Unreal Engine is used in a lot of games these days, from the upcoming Biomutant to the flight combat game Project Wingman. It’s a robust, easy-to-use engine that cuts down on the time it takes to develop games by many factors. And it’s about to get a massive upgrade when it comes to animating people. […]
Genshin Impact’s Lantern Rite Gameplay Looks Wildly Different From Its Trailer
Let’s be honest – it’s rare for any product to live up to its marketing hype. Whether you’re watching a trailer for an upcoming game or buying a cheeseburger from McDonald’s, reality is often much less impressive than advertised. Genshin Impact isn’t any different, a fact supported by a hilarious new comparison video for the Lantern Rite […]
Ready Player Me Creator Commits To Fixes & New Options
Wolf3D is committing to fast, important fixes and a greater set of options for its Ready Player Me avatar creator. Yesterday we reported on the launch of a new feature for the free to use platform that lets users import virtualized versions of themselves into VRChat based on a single photo. In our own testing […]
Lexer raises $25.5 million to unlock insights from retailers’ customer data
Lexer, a customer data platform (CDP) that helps retailers glean insights by unifying data from multiple systems and sources, has raised $25.5 million in a series B round of funding led by Blackbird Ventures and King River Capital. The raise comes as businesses across the spectrum rush to capitalize on the accelerated digital transition that […]
Armorblox Raises Series B Funding to Restore Trust in Email Communications
$30 Million Round Led by Next47 Highlights Armorblox Customer Momentum and Innovative NLU Approach to Stopping Targeted Email Attacks SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–February 25, 2021– Armorblox, a cybersecurity innovator that helps organizations communicate more securely over email, today announced that it raised $30 million in Series B venture capital funding. Led by Next47, with participation from […]
Amazon’s Luna Boss Resigns Five Months After Cloud Gaming Service’s Debut
Marc Whitten, Amazon’s VP of Entertainment Devices and Services, who oversaw Luna, the company’s cloud gaming service, has resigned just five months after the service was launched. Whitten had previously served as Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Chief Product Officer for Xbox from 1997 to 2014. Whitten has reportedly accepted a position as Senior Vice […]
Pokemon Announces "Pokemon Presents" Will Take Place This Friday
Pokemon has announced a Pokemon Presents show will be taking place this Friday at 10 am ET. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Pokemon. The franchise’s creators have already announced a number of ways in which it will be marking the occasion. However, Pokemon Day is this Saturday. The day on which Pokemon Red […]
Bravely Default II – New Gameplay Today
Whether it’s Monster Hunter Rise, Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny, or the quickly approaching Bravely Default II, the Nintendo Switch is becoming quite the RPG machine. Speaking of that last one, Square Enix’s latest entry in the series is poised to entertain players in the mood for an old-school JRPG experience. For those counting the moments until Nintendo’s […]
Fortnite 3.06 Update Breakdown And Full Patch Notes
After a few problems with V-Bucks and split-screen matchmaking, Fortnite is back with a brand new hotfix. Patch 3.06 should solve most of the problems that players are having across Android, console, and PC, and it is available on all platforms now, so if you’re intending to jump out of the battle bus soon, you […]
DataStax’s Astra serverless computing platform hits general availability
DataStax today announced it has launched a serverless instance of its Astra database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering in general availability. The service is based on the open source Apache Cassandra database that has been reimplemented as a set of microservices. The Astra service is based on a version of Cassandra that is deployed on top of Kubernetes […]