News Good Company brings manufacturing management to PC in June 2022 Developer Chasing Carrots and publisher The Irregular Corporation have announced a 1.0 release date for factory management sim Good Company. Good Company has been in early access for quite a bit at this point and the game has been improving along the way, giving players new and improved means to build up and manage their own manufacturing company. Now it’s about to spread its wings and fly in its Version 1.0 release. Chasing Carrots and The Irregular Corporation have given Good Company an official release date in June 2022. Good Company’s Version 1.0 release date was announced by the devs via a press release on May 24, 2022. The game will officially leave Early Access and release in its full state on June 21, 2022 for PC via Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store. In addition, long-awaited multiplayer features will be coming to the game that will allow players to join up for some co-op management as they build up their factory and company and manage various aspects together such as manufacturing, shipping, and employee payroll. You can check out the trailer detailing multiplayer gameplay just below. Chasing Carrots and The Irregular Corporation put Good Company in Steam Early Access back in March 2020. Since then, the game has grown immensely, continually expanding and building up into something fun and fascinating in the business management sim genre. With its Version 1.0 release, co-op multiplayer joins a long and continually growing list of features promised to players. More will be…

Interview Video Interview: How Disney MagicBand+ evolves the park experience We spoke with the folks at Disney Parks to learn more about the new MagicBand+ device. During a recent trip to Disney World, GamerHubTV got to check out some of the latest additions to the park. This included some of the new gear and accessories that the Disney Parks team has been working on to improve the attendee experience. Specifically, we learned more about the new MagicBand+ and how it's improving the park experience for Disney fans. GamerHub TV’s John Gaudiosi spoke with Gina McCarter, Project Management Director at Disney Parks Experiences and Products to learn more about the MagicBand+. She explained how the accessory delivers hand-free convenience to park attendees. “Leveraging things like light and haptics, we will be able to interact with our nighttime spectacular shows at key moments, and even allow for our guests to become bounty hunters in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.” The folks at Disney didn’t just tell us about what’s new with the MagicBand+, they also showed us. We took part in a quest to help Tinker Bell spread pixie dust around the park, with the band reacting to our movement at specific locations. We also got a glimpse out how the MagicBand+ will work in Galaxy’s Edge. Scanning it at the job board, attendees will be assigned a bounty. The band will turn green to indicate that the user is heading in the correct direction, and red to indicate they’re going the wrong way. If you enjoyed this MagicBand+ interview and walkthrough, consider…

News Hitman 3 Version 3.110 patch notes bring ray tracing on PC PC players with the capability to do so will be able to turn on ray tracing and adaptive supersampling in Hitman 3's latest update. Hitman 3 was an excellent game throughout much of 2021’s gaming calendar and with its Year 2 content, IO Interactive has been promising that 2022 will also bring plenty of new fun features to the game. One of those features has finally been implemented in the game’s latest patch notes. With Hitman 3 Version 3.110, PC players can now access ray tracing and adaptive supersampling features in the game alongside a wealth of other new content and adjustments. We’ve got the full details on the patch notes here. Hitman 3 Version 3.110 patch notes Hitman 3's latest updated Year 2 Roadmap has tons of fun in store for players whether you can access ray tracing on PC or not. IO Interactive dropped Hitman 3 Version 3.110 and its accompanying patch notes on May 24, 2022. One of the biggest headliners of this particular update is the implementation of ray tracing and adaptive supersampling options for PC players. Promised as part of the Hitman 3 Year 2 roadmap, this will allow players with the technology necessary to access ray tracing and various supersampling tech like Nvidia DLSS and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0. Intel’s Xe Super Sampling (XeSS) is not supported yet, but will be in a later patch. There’s more to this update than ray tracing for PC players, though. Check out the full…

News Valorant update 4.10 patch notes tweak Haven Riot Games has shared the patch notes for Valorant update 4.10. As Valorant trucks through its latest episode, Riot Games continues to adjust the experience to make it as enjoyable as possible. That’s exactly the goal with the latest update, which targets quality of life changes and bug fixes. Let’s take a look at the patch notes for Valorant update 4.10. Valorant update 4.10 patch notes Here are the patch notes for Valorant update 4.10, as shared by Riot Games. Agent Updates Agent Progress/Charge Bars - Moved to a consistent location and made a consistent size on the following Agents: Reyna Cypher Breach Fade Jett Omen Phoenix Raze Skye Yoru Omen Updated 3P model to increase detail and fidelity. Map Updates Haven Removed some pixel collision on the following areas: Can no longer walk up the front of A site cover Can no longer jump onto the top of C site cover without a boost ability Gameplay System Added new Performance graph to display Shooting Error values for recent shots on the Client. This is the same information visible in the crosshair error settings, but should help players to better diagnose their own performance after an engagement. Gameplay Consistency Updates Fixed an issue where ping or framerate spikes could cause an excessive move processing buffer to develop and persist for multiple seconds. While this was happening, you may have been experienced: Increased Server side input latency, which could make inputs take longer to be applied than would be expected based on your…

In a world of extreme sports, one that often goes overlooked is roller derby. "What is roller derby?" some readers may ask. This is a contact sport that involves roller skating around a track and smashing into opposing players. Back around the turn of the century, the sport was featured on a cable show called RollerJam. A little over 20 years after RollerJam was canceled, Ubisoft and the team at Ubisoft Montreal are putting the spotlight back on extreme roller derby with its take on the sport: Roller Champions. The result is a fun distraction, but one that doesn't feel like it offers many reasons to return to the track. (Roller) Skate or die The concept of Roller Champions is a simple one. Teams of three step onto an oval-shaped track. Like a standard roller derby session, the idea is to skate around, but the Roller Champions gimmick is that there's a ball in play. Teams must maintain possession of the ball while skating across four different zones in order. After skating across all four zones while holding onto the ball, a goal ring will open up and the team must toss the ball through it in order to score. The rules to Roller Champions sound more intimidating than they actually are in practice. The zones are clearly illustrated along with the direction that teams need to follow in order to open up the goal. In that sense, the game is easy. Where it gets competitive is that this is a full contact sport. The defense can come flying in…

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News Starlink expands availability to RVs & large vehicles Those that want to hit the great outdoors and stay connected can now do both with Starlink's new RV dish. Starlink has expanded its reach to recreational vehicles and larger campers, granting internet access to more remote areas around the world. The product looks to be a portable radar dish that users can place around their campsite to stay connected, even when out in the sticks. While Starlink has been a hot product for a while now, availability has been limited to homes and businesses in a static-environment. Even though the recent Starlink Portability feature launched, offering users the ability to move their equipment, this new focus on RVs and larger vehicles takes portability to another level. Consumers are able to order one of the new Starlink devices, which appears to be a reasonably sized satellite dish. According to the official page, users can anticipate high speed, low latency connections in areas marked as “Available”. The service is billed in one-month increments and can be paused and un-pause at the user’s leisure. Elon Musk noted in a tweet that the service is not available for regular vehicles, as the antenna is too large for cars. Furthermore, the dish requires a clear view of the sky to connect and is not designed to be used while a vehicle is in motion. For those users that spend time traveling and camping, finding reliable internet connections can be tough. Even when trying to escape from it all and connect with nature, it’s still important…

News Season of the Haunted brings Solar 3.0 to Destiny 2 The Leviathan is back. Trespasser returns. Austringer rises from the ashes. Season of the Haunted has officially been revealed for Destiny 2. This latest season, technically Season 17, sees the return of locations, characters, and weapons players haven’t seen in a long time. Most importantly, though, is Solar 3.0, which looks to give the iconic subclass element a major facelift. On May 23, 2022, Bungie finally revealed the trailer for Season of the Haunted after it was released early on the PlayStation Japan YouTube channel. Check out the trailer below. There is a whole lot of exciting elements to see in that trailer. Firstly, it looks as though Solar is the next element to receive the 3.0 treatment that Void received with the release of The Witch Queen. As it stands, there’s not a lot of information about what the new Solar 3.0 subclasses will look like other than the brief glimpses seen in the trailer. It also looks like a host of weapons from Season of Opulence are making a return including Austringer, Beloved, Drang, and Calus Mini Tool. We could be on the cusp of seeing Sturm swing back into the meta this season. Also included among the weapons appears to be a new type of Trace Rifle as well as a Scout Rifle, Rocket Launcher, and Glaive. We’ll be sure to let you know of any god rolls we discover. Those who work their way through the Season Pass will also receive an incredibly lethal looking…

News Raven QA Game Workers Alliance is the industry's first large video game union in the US Workers at Raven Software won their bid to unionize in a 19-3 vote. After forming back in February of this year, the Game Workers Alliance has been recognized as the first major union in the video game industry within the United States. Members of the team sent in their ballots to the National Labor Relations Board in Milwaukee, voting 19-3 in favor of officially unionizing. It was announced today, May 23, 2022, that Raven Software’s QA workers won their vote to unionize. Now, GWA will need to negotiate a contract with parent company Activision Blizzard. It was back in January that Raven Software’s QA workers formed the Game Workers Alliance following Activision Blizzard’s decision to lay off several members of the team the month before. Today’s news sees the group accomplishing the mission that they set out on several months ago. Becka Aigner, a member of Raven Software’s QA team provided a statement on the news as reported by The Washington Post. The outcome of this election, the voice of the people coming together to vote yes for this union, is further validation that even a small group of folks in Madison Wisconsin standing together in solidarity can face up against a AAA studio giant like Activision, and come out the other side victorious. Now that the fight for recognition is through, we can focus our efforts on negotiations. We’ll fight for respect, fight for better wages, better benefits, better work-life balance, fight…

News eBay enters the NFT space with Wayne Gretzky collection The company is partnering with OneOf on the creation of 13 limited-edition NFTs featuring Wayne Gretzky. Even though NFTs are widely lambasted — with a number of companies receiving backlash after dipping their toes in the turbulent NFT waters — eBay is nevertheless pressing ahead with plans to wedge themselves into the NFT space starting with a collection featuring hockey player Wayne Gretzky. Yes, eBay is doing NFTs that feature Wayne Gretzky, with the company reportedly launching 13 limited-edition digital collectibles in partnership with OneOf according to outlets like CNBC. Each of these NFTs will feature a 3D rendering of Gretzky performing one of his signature moves. “Forty years ago, I was grateful to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated, it was a monumental moment in my life. I’m honored to bring this collectible experience to my hockey fans who have followed my career for decades,” Gretzky remarked on the NFT collection. For those uninterested in hockey, eBay also plans to partner with OneOf on additional NFT series featuring other iconic athletes. The style is said to focus on “reinterpreting iconic Sports Illustrated covers in the era of Web3.” In terms of cost, these NFTs will supposedly be “priced for the everyday fan” with starting prices as low as $10 each. “NFTs and blockchain technology are revolutionizing the collectibles space, and are increasingly viewed as an investment opportunity for enthusiasts,” said Dawn Block, VP of Collectibles, Electronics, and Home at eBay. “Through our partnership with OneOf, eBay is now making coveted…