Assassin’s Creed Odyssey revealed: ancient Greece and legendary Spartans

Ubisoft has unveiled Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, the latest installment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. The company first teased the game in late May with a brief teaser, one it has expanded up on with a longer two minute trailer and all the details we’d expect. Just like we saw last month, Odyssey is set in ancient Greece. The game Ubisoft … Continue reading

Ubisoft E3 2018 game trailers round up

Ubisoft’s E3 2018 press conference wrapped up not too long ago, and it was quite the show. Ubisoft had a lot of announcements to make, giving some games we already knew about full reveals while announcing some others we weren’t expecting. In all, Ubisoft’s energetic press conference lasted right around an hour-and-a-half, and the publisher covered a lot of ground, … Continue reading

Xbox Adaptive Controller accessibility gamepad goes up for preorder

Microsoft unveiled its Xbox Adaptive Controller, an accessibility controller, last month following a big leak. That same controller is now available to preorder from the company, though it still won’t be shipping to buyers until September. Not familiar with the controller? Here’s everything you need to know. The company designed the Xbox Adaptive Controller from the ground up, doing so … Continue reading

'Just Dance 2019' is heading to the Wii like it's 2009

Ubisoft’s E3 press conference kicked off with a marching band, crazy costumes and a dancing panda and yet somehow that wasn’t even the most bizarre thing about the company’s announcement of Just Dance 2019. While the latest installment of the motion-…

Stanford's new lab could make particle accelerators 1,000 times smaller

Particle accelerators have proven vital to understanding subatomic physics, but current technology tends to make them… rather large. And Stanford is determined to address that. SLAC has started assembling a new location, FACET-II (Facility for Adva…

Watch Square Enix's E3 conference in under seven minutes

Square Enix’s press conference didn’t exactly wow us the way others have this E3, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t any news. Or, that you don’t want to watch the show anyway. It’s just that we saw most of it during Microsoft’s keynote yesterday. Wh…

CDC warns free workplace food is driving unhealthy eating

Researchers with the CDC recently conducted a study that found free workplace food may be a major contributor to unhealthy diets. The researchers looked at 5,222 volunteers who work in various places across the United States, finding that food provided at work is often unhealthy and contain things like high sodium levels. The CDC indicates this may be the first … Continue reading

Star Fox is coming to Ubisoft’s Starlink: Battle for Atlas

With games like Skull and Bones and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on the horizon for Ubisoft, you’d be forgiven if you forgot about its upcoming toys-to-life game, Starlink: Battle for Atlas. Starlink was first revealed back at E3 2017, and this year, it made another appearance. What we thought was just a new trailer quickly took an interesting turn, as Ubisoft … Continue reading

'Just Dance 2019' is heading to the Wii like it's 2009

Ubisoft’s E3 press conference kicked off with a marching band, crazy costumes and a dancing panda and yet somehow that wasn’t even the most bizarre thing about the company’s announcement of Just Dance 2019. While the latest installment of the motion-…

Mars Opportunity rover is in danger of dying from a dust storm

The Mars Opportunity rover is caught in a dust storm, and the craft is hunkered down doing its best to survive the intensifying weather. The storm was first detected on Friday June 1st by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, at which point the rover’s te…