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Canon announced that it has developed a new 410-megapixel 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor, which is the “highest pixel count ever achieved” for a sensor of this size.Because of the level of detail the new sensor can capture, Canon expects it to be used in “surveillance, medical and industrial” applications where “extreme resolution” is required. The 410-megapixel Canon sensor has a resolution of 24K, which is 198 times more than HD and 12 times more than 8K. This makes it easy to crop and enlarge photos captured by the sensor without losing detail.Very high megapixel counts are usually limited to cameras…
Extremely OK Games has canceled its upcoming game Earthblade. A sequel to the team’s beloved indie sensation Celeste was announced in 2022 and is expected to be released last year. Maddy Thorson announced the news today on the studio’s website.”Noel and I… began to reflect on how gaming felt like our day-to-day work and realized that we had been struggling with it for a long time,” she wrote. “Sure, working on one project for this long is bound to be a lot of work, but this feels like an even bigger problem. It put a lot of pressure on us…
Ten video games have been nominated for the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The program celebrates media works that “fairly, accurately, and inclusively represent the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community and the issues that affect their lives.” In addition to video games, there are candidates in television, film, music, theater, journalism, comics, and more.One of the great video game contenders for 2024 is the re-release of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door for Nintendo Switch. The original Japanese version of the GameCube title included a minor character named Vivian, who is transgender. The game included dialogue about…
Sega has introduced a new system for player accounts. A Sega Account connects all of a player’s games and both Sega and Atlus services. It’s also where the two studios share news, events, updates, and promotions about their respective titles. Anyone can register for an account for free.Even better, Sega also offers bonuses and goodies to account members. The first reward users can unlock is Kazuma Kiryu’s special costume DLC for Like a Dragon: Pirate Rokuza in Hawaiian, scheduled to be released next month. This ensemble can be redeemed by anyone who sets up a Sega account by March 7th.With…
The movement appears to be gaining momentum across Reddit, as dozens of subreddits have chosen to block links to X within their communities over the past 24 hours. Hundreds more are actively discussing or considering similar moves with members.By Engadget’s count, more than 20 subreddits with millions of combined members have already restricted their communities from posting content from X in some way in recent days. These include large subreddits like r/formula1, which has around 5 million members, and smaller communities like r/ultraman, which has 30,000 members.The move appears to have been propagated, at least in part, by r/newjersey, which…
Next month, the Moon Girl and the Evil Dinosaur anime series will return with new episodes. And did you know? It’s been 10 years since Lunella Laifatte first debuted and teamed up with Jack Kirby’s fan-favorite Devil Dinosaur. To celebrate this milestone, Marvel has announced that a special Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur 10th anniversary one-shot will be released on Wednesday, April 2nd. This special reunites Moon Girl co-creators, writer Brandon Montclair and artist Natasha Bastos, for an entirely new story. Similarly, this one-shot features new stories by writer Justina Ireland and artist Luca Claretti, introducing the duo’s inversions, Devil…
Marvel Comics has announced a new anniversary special for Moon Girl and the Devil Dinosaur, as writer Brandon Montclair and artist Natasha Bastos return to write a new story. The one-shot will be in comic shops on April 2nd.”Time flies when you’re having fun!” said Montclair. It was in 2015 that many talented creators joined Natacha Bustos and me to bring Moon Girl to life. It seems like only yesterday that Marvel had a new super-genius superhero—and she was only nine years old. To celebrate our 10th anniversary with this character, the two of us (and many more amazing talents)…
Samsung just held its Unpacked event and announced all sorts of new products. But perhaps the most notable of these is its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S25 Ultra. It’s the most powerful of the just-announced S25 series, and Amazon is offering a pretty hefty pre-order bonus worth a $200 gift card.That’s correct. When you pre-order the Galaxy S25 Ultra handset, you’ll receive a $200 Amazon gift card that you can use for just about anything. This helps alleviate some of the sticker shock of the $1,300 price tag.samsungIf the price isn’t right for you, Amazon is offering similar promotions on…
Samsung is making a thinner version of the Galaxy S25. The Galaxy S25 Edge was teased at the end of the company’s Unpacked event, and it appears to be significantly thinner than other phones Samsung launched today.That’s hardly the case with Samsung’s teasing. A voiceover describes the phone as “the culmination of our most innovative technologies” and exaggerates the device’s visual sophistication. Scrub through Samsung’s livestream and you’ll see components like the vapor chamber, camera, and metal frame, but only a glimpse of the Galaxy S25 Edge’s actual silhouette. The new mobile phone was on display at Samsung’s live event…
Marvel Comics has announced Into the Spider-Verse vs. Venomverse, a new five-issue series that will have fans of Venom and Spider-Man hooked! Written by Kyle Higgens and Matt Groom, with art by Luciano Vecchio, the series will be available in comic shops on May 14th. It was first hinted at last month in a comic posted before heading into the event.”When Dan Slott and Olivier Copiel released Into the Spider-Verse in 2014, the Spider-Man mythos changed forever and completely took the world by storm,” Groome said. “Since then, creators like Donny Cates, Al Ewing, and Lamb V have transformed the…