If you examine our list of easter eggs present in Cyberpunk 2077, you will realize that there are some related to Death Stranding, showing the good relationship that exists between CD Projekt and Kojima Productions. Interestingly, Hideo Kojima’s studio has wanted return the coin by exchanging the main games.
This assumes that Death Stranding has just received a free update that you can now download and with which you will have access to a few news based on the world of Cyberpunk 2077 thanks to this special collaboration that has been carried out between both titles.
In this way you will have the possibility of drive one of the motorcycles RPG, which has been given an improved jump. You can also change the look of Sam Bridges face with very characteristic marks or make one of his arms become the robotic arm by Johnny SilverhandIn addition to making him wear his sunglasses.
Along with this, the holograms may carry a Samurai symbol and there will be holograms of the Atlas Trauma Team vehicle for certain constructions. To finish off the play, you can complete six new missions related to Cyberpunk 2077 and all these news.
It should be noted that this Death Stranding update is exclusive to PC version. Therefore, if you have a copy on PS4, you will have to settle for the trailer that accompanies the news or take advantage of the fact that the game is on sale on Steam having reduced its price to 50%, temporarily going to cost 29.99 euros.
Yesterday the official release of Death Stranding for Apple platforms took place.
This is already the third port of a major AAA game for the new generation iPhone 15 Pro in particular. And if there weren’t any big problems with the release of the two Resident Evil parts, now the situation has gotten worse.
On topic: Death Stranding review. Just a good game from Kojima
Let’s figure out how the long-awaited “new product” turned out and whether it’s worth getting it on the iPhone.
Briefly. What game is this?
You play as Sam Bridges, a simple courier who only knows how to do this. But on the other hand, now he has a goal – to unite all the States of America. All tasks are supported by a solid and well-developed plot.
People are hiding in bunkers from temporal rain, which in a matter of seconds ages the inhabitants and destroys some buildings. Sam needs to create a common chiral data network so that the entire country can exist as one again. This network allows you not only to transfer files, but also to fully create objects through local analogues of 3D printers.
With the help of this very delivery system, the developers are trying to show how long and hard it takes to achieve a big goal in order to ultimately achieve success.
This is where constant phrases from characters about a great goal arise: “Sam, there’s a new order in the terminal,” “Sam, don’t forget to check the orders,” and so on. And all this is intertwined with phrases like “Thank you, Sam, we are one step closer to the reunification of America,” “Sam, you are doing an important thing,” and so on.
Thus, the player performs routine, monotonous work. Again and again. Moreover, each “mission” can take from 5 to 45 minutes of real time. But I wouldn’t say it’s boring and dull. The special mechanics for distributing and carrying cargo come to the rescue here.
What can you play on?
Here is the list of supported devices:
• iPhoneequipped with an Apple A17 Pro chip or later (currently iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max)
• iPadequipped with an Apple M1 chip or later and updated to iPadOS 17.0 or later
• Macequipped with an Apple M1 chip or later and updated to macOS 13.3 or later
Graphics of the level will work
There were no revelations here. The graphics presented in the mobile version of Death Stranding vary greatly from device to device.
On the iPhone 15 Pro, the settings are minimal, although there is a good draw distance. However, due to the presence of motion blur, the picture seems soapy if you just turn the camera a little.
And in general, all edges are “soft” due to virtually no anti-aliasing. And in general, as already mentioned in earlier publications, the image on the iPhone has a resolution 720p. On tablets it is higher – 1080p.
However, there is no such thing in cutscenes. All characters look quite clear and well detailed. The videos are a real pleasure to watch. Especially when full Russian voice acting is available.
But still. Despite the fact that the graphics in Death Stranding are noticeably worse than those of the console and, especially, the PC versions, the image is still not polygonal and stands out against the background of standard mobile games, even Call of Duty Mobile.
Game process. How’s the management?
A large number of controversial issues arise here. However, everything is not as bad as it might seem from the screenshots.
Yes, the interface completely duplicates the gamepad. This is already the norm for such games. And if in the same Resident Evil Village it was often necessary to use at least three fingers to control a character, in DS you can usually get by with two.
It all comes down to the fact that the game is not so dynamic and does not require so much active interaction with the controller.
If you play on a gamepad, the game requires you to press the triggers very often to hold the load, which is concentrated throughout Sam Bridges’ body. But in the case of touch controls, just tap these same keys, and they will be considered pressed. And it’s very convenient. Thank you for caring about mobile gamers.
But there are other nuances here. Since Sam is in constant motion on an extremely uneven surface, he strives to stumble, fall, and so on. Walking in this case is not always convenient, since the sticks, for some reason unknown to me, may not work or direct the character in a different direction.
This control can hardly be called responsive. It works mostly fine, but occasionally crashes.
To briefly summarize: you can play, but it’s difficult. Moreover, you cover a third of the screen with your fingers and cannot see part of the image.
With a gamepad the situation is much better. The iPhone has full support for DualShock and DualSense. Moreover, the latter even works with pressing force and all vibrations. That is, all built-in functions are present.
Optimization leaves much to be desired. iPhone is very bad
https://www.iphones.ru/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/7532549541268859030.mp4 Instead of words. A little gameplay (and that’s still ok)
Of course, no one expected that we would be given a smooth picture at 60 frames per second. It would be a miracle if 505 Games were able to bring even the presented graphics to this level.
However, many were hoping for at least a stable 30 FPS. Unfortunately, they are not available at launch. And if in the prologue the developers still adhere to this bar, then as soon as you are released into the open world, frame rate will drop to 20 FPS. And this will be a fairly periodic occurrence.
Microfreezes, slowdowns, and rare artifacts are the norm for Death Stranding on iOS. It’s good that I didn’t encounter any bugs after several hours of playing.
In addition, iPhone gets very hot after 20 minutes of play. Not critical, but it’s better to remove the case if you use it.
But more work needs to be done on optimization. The graphics in the game cannot be changed to improve the situation.
If you have an iPad, Mac, or even a Steam Deck, then get the game on those platforms. Playing on the iPhone screen is not very comfortable due to its size, but in general it is possible.
You can play, but it’s not comfortable
Taking Death Stranding on an iPhone is only worth it for those who “really want” to play this game.
Otherwise, buy it for the iPad or Mac. There, optimization and picture quality are noticeably better than on the iPhone 15 Pro. Until the developers fix the unstable framerate, this game will be unpleasant to run. Plus, it requires a lot of space – as much as 40 GB of memory. For owners of the 128 GB version, problems may arise.
Death Stranding is available on the App Store for 1,790 rubles. Saves are synchronized between all versions (iPhone/iPad/Mac), this is a universal purchase, available on all platforms at once.
The nine suspects in police custody for the death of Thomas, 16, killed at the Crépol ball in Drôme a week ago will be presented to the prosecution this Saturday afternoon. The profile of the main suspect is becoming clearer.
At the end of 96 hours in police custody, the nine suspects arrested for the death of Thomas, 16, a week ago at the ball in the village of Crépol in Drôme, will be brought before the Valence prosecutor’s office this Saturday afternoon. . The prosecution is preparing to open a criminal investigation.
Among the nine suspects, one young person stands out. Chaïd A. is 20 years old. He was “formally designated as the author of the fatal stabbing attack”, indicates the public prosecutor of Valence Laurent de Caigny. The young man formally denied this in police custody. The suspect, who attended a vocational high school, does not have a permanent job. He lives with his mother in an apartment in Romans-sur-Isère.
Chaïd A. was already known to the courts for petty theft. In the past, he has already been fined 250 euros for concealment of theft and a fine of 200 euros for being arrested in the street with a knife on him.
On a daily basis, Chaïd A. “hangs out at La Monnaie with a gang of around thirty young people”, explain the inhabitants of this district of Romans-sur-Isère to Figaro. “They play into the hands of the two big drug traffickers in the neighborhood. »
The main suspect did not know Thomas, the 16-year-old killed. To explain the fight, the suspects evoke a provocation. A friend of Thomas could have approached Chaïd A.’s group a week ago at the Crépol village hall, pulling her hair and calling her “chiquita” (little girl), in reference to a song “Tchikita” by rapper Jul, specifies the Parisian. In addition to Thomas’ death, the violence left 8 injured, including 2 young people aged 28 and 23 who were hospitalized in serious condition.
Minors and adults
Besides Chaïd A, the other suspects in the teenager’s murder are three minors over the age of 16 and five young adults aged 19 to 22. Some are already known to the courts. The most serious conviction concerns a 21-year-old young person sentenced to 2 years in prison for aggravated violence. The group was arrested on Tuesday in the west of Toulouse after spending the night in a hotel. He seemed to want to go to Spain.
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More than 2000 people for the funeral
Thomas’ funeral was celebrated on Friday in the Drôme in Saint-Donnat-sur-l’Herbasse. They brought together more than 2,000 people, with serious faces and in deep silence to pay their last respects to the teenager. Several relatives spoke, including his grandfather: “Thomas was a good boy, reserved, well-mannered and helpful” who “enjoyed life to the fullest”, loved “skiing, rugby and fishing”, explained the old man. But “a gang of thugs who had a knife instead of his heart took his life”, plunging the family “into indescribable sadness”. “I am impatiently awaiting the verdict of justice” but “it will never give me back my Thomas,” he declared before bursting into tears.
Tribute on the rugby fields
A final tribute will be paid to Thomas in the form of a minute of silence during the rugby matches this weekend, a sport he played within the RCRP club (Rugby club romanais péagois).
Less than twenty-four hours after the publication by the armed wing of Hamas of a video of hostage Noa Marciano, the Israeli army confirmed the death of this 19-year-old soldier.
The Israeli army confirmed on October 14 the death of Noa Marciano, a 19-year-old Israeli soldier. The latter was taken hostage on October 7 during the Hamas attack, while she was stationed at an observation post on kibbutz Nahal Oz, near Gaza.
Monday, November 13, the armed wing of Hamas broadcast at 8 p.m. (French time) a video of a little over a minute first showing the young woman facing the camera. Visibly reading a text under duress, the young woman gave her identity, explained that she had been detained in Gaza for four days and mentioned the bombings of the enclave which she asked to stop. The young woman said her name was Noa Marciano, but Hamas (repeated by some headlines) spoke of “Faul Azai Mark Asiani.” The video then cuts to images of his lifeless body, showing serious injuries to his foot and a large wound to his skull.
According to the armed wing of the Islamist organization, Noa Marciano died in an Israeli bombing carried out on November 9 on the Gaza Strip, which her spokesperson had already written on Telegram the day of the alleged strike, assuring then that LE “ The Al-Qassam Brigades will later publish documents proving the truth of this announcement“.
Some Internet users suggested that this death could have been the result of an execution by gun. The skull injury, however, is not consistent with this theory. But if the mutilations of the body can indeed be compatible with a bomb attack, nothing has yet made it possible to establish the cause of the young woman’s death.
For its part, the Israeli army denounces, as every time Hamas uses images of hostages, an enterprise of “psychological terrorism“.
Since the start of the response, Hamas has repeatedly announced the deaths of people detained in Israeli bombings. While the organization is holding between 200 and 250 hostages, the spokesperson for the Al-Qassam Brigades said on Telegram on November 4 that 60 Israeli hostages had been killed by IDF bombings since October 7. Information impossible to verify.
It was the worst news that hit her: this Monday, February 26, the photographer Ellen von Unwerth, particularly famous for her photos of the world’s greatest models and artists, announced the death of her husband Christian Fourteau. A couple for many years, the couple had been in perfect love for over 30 years and had even welcomed a daughter, now a young adult.
Her photos have gone around the world, but today, it is in Paris that she is experiencing her grief: an immense photographer recognized by the best professionals, Ellen von Unwerth announced this Wednesday the death of her husband, Christian Fourteau, music producer, which happened two days ago. A discreet announcement, in the pages of the Figarobut which proves that all the people who loved the sixty-year-old are today plunged into mourning.
And in particular their only daughter, Rebecca. Born in 1990, the 34-year-old young woman followed her mother on the path of image and fashion: for several years, she has been a director of music videos and short films for fashion houses and prestigious brands in New York. An accomplishment that probably made his dad very proud, discreet alongside the great German photographer he had married.
A photographer who had just arrived from her native country in the 80s. At the time, the one who was orphaned at 2 years old worked in a circus and she was offered to serve as a model for French photographers. A job that she kept for 10 years before moving to the other side of the lens and becoming one of the most renowned photographers in the field, thanks in particular to her photos of her compatriot Claudia Schiffer.
Ellen von Unwert: a great photographer in mourning
“Ellen von Unwerth is a woman in a man’s world“, journalists described her in particular several years ago. But for now, the 70-year-old German is first and foremost a woman in mourning, who will have to overcome the pain of this loss at such a young age. Fortunately, she will be able to without doubt counting on her husband’s clan, including Marie-Eugénie, Richard, Anne-Marie, her brothers and sisters, or her numerous nephews and nieces. And in particular for the burial at Père Lachaise, Saturday March 2.
A moment which promises to be particularly touching, especially since Ellen has already taken refuge there: as the only reaction to the death of her husband, she actually posted a photo in an Instagram story of the large angel statue on the family vault. And we imagine that things are not easy…
