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Stardock reconfirms plans to add HDR and Vulkan support to Star Control: Origins

Stardock plans to support AMD's FreeSync 2 HDR technology and more.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers5h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

z2g2h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing1h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H92h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

SegaSaturn66953m ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle36m ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors: "I deserve a lot of criticism."

Embracer CEO demonstrates a masterclass in mental gymnastics in latest interview.
"I'm sure I deserve a lot of criticism, but I don't think my team or companies deserve all the criticism. I could take a lot of that blame myself. But ultimately I need to believe in the mission," he said.

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on_line_forever3h ago

OK give us Kingdoms of Amalur 2 with AAA budget and we will accept your excuse

kaos891h ago(Edited 1h ago)

The king of the studio asset flip scheme that failed.

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Microsoft Seemingly Closes Bethesda France

As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people

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Hereandthere17h ago

Microsoft should have left them stay 3rd party

GamerRN14h ago

If they are let go, they can be whatever they want. They ARE 3rd party now... 🤦

Barlos11h ago

Yeah, they're also jobless.

GamerRN5h ago

They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".

peppeaccardo6h ago

"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)

ChasterMies2h ago

I think Microsoft and other game publishers are letting people go because they think ai will replace them. Doesn’t matter how much profit they make. They were always going to be let go.

PassNextquestion16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much

Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region

blacktiger14h ago

that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.

Mr Logic39m ago

What a stupid thing to say. The elites give 0 fucks what we say on an obscure website in the comments section.

Crows901m ago

You can always reach out and give them jobs at your company man. Don't wait

Profchaos16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.

I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games

Tacoboto16h ago

It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.

Profchaos15h ago

Possibly guven all the leaks we know the Xbox brand is really struggling in the region.

Yi-Long12h ago

Well, if your consoles and games are barely found in any stores any more, of course you're gonna struggle finding consumers ...

XiNatsuDragnel15h ago

Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo

Profchaos13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers

TheColbertinator14h ago

The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.

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