When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mozilla kills Pocket and Fakespot to focus more on Firefox Taras Buria Neowin @TarasBuria · May 22, 2025 16:08 EDT Pocket, a popular reading service that allows users to save web pages for offline use and discover content, is shutting down. Mozilla announced the end of the service on the official Mozilla Support website, stating that Pocket will go offline on July 8, 2025. Mozilla says it decided to pull the plug on Pocket due to how the internet and user habits have evolved over the years. Now, the company wants to streamline its resources and focus more on the Firefox browser. As such, it discontinues Pocket and Fakespot, a browser extension used to detect fake product reviews. Here is what Mozilla says in the announcement: Firefox is the only major browser not backed by a billionaire and our independence shapes everything we build. This independence allows us to prioritize building products and tools, which shape the future of the internet for the better. And it means we have to be intentional about where we invest our time and resources so we can make the biggest impact. Starting today, May 22, 2025, users can no longer download Pocket or purchase new Pocket Premium subscriptions. Existing Pocket Premium subscriptions are cancelled, and those on annual plans will receive automatic refunds starting July 8, 2025. As for the content saved in your Pocket, you can export it until October 8, 2025. After that date, everything will be deleted. Fakespot, its extension, mobile apps, and the website are shutting down on July 1, 2025. Review Cheker (Fakespot built into Firefox) will stop working next month, on June 10, 2025. Interestingly, Mozilla acquired Fakespot two years ago, but according to the announcement post, it could not fit a sustainable model. Pocket, on the other hand, was purchased in 2017 for an undisclosed amount of money. You can read more about the discontinuation of Pocket on the official Mozilla Support website. Tags Report a problem with article Follow @NeowinFeed

Image: Daedalic EntertainmentEmbracer Group has seemingly been scrambling to right the ship after a turbulent few years, and its latest announcement reveals yet another significant move for the company. As reported by Game Developer, Embracer posted an investor statement to confirm that it is renaming its core gaming division from the working-title 'Middle Earth & Friends' to 'Fellowship Entertainment'. In addition, it's also looking to spin off the Coffee Stain Group into a "standalone group of community-driven game developers and publishers". The company notes that Fellowship Entertainment will have a total of approximately "6,000 employees across more than 30 countries". Here's a look at what it will be working on along with the teams it will encompass: "The group will be steward of the commercial rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s work The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, as well as intellectual properties Kingdom Come Deliverance, Metro, Dead Island, Killing Floor, Darksiders, Remnant and Tomb Raider, amongst more than 300 other gaming IPs. "Fellowship Entertainment will consist of companies such as 4A Games, Aspyr Media, CrazyLabs, Crystal Dynamics, Dambuster Studios, Dark Horse, Deca Games, Eidos-Montréal, Flying Wild Hog, Gunfire Games, Limited Run Games, Middle-earth Enterprises, Milestone, PLAION, Tarsier Studios, THQ Nordic, Tripwire Interactive, Vertigo Games, and Warhorse Studios amongst more than 40 other companies." Meanwhile, Coffee Stain Group will consist of "more than 250 passionate game developers and publishers". We thought it might be fun to come up with our own alternatives to Fellowship Entertainment, so if you have any ideas yourself, be sure to let us know with a comment: Second Breakfast Games Tom Bombadeveloper One Does Not Simply Games You Shall Not Game Pass (sorry, Phil) Po-Tay-Toes Entertainment Sackville-Baggames It Comes in Pints Entertainment Sullied name Group discontinues all operations in Russia What do you make of this news from Embracer Group? Is this the turning point for the publisher? Let us know your thoughts. [source embracer.com, via gamedeveloper.com] Share:0 1 Nintendo Life’s resident horror fanatic, when he’s not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. He also enjoys long walks and listens to everything from TOOL to Chuck Berry. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment... Related Articles Xenoblade Dev Monolith Soft Is On The Hunt For New 2D And 3D Designers Recruitment sessions start next month Switch 2's Price May Pose "Challenges" For First-Year Sales, Says Furukawa Hence the lower-than-expected sales forecast Palworld Dev Announces "Disappointing" Game Changes Resulting From Nintendo's Lawsuit "We have had to make certain compromises" Nintendo Says Switch 2 Price Changes May Still Occur Depending On Tariffs Console price remains unchanged for now EA And Respawn Hit By Hundreds Of Layoffs As New Project Cancelled Between 300 to 400 people have lost their job

html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd" Maxon is discontinuing ZBrushCore and ZBrushCoreMini. the commercial and free cut-down editions of ZBrush, its digital sculpting software.ZBrushCoreMini downloads will be removed on 30 May 2025, and sales of new ZBrushCore subscriptions will be ended, although existing subs can be renewed until 30 September 2025. In its online FAQs, Maxon also teases a new “freemium” version of ZBrush to “align the desktop and iPad versions”. ZBrushCore and ZBrushCoreMini: the old cut-down desktop editions of ZBrush First released in 2016, ZBrushCore is a cut-down edition of the software aimed at “users who are new to 3D, illustrators, students and 3D printing enthusiasts”.ZBrushCoreMini, a free non-commercial edition, followed it in 2020. You can see a feature comparison table for ZBrushCoreMini and ZBrushCore on Maxon’s website, and find more details on the ZBrushCore and ZBrushCoreMini product pages. Neither has seen many updates since Maxon acquired original ZBrush developer Pixologic in 2022: the most recent version of ZBrushCore is the 2021.6 release. Updates and downloads to stop on 30 May 2025; subscription renewals on 30 September Both editions will now enter ‘limited maintenance mode’ on 30 May 2025, so neither will receive any updates or bugfixes, and ZBrushCoreMini will no longer be available for download.It will also no longer be possible to take out a new ZBrushCore subscription, although existing subscribers will be able to renew monthly subscriptions until 30 September 2025, and will receive active support until that date. New ‘freemium’ edition of ZBrush coming soon Maxon doesn’t give a reason for discontinuing ZBrushCore and ZBrushCoreMini in its FAQs, but it does mention the new iPad edition of ZBrush, which fulfils the role of a less expensive, less fully featured alternative to the desktop version of the software, with a free base edition.In the FAQs, Maxon also notes that as part of its “continued efforts to align the Desktop and iPad versions, a new Freemium version of ZBrush Desktop is on its way”. Price, system requirements and dates Maxon doesn’t list system requirements or prices for ZBrushCore on its website, but on release, ZBrushCore 2021 was compatible with Windows 7+ and Mac OS X 10.10+, and cost $9.95/month.ZBrushCoreMini is available free until 30 May 2025. On the release of ZBrushCoreMini 2021, it was compatible with 64-bit Windows 7+ and Mac OS X 10.11+. ZBrush for iPad is compatible with iPadOS 17.0+. It requires an iPad with a A12 Bionic chip or later. The base app is free, but is export-disabled. Access to the full feature set requires a paid subscription, which costs $9.99/month or $89.99/year. The desktop edition of ZBrush is compatible with Windows 10+ and macOS 11.5+. It is rental-only, with subscriptions costing $49/month or $399/year, also including the iPad edition. Maxon hasn’t announced a release date for the new freemium edition. Read Maxon’s online FAQs about discontinuing ZBrushCore and ZBrushCoreMini Download ZBrushCoreMini for free until 30 May 2025 (Requires a free Maxon account) Have your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we don’t post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.