Square Enix’s strategy game is out now for Meta’s Quest headsets. Based on a trailer, VR seems like an interesting way to take in the battlefield.
And if you were wondering, the game’s developers know it has a weird name.
Some stats from the company’s third-quarter earnings:
Revenue was $919.0 million, up 29% year-over-year.
Average Daily Active Users (“DAUs”) were 88.9 million, up 27% year-over-year.
Average monthly unique payers were 19.1 million, up 30% year-over-year
And Matthew Ball has a good post about Roblox’s growth.
But there are some child-safety concerns about the platform right now, though the company is making some changes for pre-teen users.
I missed this last week, but it’s really interesting. Genmoji technically aren’t emoji, apparently:
Genmojis are not based on any standardized text-based encoding or font system. Instead, they are images with an emoji-like aesthetic generated based on users’ descriptions being fed into an AI art model managed by Apple.
As such, they aren’t emojis but stickers - just like Apple’s previously released Animoji and Memoji features.
It’s for the DA’s lawsuit over his probably illegal $1 million daily voter giveaway — I wonder if he’ll show up.
That’s from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on today’s Q1 2025 earnings call. Nadella also says that Xbox Game Pass set a new Q1 record for total revenue and average revenue per subscriber.
CEO Satya Nadella just shared that the company’s AI business is set to surpass an annual run rate of $10 billion this quarter (Q2). He also commented on the state of its relationship with OpenAI, which we reported is straining.
The agreement will help voice performers get compensated if their voices help train the model. which could be used to provide voices for “digital replicas.” According to a press release:
In addition to ensuring performers can participate in Ethovox’s consensual foundational model knowing that they will be protected and compensated fairly, the voice model will reflect a commitment to diversity and inclusion. Further, the SAG-AFTRA-Ethovox contract leads the field in performer compensation as it provides both session fees and ongoing revenue sharing for the life of the foundational model.
Video game voice actors are still on strike, Variety reports.
