Author: Henry R. Lares

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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Clash of Clans’ Town Hall 12 Newest Update Brings Bug Fixes

A few days ago, the new Town Hall 12 update of Clash of Clans was revealed. Now, thanks to a post on Supercell’s forum, we are able to review all the balance changes that are included in the update.

Similar to all defenses in Clash of Clans, Town Hall 12 has five different levels that change as you start gaining experience in the game. The balance adjustments that will be implemented can be divided into three main categories: fixing exploits, buffing troops that were underused, increasing rewards and loot. Also, the most important gameplay change is hidden into the patch notes. It looks like upgrading the levels of the game now requires players to place the buildings. This will make it very hard for the manipulation of war weight needed for engineering bases to be accomplished.

As we know by now, Supercell doesn’t like to spoil anything for their fans, most probably because they have various things to work on in the same time and they want to make sure they reveal only final ideas regarding update changes. However, one thing has been already confirmed. It seems that we will get more than one update this year, maybe as much as three or four of them.

The first big update was expected to launch in the first half of the year, so we should have some official news soon.

What has been unsatisfactory for most players up until this point, is the situation with Clan Wars, as engineered bases can handle much higher adversaries than their war weight. So we do hope to see some significant changes made by Supercell when it comes to the matchmaking queues for engineered and non-engineered bases.

You can download Clash of Clans on iOS and Android. We do not have an official release date for the Town Hall 12 update yet, but hopefully, it will be announced not far from now.

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Mass Effect 5 Update – Game Suggestions and Potential Improvements

Since the most recent Mass Effect game was released back in March 2017, fans of the popular Sci-Fi video game series have been waiting for the announcement of the newest version. At the moment this seems unlikely to happen because the game’s developers are focused on another project. Still, the community of fans keeps on discussing about potential improvements, based on which a game even better than Andromeda could be developed. In this article, we will talk about some possible changes proposed by fans.

Here are some of the suggestions that we have gathered:

  • Instead of allowing us to explore multiple open worlds, the game should focus on the storyline and the characters.
  • The game developers should try to choose quality over quantity, to create a more original set of enemies, with unique abilities.
  • In order to add excitement to the game, the villains should have more complex personalities.
  • Rather than a failed idea of resource gathering, ready-made weapons should be available to collect.
  • The game’s storyline should contain more references to the original Mass Effect trilogy.
  • In addition to pure shooting, diplomacy should be brought back as an option.
  • BioWare should consider adding new alien races.
  • The gameplay must be enriched with more choices that will really matter in the scenario.
  • The game developers could give more importance to the romance in Mass Effect.
  • Gamers should be allowed to choose to play as an alien character as well, in order to see things from a different perspective.

The ball is now in BioWare’s court and it will be interesting to see how the fifth game of the series will be like. If they decide to take fans’ suggestions into consideration, then we can be sure that the new game will be a success.

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Xiaomi Mi 8 vs. iPhone X – Slightly Better Specs vs Affordable Price

Xiaomi Mi 8 was recently launched and it’s taking smartphone industry by storm. There aren’t that many Android smartphones which can compare against the likes of iPhone X, but it seems like Xiaomi Mi 8 might just be able to get the job done. With that being said, today we are going to pin Xiaomi Mi 8 and iPhone X against each other and see which one comes out on top.

Top-Notch Display

The biggest similarity between Xiaomi Mi 8 and iPhone X is their top-notch display. Therefore, we are going to start with the display technology. iPhone X is renowned for its sleek looking 5.8-inch OLED Super Retina display that features a high pixel resolution of 2,436 x 1,125 and 458ppi. On the other hand, Xiaomi Mi 8 ships with a larger 6.21-inch AMOLED panel which features a slightly smaller Full HD pixel resolution of 2,248 x 1,080 and 402ppi.

Hardware Power

Leaving the display technology aside, hardware power is all that really matters when it comes to high-end smartphones such as Xiaomi Mi 8 and iPhone X. Xiaomi Mi 8 is fueled by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 845 CPU which is paired with 6GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB or 256GB of internal storage space.

Apple equipped its flagship smartphone with its own-made hexa-core A11 Bionic CPU which is known to be more powerful than Xiaomi Mi 8’s Snapdragon 845. On the downside of things, iPhone X’s CPU is paired with only 3GB of RAM and 64GB/256GB of internal storage space.

Final Words

From the looks of it, Apple’s high-end iPhone X is the device which has the upper hand in this brief comparison. However, we should mention that iPhone X is priced at $999 while Xiaomi Mi 8 can be purchased for only $420 which gives it a great advantage.

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WWDC: Finally the Time for a MacBook Air Update

With Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference starting today, many users and fans of MacBook Air are wondering if any updates for this device will be announced. Last year’s WWDC gave us only a small modification of the CPU specifications, so maybe this time some more significant changes will be revealed.

Since 2008, when MacBook Air was first launched, this subnotebook belonging to the Apple family has not been changed much, with a last more or less important update dating back to 2015. When it comes to design, this device remains pretty much the same as it has been for the past 10 years. In the world of rapid advancement of technology, a decade without any significant changes is way too long.

There are two newer options: a slightly more powerful MacBook Pro and a device simply named MacBook. However, MacBook Air already has a large group of fans amongst Apple customers, especially since at $999 it’s regarded as good value for money. Even though this subnotebook remained virtually unchanged since its introduction, many users keep choosing it over the two more expensive models that we mentioned before. This wasn’t changed even with the launch of iPad Pro, which is being heavily promoted by Apple. It simply proves that there is still place for MacBook Air in the market.

Next move belongs to Apple. They have two options: they can either announce an update for MacBook Air at the WWDC event that takes place this week, or rather make a decision to stop supporting this version of the subnotebook and start promoting newer, more expensive products. As for now, the first choice seems to be more likely, however, Apple’s strategy of higher prices makes the future of MacBook Air uncertain. We look forward to this week’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in hope that we will learn more.

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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Update – What We Know So Far?

If you are an Assassin’s Creed fan you probably already heard about Odyssey, the upcoming game in the franchise. Nonetheless, Ubisoft did not reveal too many details about the game until now. We do know that we will receive more information during the E3. Before that happens, we are here to share with you everything we know so far, including rumors and speculations.

What will we see at E3

The official name of the installment is Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. It is not too likely that we will get the game anytime soon, as Ubisoft already released Assassin’s Creed Origins last fall. Nonetheless, we were told that there is something which will be revealed during the press conference, so we can hope for a sneak peek. There is also a chance that Odyssey might come out sooner than expected, as Assassin’s Creed had a tradition of releasing a new installment every single year.

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey details

The news about the game was leaked by Walmart Canada, which has become a trusted source when it comes to game leaks. Another report which was posted by JeuxVideo revealed a collectible keychain. On the packaging we can see the name “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” and it comes with some visual clues as well.

For example, the keychain looks like an Ancient Greek helmet. If we think about the name of the game as well, it is not hard to guess that Ancient Greece will be involved in the next game. There is also a small teaser video which has showed up online, in which we can see someone being kicked off a cliff. For most viewers, this appeared to be a reference to the 300 movie, which would confirm the Ancient Greece theory.

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