Month: December 2024

Steam has slowly been updating its user interface to have a more modern aesthetic, something which can currently be seen on the marketplace and any backlog of games. The next component of the digital distribution platform that is set to receive a redesign is its download page, which will be more aesthetically in line with recent upgrades. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

Here’s what the new download page will reportedly look like, as spotted by SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik and PC Gamer:

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“Blast away the winter cold with a lucrative journey to experience the Kingdom’s searing heat,” said Yossi Barzely, Chief Business Development Officer for Pragmatic Play.

“The intuitive gameplay is boosted by a beautifully designed backdrop of caverns filled with gold – some of which the bravest adventurers can scoop from under the dragon’s nose. Dragon Kingdom – Eyes of Fire is red hot and sure to please operators and players alike,” Barzely stated in the company press release.

Slots launch:

Available from Thursday, Dragon Kingdom Eyes of Fire is Pragmatic’s first slot launch of February, and closely follows recent releases Madame Destiny Megaways, Congo Cash, Emerald King Rainbow Road, and Mysterious Egypt, all Janua…

In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and beleaguered casino operator Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited has reportedly been told that it will be placed into receivership if it does not pay off a $1.2 million debt by Friday.

According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, the Hong Kong-headquartered firm is responsible for the American territory’s under-construction Imperial Palace Saipan but has been facing financial collapse owing to a dearth in overseas gamblers caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The source detailed that the operator is moreover facing the imminent loss of its casino license due to its inability to fulfil a multitude of financial obligations including one to former contractor Pacific Rim Land Development said to be worth in the reg…

Canadian online sportsbetting operator Rivalry Corporation has announced that it has been granted a license that will allow it to start offering a wide range of its services to punters located across the length and breadth of Australia.

The Toronto-headquartered company used an official press release to declare that the receipt of a ‘sports bookmaker license’ from the Northern Territory Racing Commission regulator forms a key part of its global expansion strategy and will see its Rivalry Limited subordinate launch into the Australian market over the course of ‘the coming weeks’.

Customized concentration:

Rivalry Corporation stated that it ‘has operated in multiple international markets since 2018’ using a license issued by the Isle of Man’s Gambling Super…

After a nearly three year delay, Kerbal Space Program 2 is finally here. Well, some of it. As with the original space flight sim, the sequel has launched into Steam early access, with ambitious plans to build on its base sandbox. Colonies, interstellar travel, and multiplayer are all coming eventually, adding features that don’t exist in Kerbal Space Program. But with none of those features in at launch, fans of the original game are questioning whether it makes sense to start playing Kerbal Space Program 2 just yet.

A “no” to that question was the takeaway from our own launch impressions. “Without the skeleton of a campaign or progression present, Kerbal Space Program 2 can often feel like being in the middle of an ocean, clinging to a hunk of wood,” we wrote. “It’s got depth you…

Epic has delivered its annual keynote at this years GDC 2024, the “State of Unreal” address, and while there were plenty of demos showing off the expected graphical improvements and the addition of new tools and features to the latest version of Unreal Engine 5, some performance improvements were also announced to help our poor, ailing machines deal with all that fidelity.

While the presentation kicked off with a surprise look at Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra and some very impressive facial animations and Nanite-based effects, Epic’s Vice President of Engineering for Unreal Engine Simon Torangeau later took to the stage to deliver a tech talk on the upcoming optimisations to the latest version, Unreal Engine 5.4.

This included faster Lumen, shadows and ray tracing effects, impr…

With the exodus of so much western technology from Russia following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, one of Vladimir Putin’s priorities has been the attainment of “digital sovereignty”: homegrown tech (and tech companies) that can’t be yanked away by western rivals when Russia does something to displease them.

Efforts at digital sovereignty have taken many forms: Banning VPNs, investigating the possibility of a national game engine, and even the creation of a Russian Valve. But it’s also taken the form of Ruwiki (via 404), a self-censoring domestic alternative to Wikipedia that copies over vast swathes of content with all politically dangerous content quietly excised.

Ruwiki is helmed by former Wikimedia RU head Vladimir Medeyko. Wikimedia RU—the Russian branch of the W…