Paint the Town Red Causes Chaos on Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, Steam July 29

Voxel Melee Brawler Enjoyed by More than 400,000 Hooligans Demolishes Early Access

QUEENSLAND, Australia – June 29, 2021 – Paint the Town Red, the first-person brawler with sandbox combat levels and a massive roguelike mode from South East Games, bursts out of Early Access where more than 400,000 bruisers created carnage, and onto Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PlayStation 5 and 4 on Thursday, July 29, alongside the debut of 1.0 on Steam for Windows PC, Mac, and Linux.

Originally released in 2015 to Early Access, version 1.0 of Paint the Town Red evolved from a violent voxel sandbox into a deeply-customizable action experience. Slay foes in fast-paced, visceral first-person melee action using fisticuffs, class abilities, and wielding from a selection of more than 200 weapons. Attack with improvised armaments like barstools, implements of pain like shurikens, and say hasta la vista to foes with deadly firearms. 

Tackle the roguelike Beneath mode, working for a clandestine organization that stands against undead terrors and eldritch horrors in a subterranean world. Pick from five different classes with distinct stats and abilities, such as the nimble Spectre who possesses the ability to teleport and the stalwart Vanguard capable of healing allies. Uncover the mysteries of this shifting, procedurally-generated world, and defeat the four Elder Gods.

Cause mayhem in Scenarios mode, a series of themed sandboxes where brawlers must kill ‘em all and let the Elder Gods sort ‘em out. Fight to the bloody end in the Arena mode, with an endless mode for warriors to push themselves to the limits. Use modifiers to customize the experience, enabling prospective punishers to bring a gun to a swashbuckling pirate fight or enjoy a slow-mo disco demolition night with an authorized SUPERHOT mode.

PC fighters can expand the fun even further with a built-in level editor and full Steam Workshop support, with more than 8,000 items and counting including custom levels, texture packs, and music packs. A PC-exclusive online co-op mode allows up to 4 rowdy brawlers to make a bloody mess in Scenarios or pummel the Elder Gods in Beneath mode together.

“Paint the Town Red’s lightning-fast, gory, and tactile combat makes it such a blast to play,” said Matthew Carr, South East Games, co-founder. “The simplistic voxel-based graphics present the game as clean and sterile at first glance, but once the fists start flying, all of the viscera and fleshy bits really add some colourful details.”

Paint the Town Red launches Thursday, July 29 on Steam for Windows PC, Mac, and Linux, as well as PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch for $19.99. A Playstation 5 release will follow shortly afterward. Paint the Town Red supports English audio and interface, with interface support for French, Italian, German, Spanish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, and Ukrainian.

For more information, please visit Paint the Town Red’s official website or follow South East Games on Twitter.

About South East Games     

Founded by cousins Matthew and Shane Carr in 2009, working as programmer and artist respectively, the duo worked nights and weekends to release a handful of small iOS games while working at larger companies by day including THQ and The Creative Assembly. Unhappy with working on the smaller aspects of larger titles, they wanted to work on something fresh and new, and achieved that with Paint the Town Red, which debuted on Steam Early Access in 2015 and readies its 1.0 and console debut in 2021.

South East Games has worked with Jeff van Dyck on Paint the Town Red. The two-time BAFTA award winning Composer and Audio Director, known for his emotive scores and immersive audio design in video games over the last two decades such as his work in the Total War series, Alien Isolation, and EA classics like Need for Speed and FIFA.

Gaming metaverse unveils bold strategy to reduce environmental through layer 2, carbon credits compensation and trees growing charity support actions impact by up to 99%

HONG KONG – June 29th, 2021 – The Sandbox, the virtual world built onto the blockchain and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, has unveiled a Zero Carbon plan to address the environmental impact of NFTs with a multi-step strategy currently in development. The Sandbox team is seeking to bring creators and gamers together in a persistent virtual world that provides secure ownership via NFTs while using up to 100 times less energy than traditional blockchain transactions.

The Sandbox has laid out several commitments in reducing environmental impact:

• New Efficient Technology: The Sandbox is migrating to a new eco-friendly NFT layer 2 technical solution this summer that will use up to 100X less energy than Ethereum.
• Carbon Removal Offset: The Sandbox has begun acquiring carbon credits for reversing emissions with carbon removals via blockchain based platforms, such as Nori and Offsetra, providing transparency on the compensation. The company has already calculated its carbon footprint associated with NFTs for 2021 to be equivalent to 350 tonnes of CO2 and acquired $Carbon Credits. Check Nori Sandbox Certificate of Carbon Removal. In addition, The Sandbox also purchased 200 tonnes of CO2 removal credits from Offsetra. You can visit The Sandbox’s profile page to view the impact and proof of certification.
• Tree Growing: The Sandboxhas renewed its partnership collaboration with WeForest, a forest restoration charity it previously partnered with in 2014 to plant nearly 9,000 Mangrove trees in Madagascar, and committed that for every hectare users buy of virtual LANDS in The Sandbox, 1% of proceeds goes to WeForest to protect and restore forests in Ethiopia, Zambia and Brazil. The Sandbox will engage with additional nature protection foundations in its ongoing efforts to make a real impact in the physical world. You can follow The Sandbox‘s tree regrowing progress on the WeForest website.

The Sandbox wants to set the standard for transparency and best practices in the world of NFTs and encourages a healthy discourse about the tools that can be used to reduce environmental impact and the uses of NFTs and blockchain technology.

“The Sandbox is committed to building a vibrant and environmentally friendly gaming ecosystem while fully supporting secure content ownership, creating new jobs and offering economic opportunities” said Sebastien Borget, COO and Co-Founder of The Sandbox. “As a pioneer in the blockchain gaming space, we’re taking steps to mitigate energy usage by up to 99% now, and will continue to look for additional solutions such as our engagement with WeForest to protect and restore forests in Ethiopia, Zambia and Brazil.

In the meantime, The Sandbox has recently launched the beta for its Marketplace, allowing artists from the Artist Fund to monetise their NFTs. They have pledged to reduce the number of minted NFTs while improving the technical functionality of the Marketplace. To support the artists from the Artist Fund, NFT drop events will continue while waiting for the new environmentally-friendly technology to come online.

Under the new efficient technology powered by Polygon, NFT mining will generate less than 1% of the carbon emission that it currently produces on the standard Ethereum blockchain. The Sandbox is also considering other options that are currently in development if a more efficient technological solution were to appear.

This commitment to addressing the environmental impact has led The Sandbox to partner with Nori, who were part of 2019s Techstars Sustainability program. Nori coordinates the creation and administration of carbon removal projects, starting with regenerative agriculture projects that store carbon in soil thanks to the large co-benefits including water retention and improvements to soil health and quality. Through working with Nori, The Sandbox will be responsible for a number of Nori Carbon Removal Tonnes (NRTs), each NRT representing a tonne of CO2 removed from the atmosphere and stored in a terrestrial reserve.

“The team at The Sandbox is paying attention. They see that this is not a zero-sum game; we can innovate in technologies like blockchain and take care of our environment,” said Alexsandra Guerra, Co-Founder of Nori.com. “The time when businesses define success only by the bottom line is now antiquated; we need to look at the double bottom line: profits and impact, as The Sandbox is doing.”

“One of Offsetra’s co-founders, Damien Schuster, @damshoey, was one of the first LAND buyers,” said Andrew Bonneau, Carbon Markets Advisor at Offsetra. “Our team of crypto natives is thrilled to help The Sandbox reduce its emissions and help drive sustainability forward in unique metaverses like theirs.”

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About The Sandbox
The Sandbox, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is one of the decentralized virtual worlds that has been fueling the recent growth of virtual real-estate demand. The Sandbox has partnered with major IPs and brands including Atari, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Care Bears, The Smurfs, Shaun the Sheep, and Binance, and expands their use in support of good causes. Building on existing The Sandbox IP that has more than 40 million global installs on mobile, The Sandbox NFT Metaverse will offer players and creators a decentralized and intuitive platform to create immersive 3D worlds and game experiences and to safely store, trade, and monetize creations through blockchain. For more information, please visit www.sandbox.game and follow the regular updates on Twitter, Medium and Discord.

About Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands is a leader in the field of digital entertainment, specializing in blockchain, gamification, and artificial intelligence technologies to develop and publish a broad portfolio of products including the REVV token and SAND token; original games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Formula 1®, Marvel, WWE, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Doraemon. Animoca Brands’ portfolio of blockchain investments and partnerships includes Lucid Sight, Dapper Labs (creators of CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot), WAX, Harmony, and Decentraland. Subsidiaries include The Sandbox, Quidd, Gamee, nWay, and Lympo. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com or get updates by following Animoca Brands on Facebook or Twitter.

Official pre-registration opens today on iOS and Android devices, with North American launch coming July 26 

Los Angeles, California – June 28, 2021 – Contra Returns, a new addition to the legendary KONAMIrun-and-gun action franchise Contra, is available for pre-registration on mobile devices starting today.Developed by TiMi Studio Group and KONAMI, Contra Returnswill be bringing a fresh twist to the iconic retro arcade shooter. Players can pre-register on Google Play and the Apple Store today to gain exclusive rewards. Contra Returns will be launching in North America on July 26 and coming soon in Europe.

Contra Returns brings fans of the franchise an authentic new take on the Contra series, enhanced with all new graphics, gameplay upgrades, and more. New characters, storylines and customizable weapons allow players to unlock skills and conquer the battlefield with the same thrill of the arcade originals. Contra Returns offers over 200 levels, new game modes including One Life Mode, 1v1, and 3v3 modes, player and equipment upgrades and customization, and more, creating the ultimate Contra experience!

For more information on Contra Returns, visit https://www.contrareturnsm.com/en/ and follow on Twitter @ContraReturns_

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About Contra Returns

Jointly developed by famous Japanese game company KONAMI and world-leading game developer TiMi Studio Group, Contra Returns aims to bring the classic Contra experience to mobile platforms. In Contra Returns, players can enjoy the classic side-scrolling gameplay, two-person teams, alien bosses, and signature settings and soundtrack from the original series. Published by PROXIMA BETA PTE.LIMITED, Contra Returns will be available on iOS and Android. For more information and updates about the game, check out its website https://www.contrareturnsm.com/en/ and follow on Twitter @ContraReturns_.

About Konami Digital Entertainment

Konami Digital Entertainment, which is the core company of Konami Group, develops entertaining content for mobile, console and card games. The company is known for global franchises such as eFootball PES, Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Contra, as well as the Yu-Gi-Oh!

The Hollows are Coming

Baltimore, MD – June 29th 2021 – Independent games publisher Versus Evil and developer RUNWILD Entertainment today announced that the next major content update for their third person co-op action RPG Almighty: Kill Your Gods is now live. 

The action goes underground in this latest update via the Hollows, a subterranean network of Elder God tunnels, caves, old mine workings and long forgotten ancient dwellings of the ancestors for players to hunt and score loot inside.

Entering the Hollows is a time based event, made accessible using keys once players have reached Almighty level or above. Utilizing an extraction portal, players have a limited amount of time before they are locked down and are trapped inside.

Entering the Hollows isn’t without risk of course, within the dark and cramped confines of this subterranean domain there’s a Thunderhead Guardian variant that shoots balls of lightning from its head in addition to being charged with Fire Magic and resistant to its effect. If that isn’t enough, lava rivers and poisonous waste are other hazards players will need to avoid to fully enjoy the spoils of war.

“Aside from the ongoing updates, tweaks and optimization we’ve been hard at work on, we’re really excited to introduce a whole new environment for players to explore and fight in, more of which will be introduced in stages during early access. This update takes things up a notch in terms of player adversaries and rewards, and we can’t wait to see what players think of the Hollows”. Said Darran Thomas, Creative Director at RunWild Entertainment.

RunWild intends to introduce five Hollows locations throughout the realm, each one presenting the player with unique enemy variants to do battle with, all of which are Almighty level or above, players looking for a fight won’t be disappointed.

Are The Hollows worth the risk? There are unique Almighty treasure chests in the Hollows that hold signature gear not available above ground, and destructible containers that contain large quantities of crafting materials that players can make keen use of.

For even more details on the The Hollows update head over to Versus Evil’s blog here

About Versus Evil

Founded in 2013, Versus Evil, LLC is the US based video game publisher behind critically acclaimed video games First Class Trouble, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and The Banner Saga trilogy. Publishing games on all major mobile, PC and console platforms, Versus Evil works with independent development studios from around the world. The corporate philosophy is to champion for the independent game developer. For more information visit versusevil.com 

About Runwild Entertainment

RUNWILD Entertainment is a Welsh games development studio based out of Caerphilly in South Wales, founded in September 2016 by a small team of veteran game developers. Their mission is to pioneer multiplayer experiences where players can share adventures in an emergent and seamless way, make connections and have fun whilst doing it.​ Almighty: Kill your Gods is their first original title and is being developed for PC and consoles.

Get in on fun, social and safe multiplayer action in a vast open world today!

Sydney, Australia — June  29, 2021 — VR Realms announced today that new kids MMO NEO 2045 is now available in Open Beta for players throughout the world, with an expected full launch on mobile and PC in a few months. A free-to-play massive multiplayer online (MMO) game for kids, NEO 2045 features a vast galaxy full of sci-fi action, quests and inter-galactic adventure! Sign up today for endless multiplayer action where you can build, explore, socialize and play!

“As we are nearing launch, we are excited to open up NEO 2045 to players ahead of full launch so that we can make sure we are hitting our marks with our audience,” said Robb Beeston,  CEO and Founder of VR Realms. “While we did make this game with kids first and foremost in mind, we also want to make sure it is fun for older players and parents so that everyone can play together in a safe, secure and fun environment that has something for everyone.”

NEO 2045 is a sci-fi action MMO for all ages with a vast open world with different Player Realms that focus on various aspects of gameplay to ensure a great time for everyone, regardless of their play style. Looking for a fast-play, multiplayer game experience? There are loads of single and multiplayer mini-games accessible through various arenas and locations, such as the Lazer Tag Arena, Robot Stadium, Avatar Sports Stadium, Comedy Club, Nightclub, Astro Training Center, Water Park and Arcade. Or if you are after more of a social, community experience, you can interact with other players in one of five fun and safe social Realms, including the Forest Realm, Arctic Realm, Desert Realm or the Ocean Realm. Or if what you really want to do is build and create, then head to your very own customizable Player Realm where you can terraform mountains and valleys and build structures and vehicles using dynamorphic components that connect seamlessly.

NEO 2045 will be regularly updated with fresh content, special events, and new storyline missions that tie into the game lore. For more information and to join the open beta, visit: www.neo2045.com

GAMING ON LG PREMIUM TVS REACHES NEW HEIGHTS WITH LATEST DOLBY VISION UPDATE

LG OLED TVs offer next-level enjoyment as first with Dolby Vision™ for gaming at 4K 120Hz capability

SEOUL, June 29, 2021 — LG Electronics (LG) is proud to announce that it is the first TV manufacturer to offer the ability to support coveted Dolby Vision^® HDR at 4K 120Hz for gaming on select platforms, reaffirming the company’s commitment to providing the best big-screen gaming experience. With enhanced gaming capabilities and convenient, user-friendly controls, LG premium TVs are ready to deliver next-gen gaming experiences.

Firmware version 03.15.27, now rolling out, makes the LG C1 and G1 series OLED TVs the first in the world capable of supporting Dolby Vision^® HDR at 4K 120Hz on certain gaming platforms. Additional premium models in the 2021 LG TV line up, such as the OLED Z1 TV and QNED Mini LED QNED99 TVs, will also receive the update from July. Additional 2021 and 2020 TV models are also being tested for Dolby Vision gaming in either 60Hz or 120Hz.

The firmware introduces another new feature to elevate the gaming experience to a new level of convenience. Available on all 2021 LG TVs equipped with Game Optimiser, Game Dashboard is a floating onscreen menu similar to the head-up display (HUD) featured in many games. The feature lets users quickly see the TV settings and allows them to switch between different genres – Standard, FPS, RPG or RTS – without pausing the action. In addition, the dashboard shows the status of other modes such as Black Stabiliser, Low Latency, Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and NVIDIA G-Sync. To access more options, users can launch the Game Optimiser directly from the Game Dashboard.

LG OLED TVs boast a range of features that deliver a premium next-generation gaming experience with smooth picture and fast gameplay. With minimal lag, LG OLED TVs deliver a level of responsiveness that allows users to climb to the top of the leaderboard in their favourite next-gen console and PC challenges.

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About LG Electronics Home Entertainment Company

The LG Home Entertainment Company is an industry leader in televisions and audio-video systems and a globally recognized innovator for its leadership in OLED TVs which is revolutionizing the premium TV category. LG is committed to improving customers’ lives with innovative home entertainment products led by award-winning OLED TVs and QNED Mini LED TVs featuring Quantum Dot NanoCell technology and sound solutions developed in partnership with Meridian Audio. For more news on LG, visit www.LGnewsroom.com.

Owlcat Games’ Classic Isometric CRPG Arrives on Consoles Later This Year; Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous coming to GeForce Now on launch

Moscow, Russia, June 28, 2021 – Owlcat Games has shared a new developer diary for its classic isometric CRPG Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. The video reveals new information on Drezen, a sprawling fortress that will play a pivotal role as fans reclaim the world from demonic spawn this September 2 on PC via Steam, GOG and Epic Games Store. The studio also shared that Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S via backwards compatibility later this year in digital and physical formats. Console retail copies will be distributed by Prime Matter. More details regarding the title’s console versions will be provided at a later date. 

Pay a visit to the great fortress of Drezen with today’s developer diary:

Drezen is the linchpin that holds Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous’ story together. Players will be able to learn about the city early on in the game as they interact with people who witnessed its siege and claim to be responsible for its loss 70 years ago. During the adventure the Queen will order heroes to take back the fortress by any means necessary. The assault’s starting location is highly influenced by the choices players make and the advice they follow. A climatic battle of resilience and wit unfolds.

If players are successful, Drezen will evolve to become much more than a place to sleep, wash, sell and buy gear. The fortress and its NPCs will change according to the Mythic Path one chooses and the decisions one makes throughout the game.

 Moreover, Owlcat Games has announced that Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is coming to Nvidia’s cloud gaming service on release date. GeForce Now members who purchase Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous on PC will be able to stream the game to Windows or Mac computers, Android devices, or Nvidia’s Shield TV streaming players starting the same day it officially launches.

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous will launch for PC via Steam, GOG and Epic Games Store on September 2. The game will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S via backwards compatibility later this year.

About Owlcat Games

Owlcat Games was founded in 2016 by a group of developers united by their love of CRPGs. The team is led by veteran game designers behind titles like Heroes of Might and Magic V, Silent Storm, Etherlords, Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul and other games. Team members also took part in the development of popular MMO titles Allods Online and Skyforge. The first project unveiled by Owlcat Games was 2018’s Pathfinder: Kingmaker, an isometric computer RPG based on the highly popular Pathfinder pen-and-paper roleplaying game by Paizo Inc. The success of Kingmaker has allowed them to continue working with Paizo on a new Pathfinder adventure, Wrath of the Righteous.

About Paizo

Paizo Inc. is one of the world’s leading hobby game publishers. Since 2002, millions of players have joined the goblin army by playing the Pathfinder® and Starfinder® roleplaying games across tabletops, at conventions, at their favorite local game store, and digitally on virtual tabletops. Paizo.com is an online retail hobby destination for gamers that carries the latest products from top hobby game publishers. Players also find accessories, like dice and maps, miniatures, T-shirts, goblin plush toys, and the newest releases to quickly replenish those adventuring supplies for the next dungeon run.

Kingston Ships DC1500M Data Center U.2 NVMe SSD

• DC1500M U.2 NVMe SSD Adds Support for Multiple Namespaces
• Delivers Enhanced Enterprise-Grade Endurance with Consistent Latency and IOPS Performance

Taipei – June 29, 2021 –Kingston Technology, a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced the availability of the DC1500M, a U.2 data center NVMe^™ PCIe SSD for mixed-use workloads. Leveraging a high-performance Gen 3.0 x4 PCIe NVMe design, the DC1500M delivers predictable random IO performance as well as predictable latencies over a wide range of workloads.

“DC1500M adds support for multiple namespaces making it ideal for environments including virtualization and web hosting,” said Kingston. “From high-performance cloud services, media capture and transport to a range of big-data applications, DC1500M sets the standard for applications where QoS and predictability of performance are paramount. Data centers need drives that are reliable, have serviceable form factors and are equipped with the enterprise-grade features that make it easier to maintain SLAs.”

DC1500M is built with long-term performance in mind offering a high-performance Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe PCIe interface to ensure high throughput and low latency in new and existing data center platforms. The drive delivers consistent read/write latencies of <110 µs / <206 µs, respectively. Additionally, adopting the U.2 form factor allows current Gen 3.0 and Gen 4.0 servers and storage arrays to immediately utilize existing PCIe slots and U.2 backplanes while maintaining serviceability with hot-pluggable drives.

Building on the success of previous Kingston U.2 NVMe SSDs, the new DC1500M drive boasts advanced enterprise-class features to enhance long-term performance in high-availability environments. These include end-to-end data path protection, multiple namespace management, power loss protection (PLP), and telemetry monitoring for increased data center reliability.

DC1500M joins the DC1000B NVMe boot drive, the VMware Ready^™ DC500 series SATA SSDs and DC450R to form the most complete range of superior enterprise-class data center storage solutions on the market. The drives are backed by Kingston’s legendary pre- and post-sales support and a five-year limited warranty¹. DC1500M is available in 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB and 7.68TB capacities². For more information, visit kingston.com.

DC1500M SSD Features & Specifications

·         Data Center NVMe Performance: Incredible I/O consistency with speeds of up to 3GB/s and up to 510K IOPS.

• Enterprise-Class Mixed-Use Storage: An exceptional balance of consistent I/O delivery with high read and write IOPS performance to manage a wide range of transactional workloads.
• Reduce Application Latencies: Quality of Service (QoS) delivers ultra-low transactional latency for large data sets and various web-based applications.
• On-board Power Loss Protection (PLP): Enterprise-class protection to reduce possibility of data loss or corruption on ungraceful power fails.
• Form Factor: U.2, 2.5″ x 15mm
• Interface: NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0 x4
• Capacities¹: 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB, 7.68TB
• NAND: 3D TLC
• ²:

• 960GB – 440,000/150,000 IOPS
  • 1.92TB – 510,000/220,000 IOPS
  • 3.84TB – 480,000/210,000 IOPS
  • 7.68TB – 420,000/200,000 IOPS
• Latency^{2 3 4}: 99.9 – Read/Write: <110 µs / <206 µs
• Static and Dynamic Wear Leveling: Yes
• Power Loss Protection (Power Caps): Yes
• Namespace Management Support: Yes – 64 Namespaces supported
• Enterprise Diagnostics: Telemetry, Media Wear, Temperature, Health and Error Logs, etc.
• Endurance:
  • 960GB — (1 DWPD/5yrs) ^{5 6}, (1.6 DWPD/3yrs)^{5 6}
  • 1.92TB — (1 DWPD/5yrs) ^{5 6}, (1.6 DWPD/3yrs)^{5 6}
  • 3.84TB — (1 DWPD/5yrs) ^{5 6}, (1.6 DWPD/3yrs)^{5 6}
  • 7.68TB — (1 DWPD/5yrs) ^{5 6}, (1.6 DWPD/3yrs)^{5 6}
• Power Consumption:

• 960GB –  Idle: 6.30W   Average Read: 6.21W    Average Write: 11.40W   

Max Read: 6.60W     Max Write: 12.24W

• 1.92TB –  Idle: 6.60W   Average Read: 6.30W   Average Write: 13.7W   

Max Read: 6.63W     Max Write: 15.36W

• 3.84TB –  Idle: 6.80W   Average Read: 6.40W    Average Write: 14.20W  

Max Read: 7W   Max Write: 16W

• 7.68TB –  Idle: 7W   Average Read: 7.30W   Average Write: 17.14W  

Max Read: 8.16W   Max Write: 20.88W

• Operating temperature: 0°C ~ 70°C
• Dimensions: 100.09mm x 69.84mm x 14.75mm
• Weight:
  • 960GB – 145g
  • 1.92TB – 150g
  • 3.84TB – 155g
  • 7.68TB – 160g
• Vibration operating: 2.17G Peak (7–800Hz)
• Vibration non-operating: 20G Peak (10–2000Hz)
• MTBF: 2 million hours
• Warranty/support⁶: Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support

¹ Some of the listed capacity on a flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. As such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to Kingston’s Flash Guide at kingston.com/flashguide.

² Workload based on FIO, Random 4KB QD=1 workload, measured as the time taken for 99.9 percentile of commands to finish the round-trip from host to drive and to host.

³ Measurement taken once the workload has reached steady state but including all background activities required for normal operation and data reliability.

⁴ Based on 1920GB capacity.

⁵ Drives Writes Per Day (DWPD) derived from the JEDEC Enterprise Workload (JESD219A).

⁶ Limited warranty based on 5 years or when the usage of an NVMe SSD as indicated by Kingston’s implementation of the health attribute “Percentage Used” reaches or exceeds a normalized value of one hundred (100) as indicated by the Kingston SSD Manager (kingston.com/SSDManager). For NVMe SSDs, a new unused product will show a Percentage Used value of 0, whereas a product that reaches it warranty limit will show a Percentage Used value of greater than or equal to one hundred (100).

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About Kingston Technology

From big data, to laptops and PCs, to IoT-based devices like smart and wearable technology, to design-in and contract manufacturing, Kingston helps deliver the solutions used to live, work and play. The world’s largest PC makers and cloud-hosting companies depend on Kingston for their manufacturing needs, and our passion fuels the technology the world uses every day. We strive beyond our products to see the bigger picture, to meet the needs of our customers and offer solutions that make a difference. To learn more about how Kingston Is With You, visit Kingston.com.

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CRYPTOMINING MALWARE INFECTING GAMERS’ COMPUTERS TO MAKE MILLIONS IN CRYPTOCURRENCY

29 July June, 2021: New research from Avast Threat Labs has revealed that cybercriminals are targeting gamers with cryptomining malware, called “Crackonosh”, through “cracked” or pirated versions of popular online games, earning them over USD $2 million (AUD $2.6 million) in cryptocurrency to date.

The malware has been circulating since at least June 2018 and has been found hidden in free pirated versions of games such as Grand Theft Auto V, Far Cry 5, NBA2K19, and Fallout 4 GOTY which are available to download on torrent sites.

According to Avast Threat Labs, Crackonosh has infected over 222,000 systems worldwide since December 2020, including 2,837 in Australia and 900 in New Zealand, but the number could be significantly higher as this is only what Avast software has detected. Avast Threat Labs data also shows that over 800 devices continue to be infected every day.

Number of hits since December 2020. In total over 222,000 unique devices.

“Crackonosh installs itself by replacing critical Windows system files and abusing the Windows Safe mode to impair system defences,” explains Daniel Beneš from Avast Threat Labs.

“This malware further protects itself by disabling some security software, operating system updates and employs other anti-analysis techniques to prevent discovery, making it very difficult to detect and remove.”

Once installed, the malware uses your computer in the background for cryptomining, helping the cybercriminals gain cryptocurrency by using the processing power of the malware-infected computers to solve complex mathematical problems and verify cybercurrency transactions.

Infected users may notice that their computer is overheating or slowing down substantially in how it performs very simple processing tasks, but sometimes it can be hard to detect.

“As long as people continue to download cracked software, attacks like these will continue to be profitable for attackers. The key take-away from this is that you really can’t get something for nothing and when you try to steal software, odds are someone is trying to steal from you,” added Beneš.

Crackonosh has mostly infected users in the United States, Brazil, India, the Philippines, and Poland, with notable infections in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Canada. Other countries included Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, Sweden, Turkey, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

Here are some tips to avoid cryptomining:

• Don’t download pirated or “cracked” versions of online games as you don’t know what else you may download – it’s just not worth the risk.
• Use a strong antivirus like Avast that can protect against cryptojacking by detecting unsecure websites and can help to detect and block most malicious software, like cryptomining malware.
• Always make sure your Windows software is updated to prevent against vulnerabilities that can be used to spread cryptomining attacks.

Avast Threat Labs found cracked versions of the following games included Crackonosh:

• NBA 2K19
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Far Cry  5
• The Sims 4 Seasons
• Euro Truck Simulator 2
• The Sims 4
• Jurassic World Evolution
• Fallout 4 GOTY
• Call of Cthulhu
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
• We Happy Few

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