Fortnite is still one of the most popular games in the world, and this week it’s getting a slight change on Android. Announced on Twitter, the Epic Games app is replacing the Fortnite Installer on Android ahead of some much bigger news.
In a tweet from the Fortnite account today, Epic Games announced that the Fortnite Installer is being replaced with the Epic Games app. That new app currently…
Motorola hasn’t released a flagship phone in a while, but it’s still seeing success with budget models. Today, the company has announced four new budget Android smartphones including the Moto G8 Plus, Motorola One Macro, and more.
Starting with the Motorola One Macro…
Twitch star Shroud follows Ninja to Microsoft's Mixer
October 24, 2019
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins surprised many when he left Twitch to stream full time on Microsoft’s Mixer platform. Now another major streamer is making the same leap: Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek.
Same shroud. New home.https://t.co/eZV2GBBSsY…
Ubisoft lowers financial targets after soft Ghost Recon: Breakpoint launch, major game delays
October 24, 2019
Ubisoft announced today that it is lowering financial targets for fiscal 2019-2020, now expecting net bookings of $1.6 billion. It also pushing back the release dates of some of its big upcoming releases.
The publisher is making the adjustment following the launch of Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, which came out on September 5 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The online tactical shooter had a weak…
Ubisoft delays multiple titles, including Watch Dogs Legion
October 24, 2019
Today, Ubisoft announced that it’s delaying Gods and Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine, and Watch Dogs Legion into its fiscal 2020–2021 year. That means that these games could all be released sometime between April 2020 and March 2021, so we’ll be waiting a bit…
The streaming wars are heating up: corporate content giants like Netflix, Amazon, and Disney are all playing their positions, strengthening their value propositions. The sheer number of upcoming streaming services available — HBO Max, Disney+, Peacock, etc. — and the…
Ubisoft is delaying almost every game it has announced
October 24, 2019
Ubisoft is delaying several major games on its upcoming slate. Watch Dogs: Legion had been set for March 6th and Gods & Monsters had a release date of February 25th, while Rainbow Six Quarantine had also been earmarked for the first quarter of 2020. Those games will now arrive in the second half of next year.
The publisher made the call to push back them back in the wake of…
Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek is the latest Twitch megastar to abandon the Amazon-owned streaming service in favor of Microsoft’s Mixer platform.
Grzesiek, a former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, made his announcement on Twitter today. His first…
Google achieves state-of-the-art NLP performance with an enormous language model and data set
October 24, 2019
Transfer learning, or a technique that entails pretraining an AI model on a data-rich task before fine-tuning it on another task, has been successfully applied in domains from robotics to object classification. But it holds particular promise in the subfield of natural…
Former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra is Blizzard's new GM
October 24, 2019
Former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra has revealed his next role: he’s joining Blizzard as executive vice-president and general manager. He’ll step into the job just after Blizzcon, which takes place next weekend.
I’m very happy to announce I’m joining @Blizzard_Ent as Exec. Vice President and GM starting 11/4 (will be at #blizzcon!). We will work with all our energy to…
