Mortal Kombat 1 players slam devs for paywall-locked Invasions content MK1 players are slamming developers after realizing that some Invasions content is locked behind a paywall. Ahead of launch,NetherRealm insisted the Invasions modein its latest Mortal Kombat entry wouldn’t feature a Battle Pass or microtransactions. Lead Systems Designer Derek Kirtzic mentioned in aKombat Kaststream that the mode would run on “free content” and “passive reward structures.” Needless to say, such comments put worried minds at ease....

MW3 fans fed up with “pre-determined” lobbies MW3 fans are at their wit’s end with the game’s matchmaking, which they believe is pre-determining their lobbies to force losses. MW3 has been mired withcomplaints from the playerbaseabout its matchmaking system ever since it launched a couple of months ago. The issue of Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM) has been heated long before this entry in the popular franchise, as well. Now, players are showing how fed up they are with the system after being placed in lobbies with a disadvantage....

From left to right: Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands on the Moon; 47 pounds (21.5 kilograms) of samples were brought back to Earth from that mission; the Mars 2020 rover, seen here in an artist’s concept rover, will be taking the first planetary samples at Jezero Crater, Mars (on right).NASA/JPL-Caltech One of the biggest scientific successes of the Apollo mission was collectingsamples from the Moonwhich were brought back to Earth for study....

You may not be able to get into Hogwarts (muggles that we all are), but that doesn’t mean that you’re able to’t build your own wand. After all, who needs Ollivander and his wands when you have the newHarry Potter Kano Coding Kit? Heralded as the first-ever Harry Potter STEM project, this coding kit is the latest offering from runaway hitKano, who first burst onto the coding scene via Kickstarter. By the end of 2017, it had shipped more than 200,000 of its original Raspberry Pi coding kits, and had also raised nearly $30 million....

In addition to today’s full reveal of theOnePlus 10T, OnePlus has announced its new SuperVOOC 80W car charger. This is a huge step for mobile charging on the go. We’ve seen just how fast 80W can fully juice a device when plugged into a wall outlet, so being able to take those sorts of charging speeds with you on things like road trips or quick errands will be a major convenience....

Super Mario Bros. Wonder’sdefining gimmick is its series of Wonder Effects. A Wonder Flower is hidden somewhere on almost every level and, once found, radically switches up what is going on within that stage. Some expand on ideas the stage was already exploring, while others are wildly unpredictable, giving players something they were not expecting at all. There are over 69 stages withWonder Effectsthat players can see while playing through the story ofSuper Mario Bros....

Scariest movie of 2024 debuts to perfect Rotten Tomatoes score Longlegs is the horror movie described as the “scariest” of 2024 before it’s even released, and it just debuted to a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. It’s a good time to be ahorror moviefan. Already this year, we’ve had the likes ofIn a Violent Nature,The First Omen, and The Strangers: Chapter 1 (to name a few). AndMaXXXineandTerrifier 3are on the way....

Selling Sunset fans confused about Emma Hernan & Christine Quinn’s storylines Was there a true inconsistency between Emma Hernan and Christine Quinn’s relationship history story with Peter Cornell? When Christine Quinn parted ways withSelling Sunsetat the end of Season 5, it was extremely dramatic and intense. On top of leaving the show, she also stopped working for the Oppenheim Group as a real estate agent. Fans of Selling Sunset have questions about some inconsistencies regarding her past relationship with a man who also dated Emma Hernan....

Warning: This post contains some spoilers for The Good Doctor series finale. Summary The Good Doctorstar Freddie Highmore discusses his character Dr. Shaun Murphy’s ending in the series finale. The hit ABC medical drama first aired in 2017 and just came to an end after 126 episodes withThe Good Doctorseason 7finale. The show follows Highmore’s Shaun, an autistic surgical resident with savant syndrome, as he works on cases at San Jose St....

The Samsung Galaxy S21 FE journey has been a never-ending saga that could rival a Bollywood potboiler. The phone — initially slated for launch in August 2021 — was delayed for so long that some people suggestedit was better for Samsung to cancel the phone altogether. However, astring of leakshinted at the likelihood of the phone launching in the first week of January. Today, we have irrefutable evidence that the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE is, indeed, on its way after someone got their hands on the phone and posted a detailed unboxing video a good two weeks before its supposed launch date....

With every SpaceX launch, it’s usually the returning rocket (or rockets) that get all the attention. For many, the fact that the company created a system capable oflanding a rocket standing upminutes after launch is still a feat that, when witnessed, results in many a jaw heading south. The rocket’s unassuming fairing, meanwhile, leads a somewhat quieter existence, overshadowed by all the drama generated by those powerful, noisy, and rather clever Falcon 9 rockets....

Summary James Hiroyuki Liao hints at his character inStar Trek: Section 31and what it was like working with Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh. Written by Craig Sweeny and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi,Section 31is the firstStar Trekmovie made for streaming on Paramount+. Yeoh reprises her iconicStar Trek: Discoveryrole as Emperor Philippa Georgiou, and meets a cast of new and legacy characters inStar Trek’s 24th century “lost era”. Screen Rantinterviewed James Hiroyuki Liao about his role in Apple TV+‘sPresumed Innocent,and he was asked what he could reveal aboutStar Trek: Section 31....

Summary Star Trek’s next series,Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,is such a hot project that actors are begging to be cast in it. Executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau,Starfleet Academybegins production in fall 2024, with Kurtzman directing the series premiere.Starfleet Academymade headlines by casting Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter as the series lead, and they followed that coup by tapping Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti for a recurring role as the show’s main villain....