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Blix is a new European ebike brand that melds high style, faux leather, and a really nice electric drive train to create a $2,500 ebike that might be too pricey for some but hits most of the buttons when it comes to a fully augmented bike ride. The bike, called the Blix Komfort Prima, runs about 60 miles per charge on Eco mode and essentially adds small boost to your regular pedaling. It includes disc brakes as well as front and rear lights and when you amp it up to High power mode you can really fly at about 20mph.

I rode this bike around Brooklyn including on a 10 mile trek on the city streets and the ride was surprisingly pleasant. The Komfort Prima uses the Shimano Step system to add a boost to your regular peddling, thereby allowing you to take hills with ease and get a little help on straightaways. In fact, the Step system is almost undetectable in Eco mode but it still goes a long way to making your ride more comfortable.

I like the styling of the bike and the high quality accessories. I also like the Step’s removable battery pack – a huge improvement over previous ebikes I’ve ridden. What I don’t love is the price but at $2,500 for a slick, smooth ride you’re on par with similar offerings from Yamaha and Raleigh. The space is changing quickly and it’s nice to see smaller players introducing high style, quality bikes at prices on par with bigger competitors.

Just as Sony is detailing the free PlayStation Plus game for April today, Microsoft is doing the same for the free titles that will be offered through Xbox Live’s Games with Gold. Like all of the months before, Microsoft will be handing out four games in total: two each for Xbox One and Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 titles, as … Continue reading

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Sea of Thieves was a much-awaited title and since it was launched on March 20th, millions of people from across the globe have played the game and contributed to its momentum. The game had more than a million players on launch day and the community continues to grow having recently crossed two million players. Sea of Thieves is already the best-selling Microsoft Studios first-party title on Windows 10 and it has also been confirmed that this game is the fastest-selling new Microsoft IP of this Xbox generation.

While it has been confirmed that the game has more than two million players, it hasn’t been revealed how many of those are actually Xbox Game Pass subscribers. They wouldn’t need to purchase the game separately because it was offered as part of Microsoft’s Netflix-style game subscription service on launch day.

Sea of Thieves has also seen considerable interest from the streaming community. More than 100,000 players have streamed Sea of Thieves since launch which has resulted in more than 10 million hours being watched since last week.

The developer has acknowledged that the rapid rise in popularity has led to some scale challenges and exposed some bugs but it has already addressed some of them and promises to look into others going forward. The development team is presently working hard to tackle any issues that impact players and that remains its first priority.

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