Month: April 2021
Celeste developer teases next game with a ‘vibe reveal’
The developer of indie hits Celeste and Towerfall has unveiled its next game: Earthblade. There aren’t many details about the game just yet, but Extremely OK Games billed Monday’s news as a “vibe reveal,” taking the wraps off the game’s title, a poster, and a song from the game. You…
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Zoom is launching its own venture capital fund Zoom meeting
In order to foster growth across its ecosystem and support its developer community, Zoom has announced that it will launch a new $100m venture capital fund. The video conferencing company’s Zoom Apps Fund will invest in portfolio companies that aim to revolutionize the way in which Zoom customers meet, collaborate…
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The death of the PS3 and Vita stores is greatly exaggerated – see Sony’s mea culpa PS3
Sony’s controversial PS3 and Vita store closures won’t happen as planned, according to the company’s PlayStation Blog. This sudden reversal won’t spare its PSP store from being closed, however. “Recently, we notified players that PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita devices was planned to end this summer,” said Sony Interactive…
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Fitbit’s latest is a $149 ‘luxury’ fitness tracker
It’s been a strange few years for Fitbit. After defining the fitness tracking space, the company was a bit late to the smartwatch trend, but was still able to ride that wave to a rebound. But while watches have received most of the press the now Google-owned company has garnered…
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The global chip shortage has created a shortage of…chipmaking machines cpu view
In a strange turn of events, the global semiconductor supply crunch is also being felt by manufacturers of chipmaking equipment. The shortage of chips, which is now affecting the biggest semiconductor users across all industries, reportedly first surfaced in the fourth quarter of last year. Manufacturing unit shutdowns owing to…
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Microsoft’s new Xbox update speeds up downloads by suspending games
Microsoft is rolling out a new Xbox April dashboard update today that will improve the way games are downloaded. A new feature will now let Xbox owners suspend games to speed up download speeds. Currently, Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S systems throttle game updates and new game…
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