Apr 27
Apr 27
Colbert Is Stunned Speechless By Trump’s Terrible ‘Birthday Present’ For Melania
Posted in: Today's Chili“Late Show” host tells the president what he really should’ve given his wife.
Apr 27
LG hasn’t exactly officially admitted it, but it has practically confirmed it. Its next flagship, the LG G7 ThinQ, will have an iPhone X-esque notch. While we know almost all that there is to know about it, there are still some missing pieces from the G7 ThinQ picture. Like will LG let users mask the existence of the notch? Apparently, … Continue reading
Apr 27
Red Magic, the gaming arm of ZTE sub-brand nubia, has finally and fully taken the covers off the Red Magic gaming phone. Rather than jumping into retail immediately, however, it is stopping by Indiegogo first both to test market interest as well as offer discounts for early birds and true believers. It is now also spilling some of the beans … Continue reading
Apr 27
Major League Baseball got into VR with a home run derby simulator that fans tried at the All-Star game and select ballparks last season. Earlier this year, the MLB promised it would bring the experience to consumer virtual reality sets in spring. Whi…
Apr 27
Given how long Ford has been making cars, over the years they have built up a portfolio consisting of several models catered to different customers and uses. However it seems that the company is streamlining its portfolio considerably, at least as far as the North American market is concerned.
The company has recently announced (via TechCrunch) that will stop selling most of the car models that they are making save for two: the Ford Mustang and the Ford Active. “Given declining consumer demand and product profitability, the company will not invest in next generations of traditional Ford sedans for North America. Over the next few years, the Ford car portfolio in North America will transition to two vehicles – the best-selling Mustang and the all-new Focus Active crossover coming out next year.”
Note that the streamlining of their portfolio only applies to cars like sedans. The company is expected to keep its trucks, utility, and commercial vehicles which are apparently what’s popular in the North American market. Ford estimates that 90% of their portfolio will consist of such vehicles by 2020.
At the moment the Ford sedan lineup consists of the Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, C-Max, Mustang, and Taurus, but like we said that will now be trimmed down to two vehicles instead.
Ford To Stop Selling Most Of Its Cars In North America , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Apr 27
The debate surrounding loot boxes is still ongoing, but over in Belgium, it seems to be pretty cut and dry where the authorities have ruled that loot boxes are considered illegal. Prior to this the government had spoken up about it and proposed that because loot boxes are a form of gambling (in their opinion at least), they should be banned.
However now it looks like it is official (via Kotaku) where Belgium minister of justice Koen Greens said that loot boxes violate the country’s gaming legislation. Because of this it is deemed that companies that have games that offer loot boxes could be subject to criminal punishment where they could face up to 800,000 euros in fines and even potential jail time.
To determine if a game’s loot boxes were considered gambling, authorities looked at whether a game element was involved and whether it could lead to profit or loss. They also looked at whether it was based on chance or skill. As a result games such as FIFA 18, Overwatch, and CS:GO were found to be games of chance, at least as far as loot boxes are concerned, and will be subject to Belgium’s gaming law.
Ironically enough Star Wars: Battlefront 2 was not part of the decision because at that time, EA had suspended microtransactions. It is unclear how Blizzard/Activision and Valve will act to this ruling, but EA has since issued a statement where they say (in part), “We would welcome the dialogue with Minister Geens on these topics, as we do not agree that our games can be considered as any form of gambling.”
Belgium Has Ruled That Loot Boxes In Games Are Illegal , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Apr 27
Trump Hates The Iran Deal And May Kill It – Even If He Doesn’t Understand It
Posted in: Today's ChiliIt looks like Trump took his fellow Republicans’ attacks on Obama’s Iran deal literally instead of seriously.
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