Back in April, we talked about an awesome charity auction that Dodge was sponsoring. The auction was called “The Ultimate Last Chance” auction and it had as a pair the very last Dodge Viper and the very last Challenger SRT Demon to be produced. The cars crossed the auction block at the Barrett-Jackson auction last weekend. All the proceeds for … Continue reading
With there being so many digital assistants to choose from, it would be hard for newcomers to try and entice users to hop onto their platform, especially when there are already well-established players. Samsung tried to get ahead with the introduction of “My Bixby Level”, a service that let users gain points to unlock backgrounds for Bixby amongst other things.
However it seems that Samsung has decided that they will no longer be continuing it. In a notification sent to users, the company has announced that they will be ending the service come 10th of August, 2018. The message tells users that after that date, Samsung Rewards Points will no longer be available, and that users will still be able to use their unlocked backgrounds until then.
Samsung did not provide a reason why they would be ending the service, but presumably it is because it might not have been as well-received as they would have liked. It was designed to encourage users to keep using Bixby, so either it proved to be so effective that Samsung no longer has the need for it, or that it wasn’t effective that Samsung decided to scrap it instead of maintaining it. Either way if you have been taking advantage of it, come 10th of August you no longer will be able to.
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The debate and controversy surrounding loot boxes appears to still be ongoing. Over in Belgium, authorities have considered loot boxes to be a form of gambling, and in the US the state of Hawaii has launched investigations into the feature. Now it seems that Australia could also be considering launching investigations as well.
In a motion filed by Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John, the Australian senate will soon be taking a vote on whether or not loot boxes should be considered a form of gambling. According to Senator Steele-John, “I have significant concerns about the adequacy of current consumer protection and regulatory frameworks for monetised game mechanics, particularly when we know they are accessible to children.”
“An incredible number of popular big name titles incorporate these kinds of monetised game mechanics, not as a way of improving in-game experience, but as a way of simply prying more money off of their players.” He also adds that the effects on gambling on the lives of people is paramount where they cannot afford to stay silent on the matter.
Unsurprisingly not everyone feels the same about loot boxes as there are others in the gaming industry that disagree. The Interactive Games Entertainment Association has told Kotaku that they don’t believe it constitutes as gambling, and that they will be preparing a submission of their own to defend the mechanic.
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Sometimes when companies unveil their games in trailers, they might make the game look better than the actual release, which we guess in a way is like advertising where you try to make the product look the best it possibly can. Sometimes it is understandable as a game with insanely beautiful and high-res textures might be impossible to achieve for most gamers.
This is why the end result might be a game that doesn’t look as good as the trailer. During E3 2018, Sony and Naughty Dog showed off the gameplay trailer for the upcoming The Last of Us 2 and the reactions were largely positive. The game looked fantastic, but the question is will it look that way upon its release?
The good news for gamers is that yes it will. This is according to gameplay designer Emilia Schatz who spoke to JeuxVideo in an interview (see video above) where she was quoted as saying, “It is running on a PS4 Pro. There’s no plans to downgrade the game, no. That’s basically how we hope it will appear.”
However note her phrasing in which she said that they “hope” that this is how the actual game will turnout. Perhaps there could some changes for better or worse, but either way if you liked what you saw in the trailer then we guess the final game is something to look forward to. Naughty Dog has yet to officially announce a release date so maybe don’t get your hopes up just yet about seeing it released this year.
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