Jay Peters
See you in Springfield.
Epic Games gave creator NickEh30 an early look Fortnite’s next season, which is themed around The Simpsons and will launch after an in-game event tomorrow.
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Hades II is getting an ending boon.
After launching preview last week, the first post-launch patch for Hades II is officially out now, and it contains “enhancements” to the true ending, Supergiant Games says. I wasn’t a fan of how it all originally played out, but the changes in the preview were well received (major spoilers!).
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Jay Peters
Ads are coming to Google’s AI experiences, eventually.
On a podcast, Google’s Robby Stein says to expect “new and novel ad formats,” but the company is still figuring out how they’ll show up, as spotted by Search Engine Land.
Google’s Robby Stein: Ads aren’t going away in AI search
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Perplexity is going to show Getty Images photos in its search results.
The two companies announced “a global multi‑year licensing agreement,” and Perplexity will “be making improvements to how it displays imagery, including image credit with link to source, to better educate users on how to use licensed imagery legally,” according to a press release.
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Fortnite is getting pets.
The new Sidekicks are “friendly cosmetics that stay by your side,” Epic says. The first one you can get is a banana-themed dog named Peels that’s available in the next battle pass.
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Amazon’s NFT metaverse avatars sold out in less than a day.
The “Boximus” avatars are for Yuga Labs’ Otherside metaverse, and they cost $65.99 each while they were available. If you’re really disappointed you missed out on a chance to own a digital, anthropomorphized Amazon box, you can buy one on the resale market.
