Alan Velasco
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Astro Bot has been a big success for Sony, earning a lot of love from fans and critics alike thanks to its fun gameplay alongside its nods to PlayStation’s storied past. It has even managed to impress enough that it will make an appearance at The Game Awards, as it earned itself several nominations, most notably for...
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Spotify has officially pulled the plug on Car Thing, a device the company launched in 2022 to enable the service in vehicles that lacked modern infotainment systems. The company says that it “made the decision to discontinue Car Thing. This means that Car Thing will no longer be operational.” Adding that it’s “part of...
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Medical device manufacturer Artivion, who specializes in making products used by cardiac and vascular surgeons to treat patients, has been hit with a ransomware attack. It was severe enough attack that it has disrupted the company’s operations to the point it needed to disable some of its systems. The company...
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Despite CD Projekt Red having announced it was shifting game developers off Cyberpunk 2077 to go work on The Witcher 4 project, the company is now rolling out Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.2 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. This is a significant update that contains several new features, fixes, and overhauled...
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Families with special needs children are going to be left in a lurch after Embodied, a company that makes robots that serve as companions for these children, will be going out of business. The company will be closing because of “financial challenges,” as it failed to secure a “critical funding round.” Without this...
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Reddit is rolling out the test phase for Reddit Answers, which the company is billing as “a new way to get the information, recommendations, discussions, and hot takes people are looking for – on any topic – from real conversations and communities across all of Reddit.” This new initiative is “in line with our mission...
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Epic Games is bringing yet another game mode to Fortnite, potentially stretching its user base further. This one is dubbed LEGO Fortnite: Brick Life, where “players can explore vibrant areas throughout the city, customize their dream home, take on jobs and interact with friends and other players through text chat.”...
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Grand Theft Auto VI is shaping up to be an absolute juggernaut of a video game release for 2025. It has dominated the gaming discourse since the moment its debut trailer was dropped on YouTube. A year later it continues to suck up a significant amount of oxygen in the gaming space as fans conjure up theories for when...
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OpenAI continues to roll out new products and pricing tiers as part of its 12 Days of OpenAI event, with the company releasing Sora, its video generation model, to general users. Prior to this release, Sora was available to a limited number of users as part of a research preview. The company says that this new model...
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Itch.io, a popular platform used by independent game developers to distribute their games, was temporarily taken offline. It was apparently a victim of an overzealous phishing report made by Brand Shield on behalf of Funko. Unfortunately, it seems the registrar being used by the company failed to prevent this...
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Rockstar Games' upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI has quickly become one of the most anticipated games releases of all time, with its debut trailer managing to surpass the 200 million view milestone. However, since the publisher released that trailer a little over a year ago, it hasn’t released any more information. This...
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Fortnite players are beginning to notice an increase in the number of bots appearing in one of the game’s modes, the recently added Fortnite OG. The @osirion_gg account, on social media platform X, posted that “Bots enabled in OG, 90 bots in low sbmm and 10 bots in high sbmm.” SBMM refers to skill based matchmaking...
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Apple’s ability to design privacy conscious and secure technologies is being threatened as the company faces a $1.2B class action lawsuit. The plaintiff's lawyers claim that Apple isn’t doing enough to prevent the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its platform. The lawsuit points to the company...
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Apple has long been angling to ditch Qualcomm and use modems designed in-house, and it seems as if the upcoming iPhone SE 4 will be the beginning of the transition process. The company believes the new modem will allow it to manufacture thinner iPhones, potentially as soon as next year. It also means Apple will...
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Since the launch of the Steam Deck, PC handheld devices have become a hot segment in the gaming market. Though, the only one capable of officially running SteamOS has been Valve’s device. However, it appears as if this might not be the case for much longer. The company has introduced some changes to its brand...
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OpenAI is launching a new ChatGPT Pro plan with its most powerful model, which the company claims “will solve increasingly complex and critical problems.” This new plan will cost $200 a month, as it “takes significantly more compute to power these capabilities.” It’s a significant jump in price compared to its $20 a...
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GOG continues to work towards more consumer friendly options in the gaming space by expanding its Game Preservation Program that it launched earlier this year. This program “ensures classic games remain playable on modern systems, even after their developers stopped supporting them.” With the company promising that...
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Recently rebranded Halo Studios is gifting Halo Infinite players a seasonal treat with the Operation: Snowbound event, which will run from December 3, 2024 to January 7, 2025. This content update brings some new gameplay modes and several maps sporting a wintry wrinkle that longtime players will appreciate seeing...
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During an interview with the BBC, co-CEO of PlayStation Herman Hulst was asked about the role of AI in game development. It’s an important question as AI continues to occupy an increasing role in business operations, and the gaming industry is facing a brutal year with thousands of layoffs and studio closures. The...
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Another hopeful entrant into the competitive live service game space bites the dust, as Ubisoft announces that it will be shutting down first person shooter XDefiant and issuing refunds to players. The upcoming Season 3 will still launch for current players to enjoy, but this will be the last addition of content...
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Security researchers at Any.Run have found a new zero-day attack currently being used by threat actors to evade detection tools used by security professionals. This new technique “evades antivirus software, prevents uploads to sandboxes, and bypasses Outlook's spam filters, allowing the malicious emails to reach your...
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Grand Theft Auto VI is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated video games of all time, managing to rack up over 200 million views on its debut trailer. Anticipation for the game also has some fans scouring clips for whatever clues they can find. The latest theories stem from “hints” some fans think they've found...
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