Roblox, which has over 164 million monthly active users, is especially popular with children under 16, more than 50% of whom play on the online gaming platform in the United States. Now, the company, founded by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004, is preparing to go public on March 10. In turn, the gaming […]
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CD Projekt Red Targets Twitter Users Sharing Links To Source Codes
The myriad troubles following the bumpy launch of Cyberpunk 2077 have made CD Projekt Red a target for anonymous hackers. Earlier this month, an “unidentified actor” bypassed the developer’s firewalls and gained access to the source codes for Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3 (and an alleged version of The Witcher 3 that was never released), […]
Google targets AI ethics lead Margaret Mitchell after firing Timnit Gebru
Google has revoked Ethical AI team leader Margaret “Meg” Mitchell’s employee privileges and is currently investigating her activity, according to a statement provided by a company spokesperson. Should Google fire Mitchell, it will mean the company has effectively chosen to behead its own AI ethics team in under two months. In an interview with VentureBeat […]
Target’s Buy Two Get One Free Sale Includes Next-Gen Games
Target will be hosting a Buy Two Get One Free sale starting this weekend, and amongst the options of video games included in the sale are some next-generation titles too. As can be seen in a recent post on SlickDeals, at least two games destined for PlayStation 5 releases are listed in an advert for Target’s […]
Unity targets indie game developers with new growth program
Unity is launching its Game Growth Program to help indie game developers accelerate the adoption of their games. In the user-acquisition and marketing program, Unity will use its resources for user acquisition to help grow the downloads and revenues for indie games — addressing the biggest problem that developers face as their games get lost […]
Panasonic Targets 2021 For Its Slim VR Glasses
Qualcomm today revealed its expectations for wired and eventually wireless VR and AR viewers in the coming decade. As part of the update Panasonic also released a statement indicating the company is targeting 2021 for its lightweight VR glasses. I tried out the VR glasses at CES in January and left the demo fairly impressed. […]