Author: Tim Rogers
After a little over 2 years, OG Yuragi has been moved to the team’s inactive roster. The team has experienced a lot of changes over the past couple of years, struggling to find a consistent roster and the success that typically follows. Now, it seems they’re in for another change. Credit: OG Artem “Yuragi” Golubiev has played a significant role on OG, emerging as one of the most successful position 1 players after playing for NOVA and Team Unique. Initially, things were looking good with OG winning trophies at the ESL One Malaysia and ESL Stockholm Major in 2022. However,…
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OnePlus OnePlus has revealed the first official images of its upcoming smartwatch before the official unveiling at Mobile World Congress 2024. The most notable feature is the bold claim about battery life. “With up to 100-hour battery life in Smart Mode, it sets a new industry standard, ensuring that your watch keeps pace with your life, uninterrupted,” says the company. This is an ambitious claim, regardless of the operating system used by the watch. OnePlus has not officially confirmed the operating system of its next smartwatch, but leaks suggest it will use Google’s Wear OS this time. The company’s official…
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Inflexion Games has launched its Nightingale survival crafting game on early access on the PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. The debut title from Inflexion Games casts players in the role of an intrepid Realmwalker, venturing through arcane portals to forge their own story of survival and discovery across a procedurally-generated Victorian gaslamp fantasy universe. Combining deep survival-crafting gameplay with intricate world-building and cool visuals, Nightingale aims to push the boundaries of survival-crafting gameplay with…
A recent spam attack targeting various open source platforms such as Mastodon, Misskey, and others, has highlighted the vulnerabilities of the decentralized social web known as the Fediverse. The attack, which focused on smaller Mastodon servers, exploited open registrations to automate the creation of spam accounts. Mastodon’s founder and CEO Eugen Rochko acknowledged the attack in a post over the weekend, advising server administrators to switch over registration to approval mode and block disposal email providers to combat the issue. Rochko mentioned that while previous spam attacks had mostly targeted larger servers like Mastodon.social, this time the spammers focused on…
Gearbox Entertainment When video game developers and publishers constantly hunt for their own live service white whale, many of them fail. Even fewer of those get second chances like Gigantic is about to. Originally developed by Motiga and published by Perfect World Entertainment, Gigantic was a hero-based multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that was heavily marketed in the mid-2010s. Unfortunately, it failed to garner enough attention or make enough money for its developer and publisher for a variety of reasons, so it was shut down in 2018. That would be the end of the story for most live-service games,…
Honor of Kings, Tencent’s massively popular mobile game, is set to make its international debut in 2024. From February 21, the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game will be available in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as Eastern Europe and South Asia, according to an announcement from TiMi Studios, Tencent’s in-house gaming studio responsible for creating Honor of Kings. The game first ventured out of China in 2023, starting in Brazil. Globally, approximately 100 million users, most of whom are in China, play the game every day. The game has become a household name in…
A new generative AI startup, Bioptimus, has emerged in Paris with a unique focus on applying AI models to the field of biology. Unlike other AI startups, Bioptimus faces different challenges due to the sensitive nature of the clinical data it needs to train its models. To address these challenges, the startup has raised a significant $35 million seed round led by Sofinnova Partners along with several other notable investors. Notably, Bioptimus has a team led by Jean-Philippe Vert and Rodolphe Jenatton, both of whom bring extensive experience in AI and biotech from their respective roles at companies like Owkin…
OnLeaks / Smart Prix Nothing CEO Carl Pei has revealed core details about the upcoming Nothing Phone 2a. Allegedly official renders of the device have been shared by OnLeaks and Smartprix. While OnLeaks is a reliable source, there have been contrasting leaks in recent weeks. Nothing executives have also been active in debunking them online. Additionally, OnePlus co-founder Akis Evangelidis has labeled the renders as “fake.” The company had previously denied similar leaks, but they turned out to be true. It’s best to approach these leaks with skepticism. OnLeaks / Smart Prix On the positive side, the leaked design matches…