In a nutshell, ASUS’ new powerful gaming phone is all about bigger specs and faster performance. It has a 165Hz 6.78-inch display with a 720Hz touch sample rate, up to 18GB of RAM and a larger 6000mAh battery.
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The most notable change is the revamped clip-on cooler that arrives with the ROG Phone 6. You can switch between four cooling settings in the updated Armory Crate app console, with a ‘Frozen’ mode that pushes its Peltier chip to the max. This is only available when external power is plugged into the device, but ASUS claims that the AeroActive Cooler 6 can drop the ROG Phone 6’s surface temperature by up to a staggering 25 degrees Celsius (that’s 77 Fahrenheit), which sounds more like a portable air cooler than a smartphone accessory. As for availability, ASUS says the ROG Phone 6 series will start at €999 (around $1,000) in Europe. US availability remains to be determined.
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Beyond Good and Evil 2 please?
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Back in June, Ubisoft confirmed that it would share information about the future of Assassin’s Creed during a special event in September, and this seems to be it. The company is currently working on two Assassin’s Creed projects: one is a live-action multiplayer experience spanning multiple time periods codenamed Infinity, and the other is a standalone series codenamed Rift.
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