Quebec video games whose scenario takes place, precisely, in Quebec are rare. This is the case with the latest work from the independent studio Le Chien d’Or, The Whisperer, set in a Lower Canada trading post in 1814.
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The Whisperer
A bit like in resident Evil, we search different rooms in search of keys, letters and equipment to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of two employees. This little game that ends in barely an hour, offered for $ 5.95 on Steam, obviously has nothing to do with AAA productions: you move from one static decor to another by clicking. But its graphics are magnificent and the investigation is really gripping.
Google Chrome
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The most recent Chrome update, which affects more than 2.6 billion Google browser users, contains no less than 37 security patches.
Chrome’s security team, a good part of which is based in Montreal, has been busy in recent weeks. The most recent update, which affects more than 2.6 billion Google browser users worldwide, contains no less than 37 security patches. The most important concerns a vulnerability considered “critical”, the possibility for a cyber-hacker to use RAM freed by a program, what is called “Use-After-Free” in the jargon. Ten other “high” risk vulnerabilities are also affected, several of which still target this “Use-After-Free” risk. Interestingly, it specifically commends developers from other labs like 360 ATA or KunLun who have reported these vulnerabilities since last August.
Consoles
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Struggling with supply problems for its new PS5, Sony has decided to continue production of its old console, the PS4, in 2022.
Sony and Microsoft had at least one thing in common in 2021: their next-gen consoles, the PS5 and Xbox Series X and Series S, were nowhere to be found. The two giants, however, reacted differently to mitigate this scarcity, mainly attributable to the shortage of semiconductors. According to the Bloomberg agency, Sony has decided to continue production of its old console, the PS4, in 2022, for which it has stocks of less advanced semiconductors. One million more units will be produced this year. Microsoft, for its part, confirmed to the site The Verge that the production of the two models of Xbox One had definitively ceased at the end of 2020, to make way for the new generation.