Nintendo keen to continue Switch's hybrid handheld and home console focus to keep down development costsMust focus on polished, original ideas that have "never existed before", Miyamoto says.Image credit: Nintendo News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief Published on Nov. 8, 2024 Nintendo is keen to keep the Switch's dual focus of being both a gaming handheld and home console "to carry over the experience we have already built" and reduce development costs in future, it's said.Speaking to investors, Nintendo exec Ko Shiota said the company's current Switch hardware had benefited from the "merging" of software teams previously focused on developing for separate portable and home console platforms - such as in the era of 3DS and Wii U.While still unannounced by Nintendo, it's widely expected that Switch 2 will also be another hybrid console similar to the company's current Switch hardware.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Nintendo has announced new hardware, but it's not Switch 2 - so what's the point of Alarmo?Watch on YouTubeDiscussing Nintendo's development process in more detail, design legend Shigeru Miyamoto said that the Mario maker must focus on developing polished, original creative ideas that have "never existed before", as its research and development costs increased each year.Rising costs were "in some respects inevitable" as games became more complex and development teams grew in scale, Miyamoto said, but Nintendo was still focused on ensuring original ideas could germinate, with time to properly "nurture developers who take this unique concept to heart"."We continue refining our products until we are confident.""Our belief is that what we create is more important than the amount spent on development," Miyamoto explained. "We continue refining our products until we are confident that we have created something that our consumers will be satisfied with."Nintendo must spend time finding the ideas that are worth honing, Miyamoto continued, saying this was a concept that had "not changed since the era of Nintendo Entertainment System", 40 years ago. "Everyone has different interests, so we cannot make sweeping statements about what ideas are worth pursuing," Miyamoto continued. "However, one thing we are sure about is that it should be something which has not existed in the past. "The more you polish something that has never existed before, the more value it brings. We believe that it is important to nurture developers who take this unique concept to heart, allocate funds to development if necessary, and release games only after we are confident in the product and repeat this process over and over again."Not all gaming ideas needed big budgets, Miyamoto concluded, noting that simple yet intriguing ideas could still become projects with wide appeal "without incurring significant costs". "With the current technology it is possible to create fun games with a small number of developers in a short period of time," Miyamoto concluded. "We believe it is important not to lose sight of this perspective."Nintendo's continued silence on Switch 2 was broken - briefly - this week with confirmation that its Switch successor would indeed be backwards compatible. When might we hear more about Switch 2? This week, Eurogamer was told by an analyst that "the ship had sailed" on a 2024 reveal for Switch 2.

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Contents hide New Baldurs Gate 3 mods are bringing proper representation for trans players in the form of top surgery scars. With BioWares Dragon Age: Veilguard allows trans males, or cancer survivors, to don surgery scars on their chest, talented modders have added the same functionality to Larians RPG.Baldurs Gate 3 surgery scarsA new mod pack on the ever-popular Nexus Mods allow players to add top surgery scars for player characters in Larians RPG. Designed to work with Variety Framework, the mod can be used across any subrace in the game, allowing players to more freely represent themselves.Available here on Nexus, the mod includes traditional, real-world style surgery scars as well as some fancier options for those who like a bit of flair. The mod also works across hairy and non-hairy character bodies, and even adds hairy chests to Tiefling bodies.Moddeer Jawstarion has explained that the scar collection is still in progress, and more scars and other customisation options will arrive in future versions. Future versions of the mod will include transfemme scars for players who want those options.While the mod will undoubtedly rub the wrong people the wrong way, its an entirely optional, separate download designed for players who want extra options in their character creator. Just like players control the buttons they press, they also control the mods they downloadif you dont want it, dont buy it.An endless supply of modsIn the year since the games official release, Baldurs Gate 3 has been absolutely swamped in mods, especially with the release of official mod tools across PC and mod support on console. There have been mods to add Twitch integration to the game, mods to add cut content back into the RPG and even add working Pokeballs to the RPG.Baldurs Gate 3 is a modification haven the likes of which are typically reserved for Bethesda games, and its only going to continue.Baldurs Gate 3Platform(s):macOS, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox Series XGenre(s):Adventure, RPG, Strategy10VideoGamerSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Contents hide Dead By Daylight fans on Steam are now able to enjoy the Chapter 34 PTB. This is a luxury that has arrived earlier than originally believed, but its ultimately for the better as being able to experience new content sooner rather than later is always grand. BeHaviour has shared the new DBD survivor Taurie Cain perks, and there is also an important change to the Chapter 34 release date that fans should know about. Although the public-test build was originally believed to be coming out on November 12th, BeHaviour surprisingly dropped the update 8.4.0 patch notes on November 7th. In addition to revealing perks for The Houndmaster killer, these patch notes revealed the new killer updates for November while also informing players about changes to the HUD for survivors. The Houndmaster is a fantastic killer, and the best part is that you can actually pet her dog companion. While theres no such petting for the new Dead By Daylight Chapter 34 survivor, the DBD perks for Taurie Cain are still exciting. Dead By Dayight Chapter 34 survivor Taurie Cain perks Below are the Taurie Cain survivor perks for Dead By Daylight Chapter 34: Invocation: Treacherous CrowsWhen in the Basement near the circle, press the ability button 2 to begin the Invocation. Invocations take 60/60/60 seconds. OtherSurvivorswill see yourauraduring this and can join an ongoing interaction. Once the Invocation is completed: Completing the Invocation disables that perk for allSurvivors.You become injured andbrokenfor the rest of the trial.WhenaSurvivoris in theTerror RadiusandtheKillerscares a crow, theiraurais revealed to allSurvivorsfor 1/1.5/2 seconds.Clean BreakAfter you finish healing another Survivor, while being healed by another Survivor, press the ability button 1 to become Broken.After 80/70/60 seconds, you become healthy.This perk does not activate if you are alreadybroken. The effect is cancelled if you go in the dying state.Shoulder the BurdenOnce per trial, as long as you are not on death hook, press the ability button 2 in front of a hooked Survivor to unhook them. When they are unhooked, they lose 1 hook state and you gain 1 hook state. You also scream and becomeExposedfor 30/25/20 seconds.Dead By Daylight Chapter 34 release date change The release date for Dead By Daylight Chapter 34, Doomed Course, is November 28th. This is earlier than expected as the Year 9 roadmap stated the new original killer and survivor would debut in December. Image credit: BeHaviour Interactive Image credit: BeHaviour InteractiveIt was originally believed that the DLC would launch on December 3rd with the PTB a month earlier on November 12th. Although no explanation has been provided for why the DLC has been slightly brought forward from December, it could possibly be because the PTB wouldve clashed with the upcoming return of 2v8 mode. Regardless of the reason why, its good that players will be able to enjoy Chapter 34 earlier than originally expected. And there will still be plenty enjoy in the month of Christmas as December is always home to a Bone Chill event full of daily login rewards. For more Dead By Daylight content, check out ourranking of the top 10 DLC expansions to buyalong with a ranking of thebest killer perksandbest survivor perks.Dead by DaylightPlatform(s):Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series XGenre(s):Action, Survival Horror7VideoGamerSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

When Casa Encantada, a storied 60-room estate in Bel-Air, hit the market in June 2023, its $250 million asking price made it the most expensive house for sale in the United States. Though it appeared to be gunning to set a record for the most expensive house ever sold in the United Statesa title the home already held twice, once in 1980 and again in 2000a dramatic price drop in November 2023, down to $195 million, seemingly took it out of the running. Now, the home has received another major discount. According to Robb Report, the home is now listed for $165 million, $30 million cheaper than its most recent asking price and $85 million less than its original.The homes faade is in a neoclassical style.Photo: Simon BerlynThese kinds of estates come up only once every few decades, and once theyre gone theyre gone, Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency, who shares the listing with Drew Fenton of Carolwood Estates and Josh Flagg of Compass, previously told the Wall Street Journal. Even so, the current real estate market has made it harder to find a buyer, hence the ever-decreasing price. If this was 2017, the house would be sold by now, but given the state of the market, there arent buyers lining up around the block for any house over $100 million. With that said, there are people out there that can afford a house like this and it just takes that one person, Flagg recently told Robb.Spanning 40,000 square feet, the home was built in the middle of the Depression for Hilda Boldt Weber, the wealthy widow of a glass manufacturer from Ohio. Boldt Weber bought the land for $100,000an impressive sum today but a truly astounding amount in 1934, amid the greatest economic crisis of the modern industrialized world. Shed felt ostracized by her late husbands peers, who reportedly looked down on her for coming from humble beginnings, and opted to build a grand estate to solidify herself in California society.

When the Vogts began renovations, their top priority was adding air conditioning. They also upgraded the electrical system and remodeled the bathrooms. They added modern touches for conveniencethe house now has a tankless water heater, a whole-house generator, and smart thermostats.A patio area is furnished with pieces by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.Photo: VHT Studios, courtesy of Elizabeth AugustThey also tackled the overgrown yard, adding a drainage system to mitigate any flooding from a nearby river. Then, to honor Wrights original vision, they hired historic landscape architectCarol Yetkento design a yard featuring native plants that would have been available during Wrights era.Their efforts evidently paid off, both in securing a quick sale and in ensuring the home remains in good shape for years. Indeed, Worl told Crains Chicago Business that the drainage addition ensures the home will be standing 100 years from now.Now the Vogts are ready to turn it over to the new owners, the Worls, who they hope will love it as much as they have and preserve all of its one-of-a-kind features.You could call it a love story, August, the listing agent, says. [The Vogts] wanted this home to shine and carry on for years to come.

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The FBI is warning that hackers are obtaining private user information including emails and phone numbers from U.S.-based tech companies by compromising government and police email addresses to submit emergency data requests.The FBIs public notice filed this week is a rare admission from the federal government about the threat from fraudulent emergency data requests, a legal process designed to help police and federal authorities obtain information from companies to respond to immediate threats affecting someones life or property. The abuse of emergency data requests is not new, and has been widely reported in recent years. Now, the FBI warns that it saw an uptick around August in criminal posts online advertising access to or conducting fraudulent emergency data requests, and that it was going public for awareness.Cyber-criminals are likely gaining access to compromised US and foreign government email addresses and using them to conduct fraudulent emergency data requests to US based companies, exposing the personal information of customers to further use for criminal purposes, reads the FBIs advisory.Police and law enforcement in the U.S. generally need some kind of legal justification to seek and obtain access to private data that companies store on their servers. Typically for a persons private content, like their files, emails, or messages, police need to provide enough evidence of a possible crime before a U.S. court will issue a search warrant allowing the police to request that information from a private company. Police can issue subpoenas which dont require going to a court requesting companies to access limited amounts of information about a user, such as their basic account information, like their username, account logins, email addresses, and phone numbers, and sometimes their approximate location.There are also emergency requests, a procedure in which law enforcement can urgently seek a persons information from a company in the event of an immediate risk, where there is no time to seek a court order.Its these emergency requests that federal authorities say some cybercriminals are abusing.The FBI said in its advisory that it had seen several public posts made by known cybercriminals over 2023 and 2024, claiming access to email addresses used by U.S. law enforcement and some foreign governments. The FBI says this access was ultimately used to send fraudulent subpoenas and other legal demands to U.S. companies seeking private user data stored on their systems.The advisory said that the cybercriminals were successful in masquerading as law enforcement by using compromised police accounts to send emails to companies requesting user data. In some cases, the requests cited false threats, like claims of human trafficking and, in one case, that an individual would suffer greatly or die unless the company in question returns the requested information.The FBI said the compromised access to law enforcement accounts allowed the hackers to generate legitimate-looking subpoenas that resulted in companies turning over usernames, emails, phone numbers, and other private information about their users. But not all fraudulent attempts to file emergency data requests were successful, the FBI said.Cybercriminals often use the requested data for harassment, doxing, and targeting individuals with financial fraud schemes, according to a Bloomberg report from 2022, which found at the time that hackers had obtained user information from customers of Apple, and Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta, by filing fraudulent emergency data requests. Snap, the maker of Snapchat, and Discord were also reportedly targeted.Apple, Google, Meta, and Snap, which store huge amounts of customers personal and private data, collectively receive tens of thousands of emergency data requests every year.Bloomberg reported in 2022 that some of the fraudulent emergency data requests date as far backas early 2021, and were carried out by groups of mostly teenagers and young adults, such as Recursion Team, and later, Lapsus$, which went on to hack into some of the worlds largest companies, including Uber.The FBI said in its advisory that law enforcement organizations should take steps to improve their cybersecurity posture to prevent intrusions, including stronger passwords and multi-factor authentication. The FBI said that private companies should apply critical thinking to any emergency data requests received, given that cybercriminals understand the need for exigency.

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