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You may soon be able to download games from an Xbox Store for iOS and Android. As we announced at the end of February, Microsoft could very soon offer its own store for mobile applications on iPhones and Android smartphones. That’s what Phil Spencer, head of the Xbox division, just confirmed in an interview with the Financial Times ahead of the annual game developers’ conference in San Francisco.

An Xbox Store for iOS and Android

By March 2024, the new European regulation will come into force, which aims to force the big digital players to open their platforms to competition. And Microsoft intends to fill that gap to try and get its share of the pie. The Redmond company is already working on an application store for iOS and Android, which will, however, be dedicated exclusively to games.

“We want to be able to deliver our Xbox content and that of our partners to any screen that someone wants to play on. […] Today we can’t do that on mobile devices, but we want to build a mode that we think will come out of the openness of devices,” said Phil Spencer.

According to Phil Spencer, porting Xbox applications and their Game Pass to mobile platforms would be “pretty trivial”. Above all, opening up to the competition of Android and especially iOS should allow Microsoft to attract new mobile players. Because until now, the Redmond-based company had an issue with Apple that prevented it from getting its Xbox Game Pass to work properly on iPhones. Due to the current rules of Apple and its App Store, Microsoft has not been able to offer a dedicated application that allows Xbox Game Pass subscribers to take full advantage of the service from their iPhone. To circumvent this limitation, players have no choice but to log into Microsoft’s cloud gaming platform through a web browser. The arrival of an Xbox Store on iOS, possible thanks to the new European regulations, would therefore solve the problem.

However, Microsoft could not give an exact date for a possible availability of an Xbox Store for iOS and Android. Because in order to be able to realize this dream, Microsoft has to wait for the decision of the various regulatory authorities to take over Activision Blizzard.

In 2022, Apple has once again captured the lion’s share of the premium smartphone market. At the same time, many Android manufacturers are in decline, with the exception of two brands showing outrageous growth.

The high-end weathers the storm

Between 2021 and 2022, smartphone sales fell by 12%. A not very encouraging figure, partly explained by macroeconomic difficulties, including a tendentially lengthening mobile phone renewal cycle. In this slump, some products are doing better than others: high-end phones. According to Counterpoint, all smartphones over $600 fall into this category.

The high-end wireless market is weathering the storm hitting the sector well, growing 1% (yoy) in 2022. The ‘premium’ mobile phone segment now represents 55% of the market’s total annual sales. Counterpoint analysts explain this trend by saying that the wealthiest consumers are less affected by economic hardship than mid-range and entry-level mobile phone users.

The best-selling smartphones of 2022 : Apple humiliates the competition

The importance of smartphones in our lives also makes them an essential purchase that people are willing to spend more on, even if it means keeping them longer. A strong trend that has made the $1,000+ smartphone segment the fastest-growing segment in 2022, with a 38% year-over-year increase.

Dominates Apple, Honor and Google in great shape

Unsurprisingly, Apple is once again taking the lead in the high-end smartphone segment. The Californian brand even manages to increase its market share from 71% in 2021 to 75% in 2022 within a year. Tech-wise, the iPhone SE 2022 is the only smartphone sold by Apple under the $600 mark. Apple thus dominates three quarters of the only market in which it is in direct competition with other manufacturers: the top class. An impressive achievement.

Development of the market shares of brands in the high-end smartphone segment between 2021 and 2022 – © Counterpoint

Samsung, which remains the global leader in smartphone sales, mostly at entry-level and mid-range, ranks second in high-end handsets with a 16% market share, down 1% in 12 months. In third place we find Huawei with 3% market share compared to 5% last year. It’s a 44% free fall on smartphones for the Chinese giant, which is still in great shape. Xiaomi is also suffering from a 40% drop that puts it under 2% market share in this price segment.

Two brands are now outperforming the others. The first is none other than Honor, formerly owned by Huawei, which registers a 110% increase, thanks in particular to its Magic Vs and its Magic 4 Pro, which will soon be replaced by the very ambitious Magic 5 Pro.

Google is the other big winner of 2022 with a 118% growth thanks to its excellent Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. Both Honor and Google remain small players in the premium mobile segment, but the momentum is clearly in their favor. As you can see from the counterpoint chart, “other” brands only have a 3% market share and are down -19% year-on-year.

New Orleans, United States — According to study results, the new electroporation ablation technique has been shown to be as safe and effective as standard thermal ablation techniques (radiofrequency or cryotherapy) in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). PULLED AF presented at the Congress ofAmerican College of Cardiology (ACC 2023) [] 1]. Since this method can be carried out more quickly, it should be used with this indication without any problems.

“The effectiveness of the procedure is similar to thermal ablation, but the results are achieved faster and with greater certainty,” said the dr Atul Verma (Southlake Regional Health Centre, Toronto, Canada), lead author of the study. “This is a major breakthrough in electrophysiology,” he added. The results were published in Circulation[2].

The effectiveness of the procedure is similar to thermal ablation, but the results are achieved faster and with greater certainty.

Electroporation uses high-voltage electrical microshocks to open nanoscale pores in the membranes of targeted cardiac cells involved in cardiac arrhythmias, leading to their destruction. The technique has the advantage of not causing damage to non-cardiac collateral tissue, while current thermal ablation techniques can affect adjacent tissues, particularly the esophagus and phrenic nerve.

Radio frequency or cryotherapy ablation techniques are also complex procedures performed by a limited number of cardiologists. They require a procedure of two hours or more, while electroporation ablation can be performed in almost an hour, which could facilitate the use of AF ablation, which would become more generalized.

The prospective PULSED-AF study, conducted at 41 centers in nine countries, enrolled 300 patients with symptomatic paroxysmal (n=150) or persistent (n=150) atrial fibrillation who were receiving treatment with Class I or III -Antiarrhythmics had failed. They were all taken for electroporation ablation. The researchers say the procedure was completed in less than an hour.

The primary efficacy endpoint was a composite of absence of procedural failure, arrhythmia recurrence, reablation, need for cardioversion, or treatment with an increased dose of an antiarrhythmic drug within 3 to 12 months post-procedure. After a one-year follow-up, based in particular on the creation of an electrocardiogram (ECG) at 3, 6 and 12 months, 66.2% of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and 55% of patients with persistent atrial fibrillation meet the criterion. According to the researchers, these effectiveness rates are comparable to those achieved with thermal ablation procedures.

More specifically, 69.5% of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation had no recurrence of cardiac arrhythmias after one year, compared to 62.3% of patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. The clinical success of the procedure, defined by the lack of recurrence of symptomatic arrhythmias, was observed in 79.7% and 80.8% of patients, respectively.

All patients reported an improvement in their quality of life. Regarding the safety profile, one cerebrovascular accident (CVA) was reported in each of the groups, corresponding to an adverse event rate of 0.7%. The tolerance threshold for the validation of the approach was set at 13%. No lesions of the esophagus, phrenic nerve, or pulmonary vein were reported.

The researchers believe that practical and technological developments could improve the results. Larger studies are needed to provide definitive evidence of the safety of the procedure. A randomized trial with a control group is also essential before validating this approach, they state.

“This technology has generated a lot of excitement among electrophysiologists. Many medical professionals believe that electroporation ablation will be the main method in the future. In that sense, it’s a real paradigm shift,” commented Dr. verma.

This is a real paradigm shift.

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Recently, Focus Entertainment invited us to spend an hour trying our hand at Dordogne, the future narrative adventure game by Cédric Babouche and his team at UN JE NE SAIS QUOI. Subsidiary of the UMANIMATION group since 2021 after its acquisition, the French studio continues to work on this unique odyssey that the Dordogne will offer us and that will be available this year.

Test conditions: The game was tested on the PC for one hour and played on the controller. All images on this page were provided to us by the publisher as we were not authorized to take images ourselves. I feel sorry for you because the game is beautiful!

In time, aren’t all memories good?

Childhood. That dreamtime where every discovery is magical, every journey is an expedition to the end of the world, and every surprise or fear will leave an unforgettable memory. The context doesn’t matter, but… Too many elements fade away in our childhood memories. Our memory, altered by our ignorance and our perception of time, tends to distort reality and sometimes hides large parts of it. When circumstances come into play, whole sections of our lives can disappear…unless the conditions are in place for memories to emerge. That is the logic of the Dordogne.

If the demo we were able to try is set on the first two chapters of the game, it still shows what it’s all about very quickly. Mimi, our heroine, drives to the Dordogne to visit the house of her recently deceased grandmother Nora one last time. Her father, at odds with his own parents, doesn’t want her to go there and hires moving companies to vacate the old building quickly. But a letter that Nora addresses directly to Mimi will pique her curiosity and urge her to start the journey. To hell with the father, time is running out, towards the Dordogne!

Arriving at the crime scene, Mimi must inspect her grandparents’ house in search of clues, and this is where the title takes an unexpected turn. The surfacing memories of a discovery, however small, will allow him to relive episodes from his childhood. Dropped off twenty years ago by her parents on holiday with her grandmother when she has no desire (and no memories as an adult), Mimi will relive her adventures through us in this magnificent setting, the Dordogne. . And why not quickly understand the origin of the family quarrel and perhaps explain why she has no memories even before her thirteenth birthday.

Exploration and scrapbooking

This is how all the chapters reveal themselves from the little that we have been able to discover. We begin with a research phase in adulthood until we find the right trigger, and then flash back to childhood. The puzzles so far are not very complex (although this is just the beginning of the game), even if the joystick handling is sometimes not optimal and certain manipulations are dangerous. A small flaw that is quickly forgotten given the multitude of actions to be carried out and in particular the graphic journey that the Dordogne invites us to take.

This title is unusually great! The mix of handcrafted, watercolored 2D backgrounds and perfectly matched 3D characters hits the mark. We are immediately transported to this calm, colorful and contemplative universe. Forget your rocket launchers, Dordogne is in a whole different category. The small discoveries you collect during your adventures can be collected in a binder once discovered. Map, photo album, collection of stickers… this folder will accompany you through the adventure and will be an unshakable witness to your little treasures. If you’ve ever asked yourself the eternal question, “VF full or not?” » Yes, the game will be fully available in French. If the dialogues are not all played orally but appear in the form of bubbles, those that we could hear at the end of some important scenes have been perfectly interpreted.

Might as well cut it short if it wasn’t already clear, Dordogne really caught our eye. Supported by great graphics and a French version worthy of the name, the next title of UN JE NE SAIS QUOI is eagerly awaited by the editors. Dordogne will land on your screens on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, Playstation 5, Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Spring 2023.

It’s spring ! And to start the season off right Nintendo gives us the opportunity to try it again Nintendo Switch Online This allows you to play online with players around the world on Nintendo Switch, save your game saves to the cloud and get exclusive items on the My Nintendo Shop but also to access the game library NES, Super Nintendo And game boy This is not the first time Nintendo makes such an offer and you may have already benefited from it, but note that even in this case the offer is open to everyone, regardless of whether you have already tried the service for free in the past or not. Of course we would have liked that Nintendo includes in its test offer the additional package (to play Mega Drive, N64 and GBA games, but also to access the DLCs of Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe And Animal Crossing: New Horizons), but it’s still an opportunity not to be missed if you haven’t already gone to the dark side of the Switch, if only to rediscover the old Game Boy classics… To your offer enable, you can do it from the tab Nintendo Switch Online from your console’s eShop. You can also relax now a free code (for no points) HERE At My Nintendo knowing that it will be imperative To it before March 26, the deadline for the start of its test. Attention ! At the end of the trial period, your subscription will be “renewed” by 1 month (ie €3.99) with auto-renewal enabled. In this context, below you will find the different formulas offered and the current prices:

Individual subscription (for a single account)

Family Membership (up to 8 accounts)

Note that only one code can be registered per account Nintendo. Also, don’t expect to take the opportunity to buy the “classic” controllers exclusively for the My Nintendo Shop but reserved for subscribers… That won’t work. Anyhow, only NES controllers are currently available… And don’t forget that if you start your trial today, you’ll get six days of full Switch play for free FIFA 23 Essential Edition who is available since yesterday in the “trial games” offer – see here. More details on Nintendo’s website and further our special news.

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When exiting Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon At switch this March 17th Nintendo released a video to listen to the theme song Le Chéile i bhForaois Sholas na Gealaí (Together in the Moonlit Forest) composed by Hitomi Kurokawa and interpreted by Lauren McGlynnwho is part of the Irish Choir ANÚNA and the group SYSTIR. She also performed backing vocals on the soundtrack Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Indeed we can hear his voice in the related issues moebiuswhose music is simply titled Möbius, composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. We’ve talked about this several times on Nintendo-Difference, including in a large file located at this address. If today we still talk about the main theme of Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, it is because, after the video was released, Hitomi Kurokawa posted a message on the official PlatinumGames blog, where she talks about the creation of the song and discusses the work of Lauren McGlynn and the lyricist Michael McGlynnthe creator and lead singer of ANÚNA – who is also the father of Lauren McGlynn.

The origins of this song date back to 2018 when Hitomi Kurokawa first “met” Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon. It was executive producer’s day Atsushi Inaba asked the composer Hiroshi Yamaguchi write a theme song bayonet 3which we have mentioned in this article and which has been interpreted by Rachel hawn. Hiroshi Yamaguchi had reported on its creation in a message published on the PlatinumGames blog. Hitomi Kurokawa was alongside Hiroshi Yamaguchi and was then asked to write a theme song that immediately conveys the world of a brand new Bayonetta game. She was surprised because until now she had never written a song with lyrics. Plus, it was a monumental task considering he was asked to actually compose a theme song for a whole new genre of bayonetta playing.

Hideki Kamiyawho oversaw the direction of the project, Hitomi Kurokawa said he wanted the song “ tells the story from start to finish “. At this point the scenario was already well thought out as the composer could read it straight away. She thought it was a story full of human nature that we can’t help but encourage her Cereza And domestic animal, and that it was full of feelings that she had never experienced with Bayonetta. One thing he particularly remembers was the evolution of Cereza’s heart throughout the adventure.

The composer explains that we probably already understood it from watching the trailers, but Cereza and Chouchou need to work together to advance in the game and their bond then becomes more important. Cereza has also reached the age where she feels many emotions. Alone with Chouchou, she feels uneasy, and although they get along very well at times, they can argue. Both characters are very emotional. Because of this, Hitomi Kurokawa wanted the song to represent both humanity and the evolution of Cereza, and so the track was born.

When Hideki Kamiya asked her to compose a song that would sum up the story from start to finish, she thought of expressing this by focusing on how Cereza’s heart changes when she gets lost in the forest. For example, the track’s intro represents the anxiety and fear that the heroine feels when she first gets lost at the beginning of the game, song after the game’s completion, and you will notice small bits that represent specific parts of the story. ..

The lyrics of this song tell Cereza’s thoughts. As we have established, the language used for these texts is not fictitious. you are in Gaelic Irish (or simply Irish). Bayonetta spent her childhood in Europe, where she also learned witchcraft. So it was decided early on that the lyrics would be in the Celtic language, a very old Western European language family. Hitomi Kurokawa and her team were fortunate that Irish composer Michael McGlynn was able to write lyrics in Irish. They thought it would fit Bayonetta’s origin story perfectly, so they settled on Irish lyrics.

Michael McGlynn is known for writing lyrics that can sound wonderful even to ancient Celts. Thanks to the lyrics written in a language that suits the story very well, Hitomi Kurokawa found that the track breathes the world of Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon. As we mentioned at the beginning of the article, the singer of this song is Lauren McGlynn who is also the daughter of Michael McGlynn. Hitomi Kurokawa says that she gave all her power to this whole song.

When they were looking for a singer, they wanted a girl who would be around the same age as Cereza. According to Hitomi Kurokawa, there are not many girls who meet the criteria of 9-15 years old, have a strong voice and can also sing in a Celtic language. Not only did Lauren McGlynn meet all of these requirements, but she also had a clear voice that perfectly evoked Cereza’s teenage years. She wasn’t that childish, but at the same time she wasn’t grown up yet. The composer and her team therefore chose Lauren McGlynn without hesitation.

On the day of recording, Hitomi Kurokawa thought Lauren McGlynn looked gorgeous when she arrived at the studio in a rather witchy outfit that she had specially picked for the occasion. At that time the singer was 13 years old. Despite the length of the recording session, the composer says Lauren McGlynn worked hard to the end. She goes on to say that thanks to her they were able to feel the true emotions of the lyrics and there was a result that suited Cereza very well.

The song was recorded at Abbey Road Studiosas was the case with Rachael Hawnt’s song in Bayonetta 3. Orchestration and direction were entrusted John R Graham, who has experience in music for Japanese historical dramas. He was also responsible for the film’s OST Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV with other composers. The sound and mixing engineer was Daniel Krescowho also worked on Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV and previously for PlatinumGames The Wonderful 101: Remastered. Then the track was put together by the music producer Koyo Sonae, with whom PlatinumGames has been collaborating on this project for a long time. They were supported by many professionals and were also able to record at Abbey Road Studios, a London studio famous for its famous pedestrian crossing.

Hitomi Kurokawa was impressed that she was able to film herself in Europe, which she believes is the birthplace of witches. When she saw the huge orchestra with over 100 musicians for the first time, she was so overwhelmed with emotion that she couldn’t say much more than “whoooah!”. “. For her, it was a very emotional experience and, in her opinion, there is not much that can compare.

After so much work, the composer was delighted to finally be able to present this piece. She figured the extravagance heard on previous Bayonetta tracks only represented her when she was an adult. For this song, they didn’t want to use the same musical phrases. They asked the orchestra to put more power into the emotional cadence, but Hitomi Kurokawa believes they were able to create a whole new bayonetta unlike anything we’ve heard before.

Of course, as is a spin-off tradition according to the composer, people who played the previous episodes might notice a nostalgic track or two scattered throughout the game, official blog where we can learn more about it. According to the composer, there are many other songs that express the story of the game itself, and she hopes people will enjoy this new world of Bayonetta through the music. As a reminder, Hitomi Kurokawa was not the only composer on this project. There was also the main composer Aoba Nakanishi as well as Rina Yugi, Masahiro Miyauchi, Ayana Tsujita And Rei Kondoh.

Interestingly, another singer from the ANÚNA choir and the SYSTIR group, Aisling McGlynnwho is the sister of Lauren McGlynn and also sang for Xenoblade Chronicles 3, also performed an Irish language song, Dreams of the Past, Memories of my Soul Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition. The lyrics were originally written by Masato cat (director and screenwriter of Chrono Cross) and Procyon Studiobut were translated by Michael McGlynn and into Irish Eabha McMahon (aka AVA).

SEGA announced today that the first additional content for Sonic Frontiers, Landscapes, Sound and Speed, will be available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam on Thursday 23rd March. “Scenics, Sound and Speed” is the first in a series of three content updates planned for this year. It adds new features including a jukebox, photo mode and new challenge modes.

To learn more, here is more information about these new features:

• New Challenge Modes: After completing the main story, you can access the new Cyberspace Challenge and Turbo Battle challenge modes from the title screen. Cyberspace Challenge is a time trial mode in which players must complete a series of cyberspace levels as quickly as possible. In addition, Sonic Frontiers will also feature Turbo Battle mode, a timed mode in which players fight numerous enemies in sequence, such as Guardians and Titans.
  
• Photo Mode: To capture memories of your best moments on the Starfall Islands, you can access Photo Mode from the pause menu, which brings up a camera.
  
• Jukebox: Listen to your favorite Sonic music anywhere on Starfall Islands with the new Jukebox. 53 music titles are available. You have instant access to 13 of these, and you can unlock the remaining 40 by collecting Musical Memories on each island.
  

Stay tuned for two more content updates to Sonic’s adventures coming later this year, including new features, challenges, playable characters and more.

let’s remember Sonic Frontiers is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam. We had also done a test, see our video below:

Diablo 4 Gaming News: This ultra-famous streamer loses its main character and loses a lead in streaming

Published on 03/20/2023 at 22:26

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Live, this scourge. If you are interested in the world of media, you know that a legend circulates in this environment. Even with the ultimate preparation and dozens of rehearsals to ensure the show runs smoothly, there’s always a hiccup at one point or another that turns a sequence into an interstellar failure. A bowl, a microphone that fails, a guest that skids, an external event… there are many examples. Well, a nice thing just happened to streamer Asmongold.

The videographer (yes, that’s the French name, it helps avoid text repetition) from Twitch was quietly trying his hand at the Diablo IV beta when an error struck… to the point where he lost the character – and with it the whole stuff – deleted. of the streamer. Those who tried the beta must have noticed, but the game is plagued with bugs and this can cause serious disasters. Asmongold experienced it, but live and his reaction was… epidermal.

No more main character!

Luckily for him, his character deletion came minutes after his stream began. He was browsing the map and got into an argument when suddenly… the network went offline. The victim’s reaction is epic: he pauses, puts his hands to his face and rolls his eyes before dropping a few bird names. And for good reason, upon returning to the title screen, he found that the character he had just created was simply gone. Well, he came to his senses quickly and was able to recreate a protagonist without any mistakes afterwards, but that can really be a problem live.