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While EA is best known for blockbuster franchises like Battlefield , FIFA , and, more recently, Apex Legends , the publisher’s EA Originals label is home to some excellent smaller experiences. Today, at E3 in Los Angeles, the company revealed three more intriguing indie games that are in the works. The first is called Lost in Random , and it’s developed by Zoink Studios, the team behind the meditative adventure Fe . We don’t know much about the game, but, like its predecessor, it has an absolutely gorgeous, ethereal visual style. It’s described as “a blend of strategy and action that explores the notion of chance and possibility, set within a beautifully dark and vivid world.” Lost in Random is joined by GlowHeart , a sci-fi action... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2ZbpkpK via IFTTT

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Cult classic TV series Veronica Mars is returning next month with a new, long-awaited fourth season on Hulu, but before it does, fans will be able to catch up on the entire show. Hulu revealed today that the show’s three seasons will be available starting on July 1st. The show follows Veronica Mars, a high school student played by Kristen Bell, who moonlights as a private detective, while also navigating the problems that arise with your regular high school existence. The series ran on UPN and the CW between 2004 and 2007, and was later made into a feature film in 2014. Neptune always calls you back. Stream seasons 1-3 of #VeronicaMars July 1st on @hulu . pic.twitter.com/T5Wui1NuyH — Veronica Mars (@veronicamars) June 8, 2019 Last... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2wFMGHY via IFTTT

Footage of Respawn Entertainment’s upcoming game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order just hit the web , and it shows off a really interesting connection to the rest of the franchise: Saw Gerrera, the leader of a rebel faction in the years before the formation of the Rebel Alliance. The 14-minute clip follows the game’s character, Cal Kestis, a Force user who escaped the Jedi Purge at the end of the Clone Wars, and who is now on the run from the Empire. Saw appears towards the beginning on the Wookiee homeworld Kashyyyk, where he’s working to disrupt the Empire’s plans. It’s a brief appearance, but it highlights how central the character has become in the larger Star Wars universe — a figure that is proving to be hugely important to the era... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2Xv5zsO via IFTTT

Maker Media, the company that publishes Make Magazine and Maker Faire is laying off its staff and halting its operations amidst financial troubles, according to TechCrunch . Maker Media CEO and founder Dale Dougherty confirmed to TechCrunch that the company was ceasing operations and that it had laid off 22 employees, citing financial difficulties with publishing a magazine and the lack of corporate sponsorship. “I started this 15 years ago and it’s always been a struggle as a business to make this work,” he told TechCrunch . “Print publishing is not a great business for anybody, but it works…barely. Events are hard . . . there was a drop off in corporate sponsorship.” Launched in 2005, Maker became a major publication covering the “Maker... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2Kyfryk via IFTTT

Young Jedi and merciless members of the Empire are running rampant in the first 15-minute, uncut gameplay trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order . The footage takes place three hours into the game. Main character Cal Kestis is no longer a Padawan but also not a full-fledged Jedi. The game footage takes place on Kashyyyk, a Wookie planet, where Wookies have been enslaved. Cal Kestis is accompanied by an adorable little droid on his mission in the forest-heavy world. Fallen Order is Respawn Entertainment’s ( Titanfall, Apex Legends ) single-player Star Wars game that follows Cal Kestis (voiced and played by Gotham ’s Cameron Monaghan), one of the last surviving Jedi Order members following an attack by Order 66 after the events of Star... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2Zce78l via IFTTT

Chinese governmental officials reportedly warned numerous tech companies of “dire consequences,” should they cooperate with a US ban against doing business with Chinese tech firm Huawei, according to a report in The New York Times . The move comes after China threatened to set up a blacklist of “unreliable entities” in retaliation for the ban. The Times reports that the warnings came in a series of meetings held earlier this week by members of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, along with members of the Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, before a “broad range of companies that export goods to China,” according to a pair of individuals who were familiar with the talks. It’s not clear... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2wKa2fw via IFTTT

I finally got around to watching Mid90s the other week. The film — written and directed by Jonah Hill — is a surprisingly lo-fi, intimate, personal movie about a kid trying to figure out who he is and how to fit in as he hangs out with a ragtag crew of wannabe skateboarders. Hill does a really great job showing the isolation and awkwardness of his main character with quiet pauses and wonderfully natural, casual dialog that feels as messy as conversations among young teens really would be. It lets him build a cast of characters who feel vibrant and full, while still coming across just as lost and confused as the film’s much quieter lead. The most fascinating thing the movie does, though, is let its characters screw up — a lot. Even after... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2wI24U7 via IFTTT

Current Futures , a new sci-fi anthology of short stories, was published online this week in honor of World Oceans Day , taking readers deep into fantastic (and wet) futures. Genetic editing, holograms, and underwater cities each make appearances in the 18 stories and 18 accompanying illustrations. The stories were edited by sci-fi author Ann VanderMeer, and come from authors all over the world. One author, Lauren Beukes, even wrote her story, “Her Seal Skin Coat” while in Antarctica. The anthology was sponsored by the XPrize Foundation, a group that organizes massive competitions focused on pushing technology forward in different fields, including space exploration , robotics , artificial intelligence , among many others . Their latest... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2WluHRz via IFTTT

Premium cable network Epix announced that it is now available on Amazon Prime as a video channel, six months after it launched as such on Roku . Prime subscribers can add on the network as a channel for $5.99 a month. The feature is much like what subscribers can do with other premium networks like HBO, Showtime, and Starz on Amazon Prime, and it allows subscribers to keep their bills all in one place. Expanding the availability over to Amazon makes sense: Epix has been developing a string of original shows, including Batman prequel Pennyworth and an adaptation of podcast Slow Burn , both of which will launch later this year. Another platform means more potential subscribers to sign up for those shows. Epix recently launched its own s... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2WUSNqz via IFTTT

Well, fork. NBC’s fantastic, surreal drama The Good Place is coming to an end. Series creator Michael Shur posted a statement on Twitter saying that the upcoming fourth season would be the show’s last. In the statement, Shur (who also created Brooklyn 99 and Parks and Recreation ) says that following the show’s renewal after its first season, he and the show’s writers plotted out where they wanted to take the series. “I began to feel like four seasons — just over 50 episodes — was the right lifespan,” he wrote, and noted that while they’ve thought about pushing it a bit further, they opted to end the series while it was still fresh. Dear Residents of #TheGoodPlace Neighborhood 12358W... pic.twitter.com/UVsm5x704p — The Good Place... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2IxvhGH via IFTTT

In 2019, Facebook isn’t just a homepage; it’s a passport. As mobile apps look for an alternative to passwords, big networks like Facebook and Google have become login services, letting a single login sign you into dozens of different apps. As long as Facebook or Google will vouch for you, most apps are happy to take them at their word, using open protocols like OAuth to verify the login. In return, the big companies find out what you’re logging into and when. It’s a good deal for apps trying to avoid the friction of a sign-up process, and one of the many ways major tech companies have made themselves indispensable — or inescapable, depending on your perspective. At its Worldwide Developers Conference this week , Apple threw a wrench into... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2Wl55Ed via IFTTT

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Lyft filed a lawsuit against San Francisco today claiming city authorities are violating a contract it has with the ride-hailing company that gives Lyft exclusive rights to operate bike-share programs in the area. San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency, on the other hand, says it has the authority to sign partnerships with dockless (also called stationless) vendors, and that Lyft’s contract gives it exclusivity only on docked bike shares. Lyft is seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent the city from issuing bikeshare permits to new vendors. As of today, Lyft owns the company Motivate, which operates the Ford GoBike bikeshare program in San Francisco, a docked program that until very recently offered both electric and... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/31evkzU via IFTTT

Two of the biggest names in fantasy are collaborating. According to a new leak just ahead of an official E3 reveal , Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin is working with Dark Souls studio FromSoftware on a new game called Elden Ring . At this point we don’t know anything else about the game aside from the title, but given the creators, it’s safe to assume it takes place in a deeply realized fantasy world. The game is slated for Xbox One, PS4, and PC, and will be published by Bandai Namco. We’ll likely hear more about Elden Ring at Microsoft’s press conference on Sunday. While From has been around since 1986, it wasn’t until the release of the dark fantasy action RPG Demon’s Souls in 2009, helmed by visionary director Hidetaka... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2WnlXdI via IFTTT

The fifth season of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror , a Twilight Zone -esque anthology TV series about technological anxieties and possible futures, was released on Netflix on June 5th, 2019. We’re looking at each of the season’s three episodes to see what they have to say about current culture and projected fears. Spoiler warning: This essay does not give away the ending of “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too,” but it does reveal some major plot twists. Black Mirror has a frustrating tendency to treat characters as mindless dupes seduced by blatantly creepy technology. The season 5 episode “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too” seems like a perfect antidote. It’s an uncharacteristically upbeat story about subverting sinister tech toward good ends and... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2IpQnXO via IFTTT

There were a bunch of announcements this week at Apple’s WWDC , so The Vergecast is going to help you out by breaking down all of the important stuff into one episode. There was a lot to discuss, so this is a lot of podcast. Would you like Nilay’s feelings on the Pro Display XDR? It’s in here. Paul’s thoughts on graphics cards? Done. Dieter’s weird philosophical rantings about iPadOS ? Sorry, but that’s here, too. I personally haven’t been able to keep track of everything that’s new with iOS and macOS Catalina . Luckily, editing this episode today caught me up on everything I need to know. But this wouldn’t be a show without Paul’s weekly segment “ No more notches? ” We’ve got some non-Apple news like that along with some updates on Google’s... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/31fOJjZ via IFTTT

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