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UPDATE 06/09/20: EA has now removed in-game ads from UFC 4 after fans flooded the company's social channels with complaints. In a statement to Eurogamer that was also posted on Reddit , EA said: "Earlier this week, the team turned on ad placements in EA SPORTS UFC 4 that appeared during the “Replay” moments in gameplay. This type of advertising inventory is not new to the UFC franchise, though we have typically reserved displaying ads to specific main menu tiles or Octagon logo placement. "It is abundantly clear from your feedback that integrating ads into the Replay and overlay experience is not welcome. The advertisements have been disabled by the team and we apologize for any disruption to gameplay that players may have experienced. "We realize that this should have been communicated with players ahead of time and that's on us. We want to make sure our players have the best possible experience playing EA SPORTS UFC 4, so ad integration in the Replay and overlay experience … [Read more...] about EA responds to fan backlash to in-game ads in UFC 4

The Atari 2600 is decades old, but a few industry pioneers aren't giving up on the system yet. Alongside ex-Activision game designers Garry and Dan Kitchen, Activision co-founder David Crane has formed Audacity Games to develop entirely new games on the console--and that's just the beginning. Audacity Games is a new publisher "focused on designing and publishing boxed game products for a variety of retro game systems," the company said in a press release. That means creating new experiences and publishing them for the extremely retro hardware. Because it's 2021, however, those who buy the games will also get a download code that can run on Stella and Retron, if you can't manage to track down an Atari 2600. Every release comes with a download of a digital version (with the same serial number) which is Stella emulator compatible. — Garry Kitchen (@kitchengarry) March 7, 2021 "For years our fans have been asking us to create new games. We heard you, and have decided to do just … [Read more...] about Ex-Activision Pioneers Form Audacity Games, Will Develop New Atari 2600 Titles

Machine learning is perhaps old hat by now, but what's never going to be old hat is cats. People just can't seem to get enough of them. Learning Factory is an Early Access game that just released last month about building an automated factory that produces the things cats want to buy, then sells them. Your job is to keep the shelves stocked and the cats happy—and earn money by selling at optimal prices. By making offers to cats your factory can train up machine learning models that will then automatically adjust market prices to account for trends and the wallets of the cats in question. Rich cats want fancy expensive cat towers and food, while normal cats just want a good deal on a ball of yarn and construction worker cats want raw materials. It's a near concept that bears out pretty well in action: Do you want to try to make a huge, all-inclusive single machine learning model or instead focus on specific models tailored to each customer type? Image 1 of 12 Image 2 of 12 … [Read more...] about Here’s an adorable factory game about machine learning and cats

ESPN Plus costs are incredibly low for a sports streaming platform that features live broadcasts, video-on-demand, in-depth news and analysis, and exclusive content including UFC events. It’s not a replacement for the original ESPN cable network, but rather, a supplement for your general sports-viewing experience. On the fence about ESPN’s streaming service?  Check out our guide for a rundown of what’s included plus ways you can maximize your savings via ESPN Plus bundle deals as shown below. First up though, if you're simply after links for UFC 259 tonight and Jan Blachowicz vs Israel Adesanya and Amanda Nunes vs Megan Anderson, you'll find the only ones you need directly below for today's event. With three title bouts on the main card, this looks like one of the best lineups of the year. There are still a few hours to go before the main fights get started, so get yourself sorted now and arm up with a few prelims from the would-be contenders. UFC 259 PPV access + 1 year … [Read more...] about ESPN Plus costs, bundle prices, and UFC 259 PPV explained: get NHL, MLB, and more too

On an average day, about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. So that’s exactly what we’ve done. If nothing catches your fancy this week, we've gathered the best PC games you can play right now and a running list of the 2021 games that are launching this year. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante Steam‌ ‌page ‌ ‌ The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a text heavy narrative RPG with a huge emphasis on gruelling decision making. The protagonist is Sir Brante but you don't play as him per se: The game unfolds as diary entries in a journal, and you're basically shaping the writer's life by deciding what actions he takes. It's no walk in the park either, because the game has already established a reputation for being utterly miserable … [Read more...] about Five new Steam games you probably missed (March 8, 2021)