But what is the experience of buying that doing for you that Steam isn't? I think that is a question worth asking. An Epic exclusive is there to tempt you into using that store. I will say this, though: I don't see how they're good for players. I'm not adverse to having more launchers on my taskbar, and this is not a new phenomenon, when you consider Ubisoft and EA's requirements that you use their platforms (even if you could buy Ubisoft games on Steam too until The Division 2). I even speculate if Epic's approach has allowed previously console-only games to make the leap to PC, as is the case with the Quantic Dream games and Journey coming to PC. I don't actively think they're bad, nor does the idea of them keep me up at night. Our answers are below, and feel free to add yours in the comments (while sticking to our commenting rules). In a statement to PC Gamer, they also mentioned their plans to give developers self-publishing tools to help make the store more accessible to new devs: "Our investment into content is going to continue and multiply as we work toward an open store and launch even more platform features.But is Epic's strategy more than just an inconvenience? Is it actually detrimental to PC gaming as a whole? That's the topic of our mid-week PCG Q&A. Wishlist improvements, achievement and player profiles are all set to arrive this year as well, which all sounds very nice indeed. ![]() They also made 103 free games available, and those freebies were claimed a whopping 749 million times. ![]() The number of games available on their store grew from 190 in 2019 to 471 in 2020. Last month, they released some stats showing the platform's growth. There's more on the way for the Epic Games Store too. Then there's a bunch of Ubisoft stuff, such as Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time Remake, Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine, amongst others (though these technically aren't fully exclusive, as they'll be available on the Ubi Store too). The upcoming schloosies we do know about include Darkest Dungeon 2, Kena: Bridge Of Spirits and Chivalry 2, which will all be timed exclusives. Even still, it's possible there's a whole heap of games coming to Epic over the next couple of years that have yet to be announced. Sometimes Epic-exclusive means you can't get it anywhere else (like Hitman 3), while other times it just means "not on Steam", but can be found elsewhere too (like The Outer Worlds, which was also on Xbox Game Pass for PC). The number of schloosies coming could vary massively depending on what they mean by the term. They didn't get much more specific than that, but still, that's a helluva lot of games. "We have more exclusives coming in the next two years than we have published to date," an Epic spokesperson told PC Gamer. This weekend, they revealed they have more exclusives than ever arriving on the Epic Games Store over the next couple of years. However, they certainly aren't slowing down on those schloosies: rather, it seems Epic plans on releasing loads more in the not-so distant future. ![]() ![]() Some of you may be happier with that than others, given their exclusivity deals have been a little bit cursed previously. It's been a little while since Epic Games announced a new store exclusive.
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Below is list of command-line options recognized by the ImageMagick command-line tools. ![]() In this Gearbox Software-published game, the new Fast Food update not only provides fans with more content, but it is a way to discuss the importance of healthy diets compared to the preservative-filled and sugary junk food that modern society consumes. In the Fast Food update, players will lead Death into the Toxic Food-Processing Department to scold employees that ran amok and fight tomato slice-shooting burgers and muscly pickle jars along the way. Have a Nice Death is a roguelike title that is more akin to video games like Hades and Dead Cellswhen it comes to the gameplay loop, but its 2D animations make it similar to Hollow Knight and its highly anticipated sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong. Seems like developers just didn't have enough experience to make this game work properly.Have a Nice Death is an interesting sidescrolling action game that is currently available in early access on Steam, and it got a free update in the form of the Fast Food expansion just last month, with more projects currently in the pipeline. Don't buy this, it's better if you play these 2 games instead of Have a Nice Death. In short, idea of combining Dead Cells gameplay and Hades approach for a plot in an interesting setting of Death is cool, but what came out in the end is just really bad. So you can survive boss on 1 hp and get to next level totally with 0 resources (on a level you visit for the first time). Also, remember Dead Cells gave you ability to fully heal your hp and estus flask between levels on first difficulty, so you could learn the game and enemy movelist? Forget about it, as i understood we have 11 boss stem cell difficulties (complete rip off but whatever, good mechanic) and even on the first difficulty YOU CANNOT HEAL BETWEEN LEVELS WOW. Buuuut, it can be found once in millenia, or be combined from a 3+ blue spheres (which you must keep not using and collect enough), so don't really get your hopes up. ![]() But don't worry, devs have thought about how to fix their new stupid system! You can get your ACTUAL max hp back using yellow hp spheres. You can sometimes abuse it (with certain skills giving hp spheres over time and with other few things), but blue healing spheres are really rare to find. Meaning your maximum health isn't really your max health, but a useless thing, because only grey zone matters. Rally effect is no more, but if you keep getting hit, there's a grey zone on your healthbar, which gets smaller after receiving more damage and allows you to heal only that grey zone. Remember rally effect in dead cells (healing if you attack after getting hit). ![]() ![]() But they completely messed up healing system. And ok, devs copied 3 colour progression, unlocking weapons in a shop and many many more things. Gameplay wise this game is just a complete rip off of Dead Cells but. I tried to read it, but it's just not interesting, but plot isn't what we come for in this games, right? 2. Here we have mumbling instead of voice acting (budget issue, whatever) and absolutely boring dialogs with pathetic attempts of humor with some meta-jokes. Plot wise, they tried to make it somewhat like Hades, but in Hades we had different famous greek gods and good voice acting. Ideas of different horrors of life such as diseases, war etc as a departments in some organisation of Death is pretty cool. Ideas of different horrors of life such as diseases, Okay let's talk about this game, why 4/10, right? Good sides: 1. Okay let's talk about this game, why 4/10, right? Good sides: 1. But given its price, these are things you can go without.Ĥ. But it is missing a few features such as the ability to grab text out of images and a magic wand selector. This software has a great array of editing tools that rivals that of our top pick. ![]() It has a very light footprint, so you likely won’t notice any lag in other programs while Ashampoo Snap runs. While you can export your snapshots to most of the popular file formats, you miss out on ones like GIF, which remains popular even though it’s quite old.Īshampoo Snap is also frugal with system resources, so it won't slow your computer down. In our tests, this was the easiest software to learn, and it has all the tools we look for in screen capture applications, including video capture, editing tools and special effects. You can pick up this program for about $20, but don’t let the budget price fool you – it’s still a functional, useful application. ![]() If you’re new to the world of screen capture software, there’s no better program to start with than Ashampoo Snap. Ashampoo Snap: Easiest screen capture app to use Its native video format is mp4, but if you need to convert this to something else the app will download a conversion app called Prism that can convert a video file into just about any other format, including device-specific profiles for recent and legacy devices.ģ. You can create the most common image formats, such as JPG, PNG and GIF. But the core features are more than enough to get the job done.įastStone Capture also has fewer export file formats than the best screen capture programs we reviewed. For example, it doesn’t have a social media sharing feature, auto-capture or tutorials. However, it’s missing some of the extra features that our top pick boasts. Beyond that, it's less than $20 for a full license.įastStone Capture has many of the tools we look for in screen capture software, including video capture, digital editing tools and video game recording. FastStone: Best value screen capture appįastStone has a completely free unlicensed version for home use only, so if you're looking for something to use purely for non-commercial purposes, then the app is effectively free. You can even set up custom capture profiles so you don’t have to pick your settings every time you start a recording.Ģ. All the features and tools are accessible from the program’s main window, and there is a toolbar that allows you to use the capture features in Microsoft Office applications without launching Snagit itself. Its tutorials are easy to follow and informative. This screen capture software is also very easy to use, no matter your computer experience level. You can also adjust picture settings such as hue, contrast and saturation. ![]() Its editing tools are as comprehensive as you can get without buying a full-fledged editing program – you can trim, crop and rearrange captured footage and add your own images and annotations. Additionally, you can record video streams, computer games and virtually anything else that comes across your screen. You can use it not only to take and edit screenshots but also to make videos of what’s happening on your computer. Snagit has a full set of capture, recording, editing and exporting tools, so it’s far more than a simple screen capture program. ![]() Roland-Garros will be available to UK Eurosport Player subscribers through Prime Video Channels while Wimbledon daily highlights and live coverage from the men’s and women’s finals are available at an additional £6.99 per month.Īmazon Prime Video’s key tournament dates. ![]() With the US Open just around the corner, all eyes are on the Cincinnati Masters, where the finals will play out later today. The grass-court season will also get some live coverage with the WTA Libema Open (8-14 June), the ATP Fever Tree Championships from Queens Club (15-21 June) and the Halle Open (15-21 June) among the tournaments to be screened. Published: Sunday, 21 August 2022 at 9:56 am. At the moment, we havent detected any problems at Amazon Prime Video. Tennis TV Taylor Fritz Camera Lens Prize Draw 2023. 2023 Mid Year Survey Terms and Conditions. Tennis TV 50 off Monthly Offer August 2023 Terms and Conditions. Tennis TV 90 Off Offer August 2023 Terms and Conditions. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined. 2023 Nitto ATP Finals Tickets Giveaway Terms and Conditions. Some of the upcoming big tournaments that will be covered by Prime Video include the joint ATP-WTA BNP events like the Paribas Open from Indian Wells (11-22 March) and the Miami Open (24 March-5 April), the Madrid Open (2-10 May) and the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati (16-23 August). Amazon has struck a deal said to be worth 40m (£30m) for the exclusive UK TV rights to the US Open tennis tournament, as the US firm looks to add to. The graph below depicts the number of Amazon Prime Video reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. The video on demand service started broadcasting ATP events last year and added WTA tournaments to its service at the beginning of 2020 while subscribers will also once again have exclusive access to this year’s US Open from Flushing Meadows.Ĭatherine Whitaker and Marcus Buckland will continue to front Prime Video’s live, on-site tennis coverage.įormer players Martina Navratilova, Greg Rusedski, Daniela Hantuchova, Tim Henman and Annabel Croft will provide commentary and analysis with Sam Smith, Mark Petchey, Robbie Koenig and Nick Lester headlining the commentary team. Amazon Prime Video subscribers in the UK and Ireland will be able to watch more than 80 tournaments from the ATP Tour and WTA Tour this year after the company announced an expansion of its live tennis coverage. ![]() It was rocky, not all that reliable, and certainly not worth gravitating to if you already used Steam. When the Windows 10 version came out, it became a marketplace for PC games and LAN streaming from your Xbox One (the app was simply renamed to Xbox). Before this time, it was called Xbox SmartGlass and didn’t really serve a big function. ![]() The Xbox app, as we know it, was added to Windows PCs with Windows 10 back in 2015, as an optional, downloadable application. How did Microsoft pull this off? How is the Windows Xbox app so riddled with problems? Seriously, I’ve used it across a few Windows PCs now, including my gaming PC (which runs Windows 10) and the Surface Laptop Studio, which I just reviewed (Windows 11), and on each device it’s a bit of a joke.Įven on a Microsoft-developed machine (the Surface) the app can’t get itself right - it’s buggy, it’s laggy, it has confusing discovery features, and sometimes it simply doesn’t work. It makes zero sense that it’s as anti-user as it is. 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Step 8: Click RUN to start ripping your DVD. ![]() Step 7: Define a location to store your output files. Step 6: Put checkmarks on the boxes of High quality Engine and Safe Mode. Step 5: Once your DVD is fully loaded, move to Target Format > Apple Device > then iTunes (H264). Step 4: Select the DVD titles, chapters, subtitles, etc. Step 3: Go for the Disc option at the top to import your DVD to the ripper. Step 2: Insert your DVD into the driver and select the DVD option on the VideoProc Converter main interface. Step 1: Download and install VideoProc Converter on your computer, then fire up the software. It preserves DVDs with the high video quality.įor mobile users, click here > How to Convert DVD to iTunes With VideoProc Converter.Hardware acceleration to help you fly through conversion (5 minutes only).Ripping DVDs is available for iTunes, MP4, MOV, AVI, H.264, H.265, MP3, and other formats and devices.It can handle all sorts of DVDs, including content-protected and home-made DVDs, ISO image files, etc.It's well supported on Windows and Mac.VideoProc Converter - Best DVD Ripper to Import DVD to iTunes And you're allowed to use High quality Engine and Safe Mode to avoid degrading images of digital copies. That's a significant feature for those of you who have a tight deadline. ![]() Moreover, because of the addition of hardware acceleration to VideoProc Converter, you need only 5 minutes to copy DVDs to digital formats. By the way, VideoProc Converter can convert DVD to MP3 so that you can keep updating your playlist. DVDs, VideoProc Converter makes it easy to beat all copy-prevention measures and convert them to digital copies.Īnother sweet spot is that VideoProc Converter offers a host of preset options that automatically configure all video settings for you so that you can convert DVDs to MP4, iTunes, Plex, Apple TV, iPhone, iPod, Android, etc. Whether regional, Disney 99-title, Sony ARccOS, ISO image file, home-made, scratched/damaged, etc. ![]() VideoProc Converter is probably the best solution for ripping DVDs, delivering the support for all kinds of DVDs. To save you the hassle, this part is going to cover two iconic DVD converters and their tutorials to help you get the job done. However, iTunes is not something that you can use to digitalize your DVDs. Actually, iTunes can play most of the video and audio formats that QuickTime can play, but the best combination for playing DVDs on iTunes should be the How to Rip DVD to iTunes on Windows and Macįirst and foremost, you should have your DVD collections converted to digital copies before importing DVD to iTunes. To transfer DVDs to iTunes, you should do a simple research of what video format is compatible with iTunes. Let's see how to make it happen! What Video Format Does iTunes Use? To guide you to convert and transfer DVD to iTunes effortlessly, we've carefully framed up this article for both ripping and converting DVDs to iTunes. If you're seeking a method to import DVD to iTunes for watching across devices, you have to convert your DVDs to iTunes compatible formats using a DVD ripper and then transfer them to your iTunes library. ITunes is a media library where you can purchase, play, organize all of your media collections. I have purchased iFunia Media Converter, but I am having a lot of trouble with it, and it is painfully slow. I was wondering what the easiest way to copy my personal DVD's to my iTunes library is, so I can watch them on my iPod touch.
![]() I’m glad they are publicizing this but I also worry about it all and how colleges will accept those scores next year. I’d think it’d be incredibly easy to cheat on the tests this year. He is a Fellow of the 19th class of the Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. just read a tweet by AP Trevor Packer - the AP twitter rep - who mentioned they’ve cancelled the AP registrations of a ring of students who were developing plans to cheat. He has taught composition and literature at the City University of New York and Brigham Young University. Prior to joining the College Board, Trevor worked in academia, researching and writing about Victorian literature and publishing on Willa Cather and abolitionist Sojourner Truth, as well as authoring a manual on pedagogy and composition. ![]() He has been a featured speaker at the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, the Change the Equation STEM Salon, and the Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice. Trevor has published regularly on topics related to advanced academic programs and college admission, and interviews frequently with major news outlets. ![]() During this period, the number of students participating in advanced placement courses has more than tripled, with highest growth rates among low-income, African-American and Hispanic/Latino students traditionally under-represented in AP classrooms. Trevor has led the AP program since 2003, emphasizing in particular a redesign to focus the AP courses and exams on the knowledge and skills most essential for college success. He also leads the instruction division at the College Board, which includes programs such as SpringBoard and CLEP. Trevor Packer is the head of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program, responsible for the ongoing development and management of 38 AP courses taken each year by 2.5 million students in subjects ranging from biology and calculus to studio art and world history. ![]() Every click is followed by 2-3 seconds of animation. The puzzles are awfull too (for the most part) Amazing how anybody thought it was fun or an actual challenge while testing or during development. You don't need to do it anyway because all you need is one spell of each color to be able to deal with all types of shield, even on hard the fights are a breeze until you get ganged up by alot of targets, and with no way to deal with multiple guys at once at that point it becomes a chore of dodging for a long time until you get one little window of barely damaging one guy. Combat is dull and repetitive and despite this they still chose to limit you to 4 magic slots/loadout, you have a total of 4 loadouts but switching between them during a fight with controller is clunky and slow. Gameplay is boring at best and frustrating at worst. Incredibly boring, designed by suits video game. This game is like the McDonalds of open world RPG games, it hits the spot but you'll walk away knowing you could have consumed a much better product. I think almost everything in Hogwarts Legacy is very competently done, but that doesn't stop it from feeling incredibly formulaic. If you have played literally almost any other AAA open world RPG, you've no doubt already experienced much of the type of content on offer here. The world is beautiful (Seriously this is definitely one of the best looking games currently on the market) and full of stuff to do, but most of that stuff is superficial and once again, very quickly gets repetitive. ![]() Most of the characters aren't interesting either and this is especially the case for the protagonist who has as much personality as a piece of cardboard. The story isn't interesting and while part of that is due to the fact that I know virtually nothing about Harry Potter outside of this game, I'd also chalk that up to the story in this game just not being very good. The combat while fun for awhile, has gotten EXTREMELY repetitive and easy (And it's not like the game was very challenging to begin with). I had a lot of fun with this game for awhile, but after getting halfway into the story and having done a good amount of side content, I've just gotten bored. In many ways, it reminds us of the Fable series of RPGs for Xbox and PC - there's something to behold everywhere you go.First of all my Steam playtime isn't accurate, my actual in game time would be around 22 hours. Rarely is there anything in the game that isn't useful, and that's its main charm. Collecting them also gifts you different customisation skins for clothing and the like. There are also collectibles just about everywhere, including pages for the field guide you carry around with you, that serves as an encyclopedia on all things Hogwarts. ![]() The school itself also house many puzzles, including brain-teasers and those that are timing-based. We can imagine these being a bit tough for smaller children. There are Merlin challenges scattered around outside the walls of Hogwarts that are solvable using different spells, some require you to dash between columns though that lower into the ground and rest if you're not fast enough. Most are optional and there to reward you with extra items or in-game cash, but some can be a little tricky to solve, while others require quite a bit of controller manipulation. Where the youngest might struggle though is in the puzzles. It can also present a decent challenge at the highest difficulty level, and with four to choose from - story to hard - there should be enough there for all ages. Later into the 10-hour tutorial period of the game, you'll also get to assign talent points that will power-up your spells and skills, and unlock other handy tools - such as the option to select additional spells through an on-screen directional menu. It soon becomes apparent that you are no mere witch or wizard though, as your past and connection to the world of "ancient magic" are part of the mystery tour you'll undertake.Īlong the way, you'll learn of a large array of defensive, offensive and useful spells from the teachers and professors at the school, plus acquire countless items of clothing from chests and fallen enemies that'll boost your character's ability to dish out and take damage. You create a character from scratch, choosing your gender and look, even the pitch of your voice, although talents and spells come later - so everyone essentially starts with the same basic set of skills and abilities. This enables the game to feature more mature themes and offer a robust combat system that includes the sort of peril that wouldn't feel right if the protagonist was 11. You play a brand-new attendee of Hogwarts, who has the largely rare honour of starting school as a fifth year student, and so is around 15 years old. |
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