Seasons

Destiny 2's Season of the Wish is the last time Bungie will use its seasonal content system, switching instead to a new episodic story format between its major expansions. Part of that change is a response to feedback from players that, after four years, the seasonal approach of weekly short story missions had become stale. Each season's story followed a model that Destiny fans started to expect and anticipate, and while Destiny 2's seasonal stories have largely been thoughtful and engaging, they were…

Halo Infinite looks to be moving away from seasons as the game has previously known them, instead leaning into free Operations every 4-6 weeks.In a livestream, developer 343 Industries dove into what players of the free-to-play shooter can expect in the weeks and months ahead. The answer is a whole lot of Operations, as well as a free update on January 30. That update will add a new Halo Wars-themed Operation, as well as new customization options, and a new map. Halo Infinite community director Brian…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.Spring, summer, fall and winter – the seasons on Earth change every few months, around the same time every year. It’s easy to take this cycle for granted here on Earth, but not every planet has a regular change in seasons. So why does Earth have regular seasons when other planets don’t?I’m an astrophysicist who studies the movement of planets and the causes of seasons. Throughout my research, I’ve…

Now that developers can submit their apps to the Vision Pro App Store in the lead-up to the headset’s launch on February 2, one app looks to take the Weather category by storm already.Developed by Cosmo, Seasons shows you the weather in your Vision Pro headset, so that you don’t have to take it off and go outside. In a post on X, its developers posted a video of snow covering your vision inside the headset, giving you a visual representation of the weather near you.The post goes on to state that Seasons will be free to…

One of the worst aspects of awards season is watching group after group barely deviate from the same small group of names all prognosticators seem to have in their pool. (Are those folks good at predictions, or are awards bodies just too lazy to look past the punditry?)On the other hand, one of most exciting aspects of awards season is the rush of satisfaction when an awards-giving body manages to defy conventional wisdom and select a performance that hasn’t arrived pre-anointed as a certified Oscar contender –…

Figure 6 from the study showing the change in the average number of annual days of extreme fire risk between now and the end of the 21st century. Credit: Yu et al., 2023 Wildfires are some of the most destructive natural disasters in the country, threatening lives, destroying homes and infrastructure, and creating air pollution. In order to properly forecast and manage wildfires, managers need to understand wildfire risk and…

Apple has chosen not to order a third season of its Kevin Durant-inspired show Swagger, according to the show’s creator. As reported by Variety, Reggie Rock Bythewood shared a post on Instagram thanking fans for the journey the show had been on. “Apple, while you are not ordering a season three, I made the show I wanted to make,” he said. Swagger is a drama series on Apple TV Plus “inspired by NBA superstar Kevin Durant’s experiences,” and “explores the world of youth basketball, and the players, their families and…

There's still time to get acquainted with Formula E before the new season begins in January. To help with that, the all-electric racing series has opened up its vault and made every race from its first nine seasons available to stream for free. Starting with the first event in Beijing in 2014 through this past season's finale in London, there's a lot to relive or watch for the first time. If you're trying to stream them all, that's 90 hours of action over 116 races you have to look forward to.Formula E's new Race Replay…

Fans of the beloved CBS sitcom "Young Sheldon" can finally mark their calendars as the release date for Season 7 has been officially set. The show, a prequel to the immensely popular "The Big Bang Theory," is making a significant shift in its scheduling this time around. Young Sheldon Season 7 premiere date is officially set for February 15.(Twitter/cbs) After overcoming delays caused by industry strikes, CBS has confirmed that Young Sheldon Season 7 is set to premiere on Thursday, February 15 at 8:00 pm,…

Bobby Berk will no longer be part of the Fab 5. Queer Eye‘s interior designer announced Monday that he’ll be stepping away from the hit Netflix show following the airing of the show’s eighth season in the new year. “It’s with a heavy heart that I announce that season 8 will be my final season on Queer Eye. It’s not been an easy decision to be at peace with, but a necessary one,” Berk wrote on Instagram. “Although my journey with Queer Eye is over, my journey with you is not. You will be seeing more of me very…