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Kyle Trask and the most interesting nickname in the 2021 NFL draft

The first day of the 2021 NFL draft didn’t go quite as planned for the former Florida Gator quarterback Kyle Trask.

As the 23-year-old Texas native was waiting for his call, several other quarterbacks didn’t have to wait any longer than the first round, including Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, Justin Fields and Mac Jones. Unfortunately, Trask will now have to wait until the second round to see which team decides to select him.

Perhaps the most interesting story for Trask, is the recent emergence of a rather intriguing nickname — Traskquatch. Yes, you read that correctly. It appears that Kyle Trask has earned himself a nickname that is a mashup of his own last name and Sasquatch that is as fun to say as he is to watch. But just where did this nickname come from?

When asked about the origin of the nickname in a recent interview, former teammate and Orlando native, Daniel Cross said, “It started out as just sort of an inside thing, but once he took over the starting position it really started to grow.”

The nickname seems to be a natural fit for the former Heisman Trophy candidate who is 6’5” and 240 lbs and often compared to Ben Roethlisberger. In fact, many experts are expecting the Pittsburgh Steelers to select Trask as their replacement for the franchise quarterback after this season.

If Trask does make it to Pittsburgh, it seems that Traskquatch might grow to be a hometown favorite. Interesting enough, the Steelers summer training camp home of Latrobe in the Appalachian foothills is a notorious hotspot for the elusive Sasquatch. Does this mean we might start seeing Chewbacca masks at Steelers games? We’ll just have to wait and see what happens in the second round of the draft tonight.

PUBG Season 9 includes dynamic new map with volcano

There’s a new map on the way for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. With a planned release that coincides with the upcoming Season 6 update, PUBG Corporation has began steadily teasing the new map. While very little information on the new map has been shared so far, the latest news comes in the form of a cinematic trailer that doesn’t reveal much, but does give us a few big clues to build our excitement.

First off, we now know that the name of new map will be Paramo. The trailer also reveals that the landscape of the new map will be dynamic with the main feature being an active volcano. The official Twitter account for PUBG claims there will be “thousands of possibilities” for the new map.

In what they describe as the first ever-changing environment for the game, it seems the new map will bring some much needed freshness in having a variety of ways to play the same drop over and over. However, we still don’t know the full details regarding the dynamic environment.

The developer states that the Paramo map will be small scale. It was originally stated that the map would be 3×3, however, it appears this plan was scrapped after they received instant backlash on an incredibly condensed map size. The final map size remains to be seen as changes may still be made before Season 9 goes live.

The new map will arrive on PUBG when Season 9 drops for PC on October 21st and later for PS4 and Xbox One on October 29th.

Microsoft joins court battle between Apple and Fortnite maker Epic

In the latest news regarding the legal battle between Apple and Fortnite maker Epic, Microsoft has decided to publicly announce its support for the video game developer. This announcement comes less than a week after the the tech giant decided to revoke Epic’s permissions to develop tools for iOS and Mac which  most notably would impact every game that uses Epic’s Unreal Engine game creation tools. Epic has since filed a motion to stop Apple from revoking their permissions and now Microsoft is backing them in the court battle, claiming that denial of access to Unreal Engine on Mac and iOS “will harm game creators and gamers.”

“Denying Epic access to Apple’s SDK (software development kit) and other development tools will prevent Epic from supporting Unreal Engine on iOS and macOS, and will place Unreal Engine and those game creators that have built, are building, and may build games on it at a substantial disadvantage,” said Kevin Gammill, general manager for gaming developer experiences at Microsoft, in a filing shared Sunday by Xbox boss Phil Spencer.

Halo Infinite dev shuts down rumor about splitting up campaign and multiplayer

A recent report claiming to offer some inside information regarding the development of Halo Infinite kicked the rumor mill into high gear. More specifically, there is a rumor stemming from this report that due to some of the issues going on behind the scenes, Microsoft was considering the idea of splitting up Halo Infinite’s campaign and multiplayer components and releasing them separately.

Halo’s community director, Brian Jarrard, took to Reddit to address this rumor:

“[The] unsubstantiated ‘report’ in late July was 100% false and no such plan or discussion had ever happened. Campaign was never going to ship without MP, period,” Jarrard said. “More recently, as it became clear that the project needed more time, part of that assessment did entail trying to see if perhaps just MP could launch as planned but was deemed a non-starter. So even if that would’ve been the outcome, it’s the opposite of what was reported in late July.”

Jarrard said he doesn’t normally comment on rumors, but since he was being “personally implicated” he decided to weigh in.

“People can, and will, make up whatever stories they want but I have to draw the line at being personally implicated as being dishonest with the community,” Jarrard said. “I may not always be allowed to say what I want to say (for example I’m probably not allowed to really get into a point by point response to this article), but I will always speak the truth.”

Halo Infinite is set to release on an unspecified date in 2021 for Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC with the multiplayer portion of the game being free-to-play.

Happy Gilmore’s Shooter McGavin stars in the new PGA Tour 2K21 trailer

With less than 24 hours to go until the release of PGA TOUR 2K21, the hype is at its peak and the latest trailer for the online multiplayer certainly keeps the momentum with a star-studded cast. The trailer includes four celebrities in the comfort of their own homes going at each other with some trash talk over a few holes in the new PGA Tour 2K21.

The four celebrities included in the commercial are Professional Golfer Justin Thomas, WWE Star The Miz, Rapper Schoolboy Q, and the most infamous golf villain in history, Shooter McGavin from the hit film Happy Gilmore — portrayed by actor Chris McDonald. Interestingly enough, the commercial seems to portray Shooter as he would have naturally aged since the original release date of the movie. Nonetheless, this short cameo gives fans enough to enjoy.

You can watch the teaser trailer for PGA Tour 2K21 below:

PGA Tour 2K21 releases tomorrow, August 21st, on Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Google Stadia, and PC via Steam.

Oculus headsets will soon require a Facebook account

Today, Oculus announced some important updates to how people log into Oculus devices, while still keeping their VR profile. Starting in October 2020, everyone using an Oculus device for the first time will need to log in with a Facebook account.

All existing users who already have an Oculus account will have the option to log in with Facebook and merge their Oculus and Facebook accounts. All existing users who choose not to merge their accounts will have the option to continue using their Oculus account for two years.

After January 1, 2023, support will end for all Oculus accounts. Those who choose not to merge their accounts at that time will be allowed to continue using their device, but full functionality will require a Facebook account.

According to Oculus — “Giving people a single way to log into Oculus—using their Facebook account and password— will make it easier to find, connect, and play with friends in VR.”

Visit ocul.us/updates to learn more.

Epic Games has filed a temporary restraining order against Apple

Following Fortnite developer Epic Games move last Thursday to break Apple’s policy by allowing players on iOS to directly purchase items in-game and bypass a 30% cut taken by Apple, the developer announced on Monday that it is seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the tech giant from removing the game from its App Store.

Apex Legends Season 6 kicks off tonight at 10pm PT

Respawn Entertainment has finally unveiled the highly-anticipated Apex Legends Season 6 called Boosted. The new season is set to introduce a flurry of new content and changes into the popular battle royale and will kick off on Tuesday, August 18th at 1AM ET (August 17th at 10PM PT) along with a massive update that will also introduce some major changes to the game.

PGA Tour 2K21 shaping up to be the best golf game in years

It looks like golf video games may finally be making their return to the heights they once knew. A genre once dominated by EA for more than two decades with triple-A games including the Tiger Woods series, the company decided to vacate the category following a luke warm reception to the 2015 release of Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. In their absence, HB Studios has slowly grown a new series known as a The Golf Club, with the latest game in series finally achieving a deal for officially licensed courses from the PGA Tour and accordingly reclaiming the series namesake.

A recent announcement from 2K claims that 15 PGA TOUR courses and 14 PGA Tournaments will be available when PGA TOUR 2K21 hits the market on August 21st. It will be available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, and Windows.

The latest update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on Xbox One is a whopping 66GB

The latest update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on Xbox One requires a whopping 66GB download, far larger than the required download sizes of its PlayStation 4 and PC counterparts.

The update, which applies several general fixes, including the removal of some maps from certain game modes, requires only a 1.2GB download on PlayStation 4 and 1.83GB download on PC. Infinity Ward blames “an unforeseen bug” with Microsoft’s patch delivery process for the excessive download size on Xbox One.

Infinity Ward assures Xbox One players that the 66GB download will not affect the overall install size of Modern Warfare or the free-to-play battle royale counterpart, Warzone, which will take up to 183GB and 99.5GB, respectively, after completing the update. This issue is a result of Xbox One players being required to re-download certain files, not add more files to their console’s hard drive.