Category: Video Games

This Jackery Explorer 31,000mAh Power Bank Is TSA Carry-on Eligible and Only $110

Amazon is offering the Jackery Explorer 100 31,000mAh Power Bank for $109 after you clip the $20 off coupon on the product page. This is the largest capacity power bank we’ve seen that’s TSA carry-on eligible. It also uses superior LiFePO4 battery cells, can charge up to 3 devices simultaneously, and boasts up to 100W charging output via USB Type-C.

Jackery Explorer 100 31,000mAh Power Bank for $109

At first glance the Jackery Explorer 100 looks like one of those large power stations you might use as a backup battery for your home. But actually, this thing is pretty small, small enough to fit on the palm of your hand. It measures only 5″x3.4″x3.4″ and weighs about 2 pounds. This is a 99Whr power bank, which means it just barely squeezes its way under TSA’s sub-100Whr requirement. With a 31,000mAh total capacity, this is definitely the largest TSA carry-on eligible power bank we’ve posted on IGN.

Unlike most smaller power banks which use lithium-ion cells, the Jackery Explorer 100 uses LiFePO4 cells. They’re usually more expensive and also a bit heavier, but in exchange you get inherently safer battery chemistry and a much longer lifespan, both in terms of number of cycles and calendar aging.

The Jackery Explorer 100 has three outputs: two USB Type-C with PPS and Power Delivery up to 100W total, and a USB Type-A with 28W of charging for a total of 128W. The Steam Deck supports up to 45W max charging, the ASUS ROG Ally up to 65W, and the Nintendo Switch up to 18W. That means ou can charge a Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, or Nintendo Switch at its maximum charging speed. In fact, you could almost charge all three at their maximum charging rate simultaneously.

Jackery is a well known brand that’s based out of Fremont, California. They’re very reliable and are often a great alternative to the juggernaut Chinese companies like Ecoflow and Bluetti. This power bank is UL 94V-0 certified and includes a 2 year warranty.

For more options, check out our favorite power banks for 2024.

Talking Point: What Other LEGO Zelda Sets Would You Like To See After The Deku Tree?

The seal is broken.

The long-rumoured LEGO Zelda set has finally, officially been unveiled and, despite the cost of the adult-focused set causing many a Zelda fan to spit-take their Lon Lon Milk across the room, the 2-in-1 Great Deku Tree set looks like a beauty. Of course, it absolutely should do for 300 bucks, but looking at the myriad details crammed into the 2500-piece set — which covers both Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild incarnations of the ancient tree — the care and attention that’s gone into this latest Nintendo-themed Lego creation is obvious.

Eschewing the innovative play features of the course-based Lego Super Mario line, this build carries an 18+ age recommendation so it’s clearly targeting a different demographic from the Mario or Animal Crossing sets. Those sets are great, but for adults it’s perhaps more exciting to see larger builds and pieces meant equally for display in addition to play.

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Dream Racehorse Training Game Pocket Stables is Out Now on Xbox

Pocket Stables, which is available for pre-order today, is a game where you can raise your very own racehorse. If you are a horse racing fan, you have probably dreamed of owning a racehorse. In this game, you are the owner and rancher, and you can produce everything from facilities and training methods to jockeys and horse breeding.

Aiming for a Fantastic Farm

Improved facilities are also essential for the training of racehorses. In addition to training facilities, you should also develop facilities for tourists visiting your ranch. If the ranch becomes an attractive tourist destination, funds and other resources for raising racehorses will increase.

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Feel the Release and Excitement of Victory

This game is packed with not only the excitement of sports, but also a relaxing element.

The colorful scenery of the ranch and the sight of horses and trainers training together will leave you feeling enriched. Also, it will be exciting to see the racehorses you have worked so hard on win the race!

Raise your dream Triple Crown horse with your own hands and reach the pinnacle of glory.

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Pocket Stables will be available on Xbox from June 6, 2024. Pre-order the game today!


Pocket Stables
Xbox Live

Pocket Stables

Kairosoft

☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★


$11.99

$10.79
Pre-order

Manage a ranch while training your racehorses to race for a Triple Crown.

Manage your very own ranch while training your racehorses to win big in exciting races!

Build training facilities like dirt courses and pools amidst the beautiful natural surroundings of your ranch. Increase your ranch’s fame and entice visitors to spend some dough at your ranch’s amenities, like ice cream stands and gift shops.

Find horses with the right combination of stamina and speed and intensity and train them to race. Keep winning races to earn bigger and better prizes, as well as the ability to compete in even bigger and more exciting races on an international scale.

Send once-great racehorses out to stud. Find effective pedigree combinations and breed a new generation of talented colts.

Can you train a Triple Crown winner and bring fame and glory to your ranch?

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The Rally Point: Bellwright is secretly a lesson in good management

I should be further in than this. My supposed rebellion has thus far eked out a territory that could be described as “where?”. My personal reputation is great only among people who love mushrooms and hate deer. It’s been long enough that I should probably be a fierce warlord running a large chunk of the kingdom in opposition by now, but instead, I have the skillset of fifty peasants, and the outstanding work of fifty three. And I know why. Bellwright has taught me what I already knew in theory, but had not truly appreciated:

Good managers are rare and precious. And I’m not one of them.

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Hogwarts Legacy Update Adds Photo Mode, Hogsmeade Quest, and More Next Week

Hogwarts Legacy developer Avalanche Software has announced its summer update brings photo mode, a Hogsmeade quest, and more to the game on June 6.

In a post on X/Twitter, below, Avalanche shared a look at what players can expext in the update, with those on Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch, and PC getting the most out of it as the currently PlayStation exclusive Haunted Hogsmeade quest becomes playable for all.

Photo mode is another major addition, with Avalanche showing off a wealth of different options digital photographers will have. A major quality of life feature arrives too, as players will be able to reset their Talent Points when the update is made available.

It otherwise includes some additional cosmetic items, such as The Glasses That Lived (eyewear inspired by big Harry himself), the Azkaban Prisoner’s outfit and coat, the Felix Felicis potion recipe, Lavender Borealis Broom, and an Onyx Hippogriff Mount.

Community manager Chandler Wood previously took to social media to tell fans to “set expectations” for the update, which many hoped would be more akin to an expansion with a wealth of new content instead of just an additional collection of useful features and fun items.

Hogwarts Legacy was the bestselling game in the U.S. in 2023 and sold 22 million copies worldwide. Its success has been mixed with controversy due to its connection to Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling though, who has been outspoken in her anti-transgender views.

In our 9/10 review, IGN said: “In almost every way, Hogwarts Legacy is the Harry Potter role-playing game [we’ve] always wanted to play.”

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

KILL KNIGHT’s flowing twin stick carnage hides layers of thoughtful complexity

KILL KNIGHT, the silly-named twin stick action game you may have caught at similarly silly-named event The Triple-I Initiative in April, is joining this year’s Steam next fest with a demo ahead of its expected release date later this year. I’ve played it, and I feel must apologise, Mr. Knight. I still think it’s a silly name, but with frantic flowing action this immediately gratifying, you can call yourself whatever your killy little heart so desires. For this knight is not like other knights: this is a knight who kills. Wait, they all do that? Oh. Well, this one has four guns. Suck it, literally every other knight.

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How Still Wakes the Deep Makes You Care for a Doomed Crew

Still Wakes the Deep Screenshot

How Still Wakes the Deep Makes You Care for a Doomed Crew

Summary

  • Still Wakes the Deep follows through on its cinematic inspirations as we go hands-on with the first two hours of the game.
  • Being able to develop a rapport with the Beira D oil rig crew before disaster strikes helps you connect emotionally.
  • Still Wakes the Deep is launching June 18, 2024, for Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and will be available day one with Game Pass.

I never thought I’d find the open sea air more terrifying than navigating through a confined, flooded bulkhead… but here we are. I think part of that comes from the fact that as you look upon the open ocean that surrounds the Beira D oil rig – the central location of The Chinese Room’s (Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs) upcoming horror game Still Wakes the Deep – it’s an ever-present and cold reminder that you’re trapped here with just a handful of crew standing between you and impending doom.

There’s no getting off this ride; the terror on board is something that you must contend with at some point, and I love that part of the game so far. This mix of tension, dread, and inevitable horror is clicking so well that it’s going to be excruciating having to wait a few more weeks to finish my tour of duty in Still Wakes the Deep when it launches June 18, 2024, for Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and day one with Game Pass.

Still Wakes the Deep Screenshot

We’ve previously covered some of the many cinematic inspirations the team has brought to Still Wakes the Deep. Now having played through the first third of the game and seen many of those films, I think they’re nailing the look, feel, and inspiration for many on that list. In particular, “The Thing” and “Annihilation.”

Another that came to mind while playing — which is a different type of horror — is Craig Mazin’s excellent “Chernobyl.” That’s felt most especially in the early stages –an accident on the mammoth oil rig sets off a cascade of events, rocking the station and everyone on board, and the crew springs into action trying to make sense of what just happened. Before they know it, the situation has continued to spiral further and further beyond their control, shifting from containment to one of survival mixed with fleeting thoughts of escape.

Still Wakes the Deep Screenshot

But crucially, before that moment arrives – the calm before the storm – the game opens with the chance to explore a good chunk of Beria D and interact with what feels like every member of the crew in some capacity. Each one is given a moment with your main character, Cameron “Caz” McLeary, mixed in with a fair bit of swearing and ribbing. With the  oil rig located off the coast of Scotland, it’s well written and believable, allowing you to develop a rapport with this crew before things start to fall apart.

Time with everyone early on might be brief, but it’s immersive, and it’s handled with great effect — like how the spoken dialog leans heavily on UK English and the regional dialects (I had to play with subtitles to catch everything said accurately). In just a short amount of time we’re brought into Caz’s predicament and how that feeds through the entire crew in the lead-up to the accident. It also gives you a good sense of the crew’s bond with each other — they care a lot for one another. This makes the latter parts of the demo land particularly emotional, once many of them become distressed (and much, much worse).

Still Wakes the Deep Screenshot

As shown in the gameplay footage from last year, we’re asked to navigate through bulkheads, flooded passageways, and very dark corridors with nothing but a screwdriver and a headlamp. The design of the interior of the Beria D is very impressively modeled – you can practically feel how cold it is to walk through the station, or when placing your hands on the wheel of an airlock, as the sound of the wind rushes through you once you step outside. It’s a great contrast to the silence that comes when all the hatches are locked down tight, letting any little sound reverberate through the station.

The… let’s call it the terror here as we’ve been asked to avoid spoilers, is… well… terrifying. I’ll leave it at that. If that’s not enough, Caz finds himself at times falling into a bizarre hallucinatory state that seems connected to the events around him, which is another mystery I’m eager to explore further, and see how the story brings all these events together.

Still Wakes the Deep Screenshot

We only experienced a taste of what Still Wakes the Deep has in store for us, but it’s clear The Chinese Room appears to be firing on all cylinders here — they’re on the cusp delivering another masterpiece of gaming horror. Look for Still Wakes the Deep to launch June 18, 2024, for Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and day one with Game Pass.

The post How Still Wakes the Deep Makes You Care for a Doomed Crew appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Minecraft Animated Series Announced for Netflix

Netflix has announced and released a short teaser trailer for a Minecraft animated series coming to the streaming service “soon”.

Announced during the 15th year anniversary celebration for the beloved survival sandbox game, the Minecraft animated series will feature an original story, new characters, and showcase the world of Minecraft in a new light.

WildBrain, the studio behind other Netflix shows such as Sonic Prime, Ninjago: Dragons Rising, and Carmen Sandiego, will create the CG-animated series.

The short teaser trailer, published on YouTube, doesn’t give much away but opens with the series’ most iconic mascot as a Creeper comes on screen before blowing up. The camera then moves through streams of lava in the Nether before emerging into a cave where the Netflix logo sits atop a rock, with sounds of other Minecraft beasties like spiders and zombies playing in the background.

“Netflix x Minecraft” then appears on screen, followed by “animated series” and “coming soon”. It’s unclear when this “soon” will be, but Netflix precedent indicates anywhere up to two years.

Minecraft arrived in 2009 but remains incredibly popular, with publisher Microsoft continuing to update it with new features and options like a Game Pass style subscription.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

A Just Cause movie is in production, with Blue Beetle director in charge

Destructive third-person action game Just Cause is getting made into a movie, produced by the men behind The Fall Guy and Nobody, according to the Hollywood Reporter. This isn’t the first time the over-the-top explode ’em up has been in line to get the big screen treatment. Another version spent years in development hell until the rights lapsed. But it’s been picked up again by Universal, who are no strangers to turning video games into box office burger bucks (they did The Super Mario Bros. Movie). So, it might result in an actual movie this time.

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