New Nhl Stat Hires Challenge Conventional Media Paradigm On Analytics

Most of that is because I have felt — for a considerably long time — that these hires were inevitable. But, there’s also part of me that wants to avoid beating a dead horse. As an aside, If the anti-stat people couldn’t feel which way the tropical storm winds were blowing a few years ago, there’s no way they don’t feel the way these Category 5’s are ripping through now....

January 6, 2023 · 6 min · 1169 words · Timothy Hinton

New Orlando Pirates Striker Obiozor Targets 15 Goals Next Season

The 22-year-old sealed his move to the Buccaneers over a week ago, signing a three-year deal with the Soweto giants from Enyimba. “Pirates is like Real Madrid. It’s a club that wants to win trophies all the time. In order for you to do that, you have to give 100%,”Obiozor told the Sunday Times. Obiozor recalled how his move to the Sea Robbers came about. He said he met with Dr Irvin Khoza last week to put pen to paper....

January 6, 2023 · 2 min · 362 words · Amy Greenberg

New Outriders Trailer Showcases The Hostile World Of Enoch

Now, People Can Fly just dropped a new CGI trailer for Outriders, highlighting that vast and hostile world of Enoch. The first few seconds of the trailer provides players with a glimpse of the world Outriders is set in that will feature snowy mountainous regions, a city in chaos, and vast open fields. Several creatures that players should expect to battle in Outriders were also featured in the latest trailer, showcasing just how massive and threatening some of them are....

January 6, 2023 · 2 min · 371 words · Barbra Hadley

New Pokemon Snap Meganium S Pal Request Guide

In order to successfully complete this request, players must first have access to Florio Nature Park’s Illumina Spot at research level 2. This is a small stage that will have a special Meganium for players to photograph. And before players try to get this request completed, they will also need to have access to Fluffruits. This can be a little tricky at first for players to get a handle on, but once they figure out the steps necessary, this can be done without much of a hassle....

January 6, 2023 · 2 min · 386 words · Michele Jones

New Destiny 2 Shadowkeep Content Premiering At Gamescom

It’s been confirmed that Bungie will have “world premiere content” for Destiny 2 of some kind, most likely related to the game’s upcoming Shadowkeep expansion. Perhaps Destiny 2 fans will learn more about why Shadowkeep was recently delayed to October 1, and maybe they’ll get a new look at the Shadowkeep expansion’s raid. RELATED: Destiny 2: Why Shadowkeep Delay is A Good Thing We know that the Destiny 2 Shadowkeep expansion raid is called Garden of Salvation, and that it will take place in the Black Garden area of Mars....

January 5, 2023 · 2 min · 373 words · Jonathan Martin

New Devil May Cry Game Announced But It S Not What You Think

Chinese company Yunchang Game has licensed the rights to the Devil May Cry IP to create a mobile phone game called Devil May Cry: Pinnacle of Combat. Details on the project remain scarce at this point, but it’s unlikely that Devil May Cry: Pinnacle of Combat will be canon with the Capcom-developed games in the series, as it’s not planned for release outside of China. The game appears to feature both Dante and Virgil as playable characters, and is set in various locales that look ripped from past Devil May Cry games....

January 5, 2023 · 2 min · 322 words · Jennie Williams

New Dungeons And Dragons Campaign Book Leaks Online

The video was taken down almost immediately, with the Reddit post following shortly after, but it wasn’t enough to stop one Redditor from taking a screenshot that shows the alleged cover of the book. The screenshot, seen here, reveals that the new Campaign Book will apparently be called Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. RELATED: 10 Pro Tips To Create A Cyberpunk D&D Campaign With the video and post having both been taken down all we’re left with is the screenshot, which promises that players will “Feel the cold touch of death in this adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game....

January 5, 2023 · 1 min · 207 words · Ann Barker

New Fallout 4 Patch Now Live On Steam

The new 1.4 patch adds native support for the upcoming Fallout 4 add-on content, the first of which is slated to arrive later this month. Entitled Automatron, the first of three announced expansions will run gamers either $10 to purchase individually or $50 for the Season’s Pass, which gives them an all-access pass to the year’s upcoming wasteland-based content. Here’s what the patch will add to Fallout 4 in terms of brand new craftable content, which certainly exemplifies Bethesda’s strong focus on the game’s new settlement crafting mechanic:...

January 5, 2023 · 4 min · 681 words · Joel Bingle

New Fallout 76 Report Details Game S Brutal Crunch And Development Problems

Kotaku recently interviewed 10 former Bethesda and ZeniMax employees that were associated with Fallout 76 under the condition of anonymity. Fallout 76 was released with successful sales at the start, but the game was rife with issues that were exacerbated in some cases by the online functionality of the game which was a departure from previous titles in the series like Fallout 4 and Fallout: New Vegas. The 10 former developers gave a glimpse into why the full release of Fallout 76 had so many bugs and glitches, including extended hours over a six-day work week, low hourly pay, and hard working conditions that left the developers physically and emotionally exhausted....

January 5, 2023 · 2 min · 418 words · Roderick Weslowski

New Final Fantasy 15 Mobile Game Is Very Disappointing

This Final Fantasy 15 tie-in has only just become available, but is already reeling from a lukewarm reception on the market. The game, which was developed by Machine Zone, the studio behind heavily-publicized mobile titles such as Game of War and Mobile Strike, has hardly received the earnest endorsements that Square Enix may have hoped for, and the game’s Google Play Store Page shows a fanbase that is heavily polarized on the matter....

January 5, 2023 · 2 min · 372 words · David Ocegueda

New Funko Pop Is The Perfect Representation Of 2020

Newsweek received a statement from Andrew Perlmutter, President of Funko on Thursday, September 10, 2020. “Since introducing the line a few years ago, Pop! Ad Icon figures have been a hit with fans,” says Perlmutter. “It seemed quite appropriate that our second Ad Icon meme - the This Is Fine Dog - should be one representative of the year 2020.” Perlmutter adds, “I can’t think of characters more representative of pop culture than memes, making them a perfect fit for our brand and fans....

January 5, 2023 · 2 min · 345 words · Guillermina Jacks

New Hampshire Democrat Says She S Been Threatened After Warning Trump Voters Will Start Civil War If President Loses Election

Democratic State Representative Deb Stevens of Nashua, New Hampshire, has been unapologetic about her social media posts blasting President Donald Trump and his supporters as “unstable, full of hate & bigotry.” Stevens warned her supporters on Facebook Friday that “if Trump loses in 2020,” the president will incite his most violent and armed supporters to start a “mass slaughter” of Democrats and all his critics. House Republicans described Stevens’ posts as “offensive” and “dangerous” and have threatened her with disciplinary action....

January 5, 2023 · 4 min · 689 words · Thomas Dumbleton

New Horror Game Apparition Gets Teaser Trailer

As shown in the new trailer, players can actually communicate with the dead using a Ouija board to allow the spirits to answer questions. A screenshot on the game’s Steam page reveals the player asking for help, so it’s possible that, unlike in traditional horror titles, not every ghost found in Apparition will be a hostile presence. The player will step into the shoes of an unnamed paranormal activity reporter who will spend the night fighting for more evidence of ghosts, as well as for his own life....

January 5, 2023 · 2 min · 331 words · Charles Staker

New House Of The Dragon Trailer From Hbo Arrives With Fiery Footage

House of the Dragon is based on the George R.R. Martin novel Fire & Blood and comes from the author alongside series showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik. The long-awaited prequel series will star Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen and Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. Other notable additions to the Game of Thrones prequel’s talented cast include Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Fabien Frankel, Rhys Ifans, and Steve Toussaint....

January 5, 2023 · 2 min · 342 words · Jesse Greely

New Images Details Revealed For Assassin S Creed 3

Enter Connor, a half English, half Native American assassin who will continue Ubisoft’s tradition of extremely deep and complex protagonists. He is not a soldier in General Washington’s army, as was confirmed by Creative Director Alex Hutchinson who said they “didn’t want you playing Mel Gibson from The Patriot.” Like Ezio before him, players will get to experience several different periods of Connor’s life, including a time when he was just a young boy in a Mohawk village....

January 5, 2023 · 3 min · 633 words · Alisa Tes

New Jersey Man Captured Hurricane Ida S Destructive Power In Just Three Minutes

Despite the category 4 hurricane being downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it hit the eastern seaboard, it caused severe flash flooding, left homes without power and leveled buildings. At least 27 people have died in the Garden State alone after Ida’s path of destruction last week, which is believed to be the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in continental U.S., according to NASA. Its devastating effects have been laid bare in a video shot by a New Jersey resident, who filmed the storm destroying his and neighboring houses in just a few minutes....

January 5, 2023 · 3 min · 564 words · Carolyn Greenman

New Law To Require Drunk Drivers To Pay Child Support If Parent Is Killed

The law was unanimously passed in the Tennessee House Monday, News Channel 9 reported. Cecilia Williams came up with the idea for the bill after a drunk driver killed her 30-year-old son Cordell, 25-year-old daughter-in-law-to-be Lacey and four-month-old grandson Cordell II in Missouri on April 13, 2021, News Channel 9 reported. The law is named “Bentley’s Law” after the eldest of the couple’s two surviving children. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, about 28 people in the United States die each day in drunk-driving crashes....

January 5, 2023 · 3 min · 620 words · Cheryl Watts

New Lenovo Education Focussed Chromebook Models Launched

The latest Lenovo education Chromebook will be made available in three display variants: Lenovo Education Focussed Chromebook14e Gen 2 14-inch HD TN Non-Touch panel with 220 nits brightness14-inch FHD IPS non-touch with 250 nits brightness14-inch FHD IPS touch with 300 nits brightness Along with dual-core AMD 3015e processors, it will also have 720p front camera with a privacy shutter to ensure optimum security when attending online classes. The Chromebook offers GB of DDR4 RAM and up to 128GB eMMC or 256GB M....

January 5, 2023 · 3 min · 463 words · Melvin Wilson

New Malaysian Government Must Push Clubs Into Embracing Financial Independence

BY ZULHILMI ZAINAL Follow on Twitter Last week Malaysia heralded the first time ever the country changed its federal government, following its fourteenth general election. The Pakatan Harapan (Hope Alliance) coalition of parties defeated the Barisan Nasional (National Front), who had been ruling Malaysia continuously since it obtained independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. Malaysians rejoiced in the change of power at the federal level, but they also welcome the political tsunami at the state level, when seven states that had been held by the National Front, are now in the hands of the Hope Alliance, excluding Kuala Lumpur which is run by the federal government, on top of Selangor and Pulau Pinang that had already been governed by the Alliance....

January 5, 2023 · 3 min · 633 words · Frank Robinson

New Mechassault Esque Reign Of Thunder Announced

Last week the website http://reignofthunder.com ran a countdown timer which over the weekend revealed a brand new MechWarrior-esque game from Day 1 Studios, the team behind F.E.A.R. 3 and of course, the developers behind MechAssault and its sequel on the original Xbox. The game is officially titled Reign of Thunder and it will be free-to-play. Like MechAssault, the game will be simplified and put into third-person for a more arcade experience....

January 5, 2023 · 1 min · 199 words · Michael Criddle