Gaming

NBA might simulate crowds with NBA 2K20 in July restart

Every AI, clap your hands!

Published

June 7, 2020

Luigi Leonardo

Since the 2019-2020 basketball season was suspended, NBA 2K singlehandedly kept everyone’s thirst for the game alive. From broadcasting the NBA 2K League to showcasing actual NBA players playing the game, real-life basketball subsisted on the popular sports simulation game. However, NBA 2K’s watch is seemingly at an end.

Announced recently, the NBA is restarting its IRL season in July with 22 teams. However, unlike the normal, fan-filled games, July’s mini-season will hold closed events in a single venue. Despite the obvious happiness at holding actual events again, they will miss a critical aspect of basketball games: fans roaring for their favorite teams, booing the rival teams, and heckling certain players.

According to The Atlantic, the league has a plan to solve this conundrum: simulating crowd noise with NBA 2K. Currently, the league, the teams, and players are still discussing how to hold the games amidst the still-uncertain pandemic era. The NBA 2K suggestion came with an extensive list detailing how many people are allowed inside the facilities, what to do when someone tests positive for the virus, and how people can watch.

Of course, the suggestion is still being deliberated. However, given the efficiency of the plot, it can get passed by the time the season restarts. Most people watching at home won’t likely notice the difference. Also, other sports have also used the strategy for their own season restarts. For example, the Premier League has held closed football games with simulated crowd noise from EA’s FIFA 20.

Gaming

Lenovo Legion Phone Duel price and availability in the Philippines

Gift for yourself this holiday season?

Published

October 24, 2020

Rodneil Quiteles

Lenovo has joined the mobile gaming fray with the Lenovo Legion Phone Duel. You can now grab this gaming smartphone in the Philippines.

It’s powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragong 865 Plus SoC — the best in the business at the moment. It also comes with up to 16GB LPDRR5 RAM and a 512GB UFS 3.1 internal storage. It has a 6.65-inch AMOLED display with 144Hz refresh rate with a 240Hz sampling rate that should bode well for all your mobile gaming needs.

The Legion Phone Duel supports 90W Turbo Power Charging. This can take you from 0 to 50 percent in just 10 minutes and straight up to 100 percent in only half an hour. You can charge the phone on either USB-C ports. Yes, there are two. One in the usual bottom of the phone, the other on its side — a perfect spot for charging while you’re gaming.

Read our Lenovo Legion Phone Duel review for a more comprehensive look at the phone.

Pricing and availability

The Lenovo Legion Phone Duel comes in only two variants. Color, configuration, and pricing are as follows:

Blazing Blue — (12GB+256GB) — PhP 39,995
Vengeance Red — (16GB+512GB) — PhP 49,995

Gaming

Just Dance 2021 coming to next-gen consoles

The latest iteration gets a very special treatment

Published

October 23, 2020

Gab Orlina

Ubisoft’s most popular dance simulation game, Just Dance 2021, will make its way to the next generation. It already has its release for modern consoles set on November 12, on the same day as the PlayStation 5. With that in mind, it only makes sense to give it the next-gen touch, as well.

Just Dance 2021 will come with close to 40 new songs with new sets of moves to learn and master through and through. All these songs range from the two decades ago to recent hits from a variety of artists.

This year, artists like Billie Eillish, Dua Lipa, and TWICE make a fruitful return. Also, for the ONCEs playing this game, Ubisoft put in an Alternate Version for TWICE’s “Feel Special” featuring the song’s official choreography! Meanwhile, dance songs like Sean Paul’s “Temperature” and Britney Spears’ “Till the World Ends” get their own set of moves, too! All of these will come to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 24, 2020.

Gaming

Ubisoft lays down post-launch plans for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Comes with a Season Pass with two major expansions and an exclusive quest

Published

October 22, 2020

Gab Orlina

While the game hasn’t been released yet, Ubisoft already has big plans for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla post launch. Set to release on November 10, Valhalla takes you back to England’s Dark Ages as Eivor. The game offers exciting new features as you forge alliances to establish your Viking kingdom.

Now, Ubisoft bares its plans for all of its Assassin’s Creed players a month into picking up Valhalla. This new string of exciting content includes a Season Pass and frequent seasonal content. Through this Season Pass, players will discover new territories and stories surrounding the lore of Valhalla.

The Season Pass comes with two major expansions, the Wrath of the Druids and The Siege of Paris. In The Wrath of the Druids, players unravel the mysteries of ancient Ireland. Most of the worlds here consist of haunted forests and Gaelic kingdoms.

In The Siege of Paris, players relive the most ambitious battle in Viking history. You will take part in a prolonged siege of Frankia through Paris and the River Seine. In the end, what awaits players are secrets to unfold and alliances to forge.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will launch on November 10 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. It will also be available for the PlayStation 5 when the console comes out on November 12.