Microsoft raises its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription price from $19.99/month to $29.99/month, rebrands Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard plans, and more
so GameStop claps back with this price-freezing deal Moz Farooque / TheStreet : Microsoft's harsh decision frustrates gamers Pure Xbox : ‘Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody’ Says Xbox Exec Defe...
Meta unveils an Orion prototype, its first AR glasses, with a 70-degree FoV, a wireless neural input wristband, silicon carbide lenses, and micro-LED projectors
they could put the iPhone on notice Peter Kafka / Business Insider : I tried out Meta's Orion computer glasses. I'd buy them in a heartbeat — if they were actually for sale. Jon Keegan / Sherwood News...
Google plans to shut down Stadia on January 18, 2023, and will refund hardware, software, and DLC purchases; members of the Stadia team will be reassigned
which scary games do you have queued up? @slimefiend : but... game streaming is the future https://twitter.com/... @wario64 : “We will be refunding all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Googl...
Google unveils Chromecast with Google TV (HD), featuring a remote control and supporting only 1080p content with HDR, for $30; the 4K version costs $50
at a lower price Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers : Google showcases the Chromecast with Google TV (HD) in retail training video ahead of launch Cesar Cadenas / TechRadar : Google's new Chromecast is ...
Meta plans to shutter the Facebook Gaming app on iOS and Android on October 28, 2022, transferring games, content, and groups to the main Facebook app
as Facebook Gaming app is sunsetting, the VP who oversaw the org in the past has recently departed from Meta https://t.co/CAlM4ySGu4 Ryan Browne / @ryan_browne_ : Facebook is closing down Facebook Gam...
Q&A with Unity CEO John Riccitiello, who thinks the metaverse will be compelling with millions of destinations but won't be dominated by users' 3D avatars
Janko Roettgers / Protocol : Tweets: @nickstatt and @avvyland Tweets: Nick Statt / @nickstatt : I've been reading about how the skeuomorphic conception of the metaverse as a 3D place you hangout in a...
Meta's Reality Labs division posts a $2.96B loss in Q1 2022, up from a $1.8B loss in Q4 2021, on revenue of $695M, and says Reality Labs has ~17,000 employees
in the 2030s David Heaney / UploadVR : Zuckerberg Sees Project Cambria ‘Eventually Replacing Your Laptop’ Kali Hays / Insider : Mark Zuckerberg tries to reassure investors that Facebook's metaverse is...
Review of the $400 Steam Deck: customizable controls, powerful, and doubles as a Linux PC, but unfinished and buggy software, poor battery life, and a noisy fan
My favorite gaming PC ever made Wes Fenlon / PC Gamer : The Steam Deck is already the emulation system of my dreams Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica : A brief tour of the Steam Deck's Linux implementatio...
Slack debuts Connect, letting users DM any Slack user regardless of organization, and has updated its opt-in invite flow after feedback that it could be abused
and it's gonna be fascinating to see how people use it https://www.protocol.com/... Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb : NEW: Slack admits it “made a mistake” launching a new feature that allo...
Amazon launches Alexa Custom Assistant, which will let car makers build their own custom AI assistants with their own wake words, custom voices, and more
Nick Statt / The Verge :