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A mixed bag of results Like many other companies, PlayStation pushed into the very popular, potentially lucrative, and very competitive, live-service market by making a number of bets, and not all of them have paid off. Most recently, Sony confirmed that it canceled multiple projects, including a live-service God of War and another live-service title from Bend. There have been successes, too, mostly notably Helldivers 2. The game sold more than 12 million copies, ranking as the No. 3 best-selling game of 2024 in the US through November. Sony's multiplayer game Concord, on the other hand, failed to find an audience and was quickly taken offline, with its studio shuttered.In this post, we're rounding up all the multiplayer/live-service games PlayStation has in development and providing a status report on them. This was inspired by Radec on social media, who was first to compile a rundown of Sony's live-service projects and their status.It was reported in 2023 that PlayStation boss Jim Ryan, who left Sony in 2024, had a mandate that Sony's teams should make more games-as-a-service titles. A number of PlayStation developers were reportedly upset with this, and the blame was said to have fallen not on Ryan but Connie Booth, one of the most important and veteran PlayStation developers, leading to her eventual departure.Another former PlayStation boss, Shuhei Yoshida, recently said the chance of finding success in the competitive live-service market was "small," but his replacement, Hermen Hulst, was given the resources to fund both single-player games and live-service titles at the same time. However, had Yoshida stayed in that role, he said he would have "tried to resist" the push into the live-service market. He joked, "That's one of the reasons they removed me."Prior to the cancellation of The Last of Us Online and the live-service God of War most recently, Sony indicated it was pulling back from its ambitious live-service strategy. Back in 2023, Sony management said it would only go ahead with six live-service games in the near future, down from a dozen. At the time, management said it was attempting to focus on quality over quantity. But that's not the end of PlayStation's foray into live-service, so let's take a look at how things have gone so far and where future projects stand. Helldivers 2 One of Sony's most successful live-service games ever, Helldivers 2 launched in early 2024 and became a huge hit right away. It has since sold more than 12 million copies. It's currently the No. 3 best-selling game of 2024 in the US through November, and it's likely to rank inside the top five for all of 2024 when December's data comes out later this month. The game has faced its share of issues, too, as developer Arrowhead was criticized for requiring a PlayStation Account for its Steam release (a decision that was later reversed, though subsequent Sony PC games do require one) and for the way its paid Killzone cosmetics were rolled out. But Helldivers 2 remains very popular and is also getting a Hollywood movie adaptation in the future. Concord Sony's biggest live-service failure, at least among games that have come out, Concord launched in late August 2024 for PS5, but unlike many live-service games, which are free-to-play, it carried a $40 price tag. It drew a generally positive critical response, but it reportedly only sold 25,000 copies. Unsurprisingly, then, Sony shut the game down two weeks after launch. There was a period in which it seemed possible that it would be reworked and relaunched, but instead Sony refunded players and developer Firewalk Studios, which Sony acquired in 2023, was closed. Fairgame$ Former Assassin's Creed boss Jade Raymond's new team, the PlayStation-owned Haven Studios, is making a heist-themed competitive game for PS5 and PC called Fairgame$ (yes, it's really styled that way). Described as a "fresh, modern take on the heist genre," Fairgame$ aims to be a competitive heist game where people steal from the rich to "rebalance the scales." No gameplay footage has been released and there is no word on the launch timing. Horizon multiplayer game and MMO It's been reported that Guerrilla Games is developing a live-service, online game based on its Horizon series. There is basically nothing to go on at this stage, and the game hasn't even been announced. But a report from September 2024 said the game was still going ahead in the wake of Concord's dismal launch and shutdown.Beyond Guerrilla's new game, NCSoft is said to be working on a Horizon MMO in partnership with Sony. This hasn't been officially announced, however, and plans can always change. Bungie games Sony's Bungie studio has a number of live-service projects in the works, including ongoing support for Destiny 2, as well as a new Marathon, an extraction shooter-style revival of its classic FPS series. Beyond that, Bungie's incubation team is working on a genre-mix title reportedly codenamed Gummy Bears.Additionally, in the wake of a massive upheaval at Bungie, a number of staffers shifted to a new team inside Sony that is building a brand-new science-fantasy universe, though whether or not it's a live-service game is unknown. Based on the latest information, all of these projects at Bungie and within SIE continue to go forward. God of War live-service game Most recently, Bloomberg reported that a live-service God of War game at Bluepoint Games had been canceled. Sony confirmed the cancellation to the site but had no other details to share. Many questioned how the God of War series might have translated to live-service/multiplayer, and it seems we won't find out. Bluepoint is best known for its work on various remasters and remakes, typically of single-player games, such as the acclaimed PS5 version of Demon's Souls, so this project marked a departure from the norm. The Last of Us Online In December 2023, Naughty Dog confirmed that it cancelled The Last of Us Online. The company said when it ramped up to full production, it realized the "massive scope" of the company's ambitions made the project unrealistic. Naughty Dog said it made the choice to focus on single-player games instead of live-service games. It now has two single-player games in the works, including Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and The Last of Us 3 (we think). Bend Studio project Days Gone developer Bend Studio was working on an unannounced live-service project, but Bloomberg reported on January 16 that it was canceled. There isn't anything more to go on, however. Bend Studio hasn't released anything since 2019's Days Gone. Prior to that, it was known for the Syphon Filter series and the Vita entries in the Uncharted series. Deviation Games project Deviation Games, a studio founded by Call of Duty veterans Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell, was shuttered in early 2024. It was partnered with Sony for a new IP that would have been exclusive to PlayStation, and many guessed that it was going to be a multiplayer/live-service game. Twisted Metal In February 2024, it was reported that UK studio Firesprite was developing a live-service Twisted Metal game, though it wasn't actually greenlit. In any event, the report said whatever was to potentially come of this was no longer moving ahead. Despite the existence of the ongoing Peacock series, the Twisted Metal series has been dormant since 2012's entry on PS3. London Studio Sony's London Studio development team (known for SingStar, EyeToy, and other unconventional PlayStation games) was said to be working on a fantasy co-op live-service game set in an alternate version of London. But it wasn't meant to be. The game was canceled alongside Sony's closure of London Studio as part of Sony's wide cost-cutting program. Spider-Man: The Great Web In 2024, it was reported that Insomniac was working on a Spider-Man live-service project called Spider-Man: The Great Web. A leaked gameplay video showed that teams of five players would have faced off against the Sinister Six in New York City. The game would have incorporated multiverse elements, too, the leak said, and players would have been able to choose from a big roster of Marvel superheroes.

For years, the Borderlands franchise was mostly focused on one planet. Players would spend much of their time fighting through Pandora in search of the latest vault. With Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, the series started to expand from that and introduce fans to whole new locales. Borderlands 3 then took it even further by introducing so many more planets, and now, Borderlands 4 is set to leave Pandora behind in favor of something brand-new. While it remains to be seen if that pays off, if it does, then Gearbox may want to consider taking it to the next level with the next chapter.

I love TikTok. As a grown-ass adult, this is not something I am proud of, nor will I share the total number of hours Ive spent scrolling to fall asleep, pass the time or catch up on what Good Boy Ollie is doing. As Sunday gets nearer, I am feeling increasingly bereft. Everyone I know on TikTok is talking about the same thing: Where are we going next?While a lot of options have been bandied about, and new apps emerge almost daily, there are still few platforms that share the most common traits of TikTok. Here are a couple. Red NoteIf you love TikTok, opening Red Note will cause you to immediately relaxit looks remarkably similar. Well, first you have to go through a daunting sign-up process where you agree to who-knows-what in Chinese, and fumble through finding anyone you know. Credit: Amanda Blum Pros: Red Note looks and feels a lot like the original recipe; if all you need for your fix is the ability to scroll through an endless feed of content, Red Note could legitimately fill your cup. Theres a For You tab, and you can like, follow and favorite, like you had previously. Theres even an alternative to TikTok Shop.You will meet fascinating new people (many Red Note users seem eager to welcome Americans) and bonus: You might learn some Chinese. Creating posts is also quite similar to TikTok, where you can choose video or photo, add music, captions (subtitles), filters and have access to the same editing tools. Traditional hashtags aren't clickable, but if you can find the Chinese equivalent, it will work. Credit: Amanda Blum Cons: There are no hashtagswhen you see them in posts, they wont work. There do seem to be Chinese hashtags, if you can figure out the Chinese equivalents. Otherwise, if thats how you found content or your people on TikTok, you're out of luck, at least for now. Red Note doesnt know you yet, so moving from TikTokwhere serious users enjoy a highly curated feedto Red Note is going to feel dissociative for a little bit, as it learns your likes. While you might find previous TikTok users on Red Note by searching for their usernames individually, remember, not everyone is affected by the banonly Americans. Because international users have had no need to move from TikTok, you probably wont find them.In the last week on Red Note, many users of content no one would consider controversial have been banned, after only a day or their first post. In particular, it seems a lot of content creators making queer content are being banned (and when signing up, your only options for gender are binary). Remember, Red Note comes with a lot of political baggage that TikTok doesnt.It's entirely possible, too, that Red Note could one day be subject to a similar legal action as TikTok; that said, it took years for the current suit to proceed through the courts. Gender choices are binary. Credit: Amanda Blum Takeaway: My gut is that Red Note will figure out fast how to localize the app so Americans see it in English; from the time I logged in yesterday to today, I'd swear that theyve added more TikTok-like functionality. While I was turned off initially, today I found myself wanting to invest a little time finding people I followed on TikTok and seeing what happens. Im also, however, deeply curious about what I agreed to when I signed up.Instagram ReelsIn many ways, Reels seems the obvious successor to TikTok, although it's different in how you interact with your audience. Reels are more like a longer Instagram Story than a TikTok.Pros: You probably already know how to use Reels. It lacks some of the robust editing tools that TikTok has, but still has captions, filters, music and text. You can tag people and businesses, locations, and target specific audiences. Comments arent limited to a few sentences. Obviously, Instagram has the advantage of being in English, and uses hashtags to help people navigate. Cons: Instagram is Meta, and Meta is on the cusp of some big changes regarding moderation. Part of the beauty of TikTok was the exceptional moderation tools, which kept everyone behaving generally well. Complaints about the Instagram algorithm are endless and justified; you have very little control over what you see or who sees you, despite following accounts or asking not to see others. Youll see a lot of ads. And everything about Instagram is about selling, boosting or pushing, which is a real turnoff to many creators.Reels doesn't seem to want to keep you in Reelsit routinely pushes you to regular Instagram. If you search by hashtag, you'll end up with a mix of posts and Reels (but not Stories). Credit: Amanda Blum Lastly, you cant watch videos in 2x time on Reels, which feels downright insulting.Takeaway: Its likely youre already using Instagram Reels, in addition to TikTok, because many content creators bifurcate their social media accounts, using them for different purposes, with different audiences. If thats the case, you might consider starting a new IG account to migrate your TikTok followers to. It certainly seems like most users are offering an Instagram account for followers, and many TikTokers have always kept an IG Reels account as a backup for their TikTok. Youre likely to find a similar audience, if less well-behaved, on Instagram Reels.YouTube ShortsA lot of the big content creators are headed to YouTube and YouTube Shorts, and theres good reason: money. If you monetize TikTok, Youtube is the most stable, predictable channel there is for similar income, and many of those large creators started on YouTube in longer-form video. Shorts ends up feeling like a rudimentary TikTok, with less curation and less ability to organize. Since almost everyone knows what YouTube classic offers (ads, sponsor lead-ins and uncurated comments), lets talk about Shorts.Pros: YouTube isnt going anywhere, ever. People know the platform, and they know what to expect from YouTube. You probably already have the app installed on your phone. Like Reels, the feed is mostly full of regurgitated TikToks, so it feels familiar. You can like a post (or dislike, which is a new and fun way to endure rejection), and subscribe to other users. You can also search by hashtag, and have the choice to watch Shorts or full-length videos. Credit: Amanda Blum Cons: Shorts are, at max, three minutes long, not longer as with TikTok and Reels. While there is a simple interface for making and uploading videos, it's overly simple. Unlike TikTok, you upload and process your Shorts video first and then edit it in the cloud, not locally on your phone to upload afterwards, which feels like a big commitment if you're not sure you're ready. There's no place to add captions, and while YouTube might add them via AI, they often contain errors. As with Instagram Reels, you have to watch Shorts at regular speed, even though you can speed up full-length videos.There's a truly abhorrent lack of comment-moderation tools, or moderation, period. YouTube is (still) the Wild West, and for that reason, many find it unappealing.Takeaway: Shorts feels like a very different product than TikTok. Which is surprising, because classic Youtube generally incurs deeper and more loyal relationships between creators and watchers, where people are more tuned into specific creators than trends, hashtags or communities. Shorts, however, misses the mark on all of that. I suspect people who migrate back to YouTube will do so for long-form videos, not Shorts.The bottom lineIts not so much that all American TikTok users are scattering to the wind. In the this is the last video Ill be making on TikTok videos Im consuming, users are posting links to all the platforms I named above, and one more: Bluesky. While Bluesky only allows you to post 60-second videos, it feels like a home base until the swarm figures out where to settle.Realistically, for a while, I think youll be seeing the same content across all three platforms while we wait it out and pray for TikTok to be brought back from the dead.All three of these tools have the same portrait-orientation video, with the ability to remix and share, and add music.

Canoo said on Friday night that it has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will cease operations effective immediately, after failing to secure enough funding to keep it going. The writing was on the wall for the EV startup leading up to the announcement; the company has lost multiple executives in recent months, announced furloughs and reported to the SEC in November that it had just $700,000 in the bank, per TechCrunch.In a press release announcing the filing, Canoo said it was unable to get funding from the Department of Energys Loan Program Office or from foreign sources of capital that executives had been in talks with. In light of the fact that these efforts were unsuccessful, the Board has made the difficult decision to file for insolvency, it said. Canoo owes a total of over $164 million to hundreds creditors, and has about $126 million in assets, according to TechCrunch. Under the filing in Delaware, Canoos assets will be liquidated and the proceeds will be distributed to its creditors. In a statement, CEO Tony Aquila said, We are truly disappointed that things turned out as they did.Canoo made a few electric vans for NASA and a prototype for the US Army, and had deals for larger fleets with the likes of USPS and Walmart, but only a small number of its vans appear to have ever materialized.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/ev-startup-canoo-has-filed-for-bankruptcy-and-stopped-all-operations-232719895.html?src=rss

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Last week, as part of his apparent ongoing campaign to rebrand himself as a more Musk-like figure, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down with Joe Rogan for a three-hour discussion about free speech, government censorship, and how important it is that American companies win the AI race. But one of the other topics Zuck seemed intent to focus on was Apple.The Facebook founder aired many of his beefs with the company, particularly his displeasure regarding the fees that some developers need to pay on Apples App Store to distribute their wares on the platform (fees that Apple cut in half for small developers). Yet Zuck went even further, suggesting the Cupertino company isnt the innovative powerhouse it once wasand it hasnt been for decades.Its like Steve Jobs invented the iPhone and now theyre just kind of sitting on it 20 years later, Zuckerberg said, later adding, And Im pretty optimistic that just because theyve been so off their game in terms of not really releasing many innovative things, that eventually . . . if you just dont do a good job for like 10 years, eventually, youre just going to get beat by someone.A matter of privacyZucks comments about Apples supposed lack of innovation are baffling, especially coming from someone as knowledgeable about the tech industry and its progress over the past several decades as he is. But his comments are much easier to understand if you consider the degree to which Apples most important innovation over the past ten years has harmed Metas business practices.Zuckerberg seems to believe that hardware advancements are the only ones that count as innovation at Apple. But I dont think its fair to limit Apple to such a narrow scope. After all, the company isnt just a hardware company. It makes software and provides services, which all encompass an ecosystem that is unlike any other in the tech industry. It is an ecosystem that offers convenience, intuitiveness, and interoperability. And most importantly, it is an ecosystem that has revolutionized digital privacy.Apples greatest innovation over the last decade isnt something we can hold in our hands or show off to someone else. Its our power to keep more of our data away from the corporations and institutions seeking to harness our thoughts, locations, and connections for their own financial gain. Accessing and monetizing this information about us is Metas bread and butter, and many of the privacy innovations Apple has introduced to its ecosystem in recent years have harmed Metas ability to do this.Innovation after innovationTake, for example, just one of Apples recent privacy innovations in iOS 18the ability for users to restrict app access to only the contacts they choose. Social media giants like Meta hate this feature, because it means they can no longer gain unrestricted access to everyone in your address bookto your friends, doctors, and religious leaders. This means that they lose control over knowing everyone you know and cant build a complete social graph for you.Or take App Tracking Transparency (ATT), a privacy feature first introduced in iOS 14.5. ATT gave users control over whether an app would be allowed to track them across third-party apps and websites. This is a feature that faced strong opposition from companies, including Metas Facebook, that had business models that relied on selling your information. But its a feature that users have embraced overwhelmingly, with May 2021 data showing 94% of U.S. iPhone owners opting into ATT to prevent their tracking.More recently, Apple completely innovated the AI game by creating an entirely new technology called Private Cloud Compute that allows users to use its Apple Intelligence chatbot features without having their personal information or even past queries collected and retained by Apple or anyone else. This is the first time a major artificial intelligence provider has given users this level of privacy with an AI service, something you wont find with Open AIs ChatGPT (well, unless youre using it via Apple Intelligence) or Metas Llama 3-based Meta AI. Heck, Meta makes it hard for users to just opt out of their data being used to train its AI.These are just three of the dozens of major privacy innovations Apple has announced in recent years. Understanding how critical personal privacy will be in an increasingly intrusive world in the years ahead, it is ridiculous to say that Apple has not innovated much since the iPhone. Apples iPhone was a once-in-a-generationmaybe morecultural grand slam of a device. But Apples non-tangible privacy innovations since then are a far more important revolution: They help us keep vital parts of ourselves away from prying eyes like Metas, a company more than happy to sell our information to the highest bidder here or abroad.Mark Zuckerbergs blind spotIt seems unlikely that privacy would be as hot a topic in the personal tech space if it were not for Apple embracing it. As far as I can gather, it is the only major tech giant that not only doesnt try to hinder privacy but actively designs its products around it. And because it does thisand markets it all so wellthe importance of digital privacy is elevated in consumers minds, which forces other tech companies to (however begrudgingly) copy some of their innovations. In this way, even if you dont use Apples products, Apples innovations in the privacy space are benefitting you.As we move to a world where everything is connected and all-seeing AI is everywhere, privacy innovation is exactly the kind of innovation we need right now. And it is an arena where Apple currently excels.But if Zuck is still stuck on hardware-only innovation, he might stop to consider the Apple Watch and its numerous game-changing health features; Apple Pay, which brought contactless payments to the masses; Face ID, the most secure and user-friendly consumer biometric authentication out there; and Apple Silicon, the most powerful consumer chips in the world, which have enabled all sorts of new computer designsjust to name a few. These are innovations I see people using every day. Surely, Zuckerberg must see it, too.

There are some kinds of furniture that I dont really pay much attention to their design. Since I have a limited space (and a lot of stuff), my preference for them is more functional than aesthetic. Side tables are one kind of home furniture that are like that for me, although there are several designs there that do catch my attention, even if I probably wont actually buy them.Designer: Ross Sorokovyi (MUDU Design)The Totem concept for a side table is one of those eye-catching designs as its pretty cute. Named after its inspiration, it is a minimalist kind of furniture and when I say minimalist, I also mean small. Thats why I say that I probably wont use it since it may not be so useful for a maximalist like me. But if youre looking for a cute kind of side table, then this may appeal to you.The base and pole of the side table is made from solid wood while the table top uses a stainless steel material. It has a three-legged base which makes it look like a cartoon character. The table top seems to be detachable based on the product renders. It also can be connected to other Totems, if like me, you find it too small. There also seems to be different heights for the side table so you can create a more aesthetic look if you have space.The thin metal edges can also be a bit intimidating, as if it could cut into your skin if you press too hard. Circles are also not the most space-efficient shape, as you are cutting corners, almost literally. You lose out on some space in exchange for a unique and pleasing visual. Then again, as a minimalist side table, that might be fine for some people.For now, Totem remains a concept as the designers are still looking for a manufacturer, although theyre looking at 2025 as the year they will actually produce it. When it comes an actual side table, we might get more details about it, in case it interests you. The post Totem side table brings cute, minimalist, modular concept first appeared on Yanko Design.

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