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The Coalition's Gears of War: E-Day, built on Unreal Engine 5 and DirectX 12, was benchmarked across 44 graphics cards using its in-game performance tool. Tests were conducted at Medium and Ultra settings, with additional upscaling configurations applied at higher resolutions, all on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D system. Results aim to guide players on suitable GPU upgrades for the game.
During a recent military address, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a backdrop that many social media users compared to Nazi imagery. Officials from the department dismissed the comparisons as unfounded. The incident has prompted widespread online discussion about the visual choices made for official events.
Seven OPEC+ members — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman — agreed Sunday not to change production levels for November, as fighting stemming from Iran has pushed Brent crude above $100 a barrel. The group plans to reconvene Nov. 1 to reassess market conditions. Separately, the G7 said Friday it will release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel, with diesel supplies prioritized within 20 days amid record U.S. diesel prices.
In Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Danish government-funded off-grid solar arrays and batteries now power an underground water pump in an eastern suburb, supplying residents with drinking water even after Russian strikes knocked out centralized power plants nationwide. The city has also installed five solar-powered desalination systems that convert saline or polluted water into drinking water when sunlight is available, switching to grid power at night or on cloudy days.
Tom's Hardware testing found Gears of War E-Day pins CPU utilization at 80-90%, unlike most Unreal Engine 5 titles which show little CPU scaling. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D delivered 42% higher performance than the Ryzen 5 7600X at 1080p on the High preset, and the scaling held even at the Ultra graphics preset, persisting throughout the early hours of the game regardless of scene complexity.
Tom's Hardware tested graphics performance for Gears of War: E-Day, a prequel built by The Coalition in Unreal Engine 5 that is the first shipping game to use UE5's MegaLights real-time dynamic lighting technology. The outlet ran benchmarks across 43 graphics cards to determine the hardware needed to sustain a 60 FPS average, and compared image quality across the game's five settings presets from Low to Ludicrous.
Russian military strikes on Ukrainian data center infrastructure caused temporary outages at piracy torrent trackers 1337x and NordicQuality, both of which rely on Ukrainian hosting. Companies including Virtual Systems, MiroHost Ukraine, CosmoNova, DataGroup, CityHost and telecom firms KyivStar and Vodafone Ukraine were also affected by strikes clustered mainly around Kyiv. Both torrent sites have since come back online.
Gears of War: E-Day, a prequel set 14 years before the original Gears of War, follows a younger Marcus Fenix during 'emergence day,' when the Locust Horde first attacks humanity. The game retains the series' close-quarters cover-shooter combat and tasks players with defending strongholds, escorting caravans, and rescuing survivors as the planet Sera is devastated.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has selected Newt Gingrich, Palmer Luckey and Elon Musk to contribute to a report examining the future of warfare. The exact scope, timeline and format of their involvement were not detailed.
Microsoft has launched Mythic Achievements, a new tier awarded when a player completes every original achievement in a game, mirroring Sony's platinum trophy system. The awards are retroactive back to Xbox 360 titles and remain unaffected by later DLC additions, and progress can be tracked through a new Gaming tab on user profiles. The feature is currently limited to Xbox Insiders, the free program that lets users test unreleased updates before public release.
A physicist has proposed repurposing over-the-horizon radar technology, originally developed for Cold War early-warning systems, to track sea ice conditions across the Arctic. The approach would bounce radar signals off the ionosphere to cover vast distances, potentially monitoring shipping lanes that are becoming more navigable as ice melts.
The United States imposed a ban on close to $1 billion worth of Canadian imports starting early Tuesday, covering alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles. The move follows earlier 50% U.S. tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian goods and Canada's retaliatory tariffs of 15%, 25% or 50% on U.S. imports.