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You can always count on Epic to find new and exciting ways to keep Fortnite feeling fresh all these years later. Chapter 5, season 1 has kept up that trend with a variety of thrilling items that change up the meta a lot, including the Ballistic Shield, which may be the best personal defensive item ever added to the game. Here’s where to find them and how they work. Where to get Ballistic Shields and how they work Ballistic Shields can be found on the ground or in chests all across the map. Even so, it’s quite a rare…

What happens when something goes very wrong in an eVTOL aircraft? China's AeroHT has released video of its innovative low-altitude multi-parachute system turning a catastrophic propulsion system failure into a soft-ish landing from just 50 m (164 ft) up.For many years, eVTOL aircraft manufacturers have been talking about using ballistic parachutes as a last-resort safety measure, and we've been wondering just how practical that kind of thing could possibly be from altitudes below about 100 m (328 ft), where such systems…

Apex Legends Season 17: Arsenal is just a few weeks away, and while most of the season's details are currently under wraps, we do have information regarding some of the new additions coming to the game when Season 17 goes live.In addition to confirmation that players will get to meet a new legend for the first time in six months, we've got the scoop on Ballistic's background--and some context clues hinting at his abilities. Dataminers have also uncovered some interesting tidbits, so keep scrolling for an…

Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment released the latest episode in its Stories From The Outlands series today, finally unveiling Season 17's debut legend, Ballistic. Titled Encore, the animated short introduces players to August "Ballistic" Brinkman, a former champion of the Thunderdome. The Thunderdome Games were a bloodsport held on Kings Canyon, and served as a precursor to the Apex Games. There is, however, one major difference between the two competitions: When a competitor died in the…

Apex Legends' latest episode of Stories From The Outlands, titled "Encore," has finally introduced players to Apex's 24th legend: August "Ballistic" Brinkman, a former Thunderdome champion who retired from the Games after tragedy struck. But now he's un-retiring, determined to take his son's place in the Apex Games.Although we don't currently know much about the seasoned bloodsport champion, Encore contains loads of context clues that--combined with leaked details regarding his in-game abilities--paint a…

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off the eastern coast of the Korean peninsula on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, prompting South Korea’s presidential office to “strongly condemn” Pyongyang over the escalation of tension. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the two medium-range missiles flew about 500 kilometers. Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Toshiro Ino said the missiles appeared to have fallen outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and there were no reports of…

John Wick: Chapter 4 Early Reviews Are Out Ahead Of The Film’s Release ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) The highly anticipated John Wick: Chapter 4 is about to hit the theatres. Fans can not wait to see Keanu Reeves’ eponymous assassin hunting for revenge against Winston and the High Table. The movie will pick up from the previous events when John was left for dead. However, early reactions to the franchise’s fourth installment have begun to roll out. The franchise’s last movie, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, was…

This asteroid is rushing towards Earth at a terrifying speed and it is set to make a close approach soon! NASA conducted its first planetary defense test against potential world-ending asteroids recently. Named the Double Asteroid Detection Test or DART test, the mission's aim was to smash a spacecraft into the Dimorphos asteroid to deflect it away from its path. This historic test was successful and the asteroid was actually deflected from its path. This has given humans a weapon and a strategy to stop an asteroid…

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