The coronavirus outbreak is continuing to have a tangible impact on tech. Nintendo has warned that the virus will result in “inevitable” production and shipment delays for the Switch in Japan, including Joy-Con controllers and Ring Fit Adventure. Accordingly, it postponed Japanese reservations for the Animal Crossing Switch (above) from February 8th to an unspecified date.
After more than a century, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) is retiring the handwritten memo books carried by police officers and replacing them with an app, The New York Times reports. On February 17th, officers will begin recording their detailed activity logs…
Valve teases SteamVR 2.0 for 2020
February 7, 2020
Valve didn’t just look back at its accomplishments in Steam’s 2019 Year in Review post, it also revealed what you can look forward to this year. In the post, the company teased SteamVR 2.0, an updated version of its virtual reality system that will feature…
This week has seen a flurry of YouTube Music developments, including our report today that the promised cloud locker is en route. The Android app is now prompting listeners about being able to like songs with Google Assistant.
A handful of users today have encountered a “Hey Google, like this song” prompt at the bottom of the now playing screen. Oddly, for some, the message keeps reappearing…
Google removes Androidify avatar maker from Play Store
February 7, 2020
Released back in 2011, Androidify lets you create a custom Android avatar of yourself and others. The Android app has been updated over the years, but was recently removed from the Google Play Store.
Extremely customizable, Androidify starts by letting you choose a skin…
This article is part of the Technology Insight series, made possible with funding from Intel.
When my son was a toddler, he went to his pediatrician for a routine CAT scan. Easy stuff. Just a little shot to subdue him for a few minutes. He’d be awake and finished in a…
Red Dead Redemption 2 surpasses 29 million copies sold
February 6, 2020
Take-Two revealed today that Red Dead Redemption 2 has now sold over 29 million copies. The new came as part of the publisher’s latest financial results. That is up from 26.5 million that Take-Two reported in the previous quarter.
Red Dead Redemption 2 came out for PC on November 5 after the open-world Western debuted for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One back in October 2018. That port is what gave…
Take-Two Interactive reported relatively weak results for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31 in a report today that came just two days after the company announced it was losing a key executive at its Rockstar Games label.
The publisher had GAAP net revenue of $930.1…
Take-Two Interactive publishing label Private Division announced today that The Outer Worlds‘ Switch port has been delayed due to the coronavirus. It was supposed to come out on March 6.
That is because Virtuous, the studio handling the port, has its largest office in…
Call of Duty Mobile has passed 150 million downloads
February 6, 2020
Call of Duty has been popular on consoles and PC for years. Now the shooter franchise is a hit on Android and iOS thanks to Call of Duty Mobile, which has already more than 150 million downloads.
This news comes from Activision Blizzard’s latest earnings report today. Call of Duty Mobile released on October 1, 2019 with Tencent’s TiMi Studios developing the title. Activision Blizzard noted…
