No More Heores 3 is headed to PC. The excessive, rude ‘tude hack-and-slash from Suda51’s Grasshopper Manufacture released on Nintendo Switch last year, and now publishers XSEED say it’ll splash onto our favoured platform this autumn.
Month: April 2022
It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on the Elder Scrolls Online, Bethesda’s take on a Tamriel you can play with pals. If you’ve never checked in on it, now is a good time: the base game and its Morrowind DLC are currently available to play for free until April 26th.
Earlier this week, the PlayStation Studios website was updated so that the banner image included an picture of Sam Bridges from Death Stranding. Yesterday, Death Stranding designer and Kojima Productions founder Hideo Kojima tweeted a picture said banner. People then got excited, thinking this wordless tweet meant that Sony had acquired Kojima Productions. It caused
Waffle is a free, browser-based word game with a single puzzle each day and plentiful green and yellow squares. Beyond that, it has some pretty major differences from Wordle. It doesn’t require you to type the letters, for one. Instead, Waffle presents you with a grid of five intersecting words with all of the letters
Playdate reviewA joyous and magical little handheld that will appeal to anyone who has a deep love of games and new experiences. Its added PC functionality is also a surprising bonus. Developer: Panic, Teenage Engineering From: Playdate Price: $179 On paper, Panic’s Playdate doesn’t have a lot to do with PC. It’s a standalone handheld
Since its launch in 2020, a pioneering energy company called Quaise has attracted some serious attention for its audacious goal of diving further into Earth’s crust than anybody has dug before. Following the closure of first round venture capital funding, the MIT spin-off has now raised a total of US$63 million: a respectable start that
Chernobyl’s nuclear power plant and all the facilities in the Chernobyl exclusion zone have been completely disconnected and are now without electricity, Ukraine’s state energy company has announced. Russian forces attacked the defunct nuclear facility on the very first day of the invasion (Feb. 24), seizing it after heavy fighting and taking its roughly 210 staff hostage, Live Science previously
Have you ever felt a creeping sensation that someone’s watching you? Then you turn around and you don’t see anything out of the ordinary. Depending on where you were, though, you might not have been completely imagining it. There are billions of things sensing you every day. They are everywhere, hidden in plain sight –
The cutting-edge number-crunching capabilities of artificial intelligence mean that AI systems are able to spot diseases early, manage chemical reactions, and explain some of the mysteries of the Universe. But there’s a downside to this incredible and virtually limitless artificial brainpower. New research emphasizes how easily AI models can be trained for malicious purposes as
Nearly all of us have wished to be a fly on the wall during a particularly juicy conversation, or disappear into the background after an embarrassing gaffe. It’s not surprising that invisibility cloaks are a mainstay of fantasy fiction. In recent years, there have been many attempts to devise some sort of invisibility tech. Now,
For the bulk of the past two years, the pandemic has put the kibosh on corporate travel of nearly any kind. This has dampened investors’ enthusiasm in travel and expense (T&E) startups, predictably, whose expertise lies in creating software for travel and other forms of expensing. But as the appetite for in-person events and interactions
Slope, which provides businesses an easy way to offer buy now, pay later services, has had a busy six months. That’s not much of a surprise, given that the buy now, pay later market size was valued at $16 billion in 2021 and is poised to grow nearly six times by 2029. Its API technology
From mega-rounds to early-stage deals, Europe had a strong start to the year Anna Heim 7 hours VC funding into Europe (including the U.K.) was up in the first quarter of 2022, CB Insights and Crunchbase data show. In other words, the region escaped the global quarter-on-quarter slowdown in startup investment. But Europe isn’t the
The United States is the world’s largest cannabis market, but as more European countries consider legalizing recreational use, investors are looking for opportunities in production, distribution and retail. Much like the U.S., laws governing this plant-based drug differ across the EU, which means entrepreneurs must navigate complicated legal frameworks even as they compete with an
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The alternative protein space is hot, hot, hot as evidenced by both the number of companies developing products and the venture capital going into the space. Investment into alternative proteins, for example, plant-based meats and dairy substitutes was $5 billion in 2021, according to both the Good Food Institute and Crunchbase data. The latest company
Clipboard Health, an app-based marketplace that matches nurses with open shifts at nearby healthcare facilities, today announced that it raised $80 million over two unannounced rounds, a $50 million Series B round in 2021 and a $30 million Series C round this year, at a $1.3 billion valuation post-money. CEO Wei Deng says that the
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The value of later-stage startups is in decline, data indicate. This particular market movement isn’t a surprise, but the scale of the contraction is worth noting. Forge Global, a secondary market for private-company shares, “said the prices of companies on its platform had fallen 19.9 per cent in February and March compared with the fourth
Steve Blank Contributor More posts by this contributor Managing customer discovery when you can’t leave the house Cram downs are back, and I’m keeping a list. At the turn of the century after the dotcom crash, startup valuations plummeted, burn rates were unsustainable and startups were quickly running out of cash. Most existing investors (those
News Watch Doja Cat Debut New Songs, Bring Out Tyga and Rico Nasty at Coachella 2022 She debuted “Vegas,” a “Hound Dog”–interpolating cut from Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, as well as another new track By Jazz Monroe and Quinn Moreland April 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Doja Cat, April 2022 (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella) Facebook Twitter
News Watch the Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia’s Set at Coachella 2022 The last major performance of the festival’s first weekend By Quinn Moreland April 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd, photo by Luciano Picazo Facebook Twitter Tonight, Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd are performing together at Coachella. During their
News Bob Dylan Adds West Coast Tour Dates A new batch of spring 2022 shows takes Dylan from Washington state to California By Jazz Monroe April 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Bob Dylan (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for ABA) Facebook Twitter Bob Dylan has announced his latest batch of tour dates behind Rough and Rowdy Ways.
News 100 gecs’ Set Ends Abruptly at Coachella 2022 The duo of Dylan Brady and Laura Les were in the middle of “Money Machine” when crew members began removing their gear from the stage By Madison Bloom April 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter 100 gecs’ Laura Les and Dylan Brady, November 2019 (Kyle Gustafson / For
News DJ Kay Slay, Prolific New York Hip-Hop Mainstay, Dies at 55 The DJ and radio executive worked with Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Three 6 Mafia, and more By Nina Corcoran and Jazz Monroe April 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Keith Grayson aka DJ Kay Slay, September 2016 (Johnny Nunez/WireImage) Facebook Twitter DJ Kay Slay, the New
News Rosalía Announces Motomami World Tour A 15-country run encompasses North and South America and Europe By Jazz Monroe April 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Rosalía (Taylor Hill/WireImage) Facebook Twitter Rosalía has announced the Motomami World Tour, which will encompass North and South America and Europe, starting with a July tour of her native Spain. Check
News Phoebe Bridgers, Sault, Cardi B, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat By Pitchfork April 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Graphic by Callum Abbott Facebook Twitter The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot
News Grimes and Kaytranada Announced as Swedish House Mafia Tour Openers Alesso, Zhu, and Vintage Culture will also open select shows on the trio’s tour in support of the new album Paradise Again By Matthew Strauss April 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Grimes, Swedish House Mafia, Kaytranada (Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Swedish House Mafia have added
News Kendrick Lamar Announces New Album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers The Damn. follow-up is coming in May By Jazz Monroe April 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kendrick Lamar, July 2017 (C Flanigan/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Kendrick Lamar has tweeted a new link to his Oklama website. And, on the site, the rapper revealed his
News Pusha T Releasing New Album It’s Almost Dry on Friday The follow-up to Daytona includes collaborations with Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Pharrell Williams By Evan Minsker April 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Pusha T, photo by Omar Jones Facebook Twitter Pusha T has announced the release date for his new album: It’s Almost Dry, the