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PlayStation Classic Rolls Out Today, So Sony Revealed More Details

Sony has launched an official video showing in great detail the content of PlayStation Classic. Now, we can see how the new mini version of the original PlayStation is designed to look as close as possible to the original console, but in a much smaller format. To be more precise, it has dimensions of 149 x 33 x 105 mm, 45% less than the size of the original console.

The Sony’s PlayStation Classic comes out with 20 PlayStation games, such as Battle Arena Toshinden, Cool Boarders 2, Destruction Derby, Final Fantasy VII, Grand Theft Auto, Intelligent Qube, Jumping Flash! Metal Gear Solid, Mr. Driller, Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, Rayman, Resident Evil Director’s Cut, Revelations: Persona, Ridge Racer Type 4, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Syphon Filter, Tekken 3, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, Twisted Metal, and Wild Arms.

The PlayStation Classic console has a video resolution of 720p or 480p, so it will possibly rescale depending on which device is used to play. The two included controllers have 1.5-m cables, and the 2-m HDMI cable can be used to connect the system to the TV, as it is not compatible with any other video or audio method. Regarding the controls, the only ones compatible are those included with the PlayStation Classic.

Sony Revealed More Details On Its PlayStation Classic Which Rolls Out Today

Each of the before-mentioned PlayStation Classic titles has 15 virtual memory card slots, which you can manage in the console’s main interface. As with the original PlayStation, if you delete a save file, it will be lost and cannot be recovered. On the other hand, the reset button allows you to return to the central system interface and create a save point from the moment you started playing.

The next time you play that game, you can start from the save point you created. Also, when you reach the end of a disc in games that initially had several discs, such as Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid, for which you’ll need to press the open button on the console to switch to the next virtual disc.

System Link is not available on PlayStation Classic. However, you can play split-screen multiplayer with compatible games. Sony also warns that it will not be possible to download new games for the console, buy them, or use the original PlayStation games. In addition to that, for the moment, there are no plans to bring content updates to the system.

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Google Hangouts To Shut Down In 2020, According To News Report

Google Hangouts rolled out on May 15th, 2013, and is expected to shut down soon. The service would have suffered from the multiplication of similar applications in the same ecosystem. You may not have known it, but Hangouts is still active, but app set up by Google in 2013 will not have much longer, however.

Google Hangouts To Shut Down In 2020

At least that is what the 9to5Google site indicates, which, according to reliable sources, states that the service will close in 2020. So you would have a whole year at your disposal to use Google Hangouts if you feel like it, although most users have already ditched the platform. The service no longer supports third-party applications, so it is, therefore, no longer possible to create new ones with APIs.

The proliferation of instant messaging apps has not helped Google Hangouts adoption, especially since Google put the app in the background as it focused on the development of Google Duo and Allo.

In other news, Google would now like to transform Android Messages into an RCS client, a protocol that is supposed to replace SMS.

Google’s Scott Johnston Disagrees The News

Scott Johnston, who is working on the software suite including Hangouts Meet, Chat and Google Voice, said no specific decisions had been made in this regard within Google. According to him, Google Hangouts users will be upgraded to Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet.

“I run Hangouts, and this is pretty shoddy reporting. No decisions made about when Hangouts will be shut down. Hangouts users will be upgraded to Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet. Your source is severely misinformed. You can do better,” said Scott Johnston on Twitter, replying to the article posted by 9to5Google.

Visibly annoyed about the 9to5Google report, Johnston, nevertheless, confirmed in another answer that the “classic” Google Hangouts version would eventually shut down. We can imagine that Google is waiting to put in place a concrete alternative (other than Google Allo, as the app is not at all popular) before making a decision.

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PUBG Mobile and Resident Evil 2 Crossover Teased – Zombies To Come To PUBG

There is no doubt that Battle Royale video games genre is the most popular one nowadays. As the most popular titles of this genre, both Fortnite and PUBG are competing with each other. Now, PUBG and Resident Evil 3 crossover teased online, and zombies might soon come to PlayerUnknown’s Battleground mobile game, PUBG Mobile.

PlayerUnknown’s Battleground Tries To Keep Up With Fortnite, The Leader Of Battle Royale Genre

If Fortnite remains undeniably the king of the Battle Royale, both on consoles and PC, not to mention mobile platforms, it is impossible to challenge the many efforts made by PUBG to remain in the competition.

In reality, Bluehole’s game is doing very well and, without reaching the staggering, and just unbeatable, figures of its competitor designed by Epic Games, is proving to be a real community success.

PUBG Mobile and Resident Evil 2 Crossover Teased – Zombies To Come To PUBG

In order to strengthen the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds mobile version, commonly dubbed as PUBG Mobile, Tencent has just announced a new partnership with Resident Evil 2, the remake of the popular video game that would roll out in January 2019 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. This PUBG Mobile and Resident Evil 2 crossover might be very disturbing.

It remains to be seen how the crossover would work since, for the moment, the PUBG Mobile and Resident Evil 2 crossover teaser released on the Internet is not very revealing. We can imagine that several costumes bearing the likeness of Leon, Claire or a few zombies will appear in PUBG, as well as some iconic weapons from the famous Resident Evil title.

We will soon learn more about this mysterious PUBG Mobile and Resident Evil 2 crossover since the Resident Evil 2 remake would hit the shelves in 2019. You can enjoy the short teaser PUBG Mobile posted on its Twitter account below.

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Diablo 4 Announcements Are Coming Soon, Says Blizzard

As you probably know, the last Blizzard’s BlizzCon was not really the event, so many fans of the Diablo community hoped for. While everyone was waiting for the announcement of the fourth episode in the famous franchise, Diablo 4, unfortunately, that was not the case, and Diablo Immortal was unveiled as a mobile game that will still have to prove its worthiness and convince its audience.

However, Diablo 4 is in the works, and the folks from Kotaku had very recently revealed a lot of information about it. Most important, according to Kotaku, Blizzard would publish its work on Diablo 4 soon.

From the Blizzard battle.net platform, in the topic of a forum dedicated to Diablo, the community manager Nevalistis expressed himself on the future plans of the studio. As he reported, several announcements from Blizzard are going to come out pretty soon.

Diablo 4 Announcements Are Coming Soon, Says Blizzard

“We read your feedback well, and our internal discussions are still active. We have many projects for the Diablo franchise that we will unveil in the coming year,” said Nevalistis, the Blizzard community manager on battle.net platform, about Diablo 4.

“We look forward to sharing more with you, but some will have to wait because we prefer to show them to you, rather than tell you about them. It will take some time, but now, more than ever, we are committed to providing Diablo experiences that the community can be proud of,” he added.

According to the recent information coming from Blizzard, Diablo 4 is in the works and might come out in 2019, so the Diablo franchise’s fans should look forward to the first months of the next year for several Diablo 4 announcements.

Diablo 4 has to be a great title since Diablo Immortals disappointed the Diablo franchise’s fans. Hopefully, Blizzard will come up with an astonishing fourth installment in the Diablo series.

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Huawei To Develop Its Own OS For Smartphones

It has been rumored for a few months that Huawei is developing its own OS for smartphones. When asked about this, the firm’s officials denied the information. But it now seems that they no longer want to hide their project. The Chinese giant has finally admitted that he is working on a new OS to replace Android. Bruce Lee, Vice President of Huawei’s Mobile Products Division, announced this on his Weibo account. So there is no longer any room for doubt.

Huawei to develop a new OS for mobile devices to replace Android

Bruce Lee announced the development of a new OS made by Huawei. However, he did not mention anything about the reasons for this decision. Is the Chinese manufacturer in bad terms with Google? Apparently not, since the two are working together on the development of the latter’s new operating system.

Otherwise, just like Apple, Huawei might also want to have its own OS for mobile devices to add its personal touches more broadly than EMUI would allow. That is very likely, but there is no indication so far that the company wants to move in this direction.

Huawei might develop its own OS for smartphones to tackle the US sanctions

The explanation that remains plausible at this time is that Huawei wants to protect itself from the US sanctions. As you might recall, the United States has increased its attacks on the Chinese manufacturer in recent months.

On the basis of suspicions of espionage, the US, for example, incited its allies to remove Huawei from their 5G infrastructures. In the current geopolitical context, it is, therefore, not out of the question that the American government should prohibit commercial relations between US-based companies, such as Google, and the Chinese tech giant.

Thus, Huawei might anticipate stricter regulations from the US and develop its own OS for smartphones in case the worst happens, and they could not use Android anymore.

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