Phasmophobia marks 22m total sales with its 2025 roadmap and changes to maps, kit, and our humble journalMo' phasmo', mo' problems. News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on Feb. 10, 2025 Good news, ghost-hunting fans - Phasmophobia has outlined the road ahead for the spooky sim in 2025 will include maps reworks, new ghost-hunting equipment, "thrilling seasonal events", and a brand-new location, too.With two million copies sold since it came out of early access last October - bringing the total sales across all platforms to 22 million - the first update is Chronicle, which will refresh Phasmo's humble journal and rework the way in which we can record our findings and capture evidence.Watch Aoife, Ian, and Zoe tackle the recent update in Phasmophobia together.Watch on YouTubeThe Photos tab will be replaced with a media tab that encapsulates not just polaroid images, but also videos and sound recordings, too, with your first "capture" of any media deemed "Unique".Also on the cards is a complete rework of Bleasdale Farmhouse (good; I always die there) with "visual enhancements and a complete redesign of the layout, including new locations for ghosts to haunt". Image credit: Kinetic GamesInterestingly, this map will also encompass a new outdoor space just beyond the living room.The game's other terrifying farmhouse, Grafton, is also getting updated later this year."We're beyond excited for the new updates and reworks coming to Phasmophobia this year," said Daniel "Dknighter" Knight, director of Kinetic Games and lead developer of Phasmophobia."Our early access period so far has given us a fantastic opportunity to listen to our players, and the big changes we're making are a direct reflection of the feedback we're seeing."We're really proud of the direction Phasmophobia is going in, thanks in no small part to our amazing community, and we can't wait to see what everyone thinks of some of the surprises in store for 2025."Phasmophobia's price was bumped from 10.99 to a very precise 16.75 ($20/19.50) last September, with the team saying the price hike was due to "the amount of content and playtime added to the game since Early Access started almost four years ago".

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 Grand Theft Auto 6 is primed to be the biggest entertainment launch of all time with rival game companies unable to sleep as its release nears. However, GTA 6 isnt releasing day and date on PC alongside the PS5 and Xbox Series launch and no one really knows why.In an interview with IGN, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick explained that GTA 6 isnt releasing on PC alongside console simply due to Rockstars historic track record of not doing so. With GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 forcing PC gamers to wait years to play the game, Rockstar is fine with repeating the process with Grand Theft Auto 6.GTA 6 isnt launching on PC because GTA V didntIn the IGN interview, Zelnick explained that PC versions of games can generate 40% of overall sales, or even more. This means that GTA 6 will undoubtedly sell gangbusters on PC when that version eventually releases, but the prospect of additional millions isnt changing anything. Save Up to $1,200 on the Samsung Galaxy S25! Pre-order now and save big with trade-in and Samsung credit. Limited time only! *Includes trade-in value + $300 Samsung credit. We dont always go across all platforms simultaneously, Zelnick told the outlet. Historically, Rockstar has started with some platforms and then historically moved to other platforms.Additionally, the game publisher CEO explained that the falling sales of console hardware means that PC releases are becoming much more important than before. Nevertheless, Rockstars guaranteed success across all platforms means that the PC launch can wait. Must-Listen: Publishing Manor Lords w/ Joe Robinson VideoGamer Podcast Listen Now We have seen PC become a much more and more important part of what used to be a console business, and I wouldnt be surprised to see that trend continue, Zelnick explained. Of course, there will be a new console generation.The CEO explained that people will buy console hardware for GTA 6 while also explaining that there is an increasing share of the market that is reflected in PC. For PC gamers, this either means double-dipping on the console launch and then the PC release later or just waiting and avoiding spoilers for a year.For more GTA news, read about the new Vice City remake thats completely fan-made. Additionally, read our thoughts on why the new game wont be released for $100, and not just because well all rebel.Grand Theft Auto 6Platform(s):PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox Series XGenre(s):Action, Action AdventureSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

For interior designer Keren Richter, this project is personal. The 20-year-old Colonial-style three-bedroom isnt her own home, but it does sit just a few minutes from her familys weekend place in the pastoral heart of New Yorks Westchester County.Richter, cofounder of AD PRO Directory firm White Arrow, along with her husband, Thomas, would often stop in for site visits on the way to or from her house, her two young kids in tow. After spending two years of the pandemic living in the area full time, I feel very connected to this commission, the designer says.The project proved personal for another reason, too. From the outset, the homes owners gave Richter a lot of freedom, which is unusual, she recalls. An empty-nester couple moving from Westchesters more suburban stretches, the clients saw this house as their next-chapter forever home, but they also allowed the designer to take the lead.Were often working to marry a disparate array of influences, Richter says, explaining that here that meant leaning into both the owners traditional aesthetic and the early-American influences of their white-clapboard house, designed in 2005 by Crisp Architects. She then wedded that to a collected look that combines some of the color and pattern both of British country houses and of mid-20th-century Swedish interiors.For the living room, Richter commissioned a graphic custom rug from Nordic Knots, placing atop it a pair of Claremont fabriccovered custom sofas whose look she borrowed from pieces by the Swedish-modern designer Axel Einar Hjorth and from some British examples. To this she added a vintage coffee table, Hollywood at Home console, and pillows in textiles from Bennison Fabrics and Pierre Frey, among others.A custom Roger + Chris sectional and a dramatic, multiarmed Brendan Ravenhill chandelier define the casual but sophisticated sisal-carpeted family room. Roman shades in a block-printed Namay Samay fabric filter light from the windows, while fabrics in similar hues but bolder patterns cover the throw pillows on the couch.

DroneCam, the Blender Drone Simulator Addon By globglob3d on February 10, 2025 3D News DroneCam is an FPV Drone Simulator Addon for Blender that let you fly using a gamepad/controller. You control the drone directly in the viewport, in real time.Why? It's fun, it's fast, and it makes realistic camera movements. Add the drone, Fly around the scene, and Render.It's a better solution than making those stiff camera moves that are so omnipresent in CGI. And it's a much much better solution than trying to animate a virtual camera to feel like drone footage. With DroneCam you get that human touch for free, and it's much faster than animating.Drone footage is everywhere, and being able to fly a drone directly in Blender is extremely useful.Or just use it as a Drone Simulator to train your flying skills! DroneCam relies on a realistic flying simulation, with real-world formulas for drag, gravity, and thrust. It's very close to flying a drone in real life.Thanks to its 4 different modes (from the fully manual acrobatic mode to the assisted auto-leveling modes) you'll be able to produce great results regardless of your skills.All you need is any controller or gamepads that has at least 2 joysticks! If it's recognized by your computer, you can use it in DroneCam!Compatible with Windows, Linux, Mac.You can contact me on Discord if you have any question.Links

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Up to 75% off!Capcom has a new Switch eShop sale on the go in North America, knocking up to 75% off some of its biggest games.Available from now until 17th February 2025, you can bag some bonafide classics from Capcom's back catalogue, including several mainline Resident Evil entries, Onimusha: Warlords, Monster Hunter: Rise, and the Devil May Cry trilogy.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

A group of international law enforcement agencies have seized the dark web leak site of the 8base ransomware gang as part of a takedown operation.This hidden site and the criminal content have been seized by the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office on behalf of the Office of the Public Prosecutor General in Bamberg, reads a message on the gangs dark web leak site, which TechCrunch has seen.According to the seizure message, law enforcement agencies from Europe, Japan, and the U.S. and U.K. were involved in the takedown operation.Lucy Sneddon, a spokesperson for the U.K.s National Crime Agency (NCA), confirmed the legitimacy of the takedown message in an email to TechCrunch. The U.K. played a supportive role in the operation, the U.K. agency said.Representatives from the other law enforcement agencies involved in the takedown did not immediately respond to TechCrunchs questions.The 8base ransomware gang is a financially-motivated hacking group first observed in 2022. The group, which security experts have linked to the RansomHouse extortion group, is known for employing double-extortion tactics, where criminals encrypt and then threaten to expose sensitive information if the victim does not pay a ransom demand.In 2023, the U.S. government warned that the 8base gang focused its indiscriminate targeting on multiple sectors primarily across the United States, including healthcare. The gang also claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the United Nations Development Programme last year.In a message on its dark web leak site prior to this weeks takedown, 8base described itself as honest and simple pentesters. Much like the prolific Clop ransomware gang, 8base claimed to only target organizations that have neglected the privacy and importance of the data of their employees and customers.8base has been known to use various strains of ransomware in its attacks, including Phobos. The U.S. government last year secured the extradition of an alleged Russian hacker who allegedly served as a key administrator of the prolific Phobos ransomware operation.

Make room for yet another partnership on AI: Current AI, which is being billed as a public interest initiative focused on fostering and steering development of artificial intelligence in societally beneficial directions, was announced at the French AI Action summit on Monday with an initial $400 million in pledges from backers and a plan to pull in $2.5 billion over the next five years.Such figures might seem like small beer when it comes to AI investment, with the French president fresh from trumpeting a private support package worth around $112 billion (which itself pales beside U.S. investments aiming to accelerate the tech). But the partnership is not focused on compute so its backers believe such relatively modest sums will still be able to make a difference in key areas where AI could make a critical difference to advancing the public interest whether in AI for healthcare or supporting climate goals. Under the top-line focus on the enabling environment for public interest AI, the initiative has a number of stated aims including pushing to widen access to high quality public and private data-sets for AI training; support for open source infrastructure & tooling to boost AI transparency and security; and support for developing systems to measure AIs social and environmental impact.Its founder, Martin Tisn, said the goal is to create a financial vehicle to provide a North Star for public financing of critical efforts, such as for example bringing AI to bear on combating cancers or coming up with treatments for long COVID. I think whats happening is youve got a data bottle-neck coming in artificial intelligence, because were running out of road with data on the web, effectively and here, what we need is to really unlock innovations in how to make data accessible and available, he told TechCrunch.On open source, he said the goal is to support ecosystem building by directing investment with the aim of ensuring that open source tools are as seamlessly usable as a proprietary tools.When it comes to AI accountability, the partnership hopes to unify the field working towards buy-in on standards for auditing AI systems that are accountable on merit of having the deep involvement by different populations and communities who are focused on the problems that we want [AI to help with]. For understandable reasons, theres a lot of focus around the huge [AI] investments. Thats different, he also told us. Our focus here is around the public interest. Our focus is on smaller models. Were not optimizing for AGI [artificial general intelligence] Were looking at smaller models where you need really high value specific data sets.For example, on Parkinsons disease theres been an amazing standardization of data sets, put forward by the Michael J Fox Foundation like were looking at really specific stuff to make a difference in peoples lives.Europe and the global south chip inThe initiative is being backed by a mix of public and private actors with governments including France, Germany, Chile, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria among the nine countries listed as partners at launch (note: the U.S. is not a participant, neither are any governments across Asia so the AI effort is being drive by policymakers in Europe and the Global South. The other listed countries are Finland, Slovenia and Switzerland). That said, also listed in the PR as core partners are (U.S.) tech giants Google and Salesforce. On the private sector side, Tisn said the partnership is keen to work with industry research labs doing cutting edge work (such as in life sciences); with technology companies that have a distinct positioning vs the mainstream, such as as a result of how they and/or their customers are using open source, and with other large companies that are users and buyers of open source products; and with startups that are pushing the envelop on openness. Other core partners for Current AI that have been named at launch are the French government (which is in the spotlight on AI governance this week as its hosting the AI Action Summit in Paris); along with several philanthropic backers namely: The Ford Foundation; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and AI Collaborative the latter being an Omidyar Group-backed AI governance policy lobby organization that sits within billionaire Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pams network. AI Collaboratives CEO, Tisn, is also the founder of Current AI. Discussing the gap Current AIs backers are seeking to fill, he argued theres a gap for a public-private funding vehicle that can build momentum behind efforts to drive AI development along public interest lines. Its not a lack of public interest projects in AI, its a massive fragmentation in the field and how we can just work on a much bigger scale, he told TechCrunch during a call, saying the initiative aims to drive public and private financing at scale of critical public interest AI projects. Some of which already exist, he continued, saying its therefore a question of really bringing them together, but focusing focusing on effort so that we can help develop the next AlphaFold, a reference to Google DeepMinds pioneering AI system for accurately predicting the structures of proteins inside the human body. The private sector is rightly focused on private interests and works at a huge scale and is doing that with, you know, compute investments in the order of the tens of billions per quarter so we were trying to figure out what it is that we could do to really make a difference, Tisn also told us, noting: AlphaFold was developed on the base of a public data set, including, but not limited to the Protein Data Bank. So a big focus of ours is going to be on data from that perspective.Public interest AI ecosystem supportEfforts to wide access to health data could for example focus on supporting development of privacy-preserving technologies to enable more patients to share their data for AI research, he suggested. There isnt another partnership set up which is really designed to bring the whole field together and to bring together public financing at scale, he claimed. Boiling the effort down further Tisn said Current AIs work will span three tracks: Firstly providing financial support to the sector in the form of direct financial contributions. It will also seek to play an incubating role aiming to, for example, support research work to nurture AI innovations. Thirdly, it will work on aligning funding so that different funders can work jointly based on shared goals and objectives. So here its backers hope to bring together diverse public interest AI support efforts and amplify impact.The partnership will deploy around half its donated funds in the form of grant awards. The other half is being pegged for aligned funding efforts around openness, around data and accountability, which Tisn said will include hitting really specific goals and objectives per program (that are as yet to be defined). This isnt a this isnt a policy or a regulation play. Its really a building play, he added. Current AIs PR includes a wider list of supporters and champions for the initiative citing an open letter of support from a span industry figures including the likes of Arthur Mensch, co-Founder & CEO of the French large language model (LLM) maker Mistral; serial entrepreneurs and investors Brent Hoberman and Reid Hoffman; Clement Delangue, CEO of AI firm Hugging Face; and Fidji Simo, an OpenAI board member and also CEO and chair of Instacart, among others. In the letter they write: To achieve the best out of AI, society must be in charge.In practice, this means ensuring that high-value datasets are accessible in privacy preserving and safe ways, incentivising the development of smaller, open AI models that cater to peoples needs and are more environmentally friendly, and scaling up open-source AI to improve transparency, safety and accessibility for all, they go on, adding: The future of AI should belong to all of us.Current AI expects to be unveiling fresh supporters and backers in the coming months, with Tisn saying theyre particularly keen to work with the Gates Foundation given its focus on key verticals like healthcare. If youre curious about their choice of name (Current AI), he said they were shooting for something that grounds in the here and now i.e. current-gen AI, not sci-fi stuff that might be coming down the pipe as well as wanting to play on ideas of electrical current and even diversity (think the current of a river and all the life than can teem inside it).Its important to have more diversity in the AI field, he stressed, adding: We spent a lot of time in AI worrying about a really distant future and what might happen So this is really an effort to focus on the opportunities and the harms today.

Ontarios provincial government continues to move forward with a not-so-popular plan to relocate Torontosbeloved Ontario Science Center (OSC). At the beginning of 2025, locals responded with dismay as the institutions original campus, designed by Canadian modernist Raymond Moriyama, was fenced off and the OSC logo removed from the museums front entrance. Meanwhile, Infrastructure Ontario, the bureaucratic body in charge of the project, issued an RFP for the design and construction of the OSCs replacement, inviting three teams to compete for the commission. The teams were invited to submit proposals after submitting their qualifications and interest in a RFQ.The first team is led by Fengate Capital Management, and includes Cumulus Architects, Daoust Lestage, and Pomerleau Construction. EllisDon leads the second team with design partners Belvedere Architecture and BDP Quadrangle. The final team is a joint partnership between John Laing, Sacyr, and Amico, with architects Hariri Pontarini and Snhetta. (Each team also includes a facilities manager and financial advisor.) It is expected that the new Ontario Science Center building will not open until 2029. In the meantime, a temporary location for the institution will be constructed, although exact details are still forthcoming.The new OSC building will be built within Ontario Place, a cluster of artificial islands located in Lake Erie, directly south of Downtown Toronto. Originally conceived as a theme park, Ontario Place was in operation from 1971 until its closure in 2011. Though publicly owned, the majority of the site was leased to Therme Group, an Austrian developer that plans to replace the park with a luxury spa.Those opposed to the provinces decisions can visit SAVE OSC and Ontario Place For All to become more involved.