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With a rise of add-on payments becoming available in AAA titles, many people have been wondering about how payments may be included in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Syndicate that is scheduled to have an initial release later this month for PS4 and Xbox One. On Wednesday, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Syndicate was confirmed to contain microtransactions. Ubisoft Quebec development director Francois Pelland told IGN that Syndicate will contain microtransactions, but all of the game’s content will still be available without paying any additional fees....

[HTML1] Assassin’s Creed Unity made an early appearance at E3 2014 when the four-player co-op mode was revealed during the Xbox presentation, but the stealth action title wasn’t satisfied with just that. AC Unity returned to the stage during Ubisoft’s conference and gave fans even more to look forward to… It was no surprise to see Assassin’s Creed return to the spotlight when Ubisoft began its presentation, but we didn’t expect quite as much as the company was ready to deliver....

Since Valhalla is steeped in European folklore, some of its greatest mythological artifacts can be found in-game. One of these items is Excalibur, the legendary sword of King Arthur which also grants the Caladfwlch trophy/achievement. However, players won’t simply come across the fabled weapon. Instead, Excalibur is locked away in a cave that only opens by exploring the rest of England. RELATED: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: How to Get All Indre Holm Wealth...

The comparison comes from Digital Foundry, which compared the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S versions of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. The first thing the comparison concludes is that the PS5 and Xbox Series X use the exact same graphical settings. As such, they’re apt for comparison based on performance and optimization. Xbox Series S, however, generally has lower settings with respect to certain areas like shadows, loading distances, and specifically frame rate....

First and foremost, it should be mentioned that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is very much a follow-up to Origins and Odyssey. Many of the systems and gameplay mechanics should be familiar to any who have played those prior games, and those who hoped Valhalla would radically reinvent the series might be disappointed to see how recognizable the experience is. That being said, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla still feels like the sharpest version of that new AC formula, in terms of its combat, world design, and storytelling....

Perhaps if Assassin’s Creed Odyssey didn’t mostly pull out of this conflict, removing the Hidden Blade(returning in Valhalla) alongside it, this wouldn’t have been as big of a question. Templars don’t officially exist for another hundred years, nor was the Brotherhood officially established by the Viking Era. So much like Origins and Odyssey (to a lesser extent), Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will feature Proto-Assassins and Templars, precursor organizations of such....

Well, a group of astronauts aboard the International Space Station treated themselves to just that—a zero-gravity make-your-own pizza party—and footage of the event has been amazing people online. In a clip posted to Instagram by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet the group can be seen in the spacecraft making their own mini pizzas by adding tomato sauce, slices of cheese and pepperoni. In the 84-second-long footage the colleagues assemble their floating pizzas, as they playfully laugh and attach more food to the base of the pizza using sauce as an adhesive....

Verlander reached the feat when he struck out Kole Calhoun in the fourth inning of the Astros’ clash with the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. A World Series champion, American League MVP and AL Cy Young award winner among others, Verlander became just the 33rd pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters. The eight-time All-Star is still drift of Nolan Ryan, who is first with 5,714 strikeouts. It will take a few extra years for the 36-year-old to get there....

The win clinched the AL West title for the Rangers, eliminated the Angels and put the Astros in the playoffs for the first time since 2005. The Angels got off to an early 2-1 lead over the Rangers when Albert Pujols blasted his 560th career home run in the first inning, but Texas responded with two runs in the fifth inning and six runs in the seventh to blow the game open....

Royals starter Edinson Volquez took the hill Friday against the Astros looking to remain perfect against Houston in his career. One inning into his home start, the right-hander was anything but perfect. MORE: Ranking baseball’s best 50 players Volquez had a complete meltdown; he was tagged for 12 runs (11 earned) in an inning-plus. He issued three walks while recording just three outs. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Volquez is second starter since the mound was moved to 60 feet, 6 inches in 1893 to allow 12 runs in an inning or less....

The Astros’ first two batters, George Springer and Josh Reddick, both knocked in dingers off Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Six batters later, Alex Bregman (who, by the way, wears No. 2 because of Jeter), hit a grand slam to bring the score to 6-0. MORE: Jeter gives emotional speech on night of jersey retirement Springer homered in his second at-bat as well, giving him two homers on the night....

Houston signed Rasmus, the best remaining outfielder in free agency, to a one-year deal, according to FOX Sports. “I’ve always been tight with [GM Jeff Luhnow] and he’s always been good to me,” Rasmus told MLB.com and KRIV-TV . “Some of the guys on the team are great guys that I played against. I feel that I fit in nicely. I’ve always liked playing against the Astros by the way they’ve handled themselves....

Trailing by 2-0 in the first inning, the Nationals forced their way back into the game and tied the score in the top of the fourth inning as Juan Soto crushed an enormous 417-foot home run off Astros ace Gerrit Cole. The Nationals left-fielder wasn’t done either, hitting a two-run double in the fifth inning as Washington opened up a 5-2 lead and then saw off Houston’s comeback. Here’s five things we have learned from Game 1....

President Joe Biden reversed that policy effective February 19, and the Homeland Security Department, the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been tasked with safely processing up to 25,000 migrants, starting with about 300 per day at two border crossings, Brownsville and El Paso in Texas, and a lesser number at San Diego’s San Ysidro crossing, according to the Associated Press. The particulars of rebuilding the asylum system, with its many moving parts, and processing up to 25,000 migrants who have open cases would have been deeply challenging in normal times, but is a herculean task during a global pandemic that has seen over 500,000 Americans die....

The document in question shows that AT&T’s U-Verse service should be the first offering from any content providers to play nice with Microsoft’s machine. What this means is that U-Verse subscribers will get the Mediaroom Dashboard option that will allow them to access features from AT&T. There hasn’t been a ton of new information about this service since Microsoft’s keynote at this year’s CES. However, assuming they haven’t lost too many features along the way, there are a few things we can expect....

“I wanted to change both the perception and conversation,” Deutsch said. “My work background and personal history served as the catalyst for the current platform. However, I didn’t want to change the narrative with the same strategy, i.e. positive articles to neutralize negative articles.” MORE: Teamworks App | Digital audience profiling | Student-Athlete experience | GIF Keyboard So, Jeff decided to set out to build a website that would showcase the positive impact of athletes through the unique lens of a player representative....

Match Details Fixture: Atlanta Hawks vs Detroit Pistons | NBA Season 2020-21. Date & Time: Monday, April 26th, 2021; 7:00 PM ET (Tuesday, April 27th; 4:30 AM IST). Venue: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI. Detroit Pistons Preview After a couple of disastrous seasons, the Detroit Pistons finally decided to let go of their veterans and focus on young player development. They traded Derrick Rose and waived Blake Griffin at the NBA trade deadline this season....

What has set them apart from their rivals in the conference and the league is not the presence of Stephen Curry on their roster. It is their desire to give their all in defense. They have defended with gusto, and their defensive rating of 97.4 is the best in the entire league. Meanwhile, they have scored 113.9 points per game while allowing their opponents only 100.2. The Atlanta Hawks, meanwhile, are on a three-game losing streak ahead of their clash against the Golden State Warriors....

A hat trick from Josef Martinez along with goals from Anton Walkes, Hector Villalba, Yamil Asad and Kevin Kratz saw Atlanta easily dispatch the nine-man New England Revolution on Wednesday evening by a lopsided 7-0 scoreline. That margin of victory tied an MLS record, set three times in the past. The LA Galaxy beat the Dallas Burn 8-1 in 1998, the Chicago Fire delivered a 7-0 win over the Kansas City Wizards in 2001 and last season saw the New York Red Bulls hand New York City FC an identical 7-0 defeat....

Literally. It’s a more patriotic approach to the baseballs themselves. MORE: Reimaging MLB logos as area codes The league will announce soon that it is switching to red, white and blue baseballs for the second half of the season, and it will use them going forward. The baseballs, of course, will remain primarily white, but the Rawlings balls will have red-and-blue stitching, instead of just red stitches. “In all things we do,” Atlantic League president Rick White told Sporting News, “we’re trying to say, ‘How can we re-think the entire premise upon which we operate, yet not change the game?...