At least, that’s what Windows Central’s Jez Corden has said to have heard recently. In the latest Xbox Two Podcast from Rand al Thor and Jez Corden, the duo talked about Microsoft’s The Initiative, and Corden said that someone recently reached out to him about the studio’s upcoming Perfect Dark reboot. “Right now, the Initiative is there, and it’s because we’ve seen nothing from them, we’ve only seen, we’ve only heard about studios leaving and stuff like that, and funnily enough when I made this list, someone actually reached out to me and said that Perfect Dark is actually coming along really well....

Today, amidst their RTX and DLSS update post for December, NVIDIA confirmed that, indeed, The Witcher 3 Next-Gen features ray-traced reflections. RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) adds more immersive and realistic outdoor ray-traced lighting Ray-traced ambient occlusion improves shading around objects occluding light Ray-traced shadows improve the fidelity, clarity, and visibility of shadows Ray-traced reflections increase the accuracy and quality of reflections on bodies of water and other suitably reflective surfaces...

On Nexus Mods, user Instanity uploaded an unofficial NVIDIA DLSS update for the game, bringing upscaling technology to the latest version, version 2.5.0. This new version reduces ghosting and improves both visuals and performance slightly. Even though the DLSS 2.5.0 update brings some improvements, it still doesn’t allow systems outside the high-end level to run The Witcher 3 with decent performance with ray tracing features on, as my machine (i7-10700 CPU, RTX 3070 GPU) can only run the game at around 30 FPS with ray tracing global illumination on, 4K resolution and DLSS set to Performance....

While it will be a while until we can finally see more of the next entry in the series, some talented developers have taken it upon themselves to imagine how the game will look. TeaserPlay, who has been releasing plenty of Unreal Engine 5 concept trailers, recently released a new video that imagines how the next entry in The Witcher series will look. Character models aren’t the best, but the recreation of locations from the third entry in the series looks stunning, making us anticipate the game even more....

Given the funding dynamics around Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover gambit, it is hardly a surprise that a number of hedge funds are trying to exploit this deal arbitrage opportunity by shorting Tesla shares and going long on Twitter, especially as Twitter shares are currently 8 percent below the offer price of $54.20 per share. However, Tesla can feasibly shred such hedge funds’ arbitrage playbook by announcing a share buyback program....

The schedule, which can be found below, confirms that Microsoft and Bandai Namco Entertainment streams will air on September 15th. The following day, there will be streams from Koei Tecmo, SEGA/Atlus, Konami, and Square Enix. Microsoft hosted livestreams during TGS in the past few years focusing on the Japanese market, so no major announcement is expected. Bandai Namco Entertainment has a few titles launching in the near future, like One Piece Odyssey, so it is expected we will see more of them....

Digital World Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DWAC), a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) that is slated to take the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) public via a reverse merger, is currently an island of green in a sea of red growth-focused tickers. As a refresher, the merger deal will furnish TMTG with $293 million in cash proceeds. Moreover, Digital World Acquisition has also raised nearly $1 billion in PIPE investments, thereby elevating TMTG’s proposed valuation from $875 million to around $4 billion....

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has decided to cancel the discounts that it had offered its customers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Reports from the Taiwanese press suggest that TSMC is planning a price hike across all of its chip manufacturing technologies and that the decision reflects growth in costs that companies all over the globe and in all industries have struggled with in the wake of historic inflation ushered in by loose central bank monetary policies....

Need to know more? Here’s the official Two Point Campus description… Pre-orders for Two Point Campus are open now on most platforms, which will net you some bonus items, including some goodies for Two Point Hospital (should you happen to own that game). Rather than the typical academic fare, students in Two Point County enjoy plenty of weird and wonderful courses, such as Gastronomy, where they will learn how to make oversized culinary delights....

Courtesy of YouTube tech channel ‘ElAnalistaDeBits’, this new comparison video highlights the three different visual modes on Sony’s next-gen console as well as greatly-reduced file size on PS5 compared to the original file sizes for both games on PS4. Loading times are almost non-existent on PS5, and although texturing hasn’t changed, anisotropic filtering has been vastly improved. In addition, there is a minor improvement in far shadows, and the drawing distance for some elements and geometry has been boosted....

Ash Habib, CEO of Steel City Interactive, stated: As gamers and boxing fans, Undisputed is our tribute to the sport that we love. We’re delighted to partner with PLAION, who share our passion to bring boxing back to players. Their expertise and support will allow us to focus on making ‘Undisputed’ the king of boxing games. Klemens Kundratitz, Co-founder and CEO at PLAION, added: We’re always on the lookout for great studios to partner with and Steel City Interactive brought a very exciting game to our doorstep....

The giveaway is structured in a series of raffles, one dedicated to each game. You’ll be able to join in from now until next Sunday when the contests will close and we’ll randomly select the winners, two for each raffle. We reviewed Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 when it launched last June, so we’ve included that article’s summary below. For the other games in this United Label/CI Games giveaway, we used the official game description....

“Our ambition to democratize development of games and game-like experiences around the world and across industries depends on strong partnerships, particularly with game engines like Unity. The partnership between Microsoft and Unity will also enable Made with Unity game creators to more easily reach their players across Windows and Xbox devices and unlock new success opportunities. By engineering improved developer tools, leveraging the latest platform innovation from silicon to cloud, and simplifying the publishing experience, Unity creators will be able to realize their dreams by bringing their games to more gamers around the world....

MAWI United, who developed the impressive Conifer Forest Biome demo, recently launched a new demo built in Unreal Engine 5.1, the Nanite Redwood Forest demo, which features a square kilometer of an entirely procedurally generated forest made up of billions of Nanite triangles for trees, plants, rocks, debris, and more. The Nanite Redwood Forest demo can be downloaded by going here and here. As the demo uses experimental tech, a powerful system is required to run the demo properly, requiring an RTX 2080 GPU minimum for 1080p resolution and an RTX 3080 GPU for 4K resolution....

The tip is coming from the ever-so-reliable WABetaInfo, who has been the source for several WhatsApp-related leaks and it seems that users on macOS are finally getting something that they can use and go ahead with. Of course, the actual experience s something that might vary, and considering how the feature is not out, this can change in the future. macOS Users Can Rejoice as WhatsApp for macOS Soon to Be a Reality The source revealed the image below that you can check out....

Apple Could Potentially Announce the New iPhone SE 3, iPad Air 5, and a New Mac on March 8 Earlier in February, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Apple could host a special Spring event on March 8. Apple usually sends out event invites a week before the event. If Apple is scheduled to host an event on March 8, we can expect the company to send out invites tomorrow on Tuesday, March 1 at 9 am PST....

Installing this update will upgrade your operating system’s build to 1904x.1503. This is a “Type C” release, which is a preview version released by Microsoft in the third or fourth week of the month. It is an earlier version of the Patch Tuesday update which is to be released the following month and includes only the non-security updates for the OS. Note: KB5009596 has already been released in the Release Preview Channel for Insiders....

Other than what can be seen visibly, some fixes have been made to the functionality of the operating system as well. This is discussed in detail further down the article. If you are subscribed to the Dev Insider Channel, you will receive this update automatically through Windows Update. Let us dig into what build 21327 has to offer. What’s new in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21327 Redesigned news and interests The layout of the News and Interests flyout has been made more appealing to the user by making slight changes to it....

Let us now briefly discuss the salient features of this release as well as its known issues, so you can make an informed decision on whether or not to upgrade to it. What’s New in Windows 11 Build 2579 Name Start Menu Folders You can now customize the names of your folders in the Start Menu. This will be a great feature to have, assisting you in determining the type of elements inside the folder....

This flight includes updates for the Narrator Braille driver support, Microsoft OneDrive, and the Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS). The improvements have been discussed in detail down below. Furthermore, many other fixes have also been incorporated into this update. Let us now continue to discuss these improvements, and then see how to install this update. New in Windows 11 Build 25145 Narrator Braille Driver Solution Microsoft believes that everyone should be able to use their operating systems, even people with disabilities....