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Kotaku
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The 15 Biggest Video Game Disappointments Of 2024
- The PS5 Pro was a huge disappointment for gamers with its $700 price point and game patches that made some games worse.
- Microsoft increased the price of the Game Pass Ultimate by 18% to $20 per month and removed the cheaper console-only tier.
- Rockstar has been radio silent about GTA 6 and fans are hoping for a new trailer and a release on time.
- The most recent Simpsons mobile game, Simpsons Tapped Out, shut down after 12 years, leaving fans disappointed.
- Sony put out the $40 hero shooter Concord in a saturated market, pulled it from stores after two weeks, and shut down the studio that worked on it.
- Nintendo still hasn't revealed the Switch 2 even though there have been several leaks about what it could look like and how it will perform.
- Pre-ordering games has become worse in 2024 with the deployment of advanced access and has gone from being a cheaper option to help fund the games development to basically paying more for an unfinished game.
- Funko Fusion, am absolute abysmal game which includes KFC ads, is a soulless game with no redeeming qualities.
- Physical media's presence in the gaming industry is dwindling with retailers cutting back the amount of DVDs and blu-rays on their shelves. In July, Microsoft pulled the plug on the Xbox 360 marketplace, removing access to hundreds of games.
- Game Informer, the world’s longest-running print video game magazine, was closed down in August by GameStop. The company also took down the official website, wiping decades of video game coverage from the internet.
- Blizzard canceled the story missions of Overwatch 2, which were the whole reason Blizzard made a sequel in the first place and failed to deliver its promises.
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TechJuice
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Meta Plans Display Upgrade for Ray-Ban Smart Glasses by 2025
- Meta is planning to release Ray-Ban smart glasses with an integrated display by 2025.
- These glasses will allow users to receive notifications and interact with Meta's AI.
- The updated Ray-Ban glasses will incorporate a simpler display to balance functionality and affordability.
- The competitive landscape for smart glasses is heating up with Meta, Google, and Samsung vying for market leadership.
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Medium
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Meta’s Brainwave Research: A Gateway to an Invasion of Our Mental Privacy
- Meta's Brainwave Research: A Gateway to an Invasion of Our Mental Privacy
- Meta has achieved a breakthrough in brainwave research using magnetoencephalography (MEG), a neuroimaging technique that captures brain activity changes on a millisecond scale.
- Their model trained with contrastive learning can successfully decode words and phrases not included in its training set, indicating a genuine understanding of neural representations.
- The research raises concerns about the commercialization of brain-reading technology, as it could potentially provide unprecedented access to users' thoughts and emotions, posing significant privacy concerns.
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VentureBeat
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Activision spells out matchmaking in ranked play for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 multiplayer
- Activision has explained how Ranked Play matchmaking in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 multiplayer works
- Ranked Play uses some unique mechanisms to take a player’s rank and skill rating into account while searching for the best possibleconnection
- Ranked Play considers three major search parameters when matchmaking: a player’s connection quality, search time, and relative skill to the rest of the available player population
- Restrictions are placed to ensure a fair and competitive experience for all players
- Ranked Play features several streamlined features, innovations, and updates, such as Cross-Play, full parties of four can now play together in Ranked Play regardless of their individual ranks, and the 1-50 rank and skill division system seen in previous versions of Ranked Play have been combined into a single Rank system
- Loss Forgiveness: each player’s first loss of the day will be forgiven and not deduct SR and the three games of loss forgiveness that are granted when you’re promoted to a new rank or at the start of the season now only count down after Losses
- Map and mode veto: Before each ranked match, three map and mode combinations are presented in the lobby and Ranked Play teams, who can independently vote to veto one of the presented options
- Ranked Play reward players can earn to show off their skill and engagement with the mode, including Rank Skins, rewards earned for reaching certain Career Win milestones, seasonal challenge rewards, and a Top 250 Competitor and #1 overall Champion Skin
- Ranked play has been introduced as part of Season 01.
- Forfeit: Later this season, vote with your team to end a match early if your team is getting blown out, or you’ve lost a teammate
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Siliconangle
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On theCUBE Pod: CFOs as AI leaders, Intel’s foundry spin and Databricks’ valuation surge
- CFOs are positioned to be leaders in AI-driven business transformation
- At the recent theCUBE + NYSE Wired CFO Summit, a key insight emerged
- With AI radically transforming business models, CFOs play a key role in addressing both cost and revenue impacts
- Twenty years ago, IT shifted from hardware management to democratization with Web 2.0, then cloud and software as a service
- In a recent edition of his Breaking Analysis series, Vellante wrote that the time for Intel Corp. to shed its foundry business is now
- Last week, Databricks Inc. announced it was raising a late-stage $10 billion funding round at a $62 billion valuation
- The traditional purpose of going public was to raise capital, provide liquidity to investors and give retail investors access to the stock
- These markets, where people sell employee shares or investors get liquid, they lock in their returns, and then they’re playing with house money
- The 2025 tech outlook and CFO AI leaders were a big focus for theCUBE Research industry analysts
- Intel has a big investment in foundry. They have $100 billion, literally $100 billion of plant property and equipment on their balance sheet
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VentureBeat
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The 4 biggest AI stories from 2024 and one key prediction for 2025
- 2024 was a huge year for the commercialization of artificial intelligence with new firms and large models being introduced.
- OpenAI released o1 and o3 large general-purpose models which provide better accuracy in coding and science tasks.
- Google's Gemini series, once mocked for their image generations, came back roaring with more powerful versions that are increasingly appealing to businesses.
- In 2025, AI-generated content will proliferate across business and consumer domains, enhancing personalization and driving efficiency.
- Large language models and generative AI-powered robotics will revolutionize automation and human-robot interactions in commercial and consumer settings.
- Salesforce unveiled Agentforce 2.0 and Google launched Project Astra, a real-time AI assistant designed to enhance user productivity.
- Open-sourcing AI and expanding its offerings, SAP converted its Joule chatbot into an AI agent powered by large language models.
- Firms began developing specific AI-powered bots, applications, and workflows that can work independently on specific problems.
- New AI technologies such as Liquid AI's Liquid Foundation Models beyond the Transformer architecture began to surface.
- 2025 will see the debut of large-scale deployments of large language models and generative AI-powered robotics.
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Cryptoslate
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Nokia files patent for digital asset encryption as it eyes blockchain potential
- Nokia has filed a patent for encrypting digital assets, signaling its interest in blockchain technology.
- The patent was filed in June 2024 and focuses on encrypting assets using a secure data version and linking them to an entity through an identifier.
- This move suggests that Nokia is expanding beyond its telecommunications legacy and embracing emerging technologies.
- Earlier, Nokia announced plans to develop network architectures for blockchain, smart contracts, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Value.
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Massivelyop
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MMO Year in Review: City of Heroes comes home (January 2024)
- In January 2024, MMORPG news was dominated by the revival of City of Heroes following years of illegal operation, finally obtaining NCSoft’s operating license.
- This month saw the release of World of Warcraft seed of renewal and whispers of Elder Scrolls Online Gold Road.
- Blizzard’s president was replaced following January's round of major layoffs.
- Square-Enix’s new president hinted toward blockchain and AI in his new year letter.
- Korea’s FTC fined Nexon $8.9M over MapleStory deceptive gear upgrade probabilities.
- VR MMO Zenith’s next patch is a do-or-die moment: 'we’ve been operating at a loss'.
- Hearthstone is sunsetting its Duels Mode in April, Blizzard has announced.
- Former Activision-Blizzard exec files lawsuit accusing studio of age and racial bias.
- WildStar roleplayers develop a socially-minded rogue server called Genesis Prime.
- Game developer layoffs hit a crescendo in January 2024.
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Mjtsai
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Meta’s iOS Interoperability Requests
- Meta has made 15 interoperability requests under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the EU, more than any other company.
- Apple claims that Meta's requests could compromise user security and privacy.
- Meta argues that Apple is using privacy as an excuse to avoid reasonable interoperability.
- The European Commission is evaluating Apple's compliance with the DMA and gathering feedback.
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Massivelyop
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MassivelyOP’s 2024 Golden Yachties: MMO most likely to distract you in traffic
- The winner of MassivelyOP's MMO most likely to distract you in traffic award is World of Warcraft x Waze collaboration.
- Blizzard and Waze teamed up to bring Warchief Thrall from World of Warcraft into the Waze traffic app.
- Thrall provides traffic guidance and offers moods representing Horde and Alliance factions.
- Users can choose the Red Drake as their vehicle. This collaboration was a surprising result of getting Chris Metzen back.
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TechCrunch
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Instagram tests a way to show you Story Highlights you didn’t get a chance to see
- Instagram is testing a new feature to show unseen Story Highlights from a user's mutual followers.
- The feature aims to ensure users don't miss original content from friends and family.
- Unseen Story Highlights from the past week will be displayed at the end of the Stories tray.
- The feature will only be visible when users have viewed all the current Stories in the tray.
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Google’s AR glasses could go up against Meta Ray-Bans with a display in 2025
- The 2025 version of Ray-Ban Meta AR glasses might include a display, according to rumors.
- Currently, the glasses do not display any visual information.
- Google is also planning to launch AR glasses with a display in 2025.
- The upcoming glasses could offer a new feature to enhance the user experience.
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A gamer leaves a legacy within World of Warcraft
- Mats Steen, a gamer from Norway, left a legacy in World of Warcraft (WoW).
- Mats had Duchenne muscular dystrophy and used a wheelchair.
- He cherished a small ceramic fox and his parents designed a gravestone with a fox carving after he passed away.
- Mats made a significant impact on others through WoW without realizing it.
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Massivelyop
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MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Best MMO Business Model
- Guild Wars 2 wins the Best MMO Business Model award in 2024.
- The game offers a whole year of new content for $25, without being pay-to-win.
- The staff praises Guild Wars 2's affordable buy-in, free content updates, and discounted expansions.
- Reader poll includes nominations for various MMOs and business models.
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Medium
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Gaming Industry Struggles 2024
- The weight on game developers shoulders grows heavier as studios now commonly spend over $100 million on a single project.
- Less room for creative risks means publishers tend to play it safe with familiar sequels or genres proven to sell.
- Declining gaming revenue is hitting big publishers due to fewer preorders of full-priced blockbusters and a rising tendency to wait for sales.
- Subscription services offering a whole library of games for a flat monthly fee are gaining ground and can help keep the industry afloat
- The increasing use of AI in game development raises ethical concerns about churning out games that feel hollow, missing the warm spark of human creativity.
- Regional gaming restrictions force developers to tweak or even rebuild their games to comply with local rules in place like China where publishers are scrambling to meet strict standards.
- Many analysts expect a rebound in gaming industry growth projections with new console releases and fresh markets in places like Southeast Asia.
- To overcome these struggles companies must find smarter ways to release titles, embrace technologies like AR and VR, and treat workers better.
- Gamers aren't just consumers — they're communities of fans, critics, storytellers, and creators who have a voice in shaping the industry's future.
- The best chapters in gaming's story might still be ahead, waiting for everyone to help write them.
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