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Our quick take Q Acoustics M20 HD - 4.5 / 5 Design Dimensions: 279 x 170 x 296mm Weight: 5.1kg (passive speaker); 5.5kg (powered speaker) Finishes: Black, White and Walnut Sound performance Tweeter: 22mm (0.87 in) Mid-Bass Driver: 125mm (4.92 in) Frequency response: 55Hz - 22kHz Peak Power: 2 x 65w Features and connectivity Bluetooth 5.0 with aptX HD and Low Latency support USB (24bit/192kHz compatibility) Digital optical (24bit/192kHz compatibility) Stereo RCA and 3....

Qualcomm’s next high-end phone chip could be capable of putting the heat on Apple and its iPhone chips, according to a new report. Expected to be called the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the new chip isn’t likely to be announced until 2024 of course. This year Qualcomm is likely to announce the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Plus, a minor improvement over the chip that was released late last year. But moving beyond that, things are set to be pretty interesting....

Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford has caused a number of controversies through his social media presence, particularly on Twitter, where he has trash-talked gaming publications, aired dirty laundry between himself and former employees, and more. In his latest social media misstep, Pitchford shared a cat video showing a kitten being attacked by a crab, which many are calling animal cruelty. Pitchford shared the cat video on Twitter, where it was posted by DAILY KITTEN and re-posted by BRAVE ANIMAL....

Warning: contains spoilers for all eight seasons of Game of Thrones “When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die,” as Cersei Lannister famously told the naïve Eddard Stark. But there’s more to wrapping up a fictional character’s arc successfully that just whether they win or lose the Game – sometimes, it’s the Winner of the Game who has the least satisfying arc of all. There were 161 regular and recurring characters across the eight seasons of Game of Thrones, most of whom were killed off at some point during the first seven seasons....

The adventure game Re:ZERO – The Prophecy Of The Throne is being released to western audiences on both the Nintendo Switch and PS4 this winter. The news comes one month after Spike Chunsoft, the developer of the game, released it to Japanese audiences for the Nintendo Switch. The game takes place one month after the main character of the series, Subaru, has settled into a new world. According to Nintendo Soup, the new game has a storyline that was approved by the series author Tappei Nagatsuki....

Red Dead Online officially launched in November and this month the standalone game, along with Rockstar’s other popular title Grand Theft Auto Online, are celebrating Christmas in their own ways. Developer Rockstar Games recently brought weekly Bounty Hunter updates to its stable of games that saw the arrival of seasonal music and snow. In Read Dead Online, the weekly update also brought a new outlaw to hunt and the ability to trudge through the snow to find a new Moonshine Shack....

The Red Dead Online community has remained loyal through slow drips of content and the release of animal transformations, with players going out of their way to see all there is to see, and noticing the small details Rockstar put into the world. The studio messed up in one area, though, as Red Dead Online players have noticed an inconsistency in Gus’s animal hats. Gus Macmillan is one of the many eccentric characters players will encounter in Red Dead Online, providing unique outfits in exchange for players completing Red Dead Online’s legendary hunts....

This talented artist is making Pokémon video game mashups and posting them to Reddit for everyone to enjoy. Every artist goes through a phase. Sometimes they never get out of that phase, like Michaelangelo and his religious paintings, or Leonardo and his ultra-realistic everything. Or sometimes its many phases, like Picasso and his blue, rose, cubism, neoclassical, and surrealist periods. But frankly, I’d be totally fine with Reddit user Petey_Pariah staying in their “Pokémon and classic video games mashup” phase....

Persona 5: Royal is taken a great game and perfects it. One of the ways it does this is by introducing a cast of extra characters. While some characters will influence the story progression, Jose is a bit different. He can only be found in the Theif’s Den or Mementos. In both, he appears to be a young boy, although he doesn’t seem bothered by the presence of shadows. He even sets up camp in Mementos and seems to relax as he hides his time waiting for you....

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire has broken all records, raising $4.4 million from 33,00 backers in just a few weeks. The original goal was to raise $1.1 million, but through clever use of stretch goals – such as adding a player ship, extra companions to join you on your quest, and support for multiple languages – Obsidian Entertainment was able to gather four times that. The first installment of Pillars of Eternity also was a record breaker, gathering just under $4 million on Kickstarter back in 2012 and to this day stands in that platform’s top 25 of best funded projects....

Path of Exile has grown over the years with the introduction of updates known as Leagues, and this weekend continued with the PC launch of its next one, Heist. Inspired by heist movies like Ocean’s Eleven, this batch of content from Grinding Gear Games lets players form a crew of thieves and break into high-security locations to score rare artifacts, in addition to introducing rewards, items, and mechanical improvements. However, for a growing number of players, the new update hasn’t been working as intended....

In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony denied a recent report that they’ve altered their PlayStation 5 production estimates. “While we do not release details related to manufacturing, the information provided by Bloomberg is false,” says Sony. “We have not changed the production number for PlayStation 5 since the start of mass production.” The report in question from Bloomberg suggested that Sony has lowered its PlayStation 5 production estimates for the upcoming fiscal year by as much as 4 million units....

The holiday season is upon us and not only does that mean spending time with family and listening to that Mariah Carey song on loop, but it also means that there are bumper deals and discounts. Earlier this month, the PlayStation Store holiday sale began and in week two of the sales event, Sony is slashing the prices of even more games. There are tons of additional games up for grabs at lower prices in week two of the PlayStation Store holiday sale....

Gou is Ash’s new traveling companion in the Pokémon anime and fans have loved the unique dynamic that they have shared so far. He has a more personal relationship with Ash than previous traveling partners because it is just the two of them traveling around together and it is a nice change of pace from the multiple companions that Ash had in the Sun and Moon series. Gou has quickly risen to be one of the best companions that Ash has ever had and because of this fans have been drawing a bunch of art of him....

In the Pokémon series’ seventh generation we are taken to the island of Alola, for the events of Pokémon Sun and Moon. One of the new things that we got in these games that fans weren’t expecting were redesigns of some of our favorite Pokémon from Generation 1. These redesigns were specific to the Aloan region and could be captured alongside their standard counterparts. These redesigns were built to reflect the new type designations that these Pokémon received, as well as the themes and influences of the region but some of them were better done than others....

Pokemon GO Trainers have been able to transfer certain creatures over to other games for some time now, but the monster and title selections have been rather limited. As of today, Niantic’s mobile hit is fully compatible with Pokemon Home, which means players are now free of those restrictions. Until now, players have only had the option of transferring Generation 1 Pokemon over from Pokemon GO to Pokemon Let’s GO Eevee/Pikachu....

NICKMERCS is a professional Call of Duty: Warzone player, but lately he’s been sharing his secrets with the masses. Recently, NICKMERCS revealed his OP MP5 loadout, but as the target of many recent nerfs, some fans are looking elsewhere for a good submachine gun. Enter this powerful AUG build. As part of FaZe Clan, an esports team, NICKMERCS has proven his skill in Call of Duty: Warzone countless times. As such, it is no surprise that many of his weapon builds tend to focus on the same or similar stats, as these are the ones which benefit skilled players the most....

PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan says the platform will continue to support Japanese developers following suggestions that the company was more focused on western game releases. In an interview with Famitsu, Ryan said that all of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) studios are important to the company. “We’re really happy and proud of the PlayStation Studios titles that have been released by Worldwide Studios. Some of them have already been announced, and others are in the works....

Microsoft dropped a bombshell on the gaming industry earlier this week when it announced the Xbox Series X and S price points. Meanwhile, Sony has been famously hesitant to announce its plans for the PlayStation 5, and it seems as though it made the right call. According to a new report, the PS5 was originally “considerably” more expensive, but Sony has opted to slash its price in response to the Xbox Series X and Series S retailing for $499 and $299, respectively....

Few JRPGs boast the impressive and triumphant use of orchestral music in their scores. Since the beginning, Dragon Quest has used the expert direction of composer Koichi Sugiyama to fill its landscapes with emphatic, well-crafted tunes. The battles have some especially buoyant swashes of splendor and luminous familiarity. You can appreciate it whether being engaged in combat or detached from it. Without further ado, here are the Dragon Quest battle themes ranked from worst to best....