Monster

At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsExcellent gaming performanceUsable camerasGood sound Great value for moneyConsNo water-resistanceNo wireless chargingSoftware is buggyHeavy and bulkyOur VerdictRedmagic delivers another powerhouse gaming phone with the 8S Pro. Excellent performance and battery life make it easy to recommend for gamers, although as an everyday phone it does present a few challenges. Redmagic is back with yet another gaming phone. The 8S Pro arrives just a few months are its predecessor, the Redmagic…

Monster Hunter Now, a mobile spin-off of the Capcom series, will be launching worldwide in September. Pre-registration is live now for iOS and Android devices with rewards once a certain number of sign-ups is surpassed. As an augmented reality (AR) game, Monster Hunter Now is comparable to Pokémon Go, and is in fact developed by Niantic too. Whereas the main Monster Hunter games are notorious for their intricate and lengthy battles with the beasts, this game’s encounters will last a maximum of 75 seconds, which is much…

The next major release from Pokémon Go developer Niantic is launching very soon. The studio announced today that Monster Hunter Now, a collaboration with Capcom, will be available globally on September 14th, launching on both iOS and Android.The announcement was made as part of a lengthy presentation detailing more about how the game will actually work, including the weapons that’ll be available at launch (sword and shield, great sword, long sword, hammer, light bowgun, and bow) and how the cycle of hunting and gearing up…

A giant creature thought to inhabit the waters of Scotland's Loch Ness remains a popular subject of speculation, in spite of pretty thorough debunkings.One of the last plausible explanations for the beast has now too joined the discard pile. After careful investigation, data scientist Floe Foxon of Pinney Associates and the Folk Zoology Society has determined that Nessie sightings are unlikely to be encounters with giant eels."In this new work from the Folk Zoology Society, a much-needed level of scientific rigor and…

Capcom‘s third-person shooter Exoprimal will see crossovers with Street Fighter 6 and Monster Hunter in the future, as well as a new endgame mode for players to get to grips with. Exoprimal, which was developed with Dino Crisis producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi’s input, apparently sold almost 30,000 copies in its first week on Steam and player reviews presently give it a “Mostly Positive” rating. The team offered “a big thank you” to the community for its “amazing support, passion and feedback since launch” and a look to…

Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB AMP Extreme AIRO specsGeForce RTX 4080 16GB9728 CUDA cores16GB GDDR6X RAM320W power consumptionIceStorm 2.0 Advanced CoolingFREEZE Fan Stop, Active Fan Control, Dual BIOSSPECTRA 2.0 RGB Lighting (compatible with external LED strip)Metal die-cast RGB LED BackplateThis is a monster of a graphics card, and it will take up a lot of space in any PC -- two or even three slots -- so don't expect to put this into a tiny system. The PC will need a beefy power supply unit (PSU); the…

There are even breakable body parts Developers DECK13 have released a new trailer for their upcoming fantasy action RPG Atlas Fallen that primarily highlights its combat. And, I have to admit, it looks very impressive! The battles looks fast-paced and reminds me a lot of the combat in Monster Hunter. I’d say maybe even with a mix of God of War thrown in. You can target specific body parts on larger enemies like their legs and feet in an effort to incapacitate them and cause them to fall to the ground. Also similar to…

Just weeks after a third of the US population was hit with air-quality alerts thanks to smoke from climate-change-fueled fires in Canada, 100 million Americans are now under heat alerts. A cap of extra-hot air, known as a heat dome, has settled over the West and South, pushing temperatures relentlessly higher. The map below shows excessive heat warnings in purple and heat advisories in orange, and the forecast is that things will get worse through the weekend. Highs will stay above 110 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix;…

It’s day four of Mattel’s “12 Days of Fandom”leading up to a celebration of collectibles at San Diego Comic-Con 2023—and io9 has a spooky yet stylish Monster High doll to reveal today.Spoilers of the Week | June 17thHere’s the con exclusive reveal of Monster High’s Freak du Chic Draculaura. The original Monster High doll makes her Freak du Chic collection debut in a beautiful pink and black harlequin look, with death-defying “acro-bat” posing capabilities to lean into that goth circus vibe. She even comes with a little…

Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored, Vintage Paper | Tagged: Fiction Press, monster, pre-code horrorThe stories in Fiction House's 1953 classic Monster #1 center around themes of combining science and the supernatural with terrible results.Monster #1, a Fiction House publication from 1953, has one of the more unique covers from this pre-code horror auction that has been going on at Heritage. Maurice Whitman is responsible for the cover, which features a green monster taking hold of a damsel in distress while also…