Mar 09
Prosecutors say Croft, Adam Fox, Brandon Caserta and Daniel Harris came up with the plan to snatch Whitmer because they were angry about pandemic restrictions.
Mar 09
Disney+ has finally offered a good peek at its Obi-Wan Kenobi series. The streaming service has released a teaser trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi that documents the Jedi’s life on Tatooine as he avoids the Empire and protects a young Luke Skywalker. As the clip makes clear, it won’t be easy — Imperial forces are turning to Sith who’ll look for “weaknesses” like compassion to track down the remnants of the Jedi order.
The limited-run series debuts May 25th, or 45 years to the day after the premiere of the original Star Wars movie. Ewan McGregor reprises his role as the titular Obi-Wan Kenobi, while Hayden Christensen returns as a younger Darth Vader. The Mandalorian alumnus Deborah Chow is directing the show.
Obi-Wan will arrive several months after The Book of Boba Fett, and represents a growing wave of Star Wars originals for Disney+ that will include Ahsoka, Andor and The Acolyte. Shows like this aren’t rare, one-off projects — they represent a cornerstone of the Disney+ strategy.
Mar 09
The March Xbox update is rolling out, and it brings a few useful features to Microsoft’s consoles. Xbox Series X/S players can now pin two games to the Quick Resume group.
That could be useful if you’re the type of person who, say, likes to play a quick round of Halo Infinite multiplayer or enjoy a Forza Horizon 5 race if you need a break from an Elden Ring boss. Pin a couple games to Quick Resume (by pressing the menu button when you highlight a game tile) and it should be easier to hop between them.
Games you pin to the group will stay there unless you remove them manually or they have a required update. If you already have two pinned and want to add another, the console will ask which one you want to replace.
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If you don’t tend to use the Share button often, you might get more out of it if you change its function. You can reassign a different action to the button, such as muting the volume, opening your friends list or achievements or bringing up the search menu. Microsoft says there are more actions available for Elite Series 2 Controllers, Xbox Adaptive Controllers and other devices too via the Xbox Accessories app. There’s also a Xbox controller firmware update, which should improve performance on Xbox One controllers with Bluetooth support, among other things.
Elsewhere, there’s a new audio setup wizard for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One. You’ll find it under the “volume and audio output” area of the general settings. It should help you find the optimal settings for your speaker setup.
Mar 09
Gotham Knights Release Date Revealed: Can Batman's Friends Steal The Spotlight?
Posted in: Today's ChiliAt long last, fans know when the upcoming Caped Crusader-less game will finally drop.
Mar 09
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' First Trailer Is Full of Horse Rides and Space Romanticism
Posted in: Today's ChiliEver since it was announced, we knew Star Trek: Strange New Worlds would not only bring us back to Discovery’s take on the pre-Captain Kirk Enterprise crew, but push contemporary Star Trek back to a more adventurous, episodic style of storytelling. Now, we have a glimpse at just how—and also how it plans to bring back…
Mar 09
Feeling low after returning home from a trip? Travel and mental health experts share how to make the transition easier.
Mar 09
Gotham Knights at last has a firm release date. The open-world co-op RPG will hit PC, PlayStation and Xbox on October 25th. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment initially planned to release Gotham Knights in 2021, but announced last March it would be delayed until this year.
Gotham will always need its heroes. Suit up for an all-new adventure on 10.25.22. #GothamKnightspic.twitter.com/d7oV2LbcT8
— Gotham Knights (@GothamKnights) March 9, 2022
Developer WB Games Montreal (which also made Batman: Arkham Origins) offered a first look at Gotham Knights at DC FanDome in August 2020. You can play as Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl or Red Hood as you try to take down the Court of Owls, a group of criminals that pulls the strings on Gotham’s elite from the shadows. You’ll also battle Mr. Freeze and the Penguin following the apparent death of Batman.
Rocksteady, which developed the other games in the Batman: Arkham series, has a Batman-adjacent title of its own in the works. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is also expected to arrive in 2022.
Mar 09
The Microbus is back, baby! Nearly 75 years since the first Volkswagen Type 2 rolled off its assembly line and into the annals of Americana as an icon of 1960s counterculture, VW is re-releasing the emblematic vehicle — this time as a full EV for the 21st century hippy.
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VW executives took to the livestreaming stage on Wednesday ahead of SXSW 2022’s kickoff to debut the ID.Buzz, which will be available as both a people mover and a cargo van (dubbed the ID.Buzz Cargo) beginning later this year. The ID.Buzz will appear in Europe first — arriving later this year — and will be available with a number of options lacking in their American-market cousins including short-wheelbase and commercial variants. There’s even a self-driving version that likely won’t be making it across the pond. The American iterations are slated to arrive in 2023.
Volkswagen only had the European model to show off on Wednesday, but AScott Keogh, CEO of VW America, promised that the US version would be “more stylized for the American marketplace” but has “no doubt that it will be worth the wait.” The US version will have a slightly longer wheelbase and offer three rows of seating the the European version’s two.
The ID.Buzz is built atop VW’s modular electric drive matrix (MEB if you say it in German), the same battery platform Ford plans to use for one of its European market vehicles come 2023. It will come equipped with a 77-kWh battery pack with a 170 kw charging capacity powering a 150 kw rear motor.
The passenger model will seat five with 1.21 cubic meters (39.5 cubic feet) of cargo space while the Cargo will offer 3.9 cubic meters (137.7 cubic feet) by replacing the rear seats with a partition behind the front row. For the interior, VW designers took inspiration from the aesthetics of the Microbus, pulling style elements from the T1 generation of vehicle and matching seat cushions, dash panels and the door trim to the vehicle’s exterior paint color of which buyers will have their pick of seven solid-color options and four two-tone schemes (white + another color).
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VW also noted during the presentation the extensive work it put into lessening environmental impacts arising from the ID.Buzz’s production. The interior upholstery is made completely animal-free — the steering wheel may be made of polyurethane, but VW executives swear that it has the same look and feel as leather. The seat covers, floor coverings and headliner are all similarly composed of recycled goods like marine plastic and old water bottles. Using these materials emits 32 percent less carbon than similar products would, according to the company. Overall, VW hopes to cut its carbon emissions in Europe by 40 percent by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality as part of its Way to Zero plan by 2050.
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Mar 09
The file sharing platform LimeWire has returned with a completely different sort of angle dealing with blockchain, cryptocurrency, NFTs, and a bit of music.
Mar 09
Volkswagen’s EV offering features stylish nostalgia and modern tech offerings.
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