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The wacky weapons in Ratchet and Clank are some of the best reasons to play the action-adventure games. One fan understands this, and has brought the plucky duo to PC by way of a Doom 2 mod. Ratchet and Clank: Hot and Bothered is a mod for Doom 2, Final Doom, and FreeDoom, implemented using GZDoom, that adds a load of weapons, sounds, and monsters to make the FPS game feel more like Insomniac’s platform game. If you aren’t familiar, Ratchet and Clank is a long-running Sony series, starting back on the PlayStation 2, about a rodent action hero, Ratchet, and his robot sidekick, Clank. They travel from planet to planet, completing quests and trying to defeat evil, using an array of weapons like the Groovitron, Sheepinator, or trusty Omniwrench. Here, modder That_Blind_Guy has included the likes of the Blitz Gun, Infector, and Mini-Turret Launcher, each capable of its own brand of chaos if you use it right. Ammo is well laid out, to make sure you’re staying in good supply, and sound effects include both Ratchet and Clank cheering about acquiring a new tool of destruction. You can upgrade the weapons, just like in Ratchet and Clank, up to V5, and your health up to 400. In a post on ModDB, That_Blind_Guy says development on the gameplay is finished, and he’s now moving onto making more maps. Here’s an extended demo from That_Blind_Guy, and his preferred settings:

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Could the direction of filmmaking be about to change? According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, Sony has announced a pair of new Crystal LED modular direct view displays that could make virtual movie production – of the kind used to create the digital sets in The Mandalorian – a far more widespread method of filmmaking. The displays, developed in collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment, comprise several modular panels that use MicroLEDs to produce enormous digital images, allowing actors to exist in virtual movie worlds without the need for traditional green screens. The technology – also used in George Clooney’s Midnight Sky – means directors can control set surroundings without moving between locations or constructing expensive building projects, which typically eat into large portions of a movie’s production budget. When is The Mandalorian set in the Star Wars timeline? Every Sony Bravia and Master Series TV you need to know about New The Mandalorian spin-off confirmed by latest episode Sony announced that its B-series displays are geared towards professional applications – including virtual set production – given their anti-reflective coating and high degree of brightness. And boy, are they bright. Sony says the displays can operate at an average of 1,800 nits, which is in the upper range of brightness even for Samsung's ultra-bright QLED displays. For comparison, even Apple’s Pro Display XDR (referring to its “extended dynamic range”) reaches a peak of 1,600 nits. The point being, Sony’s new displays will allow greater visual fidelity to actors and filmmakers tasked with creating authentic, convincing worlds. It’s the reason why The Mandalorian sets seem so real – the actors are able to deliver their lines while the sands of Tatooine whirl around them, rather than working alongside giant green panels. More immersive movies Of course, the technology isn’t just a benefit to filmmakers, but audiences, too. If actors are convinced of their own existence in these virtual worlds, then so will viewers. Displays like these allow for more natural light emission, doing away with the false lighting required from traditional filmmaking methods. Reflections, too, are more realistic. Typically, post-production teams are forced to spend hours editing out pesky reflections caused by green screens, inserting false effects to create the illusion of natural light. With Sony’s virtual displays, reflections seen in movies will actually be those caused by the light of the actors’ surroundings, creating a more authentic, immersive visual experience. In 2020, Insider released a useful video explaining why the Disney show decided to opt for virtual sets over green screen, which sheds light on the benefits filmmakers and audiences can expect from more widespread use of this technology.

In a surprising move with little fanfare, Intel announced that it is discontinuing all of its Optane-only SSDs for the consumer market. Surprisingly, the company says those drives aren't going to see Optane-only replacements, apparently marking the end of its enthusiast-geared Optane SSDs for desktop PCs. Intel discontinued the Optane Memory M10, 800P, 900P, and 905P SSDs, representing the entirety of its Optane-only family for desktop PCs. Intel's 900P and 905P discontinuation notice states: "Intel will not provide a new large capacity Optane Memory SSD as a transition product for the client market segment. Intel will focus on the new Optane Memory H20 with Solid State Storage for the client market segment." The discontinuation notices for the M10 and 800P series also point Intel's customers to the Optane Memory H20 drives. The H20 drives come with Optane memory paired with QLC flash on the same device. These caching drives aren't nearly as fast as Optane-only drives (they aren't even in the same league) and are designed primarily for laptops and the OEM market. Intel's discontinuation period is incredibly brief, too, with all discontinued drives no longer offered as of the publication date of the notices, or a few days prior as we see with the 800P series: The last orders will ship on February 26, 2021, for all models. All of Intel's discontinued consumer drives come with the first-gen Optane Memory (3D XPoint), but the company recently unveiled its new Optane SSD P5800X for servers. This new drive brings second-gen Optane to market for the first time, signaling that Intel remains committed to using the exotic memory for the enterprise market. For now, it doesn't appear that the second-gen Optane will come to the desktop PC. The list of discontinued drives spans all form factors and families for the desktop PC. Here's a list of the discontinued drives: Optane Memory 900P and 905P - AIC - 280GB, 480GB, 960GB and 1.5TB Optane Memory 900P and 905P - U.2 - 280GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1.5TB Optane Memory 905P - M.2 - 380GB Optane Memory M10 - M.2 - 16GB, 32GB, 64GB Optane Memory 800P - M.2 - 58GB, 118GB Intel is at the beginning of a multi-year journey to sell its NAND business to SK hynix, but it will retain its Optane memory business and IP. That isn't surprising given that the exotic underlying 3D XPoint technology is jointly-designed by Intel and Micron and not available to other memory producers, giving Intel a differentiated product for the high-margin enterprise market. Apparently, Intel's decision to reduce its exposure to the NAND storage market comes along with a new focus on the enterprise market for the Optane brand. Intel's Optane products for the data center also include its persistent memory DIMMs that can function as an adjunct to main memory - a capability that only Intel offers. Intel's Optane Memory drives for the consumer market are hands-down the fastest SSDs on the planet, laying waste to competing NAND-based SSDs in nearly every conceivable metric - except cost and capacity. As we often see, 'cheap and good enough' tends to win in the market, and the pricing and capacity advantages of garden-variety TLC SSDs, paired with the good-enough performance for most consumers, relegated Intel's Optane drives to a niche category for either the most hardcore enthusiasts or the workstation market. Given the demise of the consumer-focused Optane drives, it appears that Intel will rely upon its enterprise-class Optane drives to address all professional segments, including the workstation market. Intel currently doesn't manufacture Optane memory in high volumes – it simply purchases the underlying 3D XPoint memory from Micron. As of yet, Micron doesn't have any 3D XPoint SSDs or DIMMs on the market. There is an outside chance that Intel has future Optane SSDs in development for the consumer market and isn't ready to release them yet, but that would make the discontinuation an odd maneuver. Intel traditionally doesn't discontinue products until its new models are already shipping. We've followed up with Intel for more detail and will update as necessary.

You may think that Cadillac has all of its hands on deck for electrification, considering the recent teasing of the Celestiq, its new all-electric flagship sedan. But the automaker has actually more things up its sleeve that enthusiasts would rave about. Just last week, we reported that Caddy is limiting the preorders of the upcoming CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing to just 250 units each. The early adopters of the top-spec performance sedans aren't only getting bragging rights, according to a report by GM Authority. Gallery: 2021 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Spy Shots As the publication discovered, all 500 buyers of the Blackwing models will receive three exclusive freebies that subsequent buyers won't get. First of which was the inclusion of one of the first serial numbers and a certificate of authenticity to back it up. Years down the line, these could increase the value of the Blackwing models. Apart from the certificate and the serial numbered car, early buyers will also be enrolled in the Cadillac V-Performance Academy at the Spring Mountain Resort in Nevada. Of note, the Spring Mountain Resort has a six-mile track in various configurations. Training on this course will of course elevate the owners' skills and overall experiences. Last but definitely not the least, Cadillac is giving each of the 500 buyers a "gift," according to GM Authority. Information is scarce as to what that gift's going to be, but remember that GM's keen on thanking its patrons with cool gifts like the Corvette scale models of C8 buyers. These mentioned freebies aren't confirmed as of this writing, so don't get too excited just yet. We'll know the truth pretty soon as the 2022 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing models are set for debut on February 1, 2021 at 7:00 pm EDT in a livestream event.

As part of the sunsetting process for the Halo series this year, Bungie has announced that the stats it has archived from four of the Halo games will be deleted next month. Players have until February 9 to download their data before it all gets wiped. Bungie made the announcement in the latest This Week at Bungie, revealing that the nine-year-old dump of player history is due for deletion. In 2013, in the run-up to Destiny coming out in 2014, Bungie migrated all its news, groups, and forums to a revamped website. Everything for the Halo community stayed on a dedicated server, preserved as the developer and the iconic FPS games went in separate directions. Unfortunately, the time has come for anyone who wants these digital remnants to take them, and the rest to enter the proverbial trash heap. If you have anything saved on an old Bungie profile for Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo: Reach, you have until February 9 to retrieve it by whatever means. After that date, the URL will be permanently taken offline. The Internet Archive did grab everything for preservation purposes in 2015, but these are raw databases saved in clumps. If that hot Halo win streak you had going back in 2009 is in there, you’ll have to download each package and sift through for your username. This is all part of Bungie formally waving its time on Halo off into the sunset this year – online services for many of the games on Xbox 360 are being cut off come December.

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Flywallet is an Italian fintech startup, which has unveiled Keyble at CES this week. It’s a wearable device that incorporates biometric authentication capabilities allowing users to make contactless payments and use digital services. Keyble has been developed so that it can be integrated into fashion accessories, which enables it to be incorporated into watch and wearable straps along with style accoutrements such as bracelets and bangles. The innovation also features biosensing technology so users can keep track of, and securely share data about their vital signs. Flywallet says it hopes to make vital sign monitoring and the cardiac arrhythmias functionality medical grade by the end of 2021. Best wearables of CES 2021: Fossil, Amazfit, Honor and more Best mobile payment apps in 2021: for contactless payments Best smartwatch 2021: the top wearables you can buy today With its built-in fingerprint authentication Keyble can be used to make payments in stores or login to online services but it’ll also be useful for a multitude of other uses where keys or cards might be otherwise needed. Flywallet reckons Keyble will be perfect for accessing homes, gyms and even for unlocking car doors. Flywallet Single ecosystem Tickets for public transport, loyalty cards and all manner of other day-to-day payment and transaction tasks are seen as being additional possibilities for Keyble. This is the first hardware product to come from the Flywallet stable. The company spent its formative years developing a single ecosystem that relies on biometrics and IoT technologies. Flywallet makes a point of underlining its sustainable approach towards product development too. The case of the Keyble has been produced using a combination of aluminium and plastic composites. Adding extra green appeal is the way that straps are made from apple skin and recycled microfiber, with fabric coated in recycled marble powder. The archetypal Italian startup is therefore keeping a keen eye on Keyble’s appeal for the fashion marketplace, where there could be additional potential lying in wait.

Although we're unable to attend this year's Tokyo Auto Salon in person (sad face emoji), brands like Honda are still releasing vehicles virtually. Last week we saw two cute little concept cars from the company: an N-One mobile cafe and an off-road–ready Fit hatchback. Today we get our first official look at another N-One concept that Honda prepped for Tokyo. This is the Honda N-One K-Climb concept, and as its name suggests, this pint-sized van was explicitly built for hill climb events. Based on the sporty N-One RS, the K-Climb concept produces a mighty 63 horsepower (48 kilowatts) and just 77 pound-feet (104 newton-meters) via a 0.6-liter engine, paired to a six-speed manual transmission. While the engine hasn't changed, hopped-up underpinnings make the K-Climb concept even more agile. Honda extended the wheelbase of the N-One slightly and fitted bigger, stickier tires. And to accommodate that extra width, a set of carbon fiber fender flares adorn each wheel. There's also a carbon fiber hood, as well as a carbon fiber front bumper, grille, and rear splitter – all in an effort to reduce weight. Honda hasn't said how much the K-Climb concept weighs, but the base RS model already tips the scales at featherlight 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms). The K-Climb pictured here is just the prototype, sporting a yellow exterior with carbon fiber accents, and a few performance-oriented stickers. But Honda says this isn't the vehicle's final look. The company encourages you to vote on three potential liveries on its website: blue with a gold stripe and numbering, white with sharp yellow accents and a black roof, or a multicolored pink and green look that we're most fond of. One of those looks will debut at a later date. It's unclear if the N-One K-Climb is just a concept, or if Honda will actually offer a limited run of these awesome little vans in Japan. All the company says currently is that they will keep us "informed of the development process."

Asus had an interesting CES presentation this year, unveiling its series of new ROG gaming laptops packing Nvidia’s latest mobile RTX 30 series graphics cards, mechanical keyboards, and even a built-in second screen. Of course, that means its previous generation gaming laptops are already seeing big drops in price, but they still pack a big enough punch to be considered desktop replacements. The 15.6-inch Asus ROG Zephyrus S15 pairs an Nvidia RTX 2080 Super Max-Q graphics card with an Intel Core i7 10875H processor, between 16GB and 32GB of DDR4 RAM, and a chonky 1TB NVMe SSD for storage, making sure frame rates run high and loading times are fast for years to come. Better yet, its screen boasts a 300Hz refresh rate and colourful IPS panel, perfect for FPS games and open-world games alike. Currently, the ROG Zephyrus S15 is $600 (20%) cheaper on Amazon US, reducing the price to $2,400 from $3,000. Across the pond, you’ll see a £967 (32%) drop in price, letting you snag the gaming powerhouse for £2,033 – but stock is far more limited with just ten left at the time of writing. High-end Asus ROG laptops use a liquid metal thermal compound to cool the CPU and something that the company dubs its ‘Active Aerodynamic System’ – which is basically a fancy way of saying it raises the base when opened to intake more air. We don’t need to tell you that better thermals mean better performance. The ROG Zephyrus S15 even has Thunderbolt 3, HDMI, and Ethernet support, which are becoming increasingly rare for gaming laptops as they strive to get thinner and thinner. VIEW DEAL

The Fallout modding community is buzzing today thanks to the release of Fallout – The Frontier, a gigantic mod project for Fallout: New Vegas that adds a full new game’s worth of content to Obsidian’s iconic RPG game. Fallout – The Frontier moves the action to the snowy streets of Portland, Oregon. However, many of the players remain the same: You’re a Courier, and you find yourself in the midst of a conflict between the New California Republic and the brutal Caesar’s Legion factions, and its three main questlines will take you beneath Portland’s streets to discover the city’s pre-war secrets. This is a truly astonishing mod – not only does it add a new map that’s roughly the size of New Vegas’ Mojave, it also adds drivable vehicles, loads of new armours and more than 150 new weapons, and a thoughtfully written, mature storyline that doesn’t shy away from showing players the horrific ravages of nuclear war. It’s set before the events of the Battle of Hoover Dam, so that places it within the overarching Fallout timeline, but apart from the familiar factions, The Frontier is a wholly new Fallout story to explore and experience. The creators say The Frontier is “without a doubt” the biggest mod ever released for Fallout: New Vegas (or any Fallout game, for that matter), and while we can’t independently verify that, there’s plenty in the mod to support the claim. Here’s the trailer: Head over to Nexus Mods to download Fallout – The Frontier. You’ll also need the 4GB Patcher, the New Vegas Script Extender, the JIP LN NVSE Plugin, and the User Interface Organizer mod. The developers of The Frontier also recommend using New Vegas Anti-Crash and the Mod Configuration Menu.