The Verge’s Tom Warren reported yesterday that a delay was imminent, and now it’s official: the Obsidian’s next RPG will miss 2024 and launch on February 18th, 2025, according to the Xbox X account.
We’re still waiting on official 2024 dates for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Starfield’s Shattered Space expansion, and Towerborne. Perhaps Microsoft will announce those during Gamescom later this month.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier has a big report about Bungie following the studio’s announcement that it would be cutting 220 jobs. Bungie had been working a project called Payback set in the Destiny universe that “took elements from” games like Warframe and Genshin Impact, but it was canceled two months ago, Schreier reports.
App Review Guideline 4.7 now specifies that “retro game console and PC emulator apps can offer to download games.” (Emphasis ours.) Developers who want their apps notarized for third-party app stores now must also follow 4.7 and two of its sub-guidelines.
Apple has been slowly changing its stance on PC emulator apps: it rejected PC emulator apps in June before approving UTM SE in July.
[Apple Developer]
It’s one of a few updates the company shared in a post how it will support Reddit communities during elections. Reddit also plans to release an “after-election report” in Q1 2025 about how things went on the platform and is experimenting with a dedicated tip line for moderators to escalate election-related concerns.
Per Android Headlines, the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL will launch on August 22nd, while the Pixel 9 Pro Fold will be available on September 4th. Also, the Pixel Buds Pro 2 will apparently follow later, on September 26th.
[Android Headlines]
“When high profile things happen [like] the assassination attempt a couple of weeks ago, you do see that people shift their attention to news,” Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky said to reporters, according to Axios. The Olympics have also apparently disrupted consumer spending.
Amazon reported Q2 2024 earnings today.
