Caue Rocha Pereira recreated the iconic aerial combat from Attack on Titan with Unreal Engine 5, incorporating combos, resource management, and visual effects.Learn more: https://80.lv/articles/attack-on-titan-s-iconic-aerial-combat-recreated-in-unreal-engine-5/

Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, has expanded its payment offerings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by introducing 11 new local payment methods. These include services such as Fawry Cash, Aman, Masary, Momken, Vodafone Wallet, Orange Cash Wallet, and Mobile & Banking Wallets in Egypt; Sadad in Saudi Arabia; eFAWATEERcom in Jordan; and STC Direct Carrier Billing in Bahrain.The MENA region, which is home to over 380 million gamers, is one of the fastest-growing gaming markets globally, with a reported 8.9% year-on-year growth in 2024, according to Newzoo. However, challenges such as limited payment accessibility, a shortage of local options, and low trust in non-regional payment methods have historically hindered market expansion.To address these challenges, Xsolla offers:Broad Payment Access: Supporting 11 local payment methods to facilitate secure and seamless transactions for a large gamer base.Preferred Regional Methods: Incorporating popular services like Fawry Cash accounting for 55% of cash payments in Egypt and Sadad in Saudi Arabia, which local consumers widely trust.Mobile-First Solutions: Catering to the mobile-dominant gaming market, as mobile games, contributed 52.1% of gaming revenue in 2024 through support for mobile wallets and carrier billing.Enhanced Revenue Opportunities: Enabling developers and publishers to reach a fast-growing player base and drive more transactions.Chris Hewish, Chief Strategy Officer at Xsolla, noted, Expanding our payment offerings in the MENA region allows us to connect developers with millions of underserved gamers in this rapidly evolving market. With a tech-literate, youthful population and the rapid adoption of digital wallets and mobile payments, the MENA region represents a significant opportunity for developers.If youre interested in using these new payment methods and tapping into the potential of the MENA market, learn more here.Source link The post Xsolla Expands Payment Options in MENA appeared first on CG SHARES.

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Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann revealed some more narrative details about Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in Creator to Creator discussion with Civil War director Alex Garland.The studio behind Uncharted and The Last of Us revealed Intergalactic, a brand new sci-fi game meant to kickstart a franchise, at The Game Awards 2024. That announcement trailer revealed a fair bit about Intergalactic's premise, namely that it follows a bounty hunter who gets standard on the distant planet of Sempiria. Ahead of season 2 of the popular The Last of Us TV show, Druckmann appeared on Sony's Creators to Creators podcast for a discussion with film director Alex Garland, who is promoting the upcoming film 28 Years Later. Toward the end of the conversation, Druckmann revealed more about the universe Intergalactic is set in and Naughty Dog's goals with the project. Druckmann highlights that Intergalactic will be "a game about faith and religion" and is set around 2000 years in the future in a universe that diverged from our own in the 1980s. He reveals that Naughty Dog has created 2000 years of history for the religion of Sempiria, which has been cut off from communication with the rest of the galaxy for the last 600 years prior to the start of the game. He also explained how Naughty Dog wants players to feel lonely and lost in a place whose people and history are mysterious to them.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Sony is testing out new AI software, and it's using a beloved character--Aloy from the Horizon series--to show it off.A YouTube video narrated by Sharwin Raghoebardajal--a software engineering director at Sony Interactive Entertainment who focuses on gaming tech, AI, and face technology for the Advanced Technology Group within Sony's PlayStation Studios--appeared online last week, giving players a look at an AI-ified version of Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West's main character, Aloy.Raghoebardajal verbally interacts with Aloy throughout the video, starting off by greeting her and asking how she's been doing.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Todays Strands puzzle brings with it another engaging challenge, providing players with a letter grid packed full of hidden words that are just waiting to be uncovered. To solve it, youll need to decipher the theme and find all the themed words using just one clue while ensuring every letter is used only once.

Connections is back with another daily challenge from the New York Times Games, and it's asking you to group sixteen words into four secret categories. With only three mistakes to spare, the puzzle can feel daunting. It's especially easy to get stuck with a few guesses left and a lot of unanswered categories.

I know Im not the only person who finds themself reflexively opening and closing apps, like perusing digital window displays to feel as if Im doing something.A new game from developer Pippin Barr playfully highlights how meaningless our relationships with phones can be. Its called Its As If You Were On Your Phone, and you can play it, on your phone, right now.IAIYWOYP posits a situation in which youre just pretending to be on your phone. The site offers you intermittent orders, and actions to perform:Watch the screen.Widen your eyes and then frown.Just look at your phone.You tap circles as they pop up, swipe when asked, and occasionally are told to clean your screen.Taken all together, it creates the ideal symphony of actions that you might need to convince a neighboring restaurant table that youre not eavesdropping on them (youre on your phone).What I found most compelling, and disturbing, is how satisfying all this is. I like double-tapping a pink circle, and pressing my fingers pensively to my lips. Maybe its the play-acting, or maybe this simple feedback is genuinely all Im getting out of using my phone anyway. I am a compulsive phone-user, with very little to show for it other than almost 2,000 victories in Sawayama Solitaire.If taking orders from a clever phone game is as momentarily compelling to me as, say, scrolling Bluesky, then what the hell am I doing here?You can play Its As If You Were On Your Phone for free on your phone in browsers now.

Controls Ultimate Edition got a new update on Monday, which adds new content to the game five years after its launch. That new (for many) content includes a cameo from Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima, who plays Dr. Yoshimi Tokui. The mission is playable when you pick up the Dr Tokui Tapes collectible in the Extrasensory Lab of the Research Sector, Remedy Entertainment community manager Vida Starcevic wrote in a post on the Control website. This mission was previous only available to players on the PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe edition.Kojima seemingly recorded the lines for the Control mission in 2019, according to a post from his personal assistant. Kojima and Remedy Entertainment director Sam Lake swapped cameos; Lake made a cameo in Death Stranding as Veteran Porter. Both games were released in 2019, and both topped plenty of game of the year lists, including Polygons.As for the rest of the update, Control players got three new outfits, which were previously preorder exclusive items. There were also some graphics and DLSS updates, as well as bug fixes. One of those general updates was to the audio on some cinematics and end credits, where there was apparently some mixing problems. It wasnt the Hiss, it was us, Starcevic wrote. Sorry.So far, the update is only for PC players. Remedy Entertainment expects to release the update on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X in the near future.Both Lake and Kojima are working on follow-ups to their 2019 releases; Remedy Entertainment is working on Control 2, while Kojimas Kojima Productions is working on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.

We may earn a commission from links on this page.For many years, I've depended on my phone to get me out of bed in the morning, and I've hated it. I'd easily snooze or catch myself doom scrolling instead of starting my morning routine. That all changed after my brother gifted me perhaps the best Christmas present I've received over the last few years: a Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, which you can now get on Walmart or Target for $99.99. It was previously only available on the Nintendo store. Display: Digital, Power type: Corded Electric, Alarm clock type: Projection Alarm Clocks. Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo (Walmart) $99.00 at Walmart $317.50 Save $218.50 Shop Now Shop Now $99.00 at Walmart $317.50 Save $218.50 Display: Digital, Power type: Corded Electric, Alarm clock type: Projection Alarm Clocks. Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo $99.98 at Target Shop Now Shop Now $99.98 at Target SEE -1 MORE The Alarmo is a digital alarm clock that needs to be connected to an outlet with a USB cable to be powered on. You no longer need a Switch Online membership to buy (or use it). It comes with many built-in themes you can choose from, including Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 3, Pikmin 4, and Ring Fit Adventure. Nintendo says you can expect to download more in the future for free, including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The Alarmo uses a motion sensor to detect that you're getting out of bed to stop the alarm from going off. I've been using the The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild theme since I set it up and have been using it for months with great results. Because I need to get up to stop the alarm, and I don't want the alarm to wake up my fiance, it's been effective. I never thought Nintendo would be the one to fix my morning issues and over-dependence on my phone.Something to note is that although there is no snooze feature, it is designed to temporarily stop the music when you move, essentially snoozing. But it's not a pleasant snooze since the music will keep on playing, progressively getting louder. You can also easily unplug it to turn it off completely since there's no battery, but it has been working great for me regardless.