive talents of the sport’s myriad races,… Legends of Aria’s Steam early entry launch is now slated for spring – The testing by means of early entry continues for Legends of Aria, and that features determining the schedule for the sport’s patches and supreme launch. The newest information from the group is… Good Ten: The MMOs with probably the most unsure futures in 2019 – Working in this area has given me one thing of a way of how so much of the business goes to play out. Take the continued early entry saga of Atlas,… Black Desert’s battle royale mode, Shadow Area, hits early entry for present gamers at the moment – Black Desert is formally hopping on the battle royale bandwagon this week with the “early access” launch of Shadow Area right now. How does a totally launched MMORPG run an “early… Steam is rolling out higher retailer discoverability, cellular chat, and library enhancements in 2019 – Valve is unquestionably feeling a bit frazzled over Epic and Discord’s energy performs in the previous few months, however you would not comprehend it from its annual Steam recap this week.… The Survivalist: Seven survival recreation options I need to see in 2019 – A brand new yr is all about new hopes, new objectives, and — hopefully — new options and content material. I’m speaking about video games, of course! (Though I’d go for… Select My Journey: The lonesome job of star charting in Elite Harmful – Right now’s version of Select My Journey options outcomes that have been each a landslide and very shut. On the one hand, most individuals steered that I commerce in my present ship… Darkish and Mild is closing down 70% of its early entry servers – Snail Video games’ early entry MMO Darkish and Mild has suffered a couple of rising pains throughout its improvement. The corporate initially introduced it was resurrecting the 2004 MMO again in 2016;… Knowledge of Nym: Last Fantasy XIV’s patch four.5 in evaluation – Ah, that is the great things. I am not going to lie, I used to be truthfully a bit involved about this patch for Ultimate Fantasy XIV. Not simply because of my frankly absurd degree of… Fallout 76 gamers are discovering methods to glitch right into a secret developer room with unreleased gadgets – We want to preface in the present day’s story of Fallout 76 having all of the integrity of tissue paper in a hurricane by saying that you must in all probability not attempt to entry this…

THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS

AND FROM OUR FRIENDS AT BLIZZARD WATCH

• We’re not ready for Burning Campaign to have fun its 12th birthday • These courses shall be must-haves for WoW’s Battle for Dazar’alor • Enhancements to WoW’s transmog would make cosmetic-swapping simpler

Each week, get caught up on the MMO style’s newest information and Massively OP’s greatest content material in our MMO Week in Assessment! Need extra roundups of content material? Attempt Friday’s Betawatch for MMO testing highlights, Saturday’s Make My MMO for MMO crowdfunding updates, and Sunday’s The MOP Up, which mops up all of the bits of information we didn’t cowl anyplace else.

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MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr chapter heralds five months of cat memes

I wouldn’t go calling Elder Scrolls Online’s Khajiit catgirls and catboys to their faces, however we’re positive to be tempted this summer time when as introduced this week the Elsweyr chapter/enlargement launches and we get our first probability to dig into the complete depths of the province. Convey your hype!

In the meantime, gamers rioted over Blizzard’s WoW esports plans, Astellia introduced it’s coming westward, Breach hit early entry, and Fallout 76’s bug parade continued. Learn on to meet up with the easiest of this week’s MMO information and opinions immediately as each Sunday in Massively Overpowered’s Week in Evaluate!

THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES

Elder Scrolls On-line will launch Elsweyr and Necromancer in June, Wrathstone DLC in February – ZeniMax has simply revealed that Elsweyr, homeland of the Khajiit, is certainly Elder Scrolls On-line’s subsequent chapter. The devs kicked off their stream with a teaser and the cinematic (the… Tamriel Infinium: Analyzing the options (and hype!) of Elder Scrolls Online’s Season of the Dragon – I’ve combined emotions about dragons coming to Elder Scrolls On-line. Initially, we knew that we might not see them as a result of they have been hibernating or had fled Tamriel in this… EverQuesting: Can Dawn make it by way of 2019? – Those that’ve been long-time followers of Massively OP’s long-running EverQuesting column may need observed a definite lack of new yr hopes and predictions articles for the EverQuest franchise together with… WoW Issue: No, Activision just isn’t the rationale you’re sad with World of Warcraft – There is a narrative that is been making the rounds for a short while now among the many World of Warcraft group, buoyed so much by the truth that we have seen tons of proof… Interview: Astellia’s western staff on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early entry and battle royale – Yesterday we coated the information that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity courses, strong PvE and PvP, and arduous lean away from… Digital Arts cancels its untitled open-world Star Wars recreation – Keep in mind that open-world Star Wars recreation that Digital Arts’ Vancouver studio was engaged on after the corporate closed down the earlier studio that had been engaged on an open-world Star… Blizzard lays out World of Warcraft’s esports 2019 plans, will crowdfund half of prize swimming pools – Though Blizzard might have reduce on esports help for Heroes of the Storm, World of Warcraft’s esports scene is again and larger than ever in 2019, and the studio… Torchlight Frontiers previews gear development, redesigned alpha UI, and pets – It has been a few month since Torchlight Frontiers concluded its second alpha check, and the devs have been onerous at work making modifications based mostly on gamers’ suggestions. Undertaking Lead Tyler… The Recreation Archaeologist: Fury – Again in 1997, Australian recreation developer Auran arrived onto the scene with the real-time technique title Darkish Reign. Whereas it wasn’t precisely Command & Conquer or Warcraft, the sport bought over… The multiplayer Skyrim Collectively mod is about to hit closed beta – For those who’ve been across the Elder Scrolls modding group lengthy sufficient, you recognize that fan efforts to convey multiplayer parts to the franchise’s single-player video games are a endless factor, maybe… Fortnite is seemingly fertile floor for doing crimes, like cash laundering – Hey, you understand what’s enjoyable? Cash laundering! Wait, did we are saying “fun”? We meant “highly illegal and full of dire consequences.” It is in all probability not one thing most of us have… Nexon founder’s controlling shares in the corporate at the moment are formally up on the market – Keep in mind how Nexon’s founder and 98.64% share holder Kim Jung-ju made it clear early this month that he was wanting into promoting his controlling stakes in the corporate? It seems… Elder Scrolls On-line is just not launching a swag-stuffed bodily collector’s version of Elsweyr – One of the bulletins oddly lacking from the Elder Scrolls On-line’s Elsweyr hoopla earlier this week was one about bodily swag for the collector’s version. Seems that wasn’t an… Bethsoft is banning extra Fallout 76 exploiters and teasing its free-for-all PvP mode – Even earlier than Fallout 76 launched final yr, the sport was turning into well-known for bugs of the exploitable type. The newest to make headlines was the glitch that allowed… Breach hits early entry with a mix of motion fight and MMO dungeon crawling – Snowbound or bored this weekend and in search of one thing new to do? Breach arrived on Steam early entry yesterday, bringing with it an fascinating mix of MMO design, co-op dungeon… Bungie reiterates its dedication to Future 2 long-term because it previews short-term objectives – Since final week’s revelation that Activision and Bungie have been parting methods and sending Future residence to stay with its actual dad – oh yeah, and buyers started investigating potential securities… Massively Overthinking: What would you need out of a World of Warcraft 2? – Let’s fake for a second that the rationale Blizzard seems to be dropping the ball with World of Warcraft proper now’s that it is engaged on World of Warcraft 2… Take a look at one other 10 minutes of gameplay footage from Anthem – The whole lot has hidden depths. Anthem undoubtedly does. Actually, it is obtained a mission named Hidden Depths, and in the present day’s newest burst of gameplay footage from IGN covers 10 minutes of operating by way of Hidden… Atlas simply rolled again the North American servers five hours after an admin account was ‘compromised’ – In case you wanted your day by day reminder to not purchase early entry video games which are nonetheless neck-deep in testing and drawback youngsters, this is your dose for the day: Studio Wildcard’s… Obscure Patch Notes: Illustration in video games issues whenever you don’t see why it issues – This can be a story a few boy named Michael. Comply with together with me for a bit of bit, when you’d be so variety. Michael was born in 1983, and he did not… Gamigo is increasing ArcheAge’s workforce, decreasing lockboxes, and evaluating the Gazillion belongings – MMOBomb has an interview up with Gamigo’s prime brass in the present day that has some fascinating nuggets for MMO gamers questioning concerning the present state of the corporate and all of the MMORPGs… Artifact continues to lose gamers at an aggressive price – We’re nearly two months into the life cycle of Valve’s aggressively non-free-to-play card recreation Artifact, and the sport continues to lose gamers with a spotlight and depth often reserved for gaining… ArcheAge rolls out replace 5.1 as gamers name ‘bait-and-switch’ over normalized mounts – As promised, Gamigo pushed out replace 5.1 for ArcheAge yesterday, full with its hero system revmap, tweaks for pirates, the Abyssal Library do-over, and the separated Golden Plains Battle area.… Elder Scrolls Online’s racial talents are getting revamped in replace 21 – One of the issues that the parents at Zenimax are specializing in in The Elder Scrolls On-line’s upcoming replace 21 is balancing the passive talents of the sport’s myriad races,… Legends of Aria’s Steam early entry launch is now slated for spring – The testing by means of early entry continues for Legends of Aria, and that features determining the schedule for the sport’s patches and supreme launch. The newest information from the group is… Good Ten: The MMOs with probably the most unsure futures in 2019 – Working in this area has given me one thing of a way of how so much of the business goes to play out. Take the continued early entry saga of Atlas,… Black Desert’s battle royale mode, Shadow Area, hits early entry for present gamers at the moment – Black Desert is formally hopping on the battle royale bandwagon this week with the “early access” launch of Shadow Area right now. How does a totally launched MMORPG run an “early… Steam is rolling out higher retailer discoverability, cellular chat, and library enhancements in 2019 – Valve is unquestionably feeling a bit frazzled over Epic and Discord’s energy performs in the previous few months, however you would not comprehend it from its annual Steam recap this week.… The Survivalist: Seven survival recreation options I need to see in 2019 – A brand new yr is all about new hopes, new objectives, and — hopefully — new options and content material. I’m speaking about video games, of course! (Though I’d go for… Select My Journey: The lonesome job of star charting in Elite Harmful – Right now’s version of Select My Journey options outcomes that have been each a landslide and very shut. On the one hand, most individuals steered that I commerce in my present ship… Darkish and Mild is closing down 70% of its early entry servers – Snail Video games’ early entry MMO Darkish and Mild has suffered a couple of rising pains throughout its improvement. The corporate initially introduced it was resurrecting the 2004 MMO again in 2016;… Knowledge of Nym: Last Fantasy XIV’s patch four.5 in evaluation – Ah, that is the great things. I am not going to lie, I used to be truthfully a bit involved about this patch for Ultimate Fantasy XIV. Not simply because of my frankly absurd degree of… Fallout 76 gamers are discovering methods to glitch right into a secret developer room with unreleased gadgets – We want to preface in the present day’s story of Fallout 76 having all of the integrity of tissue paper in a hurricane by saying that you must in all probability not attempt to entry this…

THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS

AND FROM OUR FRIENDS AT BLIZZARD WATCH

• We’re not ready for Burning Campaign to have fun its 12th birthday • These courses shall be must-haves for WoW’s Battle for Dazar’alor • Enhancements to WoW’s transmog would make cosmetic-swapping simpler

Each week, get caught up on the MMO style’s newest information and Massively OP’s greatest content material in our MMO Week in Assessment! Need extra roundups of content material? Attempt Friday’s Betawatch for MMO testing highlights, Saturday’s Make My MMO for MMO crowdfunding updates, and Sunday’s The MOP Up, which mops up all of the bits of information we didn’t cowl anyplace else.

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MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr chapter heralds five months of cat memes

I wouldn’t go calling Elder Scrolls Online’s Khajiit catgirls and catboys to their faces, however we’re positive to be tempted this summer time when as introduced this week the Elsweyr chapter/enlargement launches and we get our first probability to dig into the complete depths of the province. Convey your hype!

In the meantime, gamers rioted over Blizzard’s WoW esports plans, Astellia introduced it’s coming westward, Breach hit early entry, and Fallout 76’s bug parade continued. Learn on to meet up with the easiest of this week’s MMO information and opinions immediately as each Sunday in Massively Overpowered’s Week in Evaluate!

THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES

Elder Scrolls On-line will launch Elsweyr and Necromancer in June, Wrathstone DLC in February – ZeniMax has simply revealed that Elsweyr, homeland of the Khajiit, is certainly Elder Scrolls On-line’s subsequent chapter. The devs kicked off their stream with a teaser and the cinematic (the… Tamriel Infinium: Analyzing the options (and hype!) of Elder Scrolls Online’s Season of the Dragon – I’ve combined emotions about dragons coming to Elder Scrolls On-line. Initially, we knew that we might not see them as a result of they have been hibernating or had fled Tamriel in this… EverQuesting: Can Dawn make it by way of 2019? – Those that’ve been long-time followers of Massively OP’s long-running EverQuesting column may need observed a definite lack of new yr hopes and predictions articles for the EverQuest franchise together with… WoW Issue: No, Activision just isn’t the rationale you’re sad with World of Warcraft – There is a narrative that is been making the rounds for a short while now among the many World of Warcraft group, buoyed so much by the truth that we have seen tons of proof… Interview: Astellia’s western staff on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early entry and battle royale – Yesterday we coated the information that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity courses, strong PvE and PvP, and arduous lean away from… Digital Arts cancels its untitled open-world Star Wars recreation – Keep in mind that open-world Star Wars recreation that Digital Arts’ Vancouver studio was engaged on after the corporate closed down the earlier studio that had been engaged on an open-world Star… Blizzard lays out World of Warcraft’s esports 2019 plans, will crowdfund half of prize swimming pools – Though Blizzard might have reduce on esports help for Heroes of the Storm, World of Warcraft’s esports scene is again and larger than ever in 2019, and the studio… Torchlight Frontiers previews gear development, redesigned alpha UI, and pets – It has been a few month since Torchlight Frontiers concluded its second alpha check, and the devs have been onerous at work making modifications based mostly on gamers’ suggestions. Undertaking Lead Tyler… The Recreation Archaeologist: Fury – Again in 1997, Australian recreation developer Auran arrived onto the scene with the real-time technique title Darkish Reign. Whereas it wasn’t precisely Command & Conquer or Warcraft, the sport bought over… The multiplayer Skyrim Collectively mod is about to hit closed beta – For those who’ve been across the Elder Scrolls modding group lengthy sufficient, you recognize that fan efforts to convey multiplayer parts to the franchise’s single-player video games are a endless factor, maybe… Fortnite is seemingly fertile floor for doing crimes, like cash laundering – Hey, you understand what’s enjoyable? Cash laundering! Wait, did we are saying “fun”? We meant “highly illegal and full of dire consequences.” It is in all probability not one thing most of us have… Nexon founder’s controlling shares in the corporate at the moment are formally up on the market – Keep in mind how Nexon’s founder and 98.64% share holder Kim Jung-ju made it clear early this month that he was wanting into promoting his controlling stakes in the corporate? It seems… Elder Scrolls On-line is just not launching a swag-stuffed bodily collector’s version of Elsweyr – One of the bulletins oddly lacking from the Elder Scrolls On-line’s Elsweyr hoopla earlier this week was one about bodily swag for the collector’s version. Seems that wasn’t an… Bethsoft is banning extra Fallout 76 exploiters and teasing its free-for-all PvP mode – Even earlier than Fallout 76 launched final yr, the sport was turning into well-known for bugs of the exploitable type. The newest to make headlines was the glitch that allowed… Breach hits early entry with a mix of motion fight and MMO dungeon crawling – Snowbound or bored this weekend and in search of one thing new to do? Breach arrived on Steam early entry yesterday, bringing with it an fascinating mix of MMO design, co-op dungeon… Bungie reiterates its dedication to Future 2 long-term because it previews short-term objectives – Since final week’s revelation that Activision and Bungie have been parting methods and sending Future residence to stay with its actual dad – oh yeah, and buyers started investigating potential securities… Massively Overthinking: What would you need out of a World of Warcraft 2? – Let’s fake for a second that the rationale Blizzard seems to be dropping the ball with World of Warcraft proper now’s that it is engaged on World of Warcraft 2… Take a look at one other 10 minutes of gameplay footage from Anthem – The whole lot has hidden depths. Anthem undoubtedly does. Actually, it is obtained a mission named Hidden Depths, and in the present day’s newest burst of gameplay footage from IGN covers 10 minutes of operating by way of Hidden… Atlas simply rolled again the North American servers five hours after an admin account was ‘compromised’ – In case you wanted your day by day reminder to not purchase early entry video games which are nonetheless neck-deep in testing and drawback youngsters, this is your dose for the day: Studio Wildcard’s… Obscure Patch Notes: Illustration in video games issues whenever you don’t see why it issues – This can be a story a few boy named Michael. Comply with together with me for a bit of bit, when you’d be so variety. Michael was born in 1983, and he did not… Gamigo is increasing ArcheAge’s workforce, decreasing lockboxes, and evaluating the Gazillion belongings – MMOBomb has an interview up with Gamigo’s prime brass in the present day that has some fascinating nuggets for MMO gamers questioning concerning the present state of the corporate and all of the MMORPGs… Artifact continues to lose gamers at an aggressive price – We’re nearly two months into the life cycle of Valve’s aggressively non-free-to-play card recreation Artifact, and the sport continues to lose gamers with a spotlight and depth often reserved for gaining… ArcheAge rolls out replace 5.1 as gamers name ‘bait-and-switch’ over normalized mounts – As promised, Gamigo pushed out replace 5.1 for ArcheAge yesterday, full with its hero system revmap, tweaks for pirates, the Abyssal Library do-over, and the separated Golden Plains Battle area.… Elder Scrolls Online’s racial talents are getting revamped in replace 21 – One of the issues that the parents at Zenimax are specializing in in The Elder Scrolls On-line’s upcoming replace 21 is balancing the passive talents of the sport’s myriad races,… Legends of Aria’s Steam early entry launch is now slated for spring – The testing by means of early entry continues for Legends of Aria, and that features determining the schedule for the sport’s patches and supreme launch. The newest information from the group is… Good Ten: The MMOs with probably the most unsure futures in 2019 – Working in this area has given me one thing of a way of how so much of the business goes to play out. Take the continued early entry saga of Atlas,… Black Desert’s battle royale mode, Shadow Area, hits early entry for present gamers at the moment – Black Desert is formally hopping on the battle royale bandwagon this week with the “early access” launch of Shadow Area right now. How does a totally launched MMORPG run an “early… Steam is rolling out higher retailer discoverability, cellular chat, and library enhancements in 2019 – Valve is unquestionably feeling a bit frazzled over Epic and Discord’s energy performs in the previous few months, however you would not comprehend it from its annual Steam recap this week.… The Survivalist: Seven survival recreation options I need to see in 2019 – A brand new yr is all about new hopes, new objectives, and — hopefully — new options and content material. I’m speaking about video games, of course! (Though I’d go for… Select My Journey: The lonesome job of star charting in Elite Harmful – Right now’s version of Select My Journey options outcomes that have been each a landslide and very shut. On the one hand, most individuals steered that I commerce in my present ship… Darkish and Mild is closing down 70% of its early entry servers – Snail Video games’ early entry MMO Darkish and Mild has suffered a couple of rising pains throughout its improvement. The corporate initially introduced it was resurrecting the 2004 MMO again in 2016;… Knowledge of Nym: Last Fantasy XIV’s patch four.5 in evaluation – Ah, that is the great things. I am not going to lie, I used to be truthfully a bit involved about this patch for Ultimate Fantasy XIV. Not simply because of my frankly absurd degree of… Fallout 76 gamers are discovering methods to glitch right into a secret developer room with unreleased gadgets – We want to preface in the present day’s story of Fallout 76 having all of the integrity of tissue paper in a hurricane by saying that you must in all probability not attempt to entry this…

THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS

AND FROM OUR FRIENDS AT BLIZZARD WATCH

• We’re not ready for Burning Campaign to have fun its 12th birthday • These courses shall be must-haves for WoW’s Battle for Dazar’alor • Enhancements to WoW’s transmog would make cosmetic-swapping simpler

Each week, get caught up on the MMO style’s newest information and Massively OP’s greatest content material in our MMO Week in Assessment! Need extra roundups of content material? Attempt Friday’s Betawatch for MMO testing highlights, Saturday’s Make My MMO for MMO crowdfunding updates, and Sunday’s The MOP Up, which mops up all of the bits of information we didn’t cowl anyplace else.

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Some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup #Comics #ComicBooks

It’s a new day and new week! The holiday buying spree has begun! What would you get for comic fans? Sound off in the comments below! While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup. Kotaku – Devs Behind DC Universe Online Are Working On A Marvel MMO – This could be cool. Reviews Atomic Junk Shop – Eighty DaysGeek Dad – History of…

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FORZA HORIZON 5 - REVIEW ROUNDUP!

Your ultimate Horizon adventure awaits next Tuesday 9th November! Of course if you’re a Forza fan, you bloody well knew that. After all, this series and anything new that’s linked with it, needs absolutely zero introduction.

But those of you perhaps a little more hesitant about the “vibrant and ever-evolving open world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in hundreds of the world’s greatest cars...” (weird but okay) then we have you covered!

Take a look below at what the big names are saying on this (likely) best entry in the Forza franchise yet!

 IGN - 10/10

“Forza Horizon 5 is a deep and nuanced car nirvana for revheads and auto geeks to endlessly collect, tinker, and experiment. It’s also an extremely accessible buffet of racing spectacle open to everyone, from Deluxe Edition diehards to Game Pass nomads – no matter their driving skill or mechanical knowledge. It’s an occasionally goofy but always earnest Valentine to Mexico’s world-famous culture, and a romantic ode to the magic of road-tripping through postcard-perfect vacation vistas. It’s a long haul, MMO-inspired racer that’s exploding with more races, activities, and event types than can comfortably fit on some parts of the map – and yet it still always feels relaxed rather than daunting. It never locks you into something you don’t want to do and steadily rewards you for however you choose to play it. It looks beautiful, it sounds magnificent, and it is glorious to play. Yes, Forza Horizon 5 is a lot of things. Above all, however, it is the result of a racing studio at the peak of its craft and the best open-world racing game I’ve ever played.”

Read the full review here.

GodIsAGeek - 10/10

“Forza Horizon 5 has it all. Loads of cars to choose from, endless races and challenges, a map ripe for exploration, and magnificent visuals. Whether you want to track down Barn Finds, cruise around and listen to the amazing soundtrack across the various radio stations, or play through the story, Mexico is your oyster. There’s so much content for you to get stuck into that you’ll never be lost for something to do. There’s no doubt I’ve missed something out here, but that’s because there’s far too much to ever mention in one review. My advice? Get this game. You won’t regret it.”

Read the full review here.

GameInformer - 9.5/10

“At every turn, Forza Horizon 5 impresses in ways few games have. From the first mile, I was on the edge of my seat. With so much to do in such a relentlessly gorgeous world, I suspect it won’t be long before I get the itch to jump back into the driver’s seat of my favorite car. Even amidst a competitive racing field, Forza Horizon 5 is a finely tuned supercar. [...]  Forza Horizon 5 delivers a well-rounded, exciting, and approachable experience, and in doing so, elevates its status to the elite of the racing genre.”

Read the full review here.

GameRevolution - 9.5/10

“Forza Horizon 5 is the best Forza yet and, not only that, but it also makes a strong case for being the best racing game period. A joyous combo of arcade racing and simulation-level depth, all wrapped up in a beautiful bow thanks to its diverse, expansive Mexico setting, this is an unmissable iteration in what is arguably gaming’s most consistently fantastic series.”

Read the full review here.

GamesRadar - 5/5

“The expansive new setting of Mexico really does have so much to offer, and longtime players and newcomers alike are sure to have a blast discovering everything you can get stuck into. I've lost count of the number of races I sped my way through that I immediately wanted to experience all over again. As another fantastic entry in what is already a very strong series, Playground Games delivers impeccably detailed graphics, stellar audio design, and smooth controls that all work together to make Forza Horizon 5 an utter joy to play. I'm already itching to get right back into the driver's seat.”

Read the full review here.

Gamespot - 9/10

“In this way, Forza Horizon 5 is another meaningful evolution of the series as opposed to a reinvention, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a case of more of the same. Even when it is familiar, Forza Horizon 5 makes small, but thoughtful changes to its established blueprint that hones in on the people behind the cars in a way that the franchise has previously just glossed over. Its alterations to progression are welcome, too, letting you focus on the events that you love while also giving you even more event types to make effective use of the varied and fun map that has been designed around Mexico's best hits. It's not going to convince you to give it a go if Forza Horizon's brand of racing hasn't done it for you in the past, but Forza Horizon 5 still stands head and shoulders above anything else in the genre.”

Read the full review here.

Enough said. Hop in and see for yourself that this one is an essential drive!

You can pre-order with us right here on Xbox Series X at The Game Collection.

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Daily Crunch: Facebook organizes a virtual graduation ceremony

Graduation goes virtual, more details emerge about the U.K.’s contact tracing app and Shopify launches a mobile commerce app.

Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 28, 2020.

1. Facebook will stream a virtual graduation ceremony featuring Oprah and Miley Cyrus

Here’s some consolation for the Class of 2020: a virtual graduation ceremony, which kicks off at 11AM PT/2PM ET on May 15 via the Facebook Watch App. Oprah Winfrey will be giving the commencement address, while Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X and Simone Biles will all be giving speeches. And Miley Cyrus is set to perform.

Other sites are holding similar events — and many schools are also planning their own, less star-studded events to celebrate graduations remotely.

2. UK’s coronavirus contact tracing app could ask users to share location data

More details have emerged about a coronavirus contact tracing app being developed by U.K. authorities. NHSX CEO Matthew Gould said today that future versions of the app could ask users to share location data to help authorities learn more about how the virus propagates.

3. Shopify launches Shop, a new mobile app

The app is actually an update and rebrand of Arrive, an app for tracking packages from Shopify merchants and other retailers — in addition to package tracking, Shop allows consumers to browse a feed of recommended products, learn more about each brand and make purchases using the one-click Shop Pay checkout process.

4. Okta hires ex-Symantec executive as new chief security officer

David Bradbury, a security veteran with more than two-decades of security experience and recently served as chief security officer at Symantec, takes over from Yassir Abousselham, who departed for Splunk in February.

5. Five top gaming investors explain how the pandemic is reshaping MMOs and social games

This month, when we asked 17 VCs how this era would impact consumer startups, gaming was one of the top verticals they named. We wanted to learn more about how the venture community thinks about the future of this sector, so we asked five experienced gaming investors about where they do — and don’t — see new opportunities within this trend. (Extra Crunch membership required.)

6. DJI’s mini Mavic Air gets an upgrade with improved camera and battery life

The original Mavic Air’s 21 minutes of life was among Brian Heater’s key frustrations with the product. The company says the new drone should be able to get up to 34 minutes on a charge.

7. Partech raises $100 million seed fund

The firm is looking for companies at the very early stage, from pre-seed to pre-Series A. Partech can invest as little as a few hundred thousands dollars and as much as several million dollars, depending on the stage of the startup.

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here.

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Daily Crunch: Facebook organizes a virtual graduation ceremony

Graduation goes virtual, more details emerge about the U.K.’s contact tracing app and Shopify launches a mobile commerce app.

Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 28, 2020.

1. Facebook will stream a virtual graduation ceremony featuring Oprah and Miley Cyrus

Here’s some consolation for the Class of 2020: a virtual graduation ceremony, which kicks off at 11AM PT/2PM ET on May 15 via the Facebook Watch App. Oprah Winfrey will be giving the commencement address, while Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X and Simone Biles will all be giving speeches. And Miley Cyrus is set to perform.

Other sites are holding similar events — and many schools are also planning their own, less star-studded events to celebrate graduations remotely.

2. UK’s coronavirus contact tracing app could ask users to share location data

More details have emerged about a coronavirus contact tracing app being developed by U.K. authorities. NHSX CEO Matthew Gould said today that future versions of the app could ask users to share location data to help authorities learn more about how the virus propagates.

3. Shopify launches Shop, a new mobile app

The app is actually an update and rebrand of Arrive, an app for tracking packages from Shopify merchants and other retailers — in addition to package tracking, Shop allows consumers to browse a feed of recommended products, learn more about each brand and make purchases using the one-click Shop Pay checkout process.

4. Okta hires ex-Symantec executive as new chief security officer

David Bradbury, a security veteran with more than two-decades of security experience and recently served as chief security officer at Symantec, takes over from Yassir Abousselham, who departed for Splunk in February.

5. Five top gaming investors explain how the pandemic is reshaping MMOs and social games

This month, when we asked 17 VCs how this era would impact consumer startups, gaming was one of the top verticals they named. We wanted to learn more about how the venture community thinks about the future of this sector, so we asked five experienced gaming investors about where they do — and don’t — see new opportunities within this trend. (Extra Crunch membership required.)

6. DJI’s mini Mavic Air gets an upgrade with improved camera and battery life

The original Mavic Air’s 21 minutes of life was among Brian Heater’s key frustrations with the product. The company says the new drone should be able to get up to 34 minutes on a charge.

7. Partech raises $100 million seed fund

The firm is looking for companies at the very early stage, from pre-seed to pre-Series A. Partech can invest as little as a few hundred thousands dollars and as much as several million dollars, depending on the stage of the startup.

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here.

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Daily Crunch: Facebook organizes a virtual graduation ceremony

Graduation goes virtual, more details emerge about the U.K.’s contact tracing app and Shopify launches a mobile commerce app.

Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 28, 2020.

1. Facebook will stream a virtual graduation ceremony featuring Oprah and Miley Cyrus

Here’s some consolation for the Class of 2020: a virtual graduation ceremony, which kicks off at 11AM PT/2PM ET on May 15 via the Facebook Watch App. Oprah Winfrey will be giving the commencement address, while Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X and Simone Biles will all be giving speeches. And Miley Cyrus is set to perform.

Other sites are holding similar events — and many schools are also planning their own, less star-studded events to celebrate graduations remotely.

2. UK’s coronavirus contact tracing app could ask users to share location data

More details have emerged about a coronavirus contact tracing app being developed by U.K. authorities. NHSX CEO Matthew Gould said today that future versions of the app could ask users to share location data to help authorities learn more about how the virus propagates.

3. Shopify launches Shop, a new mobile app

The app is actually an update and rebrand of Arrive, an app for tracking packages from Shopify merchants and other retailers — in addition to package tracking, Shop allows consumers to browse a feed of recommended products, learn more about each brand and make purchases using the one-click Shop Pay checkout process.

4. Okta hires ex-Symantec executive as new chief security officer

David Bradbury, a security veteran with more than two-decades of security experience and recently served as chief security officer at Symantec, takes over from Yassir Abousselham, who departed for Splunk in February.

5. Five top gaming investors explain how the pandemic is reshaping MMOs and social games

This month, when we asked 17 VCs how this era would impact consumer startups, gaming was one of the top verticals they named. We wanted to learn more about how the venture community thinks about the future of this sector, so we asked five experienced gaming investors about where they do — and don’t — see new opportunities within this trend. (Extra Crunch membership required.)

6. DJI’s mini Mavic Air gets an upgrade with improved camera and battery life

The original Mavic Air’s 21 minutes of life was among Brian Heater’s key frustrations with the product. The company says the new drone should be able to get up to 34 minutes on a charge.

7. Partech raises $100 million seed fund

The firm is looking for companies at the very early stage, from pre-seed to pre-Series A. Partech can invest as little as a few hundred thousands dollars and as much as several million dollars, depending on the stage of the startup.

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Annual Roundup of Video Games

First Annual mini review of games I played in 2019. As always, if you want more babble about a game, I will happily vomit words in your direction :D

Borderlands 2

Another co-op game that boything and I dabbled in but didn't get super far. Enjoyable enough to play, the FoV felt a little cramped, but amusing characters that get you through the content.

Division 2

Another fun story driven open world romp. The first game dealt with the immediate aftermath of the Dollar Flu rampaging through New York, and the 2nd game was several months after and people are trying to pull the pieces back together, except the government is in shambles and every faction within DC wants to be a big dog. Perfect for single player, even better in co-op. Lots of collectables and lore / world building, PvP, and a whole build system that uses different gun types, gadgets and upgrading all your boom sticks.

Elder Scrolls Online

Played this for 8 or so months before getting bored of it. Definitely had some great moments, very customisable with addons that bring massive QoL. Love how you can go to every zone and it's all scaled. You can quest as a level 5, and have a level 40 buddy with you and it's all relevant which was really good. But it brings a major drawback that the story's kind of all over the place. The zones have good stories to them, but it lacks that story progression that most other MMOs do. Housing was fun to play with, crafting system was interesting. If you like doing dungeons / instanced content every day then this is great for that, but was never super into that myself.Jumping is absolute awfulness and so clunky like holy cow. Still, was a pleasant way to pass 8 or so months.

Far Cry: New Dawn

I love the Far Cry universe, and a return to Hope County was pretty fun. Fairly short game, and really should have just been DLC to Far Cry 5, but I still had a lot of fun with it. Took my time with it, grinded out some armor sets by repeating some content. Was cool to see what happened to certain characters, including your character from the base game. General Far Cry shenanigans are good times with a co-op buddy

Final Fantasy 14

Tried this a few years back but couldn't get into it. Gave it another shot in December and it looks like this will be my home for the next while. Very very very very story heavy, most of which can be skipped but might as well sit back and enjoy it. Smell the flowers. Typical tank/healer/dps holy trinity, but the classes are all super fun of the ones I've tried so far. There's a free trial up to level 35 which I would recommend giving it a go. It plays at a much slower pace than say, Guild Wars 2, but honestly it's refreshing. Very pretty game, lots of fashion, lots of collectables (minis, mounts), so much to do.

Golf With Your Friends

Grab a few buddies, play stupid games of mini/crazy golf. Be sure to play it with voice comms. Has some great options to make the games more silly. Very fun.

GTA

Kind of winded down with this game for the most part, but popped in once in a blue moon for a ride around, check out new guns. Didn't really have the money for any new cars, but could take a peak. Had a tiny look at the Casino update, but not too much. Mostly because Twitch Prime gave me a casino penthouse for free!

Guild Wars 2

Has been my bread-and-butter game since it came out. Made a whole bunch more legendaries, got super into Norn stuff. Thoroughly enjoyed the stuff they did put out. Can’t wait for the next living world story at the end of January. But it’s on the back-burner now as FF14 has taken over.

Path of Exile

Not normally a game I'd go for, but hey it was free, we were bored. Kind of had to do a fair bit of research beforehand to find out what class to play and how to build it. This is all getting revamped in the upcoming sequel, and honestly the biggest drawback is you have this tiny, tiny, tiny inventory and absolutely no way to make it bigger, not even through the cash shop. You make frequent trips back to town, but thankfully it's easy to do so and go back to where you were. Made it through the current campaign/"story" at the time but didn't feel the need to play anymore.

Stardew Valley

Only really dabbled in this, but it's fun! Tried it a long time ago but couldn't get into it. Felt guilty as it was a present from a friend. Few friends recently been talking about it a lot so gave it another shot. Definitely got into it more this time around. One of those games where you can put in 20 minutes and can just as easily put in 12 hours without blinking. Now feel less guilty about friend-present and it's super enjoyable. Thanks @drazzi​ <3

Untitled Goose Game

Was following this since the first trailer came out, and while it was delayed near the end it was 100% worth the wait. The only game I got for my Switch this year and it was very enjoyable. Knew it would be a short game bt stretched it out over a few days, taking my time to explore and steal things like the asshole goose I was born to be. Still got more to do with it and plan on going back. Very enjoyable, highly recommend.

Witcher 3

Started this 2018, but but a fair bit of time into it early on in the year, though haveven't touched it since March. Still got a DLC of content left to do and a looooot of side quests. Enjoyable universe. Really really glad to see the TV show doing well.

Yooka - Laylee

Got this for free through Twitch Prime and didn't get very far with it, but it was fun to play. Basically Banjo-Kazooie version 2, but hey it works. Cute game.

I’ve probably missed some, and I’ve not included mobile games, but these are the ones that stick out. So wheee. Yay games.

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Fall 2017, CR roundup

Juuni Taisen, ep1 - Dropped. It’s just... the sort of self-involved abstract edgy thing I don’t enjoy. 

Sengoku Night Blood, ep1 - Dropped. An otome game about an ordinary girl being transported to a crazy (parallel reality?) version of the warring states period, which is fine, but a bit too Japanese for me. I’m just not a fan of sengoku “historical” stories. 

Taisho Mebiusline Chicchaisan, ep1 - Dropped. Another pseudo-historical piece. More importantly, the episodes are like 3 minutes long, which I feel no interest in. 

Dies irae, ep0 - Dropped. I’m too old for this weird German nonsense. Also, I’ve seen shows like this, and their plot is almost universally incomprehensible all the way through. I have better ways to waste my time (like long shounens obviously). Plus, starting with some off screen sex and then murder is not my thing, or the casual backhanding a female subordinate to show how edgy you are. The most notable thing was how old fashioned this show felt, especially in the shading.

Code: Realize, ep1 - Watching. Another otome game it looks like, this one with... Victor Frankenstein as dateable, I guess. I’ll keep at it for now, since it didn’t do anything to specifically annoy me. Also, I do kinda like the steampunk look. 

Blood Blockade Battlefront S2, ep1 - Queued. I’m probably not going to watch this weekly, I just wanted to make the queue skip S1. Anyway, as with S1, it’s stylish and has an interesting setting, but I’m still puzzled about why vampires. However, full points for the part where they lined up single file in preparation for their boss’s attack. That was classic. 

The Idolmaster Side M, ep0 - Queued. Also probably not going to watch weekly, but I did enjoy the original idolmaster anime, it was surprisingly pure but relatable, so I’ll keep this in the queue. 

Konohana Kitan, ep1 - Dropped. It’s a youkai thing, so it’s tempting to stay with it, but it’s actually a work show about a traditional inn? onsen? and it’s... not really my kind of thing. 

Recovery of an MMO Junkie (Netojuu no Susume), ep1 - Watching. ...Unrealistic. I want to quit my job and just play online games all day too!! But kind of amusing. 

Black Clover, ep1 - Queued. .........well, it’s a shounen, so I’ll leave it in the queue, but uh. uuuuuh, no. Aside from the yelling that everyone mentions, which is indeed annoying, it’s hard to explain all the ways in which this kinda turned me off. 

That’s all the new season CR shows. I might go look for some stuff that’s not on CR later, since I dropped almost everything legally obtainable lol

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