"This is a point often debated." Nintendo is famously litigious when it comes to emulators. In March 2024, developers of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu were ordered to pay $2.4 million in damages after a court settlement with Nintendo. In October 2024, Switch emulator Ryujinx ceased development following “contact from Nintendo.” In 2023, …
"It’s so much harder to surprise." Two former Nintendo of America staff have discussed the ongoing Switch 2 leaks, saying they will have caused significant disruption inside the company and affected Nintendo's ability to surprise its fans.Recent Switch 2 leaks have included the company’s alleged reveal release date, games reportedly set to hit the …
Desynchronization. Ubisoft has finally fixed the Windows 11 versions of Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Origins but Odyssey remains broken.The Ubisoft games broken by Windows 11 version 24H2 in November are therefore now, almost, fully fixed. While Ubisoft released updates to Viking era England-set Valhalla and Ancient Egypt-set Origins, Ancient Greece-set …
"I've lived a very different life before I was a game developer." The developer of well-received Steam Early Access first-person shooter Fortune's Run has ceased work on the game after receiving a three-year prison sentence.In a shock announcement on the Fortune’s Run Steam page, sole developer Dizzie explained “why the development is imploding.”“First of all, I have some …
Bolt from the blue. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was a smash hit for developer Saber Interactive and publisher Focus Entertainment, selling 4.5 million copies in just over a month. Indeed, Space Marine 2 has done so well it “changes everything” for Saber Interactive, Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits told IGN …
Watch this exclusive new Promise Mascot Agency trailer, revealing the voice cast for the upcoming mascot management sim. The game's protagonist and disgraced former yakuza, Michi, is voiced by Takaya Kuroda (Kazuma Kiryu in Yakuza: Like a Dragon). The voice cast also features the talents of Ayano Shibuya (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom) as Pinky, Eri Saito (Chainsaw Man, Metal Gear Solid 4, Way of the Samurai 3), as Matriach Shimazu, industry veteran Shuhei Yoshida as MonouGe, and Swery (Deadly Premonition, The Good Life, Spy Fiction) as Kannushi-kun. Get a peek at each character revealed so far, with more to be announced at a later date.Promise Mascot Agency will be released in early 2025 for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Epic Games Store, Steam).
January is the time for New Year’s Resolutions. And the new app Steppin provides a unique way to help you curb your social media use while walking more. The premise of the app is simple. You can choose what apps you’d like to limit access to. Thanks to Apple’s Screen Time, it can be social media or anything else. To earn time using those apps, you’ll need to get up and walk. You can customize the number of steps needed for one minutes of app usage—everything from 25 to 500 steps. All of the earned time can reset daily, weekly, or never. That can be changed anytime you’d like When you’re ready to use your time, you’ll head back to Steppin to use your earned time. Steps are counted on your iPhone and other wearables like the Apple Watch and Garmin devices. In just a few minutes, I was able to quickly set the app up. Being able to curb social media and walk more is a powerful combination. After just a few minutes of mindlessly headed toward Instagram, I was greeted with a message from the app. I’m excited to keep using it and see if I can turn down my social media use, and increase my step count. Only for the iPhone, Steppin is a free download on the App Store now. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions. Get Steppin in the App Store
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For years, Vyas Sekar would call up Muckai Girish, an old friend from undergrad, to talk through potential startup ideas and get Girish’s opinion. The two usually talked through an idea and ended the conversation at that. When Sekar called Girish with an idea involving synthetic data in early 2022, the conversation didn’t just end […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Microsoft is launching a pay-as-you-go plan for corporate customers that bundles together several, but not all, of the company’s existing AI-powered productivity features for Microsoft 365. The new plan, Copilot Chat — not to be confused with Microsoft’s Copilot Business Chat or GitHub Copilot Chat — is underpinned by OpenAI’s GPT-4o AI model and lets […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.