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Apex Legends on Nintendo Switch launches March 9

February 3, 2021
Respawn Entertainment may finally be ready to start talking about Apex Legends on the Switch again. The studio is announcing the release date for season 8 of its battle royale shooter, and that may include the release date for the game on Nintendo’s hybrid home/handheld console. Apex Legends hits Switch on March 9, according to a press release posted by a Japanese gaming news site. Respawn has…
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The Sims 4 reached big milestones in December for EA

February 3, 2021
The Sims 4 is over 6 years old, but the life simulator still has a ton of, well, life. As part of its latest financials, Electronic Arts noted today that The Sims 4 has now reached 33 million players. What’s more, the game saw record numbers of daily, weekly, and monthly…
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Battlefield will preview in the spring and debut at the 2021 holidays

February 3, 2021
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said today that EA will show off the Battlefield first-person shooter game in the spring, with a debut during the 2021 holidays. In an earnings conference call with analysts, Wilson said, “We’re looking forward to sharing a lot more about our [fiscal year 2022] plans in the months ahead, including our next Battlefield experience, which will mark a return to…
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Experimental AI framework Vx2Text generates video captions using inferences from audio and text

February 3, 2021
A grand challenge in AI is developing a conversational system that can reliably understand the world and respond using natural language. Ultimately, solving it will require a model capable of extracting salient information from images, text, audio, and video and answering questions in a way that humans can understand. In a step toward this, researchers at Facebook, Columbia University, Georgia…
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EA Sports is bringing back its college football game

February 3, 2021
EA Sports is once again ready for some College Football. It confirmed it’s reviving the franchise with a to-the-point tweet. For those who never stopped believing…#EASPORTSCollegeFootball pic.twitter.com/2vDUYnbXEJ — EA SPORTS (@EASPORTS) February 2, 2021 Notably, EA didn’t mention the NCAA in its announcement. The publisher ended the NCAA Football series in the wake of a…
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