Take the time to read about Nathan Grayson’s big report about troubles at the Amazon-owned streaming platform, which just changed CEOs and is set to lay off “just over” 400 people. (I’d recommend reading Grayson’s Twitter thread about the story, too.)
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That dream can be a reality with Sonic Origins Plus, an upgraded version of Sonic’s classics collection that was first released last year. And if you want to delve deeper into Sonic’s history, Plus also adds 12 Sonic-themed Game Gear games.
Sonic Origins Plus launches on June 23rd. If you already own Sonic Origins, you can pay $10 bucks to upgrade to Plus.
Meta has a new name for its publishing arm that supports VR developers: Oculus Publishing.
Not the most exciting name, but it’s one we might need to get familiar with. Meta says Oculus Publishing currently has 150 titles in “active development.”
The game was removed from Steam sometime on Wednesday, and MSCHF says Valve yanked it “without explanation.” We’ve asked Valve for comment and updated our article. The game is still set to launch on April 4th, but it seems like you won’t be able to get it from Steam.
The company posted a vague teaser of its new AI development tools and a link to sign up for the beta program. Speaking to Reuters, CEO John Riccitiello teased what might be possible:
“In every video game in history, the dialogue was written by somebody,” Riccitiello said in an interview on Tuesday. “But now what you can do with (generative AI) is give these characters motivation, personality, and objectives and then they can spawn dialogue that doesn’t require a writer.”
Hey, that sounds a little bit like Ubisoft’s new AI-powered “Ghostwriter!” Roblox is working on some AI tools for developers, too.
