Indie developers can now use Unreal Engine for free
Yesterdayβs demo of the Unreal Engine 5 was certainly something wasnβt it? And small indieΒ devsΒ will get a taste of the new cutting-edge technology for free.Β Consider yourself an avid gamer? the chances are youβve already played several titles developed using one of the constantly improving iterations of the Unreal Engine. Whether...
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The app on a mission to change shopping for good
A new artificial intelligence-powered app called The Yes is set to drastically change the way consumers shop by building a virtual store around the individual needs of each user. Yesterday, after a year of teasing the launch of their new startup, e-commerce veteran Julie Bornstein and her technical co-founder, Amit...
SoundCloud and Twitch change the game for aspiring artists
You didnβt think SoundCloud was going to be underground forever, did you?Β SoundCloud is one of the worst kept secrets in the music industry in recent years, having propelled indie creators like Lil Peep, 21 Savage, XXXTentacion, and Post Malone from bedroom rappers to global stars seemingly overnight. And the...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons gains a dark underbelly
Just what is wrong with you people?!Β Will anyone ever playΒ Animal Crossing: New HorizonsΒ the way it was intended ever again, or will we have to out you lot every single week?Β On the surface,Β Animal Crossing: New HorizonsΒ is as unassuming and frothy as games come. The painterly villages are filled with adorable...
Is cross platform marketing the new key to owning the charts?
Call it sheer dumb luck or a stroke of marketing genius, either way Travis Scott may have given us a peak at the future of clout chasing in the music industry.Β With moreΒ registered players than the entire US population, itβs safe to sayΒ FortniteΒ wasΒ no flash in the pan. Developers Epic Games...
Malaria cure possible with new microbe
Scientists in Kenya have discovered a microbe they say can prevent mosquitoes from spreading malaria. Malaria is currently one of the leading causes of mortality in the world. More than 400,000 people are killed by the disease each year, and most of these victims are...
Assassinβs Creed Valhalla: a definitive next gen title?
After aΒ two-yearΒ stintΒ away,Β Ubisoft is finally ready to show us the fruits of theirΒ labourΒ with a first gameplay reveal of Assassinβs Creed Valhalla.Β Well, that trailer reveal was certainly something wasnβt it? Vikings... we did tell you so, though βRagnarΓΆkβΒ was aΒ waysΒ off. Instead, the 12th instalment of the franchise will be calledΒ Assassinβs Creed Valhalla, and will follow the story of a Nordic warrior underΒ siegeΒ from an aggressiveΒ Anglo SaxonΒ regime whoβve branded theΒ Vikings as βsavagesβ.Β Your clan head...
How Xbox Game Pass became a major hit
Bringing a Netflix styleΒ subscriptionΒ to the world of gaming may have once seemed a little overzealous, but XboxΒ has found just the right formula for success.Β In the summer of 2017, Microsoft took a leap of faith by announcing aΒ brand-newΒ subscription service: Xbox Game Pass. And I remember being as sceptical a cynic as anyone about its chances of success.Β As someone who made the switch to Xbox with the...
Apple is refusing to let villains use iPhones in films
Film director Rian Johnson has revealed an alleged industry secret, claiming that Apple prohibits any fictional bad guys from using its products on-screen. βBad guys cannot have iPhones on camera,β says director Rian Johnson in a video interview with Vanity Fair while explaining a scene from his most recent film, Knives Out. Outing an alleged secret in the world of product placement, Johnson is referring to the obsessive amount...
MIT are βhackingβ into people’s dreams
The highly experimental Dream Lab at MIT is working on a βdream manipulationβ device. And the best part? The build instructions are available online. We spend a third of our life asleep and dreaming. Ancient civilisations used to believe that dreams were messages from the Gods, whilst the Greeks and Romans saw them as portents for the future. Freud called dreams the βroyal road to the unconsciousβ. Whilst weβve...
