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Bethesda veteran Jeff Gardiner raises $13M for Something Wicked Games to make open world RPG

August 24, 2022
Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. Jeff Gardiner and other veterans from Bethesda Game Studios and Obsidian Entertainment have started Something Wicked Games to make an open world role-playing game. The team raised $13.2 million to make Wyrdsong…
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Apple Music 4.0 for Android now in beta with iOS 16 features and ‘Apple Classical’ mention

August 24, 2022
Ahead of iOS 16 launching next month, Apple Music for Android has been updated with the latest features to ensure parity as part of version 4.0, which is currently in beta. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps)…
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Google adds seven Stadia Pro games for August 2022 [U]

August 24, 2022
After last month’s drop primarily consisted of new titles, August 2022 brings six games to Stadia Pro. Update 8/23: Yars: Recharged ($9.99) is the seventh Stadia Pro game for August. Update 8/1: The August 2022 games – Saints Row: The Third – Remastered, Monster Jam…
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How to use Google Wallet with your Galaxy Watch 5

August 24, 2022
The Galaxy Watch 5 is a great smartwatch for your Android device, and since it runs Wear OS, it works well with some of Google’s most important apps. One of those is Google Wallet – formerly known as Google Pay. This guide will take you through installing and setting up…
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Google Wallet now available in six new countries for a total of 45

August 24, 2022
Following last month’s launch, Google Wallet is now available in six new countries: South Africa, Serbia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Qatar, and Iceland. Availability is staggered, and starts in Moldova, Qatar, Serbia, and South Africa. People in those four markets can add credit and debit cards to Google Wallet starting today and pay with Android phones or Wear OS watches. Google Wallet will be…
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Android Auto 8.0 begins rolling out, still no sign of redesign

August 24, 2022
Google has begun releasing Android Auto version 8.0, but despite the jump in version number, there’s no sign of the highly anticipated redesign. For the last few months, fans of Android Auto have been anticipating a major redesign of the app’s car screen layout. That…
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Google enables Pixel VoLTE roaming for ‘many’ carriers [Update: Pixel 6a w/ Android 13]

August 24, 2022
This year, carriers in the US are phasing out support for 3G cellular networks and Google is detailing how it will impact Pixel owners, while it released a Voice over LTE (VoLTE) roaming update this month. Update 8/23: Out of the box, the Pixel 6a was running an April security patch and Google updated it to a June build on day one. This was then followed by a GPS fix at the start of August. With…
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