In what we have been assured is not an early April Fools joke Dyson has revealed its first ever wearable device: a set of air-purifying headphones. The Dyson Zone is a headset that distils the company’s existing air purification tech into a personal visor-like device, complete with noise-cancelling headphones.

While Covid is the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to air filtration in 2022, the Dyson Zone was originally concepted far before the virus was a concern, as a response to rising levels of pollution in major cities. The device’s announcement page shows the various stages of the Zone’s development, from a snorkel-like filtration device to the current design with a visor delivering a flow of filtered air to the nose and mouth.

The device is designed to be used both indoors and out to protect from “city pollution including gases, allergens, and particulate matter,” with active noise-cancelling headphones also adding protection from urban noise pollution. The visor is designed to sit near the face without contacting it, avoiding the issue of skin irritation that comes with face mask-style designs and enabling extended periods of wear.

While Dyson has a long history with air filtration technology, the Zone is the company’s first foray into audio devices, so it’ll be interesting to see how the headphones hold up. In its announcement, Dyson promises “advanced noise cancellation and pure, high-fidelity audio,” which it says has been engineered using a scientific approach.

The reaction to Dyson’s announcement has been mixed, with some users excited for the personal filtration device, while others have assumed that it must be an April Fools joke. The concept is reminiscent of Razor’s RGB face mask, which was announced around this time last year.

The Dyson Zone will be launching in Autumn 2022, with some regions getting the device earlier than others. So far, Dyson hasn’t released any more information about the device’s availability and price, but it promises that will be announced in the coming months.

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Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege is once again teaming up with Rick and Morty for a special crossover event. The newest Rick and Morty DLC bundles are now available in the popular team-based tactical shooter, letting you morph the characters Fuze and Doc into Rick and Morty, respectively.

The DLC bundle also comes with an operator card background themed around the animated series from Adult Swim and Justin Roiland. Check out the announcement trailer below to see the Rick and Morty skins in action–it’s truly a sight to behold.

As mentioned, this is actually the third DLC bundle for Siege based on Rick and Morty. A previous DLC added Pickle Rick. Outside of that series, Siege has welcomed other famous characters such as Jill from Resident Evil and Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft.

Rainbow Six Siege has been one of Ubisoft’s biggest success stories in recent years. After debuting in 2015 to a mixed reaction, the game has been consistently and impressively supported over the years, and it now has more than 70 million players. GameSpot scored the game a rare 10/10 in our Rainbow Six Siege review.

Ubisoft is reportedly set to expand the franchise with Rainbow Six Siege for mobile, and the rumored game could be announced as soon as next week. Ubisoft followed up Siege with another Rainbow Six game, Extraction, which launched in January.

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Intel has provided a long-awaited tease for its entry into the desktop GPU market, revealing a radically new design for its first discrete gaming chip that is planned to launch later this year.

The tease for the Intel Arc A-series desktop GPU shows a very luxurious design, and one that is very different to the version that developers have been messing around with. It looks like a thick design, taking some notes from Nvidia’s Founder’s Edition design in terms of angles and its metal finish. Where it differs is with its dual-fan system and chunky PCB, with a full metal backplate that doesn’t mimic the passthrough design that Nvidia launched with its 30-series cards.

The tease came at the tail-end of a stream that marked the launch of Intel Arc discrete GPUs in laptops, with the two budget options in the range launching today in laptops starting at $900. More powerful laptop GPUs are expected this summer, with the Intel Arc desktop GPU expected to fall within that timeframe or slightly later.

It’s good to see more competition in the GPU space, and this year seems to be a big one. AMD is expected to announce its next-generation GPU architecture later this year, while there are rumblings that Nvidia might be preparing to do the same. Nvidia just launched a new 30-series GPU this week, with the RTX 3090 Ti aimed more at creative tasks with its staggering $2,000 price tag.

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Death Stranding: Director’s Cut is out on PC today, providing an upgraded version of the first–and currently only–game in the “strand genre” that noted game designer and Batman fan Hideo Kojima led development on.

On PC, you can expect the same graphical improvements as the regular edition of the game, with new content and enhanced gameplay features being added to the tale of protagonist Sam Porter Bridges. You can expect more weapons, equipment, vehicles, modes, and missions, along with additional areas to explore, as well as expanded storylines and UI enhancements.

The director’s cut was originally released on PS5 in September last year, and the PC upgrade will set you back $10. Death Stranding did well after launch, as the game recorded more than 5 million sales across PS4 and PC as of March 2021.

As for Kojima, a recent report claimed that he is working with Microsoft on a new Xbox game, although this has yet to be confirmed or officially announced. In other strand genre news, Norman Reedus recently teased that Death Stranding 2 might be in development.

For our updated Death Stranding review on PS5, Justin Clark said, “The Director’s Cut still does an admirable job goosing up that experience for maximum immersion. Even while trying to nudge itself towards something more approachable, there is still nothing quite like this game.”

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In September 2021, Activision Blizzard agreed to terms to settle one of its high-profile gender discrimination lawsuits, and that settlement has now been approved. A federal court on Tuesday announced that it would approve Activision Blizzard’s proposed settlement with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which is the next step toward creating an $18 million fund to compensate and make amends to workers affected by gender discrimination and harassments claims within the company.

Under the terms of the agreement, Activision will create an $18 million fund for eligible claimants and take steps to enhance its “policies, practices, and training” to help prevent harassment and discrimination in the future. Additionally, Activision Blizzard said it will work with a “neutral, third-party equal employment opportunity consultant” to provide oversight on Activision Blizzard’s compliance. This person will be a non-Activision Blizzard employee approved by the EEOC. This individual will report their findings directly to the EEOC and Activision Blizzard’s board of directors.

What’s more, Activision said it hired Stacy Jackson on March 16 to become the company’s new EEO coordinator. The company went on to say that it also has a new zero-tolerance policy for harassment and retaliation across the company, while the size of its Ethics & Compliance team has “quadrupled” in size.

Activision Blizzard also said it “significantly increased” its investment in ethics and compliance training, while it now does better with transparency regarding pay equity and diversity representation, the company said. The Call of Duty giant donated $1 million to Women in Games International and waived forced arbitration for individual sexual harassment and discrimination claims for those pertaining to events that happened after October 28, 2021.

What’s more, Activision Blizzard said it has a new in-house tool that tracks data on the representation and presence of women and underrepresented ethnic group candidates at all stages of the hiring process. Additionally, Activision Blizzard said it now has “stricter policies” pertaining to alcohol consumption.

Activision Blizzard has a goal of increasing the representation of women and non-binary workers by 50% in the next five years. Additionally, Activision Blizzard is spending $250 million over the next decade on efforts to “foster expanded opportunities in gaming and technology for under-represented communities.”

Activision Blizzard is also facing a lawsuit from California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing related to sexual harassment and pay violations, among other things. That case is ongoing.

The EEOC and DFEH have been at odds in this matter, with the DFEH trying to intervene, but ultimately had its position denied by a judge, according to NPR. Anyone who accepts money from the EEOC settlement cannot receive a payout from the DFEH lawsuit, should it be finalized.

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, who is personally accused of knowing about and covering up instances of sexual harassment and other abuse, is reportedly going to leave the company after Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard goes through.

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