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Ubisoft has suggested the microtransactions it includes in premium titles like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry make those games “more fun” for the players. Buried in a financial report from the French publisher, it’s claimed the “golden rule” at Ubisoft is to “allow players to enjoy the game in full without having to spend more” when creating full price-games. However, …

Update: While the silver 24GB model below has jumped up a touch in price now, you’ll find an updated list of discounts across the lineup that include the 15-inch 16GB/512GB silver model back at the lowest price ever and undercutting the Prime Day price from last week, as well as the 15-inch 24GB Starlight at $179 off. 13-inch M4 MacBook …

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s has made some comments on the sales issues of Star Wars Outlaws. The big boss claims that Outlaws’ middling performance last year was, in large part, because the whole Star Wars franchise was in “choppy waters.” Star Wars Outlaws Lost Me With Its Story Trailer Guillemot was at a recent shareholders Q&A, addressing complaints that last …

A new survey from GEM Partners has revealed more about the gender split and average ages of Nintendo fans in The Land of the Rising Sun. The GEM partners survey surveyed 180,000 Japanese gamers to get a better understanding of the different age ranges and genders playing certain popular Nintendo franchises. Noticeably the Kirby and Animal Crossing series have more …

Image: Nintendo The latest UK charts data is in, and as expected, Donkey Kong Bananza is a hit, climbing all the way to the top to beat the likes of Mario Kart World, Hogwarts Legacy, and EA Sports FC 25. How well it actually sold, however, is a little bit more difficult to gauge. According to The Game Business‘ Chris …

In their latest quarterly report, Ubisoft spoke about their business strategy and how they try to engage players. In a section about the experience of their full-price premium titles, they claimed that putting paid XP boosters and cosmetics in games like Assassin’s Creed: Shadows makes them more fun to play. Ubisoft was one of the first devs to put microtransactions …

PoisonSeed Hackers Bypass FIDO Keys Using QR Phishing and Cross-Device Sign-In Abuse  The Hacker News Threat actors downgrade FIDO2 MFA auth in PoisonSeed phishing attack  BleepingComputer ‘PoisonSeed’ Attacker Skates Around FIDO Keys  Dark Reading | Security Phishers have found a way to downgrade—not bypass—FIDO MFA  Ars Technica New PoisonSeed Attack Let Attackers Trick Users into Scanning a QR Code with an MFA Authenticator  CyberSecurityNews Source …

Image: @yveltalgriffin It never ceases to amaze me how modders, hackers and homebrew enthusiasts continue to push the envelope when it comes to retro gaming tech. Take the incredibly talented YveltalGriffin, for example; not only are they part of the team which gave us the “Wii-on-a-keychain” Kawaii, but they’re also behind the αSNES project – described as “a modern handheld …

Ever since Windows 11 first debuted in October 2021, there have been complaints about its performance on certain types of hardware. Whether it was gaming on new hybrid performance CPUs showing no improvement on Windows 11, or claims that Windows 11 simply feels lethargic compared to Windows 10, Microsoft has tried to fix the problems with updates to the OS. …

People don’t tend to have a favorable view of bezels on phones but it’s another matter entirely on smartwatches. The physical rotating bezel on Samsung’s Galaxy Watch has long been a fan-favorite. Fans aren’t happy whenever the company has decided to exclude it from a new model. Last year’s Galaxy Watch 7 didn’t have it, and if you held out …