Riot Games’ Marc Merrill announced the layoffs, and spokesperson Joe Hixson shared the number affected with The Verge. The layoffs are focused on the League of Legends team.
“While team effectiveness is more important than team size, the League team will eventually be even larger than it is today as we develop the next phase of League,” Merrill says. Riot announced cuts affecting more than 500 people in January.
Then check out the full list of recommended specs, which were released today. (The game is also verified for Steam Deck!) On PS5 and Xbox Series X / S, Dragon Age: The Veilguard will have fidelity and performance modes that will target 30 and 60 fps, respectively.
The game will release globally at 12PM ET on October 31st.
[Electronic Arts]
You can now upload YouTube Shorts that can be as much as three minutes long.
They won’t immediately show up as Shorts, though, according to YouTube’s Rene Ritchie — the full rollout for that across YouTube will take a bit.
The new playable documentary from Digital Eclipse will be released on November 12th, VGC reports. The title will include more than 15 games spanning 40 years of Tetris.
[Video Games Chronicle]
The EGM Compendium will chronicle the history of Electronic Gaming Monthly. The makers of the book are launching a Kickstarter for it today. The biggest backer goal? If reached, old EGM staffers would get back together to produce a new print issue.
[Kickstarter]
According to Google, the deal will help “unlock the full potential of AI for everyone”:
The grid needs new electricity sources to support AI technologies that are powering major scientific advances, improving services for businesses and customers, and driving national competitiveness and economic growth. This agreement helps accelerate a new technology to meet energy needs cleanly and reliably, and unlock the full potential of AI for everyone.
