Samsung Showcases Modular 146-Inch TV Called The Wall
Samsung has debuted a 146-inch TV at CES that the company calls The Wall, which also sports modular MicroLED technology.
That means the size of the TV can actually change to fit your room better by removing or adding pieces. Samsung says the adaptability is possible through MicroLED, which are smaller than LEDs and self-sufficient as a light source.
Samsung showed off The Wall at CES, a 146-inch TV that's modular with MicroLED technology.
Cool Concept Cars From Kia, Nissan, Mercedes, and Toyota
There's so much technology in today's automobiles that they're more like computers with wheels than anything else. The amount of computational power inside modern automobiles is staggering and orders of magnitude greater than just 10 years ago.
Since this is CES and not the Detroit Auto Show, the cars on display are packed with even more technology than you'd expect. We checked out some of the coolest concept cars at CES, from Kia, Mercedes, Nissan and Toyota, and Toyota had one of the coolest showings in an already cool field.
Check out our huge gallery of concept car images from CES 2018.
Seth Macy has an old Toyota truck with 155,000 miles on it. Follow him on Twitter @sethmacy.
AJ Styles is Interested in Working with Finn’s “Balor Club”
In less than three weeks, WWE Champion AJ Styles will head into the Royal Rumble PPV - on January 28th in Philadelphia - to defend his title in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.
In anticipation of the event, Boom! Studios has released its WWE Royal Rumble Special 2018, featuring a story co-written by Styles, with Headlocked Comics' Michael Kingston, spotlighting The Phenomenal One's surprise WWE debut, two years back, at the Royal Rumble.
I spoke to Styles about writing his first-ever comic book story and, more specifically, his thoughts on Finn Balor's official "Balor Club" reunion with Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows on RAW. A big part of Styles' story in the Royal Rumble Special involves him contacting Anderson and Gallows for his famous targeted run at John Cena. "It is what it is, I guess, as far as the way things are supposed to happen," Styles shared. "Even though I had my own reunion with them shortly after I arrived, and its in the story, I'm not even with those guys right now. They're on RAW and I'm on SmackDown and I'm kind of doing my own thing by myself. But those three guys being together is something special because, truth be told, those were the three guys who were originally together."
Yume Nikki Mysteriously Arrives on Steam
Cult classic horror game Yume Nikki unexpectedly appeared as a free download on Steam today, alongside a two-week countdown timer teasing “the next Yume Nikki project.” For years, the unofficial English translation had mostly been available as a downloadable .exe on various fansites, with a browser version launching in July 2016, making its sudden arrival on Steam quite an exciting moment for fans of the little-known Japanese horror game.
The new Steam version lists its publisher as AGM Playism, a Japan-based distributor focused on localizing and publishing indie games from around the world. IGN has reached out to Playism for comment regarding Yume Nikki’s arrival on Steam.
Forgotton Anne Lets You Play Anime in a New Way
Forgotton Anne’s hand-drawn backgrounds and animations are beautiful. There’s no disputing that. And it’s easy to see the inspiration behind the style: anime greats like Sprited Away’s Studio Ghibli, and Tokyo Godfathers' Satoshi Kon.
Forgotton Anne’s art director, Anders Bierbelg Hald, told PC Gamer, "Ever since I started working as a digital background painter, I have been looking at the backgrounds of Studio Ghibli and Studio 4C, so a lot of my artistic education was through looking at how they solved visual challenges and then adapting that to a digital medium, and most of the time, a western environment.”
Is the Phoenix Really Resurrecting These X-Men?
In the first two issues of Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey by writer Matthew Rosenberg and artists Leinil Francis Yu and Carlos Pacheco, it looked like just about every dead X-Men character would be returning along with Jean Grey. Now with the release of Issue #3, drawn by Joe Bennett, we have a better idea of what’s going on.
Warning: full spoilers ahead!
Art by Leinil Francis Yu. (Marvel Comics)
Robots Are Everywhere and It’s the Best Part of CES
It's strange how everyone just assumes a robot uprising will be bad for humanity. What if it turns out it's great? Robots don't have to be evil, perhaps they want to overthrow their human masters so we can be free?
Robots and humans, living side by side, teaching each other, but also learning. That's the future we should be expecting. That's a glass-half full scenario. Too often we assume things will be like Terminator, with metallic endoskeletons crushing our bones beneath their chrome-plated heels.
The field of robotics is getting better every day, and there are so many applications for educational, medical, industrial, and more, it seems extremely unlikely we'll be living in anything short of a robot utopia. But that could all change if someone introduces Warbot, the robot that wages war. Only time will tell.
PUBG Loot Crate Drop Rates Revealed
The drop rates for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds loot crate boxes have been revealed.
As detailed on a Steam Community blog post, the new paid Desperado and the free Biker boxes have a 40% drop rate, which is far better than the 10% drop rate for the previous Wanderer and Survivor boxes.
The developer also unveiled the drop rates for each Desperado and Biker item. Below are the drop rates for some of the rarest items, with the full list available here.
The Sci-Fi Writer You Didn’t Know Wrote Everything
Philip K. Dick is easily one of the most influential science fiction writers ever to put pen to paper. Dick's high-concept stories and distinctive voice profoundly shaped the genre in the 20th Century and earned him a legion of hardcore fans the world over. Even if you're not much of a reader, you've probably experienced some of Dick's work in cinematic form. His stories have inspired a lot of great (and some not so great) sci-fi movies and TV series over the years -- from Blade Runner to Total Recall to The Man in the High Castle and beyond.
And now a new anthology series based on the author's work is debuting on Amazon in the U.S. (it's already available internationally). So what better time to celebrate the many Philip K. Dick adaptations that have come before? Click through the slideshow below for the many Hollywood projects that drew from his stories.
Black Panther Beats Fandango MCU Preorder Sales Record
Black Panther has a set new Fandango record as the top-selling MCU film in the first 24 hours of ticket presales.
Fandango managing editor Erik Davis revealed on Twitter Black Panther sold more advance tickets in one day than the previous record holder, Captain America: Civil War. Though presales have been great, it remains to be seen if Black Panther will repeat Civil War's $179 million opening. The third Captain America film went on to gross over $1.2 billion worldwide.