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Inside Dancing On Ice judge Jayne Torvill’s impressive Sussex family home
Anime Awards 2023 nominees include impressive totals from Spy X Family and Attack on Titan
Crunchyroll’s list of nominees also includes Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Demon Slayer’s new season
Skull and Bones shows off new gameplay, and it’s still not very impressive
Humble Choice January Lineup Features 8 Impressive Games
The first batch of Humble Choice games for 2023 is here–and it’s a doozy. Humble often packs its Choice monthly collections with some great PC games, but this month’s lineup is stacked with one of the best first-person shooters of recent years, a beloved skateboarding game, and several awesome RPGs–all at no extra cost for Humble Choice subscribers.
This month’s standout Hunble Choice title is the brutal, fast-paced shooter Doom Eternal. In GameSpot’s Doom Eternal review, Phil Hornshaw awarded the game an 8/10. “Doom Eternal’s combat, combined with its enhanced mobility and option-heavy level design, create a ton of white-knuckle moments that elevate everything that made Doom 2016 work so well,” he wrote.
There’s also OlliOlli World, an excellent skateboarding game that was nominated for Best Sports/Racing game at The Game Awards 2022. While the core skating gameplay is all about chaining together gnarly combos, there’s quite a bit to do in OlliOlli World. Players create their own character, then set out to skate across the world of Radlandia, meeting new characters, taking on side quests, and exploring the game’s intricate levels.
This adventure game tech demo with AI-generated art is impressive and disconcerting
JBL Bar 1300X hands-on: Impressive immersive sound via detachable speakers
JBL revealed five new soundbar models at CES 2023, but the Bar 1300X sits at the top of the lineup. The 11.1.4-channel speaker is capable of 1,170 watts of output with Dolby Atmos and DTS:X onboard for immersive 3D sound. Inside, there are 21 total drivers, six of which are upfiring. That half dozen is three times more than some companies offer, a decision JBL says is meant to make the most out of its MultiBeam spatial audio tech.
In 2020, JBL first debuted a soundbar with detachable rear satellite speakers. On the Bar 1300X those units pack in one upfiring speaker each and can last up to 10 hours on a charge (they charge when you reattach them to the main bar). Being completely wireless, you’re free to position them wherever you like. They also double as Bluetooth speakers, both individually or a stereo pair. Once you remove the speakers, there are snap-on covers included as you’ll expose side-pointing tweeters you’ll want to protect. In terms of connection, there’s one HDMI/ARC to connect to your TV and three additional HDMI inputs.
During my demo, I was able to watch a chaotic chase scene from Ready Player One. With the rear speakers detached and situated behind me, I was impressed by how immersive the audio was from the 1300X. The footage was loud with lots going on, but the audio remained crisp and clear, and most importantly, the directional audio enhanced the viewing experience. There was also plenty booming bass from the 12-inch wireless subwoofer.
JBL’s PureVoice is available across its entire 2023 lineup to enhance dialogue when other loud sounds are also part of a scene. This feature is impressive as well, boosting spoken words without taking away from everything else that’s going on. The tech performs equally well on the $400 entry-level Bar 300 too, an all-in-one option that musters great immersive audio from a single speaker. The 300 is the one model in JBL’s 2023 lineup that doesn’t come with a sub, though it does have integrated woofers. The company says you can’t add a wireless sub either as the Bar 300 isn’t compatible with them even if you purchase it separately.
The $1,700 Bar 1300X, like the rest of JBL’s new soundbars, will be available February 19th.
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Genshin Impact Wanderer and Itto banners earn impressive day one sales
Genshin Impact’s Wanderer and Arataki Itto banners are now live, and they’re producing some impressive sales numbers to kick off the anime game‘s version 3.3 update. Wanderer, formerly Scaramouche, has been a fan-favourite character ever since his first appearance in version 1.1, so these early results aren’t entirely unexpected. Itto has less of a following, so we can reliably say that Wanderer is doing the heavy lifting here alongside the new four-star character, Faruzan.
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