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Liquid Glass, iOS 26, Macos Tahoe, Watchos 26, the new Games app and all the news left by Apple’s WWDC 2025

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Apple has chosen the WWDC 2025 To launch a clear message: its ecosystem needed deep reorganization. And he has done so starting with the most visible, such as design, and extending to the most structural, including the name of its operating systems. Next we review all the news that Apple has presented in this WWDC 2025. From the most obvious visual changes to the most discrete functions, everything you need to know is here, well organized so you can consult it at a glance. A total redesign: This will look like the entire Apple ecosystem Liquid Glass arrivesa new translucent material that reflects and refracts the environment, providing visual depth in real time. This design extends to iOS, iPados, macos, watchos and tvos, with new icons, floating controls and adaptive navigation bars. Blocking screens, desks, docks and key interfaces such as camera, safari or Apple Music now offer a renewed (and more coherent) experience. iOS 26: More personal, smarter, more connected iOS 26 Combine the visual redesign with integrated artificial intelligence functions. Apple Intelligence allows you to translate messages in real time, suggest events and create visual content with Genmoji or image playground. Telephone and messages are updated with spam detection, call management and surveys suggested by IA. Carplay improves your interface and adds fixed conversations, widgets and compact view for calls. Apple Music incorporates letters, automatic mixtures and personalized musical suggestions. Apple Games: The new center to play throughout the ecosystem Apple Games It is the new app dedicated to gaming with social functions, catalog organization and connection with Apple Arcade. Group all games installed on the user’s devices, whether own, Apple Arcade or Game Center. It offers rapid access to recent games, markers, achievements and active events. Integrates social functions such as shared rankings, challenges between friends and monitoring of progress. It is available in iOS 26, Ipados 26, Macos Tahoe 26 and Visionos 26, with design adapted to each platform. In macOS y Visionos includes Game Porting Toolkit 2, with improvements for developers who want to adapt games to Apple Silicon. Watchos 26: Intelligent motivation and more control from the wrist Watchos 26 Win in customization, intelligence and comfort with key improvements to train, communicate and manage every day. Workout Buddy USA Apple Intelligence to offer motivating messages during training. The apply app and includes musical suggestions adapted to the type of exercise. Real -time translation comes to messages and new conversation funds synchronized with the iPhone. A new doll rotation gesture allows you to rule out notifications without touching the screen. The APP notes, accessibility improvements and new telephone functions complete the update. Tahoe Macos 26: More fluidity, more automation and more game Tahoe macOS 26 It opens a clearer interface, intelligence distributed throughout the system and a firm bet for gaming. The telephone app arrives at the MAC with functions such as call filter and Hold Assist thanks. Spotlight is redesigned to execute actions, activate shortcuts and look for content more efficiently. Apple Intelligence Power shortcuts, translates into real time and allows automating complex tasks. The new Apple Games app organizes the user’s catalog and allows you to play without leaving the environment with Game Overlay. Safari, messages, facetime and photos are updated with visual improvements, new functions and more content control. Visionos 26: One more step towards a more fluid mixed reality The Vision Pro system continues to evolve with improvements focused on navigation, performance and shared use. It is now possible to place apps in space and leave them fixed even when the device goes out, to resume them exactly where they were. People in SharePlay, which allows you to see realistic avatars of other users during a shared session is incorporated. The new travel mode allows you to use the vision in trains, adapting the experience to moving environments. VISIONS 26 Enter simpler and more precise gestures to control the interface without the need to move the head or hands both. Images | Apple In Xataka | How to install the beta for developers of iOS 26, iPados 26 or Watchos 26 In Xataka | Apple believed to have an excellent plan to deploy its AI in China. He is going as good as everything else in China

We tried switch games on Nintendo Switch 2. The surprise is capitalized in games that were crawled before

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Nintendo Switch 2 It arrives with a bestial launch catalog. It is true that, perhaps, The games that come from start They are not very numerous or really new. Beyond ‘Mario Kart World‘ and ‘Nintendo Switch Welcyome Tour‘, games like the surprising’Cyberpunk 2077‘,’Hogwarts Legacy‘ either ‘Street Fighter 6‘They were already available for other consoles. However, the key to this console is that it is backward with most physical and digital games of Nintendo Switch. Simply insert the switch game cartridge you would not have played so far … enjoy. I’m already testing switch 2 In the face of the analysis and one of the first surprises that I have found is that there are Nintendo Switch games that They improve a lot in Nintendo Switch 2 without the need for a patch Payment. And another thing that has caught me by surprise is that Nintendo has launched some totally free improvement patches. But let’s see what it is, since there is crumb. Quality of life vs. Visual quality: The key of the retrocompatibles of switch 2 As I say, Switch 2 retrocompatibility It is as simple as introducing or downloading the game of the previous console and starting to enjoy. There is an obvious improvement as soon as we start with the game thanks to the screen. Have improvements or not, simply by the greatest contrast and saturation of the new panel -despite being LCD -, the games look “better. But here you have to talk about improvements that the new Nvidia chip can offer. That extra power is already noticeable in exclusive titles of the new switch, as a ‘cyberpunk 2077’ that is halfway between the versions of PS4 and Xbox Series Sor the new ‘Mario Kart’ which is a visual delight. In games that have improvement patch, such as ”The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild‘ either ‘Tears of the Kingdom‘, there is also a higher image resolution and textures, better shadows and, above all, a yield at 60 fps when the original fought in some moments with the 30 fps. Ok, we talk about games that have been ‘spoiled’ for the new console, but … what about a ‘Bayonetta 3‘, a ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2‘or a’Super Mario Odyssey‘? This is where the thing gets interesting and each of them allows me to comment on the sensations with the focus of this retrocompatibility of Switch 2. ‘Bayonetta 3’ This game is a visual wonder in Nintendo’s hybrid. It has a section very similar to that seen in previous deliveries, but also the goal of moving to 60 frames per second. The problem is that this figure does not always achieve And, although the character’s response and the feeling to the controls is good, nailing the frame rate per second in 60 is something very interesting for these action games. In fact, in this game, video scenes are blocked at 30 frames per second, as confirmed by the Foundry digital mediumand they feel softer than the scenes in which we take the controls, which range between those 60 and 30 frames per second, with jumps that transmit greater roughness in the controls. I have tried to explain it in a simple way, but the summary is that it is a situation that was not ideal. With Nintendo Switch 2, the situation changes. The game has a fragment rate unlocked with 60 as a limit and the new Nintendo console, thanks to that greatest gross power, PErythe you carry the game scenes to very constant 60 frames per second. Now, playing ‘Bayonetta 3’ is a delight, also because the response time between our button and the character’s movement is lower, and everything feels softer. It is something that also happens in other titles such as a ‘Deadly Premonition‘I had a subochorous performance on switch or’Batman Arkham Knight‘, that Nor was I left over of fluidity in the nintendo hybrid. As I say, there are several games in which the performance was unlocked and the youtuber Modern Vintage Gamer It allows us to see the before and after. Summary: The games with frame-unlocked or that had problems in Nintendo Switch, even if they do not have improvement patch, they feel better to the controls, much softer. ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2’ This game is one of the largest in the previous console and that implied, especially in portable mode, that developers introduced a dynamic resolution system for prioritize at all times to reach acceptable performance to 30 frames per second. It resulted in a game that was at an extremely low resolution, keeping a long time in 360p when the 1st 720p switch screen. Other games that prioritized performance against sharpness were ‘Doom‘ either ‘Wolfenstein: The New Colossus‘, among others. What happens when we introduce them in Nintendo Switch 2? Well … there are good and bad news. The good news is that the performance, when there were some downturn, is better, as is the case in ‘Bayonetta 3’. The bad news is that the resolution was dynamic, but there were limits that could not happen and if on a 720p screen they already looked blurred, in a larger and with more resolution such as Nintendo Switch 2, the problem is accentuated. ‘Doom’ looks somewhat more clear in the portable mode of Switch 2, just like ‘Wolfenstein’, but the textures have the same definition as those they had on Switch and the result is a somewhat washed general image. With vaseline effect, as they say. In ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2’, now I don’t notice so many dowersbut the resolution is still very low and the ‘jaggies’, or saw teeth, are more accentuated in Nintendo Switch 2. It is a game that would come from pearls a patch. Summary: The games that were already blurred on the Nintendo Switch screen, will continue to see blurred on Switch 2, despite the highest general quality of the new panel. Free patches Apart, there are games that do not have any type of patch and that, despite … Read more

presumably already has its first 6 -nm GPU for full games China

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In China there are dozens of GPU designers for games and artificial intelligence (AI). The Chinese government has supported the proliferation of these companies with Very juicy subsidies in answer to US sanctions. Huawei, Metax, Biren Technology, Moore ThreadsInnosilicon, Zhaoxin, Iluvatar Corex, Deglinai or Vast Ai Tech are some of the most important, but there are more. Many more. And among all of them, it has just attracted the attention of the semiconductor industry: Lisuan Technology. This emerging company was born in 2021, in the same breeding ground triggered by The conflict held by the US and China which has also resulted in the constitution of other best -known graphic hardware companies, such as Moore Threads or Biren Technology. Although, as we have just seen, it is a very young firm, it is supported by veteran engineers who have developed a good part of their professional career in the US. It is exactly the same that happens with Moore Threads or Bire Technology, who tell in their ranks with former Nvidia employees. Lisuan has announced that it has a GPU as powerful as the GeForce RTX 4060 This week this company has revealed In your Wechat account Something important: it already has a GPU for games as powerful as the GeForce RTX 4060 of Nvidia. This is what Lisuan says, so the most prudent is that we collect it with reservations. When this graphic hardware is finally available we will check if this statement is reliable or not. However, this is not all. The most relevant thing is that this company ensures that this GPU, which it has baptized as G100, is the first manufactured entirely in China using 6 Nm integration technology. SMIC is already manufacturing in its nodes of 6 Nm the GPU for the Ascend 920 of Huawei Lisuan has not confirmed which Chinese manufacturer of semiconductors is producing this chip, but in all likelihood it is about SMIC (Semiconductor manufacturing international corp), The largest Chinese manufacturer of integrated circuits. This company You are already manufacturing in its 6 Nm nodes THE GPU FOR IA Ascend 920 From Huawei, so it is perfectly credible that this chip for Lisuan Technology produces in those same nodes. To manufacture integrated 6 and 7 nm circuits using equipment deep ultraviolet photolithography (UVP) of the Dutch company ASML SMIC uses a technique known as Multiple patterning. This strategy consists in transferring the pattern to the wafer in several passes with the purpose of increasing the resolution of the lithographic process. It works, but is responsible for the performance by wafer Be clearly improvable. In any case, Lisuan has revealed some more data about its G100 GPU. Apparently this graphic processor will work side by side with a generous vram memory map (it is only a conjecture, but it will possibly be 16 GB), will have moderate energy consumption And it will be compatible with the API Directx 12, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL 4.6 and OpenGL 3.0, so it should be able to deal with current video games without problem as long as their controllers are up to it. Whatever the first graphics cards equipped with this GPU will be available during the third quarter of this year, although it is likely that large -scale manufacturing arrives at the beginning of 2026. Image | Lisuan Technology More information | Lisuan Technology In Xataka | We can forget an AI without hallucinations for now. The general director of Nvidia explains why

A new pack arrives to Xtralife with two video games

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There are many people who have pointed out on June 5 in their calendars. There is very little for the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 And that is reflected in the expectations of the hybrid console, but also in the packs that are unofficial that are reaching some stores. XTralife, for example, has added a new pack that includes both the console and video games ”Mario Kart World‘ and ‘Cyberpunk 2077‘In its Ultimate edition. All this for 576.99 euros. Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World + Cyberpunk 2077 (Ultimate Edition) * Some price may have changed from the last review A good pack that includes the console and two video games The Nintendo Switch 2 It is one of the consoles that has raised the most expectation among the public before its launch. Good guilt is his predecessor, the Nintendo Switch, and obviously his extensive catalog of exclusive video games. There are many video games that will be available on the same day of launch —We remember is June 5, “and two of them are the ones that come in the XTralife pack.” ‘Mario Kart World‘He has not been exempt from controversy for the price of its edition in physical format (90 euros). But the truth is that with the pack it comes much more profitable. Of course, it is worth mentioning that The video game comes in digital formatso it has to be downloaded from the Nintendo store (ESHOP) through a download code. However, with ‘Cyberpunk 2077‘The thing changes. CD Projakt Red, the developer, said that the video game would arrive entirely in a cartridge, so in this case, in the XTralife pack, it comes in Physical format “It’s not a.” Game-Key Card-. This is the Ultimate edition, so includes all additional content that has been arriving since the launch of the video game until now, including expansion ‘Phantom Liberty‘. The new Nintendo console has raised enormous expectation, both by the console itself – by its functionality and its hardware – and for video games that have already been confirmed and that will arrive on the launch day of the console or in the coming months. There are only a few days left for its launchso this pack is interesting if we have not yet reserved the console. You may also interest you Mario Kart World- Nintendo Switch 2 * Some price may have changed from the last review Donkey Kong Bananza- Switch 2 * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Nintendo In Xataka | The best accessories for your switch: covers, transport bags, batteries, and more In Xataka | What Micro SD card for Nintendo Switch buy. Better recommendations and 10 outstanding models

Someone wondered what would happen if we allowed all athletes to do. The result is already here: improved games

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“Imagine that a 60 -year -old beat the Usain Bolt world record.” Sounds crazy, but that is the phrase that left last year during An interview with The Guardian Aron d´souza, the founder, president and visible face of Enhanced. His words matter because D´Souza is organizing, with the support of some outstanding investors, the Improved games (Enhancend Games), a sports competition that will open the door for your athletes to dop and consume drugs prohibited by sports federations. The objective is the one that D´Souza commented: to knock down barriers and leave behind the brands of Usain Bolt or other apparently unbeatable plusmarks on the tracks. The idea, of course, has generated a huge stir and has already led to international experts and agencies to alert of its dangers. Las Vegas, May 2026. That is the city and the date on which improved games want to make their great start. In An act held this week at Resort World Las Vegas, D´Souza and his team announced that the first competition open to the consumption of drugs vetoed by the sports federations will be held next year, between May 21 and 26in “The city of sin.” More specifically, in a complex built for tests within the Resorts world las vegas With clues and pool. A for world records. There the athletes who participate in the tournament will compete in three disciplines: swimming, athletics and lostfilia, with different categories in each. For that purpose, the organizers will prepare a 50 -meter pool with four lanes, a six -lane speed track, a special scenario for weightlifting and something so (or even more important): A succulent list of metallic awards. In addition to the premiums for participating, Enhanced will offer a reward of $ 500,000 per proof, of which 250,000 will go to the pocket of the first classified. If any of the athletes hit a world record in the “definitive tests” (100 meters smooth and 50 m free) will also pocket a gratification of one million dollars. The objective is evident: spray plusmarks. For now and to open appetite, the organizers They assure that one of its swimmers has already managed to overcome a 2009 record. The keyword: doping. What defines improved games is not who, where and when they organize, but how they raise the tests. Its great hallmark is that they open the door to the use of drugs or treatments vetoed in official competitions. “Unlike traditional sports agencies, Enhanced does not prohibit substances that improve performance, but also bring them to light, with total transparency, safety and medical supervision,” Underline. Throughout the last months the organizers They have stressed that treatments will not be administered “in any way” and athletes will have to pass “thorough medical recognitions.” In The same report of The Guardian in which D´Souza talked about breaking Bolt’s records even states that organizers will not accept illegal substances and their drugs must have been legally prescribed. Of course, compliance with the standards seems to depend on the collaboration of athletes. “Sport stagnated”. Although the appointment has generated A considerable controversythe organizers have loaded it as an epic and insist that their goal is to open horizons. “We live in a world transformed by science, from vaccines to AI. But sport has stagnated. Until today. We are not updating the regulation, we are rewriting it,” claims D´Souza. Enhanced’s website includes other ideas Roundsuch as “superhumanity” or “future of sport.” “We are creating a new category of excellence, a world where drugs to improve performance are used safely, open and supervised.” “In 1896 Baron Pierre de Coubertin reinvented the old Olympic Games for his time, an era of nationalisms,” Reflect. “Now we are reinventing the Olympic Games again … to create a completely new formula, not sport, but of humanity.” Apart ideas, the truth is that the organization He has recognized who hopes to enter millions of dollars for the issuance rights and in The same statement in which he informs of the first improved games slides that plans to launch at the end of this summer a company dedicated to “improved performance products”. “Dangerous, not very ethical and harmful”. Not everyone shares the enthusiasm of D´Souza and his team. On the contrary. Since Enhanced revealed his plans and especially after the confirmation of his first “games”, there have been few voices that have risen to pronounce against the idea. This week the Sport Australia Athlete Advisory Group He warned that “the normalization” of drugs to improve performance “promotes doping as entertainment, putting athletes at risk, and devalues ​​the efforts of those who choose to compete clean.” For the organism, the concept of improved games is “dangerous, not very ethical and harmful.” And it is not the most resounding opinion about it. Travis Tygart, Executive Director of the US Anti -Doping Agency, He thinks that the initiative is “a dangerous clown show, not really sport” and the world anti -doping agency speaks of “dangerous and irresponsible project.” Others They pull irony And they have baptized the Enhanced Games of “steroid Olympics.” An appointment, several names. If the improved games have achieved so much impact is not only because of their challenging and controversial approach. To its visibility has helped (and much) that Enhanced has managed to embark in the initiative some prominent names of the world of finance and sport. Among the first figure Peter Thievel either Donald Trump Jr. Among the second, the Australian swimmer James Magnussentwice world champion of 100 m free. And to him others have joined such as the Ukrainian plusmarchist Andrii Govorov or the Bulgarian Josif Miladinov, European silver in 100 butterfly. One of the names that have sounded the most in recent days has been however that of Greek Olympic swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev, who According to Enhanced He has already managed to break the world record of 50 m free with a mark of 20.89 seconds, which would exceed the one achieved in 2009 by Cesar Cielo. The BBC points out that, … Read more

It will offer free NBA and WNBA games for its users in Spain

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Streaming platforms have long explored live sport as a way of strengthening their catalog against increasingly fierce competition. In Spain, As our Xataka mobile partners point outcases such as Movistar Plus+ and Orange TV have opted for football as a great claim. But Amazon has decided to move in another direction: it does not go with football, it is committed to the best basketball. Prime Video already offered a varied menu with series, films and documentaries, including original titles such as’BEEKEPER: The protector‘ either ‘Jack Ryan‘. Also allowed to add external channels such as Dazn either LaLiga Hypermotion through additional subscriptions. Now, it reinforces that ecosystem with something that until now did not offer: NBA matches and WNBA without extra cost for its users in Spain. 117 matches for prime video users in Spain. During the 2025/2026 season, Prime Video users in Spain can see free up to 87 NBA games, which will be added 30 WNBA matches from 2026. In total, 117 available games without additional payments, although far from the complete calendar of both competitions: it is a sample, equivalent approximately 7 % of the total NBA and 12 % in the case of the WNBA. For those who want to access all the meetings, Amazon will offer the NBA League Pass as an additional channel integrated into its platform. This movement is possible thanks to An 11 -year agreement With those responsible for both leagues, which allows Amazon to broadcast exclusively a selection of key meetings every season. A global strategy beyond Spain. The bet is not limited to Spain. Prime Video will distribute this package of parties in the United States and other markets such as Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom and Ireland. In these territories, the agreement includes at least 20 additional games per season in stripes of maximum audience, a series of conference endings each and the NBA finals in six of the eleven years. With this movement, Amazon expands its presence in live sport and takes another step in its content strategy. So far it offered Spanish football competitions or sports channels under subscription. Now it incorporates for the first time a top -level basketball sample without additional cost. A play that seeks to reinforce the prime video value marking ground in front of the competition. Images | Markus Spiske | Amazon/NBA In Xataka | Netflix has tired that all its series and movies look like Netflix series and movies. And you have a plan to change it

Reservations arrive at My Nintendo Store. Switch 2 pack, accessories, video games and more of the new hybrid console

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Although the Nintendo Switch 2 It was hard criticized after your Nintendo Directthe truth is that the new hybrid console has raised an enormous expectation. We have been able to find it to book in the main suppliers, but now we can also do it in the official store. My Nintendo Store has opened the console reservationas well as a good assortment of accessories and video games. We will review which are the most interesting. Of course, it is worth mentioning that the reserves are only accessible to all those who have a subscription to Nintendo switch online. Nintendo Switch 2 by 509.99 eurosif you are going to buy the console and you are interested in ‘Mario Kart World’, with this pack the video game can get a little cheaper. Samsung MicroSD Express Card by 59.99 eurosa practically mandatory card (in Switch 2 those of Nintendo Switch do not work). Piraña Plant Chamber by 39.99 eurosa camera with a good design that can be used with the GameChat function. Donkey Kong Baniza by 69.99 euros (79.99 euros in physical), one of the most interesting video games that will arrive with the launch of the console. Case and protector by 24.99 eurostwo practically essential accessories if you want to take the travel console. Nintendo Switch 2 Nintendo Switch 2 will go on sale for a price of 469 euros (Mediamarkt), but unless we do not want to buy the ‘Mario Kart World’ the most interesting pack is the one that includes the video game, since in this case the price of the pack is 509.99 euros –The digital game would come out for 40 euros-. Of course, Mediamarkt has it for almost a cheaper euro, since in the store we find the pack for 509 euros. Some stores such as Xtralife have launched other packs, although unfortunately in this case it is exhausted. For the moment, The one that includes the Super Mario video game is the one that has the best quality-price ratiobut a lot of eye with being expected because It is a limited pack. Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung MicroSD Express Card To play the Nintendo Switch 2 we will have to go through the box and buy a MicroSD Express cardsince those of Nintendo Switch will not work. At the moment in my Nintendo Store, Samsung’s can be reserved at a price of 59.99 euros in its 256 GB configuration. However, Xtralife has the card for cheaper cents, since the price in this case is 59.95 euros. Samsung MicroSD Express Card (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Piraña Plant Chamber The function GameChat It is one of the great novelties of the Nintendo Switch 2. Although almost any camera can be connected, the Hori Piraña Plant It has a most striking design. It is not the best in terms of specifications (its resolution is 640 x 480 pixels), but it is one of the most beautiful. Its price accompanies that we can be interested in it, since it costs 39.99 euros. Piraña Plant Chamber * Some price may have changed from the last review Donkey Kong Baniza The greatest controversy after the presentation of Nintendo Switch 2 has found the price of video games. 90 euros for a game? The truth is that Not everyone will cost the same as ‘Mario Kart World’but the rest of the titles have increased with respect to Nintendo Switch games. At least First Party. ‘Donkey Kong Baniza’ has an official price of 69.99 euros in digital and 79.99 euros in physical. Nevertheless, In stores like Amazon we can find it in physical with a smaller pricesince in this case the store has the video game for 69.90 euros. If, in addition, we are subscribers of Amazon Prime, the shipment leaves for free. * Some price may have changed from the last review Case and protector The protective covers are almost essential accessories if we want to take advantage of the portable format of the Nintendo Switch 2 (or of any other portable console) in order to make any trip. Nintendo has one Official protective case that also includes a screen protector. All this for 24.99 euros. Nevertheless, If what we are looking for is the best price, even with a cents differenceat Amazon we can find the same case with the screen protector by 24.90 euros. In addition, we mention again that if we are Amazon users, the shipment leaves for free. Nintendo Switch 2 Switch case and protector * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Nintendo In Xataka | The best accessories for your switch: covers, transport bags, batteries, and more In Xataka | What Micro SD card for Nintendo Switch buy. Better recommendations and 10 outstanding models

Books, Lego sets, board games and more. Five ideas to take advantage of Star Wars

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Star Wars He has accompanied us for many years throughout his numerous films, but also through a wide variety and quantity of products Merchandasing. Therefore, if you have in mind celebrate today the day of Star Wars we leave you with five ideas related to the extensive saga created by George Lucas. Lego Star Wars – Logo by 69.99 eurosa set that commemorates the iconic Star Wars logo. How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ by 47.50 eurosa book that deepens the development and filming of the first film released in cinemas of the saga. Star Wars Heritage Pack by 54.95 eurosa pack for Nintendo Switch that includes no less than seven classic video games of the saga. Star Wars: Shatterpoint by 131.95 eurosone of the best and most complete saga board games. Star Wars: Light Sables by 33.25 eurosan interesting book that deepens everything related to light sabers. Lego Star Wars – Logo One of the best sets that Lego has launched on Star Wars during the new May wave is that of the logo itself. It includes a total of 700 pieces and has a very well careful design – even that Marvel’s. It has dimensions of approximately 13 cm high, 30 cm of width and 3 cm of deepness, its price is 69.99 euros and Save a little surprise for fans of the first film. * Some price may have changed from the last review How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’ If you like the first trilogy (the original), in stores such as El Corte Inglés we can find an interesting book about How was ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’. It is a book of 372 pages where we can find the works that inspired George Lucas to shape the film, photographs and unpublished production notes, curious data and anecdotes and much more. Its price, in this case, is 47.50 euros And if you stay wanting more there are two other books from the following films: How was ‘Star Wars episode IV: a new hope’ by 47.50 euros. How was ‘Star Wars Episode V: the empire counterattack’ by 47.50 euros. How was ‘Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of Jedi’ by 47.50 euros. How Star Wars became a new hope: the definitive story after the original film (hardcover) * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars Heritage Pack There are many Star Wars video games, but if the classic attracts above the current, ‘Star Wars: Heritage Pack‘It is a super interesting compilation. The Nintendo Switch version has a price of 54.95 euros In Xtralife (cheaper in Amazon) e Includes seven video gamesalthough some are digital. Included in the cartridge: ‘Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy’. ‘Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast’. ‘Star Wars Episode I Racer’. ‘Star Wars Republic Commando’. ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’. Digital download: ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic’ ‘Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords’. Star Wars: Heritage Pack (Nintendo Switch) * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars: Shatterpoint The same can be said of board games or board. There are many, but we are looking for one of the most popular, the best and the most complete, Star Wars Shatterpoint It is a real delight for fans of the saga. Its price is 131.95 euros In the English Court (cheaper in Amazon) and stands out because it is a game of skirmishes that includes miniatures. It is a game for two people in which We can select heroes or villains To face each other. Each game lasts approximately 90 minutes and among the characters we have Anakin Skywalker, Darth Maul, Asajj Ventress and more. * Some price may have changed from the last review Star Wars: Light Sables Light sabables are one of the most important elements of much of the saga, and we have seen them in a large portion of films, series, comics and video games. Although we have seen them so many times, they continue to keep a certain mystery, so in this book called ‘Star Wars: Light Sables‘We can discover some of the secrets that contain these weapons or tools. It is an enlightened 156 -page guide where we can see the different light sabers that have appeared along the films, series, comics and video games. In addition, it is interesting to discover differences between the colors of each sheetthe different handles that the characters have had and more. In this case, its price is 33.25 euros. Star Wars Light Sables (Hard Cover) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Disney, Lucasfilm, Lego, Planet Comic, Aspyr, Atomic Mass In Xataka | Your favorite series, comics and movies also in Lego: 15 ideal construction kits to mount yourself or give away In Xataka | The 41 best board games: from ‘Catán’ to ‘Gloomhaven’

The triumph of the “artisanal” games in the industry

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Once it is an isolated phenomenon, two chance. But they are already too many times in the last months when a game that is not a triple A, but a relatively modest title, makes the heads of the entire industry turn for their quality and daring. Now is the turn of ‘Clair Oscur: Expedition 33‘, a wonder of Rolera architecture that has become a supervantant and the beautiful girl of critics despite not having the means of production of the greats Blockbusters. Everyone talks about ‘Clair Osccur’. And it’s not for less. Greeted as a Modern classic Of the role -playing games, it has been developed by Sandfall Interactive, French independent study founded in 2020 and based in Montpellier. The project is an RPG in classic shifts, a gender that In Sandfall they thought that was being mistreated by the great studies. It is not its only original detail: its atmosphere is based on the Belle Epoque French, and bets on a mature narrative and a certain complexity: every year, the mysterious Pentresse paints a number in a monolith, and all the people who reach that age disappear. People live knowing the exact date of their death, which generates a highly melancholic atmosphere. Modern classic. The combat system and its narrative daring have made the game considered a genre renovator. The result has been both critical and financial: in Metacritic it is already valued as The best game of the year And in just three days he managed to overcome The million copies sold. A milestone that is reinforced by the modesty of its development: just thirty people make up the study. Or not? Thirty -Pico. Since its launch, it has been said that ‘Clair Oscur: Expedition 33’ was developed by just thirty people, which turned the project into an almost handmade achievement, especially taking into account how polished the combat system and the findings of its artistic direction, at the height of the Japanese classics to which you mimic. However, A rapid calculation Like the one they have done in Jeux Urs allows you to go beyond those thirty people, which undoubtedly make up the hard -creative nucleus of the game. To them are added a good amount of essential external teams: at least, a Korean team of eight people dedicated to animations is accredited. In Poland, dozens of game testators reside. The entire audio part is: the dubbing cast and the orchestra of about thirty people who have interpreted the very large soundtrack. It is important not to make this type of contributions that since the beginning of this century add up to development, sometimes without accrediting, in teams often outside Europe or the United States, in countries such as Malaysia or China. The irresistible lightness of the medium games. The video game industry continually lives on its trends, and we currently attend a curious devotion to medium games. The events of recent years (framed in mastodon financial catastrophes such as Sony, EA either Ubisoft) have given a very notable impulse to medium games, as we did not see since the time of PlayStation 3. The public seems to have assimilated, wrapped up with the success of consoles that favor the No-Typically-Triple-A gameslike Nintendo Switch, that games do not need a team of three thousand people behind to be captivating, effective and fun. At the top. We talked about how ‘Clair Osccur’ had perched to the top of the games best considered by criticism this year, but let’s see who follows him: with his same 92 score, ‘Blue Prince‘, this one developed by a single person; With a 91, ‘Split Fiction‘, a modest production and indies airs, but that will soon have a cinemas version; In the twenty positions we see titles such as ‘The Rotters Are Dead’, ‘Bionic Bay’ or ‘Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders’, openly independent. And remember that two of last year’s greatest successes, ‘Space Marine 2’ And the winner of the game of the year, ‘Astro Bot‘, have been developed with limited resources. Brand and image. Being a “small” game is no longer an obstacle, but from a while to this part it is a more impulse at the image level. There is nothing more to see the expectation with which the tiny advances of an indie sequel like ‘Silksong’, whose potential as meme exceeds any Blockbuster. More reason for not minimizing the achievements of an extraordinary game such as ‘Clair Oscur’: thirty or one hundred, the size of the team matters little. The remarkable thing is the result. In Xataka | The great romantic novel of the year is not a book: it is a Chinese video game where you choose your own “digital husband”

The “chinification” of anime and video games

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2025 is confirming something that was intuited last year. Among the people who It arrives in Japan To stay, China carries the lead. First he was moving to do not return to the nationthen the phenomenon has been extended by areas, where the proliferation of “new chinatowns” was giving rise to neighborhoods with Chinese than Japanese. They are now replacing one of the national bastions: pop culture. “Chinification”. It Nikkei had A few days ago. Some of the most emblematic neighborhoods of contemporary Japan are living a silent but radical transformation, driven by the growing commercial, visual and demographic influence of China. Places like Akihabara in Tokyo, Ameyoko in Ueno either Dotonbori in Osakafor decades considered symbols of Japanese popular identity, they are adopting an aesthetic and a dynamic that they refer more and more in the Chinese style. The anime In Akihabara, a nerve center of the otaku universethe usual iconography of Kawaii characters The landscape continues to dominate, but many of those characters no longer come from Japanese studies. Companies like Yostar Games, based in Shanghai, have taken control of key spaces such as the main access of the train station, exhibiting campaigns starring their characters with anime aesthetics that have achieved resounding success among the local public. To this is added the constant presence of titles as Genshin Impactcreated by Mihoyowhich also occupies prominent advertising fences. These companies not only precisely reproduce the Japanese narrative and visual formulas, but also hire Japanese personnel and local voice actors to ensure An aesthetic fidelity almost absolute. Much of the Japanese creative talent has migrated to these studies due to its best salary conditions, which has generated concern in the national industry, where even veterans of video game development openly speak of a loss of competitiveness. Akihabara (Tokyo) Change in traditional markets. The transformation is not limited to digital culture. In Tokyo, the historic AMEYOKO MARKETknown for its sale of fish and products for New Year celebrations, has experienced an almost total replacement of its commercial fabric. According to estimates of local merchants, approximately 80% of business They are now in the hands of Chinese citizens. Chinese food. Restaurants, imported ingredients and supermarket stores focused on the consumption of Chinese visitors have replaced the old traditional establishments. In Osaka, Dotonbori has become the most frequented tourist destination by Chinese citizens in all Japaneven surpassing historical areas of Tokyo such as Ginza or Asakusa. With an influx of More than 13,000 visitors Chinese daily, the area has modified its visual, linguistic and gastronomic offer to adapt to its new users. Mandarin posters, menus with Dalian -native dishes and businesses operated by Chinese citizens have become an integral part of the urban landscape. In the neighborhood neighborhood of Shimanouchithe growing Chinese population has generated a own commercial ecosystemwith supermarkets, pharmacies, restaurants and tourist accommodations managed almost entirely by migrants. Boom in depressed areas. In the district of Nishinaritraditionally associated with urban poverty and population aging, the phenomenon has taken A different dimension. Over there, Nikkei had that Chinese businessman Lin Chuanlong has economically reactivated a dying area by opening more than 170 Karaoke type barsoperated by Chinese women known as “breasts.” These premises, of affordable prices and festive aesthetics have returned the nightlife to a quiet neighborhood. Nicknamed now like Karaoke Pub Townthe neighborhood has become a new reference of affordable nightlife in Osaka. Lin, who arrived from Fujian more than thirty years ago, has also founded a real estate and plans to build a Chinese neighborhood in the area that, in His own wordsbe more attractive than those of Yokohama or Kobe. Although some places admit their confusion in the face of the speed of change, many others recognize that the transformation has revitalized spaces condemned to abandonment. A blanket About Japan. In the background, an idea that already stretched weeks ago. This process does not respond to an invasion or abrupt substitution, but to a Paulatine reconfiguration in which Chinese investment, its power of commercial attraction and its Adaptation capacity They seem to be reformulating the forms, functions and senses of the urban in many parts of Japan. In these areas, the “Japanese” is no longer defined by its national origin, or not in its entirety, but by its ability to survive, live together or integrate into a New regional aesthetic Asian where the distinction between the own and the alien has become diffuse. The ongoing transformation not only affects facades, posters or languages, but the very memory of what these places meant. A “Chinification” silent of the Japanese culture that, far from disappearing, is being found unexpected ways of continuing to exist, although it does not do so exclusively. Image | Iqremix, Jpellgen (@1105 In Xataka | A phenomenon that has already happened in New York is spreading throughout Japan: neighborhoods with younger than Japanese In Xataka | 21 wonderful Japanese expressions that would need a whole phrase to be translated

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