Apr 20
RHESSI’s time in orbit officially came to an end on Wednesday as NASA’s defunct Sun-observing satellite plunged through Earth’s atmosphere, likely burning up in a fiery flame.
Apr 20
Google has found yet another place it can cram in generative AI. The company is bringing artificial intelligence into its marketing business, adding the tech to the services and content it offers to advertisers, according to a report from the Financial Times. “Generative AI is unlocking a world of creativity,” the…
Apr 20
Darrington Press, in it’s first-ever State of the Press, announced multiple new projects and plans to attend GenCon 2023 via a YouTube video released today. Matthew Mercer, the longtime DM of Critical Role and chief creative officer, hosted the event alongside Mica Burton, an actress and actual play performer who has…
Apr 20
Humanity, a curious hybrid of a platformer and a puzzle game, at last has a release date. It’s coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Steam on May 16th, with virtual reality support on all platforms. PS Plus Extra and Premium subscribers will be able to check it out at no extra cost, as Humanity will join the PS Plus Game Catalog on its release day.
The latest title from Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Enhance studio has been in the works for quite some time. We got our first look at it in 2019 and it was supposed to be out the following year. However, the delay gave Enhance a chance to create PlayStation 5 and PS VR2 versions as well. Enhance announced the release date with an outstanding homage to early PlayStation ads.
Humanity launches May 16 as a Day 1 PlayStation Plus Game Catalog title.
Developer Enhance celebrates with a trailer inspired by quirky early PlayStation era ads: https://t.co/GI0M5JIZwTpic.twitter.com/HjSv8zjoZl
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) April 20, 2023
In Humanity, you’ll play as a glowing, nameless Shina Ibu. Your mission is to guide crowds of people to an exit by placing commands on the ground that get them to turn, jump, float, swim, climb and so on — effectively flipping the atypical dog-human relationship on its head. The story mode has more than 90 levels, somehow including boss fights. You’ll be able to create your own stages and share them with other players too.
On the PlayStation Blog, Enhance executive producer Mark MacDonald wrote that the team decided to bring Humanity to the PS Plus Game Catalog on day one so it can reach a large number of players right away. Several titles have debuted on the base PS Plus Essential tier over the years and quickly found a large audience, most famously Rocket League and Fall Guys. Meet Your Maker was the most recent game to hit the Essential tier on its release day.
Since Sony rolled out Extra and Premium a little under a year ago, the only games that have hit those particular tiers on their release day before Humanity are Stray and Tchia (subscribers have access to Essential games too). Meanwhile, PS VR2 owners may be particularly pleased by Humanity‘s PS Plus debut, given that PS VR titles don’t automatically work on the new headset and they’re having to piece together a fresh library of games.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/humanity-will-hit-ps-plus-when-it-arrives-on-may-16th-155831161.html?src=rss
Apr 20
Lawyers representing the family of Manuel Terán previously said the activist’s hands were raised when they were fired upon.
Apr 20
Ever since Marvel Comics’ mutants founded the island nation of Krakoa in the pages of House/Powers of X, they’ve thrown an annual party celebrating their own excellence: the Hellfire Gala. The yearly one-shot is never not eventful for the mutants in some way, whether that’s a change to the core X-Men team, or maybe …
Apr 20
Astrophysicists Spot Einstein Rings That Boost Case for Axionic Dark Matter
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A team of scientists studying lensed ‘Einstein rings’ of light from the distant universe have found that signatures in the rings indicate the kind of dark matter that inhabits the background galaxies.
Apr 20
Six animal coffins from Egypt—impressively still sealed after about 2,500 years—have been opened virtually by a team of researchers using a unique imaging technology.
Apr 20
The news outlet Insider announced to staff via email Thursday morning that the company lay off 10% of its workforce, including staff writers.
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