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Unity has released the latest version of its engine for developing games and interactive experiences. Unity 6 adds tools for projects on mobile platforms, including new workflows for creating online multiplayer games and mobile web support for Android and iOS browsers. The engine promises improved performance, especially in graphics rendering, and adds several features for creating more realistic environments through global lighting and other VFX. And it wouldn’t be a technology announcement without an AI component. The company also released the latest version of its Sentis neural network inference library for using AI models within the Unity engine.The company suffered…

Amazon is reshuffling the God of War series decks. After the success of Fallout, the company wants its next Prime Video game to live up to those high expectations, and it seems like it’s starting fresh. Deadline first reported Thursday that the series’ showrunner and two executive producers have exited the project as the streamer recalibrates “to move in a different creative direction.”Showrunner and executive producer Rafe Judkins (Wheel of Time) and executive producers Mark Fergus and Hawk Otsby (Children of Men and Iron Man) are no longer attached to the project. is not involved. Amazon and Sony reportedly praised…

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may introduce full penalties against ESPN.The proposal calls for a $146,976 penalty against ESPN for violating Emergency Alert System (EAS) regulations when it aired an ad promoting the 2023-2024 NBA season. are. The FCC said the tone was used “in the absence of an actual emergency.”Penalty! ESPN could be fined by the FCC for using emergency alert sounds in promotional ads. The use of this tone is outrageous. Confusing viewers or desensitizing them to actual emergency alerts is a public safety risk. As referees of these critical systems, we made the call.— FCC (@FCC)…

A sequel to the hugely successful Subnautica is getting closer and closer to light, and we got our first official look at it at Xbox’s Partner Showcase event on Thursday. The Subnautica 2 reveal trailer opens with a cut between a zombie diver in the deep ocean with a low-oxygen warning flashing on his helmet, and a colorful Finding Nemo-esque coral biome. In the latter space, a diver tries to swim away from a large crab-like creature that appears, but is sucked into the darkness. A fellow human on a submersible appears and greets them, but what appears is a…

A 25-year-old Alabama man was arrested by the FBI on suspicion of involvement in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account takeover earlier this year. The hack resulted in fraudulent tweets falsely claiming that Bitcoin ETFs had been approved by regulators, causing a temporary spike in Bitcoin prices.This time, the FBI has identified Eric Council Jr. as one of the people allegedly behind the exploit. Council was charged with aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit access device fraud, according to the Department of Justice. The SEC previously acknowledged that the company’s X account was compromised in a SIM swap…

The Federal Communications Commission passed a rule requiring all wireless calls to the 988 Lifeline to be georouted. Geographic routing ensures that attempts to access the National Suicide Prevention Hotline for intervention services are routed to the location where the call was made, rather than the caller’s area code or exchange location. .Once this rule goes into effect, national providers will have 30 days to implement geo-routing for these calls. Small non-state providers have 24 months to comply. The agency also announced a proposal to apply the same geo-routing policy to texts sent to 988.The FCC has taken several steps…

The FCC on Thursday approved new regulations requiring all cell phone manufacturers to make their devices compatible with hearing aids. The number of Americans over age 65 is expected to increase by nearly 50% by 2050, and this rule will ensure that people with hearing loss no longer have to worry about which phones can be used with hearing aids.”Under the new rules, after a transition period, Americans with hearing loss will have unlimited choice in technology, features, and prices available in the mobile phone market,” the FCC said in a press release.Meanwhile, the FCC also passed requirements for hearing…

Bloober Team announced its work so far at today’s Xbox Partner Showcase event. The studio has unveiled a cinematic trailer for its all-new IP, Cronos: The New Dawn.The developer describes the game as “a twisted time travel story set in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic future.” It’s a third-person survival horror title that looks like it’ll have plenty of action. This is very different from the type of psychological horror games that the studio is cutting edge with, like the Layers of Fear series. We spoke to the Bloober team last year and were told that it was moving away from psychological…

One of the main reasons why so many gamers lost so much sleep during the pandemic was face phobia. After four years of terrifying us, it’s finally here on consoles.Kinetic Games’ ghost hunting game launches on PlayStation 5, PS VR2, and Xbox Series X/S on October 29th. Through Steam, players on console or PC can explore haunted locations together in online sessions and discover the highest octave for their voices to reach. Kinetic announced the game’s console release last year, but unexpected delays forced the studio to push back the date.Since the game launches on consoles just before Halloween, Kinetic…

After a long and winding road, Remedy Entertainment has announced the multiplayer sequel to Control. FBC: Firebreak is for teams of three, who will face waves of enemies with an interesting arsenal of weapons. For example, the trailer shows a creepy poisonous Gatling gun and a gun with a front-mounted firing piston for aerial attacks.FBC: Firebreak is set in the same world as Control (and Alan Wake II), allowing players to explore more of this surreal location. The trailer showed off a shootout at the Federal Bureau of Control and the Oldest House, a setting that will be familiar to…