Microsoft didn’t have to look too far to find the new president of Blizzard. Former Call of Duty general manager Johanna Faries is replacing Mike Ybarra, who stood down from the role amid last week’s sweeping layoffs in Microsoft’s gaming division. Blizzard was said to be particularly hard hit as Microsoft fired around 1,900 people. … Read more
Embracer Group, the Swedish holding company undergoing restructuring, has reportedly canceled a Deus Ex game. Bloomberg says developers had been working on the unannounced title for two years. Neither Embracer nor developer Eidos addressed the reported cancellation specifically, but they confirmed they were laying off 97 employees at Deus Ex developer Eidos Montreal. Eidos will … Read more
Miranda Kerr’s overnight face mask will provide the best results for smoothing and brightening the skin. Miranda Kerr’s overnight face mask will provide the best results for smoothing and brightening the skin.
The Apple Vision Pro will be missing some major native apps at the outset, including Netflix, Spotify and YouTube. One notable app to which users of the mixed-reality headset will have access when it debuts later this week is Zoom, which will support the Vision Pro’s Persona feature. Vision Pro users will be able to … Read more
For nearly a decade the Galaxy Note was the undisputed king of Android phones. But when the OG phablet line was retired in 2020, that title passed on to the Ultra. While the hardware inside the most expensive Galaxy S model is as dominant as ever, over the past few years, the software in Google … Read more
Sony’s PlayStation division has cooked up its first State of Play event for 2024, which will stream this Wednesday at 5PM ET. The company promises a runtime of 40 minutes and coverage of more than 15 upcoming titles. To that end, Sony says two of the games profiled will be Stellar Blade and Rise of … Read more
After a fan accused Halle Bailey of lying about her pregnancy, the ‘Little Mermaid’ star explained that she ‘protected’ her ‘peace’ by waiting to reveal the baby news. After a fan accused Halle Bailey of lying about her pregnancy, the ‘Little Mermaid’ star explained that she ‘protected’ her ‘peace’ by waiting to reveal the baby … Read more
Amid her ongoing divorce with Joe Jonas, Sophie jetted off on a ski vacay with her new boyfriend and some pals. Amid her ongoing divorce with Joe Jonas, Sophie jetted off on a ski vacay with her new boyfriend and some pals.
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is getting a controller worthy of its inspiration — for better or worse. The upcoming game, a spiritual successor to the infamous 1993 Zelda titles for the Philips CD-i, will launch with a limited edition controller that resembles one of the largely forgotten system’s original remotes. Developer Seedy Eye Software … Read more
Meta is teaming up with the Center for Open Science (COS) to start a pilot program that studies “topics related to well-being.” It looks like the program will dive into our social media data, but on a voluntary basis, as COS says it will use a “privacy-preserving” dataset provided by Meta for the study. The … Read more