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Daily tech news & jokes to have a good start for 07/12/2022

Adam Gelencser
4 min readDec 7, 2022

Quote of the day:

There are two things a person should never be angry at: what they can help, and what they cannot. Plato

Jokes of the day:

The first time I got a universal remote control I thought to myself, “This changes everything”

A guy walks into a bar and asks for 1.4 root beers. The bartender says “I’ll have to charge you extra, that’s a root beer float”. The guy says “In that case, better make it a double.”

Top 10 news of the day:

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII’s PSP to PS5 Glow Up Is Outrageous

Fair play — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnwkmwCIOZI Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII was a stunning PSP game when it fir…

Subscribe to Push Square on Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII was a stunning PSP game when it first released on Sony’s handheld in 2007, but Square Enix has done an absolutely outstanding job remastering the release for PS5. While you’d expect a bump in… [352 chars]

GTA Online getting ray-traced reflections on PS5 and Xbox Series X

Rockstar has detailed December’s update for GTA Online, which, among other things, introduces ray-traced reflections on…

Rockstar has detailed December’s update for GTA Online, which, among other things, introduces ray-traced reflections on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Those looking to add a bit more visual pizazz to GTA Online on current-gen consoles will have the… [959 chars]

River City Girls 2 Has A New Release Date In North America & Europe

Update: WayForward has confirmed the new date — Update [Tue 6th Dec, 2022 21:35 GMT]: After comforting fans about the upco…

Update [Tue 6th Dec, 2022 21:35 GMT]: After comforting fans about the upcoming River City Girls 2 release date last week, WayForward has today announced an official release date for this much-anticipated sequel — 15th December! Confirming the news on… [1399 chars]

New GTA Online update announced, brings major improvements and content

Rockstar Games have officially announced what is coming in the next GTA Online update. Strap yourself in because there plenty of major changes and content additions coming very soon.

Rockstar Games have officially announced what is coming in the next GTA Online update. Strap yourself in because there plenty of major changes and content additions coming very soon. Kicking off their latest newswire post, Rockstar thanked the “devot… [4314 chars]

Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Unlock Stitch

AKA Experiment 626 — The new Disney Dreamlight Valley update is finally here, and alongside the new Toy Story realm and fe…

The new Disney Dreamlight Valley update is finally here, and alongside the new Toy Story realm and festive winter content, you can also find Stitch from Lilo and Stitch and add him to the Valley! Here’s how to find the little rascal… How to find St… [1492 chars]

Predict The Game Awards 2022 With Our Ridiculous 20 Question Quiz

Can you predict TGA 2022? — It’s that time of the year, folks! In what has become an annual tradition here on Push Square,…

It’s that time of the year, folks! In what has become an annual tradition here on Push Square, we’ve put together a ‘Predictions Quiz’ for The Game Awards 2022. The end-of-year event always serves up some big talking points, so if you’re looking forw… [3250 chars]

Portal’s ray-tracing upgrade makes it weirdly scary

Portal with RTX uses Nvidia’s RTX GPUs power to add ray tracing to Valve’s iconic FPS puzzle game. But the fancy graphics change the game in surprising ways.

Can a remaster change a video game’s genre? After a couple of hours with Portal’s free ray-tracing update, I’m tempted to say yes. The original Portal is on the short list for “funniest video games ever made.” Released in 2007 as a spinoff of Half-Li… [5240 chars]

Vampire Survivors’ first DLC Legacy of the Moonspell arrives next week

Vampire Survivors, the acclaimed minimalist survival RPG from developer Poncle, is getting its first dollop of paid DLC…

Vampire Survivors, the acclaimed minimalist survival RPG from developer Poncle, is getting its first dollop of paid DLC next week in the form of Legacy of the Moonspell, arriving next Thursday, 15th December, on Xbox and PC. “In eastern lands, a clan… [1288 chars]

Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell Is the Indie Hit’s First Major Expansion

Vampire Survivors is getting its first DLC expansion called Legacy of the Moonspell and its bringing a new stage, new characters, and new weapons.

Poncle has announced a new piece of DLC for Vampire Survivors called Legacy of the Moonspell. It includes a brand-new stage, characters, and weapons for players to utilize. While the Steam page doesn’t list the DLC’s release date, it will reportedly … [1565 chars]

The Witcher: Monster Slayer to be shut down, layoffs at studio expected

Spokko will be merged into CD Projekt Red, with only some staff members moving over to other development projects.

Pokemon GO-style Witcher spin-off, The Witcher: Monster Slayer, is being shut down in the middle of next year. Staff members at CD Projekt Red’s Spokko studio are also expected to be laid off. As announced in a news post, the game will be go offline … [1533 chars]

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Adam Gelencser

Tech enthusiast, currently entrepreneuring — regularly sharing content on tech news and irregularly on other topics. Founder of QMapper.co video AI tool.