Krafton has released March update for New State Mobile. The game went under maintenance briefly on March 23, post which the game developer rolled out the update to all the Android and iOS users across the globe. Also Read – BGMI maker Krafton launches new mobile game Road to Valor: Empires in India

The March update for New State Mobile brings a host of updates and new features to the game, which includes a new Ka-Boom, improvements to the Lagna map, new handgun sawed-off, Recruit Mode for Erangel, and Survivor Pass Volume 17 among other things. Also Read – KRAFTON signs publishing partnership with game developer Nirvanana

Get ready to blow things up and start causing some chaos in ARENA (KA-BOOM!!) mode 💣#NEWSTATEMOBILE #ARENA #KABOOM pic.twitter.com/owjs7VSzXY

— NEW STATE MOBILE (@NEWSTATEMOBILE) March 23, 2023

Advertisement

What’s new in New State Mobile

So, here’s everything new that the March update brings to the New State Mobile:

Ka-Boom Mode

Krafton has added Ka-Boom mode to New State Labs. It is a Round Deathmatch mode where players are given only grenade launchers and throwables. Ammunitions other than grenades are not available in this mode. Most of the rules are the same as other RDMs. The only difference is that the grenades do not inflict any damage to friendly players. From the care package in the center of the map, players can get a ‘Red Zone Launcher’, which creates explosions stronger than ordinary grenades. Furthermore, the company says that in the Ka-Boom mode, all terrains, except for the starting point and certain areas, can be destroyed by explosion.

Lagna Update

This update also brings updates to Lagna, which was introduced in the February update. For starters, Mesta, which is a classic sports car for two people, will always be generated on the ridge between Estacion and Carta. Also, multi-care packages now have higher chances to present items, while the general item spawn rate is also slightly increased. The company has also adjusted the Blue Zone settings to give more time for players to get items in the first Blue Zone phase.

Recruit Mode

Recruit Mode has returned for Erangel. Krafton says that recruit times have been lowered for this mode compared to the Battle Royale Mode. Players can grow the squad up to eight players. Once the player successfully recruits a downed opponent, health and booster level of both players will be fully recovered. Like other Modes in the game, the Recruit Mode is not permanent and is only available for eight hours on every weekend’s Hot Time.

Weapon Updates

The company has also added new weapons to the game. The company has introduced a new 12-gauge handgun Sawed-off that that has powerful single-fire, which the players use to easily kill other players in close distances.
A choke can also be equipped on the muzzle slot. In addition to this, the magazine capacity of Extended Mag customization for submachine gun “Vector” has increased to 50 from 45. The Long Barrel and Enhanced Stock customization for “Micro UZI” now has horizontal recoil control. Additionally, aiming support for some guns including Vector and Micro UZI has been decreased.

What else?

Additionally, the company has introduced ‘Legacy Pass’ to the game starting Survivor Pass Volume 17, allowing players to get what was available only from the previous Premium Passes.

The company has also made changes to the hot time schedule. Here are all the details:

Image: Krafton

Dell’s gaming brand, Alienware, announced a new gaming laptop at CES 2023. Dubbed Alienware m18, the gaming laptop brings the latest 13-generation Intel processors and packs new Nvidia RTX graphics.

Now, finally, the company has confirmed the gaming laptop is arriving in India. The laptop will go on pre-booking next week and will offer benefits worth Rs 26,999.

Alienware m18 pre-booking details and benefits

The Alienware m18 will be available for pre-booking on Dell.com and Dell Exclusive stores (DES). Those who pre-book the gaming laptop will get Alienware goodies worth Rs 26,999.

Unfortunately, the India price of the laptop is yet to be revealed. The laptop, however, will come with the same specs as the global model.

Alienware m18 specifications and features

The Alienware m18 features a large form factor. It has an 18-inch display with a QHD+ resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. The screen supports a 165Hz refresh rate and 100 percent DCI-P3 color gamut. It also has Nvidia G-Sync support.

Under the roof, the laptop is powered by Intel’s 13th gen processors. There’s a choice between Intel’s Core i7-13700HX and i9-13900HX. It is powered by Nvidia RTX 4080 GPU with 12GB of VRAM.

Globally, there are different RAM and storage variants from 16GB DDR5 RAM + 512GB NVMe M.2 storage to 64GB DDR5 RAM + 8TB NVMe M.2 storage. It will be interesting to see what all variants land up in India.

It boots on Windows 11 OS and has an FHD webcam placed at the top of the screen. The laptop also comes with dual-array microphones and a stereo speaker setup.

There’s a 6-cell or 97Whr battery inside the laptop with fast charging support.

Alienware m18 expected price

In terms of pricing, the Alienware m18 costs 2,299 Pounds, that’s roughly Rs 2,31,737 for the base configuration. Since we do not know the official India pricing, let’s wait for some time.

Nvidia is in the race to make games look more shiny and reflective. And that’s exactly what the chip maker has yet again confirmed with its new ‘Path-tracing’ technology that will arrive next month for the Cyberpunk 2077 game.

At the game developers’ conference, CD Projekt Red announced that it’s bringing another update to the popular Cyberpunk 2077 game. Ray-tracing will now be old, it’s supposedly getting succeeded by Path-tracing.

“This (Path-tracing) not only gives better visuals to the players but also has the promise to revolutionize the entire pipeline of how games are being created,” said Pawel Kozlowski, a senior technology developer engineer at NVIDIA.

Cyberpunk 2077 players will get an Overdrive Mode in April that will bring Path-tracing. As you’d guess by the name, Path-tracing is the next step toward making games more realistic (hopefully).

As opposed to Ray-tracing, which follows a single beam of light in different scenes, Path-tracing will follow light throughout the environment. Basically, as it is in real life, the light will bounce from one object to another in the whole environment.

This is said to offer softer shadows and a more realistic picture. Such a tech was being used in movies for a long time, however, it was expensive and required powerful hardware. Now, with RTX cards being more powerful, real-time Path-tracing will come to games — with the first game being Cyberpunk 2077.

“Path tracing has been one of the main lighting algorithms used in offline rendering farms and computer graphics in films for years. It wasn’t until GeForce RTX 40 series and DLSS 3 was available that it was possible to bring path tracing to real-time graphics,” noted the blog post on the Nvidia website.

In order to achieve Path-tracing visuals, an RTX 40 series card will be required. The hardware with the help of Nvidia’s DLSS 3 is said to offer ‘crips, high-quality images that rival native resolution’.