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It’s been more than a decade since Alan Wake first captured gamers’ attention, and now it’s finally official: the game is getting a sequel. At The Game Awards, we got a first first minute-long look to set up Alan Wake 2, which Remedy Entertainment says will arrive sometime in 2023. Yep, it’s going to be a long wait, but at least we know for sure it’s coming. Remedy says that the game will be released for PC, Xbox Series X/S, and the PS5.

This announcement comes a couple months after Alan Wake was remastered and released across multiple platforms, and that game contained the tease found in the original game that claimed “Alan Wake’s journey through the night will continue.” Some speculated that it would be removed from the remaster, but it was in kept intact. Turns out, the line is correct — it just took a long time to come true. 

As for what we’ll get from Alan Wake 2, the trailer doesn’t give us a whole lot of detail. It’s more of a vibe-setting video, and it does a great job at setting up some seriously creepy vibes. While there’s not much more to learn about the game right now, you can plan the remastered original on the Xbox One, Series X/S, PS4 or PS5 now. Remedy also says that it’ll have more details about the game to share in the summer of 2022.

Sometimes to entice gamers to pre-order games or to take part in special events, developers offer up unique collectible cosmetics for in-game items and characters. However, it seems that Ubisoft is taking things to a whole new level by announcing that for Ghost Recon Breakpoint, they will be introducing NFTs to the game.

For those unfamiliar, NFTs are known as non-fungible tokens. They are essentially digital assets that use blockchain technology, the same tech behind cryptocurrency, to act as a ledger to officially say who this particular digital asset belongs to.

According to Ubisoft, the introduction of NFTs, which they’re calling Digits, is an “experiment” and they claim that they will be the first to introduce NFTs to a triple A game. These NFTs will be collected and managed through a new platform the company is launching called Ubisoft Quartz.

In a statement by the company, “Each Digit is a unique collectible that features its own serial number for others to see in-game, also keeping track of its current and previous owners for years to come, making players an integral part of the game’s history.” They are also reassuring gamers that its NFTs are environmentally sustainable.

This is because it relies on the Tezos blockchain, which uses a “proof of stake” method versus the “proof of work” method that is currently used by Ethereum. Ubisoft says that a single transaction on Tezos uses roughly the same amount of energy as streaming 30 seconds of videos.

That being said, in-game collectibles that can be traded and sold aren’t new. We’ve seen games such as CS:GO and Dota 2 where cosmetic items can be sold to other players for real money, although in this instance, Ubisoft is taking advantage of the current popularity surrounding NFTs.

Ubisoft Will Start Adding NFTs To Its Games

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Gaming on a Mac has always been kind of iffy. This isn’t to say that Mac computers aren’t powerful, some of the top-tier ones are extremely powerful, but rather the software and limited hardware configurations meant that Mac users had less options to choose from when it came to games.

However, with streaming services, that has changed. In fact, if you’re looking to play games on your Mac, you might be interested to hear about the latest update to NVIDIA’s GeForce Now service. The company has announced that those who are subscribed to the RTX 3080 tier will be able to stream games onto their Mac at resolutions as high as 1600p.

According to NVIDIA, “Plus, GeForce NOW RTX 3080 members can now play at native resolution on their M1 Macbook Air or Macbook Pro, at glorious 1600p. Stream with even longer sessions lengths — up to eight hours. And with RTX ON for both RTX 3080 and Priority members, experience games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Control with real-time ray tracing, without upgrading to a PC.”

GeForce Now offers users several tiers to choose from – the free tier, the Priority tier which costs $10 a month, and the RTX 3080 tier priced at $100 for six months. This means that you’ll need to be subbed to the highest tier in order to enjoy your games at higher resolutions.

While it’s not exactly cheap, it could be one way for you to enjoy games without having to worry about software or hardware limitations, while staying within Apple’s ecosystem.

GeForce Now Will Let Mac Gamers Stream Games At 1600p Resolutions

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In another effort to win subscribers in the streaming wars, NBCUniversal announced on Thursday that it will make movies from Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Illumination, and DreamWorks Animation available on Peacock as early as 45 days after their release in theaters.

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