- Amazon Ushers in Social Shopping Era with Consult-a-Friend Feature Amazon, the e-commerce giant, is upping the stakes in the online shopping landscape by introducing a promising new feature - Consult-a-Friend. Buyers will now be able to solicit the opinions of their closest allies – their trusted friends – right from the Amazon app. By sending a message containing the relevant product link, consumers can garner reactions and potential commentary on items of interest.
The company's rationale behind this innovation is to bring a dimension of social shopping to its platform and facilitate better purchase decisions. It is capitalizing on the inherent trust in recommendations from family and close friends. Data... Continue reading
- NBA 2K24 Rolls Out Massive 1.4 Update Ahead of Season 2 The popular video game NBA 2K24 has unveiled its substantial 1.4 update, bringing a raft of fixes, improvements, and changes explicitly designed for next-generation players. 2K Games has been diligently addressing fan feedback and has now churned out an extensive patch aimed at providing a more refined and balanced gameplay experience. The update is a build-up to the highly anticipated NBA 2K24 Season 2, slated for release on October 20.
Significant adjustments have been made to the gameplay, touching key areas like dunking, shot coverage detection, and on-ball stealing. These changes reflect a more realistic court experience, where the game mechanics... Continue reading
- Indie RPG Dave the Diver's October Update Introduces Crustacean Intrigue Indie RPG Dave the Diver, the creatively delightful spearfishing and sushi restaurant management game, was a surprise gem from last year. This October, it is set to receive its first major content expansion since its launch. The update promises an enhanced dive experience, a practical quality of life enhancement, and a pinch of crustacean excitement.
The primary highlight of this expansion is the incorporation of crabs and lobsters into Dave’s underwater domain. To ensnare these hard-shelled new arrivals, players will need to take a dive equipped with traps. Accompanying the crustacean debut is a celebratory event—because everyone relishes the goings-on of... Continue reading
- Counter-Strike 2 Releases Latest Patch Addressing Key Issues Since its complete launch on September 27, Counter-Strike 2 gamers have been grappling with a gamut of peculiar glitches and problems in the game. These range from performance hiccups and unexpected crashing to instances of players' knives mysteriously igniting after a Molotov throw. Clearly, for some gamers, the Counter-Strike 2 experience has been far from seamless and optimized.
However, Valve isn't just sitting back; it's proactively striving to rectify many of these apparent glitches. In the game's update rolled out on October 2, the company has succeeded in addressing various issues. The update features important movement improvements on muddy terrains and... Continue reading
- Gmail Prepares to Launch In-App Emoji Reactions Feature For those who find emojis a quicker and more fun way to respond to messages, Google is now looking to make this feature part of the Gmail experience. The tech giant is reportedly developing functionality to react to emails with emojis directly from within the Gmail platform itself.
Set to be gradually released starting in October, according to AssembleDebug's report on TheSpAndroid, the Emoji reactions feature will be activated by clicking the smiley face emoji beside an email within Gmail. This click prompts a suggestion to respond promptly and add a personal touch by selecting an emoji. If used, recipients using... Continue reading
- Revolutionizing Viewer Interaction: YouTube Tests New Features In the constantly evolving world of digital media, YouTube is upping the ante with experimental updates aimed at enhancing viewer interaction. One of the most notable changes spotted recently is the 'Subscribe' button that lights up every time the word 'subscribe' is mentioned in a video. This intriguing new feature, which was observed across a broad spectrum of content, indicates that YouTube has managed to fully automate the process.
This innovative advancement strengthens the connection between content creators and their viewers. The glowing 'Subscribe' button comes into action when creators ask their audience to subscribe to their channel during a video.... Continue reading
- X's Ad Delivery System Faces Potential FTC Examination Over Labeling Issues X's ad delivery system seems to be grappling with some teething troubles, which might result in serious challenges for the team. Users have discovered that many X ads are appearing in-stream sans their mandatory "Ad" label. Moreover, a few X Premium subscribers are not witnessing ads pop up on their profiles, hampering their ad revenue share. With the consistent public battle between owner and CTO Elon Musk and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), these glitches could escalate into larger issues.
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According to reports from TechCrunch, a considerable number of X ads are being showcased without the recently revised "Ad" signifier,... Continue reading
- WoW Chief Shatters Expectation for Pirate-Themed Expansion World of Warcraft has included everything from multidimensional timelines to dragons to undead military forces in its expansions. However, after Dragonflight, fans speculated that the game's next expansion might involve a maritime adventure. Hints pointing toward a pirate-themed expansion had emerged within the game. Blizzard head, Mike Ybarra refuted these rumours with the succinct tweet, "no pirates." Despite this, fans continue to hold onto their theories, vowing to abandon them only if the next expansion has no mention of pirates at all. Continue reading
- Pete Hines of Bethesda Expressed Confidence in Redfall's Success Bethesda's Senior VP of Global Communications and Marketing, Pete Hines, has defended the controversial game, Redfall, in a recent interview. Despite the slew of negative feedback the game received, Hines assured GamesIndustry.biz that Bethesda is committed to seeing the game through. He noted that failures and rough starts, like those experienced by The Elder Scrolls Online and Fallout 76, are not new to the company, but they remain dedicated and steadfast. Hines also commented on the reputation that Bethesda games have for being buggy, saying it is something they've come to "embrace as a form of chaos". The company's resolve... Continue reading
- Phil Spencer Rejects Expectations of Declining Console Prices In previous console generations, it was quite common for prices to decrease significantly after a few years, allowing gamers to buy Xbox One or PlayStation 4 at less than 50% of their launch price.
While some discounts on PlayStation 5 are available in several European regions, considerably fewer price reductions have been noted for the recent console generation, which is often out of stock in stores.
Xbox Chief, Phil Spencer, informs Eurogamer not to anticipate significant price drop of consoles anytime in the future.
"The prices aren't decreasing. We realize it now, and it led us to create the Xbox Series S," Spencer... Continue reading
- Excitement Peaks as Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl Reveals an Impressive New Game Trailer News recently broke that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: The Heart of Chernobyl has unfortunately been delayed again. However, players can look forward to exploring the Chornobyl exclusion zone and facing its radioactive terrors in early 2024.
At the ongoing Gamescom event, a new game trailer was unveiled, offering a peek into new areas and adversaries. Predictably, it also features strange anomalies and an array of weapons, and suggests not every character encountered will be an antagonist.
You can find the trailer, titled Bolts & Bullets, below. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be released for both PC and Xbox Series S/X in early 2024... Continue reading
- Gameplay Enhancement: Dead Island 2 Mod brings DLSS 2 to Personal Computers The world of PC gaming is abuzz as the much-anticipated Dead Island 2 gets a performance boost courtesy of an innovative mod. Notably, Dead Island 2 is known to only support AMD FSR 2. Surprisingly, a modder known as PotatoOfDoom sought to bridge this gap, introducing a mod that allows the game to leverage NVIDIA DLSS 2. Akin to his previous accomplishment with SEGA's Judgment game, this new feat is available for download via Nexus Mods.
Installation of this mod is straightforward; download and extract everything in the archive into the same folder as the DeadIsland-Win64-Shipping.exe file. This modification ultimately provides... Continue reading