The Shocking Closure of Game Studios Under Microsoft

The video game industry was left stunned and outraged after tech giant Microsoft announced the closure of several game studios, including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, on May 7, 2024. These studios, known for their work on games like Redfall and Hi-Fi Rush respectively, had joined Microsoft under the Bethesda parent company ZeniMax.

“This is absolutely terrible,” expressed Dinga Bakaba, director at Arkane LyonIGN. “Video games are an entertainment and cultural industry. Your business as a corporation is to take care of your artists and entertainers and help them create value for you.”

Both developers and fans voiced their disappointment upon receiving the news through email notifications on that fateful morning. Matt Booy, Head of Xbox Game Studios at Microsoft, explained to employees that these cuts were a result of “reprioritization of titles and resources.”IGN

This sudden turn of events has reignited discussions about how corporate decisions impact the gaming community’s well-being. Developers around the world called for more consideration towards human factors instead of solely focusing on profits.IGN Many lamented previous instances wherein smaller stu

World leaders gathering for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland this week will discuss concerns about the possibility of a future pandemic, which has caused 20 times more deaths than Covid-19. can become

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the disease’s fictitious name is ‘X’, a term being used to plan for a future fictitious international pandemic, which is a pathogen (disease-causing microbe). ) is caused by

The WEF said a panel led by WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a session titled ‘Preparing to fight disease’ discussed the ‘necessary to prepare health systems for the many challenges of the future’. will talk about ‘efforts’.

WHO has designated disease ‘X’ as a priority disease along with Covid-19, Ebola virus, Zika virus, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). .

Disease X was added to the list in 20

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High expectations

Processor generation Arrow Lake was supposed to be essentially a revolution. First major architecture change since release Alder Lake in 2021 and actually with an even more significant shift. The first deployment of tiles in the desktop (at least since it was rumored that Meteor Lake will only be a mobile solution). The first deployment of the Intel 20A process, so a huge leap compared to the previous Intel 7 process. Intel’s first standard desktop processor with more than 24 cores (8+32 cores configuration).

Unfavorable development of the situation

However, great expectations were dashed only for a large increase in IPC, as rumors began that HT (two threads per core) broke down as a result of architectural changes, while the considered alternative in the form of so-called profitable units (combining the performance of two cores into one thread) was put into operation failed. Most sources have also reported that Intel is struggling with clock speeds that can’t even come close to th

When we think of Antarctica and climate change, we first think of melting ice and rising sea levels. However, this polar region is not only home to penguins, but also entire fields of meteorites. If the ice melts, the space stones will literally sink below the surface and therefore di

In the meeting at the beginning of May, the CNB Council lowered the base rate by half a percentage point, bringing it to 5.25%. While they have already lowered it by 1.5 percentage points this year, banks have only reduced interest rates on mortgage loans by half a percentage point, according to Swiss Life Select analyst Jiří Sýkora. “The road to cheaper mortgages, and therefore more accessible housing, is still full of potholes,” he underlined.

Sýkora explains the light and gradual discounting of mortgages mainly by the fact that banks create a reserve for cases in which the customer pays off the loan early. From September, banks will be able to charge a 0.25% fee on the prepaid portion of the loan for each year left until the end of the mortgage early repayment rate fix during the rate fix period.

However, no more than 1%. The banks asked for a 2% penalty. Even so, depending on the amount of the early repayment, they will collect tens of thousands of crowns, while for now they can only ask for payment of justified administrative costs in the order of a hundred crowns.

From the beginning of September, however, this will only apply to contracts that will be negotiated after that date, be they new mortgage loans, mortgage refinancing or rate refixing. According to experts, restructuring a mortgage can now pay off a number of people.

Experts expect a greater influx of demand for mortgages in the coming weeks and months. “Customers want to take advantage of a relatively favorable situation, when interest rates fall, but at the same time real estate prices do not increase dramatically. At the same time, they are also influenced by the fact that by signing before S

Seoul–(Newswire)–ASUS Korea (Branch Director: Kang In-seok, hereinafter referred to as “ASUS”), the Korean branch of global computer specialist ASUS, announced that it will hold a ProArt system purchasing event for professional artists.

ProArt system purchase event

◇ ProArt system purchase event

This event, which runs from April 15 to May 31, features a 40% discount when you purchase a ProArt system consisting of motherboard, graphics card, case and water cooler from Asus’ ProArt series for professional artists at the mall of Oh My Computers All buyers will be given the 15.6-inch ZenScreen MB16AMT PC, a portable monitor worth 10,000 won.

The ProArt system, composed of the latest 14th generation Intel® Core™ i9, i7 series and AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X series processors and the latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 4080, 4070 Ti SUPER series graphics cards, supports Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic You can fully utilize photo editing programs like Classic. It also provides the best performance for 3D works such as Unreal Engine, 3DS MAX, Maya, Substance 3D and Blender.

The ProArt Z790-Creator WiFi motherboard features two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots, can run in x8/x8 con

I’m currently interested in the concept of via negativa – to put it simply: leaving things out instead of compulsively optimizing them (more on this in “Antifragility” by Nassim Taleb). In this context, this find from Wired founder and author Kevin Kelly’s blog comes at just the right time: He outlines the concept of a “boredom device” that learns from our preferences – but then only plays us the oppos

Vodafone has presented its new GigaTV generation, the new devices are supposed to be simpler, louder and better. What this changes for customers.

Vodafone Germany has announced the launch of a new generation of GigaTV that supports both cable and internet television, depending on local availability. The associated TV boxes “GigaTV Home” and “GigaTV Home Sound” will be available to all customers from May 28th.

For new customers, the standard “GigaTV Home” model costs 9.99 euros in the first six months of the 24-month minimum term, then 14.99 euros per month. The “GigaTV Home Sound” box also includes three speakers and a subwoofer; the box costs five euros more per month.

Existing customers can extend contracts

For example, customers who extend their contract can also receive the new GigaTV generation – but probably without the discount for the first few months, which only new customers