Month: December 2024

PlayStation is reportedly going to reveal its Xbox Game Pass competitor as soon as next week. It is currently codenamed “Spartacus.” [Update: Sure enough, the new service has been revealed as a new version of PS Plus.]

According to a new report from Bloomberg, the subscription service will combine PlayStation Now and PlayStation Plus. Additionally, there will be multiple tiers within the service that have a variety of modern PlayStation games and older classic ones Come from Sports betting site VPbet . The most expensive tier will reportedly offer extended demos and game streaming over the internet.

The report also notes that Spartacus won’t match what’s arguably the most enticing feature of Xbox Game Pass. Whereas the latter offers its first-party releases on launch days, such as Halo Infinite and the upcoming Starfield, PlayStation’s service is not expected to do the same thing with its own first-party launch titles like the upcoming God of War Ragnarok.

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Spider-Man 2 is full of side quests, but none of them are harder to find and finish than the Spider-Bots. That’s because they’re scattered throughout the city and don’t appear on your mini-map unless you unlock the All Seeing upgrade or successfully spot their pulse. They’re so small and so numerous that they can stump you well after the credits if you’re not looking intently. Alternatively, you could use our guide here and find them all easily.

Spider-Man 2 – all 42 Spider-Bots

Each Spider-Bot is decorated like a different version of Spider-Man. In a way, it’s like these little robots have their very own Spider-Man 2 suits, enhanced by the commentary Peter or Miles adds when each one is found. Though you won’t unlock any suits for finding all Spider-Bots, you will unlock a short side mission that Spider-Fans won’t want to miss–trust us. It’s pretty neat and, let’s say, timely.

We won’t say anything more than that though. Instead, we’ll just point you to all 42 Spider-Bot map locations across the two images below. We’ve numbered them only so you can easily follow along with which ones …

In the United Kingdom and prominent land-based and online sportsbook operator Entain has announced the launch of its Mind Your Game initiative to further strengthen its commitment to player protection.

The London-listed firm used an official Thursday press release to detail that the new scheme is to be run in partnership with the Game Quitters gaming disorders support community and will work towards educating and supporting aficionados of interactive entertainment on the potential dangers of developing a gambling addiction.

Operator obligation:

Previously known as GVC Holdings until undergoing a late-2020 name change, Entain is one of the biggest iGaming firms on the planet courtesy of a slew of domains that include Betboo.com, Bwin.com, CrystalBet.com and Sportingbet.com. The Isle of Man-based firm is moreover responsible for the Coral and Ladbrokes-branded chains of retail sportsbetting shops and last year agreed to donate some £100 million ($139 million) before the end of 2025 through its non-profit Entain Foundation in support of a range of responsible gambling educational and support projects.

Prominent partnerships:

Entain disclosed that the …

Greentube, the digital gaming and entertainment division of NOVOMATIC, has acquired the majority of shares in Alteatec, the market-leading iGaming management system supplier and platform provider.

Strengthening the infrastructure:

Following the terms of the agreement, Greentube Austria will take over a major stake in the Malta-based IT company to strengthen its B2B infrastructure and use Alteatec’s leading iGaming technology Olympus One to bolster its management system and platform offerings. Olympus One is a state-of-the-art system that offers Bonus Engines, Duel Tournaments, and other gamification tools, but also realizes a new concept of connecting the online world with land-based casinos and player lounges through the new Landbased Connection and Partner modules.

Thomas Graf, CEO at Greentube, said: “I am delighted to start 2023 in such momentous fashion. Alteatec is a market leader in iGaming technology and being able to utilize its talented and experienced team is going to be game-changing for Greentube going forward.”

Comprehensive solutions available:

Greentube will also use the provider’s award-winning content portfolio…

In Massachusetts and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) has reportedly lost its appeal against an earlier ruling that is preventing it from unilaterally bringing a Class II electronic bingo hall to land it owns on the island of Martha’s Vineyard.

According to a Thursday report from The Martha’s Vineyard Times newspaper, the federally-recognized tribe has long been hoping to open its envisioned Aquinnah Cliffs gaming venue on a 17-acre parcel of land situated near the tiny town of Aquinnah. However, this plan has purportedly attracted a number of legal actions from opponents who contend that the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) does not have the right to debut such a facility without first gaining local approvals.

Lengthy legacy:

At issue is reportedly a settlement the tribe inked with area officials in 1983 that gave it an around 400-acre plot in exchange for an assurance that it would submit to local and state zoning laws and agree to forfeit any other land or water claims. This was followed some four years later by the federal government’s endorsement of the Massachusetts Settlement Act, which made the newly-established reservation of the …

Alienware and Dell announced that it is revamping their entire gaming laptop line this week at CES 2023. From super-thin to hulking workstations, Alienware and Dell are hoping their newly designed laptops will catch your eye, regardless of budget. 

The M series laptops are the Alienware flagship laptops that come in 16-inch and 18-inch models. That’s right, a massive 18-inch QHD+ (2560 x 1600) panel is available in 165Hz or FHD+ (1920 x 1200) with 480Hz in a 16:10 aspect ratio giving you more on a screen than the typical 16:9.

The powerful m18 desktop replacement not only has a larger screen, but it’s got plenty going on the hood. It’ll be available with Intel’s latest 13th Gen Core i9-13980HX processor and ‘next-gen’ Nvidia RTX Laptop GPUs, presumably something from the RTX 40-series family. 

AMD fans will be happy to know there will be specs of the m18 available for purchase with AMD’s newest yet-announcedRyzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs. Alienware says its M series it’s improved cooling will increase thermal capacity by 35% and increase airflow by 25%.

The high-end configurations of the Alienware m18 will launch “this winter,” according to…

There was an earlier time on the internet where it felt like there was a constant stream of little tchotchkes and gadgets to stumble upon and develop intense fixations over. I’m not sure what changed—learning firsthand how tight disposable income is probably had a part—but online trinkets don’t hit like they used to. Now, the only trinkets I see are what surfaces from the homogeneous soup of nerdy Etsy products and this one ad that inflicted me with the knowledge that there’s a niche market of dudes who want to buy beard straighteners. But today was different. Today, I found the Pixel Window.

The Pixel Window is an in-development project from monoli, a Japanese material designer and art student-turned-engineering Ph.D. who blends those backgrounds to, as a Google translation of monoli’s webshop puts it, create “a small laboratory you can wear.” Monoli’s made a series of wearable and handheld prisms, including color-diffracting cubes and the Pixel Mirror, which produces an inverted pixel image of what’s behind it.

Following in the Pixel Mirror’s footsteps, monoli has been teasing a successor since February, finally revealing the Pixel Windo…

Yesterday I built a new gaming PC inside a compact chassis and using one of Asus’ latest tiny motherboards, the ROG Strix X870-I Gaming WiFi. To my surprise, this cutesy PC booted first time. To my even greater surprise, the BIOS erupted onto my screen with a gloriously crisp finish.

“Wow”, I thought to myself as I glared at the sharp edges that replace the fuzzy 768p interface of decades gone, “they finally did it.”

I then set about hurriedly finding out when this change happened. Turns out, Asus announced it back in August, alongside a few other key changes to the BIOS page.

The change rolled out with X870 and X870E chipset motherboards for AMD’s Ryzen 9000-series.

“We’re bumping up the resolution of our BIOS interface to 1920×1080. With this change, you’ll be able to see more content at a glance, making it easier to survey the available settings and find the ones that you need,” Asus says.

It’s not just a visual change, either. A higher resolution means more room for settings on a single page, which means less scrolling and navigating through menus. It also means my mouse doesn’t behave quite as erratically within the BIOS, as high …