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 Sony is delivering a State of Play tonight! There were leaks about the event happening, but it has now been confirmed by Sony. We dont know what games will be involved, but leaks have suggested the possibility of a major God of War announcement. There are now also leaks suggesting State of Play will see the unveiling of Destiny 2 developer, Bungies, new game, Gummy Bears. State of Play Gummy Bears leakLeaks claim State of Play will see the reveal of Gummy Bears. This is a multiplayer experience that was developed by Destiny 2s Bungie. Although developed by Bungie, it is now reportedly under the helm of another unnamed PlayStation Studio that comprises of 40 Bungie employees who were part of the Bungie layoffs in 2024.This leak comes courtesy of Spanish outlet, Vandal, as shared on the GamingLeaksAndRumors subreddit. In a translation of Vandals leak, the outlet claims to have had access to information from sources close to the project [Gummy Bears] who assure that this new title will be presented today, during the State of Play. 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. Vandal claims that their source accurately leaked to them the State of Play date, which suggests their Gummy Bears leak has credibility. In addition to appearing during Sonys event, the same anonymous source has said Gummy Bears will also appear during a rumored Nintendo Direct for February.This suggests that Gummy Bears will be multiplatform. The leak specifically states it will launch multiplatform from day one for PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch, similar to LEGO Horizon Adventures. Must-Listen: Publishing Manor Lords w/ Joe Robinson VideoGamer Podcast Listen Now As for what Gummy Bears is, previous leaks shared by Eurogamer claim it is a team-based competitive MOBA. It is also reportedly a vibrant and colorful cosy experience that uses Super Smash Bros-esque features to attract a younger audience.Below is previously seen concept art for Gummy Bears: Image credit: BungieRemember that the appearance of Gummy Bears is only a leak rather than anything official. As for State of Play, it is officially happening at 2PM PT/5PM ET/10PM GMT on February 12th. You can watch the event live on YouTube.In Destiny 2 news, Bungie has confirmed massive buffs missing from the Heresy patch notes. The developer has also announced an immediate OP nerf plus excluded weapon bonuses.Related TopicsSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

A beautiful thing about entering into a life with someone is growing and evolving, Spain says. How can you view this as an opportunity for you to grow as an individual, as part of a relationship, and as somebody whos sharing your life with another person?Assuming youre up for the challenge of exploring something new together, he suggests diving into aesthetic research, and push yourself to be curious by looking through vintage books and magazines for rooms that incorporate the colors, finishes, and silhouettes of the sentimental objects. Then use that as a sounding board and develop a shared vocabulary between you and your partner, Spain says.He suggests focusing on Scandinavian designers. With this kind of rustic country vibe plus more modernist leanings, I went to Northern Europe, Spain says. So Finn Juhl, Josef Frank, Eric Gunner Asplundtheres a long history of these rural or pastoral aesthetics bumping up against more modernist gestures.In How to Live With Objects: A Guide to More Meaningful Interiors, authors Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov, of Sight Unseen, dedicate an entire chapter to sentimental objects, which transform our homes into a rich visual diary, they write. We keep these objects not because they look good or make us look good, but because we find them moving.If these pieces arent feeling cohesive with the rest of the space, Singer suggests finding areas where they can become a gem of a moment instead of sticking out like a sore thumb, she says. She thinks you could create a tonal moment in an entryway or a bathroom where youre building around the object.The couple found a way to combine their own possessions and artwork. Here, on the left, a 2018 work by Robert Brambora is informally positioned on the floor, with a 1950s drawing by Valentine Hugo on the right.Photo: DePasquale+Maffini Art: Robert Brambora/Sans Titre GallerySinger also says that refinishing an object, if your partner is open to it, can also help. Having this conversation also involves a delicate touch.I would say, I dont know if this goes with the vision I think that we have for our house; what are some ways that we could amend it or transform it so that its still a special piece and maybe it fits in a little bit better? And then theres the opportunity to reframe what the piece is. Youre transforming it from a sentimental object for one into something thats sentimental for both because you created it together, she says.

Only Celerie Kemble could gut-renovate and decorate a five-story Manhattan town house in nine months. But lets start with how she chose the house in the first place. It was 2022; her marriage had ended several years earlier, and Kemble had been renting a place with her three young children, sons Rascal and Wick and daughter Zinnia. She was taking the slow road to buying until her partner, Stephen Roesler, nudged her with a listing of a town house in the often overlooked East Side neighborhood of Murray Hill, just around the corner from the Morgan Library. On paper, it seemed underwhelmingit was unusually narrow in width and not really her style. Even her longtime friend Bronson van Wyck looked at the listing and replied Jeez, Cel. You dont want to live in a dollhouse. Twelve feet wide isnt worth canceling my lunch for. But Kemble knew she had to start looking, and as besties do, van Wyck showed up. They walked into a well-proportioned, 19th-century Italianate house with high ceilings, original crown moldings, and no less than eight fireplaces. By the time they reached the second floor, he looked at her and said, Offer full asking.The dining room walls are painted in a custom finish by Cheron Tomkins.Bordallo Pinheiro Strawberries PitcherVintage Afghan Kilim RugMatouk Butterfield Sham1960s Saturated Abstract Oil on CanvasAnd thats when the work began. Since the 90s, Kemble has run the New York office of Kemble Interiors, a design firm founded by her mother, Mimi McMakin, in Palm Beach, Florida. Together they are responsible for some of the most beautifully designed houses, private clubs, and hotels on the East Coast. As Kemble tells it, the key to their success is the team of exceptionally talented builders, artisans, and craftspeople that they habitually work with, some for many decades now. When it came to the lightning-fast reinvention of her new home, We were like the Amish, she says. We all came together to raise the barn.Her remit to the teamwho would help her glaze walls, replicate architectural details, apply copper patina to window frames, and even fit an Italian doorway filled with antique mirror panels around her bedroom fireplacewas feminine but theatrical, old Florida meets Tony Duquette. I have spent most of my life surrounded by the influence of Addison Mizner and Polly Jessup in Palm Beach, and I can see how that prettiness has hung around in my own style. But I have also studied the work of designers such as Oliver Messel and Joseph Urban, who drew inspiration from stage sets. I wanted to pave the way for the furniture, art, and decorative objects that I had been collecting for this house years before I even found it. All of it sounds quite formal, and you could excuse someone who grew up in Palm Beach for embracing a more ordered aesthetic, but Kembles gift is making her house a welcoming and forgiving environment for three teenagers and an endless stream of houseguests (confession: I am often one of them). In knocking down the drywall and erasing the clean lines from the existing structure, I wanted the house to feel like the perfection had been wrung out of it, the veneer had been worn away, and that there was no false formality here.

CLOSE X By Maya Mehrara News Reporter China has established a "planetary defense" team to counter the threat of an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032.As concerns grow regarding the threat from space, Beijing's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense has begun recruiting workers for its defense team, according to the South China Morning Post.Newsweek contacted NASA and the Chinese Embassy in the U.K. for comment via email outside normal business hours.Why It MattersOn Friday, the European Space Agency said the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 was 2.2 percent, placing it at the top of the agency's risk list.NASA has said the asteroid is the most dangerous space object near Earth. Though the chances of the asteroid making impact are small, space agencies around the world are preparing for its potential arrival.Two staff members at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia, China, on May 29, 2023. Two staff members at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia, China, on May 29, 2023. Lidiya Stanchenko/Associated Press What To KnowChina's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense has begun assembling a space defense team by posting recruitment listings for three available roles. One listing posted to WeChat said the center was recruiting graduates to study asteroid monitoring and create early warning methods.Asteroid 2024 YR4 is estimated to be 40 to 90 meters (130 to 300 feet) wide and was initially discovered by the University of Hawaii's Institute of Astronomy in late December. Swiftly after its discovery, Beijing's agency posted the recruitment listings.As it is scheduled to near Earth by 2032, the asteroid is being monitored by multiple space agencies globally, and various methods of averting a collision have been proposed.The methods include using nuclear weapons to redirect the asteroid away from the planet or employing NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, also known as the DART mission, which previously altered the course of an asteroid in 2022 by using kinetic impactors.China's method of planetary defense would reportedly include crashing a DART-style spacecraft into the asteroid, bearing similarities to the U.S.'s DART mission, The Economist reported.What People Are SayingRobin George Andrews, a science journalist, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: "The impact corridor (as it's known) is too wide right now, and the chances are too low, to talk about that. The red line here shows the possibilities (from D. Rankin). The damage mostly depends on the size of the asteroid, impact angle and location An impact in a sparse desert or the middle of the ocean even on the larger end of the asteroid's size range (90m/300 feet) would be harmless. A direct hit on a city would be like a nuclear bomb hitting it."He continued: "A 40m asteroid (smaller end) wouldn't make it to the ground, would explode mid-air and unleash an air blast that would knock over buildings and people and be extremely lethal. A 90m asteroid (larger end) might make it to the ground, make a crater, and emit a blast wave that would kill people for several miles away by damaging their internal organs through compressive force. People and buildings further afield will be violently knocked back."What Happens NextThe European Space Agency is providing regular updates on the asteroid's movements. Is This Article Trustworthy?Is This Article Trustworthy?Newsweek is committed to journalism that is factual and fairWe value your input and encourage you to rate this article.Newsweek is committed to journalism that is factual and fairWe value your input and encourage you to rate this article.Slide Circle to VoteReader Avg.NoModeratelyYes VOTE

Fog's Setting In"I was willing to lose a job over this one" Daredevil: Born Again's showrunner on bringing back two beloved Netflix characters as part of its creative rework"Theyre the heart of his world."Image credit: Marvel News by Oisin Kuhnke Contributor Published on Feb. 12, 2025 The upcoming Daredevil series almost didn't feature beloved Netflix characters Karen and Foggy, but Born Again's showrunner was dead set on including them.Daredevil was obviously quite infamously creatively overhauled back in 2023, in part because of some wider changes in how Marvel was handling TV shows, but also because it sounds like it just wasn't working. A little while later, Dario Scardapane joined the show, having previously served as a writer and executive producer on Netflix's Punisher series, and as it turns out, a big part of getting Born Again back on track was by bringing Matt Murdock's closest friends Karen and Foggy back into the fold. "That was actually one of the first things I said to the bosses," Scardapane said in an interview with Empire.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. "You cant do this show without Karen and Foggy. Theyre Matts family. Theyre the heart of his world. You cant take them out without explaining why, and if that explanation doesnt ring true, dont take them out." Part of their addition was to almost make it more of a continuation of the Netflix series, as opposed to technically featuring a new Daredevil entirely. "It was much less the world we knew, and more trying to blaze a new trail, but in doing so, theyd forgotten some things that really were necessary to the engine of the story."In fact, Scardapane wouldn't have joined the series at all if the pair of characters weren't allowed to be in it, especially considering that the Netflix series ended with the three of them wanting to turn their form from Nelson & Murdock to Nelson, Murdock & Page. "I was willing to lose a job over this one. Because Season 3 of the Netflix show ended with a dream, with the names on that napkin. If you dont pay that off, youre not giving your characters context. You cant ignore that dream."Whether Scardapane will be able to capture the same magic that hit for a lot of people all those years ago, we won't know until the show is out (though you can probably be confident in it being pretty violent). Luckily, you don't have to wait all that long, as it premieres on Disney Plus March 5.

SighEx-Activision boss suggests buying Project Gotham Racing developer was a bad acquisition, and it's seemingly scarred him so badly he can't remember Bizarre Creations' nameIn the same chat, Bobby Kotick did manage to recall the name of Neversoft, because it can be interpreted as a gag about erections.Image credit: Kleiner Perkins News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on Feb. 12, 2025 Former Activision Blizzard CEO has said that buying a UK-based studio known for making driving games on Xbox was "a bad acquisition", but wasn't able to remember the name of said studio. It seems likely he was talking about Project Gotham Racing and Blur developer Bizarre Creations.Speaking on the Grit Podcast of American venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, Kotick told an interviwer and former EA COO Bing Gordon that during his time at Activision, the company "actually had a bad acquisition".To see this content please enable targeting cookies. "The company that was, um in Manchester, that did the driving game for Xbox, and it was called, um" the former exec continued, seemingly struggling to recall the name of the studio in question. Assuming he meant Liverpool rather than Manchester, it'd appear Bizarre fits the bill here, given it's best known for developing Xbox exclusive series Project Gotham Racing."They had a good guy, who was running the day-to-day," Kotick recalled. "It was $80 million, and we wrote it off two years later," he added in respone to Gordon asking if this was a "bet the company acquisition", "Everything about it violated all our principles. That guy was an expensive lesson."Bizarre was acquired by Activision in September 2007, and closed in 2011, after efforts to find a buyer for it fell through. While under the Acti banner, it released the likes of Blur and James Bond 007: Blood Stone.The next bit of the podcast sees Kotick outline how Activision's strategy of acquiring studio's differed from EA's, with the latter choosing to "Electronic Arts-ify" new buys by ding things like changing their names to the likes of 'EA City Name', whereas Activision preferred to let them retain their original identities. He then did recall the name of another Activision studio - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater developer Neversoft - quipping "there was probably a decade where you couldn't have a company called Neversoft". He and Gordon then had a nice chuckle.Do you wish Bizarre Creations was still around, probably making good racing games? Let us know below.

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube796kOur fingers are crossed that Switch 2 will usher in a brave new era for Star Fox come on, it's been almost 10 years but, if McCloud & co. are still otherwise engaged, at least we know that one of the series' imitators will be making an appearance on the new hardware.2023's FUR Squadron wore its Star Fox inspiration proudly on its sleeve, with its neon, airborne animal rail shooting sharing more than a little DNA with the classic Nintendo series. Its sequel, FUR Squadron Phoenix, was announced early last year and developer Raptor Claw Games has this week confirmed that it is coming to Switch 2.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube796kWatch on YouTube The dev has teased that the first FUR Squadron will be playable on the new Nintendo hardware thanks to the console's backwards compatibility in the past, but the latest tweet specifically states that the sequel is "Coming to PC and Switch 2 this year". Hey, it's another title to add to the list.What's more, it looks rather good. Much like its predecessor, this is an on-the-rails shooter where you command a fleet of anthropomorphic pilots through a series of space assaults. This one promises a roguelike game structure, skill trees, unlockable conversations through the crew's "friendship" system and more.You'll find a rundown of the game and a handful of screenshots from its Steam page below:A new chapter of the FUR Squadron saga:- Meet the FUR Squadron! They will make you a true ace pilot, hone your skills before it's too late! Featuring a roguelite structure with skill trees that unlock abilities and stats.- Showcasing intricate, dynamic, and captivating landscapes and environments. Huge bosses and fleets of enemy ships, on space, air and sea.- Shiny new weapons, offering more than just conventional guided projectiles. Get ready to wield a colossal power beam, multi-missile barrages, and a powerful nuke strike!- "Friendship" system with other characters, allowing for unlocking conversations and support skills. Our FUR Squadron pals are suiting up to have your back. Support can be summoned for reinforcement.Images: Raptor ClawMuch like the Switch 2 itself, we don't have a precise release date for this one just yet, though the dev has confirmed that it'll be landing on the upcoming Nintendo hardware at some point "this year". A free demo is currently available on Steam, so you can take a closer look while we wait for more info.We'd expect the next major drop of Switch 2 news to come in the 2nd April Direct, for which Nintendo revealed specific timings last week. It's time for Switch 2Rad, dudeWhat do you make of FUR Squadron Phoenix? Will you be picking it up on Switch 2? Do a barrel roll in the comments.[source x.com]Related GamesSee AlsoShare:02 Jim came to Nintendo Life in 2022 and, despite his insistence that The Minish Cap is the best Zelda game and his unwavering love for the Star Wars prequels (yes, really), he has continued to write news and features on the site ever since. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related ArticlesDon't Worry, Nintendo's Thinking About Affordability With Switch 2 PricingThough no official price will be revealed for nowNintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch Games... and the Switch 2!Latest 'Video Game Maps: SNES' Book Dives Into Zelda, Kirby, Mega Man And MoreAdd to cart(ography)

Slippery slope.Gosh, you can really feel Nintendo's distinct lack of output at the moment, huh? With the Switch 2 on the horizon and nothing of particular significance now until Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition on 20th March, the UK Charts is mostly comprised of evergreen titles.Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is hanging in there, for sure, but it's slowly falling down the ranks thanks in part to the debut of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II at number one. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has also be supplanted by EA Sports FC 25, but its continued presence in the top ten long after its 2017 release continues to delight us.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

When cloud providers like Microsoft Azure and AWS launched cloud software marketplaces a decade ago, it opened up a new sales channel for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies to get in front of potential enterprise customers. These marketplaces effectively enabled SaaS companies to bypass the traditional, lengthy sales cycles.But rarely is the seller-side experience a walk in the park. Getting software listed on these marketplaces requires multiple engineers, and the overhead burden only increases as a company scales. Jon Yoo and Chengjun Yuan know the problem well from their respective times working at Salesforce and Confluent. The pair decided to launch a company, Suger, to lessen the operational challenge associated with selling via cloud marketplaces.Suger is a toolkit that automates SaaS product listing across various marketplaces and manages these listings as they scale up. The platforms unified APIs integrate with a companys billing, customer relationship management, and other existing tools. Yoo said that Suger can help with a variety of cloud marketplace-related tasks, including flexible pricing, revenue reports, and delivering buyer insights.We built a workflow so that we can orchestrate all these actions that these people do as a day-to-day job, Yoo told TechCrunch. Lets automate each part in the lifecycle of a transaction, like each node, so that we can help them transact at scale. Thats really starting to play out. We look at our data and we see that our customers, on average, 3x their marketplace volume when they switch over to us from an in-house solution or a competitor product.Suger launched at the end of 2022. Since then, the companys customer base has grown to more than 200 companies including Snowflake, Notion, and Intel.Suger recently raised a $15 million Series A round led by Threshold Ventures with participation from existing investors including Craft Ventures, Intel Capital, and Y Combinator. Yoo said the company received multiple term sheets pretty quickly, as many of the investors Suger spoke with have portfolio companies struggling to wrangle cloud marketplaces.Some prospective investors told Yoo that Suger would struggle to raise in this funding environment because it wasnt marketing itself as an AI company. Clearly, that didnt dissuade many backers.We leverage AI internally in our product, but AI is just technology, Yoo said. AI can be the underlying technology, but what is the actual value that we are providing to our customer? At the end of the day, they want to make sure that we are helping them do their jobs and supplementing the work theyre doing, versus kind of this marketing fluff.The use of cloud marketplaces continues to be a growing part of enterprise sales. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said that in its second quarter of fiscal 2025, three of Salesforces top ten largest deals were closed through AWS cloud marketplace.Yoo added that many young AI startups are looking to cloud marketplaces as a sales channel right off the bat.Its a massive market, Yoo said. Its started to become not just a nice-to-have channel, but really a must-have channel if you are selling to enterprises.There is competition in Sugers sector, to be clear. Some companies build their own cloud marketplace listing systems in-house, while others turn to startups like Tackle, which has raised more than $148 million in venture funding and offers capabilities similar to Sugers.Yoo said Suger has the advantage of being a second mover. (Tackle launched a few years prior.) Suger also goes beyond just the listing process, Yoo added, where Tackle is mainly focused.Yoo said Suger will put its fresh funds toward building out its product and expanding its engineering bandwidth. Eventually, Suger hopes to build tools for the buyer side, as well, helping enterprises procure software and manage their spend.[Were] really excited for the future, and also not just the future of the company, but also the future of cloud marketplaces, Yoo said. We really want to bring that consumer experience to B2B sales, because it just does not make sense to me that it takes two years for an enterprise sales cycle.

Security experts often describe identity as the new perimeter in the world of security: in the world of cloud services where network assets and apps can range far and wide, the biggest vulnerabilities are often leaked and spoofed log-in credentials.A startup called SGNL has built a new approach that it believes is better at securing how identities are used to access apps and more it is based on the emerging concept of zero-standing privilege, where user access is conditional rather than standing and today its announcing $30 million on the back of strong growth.The funding, a Series A, is being led by Brightmind Partners, a new VC focusing on cybersecurity (it has yet to announce its first fund: that is due to come later this year). Also participating are Costanoa, which led SGNLs seed round in 2022, and strategic investors Microsoft (via M12) and Cisco Investments, whose contribution to this latest round actually dates from 2023.SGNL has now raised $42 million, and while PitchBook data notes a valuation of $100 million our sources tell us this is inaccurate (and too low). The company has not disclosed any details on the valuation front, but SGNL is growing and claims to have multiple major enterprise customers, including one that has major media, entertainment, and technology operations and is using SGNL to streamline access management across its cloud environments.The startup does not disclose its customer list but notes that examples of the kinds of breaches that have resulted from holes in identity posture the kind that would be better plugged by using technology like SGNLs include the breaches at MGM ($100M), T-Mobile ($350M), AT&T, Microsoft, and Caesars.SGNL is the brainchild of Scott Kriz (CEO) and Erik Gustavson (CPO), who had previously co-founded another ID access management company called Bitium. Google acquired that startup in 2017 and there, Kris said, he and his team were tasked with not only directory services for products like Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform, but also building and maintaining ID access management for the company itself, specifically how employees at Google were able to access data.It was there that Kriz and Gustavson saw a gap in how ID services were being managed across enterprise ID access tools at the time, including their own.Essentially, we realized that there was a missing solution in identity security that was not just unique to Google, but across the industry, he said. There was this desire for companies to get to a place where there was no standing access.In a nutshell, Kriz said, ID access requires a level of context: you need passwords, but also access privileges, for each app. But even in [services] where that was being done Okta was one, Microsoft was another they were very good at opening doors. What they werent very good at was closing that door.In other words, once one circumstance changed employment status being the most obvious, but also others like whether a particular job was finished access was not getting closed off. That, in turn, created potential vulnerabilities for malicious actors to exploit.Kriz said that a couple of factors have kept security companies from being able to close off that access, until now. The first has been a lack of agreement between vendors for a standard. The breakthrough for that came from another ex-Googler called Atul Tulshibagwale, who was the inventor of CAEP (the continuous access evaluation protocol), which is what underpins SGNLs platform. CAEP has been adopted by the OpenID Foundation, and Tulshibagwale is now SGNLs CTO.Its not proprietary to us, but, we are the ones that you know originated that, and now it has adoption in Microsoft, in Apple, in Cisco, in the largest companies, Kriz said.The second development, unique to SGNL, is how it has built what Kriz describes as the rich context that it uses to build its access management. This lets, essentially, companies set up multiple access policies, plus a number of conditions that additionally have to be met, in order for someone to be able to access a particular app or other data.SGNL has created not just the structure for how access can be permitted (or closed off) but also what it describes as the data fabric, an identity graph that lets the system work without depending on individual data sources being up to date. Kriz noted that one of its customers had 400,000 employees and 30,000 roles within AWS, and it helped it to reduce that down to six policies (plus multiple conditions connected to them). (As for the AI in its name, it uses AI to build and manage this data fabric.)There are multiple large companies doing more around zero-standing privilege, including CyberArt and SailPoint, alongside a number of startups; but that isnt deterring investors.I love the fact that theyve founded and exited a company, and theyve spent a decent amount of time at Google. Those things are very important. They understand how large enterprises work, said Stephen Ward, one of the founders of Brightmind (and himself a former CISO of HomeDepot and ex-government security specialist). Its not a popular venture thing to say but, with an idea this big, you can create a big moat just from building the platform.