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Clash Royale Balance Update Almost Here with Major Changes

When we’re talking about the most played games on mobile, Clash Royale is one of them. If we look at the numbers, Clash Royale has over 100 million downloads on Play Store, and the daily amounts of players are millions. But what is making this game to be popular after all these years? The answer is simple: the developers behind the game. Every month Clash Royale is being updated with new features and events. So here is the answer: a happy player!

What’s the New Update about?

May 6th is the day that Clash Royale received the update that comes with many changes to the game. With the Clash Royale being updated, we have to know what is new and exciting. The changes came to the Princess, the Dark Prince, the Bomber, the Three Musketeers, the Goblin Barrel, and the Wall Breakers. Let’s see what all of them has to offer.

  • Princess Projectile Speed was increased by 33% (from 450 to 600). This way, the Princess should climb back in the win rate charts, since her arrows will be able to also hit faster Troops.
  • A significant change for the Dark Prince is that he won’t struggle against the swarm Troops, and his range is increased by 20% which means from 1050 to 1250. Also, you will have a boost to the Area Damage Radius with 25% (from 1000 to 1250).
  • The update is giving the ability to the Bomber to take one more shot from the Tower. Also, you can blast the Three Musketeer before dying. Hitpoints are increased by 28% which means from 147 to 188.
  • The Three Musketeers – the Deploy time has increased from 1 second to 3 seconds, and the Elixir is being reverted to 9 from 10.
  • The Goblin Barrel – having the Deploy time reduced to 1.1 seconds could be a more useful change.
  • The Wall Breakers – you will have an increased range of 100% which means from 250 to 500. This will make them offensive.

Finally, the new Balance update for Clash Royale will be released for iOS and Android devices.

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Google I/O 2019 Keynote Goes Live Today: What to Expect From This Year’s Event?

Today, Google’s conference for developers known as Google I/O will begin, revealing their new tech and initiative. While a few years earlier Google was only showcasing new tech, starting with 2016, it has shifted into a slightly different perspective.

It began with integrating Google devices into homes, continued with the arrival and development of AI, and last year it even ended with recommending people to use its products less.

We all remember the “Digital Wellbeing” initiative from CEO Sundar Pichai’s keynote in 2018. It was that moment when we all realized that the developers’ conference has shifted towards the public, showing the world how the company wants to be seen:

It’s clear technology can be a positive force, but it’s equally clear that we can’t just be wide-eyed at the innovations technology creates. Now the path ahead needs to be navigated carefully and deliberately, and we feel a deep sense of responsibility to get this right.

Google I/O in 2019 – May 7 – 9

This year, Google will surely announce more smart devices, Assistant should be improved, and AI could migrate to more devices. We will also see home devices, such as Nest Hub Max smart display, being revealed.

The Android operating system should also be part of this event. Android Q will be the star of the event, and so should be the new Pixel 3A and 3A XL phones, which have already been leaked.

We will certainly learn more about the Stadia gaming service as well.

While last year we had “Digital Wellbeing,” Google could make this year be one where they assure the public and fans that they’re a reliable and responsible company. Now let’s see how we can watch the event which will start today and end on May 9.

The event is taking place in Mountain View, California, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. The most important piece should be the keynote which will begin at 10 am PT (1 pm ET).

If you want to see all of this and more, check out the next links where you can watch the event live.

Keynote starts at: New York: 1 pm, San Francisco: 10 pm, London: 6 pm, Berlin: 7 pm, Moscow: 8 pm, New Delhi: 10:30 pm, Beijing: 1 am (May 8), Tokyo: 2 am (May 8), Melbourne: 3 am (May 8).

The event will soon begin, and you can watch it live on the Google website or their YouTube Channel.

Check back here for more important updates and our new coverage of the event.

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Google Tests Out The Material Theme Redesign For Google Play Store

Lately, Google has been busy expanding its new version of Material Theme to all of their domains. Apps like Google Photos, Gmail and Google Drive have recently been through redesigns. The company is still testing out their new Material Theme to more apps.
As the list of redesigned apps continues to expand, the most recent addition being Google Play Store.

The latest Google Play Store update brings to the table version 12.5.53. Activating the Material Theme redesign makes significant changes, including the following:

  • A bottom bar with tabs for Home, Games, Movies, and Books
  • Rounded corners for the search bar
  • Lack of nested tabs and icons for categories
  • Rounded square icons in the homepage
  • Larger Buttons for Installing Apps
  • Circular download indicator around the app icon

Google Tests Out The Material Theme Redesign For Google Play Store

The website 9to5Google found some interesting strings within the app, which have been interpreted as support for installing Android system updates straight from the Play Store. Other rumors say the strings are actually meant to give users the option to install APEX packages.

Android Q currently has six APEX packages and, according to some sources, OEMs will be forced to use Google’s packages. The new Google Play Store user interface has been tweeted by Kieron Quinn, a software developer who was among the lucky ones that had the chance to test out the new version. Here are some screenshots of the new design:

According to Quinn, the version does crash sometimes, but it is quite stable for a prototype. Another issue is that the toolbar keeps disappearing. We are hoping to see the final version of the Google Play Store Material Theme redesign at Google’s I/O event next week.

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iPhone 11 Lineup Might Come With Huge Changes, According To Latest Rumors and Leaks

Vast changes could come our way along with the enhanced performance in the new iPhone 11 models that Apple will release this year. Even though Apple iPhones of 2019 won’t feature 5G modems, the modifications it would make on this year’s phones will reportedly be extremely profitable in the short-term.

While Apple is apparently waiting on the release of their 5G iPhone until 2020, consumers are looking forward to the expected arrival of 5G to speed the wireless connection. Also, the Cupertino company is expecting for 5G networks to promote its development and for the service to become ordinary and useful.

Apple had attached its 5G expectations on Intel modems, but the recent judicial process settlement with Qualcomm has driven the latest company back into Apple’s supply system. Intel is now no longer into the 5G business, and the Qualcomm chipset is now supposed to drive the cellular features of the new 5G iPhones.

According To Latest Rumors and Leaks, iPhone 11 Lineup Might Come With Huge Changes

A ‘vast change’ Apple is making to the 2019 iPhone series is the shift from liquid crystal polymer (LCP) antennas to modified PI antenna technology, TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported to investors this week, MacRumors says. According to Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR are have LCP antennas​, but Apple’s thoughts were that the experience isn’t as gentle as it should be.

Modified PI (MPI) is much easier to be manufactured than LCP, and also more affordable, and even though LCP has, in theory, a much better execution, it doesn’t look like it progressed as Apple thought it should. The shift will be a temporary action, according to Kuo. He also said that the iPhone 5G will be produced with LCP, in the estimation that the producing operations will have since now progressed enough to make that technology profitable.

Apple is also presumed to use LCP in the new iPad versions, which Kuo said will be released sometime in the fourth quarter of this year.

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The Last of Us 2 Release Date and Other Details

A new edition of The Last of Us has been developed, and it’s ready to be soon unveiled. The developer Naughty Dog has been working on The Last of Us 2 even if the ending of the first series was decisive enough.

Because the first game was much praised and acclaimed by players and critics and loved for its emotional narrative and realistic characters, the choice to release a new sequel wasn’t entirely surprising. The Last of Us Part II was first made known by Naughty Dog at PlayStation Experience back in 2016 and came with a trailer, and as we are heading to the middle of 2019 already, we hope to hear of an official launch date soon.

The Last of Us Part 2 trailers

The latest trailer for The Last of Us 2 was unveiled at E3 2018, at long last giving us a glance at Ellie in a private setting, before moving to some of the harsh battle founded on stealth we can expect to see in the upcoming game. Scenarios of the game show Ellie fighting to survive in the wilderness. To win the fight, it needs a perfect balance between stealth and assault as destruction appears to have a much more realistic effect.

​Another trailer for the game had been shown during PSX 2017. It was fixed that the game will have Seattle as background, and the darker themes were retouched. The last trailer for The Last of Us 2 was revealed at Sony’s press conference in 2017, at Paris Games Week, and it targets the discord between the factions of the game, attempting to show that the second game will have an incredibly dark story.

The Last of Us 2 Release date

According to the game’s composer, Gustavo Santaolalla, The Last of Us will be released in 2019, but it hasn’t been officially confirmed yet. Sony’s Worldwide Studios boss, Shawn Layden has announced that The Last of Us 2 will feature at its E3 conference on June 11.
The Last of Us 2 now has two directors, now that Neil Druckmann has been promoted to Vice President: Anthony Newman and Kurt Margenau were both head designers on Uncharted 4.

The Last of Us 2 will take place in the city of Seattle, after five years of the first game ended, with a 19-year-old Ellie as the principal character. Joel will still show up in the game, but it might be more of a passive presence. According to the trailer, Ellie is looking for revenge, promising to ‘kill every last one of them.’ Who is ‘them’ is not clear, but it could mean that the Fireflies of the original game’s grey antagonists might show up.

Because of Joel’s passive appearance in the trailer, theories have been made of him being dead, and Ellie’s anger and wish for revenge might be targeted for those who are of fault for his death.  The game will come with an incredibly dark theme, perhaps more mysterious than the previous game’s, also including lots of violence. Neil Druckmann stated that the narrative would be about Ellie and Joel’s relationship and that would be added to the first game’s story, although much broader.

Also, it has been disclosed that Halley Gross, one of the scriptwriters of WestWorld will be co-writing the game’s narrative. We can expect a great storyline with such successful writers to work.

The Last of Us Part 2 Gameplay

It isn’t much known about the gameplay, but what we do know is that some variations will be made as Ellie’s the playable character more so than Joel. However, if Naughty Dog will go on the path many go with female characters, Ellie would possibly be much faster than Joel was but probably not likely to take much damage.

There might be a new setting, more enemies, and new multiplayer game mode

Druckmann reported that the second story would be much larger than the first one narrative and we hope to see a unique setting to give the game a fresh and more believable introduction. Besides, the infected from the first game which is frightening and sinister, new characters and additional or new methods to eliminate them would be great.

If the game’s narrative were as dense as we anticipate, it would be beneficial to be able to take a break for a few minutes without having to leave the game and connect with others online.

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