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‘The First Descendant’ set to launch this summer on consoles and PC

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:28:46 GMT

In a trailer revealed at The Game Awards, Nexon has announced that it’s releasing “The First Descendant” in summer 2024. The four-player cooperative third-person shooter has built some buzz after its reveal and subsequent crossplay open beta on PC and consoles in September.Built on Unreal 5.2, the game puts players in the role of a Descendant who has to fend off the Vulgus, alien invaders who crossed dimensions and brought colossi and destruction to the continent of Ingris. The Descendants are essentially hero characters that each have their own abilities. The new trailer shows two playable Descendants — Valby and Viessa — along with a mysterious third face.The story-driven game has several elements going for it that makes it stand out from the free-to-play crowd.First, it’s focused on co-op gameplay with a heavy dose of role-playing game elements as players defeat enemies and gather loot. It’s essentially a looter shooter. Second, it featur...

SF commissioner says business was vandalized, 'targeted'

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:28:46 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco Entertainment Commissioner Cyn Wang's business was vandalized Wednesday night, the public official told KRON4. Wang said the suspect caused damage to the business around 11 p.m.Surveillance video (above) shows the suspect using a device to smash the windows of Wang Insurance, located in the Sunset District. Wang said nothing from the business was stolen, but all the windows were broken. ‘Large’ quantity of merchandise stolen from LensCrafters in downtown SF KRON On is streaming live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }According to the surveillance video, the suspect was dressed in an all-white outfit. Wang said the vandalism appears to be a "very premeditated, malicious, and targeted attack."Wang adds that she called the San Fra...

Residents in Pleasant Hill neighborhood advised to stay inside

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:28:46 GMT

(KRON) -- People who live near 227 Cleopatra Drive in Pleasant Hill are advised by the city's police department to stay inside on Thursday evening.An alert was sent out by police at 7:33 p.m. Police said the notice to stay inside was due to police activity, but they did not elaborate on the nature of the police activity.All inbound and outbound traffic from the Sherman Acres neighborhood is closed, police said. Monument Boulevard near city limits is closed as well. This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Ryan McDonagh, Roman Josi lead Predators past Lightning, 5-1

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:28:46 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan McDonagh and Roman Josi each had a goal and an assist, and the Nashville Predators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Thursday night.Juuso Parssinen, Filip Forsberg and Yakov Trenin also scored and Juuse Saros made 32 saves for Nashville, which has won three straight and nine of 11.Alex Barré-Boulet scored and Jonas Johansson made 25 saves for the Lightning, who had their two-game winning streak snapped.Nashville went 2-for-3 on the power play while holding the Lightning scoreless on their four chances with the man advantage. It was the first multiple power-play goal game for Nashville in more than a month. Tampa Bay entered Thursday with the NHL’s second-best power play success rate at 31.9%.Barré-Boulet scored the game’s first goal with 6:28 remaining in the opening period on a one-timer from the right circle.Parssinen tied it 1-1 with 2:46 left in the first on the power play. McDonagh’s shot from the right point hit Philip Tomasino in the slot and th...

Sabres snap 4-game skid with a 3-1 win over Atlantic Division-leading Bruins

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:28:46 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — JJ Peterka, Tage Thompson and Victor Olofsson scored and the Buffalo Sabres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.Devon Levi made 30 saves for Buffalo, which beat the Atlantic Division-leading Bruins for the first time in nearly a calendar year. The Bruins had won three straight against Buffalo. The Sabres last beat Boston on Dec. 31, 2022.“Just focusing on stepping over the boards and winning your shift and beating the guy across from you,” Thompson said. “From there, you get time and space to make plays.”Brad Marchand scored for Boston, which had its four-game winning streak halted. Marchand also recorded the 1,000th penalty of his career.“This game will humble you quickly and we saw that tonight,” Marchand said. “It’s about making sure you play hard and make life difficult on the other team.”Linus Ullmark finished with 33 saves, and the Bruins were outshot 35-29.“We just didn’t have any energy or life to us,” said ...

Sharks rally to spoil Patrick Kane’s Detroit debut, beating Red Wings 6-5 in OT

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:28:46 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Mikael Granlund scored 37 seconds into overtime and the San Jose Sharks spoiled Patrick Kane’s Detroit debut, overcoming a four-goal deficit to beat the Red Wings 6-5 in overtime Thursday night.Nico Sturm and Tomas Hertl each scored twice for San Jose. Hertl, who has five goals in the last two games, and Fabian Zetterlund had the Sharks’ first two short-handed goals of the season. Hertl tied it with 1:29 left on a rebound after San Jose pulled its goaltender for an extra skater.The 35-year-old Kane, a nine-time All-Star who signed a one-year contract with Detroit on Nov. 28, didn’t record a point. He hit the post early in the third period. Kane had his right hip surgically repaired six months ago.Michael Rasmussen scored two goals in a 13-second span for Detroit. Klim Kostin, Lucas Raymond and Dylan Larkin also scored.KINGS 4, CANADIENS 0MONTREAL (AP) — Quinton Byfield had two goals and an assist, Cam Talbot made 24 sabes and Los Angeles beat Montreal for its NHL-reco...

How a Fairfax Co. community is responding to teenager’s deadly overdose

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:28:46 GMT

A Fairfax County, Virginia, high school community is in mourning after a student’s deadly overdose earlier this week.Fairfax County police said they’re investigating the overdose, which happened in Seven Corners on Monday. When they got to an apartment in the 2900 block of John Marshall Drive at around 6 p.m., police said a teenager was found unconscious. The teen was taken to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.The teenager was on a video call with a friend when she became unconscious, police said. Detectives found evidence that narcotics had been used.In a note to the Justice High School community, obtained by WTOP, Principal Tiffany Narcisse described the incident as a “heartbreaking loss for our community.” The school has a crisis team on site in the aftermath of the incident, she wrote.In a separate message, addressed to the FCPS community, Superintendent Michelle Reid said, “Out of concern for the student’s privacy, we will not be releasing further information abou...

Joseph Woll makes 29 saves before leaving with injury, Maple Leafs hold off Senators 4-3

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:28:46 GMT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Joseph Woll made 29 saves before leaving because of an injury midway through the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Thursday night.Woll left after stopping a shot from Rourke Chartier.Toronto led 3-2 at the time, and William Nylander made it 4-2 with 6:57 remaining.Mitch Marner, David Kampf and Calle Jarnkrok also scored for the Maple Leafs, and Martin Jones stopped none of 10 shots in relief of Woll.Josh Norris, Jacob Bernard-Docker and Claude Giroux scored for Ottawa. Anton Forsberg stopped 18 shots.Jarnkrok gave Toronto a 3-1 edge 3:35 into the third period with a wrist shot, capped a run of three straight Maple Leafs goals.But under two minutes later, Bernard-Docker made it a one-score game with his first career NHL goal on a point shot. Nylander made it 4-2 with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle, and Giroux finished the scoring on a one-timer with 1:53 remaining.Ottawa was unable to complete the com...

Kings blank Canadiens 4-0, set the NHL record with their 11th straight road win to open season

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:28:46 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Quinton Byfield had two goals and an assist, Cam Talbot earned a shutout and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 Thursday night for their NHL record 11th road victory to open the season.The Kings (16-4-3), who eclipsed the mark of 10 straight road wins set by the Buffalo Sabres in 2006-07, are one road win away from matching the NHL record of 12 consecutive road victories at any point during the season.Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist and Trevor Moore also scored for Los Angeles. Anze Kopitar had three assists and Talbot made 24 saves.Montreal was shut out by Los Angeles for the second time this season. The Kings earned a 4-0 win in Los Angeles on Nov. 25.Samuel Montembeault stopped 38 shots and became the first Canadiens goalie to start consecutive games since Jake Allen on Oct. 21 and 23.Byfield continued his breakout season after a slow start to his career. The second overall pick in 2020 has eight goals and 13 assists through 23 games this ...

Patrick Kane returns, just misses a shot in season debut with Red Wings in 6-5 OT loss to Sharks

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:28:46 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane was all alone in front of the net with a point-blank shot to score in his debut with the Detroit Red Wings.Ping.Kane hit the left post early in the third period and the San Jose Sharks went on to beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 in overtime Thursday night.“It would’ve been nice to bury that,” he said.Kane took his first of 22 shifts at the start of the game and finished with three shots in 16 minutes, 33 seconds of ice time in an intriguing NHL comeback.The 35-year-old Kane had his right hip surgically repaired six months ago and is shooting to become the third player in the league to return from the invasive procedure.“Overall, I felt fine,” he said. “I’ll definitely have to build up the timing, the confidence and getting back to trying to take over when you have the puck on your stick and take over games.”Detroit signed the playmaking wing last week to a prorated $2.75 million contract for the rest of the season to bolster its chances of earni...