The Division Teasing Some Sort of Reveal for Tomorrow
Ubisoft is teasing a reveal involving The Division coming tomorrow.
The company has released a PDF full of mysterious scribblings that lead you to the answer "Move off Manhattan Island now". Once that's stuck into the URL at the top of the page, you hit another PDF with further doodles.
What stands out, however, is the banner at the bottom that trumpets more information will be coming tomorrow, on August 27.
Moshi Monsters Offers ‘Direct Exhortations’ Says ASA
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that children’s game Moshi Monsters has breached its codes by offering “direct exhortations” to purchase membership subscriptions.
Two of the many phrases being scrutinised at by the ASA are used on the Moshi Monsters membership sign up page: "The Super Moshis need YOU" and "Members are going to be super popular."
Says the ASA, “
we considered that these
put pressure on young players to purchase the subscription that would allow them to take part in this aspect of the game. In light of these elements, we concluded that the game, including the membership page, presented children with direct exhortations to purchase membership subscriptions.”
Microsoft Limiting Access to Xbox One Preview Program
Microsoft has announced it's to start limiting how many people can join the Xbox One Preview program in the future.
A post on the company's forums reveals a surge in the number of applications means it's not able to handle a tremendous number of new participants.
“Due to a tremendous response from our fans, the Xbox Preview program has reached a near-capacity level,” it reads. "With that in mind, we are slowing the number of new people we are accepting to optimize for testing. We are thankful for the amount of interest we’ve received to date and look forward to sharing more details on preview opportunities soon.”
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed
Ubisoft has revealed the pre-order bonus for Assassin's Creed: Syndicate is a couple of missions featuring historical figures Darwin and Dickens.
The two Charles (Charleses?) have managed to get involved in a conspiracy and, judging by the trailer below, it seems like it's going to take a fair bit of work for you to sort everything out. It's not currently known if the pair will be making any appearances in the game outside of these missions.
Anyone who doesn't fancy pre-ordering the game - more than understandable considering the state Assassin's Creed Unity launched in - will be able to pick the missions up via a post-launch DLC bundle.
Behold what awaits you:
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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Has an S Pen Design Flaw
Inserting the S Pen the wrong way round into a Galaxy Note 5 can cause damage to the phone or the stylus.
Tech site Android Police first reported the problem. The Note 5 puts up the same amount of resistance whether you put the S Pen into the slot the correct way round or upside down. If you do put it in upside down it can get stuck, and forcibly removing it can cause serious damage to the pen detection mechanism.
Samsung reportedly knows about this, and has advised users to closely follow the instruction manual. The pointed end of the S Pen must be inserted first to ensure it doesn't get stuck. The company has not yet made any statement about whether something will be done about the issue on a hardware level.
Watch Sony’s Fast Prototype Drone in Action
Sony publically tested a prototype of its speedy airplane-looking drone that the company plans on putting to use serving business customers.
Looking like a chubby concorde, the VTOL takes off and lands vertically like a Harrier Jump Jet. It’s capable of flying for more than two hours with a top speed of 106 mph (170 kph) and can carry a load of up to 22 pounds (10 kg).
Sony’s joint-venture drone company called Aerosense is developing the device as part of Sony’s strategy to expand into enterprise markets.
Aerosense will cater to business by offering automatically piloted services such as inspecting infrastructure and surveying land.
Minecraft: Story Mode Beta Will Be Playable at PAX
The beta for Telltale Games' Minecraft: Story Mode will be playable for the first time at this year's PAX Prime.
As per Telltale's official blog, this will be the first time anybody's played the narrative-driven riff on Mojang's popular game outside of the company. It will also be the first time Telltale's shown off Minecraft: Story Mode outside of the teaser trailer shown off at Minecon.
Minecraft: Story Mode will be released across five episodes. Here's the official description from Telltale on its story and its (impressive) cast list:
NASA Gets a Closer Look at Ceres’ Four-Mile Tall ‘Pyramid’
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the closest-yet views of Ceres, detailing its odd, conical mountain and crater formations.
"Dawn is performing flawlessly in this new orbit as it conducts its ambitious exploration. The spacecraft's view is now three times as sharp as in its previous mapping orbit, revealing exciting new details of this intriguing dwarf planet," Dawn's chief engineer and mission director Marc Rayman said in a statement.
Ceres’ “pyramid” has the same has the same elevation as Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America.
Podcast: The Digigods take a look at Banksy’s latest release
From their secluded home-theater compound, film critics Wade Major and Mark Keizer mix insightful commentary with irreverent banter, covering the latest DVD and Blu-ray news and new releases of the week, including studio, independent, television and special-interest titles.
Digigods Podcast, 08/25/15 (MP3) -- 31.1 MB
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