Diablo Immortal Is Raking In $1.6M Per Day Despite Huge Backlash Over Microtransactions

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Diablo Immortal Is Raking In $1.6M Per Day Despite Huge Backlash Over Microtransactions]( By Lane Babuder on Jul 07, 2022 02:29 pm [Diablo Immortal Is Raking In $1.6M Per Day Despite Huge Backlash Over Microtransactions]( On June 1 and 2 of this year, the world saw the launch of Diablo Immortal on iOS and Android. On Android the title houses a 3.7 out of 5 rating, while the Apple App Store rating is a 4.5 out of 5. These ratings are good, but some of the more vocal parts of the web, and even press, have not been too kind. When Blizzard announced the next [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft's xCloud Game Streaming Looks Better On Windows Than Linux, But Why?]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 07, 2022 02:08 pm [Microsoft's xCloud Game Streaming Looks Better On Windows Than Linux, But Why?]( Game streaming services are gaining steam as viable alternatives to spending big money on decked out PCs and dedicated gaming consoles, and they've come a long way in a relatively short time. One of the benefits is they're mostly platform agnostic. Or they should be—there are multiple reports that Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming service looks [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Meteor Lake Platform Leak Reveals A Mysterious Extended Gaming Mode And Key Specs]( By Zak Killian on Jul 07, 2022 01:09 pm [Intel Meteor Lake Platform Leak Reveals A Mysterious Extended Gaming Mode And Key Specs]( Intel's expected to follow up its extant 12th-generation Core processors (codenamed "Alder Lake") with the 13th-generation chips known as "Raptor Lake." Those CPUs, which will feature extra cache, P-core revisions, additional E-cores, and other relatively minor enhancements, are probably going to show up toward the end of this year. After [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Maingear Vybe Gaming PC Review: A Ryzen And Radeon Hot Rod]( By Dave Altavilla on Jul 07, 2022 12:50 pm [Maingear Vybe Gaming PC Review: A Ryzen And Radeon Hot Rod]( Pre-built gaming PCs have gained in popularity dramatically, as crypto demand and chip shortages drove graphics cards and other component prices through the roof. That said, regardless of current PC components price points (which are now drifting back to MSRP thank goodness), we've always seen the value in a quality pre-built for a myriad... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Core i9-12900K, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Fall To New Lows And More Killer CPU Deals]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 07, 2022 12:43 pm [Intel Core i9-12900K, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Fall To New Lows And More Killer CPU Deals]( You're probably aware that both AMD and Intel are on track to launch a new generation of processors this year—Zen 4 and Raptor Lake, respectively. We still don't know when exactly they'll debut or how much they'll cost, but if you're not in the waiting mood, there are some stellar deals to be had on current generation CPUs. One of them [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Timber! This Killer Chainsaw Build PC Mod Rips Through Games With A GeForce RTX 3080]( By Tim Sweezy on Jul 07, 2022 12:12 pm [Timber! This Killer Chainsaw Build PC Mod Rips Through Games With A GeForce RTX 3080]( If you are looking forward to playing the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre game, you really need this PC build to play it on. PC modder Staszek "Tips" Wiertelak has devised a killer chainsaw PC that even Leatherface would be jealous of. PC mods can take on many different forms, as the people behind them pull the designs from the depths [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Evasive New Malware Dodges Detection From Over 50 AV Scanners, Security Report Warns]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 07, 2022 11:44 am [Evasive New Malware Dodges Detection From Over 50 AV Scanners, Security Report Warns]( Security researchers say they've uncovered a sneaky new malware strain that may go undetected by virtually all antivirus scanners on the market. While they have not tested each and every one of them in existence, they did upload the sample to VirusTotal and all 56 AV scanners on the site failed to detect a malicious payload. This malware's [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Snag The Stunning Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine Tech Demo Before It Vanishes Forever]( By Zak Killian on Jul 07, 2022 11:06 am [Snag The Stunning Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine Tech Demo Before It Vanishes Forever]( Epic Games' Unreal Engine has been evolving ever since its first appearance as the engine powering its namesake, the original Unreal, in 1998. The second iteration wowed us with its wide-open landscapes, the third version came in with impressive new lighting tech, and the fourth full-number revision brought physical-based rendering and substantial [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Watch An Asteroid The Size Of A Bus Make A Drive By Earth That’s Too Close For Comfort]( By Tim Sweezy on Jul 07, 2022 10:56 am [Watch An Asteroid The Size Of A Bus Make A Drive By Earth That’s Too Close For Comfort]( An asteroid the size of a bus made a nearby pass of Earth yesterday. Asteroid 2022 NF's flyby was broadcast live by The Virtual Telescope Project, and you can watch the replay below. Asteroid Day is in remembrance of the anniversary of the June 30, 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia, which resulted in seismic shockwaves being registered as [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [ASUS ROG Motherboard Obliterates JEDEC's DDR5 Memory Spec To Claim A New World Record]( By Paul Lilly on Jul 07, 2022 10:47 am [ASUS ROG Motherboard Obliterates JEDEC's DDR5 Memory Spec To Claim A New World Record]( For the time being, ASUS can lay claim to one of its enthusiast motherboards helping to facilitate a new DDR5 memory record. Using the ROG Maximus Z690 Apex motherboard, renowned overclocker LUPIN_NO_MUSUME took a 16GB DDR5-4800 module paired with a 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake processor and cranked it all the way to DDR5-10552. That's [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Marriott Hotel Duped By Social Engineering In An Embarrassing 20GB Data Breach]( By Nathan Wasson on Jul 06, 2022 05:37 pm [Marriott Hotel Duped By Social Engineering In An Embarrassing 20GB Data Breach]( Last month, a ransomware gang known as ALPHV struck The Allison Inn & Spa, stealing employee and customer data. ALPHV then published this information to the open web, where it could be indexed by search engines and viewed without the use of the Tor network. 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