Granjinhaa Member Dec 28, 2023 9,387 it's twitter so i won't embed it here and people thought oblivion would hurt it lol  Patitoloco Member Oct 27, 2017 27,741 goddammit that image makes my PTSD turn on again, sophieeeeee   Jawmuncher Crisis Dino Moderator Oct 25, 2017 44,453 Ibis Island Hell Yeah Love to see a new IP, especially from a small team doing well. Looks like that reveal trailer really sat with people and the reviews pushed things over the edge  BestBrand Member Mar 5, 2025 227 If anyone ever says Metaritic doesn't matter they lied. those reviews helped this game alot. Thats very good!   MichaelEM3 Member Oct 28, 2017 179 Love to see it. Really liked the prologue. Excited to play more. Congrats to the team! We need more western studios taking a shot at turn-based RPGs.  Socivol Member Oct 25, 2017 7,285 Oh Sophie! That prologue hit way harder than I thought it was going to.   Ishmae1 Creative Director, Microsoft Verified Oct 27, 2017 587 Seattle, WA Fantastic news. This level of care and quality should not go unrewarded.   Dest Has seen more 10s than EA ever will Coward Jun 4, 2018 15,890 Work Deserves 10 times that. But glad to see it doing well already. Game is fantastic. It has been a long time since I've had the itch to just jump back into a single player game again.   harinezumi Member Oct 27, 2017 20,232 Buenos Aires, Argentina Deserved   Faceless_Caesar Member Jul 1, 2020 10,309 Patitoloco said: goddammit that image makes my PTSD turn on again, sophieeeeee Click to expand... Click to shrink... It's a great opening sequence, very dramatic.   Viken Teyvat Traveler The Fallen Oct 25, 2017 3,870 Well done   Rakuyo Unshakable Resolve Member Oct 27, 2017 395 Hamburg, Germany 10 hours in and love it! I hope it sells a lot more!   CielYoshi Member May 10, 2018 2,365 Santiago, Chile Haha, what a cute image to accompany the sales announcement... 😭😭😭   Thugnificent One Winged Slayer Avenger Oct 26, 2017 789 Very nice! Will be picking this game up later today   Snake Versus Member Oct 27, 2017 464 So. fucking. deserved.   Kaitos Tens across the board! Moderator Oct 25, 2017 18,314 70k CCU now and climbing… the mad lads did it. edit: THE IMAGE NOOOOOO  YozoraXV Member Oct 30, 2017 3,744 This game will likely have long legs, after everyone is done with Oblivion the numbers will likely increase too. It will likely get a nomination at TGA as well and sell even more. Interesting that they only mention sold and not players considering it's on Game Pass.  Zukkoyaki Member Oct 25, 2017 14,159 Expedition 33 Million   Maxime Member Oct 27, 2017 3,538 So happy for the team. Buy it if you haven"t.  Hamchan The Fallen Oct 25, 2017 5,800 Congratulations to Sandfall for the big success and amazing game. I feel the 90+ metacritic building up hype really helped it survive the Oblivion nuke Xbox dropped the day before.   Luigi87 One Winged Slayer Member Oct 25, 2017 5,371 I am one of those purchasers! Honestly loving the game so far, and I'm only past the first boss. Basically have gone into the game blind and am really intrigued by this world.  Blade30 Member Oct 26, 2017 5,885 Well deserved. It's unbelievable how this is Sandfall's debut game.   Last edited: Yesterday at 10:53 AM glow39 Member May 4, 2022 542 Loooooooooooove to see it. I paid for my PS5 physical copy today and will be here tomorrow. My partner has been playing on PC in the meantime and he's completely fallen in love with the game.  Angie Best Avatar Thread Ever! Member Nov 20, 2017 49,037 Kingdom of Corona Fomo is getting to me.   EssBeeVee Member Oct 25, 2017 23,968 knew it would do good when i preordered   nextgeneration Member Oct 27, 2017 4,262 Great to see. I predicted 1 million sold in its 1st week 10 days ago, so it has a very realistic chance of getting there at this point.   Calibro Member Oct 27, 2017 1,826 Belarus Goddamn deserved!   Kaitos Tens across the board! Moderator Oct 25, 2017 18,314 YozoraXV said: Interesting that they only mention sold and not players considering it's on Game Pass. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Which is an even more encouraging sign. Usually the Game Pass numbers are something about "total played"   Ouroboros Member Oct 27, 2017 15,870 Angie said: Fomo is getting to me. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Don't click me.   Thewonandonly Avenger Oct 25, 2017 4,524 Utah Let's fucking go gamers you made me proud for once!!! ;) Game is phenomenal! Had me crying in the first 30 minutes and the last game to do that was the last of us 2. The writing is so well done and they let scenes and emotions linger which really adds to the weight of the story and something few games do. Super impactful scene before you get your first party member had me floored! Can't wait to play more and I cannot recommend this game enough. It's going to be something special!  Aiqops Uncle Works at Nintendo Member Aug 3, 2021 18,999 So happy it isn't just gonna be a critical success, but a financial one as well.   Hero_of_the_Day Avenger Oct 27, 2017 19,627 I hope and assume that has AT LEAST met their expectations. The fantastic reviews probably helped push it.   dakun Member Oct 28, 2017 5,711 i'm playing on Gamepass and it really feels like i'm stealing from the devs lol i genuinely hope they got alot of money to be on there. i'd feel bad if it ended up hurting them  Mirage Member Oct 25, 2017 10,326 Angie said: Fomo is getting to me. Click to expand... Click to shrink... It's really good.   ozumas Born to be Wise and Corrupted by Vengeance Member Dec 15, 2020 4,500 I feel like the Oblivion Shadow drop might hurt copies sold a bit but 500k after one day and from a new IP from a new STUDIO is pretty good isn't it? And I think this game will have legs because people who don't like turn based combat will play it after they realized this is player also like a souls so the souls bro might want to play this. YOu can even do a no hit run EDIT: Also I didn't remember this was on gamepass, so this 500k is even better  RpgN Member Oct 25, 2017 1,780 The Netherlands very happy with the news, let's get to 1 million! Faceless_Caesar said: It's a great opening sequence, very dramatic. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I thought we were done with drama for a while, then I experienced the start of chapter 1 and it made me cry too 😭  Crossing Eden Member Oct 26, 2017 58,157 Glad to see it succeeding. Such a good iteration on JRPG mechanics deserves attention.   Mocha Joe Member Jun 2, 2021 13,261 Fuckin wow good for them. I wish I had time to grab it but possibly during the winter!   Bushido Senior Game Designer Verified Feb 6, 2018 1,921 I have it on Game Pass, but still bought it. Game is absolutely fantastic and deserves all the praise (and sales numbers).   ReginaldXIV It's Pronounced "Aerith" Member Nov 4, 2017 9,625 Minnesota I'm in act 2 right now and that image makes me more depressed😭   silva1991 Member Oct 26, 2017 11,221 Turn based games selling well makes me happy.   jroc74 Member Oct 27, 2017 33,575 Congrats to the devs.  Derbel McDillet ▲ Legend ▲ Member Nov 23, 2022 23,422 Game looked like peak from jump. It's really understated how good that reveal trailer was.   St. Elmo's Fire Member Jul 2, 2021 22,914   Phendrana Member Oct 26, 2017 7,803 Melbourne, Australia Well deserved, but hopefully that number shoots up a LOT more. The game is so good and the devs so talented that this needs to be a monster hit. Please.  Toth Member Oct 26, 2017 5,463 Big grants to them! so Happy to more RPG success stories!   kurahador Member Oct 28, 2017 19,637 That Ben Starr and Jennifer English boost.   WhoaIsThatMars Member Oct 25, 2017 2,697 湘南 dakun said: i'm playing on Gamepass and it really feels like i'm stealing from the devs lol i genuinely hope they got alot of money to be on there. i'd feel bad if it ended up hurting them Click to expand... Click to shrink... I'm playing through it on Gamepass as well, but I will likely buy it on PS5 at some point. I'm about 7 hours in and have enjoyed every second of it  wwm0nkey Member Oct 25, 2017 16,736 Very well deserved. Seems like this one will have good legs too   InspectorJones One Winged Slayer Member Oct 28, 2017 1,906 BestBrand said: If anyone ever says Metaritic doesn't matter they lied. those reviews helped this game alot. Thats very good! Click to expand... Click to shrink... Any game that scores a 90+ on metacetic gets added to my radar. That's really when you start getting eyeballs and even a game with a high 80s score I think tends to get dismissed by most gamers as just "alright". If I wasn't so busy with Oblivion and Blue Prince; I would have been picking this game up too - but I am glad to see any game succeed! Especially s8nxe p3ople were fearful about this games success with Oblivion potentially sucking all the oxygen out of the room. 

Well, it seems like Samsung's HBM3E venture isn't going well at all, as not only is the firm unable to secure new clients, but existing customers are reportedly switching teams. Samsung's HBM3E Getting Utilized By NVIDIA Seems Impossible For Now, & The Firm Now Faces Issues of Retaining Customers Samsung and its HBM business need a breakthrough, given that the Korean giant has been in pursuit of passing NVIDIA's qualification tests for several quarters. While there was some hope that Samsung would be included in Team Green's supply chain, it seems like the situation doesn't look optimistic at all, as according to DigiTimes, it is claimed that Google and many other customers are shifting HBM3E orders away from Samsung, as the firm is unable to achieve the industry standards with its HBM process. This isn't great news at all, especially since Samsung is having difficulty maintaining its hold over the semiconductor market. In terms of HBM, Samsung was one of the companies that came late to the party, while competitors like SK hynix and Micron were already working with mainstream partners. Samsung saw optimism in the segment when NVIDIA was reported to include the firm in its supply chain, but a collaboration now seems pretty far-fetched. Apart from Team Green, Google was said to be a customer of Samsung's HBM3E, which they utilized for their in-house AI chips called TPUs. Google is building a new AI accelerator in collaboration with MediaTek, and the tech giant has already informed MediaTek about supply chain changes, reflecting the HBM3E switch from Samsung to Micron. Micron is said to have established a dominant position in the HBM supply chain, primarily supplying NVIDIA and many other top-tier companies. Samsung did see hope for its HBM3E process when NVIDIA revealed intentions to utilize it for China-specific AI chips like the H20 AI GPU, but with new export restrictions in place, it seems like Samsung's chances of being included in Team Green's supply chain are getting narrower. Processes like HBM2 and HBM2E, where Samsung once held dominance, are now being overshadowed by Chinese alternatives, so it won't be wrong to conclude that the Korean giant's HBM business is at stake here. Deal of the Day

After a couple of months of hard work, we released a new major update for Dustgrave! This update features new content, new mechanics, dozens of fixes, and many quality-of-life improvements, including a lot of changes made based on your precious feedback! Major Changes Added Dynamic Quest Events on the Map. While travelling you will now find dynamic locations popping up, with many of them offering short quests. We will keep working on this feature in the next weeks by adding new variants and events. While in combat, Action Points spent on movement will give a certain amount of Movement Points that can be used freely, meaning that a character with 15 Movement can first engage an enemy spending 1 AP and crossing 7 tiles, kill the enemy, and then move another 8 tiles at no cost. All characters now have some free movement at the start of their turn. When starting a new turn, all characters will have 50% of their Movement available for free, without spending Actions Points. We made this change to improve the game's balance and make Melee builds more effective, so that enemies can be engaged without spending APs. Statuses like Slow and Speed are now more impactful, since movement is not longer exclusively tied to APs. Added Minimaps in Levels and on the World Map. Many people asked for this, to better navigate the world or the many levels, and we've been able to finally implement both features! Completely reworked the Equipment and Inventory UIs, creating a New unified UI for Inventory and Equipment, making changing equipment and comparing items much easier and faster. Reworked Knockout and Assassinate mechanics! Now you can sneak around and try to stun or kill NPCs without entering in combat. There is a success probability based on the difference between the party's and the target's level. It is now possible to travel to the map anywhere in levels, a change many people asked for! This functionality is blocked when there are alerted NPCs, or when the player is committing heinous crimes, but in general it should drastically reduce the time spent walking around. Removed the Durability mechanic that had become obsolete. Now that we have a better control over loot, balancing, and power scaling, having broken items is no longer necessary to prevent players from acquiring overpowered loot. Changes and Improvements High-tier weapons now require a minimum level to be equipped. Added a new UI piece in combat to show more data when hovering allies and enemies. Added several new dialogue lines to improve NPCs reactivity to world events. Exploding Infested enemies now have a much more reasonable amount of Health Points. Improved NPCs reactions to crimes, theft and murder in particular, to avoid stupid or gamebreaking behaviors. Prisoners will no longer scream at you for looting their captors' bodies, and everyone in settlements will react to criminal activities more consistently. Changed the Exit Menu button in the UI to occupy less space and fit near the new Minimaps. Changed the marker used for the party on the map with a new icon. Improved the looks and clarity of several UIs. Added an option to auto-skip to another character when the current one has movement left but no Action Points. Added an option to auto-end the turn when no character in the party can do any action except for moving. Reworked several UI pieces, tooltips in particular, to be easier to read. Added a pop-up appearing when the player tries to quicksave, but saving is not possible. Added an hotkey to quickly dismantle items. Quick Save and Quick Load hotkeys can now be customized. Unified the Attributes and Talents Panel. Improved barks performances to reduce stuttering in larger settlements. NPCs will now get a temporary modifiers to relationships when you do good or bad things to them, to simulate their change in disposition according to your actions. After kicking out the player for trespassing, NPCs will now reset their trespassing-related patience, instead of being immediately triggered when seeing a new trespassing incident. Added a new dialogue option that can be used to ask if the NPC has a rumor to share. It can be used to learn more about major events in the world, many of which could be connected to quests the player can take. This option will be further expanded in the future. Changed how NPCs get alerted when a combat start, so that distant enemies are no longer alerted. Added new UI sounds to existing UI pieces or where they were missing. Greatly smoothed character movement and slightly improved pathfinding. Added a cool sound for upgrading items. Bugfixes Fixed some null references appearing on the World Map that could potentially destabilize the game and lead to strange behaviors. Push, Pull, and Flanked will no longer be listed as active Status Effects on affected characters. Fixed an issue with pathfinding in Baitay leading to framerate drops. Fixed several issues related to fights not starting as they should, especially when fighting with parties met on the World Map. Fixed an issue with Ranged NPCs that would lead to extremely long delays during their turn. Fixed some furniture pieces being in the middle of rooms. Fixed an issue with some Major Quests not spawning due to the lack of proper dynamic locations they needed to initialize. Fixed an issue with some Quests not closing properly due to data inconsistencies. The blacksmith in Villa Mari is now a trader, as intended. Fixed an issue with floating texts in combat showing status effects multiple times. Fixed a blocking issue which prevented loading the world map properly. Knocked Out characters will no longer prevent fights from ending. Roofs will now stay hidden more reliably while exploring. Prevented several edge cases in which dialogues won't activate, leading to minor or major issues in quests. Prevented a few edge cases in which rescued prisoners could turn hostile. After being caught trespassing, the party is now kicked out of the building once again. Improved AI responsiveness in combat to avoid some scenarios in which it could take a few seconds for some enemies to act. Allies and Enemies will now more reliably enter in combat when close enough. Fixed several cases in which crime-related records weren't applied as intended. Fixed the party's marker on the map not rotating as intended. Status VFXs now are properly removed when a fight ends. Crime-related dialogues are now more reliable and contextual, since a bug preventing specific branches to appear was removed. The Join Faction quest now has proper name and description in the Journal. Fixed an AI issues that made ranged NPCs take a long time to decide what to do in combat. Fixed an AI issue that prevented NPCs from properly moving around the settlement after witnessing a crime and alerting other people. Fixed several typos and grammar issues. Non-alerted NPCs will no longer have a red indicator under their feet. Fixed an issue related to flanking that sometimes blocked movement for playable characters. Fixed several location spawn positions that were spawning levels below the ground on the World Map. Fixed an issue with Faction relationships not being properly shown in dialogues. Fixed some containers that would spawn invisible, preventing proper looting. Or donations. But you never even thought about donating stuff to NPCs. Why would you do that? This world gave you nothing for free, and you deserve everything you earned, bought, or stolen. It is now possible to attack people that are sitting or sleeping. Fixed some visual issues on tutorials. Fixed missing icons for destroyed settlements. Saves are now less likely to be blocked by events. Shields are no longer categorized as weapons while using inventory filters. Fixed markers rotation on the minimap having a wrong offset. The bug reporting tool now has a proper pop-up indicating that files are being processed and sent. Maps inside locations are now clearer and no longer show buildings' furniture. Thanks for your support!

Lead ProducerCD ProjektBoston MA us1 hour agoApplyJob DescriptionCD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Lead Producer to join our team working on Cyberpunk 2, the next mainline Cyberpunk 2077 game. You’ll spearhead our production teams and elevate our game development environment to new heights. In this role you will be at the forefront of our creative endeavors, guiding our developers to deliver top-tier content and fostering an innovative, collaborative, and high-performing production culture. If you are passionate about creating games and have the skills to guide our teams to success, don’t hesitate and apply!Responsibilities:Work closely with the Executive Producer to lead the development and growth of our production team.Cooperate with our leadership and cross-functional development teams, ensuring alignment with our vision and goals.Form and nurture cohesive, high-performing teams that are empowered to self-organize and achieve outstanding results.Oversee and enhance production processes, including project planning, scoping, scheduling, roadmaps, and requirements gathering, ensuring optimal efficiency.Identify and address bottlenecks and queues, fostering incremental delivery with frequent integration.Ensure that vision and goals are clearly defined, transparent, and understood at all levels of the organization.Advocate for actionable and beneficial improvements, challenging the status quo with bravery and innovation.Visualize, prioritize, and systematically remove waste and impediments, encouraging teams to own and solve their own challenges.Lead the growth of our teams in both size and quality through dedicated coaching and mentoring, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.QualificationsAt least 10+ years of experience as a Producer in game development, with a proven track record of leading successful projects and managing producers.Experience in the development and shipping of AAA titles, showcasing the ability to manage large-scale projects.Proven ability to effectively collaborate across teams involved in the game development lifecycle.Demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional teams, preferably in an Agile environment, with a focus on team empowerment and self-organization.Experience building and growing teamsDeep understanding of the technical limitations and pipelines in the game development process, along with knowledge of technical engineering best practices such as test-driven development, continuous integration, and DevOps.Deep knowledge of Jira and Confluence tools, enabling efficient project management and collaboration.Proactive problem-solving skills with a positive and constructive attitude.Proficiency in using project management tools to streamline production processes.Nice to have:A genuine passion for games and a deep understanding of the gaming industry.Additional InformationThis job requires working in Boston, US.Working mode: in-office in a hybrid or full-time capacity.Perks & Professional GrowthFlexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8:00 and 10:00 AM.A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!Health & Well-beingPrivate medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.Support during COVID-19 — regular tests and COVID vaccinations at the studio as well as professional advice and guidance from a specialist doctor.Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars.Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.Social Activities & Life in the OfficeDog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.Healthy selections — organic fruit, snacks, muesli, organic honey, vegan milk, and speciality coffee are all at your disposal around the studio. Enjoy!Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.Head office in WarsawSustainable campus with an eco ethos — solar panels provide green energy, 2000 plants and an air-filtering system to help provide clean air, electric car charging points, flower meadows, and more green features in the works.An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support and yoga and healthy spine classes.Car and bike parking spaces.A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them.No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.If you've observed any irregularities in our recruitment process please click here to report them.Company DescriptionTo create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social media and check out our YouTube channel where we share behind-the-scenes insights and stories direct from our team members! Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings. Apply

As pre-orders for the Switch 2 went live earlier this week, we started to learn more about many of the launch and post-launch games that will be available for Nintendo’s next big console. And it turns out that a lot of physical Switch 2 games are “Game Key Card” carts which, rather than actually containing the game on the cartridge, require an internet connection to download and play. This fact has upset many who feel it will make it harder to preserve and play games in years to come. Suggested ReadingThe Week In Games: Return To Hyrule Share SubtitlesOffEnglishSuggested ReadingThe Week In Games: Return To Hyrule Share SubtitlesOffEnglishThe Week In Games: Return To HyruleEarlier this month, after Nintendo officially revealed the Switch 2 via a big Direct presentation dedicated to the console, we learned a lot more about it. And one of the most controversial pieces of info we discovered is that some physical games on Switch 2 won’t actually be physical games. Instead, players will get an essentially blank Game Key cart that acts as DRM. Once you put that cart in the Switch 2 you can then download and play the game. And if you want to play it later, you have to put the cart back in. Lose that cart and you’re screwed. But you can play the game offline as long as the cart is inserted. Some players say this is better than the way some Switch 2 games shipped with just a digital code in a box, and I guess that’s true. These Game Key Cards can be traded to other players or sold and used over and over. But others point out that it’s just a digital game that now needs more plastic waste to be sold and used. And what happens when the servers are shut down one day? Will that 20-year-old copy of a game you love still be playable? Probably not considering that of the big three, Nintendo has the worst track record for keeping digital storefronts up and running. Go try to buy a Wii U or 3DS digital game. So naturally people have been digging through store listings to try and nail down what games are and aren’t using Game Key Cards. Here’s Kotaku’s list so far. You’ll notice that all of Nintendo’s first part titles, like that new Donkey Kong game, are shipping on a physical cart. Meanwhile, a lot of third-party publishers are using Game Key Cards. There are also a few games whose status, currently, we don’t know. We’ll update this list as more games are announced and we learn more ahead of the Switch 2's June 5 launch. Switch 2 games confirmed to be “Game Key” cartsRaidou: RemasteredYakuza 0 Director’s Cut Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S Sonic X Shadow GenerationsBravely Default Flying Fairy HD RemasterStreet Fighter 6 Year 1-2 Fighters EditionHitman World of Assassination Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion (Only in Japan)Switch 2 games confirmed to be fully on the cartCyberpunk 2077Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion (Only in the US)Story of Seasons Grand Bazaar Donkey Kong BananzaKirby and the Forgotten LandZelda Breath of the WildZelda Tears of the KingdomSuper Mario Party JamboreeMario Kart WorldNo Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES Aiba EditionSplit FictionStar Wars Outlaws

From November 1-8, Crazy Games will be hosting a game jam that challenges developers across the world to join forces and create a game using Unity Web. Unity is sponsoring the Crazy Web Game Jam 2024, and we invite our amazing community to make games with us!Whether it’s your first time using Unity, first time participating in a game jam, or first time making a game, we have you covered with web development tips, tricks, best practices, and exclusive goodies like Asset Store bundles and more.Sign up here: jam.CrazyGames.comRemember:The theme has been officially announced! "Everything is a remix." The jam will run for one week, from November 1 to November 8.Leverage Unity Web to create your game. Make sure to upgrade to Unity 6 to take advantage of the latest Unity Web features!Here are some key resources for creating with Unity Web.Unity 6 | Access the latest Unity Web featuresBlog | Web runtime updates are here: Take your browser to the next levelUnity.com | Game development for webHow-to guide | Profile and optimize a Unity Web buildUnity has put together a full slate of resources and events to help guide you on your game jam journey.Unity Web Asset PackWe worked together with our Asset Store team to put together a handy Unity Web starter asset pack with resources that require minimal coding. The Unity Web Asset Pack will be available from October 16 until November 6, and includes assets and tools that cover key aspects of game building, such as 3D models, audio, textures, effects, and more.YouTube Game Jam playlistWe curated a YouTube playlist that combines our videos with content from Unity Insiders and other creators. In it, you’ll find tips on how to approach game jams as well as tutorials to get you started with visual scripting, 2D tools, and more. Watch the Game Jam YouTube Playlist now. Check out the additional programming that we’ve planned out to help jammers.Sep 19 | Unite Barcelona | Better in a browser: Big advances for gaming with Unity WebOct 17 | Unity Learn | Course 1.1 - Getting Started with Unity WebOct 16–Nov 6 | Asset Store Bundle | Unity 6 Asset Store bundle with Web Theme tierOct 31| Webinar | Prototyping Tips for Web Games roundtableNov 5 | Let’s Dev live stream | Build Game for Game JamDec 5 | Let’s Play live stream: Unity’s Game Jam results revealCreators all over the world participate in game jam events to develop their skills and test their ingenuity. Check out the Unity Learn course Get started with game jams to discover the basics of game jams. This includes tips and tricks on making the most of the jam experience. Learn everything from what you can expect when you join a game jam to how to develop your game after the jam is complete.Curious to see how fellow creators are using Unity Web? Check out some of the ways studios of all sizes have leveraged Unity Web to bring their vision to life.Creator Spotlight | Pushing the boundaries of web games with Pigiama KasamaLearn about Pigiama Kasama's creative process, including getting the most out of a web game, reiterating 200 times to get a character right, and using music to engross a player!Join the team from Pigiama Kasama and your host Jackson to hear about the creative process behind Kasama: The Awakening, available now on spatial.io.Case Study | How Coatsink reduced web load time for Ready, Set, Cook! by 25%Ready, Set, Cook! is a cooperative cooking and serving game for Messenger Rooms built by Coatsink, the studio behind Jurassic World Aftermath and Transformers: Battlegrounds. Specializing in VR, they focus a lot of their resources on building for the Quest platform. This project evolved out of the team’s relationship with Meta. Here’s what they learned during their first foray into mobile web development.Webinar | Tips for creating mobile web gamesTune into this webinar to get tips and tricks for building and monetizing mobile web games. Experts from Coatsink, CrazyGames, and Unity will share their behind-the-scenes experiences and best practices to help guide you through successful game development and publishing.This discussion will cover:Unlocking the secrets of web browsers as a platformReaching more players on small screensOptimizing games for webWebinar | Growing your web game’s playerbase roundtableTune in to our webinar to learn best practices to maximize your web game’s awareness. An expert from ULTRAHORSE will give you an inside look into his web game design and development experience, and an expert from Xsolla will be on hand to provide valuable monetization tips.This discussion will cover:Leveraging web to increase community engagementDesigning game sessions that range from “snackable“ to long-formBuilding flexible IAP/IAA systems for web and beyondWhile the theme won’t be announced until November 1, you can get started today by signing up at jam.CrazyGames.com.

This is your last chance to put your brand at the center of the AI conversation during TechCrunch Sessions: AI Week — with applications to host a Side Event closing tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. From June 1-7, TechCrunch is curating a dynamic weeklong series of Side Events leading up to and following the main event — TC Sessions: AI, taking place June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. These are the gatherings where off-stage magic happens — and you still have a chance to lead one. Whether it’s a roundtable, workshop, happy hour, or meetup, your Side Event can connect with over 1,000 AI investors, builders, and thought leaders — from the event and the broader Berkeley tech scene — on your terms, in your voice, and on your turf. Why host a Side Event? Position your brand in front of the AI community. Shape high-value conversations beyond the main stage. Spark new partnerships, deals, and ideas in a more personal setting. Get promotional support from TechCrunch and visibility on the website, event page, and event app. Side Event perks include: A custom discount code for your network. Promotion on the TechCrunch Sessions: AI agenda, website, mobile app, and attendee emails. Listing in TechCrunch Sessions: AI articles. The opportunity to stand out during one of the most exciting weeks in AI. The fine (but not too fine) print There’s no fee to apply or host your Side Event. You’re in charge — from logistics and costs to promotion and everything in between. That said, we do have a few guidelines: Events must run between June 1 and 7. Anything on June 5 must start after 5:00 p.m. PT. All attendees must be 18+ (or 21+ if serving drinks). Events must be in or around Berkeley. Apply before tonight’s deadline Side Events are a standout way to connect with the AI community and boost your brand visibility. Apply for free and make your mark at TechCrunch Sessions: AI — the deadline is tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT.

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Aravind Srinivas is battling Google to get his Perplexity AI assistant preinstalled on Android phones. At the same time, the CEO is refocusing his startup on what he predicts will be the next battleground in the AI race: your web browser.Perplexity plans to release its own browser called Comet next month, Srinivas tells me. “The reason we’re doing the browser is that it might be the best way to build agents,” he says. “A browser is essentially a containerized operating system. It can let you access other third-party services through hidden tabs if you’re already logged into them, scrape the page on the client side, and perform reasoning and take actions on your behalf.”Other AI firms are already going in this direction. OpenAI’s Operator and Google’s Mariner both rely on the browser to execute commands and control websites. OpenAI has yet to release its own browser but is rumored to be developing one. Google, meanwhile, may be compelled by the US government to sell Chrome following its ruling that the company has a monopoly in the search market. One of Srinivas’s deputies testified that Perplexity would like to run Chrome if it were spun out from Google, while OpenAI has also thrown its hat into the ring. (Don’t count out Yahoo, too, I guess?)While the fate of Chrome remains unknown, antitrust scrutiny on Google has already created an opportunity for Perplexity to enter into distribution deals with Android phone manufacturers. This week, Motorola announced that Perplexity would be pre-installed on its new Razr phones, giving Srinivas’s self-described AI “answer engine” access to potentially millions more customers. He says it’s not as deep an integration as either he or Motorola wanted, but for a smaller startup like Perplexity, he still sees it as a victory.“If Google had not gone through the DOJ trial, we wouldn’t have been able to make this partnership happen,” he says. “They would have bullied a lot of the OEMs. I have had conversations with telcos where they would not even listen to us or take meetings with us because of the fear that, if Mountain View becomes aware, their revenue share could be reduced.”When I last spoke with Srinivas just over a year ago, Perplexity had about 1 million users and had raised less than $100 million. Now, the startup has nearly 30 million monthly active users and has raised hundreds of millions of dollars. Srinivas says Perplexity is currently serving about 600 million queries a month, which is roughly 14-percent of Google’s query volume. The following conversation with Srinivas took place the day before his announcement with Motorola. We covered the other kinds of partnerships he’s exploring to broaden Perplexity’s reach, why he’s betting on owning the browser interface, how he managed to build an iOS assistant that controls other apps, his conversations about running TikTok, and more.The following conversation has been edited for length and clarity:Walk me through how the Motorola partnership came about and the challenges you faced with Google.Conversations accelerated when we showed them a demo of the Perplexity Android assistant, which launched in January. They tried it out and it was working pretty reliably — way better than Gemini. They got excited about preloading the app and push-notifying users to make Preplexity the default assistant. Google stopped them by saying they cannot go ahead with the launch of the phone using the Play Store and the official version of Android if they do not have Gemini as the default system. If Google had not gone through the DOJ trial, we wouldn’t have been able to make this partnership happen. They would have bullied a lot of the OEMs. I have had conversations with telcos where they would not even listen to us or take meetings with us because of the fear that, if Mountain View becomes aware, their revenue share could be reduced.It takes seven or eight clicks to change the default. Google still has a strong hold on the Android ecosystem.Samsung has invested in you. It would make sense for that to lead to some kind of partnership, like the one you announced with Motorola, right? Yeah. I hope we can find a way to work with them. I don’t know who will get the default, or if it will be an onboarding step. All of this is up for debate.It seems like you’re very focused on distribution and partnerships for growing Perplexity.We want to work with anyone. We’ve already been working with telcos. We want to expand to OEMs. Next will be a browser, and we’ll have versions of it for Mac and Windows. We’ll try to start working with OEMs there, too.Similar to how Google has all its relationships with OEMs on Android, Microsoft has even worse contracts with OEMs on laptops. So we need to fight that uphill battle there, too. We have to be clever and fight. It would be very hard to find people who will objectively say that Copilot is a better product than Perplexity, but Copilot is the only AI that gets natively loaded on Windows.You just released your assistant on iOS, and people seem surprised at what it can do. Did Apple give you special permissions to control other apps?They did not give us permission. You cannot use our system to set an alarm, enable low power mode, adjust the brightness or volume, or turn the flashlight on and off. You cannot make a phone call or send an iMessage.We decided to use the Apple EventKit SDK because it exposes Reminders, Podcasts, Apple Music, Apple Maps, and some other Apple apps. We are able to call that [SDK] and use our own search infrastructure and deep linking to apps like YouTube and Uber.Everybody says Siri doesn’t work, but Siri does work for just setting up alarms and making phone calls, right? Where Siri doesn’t work is finding the right song, finding podcasts and YouTube videos, setting smart reminders, and hailing Uber rides. I think we nailed all those use cases.Why are you doing a browser? And when is it coming?The reason we’re doing the browser is that it might be the best way to build agents. On both iOS and Android, we don’t have OS level control. You cannot easily call apps and access their information. You can deep link to them, but for example, with Uber, I cannot go and check prices of different Uber rides and provide you Comfort if there’s not much of a price difference. I cannot compare prices between Uber and Lyft to get the best ride. I cannot compare the wait times between Uber Eats and DoorDash to get whatever is optimal.So, we need to build an OS-level agent, and a browser is essentially a containerized operating system. It can let you access other third-party services through hidden tabs if you’re already logged into them, scrape the page on the client side, and perform reasoning and take actions on your behalf. That’s the architecture that appeals to us. Answering questions is going to be a commodity. We need to build our next set of advantages in performing actions. That’s why we’re building a browser. The browser is the best place to take action for people. We want to move to a different front-end.Many publishers have been upset with you for scraping their content. You’ve started cutting some of them checks. Do you feel like you’re in a good place with publishers now, or do you feel there’s still more work to be done?I’m sure there’s more work to be done, but it’s in a way better place than it was last time we spoke. We are scraping but respecting robots.txt. We only use third-party data providers for anything that doesn’t allow us to scrape.You are reportedly raising hundreds of millions of dollars at a $18 billion valuation. How are you going to use that money?To build agents reliably, you need to use the frontier reasoning models. Whatever is expensive today will get really cheap one year from now, but we cannot wait till then. We need to roll this out to as many users as possible to collect all the data, distill it into smaller models, and reduce the cost. What’s the status of your bid for TikTok? Have you spoken to the White House recently? There were questions about how you would fund it.I haven’t given up on it, but I would say it’s not like I had the best shot. I think everybody knew that. I don’t think that [funding] is the issue. There were enough backers who wanted to back me.What we heard from the ByteDance people was not a funding-related issue, either. It’s more the willingness to keep controlling the algorithm. I think they want to retain ownership and control of it, and they believe nobody else can do it as well as they can. The app that runs in America and Europe is also heavily tied together. It’s very difficult to decouple that. Tariffs are going to control everything, including TikTok.Do you worry about the scale of ChatGPT and it being good enough for a lot of people who now won’t try Perplexity? ChatGPT is also creating user lock-in by remembering things and becoming more personalized.I think their strategy, at least based on what Sam Altman said in the Ben Thompson interview, is to put a “Login with ChatGPT” button on third-party apps and then use that to ingest all the data into ChatGPT. But that requires convincing all the third-party apps to put a “Login with ChatGPT” option. Our strategy is to allow people to stay logged in where they are. We’re going to build a browser, and that’s how we’ll access apps on behalf of the user on the client side. I think memory will be won by the company that has the most context. ChatGPT knows nothing about what you buy on Instagram or Amazon. It also knows nothing about how much time you spend on different websites. You need to have all this data to deeply personalize for the user. It’s not about who rolls out memory based on the retrieval of past queries. That’s very simple to replicate. What is hard is importing your transactions, your commerce, your history, and all the stuff on your browser, into your assistant in a cross-platform way. That’s why we need to not just build a browser on the web but also on mobile, and share the cookies across all the apps. That’s the challenge.It sounds like you see the browser is the final frontier for what you’re building. There’s more beyond that, which is to build Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS. A browser is very restricted and containerized. The OS is the ultimate game.ElsewhereOpenAI needs more compute: That was a prevailing theme from its closed-door investor day in San Francisco this week. I’m told that OpenAI leadership shared concerns about gaining access to the computing power needed to support ChatGPT’s rapid growth. To those in the room, this need felt more pressing than even achieving profitability. This suggests that, despite efficiency gains the industry has seen from DeepSeek and others, the cost per token for frontier models is continuing to rise. (The Information also has a great breakdown of OpenAI’s latest financial forecast, which predicts that “revenue from free users and other products will reach $25 billion, or one-fifth of all revenue” in four years.)Rapid fire: Elon Musk said he’s stepping back from DOGE in May. / Apple and Meta were hit with the EU’s first DMA fines, which the US called “economic extortion.” / Meta laid off employees in Reality Labs. / Intel is “flattening” its teams and moving to a four-day-a-week in-office policy. / Google is forcing some remote teams to return to the office three days a week.Personnel logNoteworthy career moves / job openings:Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down to play Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. (You’ve got to love a founder who keeps it real.) Humam Sakhnini, formerly an exec at Activision Blizzard, will be Discord’s new CEO ahead of the company’s planned IPO. While his roots in the gaming world run deep, Citron never struck me as the kind of person who would want to be the face of a public company. The question now is whether Sakhnini will continue to focus Discord on gamers or try to broaden its scope again. Sam Altman stepped down as chairman of nuclear-energy company Oklo. His statement suggests that the move is intended to help clear Oklo of any conflicts of interest as it pursues AI partnerships. While Oklo is publicly traded, and therefore subject to stricter governance, I’ll be interested to see if Altman disentangles from other startups he’s involved in.Ranjit Desai and several other leaders have been moved from Apple’s Vision Products Group to work on Siri.DeepSeek is hiring product leaders in China to build a “next-generation intelligent product experience.”Link listMore to click on:The Gemini app has 35 million daily and 350 million monthly users. User growth for Microsoft Copilot is flat year-over-year, with 20 million weekly users.Dario Amodei writes about the “urgency of interpretability” in the AI race.Kevin Systrom came out of retirement to throw shade at Meta.The battle to retain talent at near-IPO startups like Figma. X’s ad growth is anemic, but at least it can “sell” data to Grok.Inside Amazon’s “Project Greenland” initiative to shore up GPUs.Phoebe Gates, the daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates, launched an AI shopping app.60 Minutes interviewed Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. The mystery surrounding Infinite Reality, the $15 billion metaverse startup that claims to be worth $15 billion.If you haven’t already, don’t forget to subscribe to The Verge, which includes unlimited access to Command Line and all of our reporting.As always, I welcome your feedback, especially if you have thoughts on this issue or a story tip to share. You can respond here or ping me securely on Signal.Thanks for subscribing.See More:

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