Warner Bros. is apparently in the early stages of developing a Game of Thrones movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. I can’t say I’m surprised — add it to the list of other Game of Thrones spin-offs, which include House of the Dragon and the forthcoming A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
[The Hollywood Reporter]
If you need something Halloween-y to play tonight, Lucas Pope, the creator of games like Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn, shared Moida Mansion, a free web game that mimics old-school LCD handhelds like the Game & Watch, to itch.io. Watch out for the monsta.
Jassy, from today’s Q3 2024 earnings call:
We continue to re-architect the brain of Alexa with a new set of foundation models that we’ll share with customers in the near future.
The supercharged Alexa was first announced in September 2023.
There aren’t actual specifics on numbers in Amazon’s Q3 earnings (which makes sense — the new Kindles launched this quarter), but sounds like sales of the new Kindles are already good.
I’m curious how many people bought the Colorsoft Signature Edition, which I want but have no reason to buy.
[ir.aboutamazon.com]
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.
