Month: March 2022
Honda’s HALO facility is the ‘world’s most advanced’ wind tunnel
Regular readers of Engadget may have noticed that much of our EV reviews and coverage makes mention of the vehicle's drag coefficient. It's a handy indicator that measures the ratio of the drag force to the force produced by the dynamic pressure times the area — essentially, the lower the…
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Facebook is locking out people who didn’t activate Facebook Protect
Early in March, a bunch of Facebook users got a mysterious, spam-like email titled “Your account requires advanced security from Facebook Protect” and telling them that they were required to turn on the Facebook Protect feature (which they could do by hitting a link in the email) by a certain…
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Fortnite’s new season drops building from its main mode
Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 2 is underway and this time around Epic has temporarily ditched one of the game's core mechanics: building. Your harvesting tool will still destroy objects, but you won't receive any wood, stone or metal to create a temporary base or instantly build a barrier to protect…
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Ghostwire: Tokyo is creepy, thrilling, and a game that respects your time
They don’t make many games like Ghostwire: Tokyo anymore. The latest release from Tango Gameworks, the studio behind the terrifying Evil Within series, Ghostwire: Tokyo is a big-budget action game with a very specific focus. It isn’t stretched out with an unnecessarily large open-world or superfluous online features. Instead, it…
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Elden Ring PC players are being urged to play offline
Audio player loading… Elden Ring PC players are being urged by others on social media to play offline for the time being, as some invaders are employing a game-breaking hack that can lock players in an endless loop of death. As reported by Eurogamer, insidious players are making use of…
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Unity’s impressive new ‘Enemies’ short shows off a remarkably realistic digital human
Unity is releasing an impressive new tech demo called “Enemies” that demonstrates what the popular game development engine can be capable of. The video opens in an ornate and stunningly realistic room before zooming in on a mysterious woman sitting in front of a chessboard. The woman is rendered in…
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