NetEase is reportedly pulling funding for Yakuza creator’s studio

The hype for Gang of Dragon, the debut game from Nagoshi Studio, may already be getting derailed. According to a Bloomberg report, Chinese tech giant NetEase is going to stop financing Nagoshi Studio starting in May. Bloomberg confirmed the news with the studio’s employees and a NetEase spokesperson. The report explained that NetEase decided to … Read more

NVIDIA is still planning to make a ‘huge’ investment in OpenAI, CEO says

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang told reporters that the company will “invest a great deal of money” in OpenAI’s latest funding round, according to Bloomberg, after The Wall Street Journal on Friday reported that the two companies were rethinking a previous $100 billion deal that hasn’t “progressed beyond the early stages” of negotiations. Speaking to reporters … Read more

Meta has closed three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts

Several of Meta’s VR studios have been affected by the company’s metaverse-focused layoffs. The company has shuttered three of its VR studios, including Armature, Sanzaru and Twisted Pixel. VR fitness app Supernatural will no longer be updated with fresh content. Employees at Twisted Pixel, which released Marvel’s Deadpool VR in November, and Sanzaru, known for … Read more

Apple’s ‘tabletop robot’ companion rumored for 2027 launch

Apple remains to be exhausting at work on changing into a related participant in AI. The most recent missive from Mark Gurman at means that Apple is shifting its synthetic intelligence objectives to heart on new gadget segments. Sources reportedly instructed the publication that Apple has a slate of latest good dwelling merchandise within the … Read more