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According to earlier rumors, Nintendo could actually be planning on launching a new Nintendo Switch console later this year. Now according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, it seems that we might expect more than just one Nintendo Switch console this year, and that we could actually be getting two.
The report claims that Nintendo could be following a similar strategy to Microsoft’s, where there have been rumors that Microsoft could have at least two Xbox consoles in the works. One of the Switch models is rumored to be an “enhanced” model that will be aimed at more hardcore gamers, although it still won’t be as powerful compared to the PS4 Pro or the Xbox One X.
The other Switch model is said to be a cheaper model aimed at casual gamers and where it could potentially act as a successor to its 3DS handheld console. What’s interesting about this report is that Nintendo had previously denied that they had a successor to the Switch in the works.
Also Nintendo had also previously stated that they had no plans to replace its 3DS handheld with the Switch, despite the fact that the Switch can be played in handheld mode. Take it with a grain of salt for now, but Nintendo has been surprising us as of late, such as landing themselves a copy of Cuphead which was previously an exclusive to Microsoft’s Xbox platform.
Nintendo Could Launch Two New Switch Models This Year , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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No two people are alike because we all have different upbringings, different opinions, a different set of morals and ethics, and so on. However there is a question of if we were to clone a person, would the clone be exactly the same as the original? We suppose we’ll never really know, but over in China, that’s what they’re trying to do with police dogs.
According to a report from China Daily (via Engadget), it seems that Chinese researchers have successfully cloned their first police dog. The idea is that apparently it takes too long and costs too much to train police dogs from scratch, and that the end result might be different from dog to dog where some end up being better candidates than others.
So by cloning a successfully-trained police dog, researchers believe that this would save time as all the inherent traits of what made that dog so ideal in the first place can be replicated easily. The cloned dog, known as Kunxun, was cloned from a “great” police dog by plucking somatic cells from the skin of the adult dog.
This is currently an experiment with plans to eventually “mass produce” these dogs in the next 10 years, assuming that all goes well. There have been some ethical questions raised in the past about cloning animals, so clearly this will be quite a hot issue.
China Thinks That Cloning Police Dogs Will Be More Efficient , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
With Blizzard’s newer games such as Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch, the company has introduced loot boxes which has been a way for the company to earn more money during the lifetime of the game. However according to a report from Rock Paper Shotgun, it seems that the company will be stepping back from paid loot boxes in Heroes of the Storm.
This is based on the latest patch notes where Blizzard notes that loot boxes will no longer be able to be purchased using Gems. For those unfamiliar, Gems were the only way to purchase loot boxes in the game, and were only obtainable using real-life money. Instead Blizzard has announced that loot boxes can only be purchased using Gold where they will be priced at 3,000 Gold pieces each.
Gold, for those who don’t play the game, can be earned through playing the game, so players will be able to save and earn their gold pieces to get a loot box. Granted some might actually prefer using real-life money since it saves time, but there has been some controversy surrounding loot boxes in the past, so it seems that Blizzard is trying to reduce the fallout.
Note that Gems can still be purchased but they can now only be used towards unlocking heroes that you want to play, so they still have use for it. In the meantime Blizzard had announced back in 2018 that they would be scaling back development on Heroes of the Storm.
Blizzard Stepping Back From Loot Boxes Paid For With Real Money , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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