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/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/9361167/vpavic_170925_2023_0082.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Fitbit fined million for Ionic smartwatches that burned 78 people")
Source: The Verge The Consumer Product Safety Commission has provisionally accepted the settlement. The commission worked with Fitbit to recall 1.7 million Ionic watches in 2022 after receiving 115 reports of overheating batteries. Of those reports, 78 mentioned burn injuries, including two instances in which consumers received third-degree burns from their watches and four instances…
Source: Venture Beat David Haddad, who has served as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment president for 12 years, is leaving the company. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24007893/acastro_STK112_android_02.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Android 16 public beta adds Google’s limited take on live notifications")
Source: The Verge Android 16’s first public beta will start rolling out later today, bringing with it dynamic lockscreen notifications for ride-sharing and food delivery, following yesterday’s reveal of a similar feature in Samsung’s Galaxy S25 phones. The new beta also forces apps to be resizable, a move to make sure they run full-screen on…
Source: Venture Beat It’s been a long time coming, with a couple of big giant companies standing in the way. But Epic Games announced it will finally be able to release third-party mobile games on the Epic Games Store. It’s been an epic ordeal to get this far, but the launch includes games from tens…
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Source: The Verge After revealing its next Doom game last summer, id Software is almost ready to release it: the studio announced that Doom: The Dark Ages is launching on May 15th. The news came as part of Xbox’s most recent Developer Direct livestream, which provided the best look yet at the prequel. As the…
Source: Venture Beat Platinum Games and Team Ninja announced their new game, Ninja Gaiden 4, at Xbox’s January Developer Direct. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25843926/image__4_.png?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Ninja Gaiden 4 is coming to Xbox, PC, and PS5")
Source: The Verge Microsoft promised a new game announcement at its Xbox Developer Direct event, and that game turned out to be Ninja Gaiden 4. The new entry in the long-running franchise is being co-developed by Team Ninja along with Platinum Games, the team behind action games like Bayonetta and Nier: Automata. The game is…
Source: Venture Beat AIAS announced that Ted Price, president of Insomniac Games, will be honored with a prestigious Hall of Fame Award. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge Epic Games is adding nearly 20 third-party games onto its mobile app store worldwide on Android and in the European Union on iOS and launching its free games program on mobile beginning with Bloons TD 6 and Dungeon of the Endless: Apogee. It’s also promising to pay some iOS fees for developers…
Source: Venture Beat Longdue, the studio founded with contributors to Disco Elysium and other industry veterans, announced the crowdfunding pre-launch for its debut game, Hopetown. A limited number of registrations for the pre-launch are available on Longdue’s website, at www.longduegames.com, with those that register early getting first access to a limited set of backer rewards…
