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Jay Peters

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    Threads now has more than 350 million monthly active users.

    It “continues to be on track to become our next major social app,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call.

    Emma Roth wrote up more about Meta’s earnings call earlier today.

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    Jay Peters
    Spotify: “This landmark court ruling is a victory for developers everywhere.”

    “Spotify will move quickly to submit an app update to Apple, enhancing the experience for our consumers across the United States,” spokesperson Jeanne Moran tells The Verge following today’s major ruling in Epic Games v. Apple.

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    Jay Peters
    Gameplay 4 Borderlands.

    Sony and Gearbox just aired a 20-minute deep dive on what it’s like to actually play Borderlands 4. It looks like a Borderlands game, but that’s not a bad thing; when Borderlands works, the loop of finding newer and flashier guns is excellent, and it seems like 4 will have some nice improvements to the formula.

    The PlayStation Blog has a big post about the game, too. It’s launching on September 12th.

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    Jay Peters
    A shadowy roadmap.

    Ubisoft released a roadmap for the first year of post-launch content for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, including new quests, a new game plus mode, and more. You can see more details in the image below or in a YouTube video from Ubisoft.

    A screenshot of Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ year 1 roadmap.
    Image: Ubisoft
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    Jay Peters
    Balatro on PlayStation Plus.

    The poker roguelike will be available as part of May’s PlayStation Plus lineup, which also includes Ark: Survival Ascended, Balatro, and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. You can grab the games starting May 6th.

    The game is on Xbox Game Pass, too.

    An image highlighting May’s PlayStation Plus games: Ark: Survival Ascended, Balatro, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
    Image: PlayStation