Author: Tim Rogers
A bug on X, formerly Twitter, was causing numerous posts over the weekend to be flagged as “Sensitive Media,” thwarting the company’s own attempts to make its platform more approachable to advertisers. According to the X Safety account in a post, the issue has now been fixed and the team is working on removing the labels from impacted posts. Today, a bug in our system caused X to incorrectly label numerous posts as Sensitive Media. We’ve fixed the underlying issue and are now working to remove labels from impacted posts. — Safety (@Safety) January 21, 2024 “Sensitive media” is a…
2K Games Viseo game publisher 2K has announced exciting details about WWE 2K24, including the cover stars: Cody Rhodes, Bianca Belair, and Rhea Ripley. This year’s edition comes with new features such as a Wrestlemania-themed Showcase mode and a roster filled with legends like Andre the Giant. The game is set to launch on March 8 (with early access on March 5) for PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. The upcoming installment maintains the series’ annual release tradition after a hiatus in 2019 due to the poorly received WWE 2K20. Since then, the series has made…
Palworld is an online game described as Pokémon with guns. It has sold over five million copies in just three days. Palworld reported on Twitter that the game’s momentum has continued to increase, with sales reaching 86,000 units per hour. The game was launched on January 19 and quickly rose to the top of Steam’s best-selling games list, surpassing PUBG in terms of concurrent players. It is also available on Windows PC via Game Pass and Xbox. Palworld is an open-world survival crafting game for up to 32 players, featuring over 100 types of “pals.” Players can capture, train, battle,…
Pocketpair We have our first hit video game of 2024, and it’s a shocker. The eccentric Palworld, an early access game available now on PC and Xbox Game Pass, is smashing Steam records as developer Pocketpair sells millions of copies. That’s thanks in large part thanks to its bizarre elevator pitch, which is succinctly described as “Pokémon with guns.” That success has come with some heated debates. Palworld earned a lot of criticism in its inaugural weekend as players discovered monster designs that looked nearly identical to some of those in Pokémon. Accusations of plagiarism ballooned into suspicions over AI usage…
Capcom I am currently feeling nostalgic for some older games. After a busy 2023 burned me out on new releases, I rediscovered my love for gaming on the Nintendo DS. Games like Metroid Prime Hunters and Kirby Mass Attack brought me back to a unique era of two-screen game design brimming with innovative ideas. It turns out, I’m not the only one missing that time; 2024 is already filled with DS throwbacks like Another Code: Recollection. This week, another peek into this emerging trend continues with Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy. The newest collection brings a series of classic Ace…
Credit: PGL Qualified Favorites After weeks of intense Counter-Strike, the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 RMR Qualifiers have concluded. Many favorites have secured their place in the RMR, which will take place across all regions in February and March. The RMR winners will then compete in the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024, the first-ever CS2 Major. NAVI Cloud9 Virtus.pro SAW BetBoom Team 9Pandas OG Fnatic Ecstatic Nexus Gaming 3DMAX Amkal Esports Eternal Fire Astralis Team Spirit ex-Thunderflash KOI MOUZ Heroic Preasy PERA Most of the big teams in the Closed Qualifiers, such as MOUZ, Heroic, Astralis, and Spirit, secured their place in…
TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation Sign up here to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome to TechCrunch Mobility – the same weekly newsletter you’ve been reading, but with a new name and a few changes. Don’t worry, this is still your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This week, read about Amazon, EV startup Fisker, electric boats, a bunch of new funding deals and my time driving the all-new Kia EV9. Let’s go! A little bird A little bird pointed us to a…
Paramount 2024 has just begun, and a new batch of great movies is set to leave Max on January 31. Given the nature of streaming and the fact that most of these films were on loan from other studios, more titles will replace these movies in February. However, there’s no guarantee that the five movies on our list will be back on Max anytime soon. That’s why you should take our recommendations to heart when reading the following list of five movies leaving Max in January that you need to watch now. This month’s picks are heavy on action and…
The Diesel On Fadelite X Mad Dog Jones smartwatch Andy Boxall / DigitalTrends “If you’re not in smartwatches today, especially as a traditional watch manufacturer, then we are the way that you get the right product for your customer.” This is a quote from Steve Prokup, co-founder of Mijo Connected, describing the firm’s business during CES 2024. Despite them being relatively unknown and unlikely to put out products under their own name, the work they’re doing is definitely worth paying attention to. Picking up where Fossil left off Fossil / Fossil Prokup and his team at Mijo Connected come with…
Palworld was released on January 19th and, within just three days, it sold over four million copies. This game, originally thought to be a ‘joke project’ when it was revealed in 2021, has taken the world by storm. While it may appear to be a Pokémon clone on the surface, the game’s peculiar mechanics and violent features help it stand out from Nintendo’s epic monster-catching series. Palworld shows no signs of slowing down, with millions of players immersing themselves in the game’s eccentric ecosystem. Although it’s available on Game Pass, it has seen its most remarkable success on Steam, where…