Category: gaming
Extra Crunch roundup: A fistful of IPOs, Affirm’s Peloton problem, Zoom Apps and more
DoorDash, Affirm, Roblox, Airbnb, C3.ai and Wish all filed to go public in recent days, which means some venture capitalists are having the best week of their lives. Tech companies that go public capture our imagination because they are literal happy endings. An Initial Public Offering is the promised land…
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‘The Last of Us’ series gets the greenlight from HBO
HBO is going through with a TV adaptation of The Last of Us. We first heard about the project back in March, when it came out that the company and developer Naughty Dog had signed a partnership to develop a series based on the 2013 title. HBO confirm… Source
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Amazon UK is investigating reports of stolen PS5 orders
Between supply shortages and a staggered release date, the PlayStation 5 has been almost impossible to buy. So you imagine what it must feel like if you were able to pre-order one, wait patiently for release day and then never see the console show up… Source
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What is Roblox worth?
Public markets appear to be even more risk-on in 2020 Alex Wilhelm 1 day With Roblox joining the end-of-year unicorn stampede toward the public markets, we’re set for a contentedly busy second half of November and early December. I hope you didn’t have vacation planned in the next few weeks.…
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The latest ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ video shows off its ray-tracing features
Cyberpunk 2077 should, at long last, arrive in three weeks. To whet your appetite a bit more, CD Projekt Red and NVIDIA have shed more light on the highly anticipated RPG's ray-tracing features. In a new developer video, they showed off gameplay foot… Source
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Xbox console exclusive ‘CrossfireX’ has been delayed to 2021
Microsoft’s already thin Xbox Series X and Series S launch lineup has suffered another casualty. CrossfireX, the upcoming competitive first-person shooter for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC, will miss its originally planned 2020 release date. It wi… Source
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