{"id":33764,"date":"2022-06-02T16:46:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-morning-after-diablo-immortal-arrives-with-loot-boxes\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:46:28","slug":"the-morning-after-diablo-immortal-arrives-with-loot-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-morning-after-diablo-immortal-arrives-with-loot-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Morning After: ‘Diablo Immortal’ arrives, with loot boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As long as you don’t live in certain countries, you’ll be able to play Blizzard’s latest Diablo game across mobile, console and PC starting today. Diablo Immortal<\/em> <\/em>actually snuck on to smartphone a day early and offers the waves of monsters and skill refinements fans will love. However, this is tempered by loot box mechanics, which means you’ll probably have to pay up to ensure your barbarian or magic-wielder can make it to the end-game.<\/p>\n Like many loot box systems, it’s intentionally messy: You’ll pay for crests for the opportunity (at varying probabilities) to pick up powerful gem add-ons – with differing degrees of power. Engadget’s Igor Bonifacic has played Immortal<\/em> for a week and thinks there’s a good game here – especially for Diablo die-hard fans. But, ugh, loot boxes.<\/p>\n – Mat Smith<\/p>\n Porsche is strengthening its relationship with EV supercar company Rimac, investing “eight figures” for a total ownership stake of 20 percent. The company has become a key supplier and collaborator on EVs built by Hyundai, Porsche and other mainstream automakers.<\/p>\n Last year, Rimac set up a joint venture with Porsche to run Bugatti after Volkswagen ceded ownership. The new entity, called Bugatti Rimac, recently unveiled the 1,914HP Rimac Nevera EV hypercar. Price TBC, but probably heart-attack inducing.<\/p>\n Continue reading.<\/strong><\/p>\n Shark Bay, an Australian World Heritage Area, serves as home to animals that feed on its thriving seagrass. It turns out, that seagrass, called Poseidon’s ribbon weed, or Posidonia australis<\/em>is a single ancient plant that’s been cloning itself for 4,500 years.<\/p>\n Researchers from the University of Western Australia and Flinders University have found the seagrass stretching across 180 kilometers (112 miles) – the size of Cincinnati, as The New York Times<\/em> notes – of Shark Bay is just a single plant.<\/p>\n Continue reading.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe biggest stories you might have missed<\/h3>\n
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