Certain big changes have been made to Competitive Play in “Overwatch” Season 2 with the introduction of skill tiers that is expected to better communicate relative skill levels of players. A player’s tier will be prominently displayed throughout the game.
Rockstar Games is expected to announce "Grand Theft Auto 6" at the upcoming PlayStation Meeting,
Blizzard is giving gamers the chance to play "Overwatch" without the commitment.
“Overwatch” Sombra information is expected to be released in the “A Moment in Crime” website once it progresses up to 23 percent on Sept. 6. The new character has long been teased and fans would be furious if she is not introduced soon.
“Clash of Clans” developer and publisher Supercell is going Niantic's “Pokemon GO” route as it has started banning players for third-party apps, hacking tools and scripts. In a bid to stick to its Fair Play Policy and taking things a step ahead of “Pokemon GO,” Supercell has stated that it won’t unban any of the accounts for life.
“Pokemon Sun and Moon” may be included in Nintendo’s Nintendo Direct livestream, scheduled on Sept. 1 (US). Loboxter, Dulfrost and Uhaku could be unveiled to fans.
Niantic Labs has implemented a new “Pokemon GO” anti-cheat system and it is still a mystery to most players. The game is in an evolving mode after the game creator banned players caught cheating with cheat apps to gain unfair advantage over others. Niantic has also banned many third-party apps that were using its live servers.
Poke Assistant recently made available to all “Pokemon GO” players its probability capture calculator. Now players can calculate the chances of catching Pokemon with this new tool. If that’s not all, another tool enables players make Lucky Egg and significant XP level amount by showing them the optimal amount of transfer.
People at Victoria, who are at a risk of HIV, have signed up for a new HIV trial hoping that positive outcomes may force the Federal Government subsidise PrEP drugs as preventative measure.
Australian doctors have slammed celebrity chef Pete Evans for proposing a paleo diet to an osteoporosis suffer that doctors believe could be potentially damaging. Evans advised the sufferer to remove dairy from his diet. Queensland obstetrics and gynaecology specialist Brad Robinson, furious at Evans’ advice, reminded him he is a chef, not a doctor.
Italian experts have claimed that a Mediterranean-styled diet is good for the heart and way better than cholesterol-lowering drugs. Researchers involved in the study said that people following diets rich in fish, nuts, vegetables and olive oil are a third less likely to die early compared to those eating larger amounts of beef, butter and red meat.
If reports are to be believed, the upcoming open world action-adventure third-person shooter video game, “Watch Dogs 2,” developed by Ubisoft Montreal, will be way better than its predecessor “Watch Dogs.” Gameplay has been substantially improved.
Scientists from Scripps Research Institute are using neutralised HIV antibodies to develop a HIV vaccine cure. The study has outlined a streamlined path to priming immune system to resist HIV. The approach used by the scientists yielded powerful antibodies modelled after those found in rare individuals infected with HIV.
A new study has suggested that smoking cannabis can make one lazy. Marijuana users may perform less in education and work because of their reduce willingness to exert themselves.
Many “Pokemon GO” users may be at a loss of words after Niantic’s clean-up drive, but there are still certain tips and tricks that can make the game pretty interesting.
Australia and New Zealand are battling it out over the champagne of honeys, Manuka. New Zealand has made its move to trademark the word “Manuka,” alarming Australian producers. The honey, produced from a single plant, Leptospermum scoparium, is quite popular and very expensive.
A 25-year-old coma patient has made dramatic recovery after University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) doctors for the first time, used ultrasound to jump-start his brain. The breakthrough may lead to the development of a helmet-like, low cost portable device to wake patients. Those minimally conscious or even in a vegetative state may benefit greatly from this device.
WA School Surfing Title finals at Trigg Beach that was supposed to be held on Friday has been cancelled after an unprecedented number of shark sightings. Bronze whaler shark sightings between Trigg and Hillarys forced Surfing WA to send finalists home and postpone the event by a few weeks.
A study has revealed what the brain actually does when it is deprived of a good night’s sleep. Researchers involved in the German study states that not getting enough sleep may lead to connectivity changes in the brain.
A Perth masseur who touched breasts and vaginas of three females, under the guise of giving them therapeutic massages, may stand retrial after the WA Court of Appeal quashed all but one of his convictions.
Scientists have developed injectable hydrogels to prevent heart failure. The gels can be injected into the heart that shore up weakened areas after a heart attack and can prevent further heart failure. These gels may one day make open-heart surgeries to prevent heart failures a thing of the past.
Queensland Health is contacting cardiac patients who have undergone open-heart surgery, especially heart valve replacement, as experts are concerned that they may have been exposed to mycobacterium chimaera bacterium in the medical equipment used to perform the procedures.
Australian and Belgian scientists have made a breakthrough in infertility treatment as they have developed a new in-vitro maturation (IVM) method that can eliminate painful hormone injections required in in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).
NSW medicinal cannabis trials for children with severe epilepsy are showing “promising” early signs. They have started taking an experimental cannabis-based drug Epidiolex under the supervision of the NSW government. The trials are a part of the NSW government’s $21 million commitment that will explore therapeutic use of medical marijuana.
Australians returning from the RIO Olympics 2016 are being reminded to practise safe sex in order to prevent the possible spread of the Zika virus. Even though people mainly contract the virus via Aedes aegypti mosquito bites, there is also a low risk of person-to-person transmission through sexual activity, Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley warned.
A spate of heroin-related deaths in recent weeks has prompted the South Australian government to issue a health warning and health services have been put on high alert. As per Substance Abuse Minister Leese Vlahos, 10 deaths have been reported, of which eight have been caused due to heroin use and the rest two from the highly-potent synthetic painkiller fentanyl.
The HIV drug that has led to a significant drop in the number of HIV cases in Australia’s Brisbane will not be included on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Queensland advocates believe that this omission is a big mistake. As per reports, Brisbane HIV infections have fallen 30 percent in five years and this achievement is significant.
A Baylor University research, to be presented at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), has revealed that Sub-Saharan Africans are very satisfied with their sex lives. About 18 percent of the respondents rated their sex lives a perfect 10 out of 10. Traditionally, only highly developed countries have been considered for sex life satisfaction research.
Replacement knees and hips procedures and pacemakers in Australia cost three times as much as they do in Canada and Britain. Now the country’s private health insurance industry has blamed increasing health premiums on this high cost of procedures and devices.
New research suggests that women, as a relationship back-up plan, are programmed to have affairs. Women have evolved to pursue affairs if they decide to leave their partners, a female infidelity study has suggested.
