Month: December 2024

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One – Análisis

Posted on December 20, 2024

El estudio ucraniano Frogwares se ha hecho un nombre con las adaptaciones de personajes literarios, en especial Sherlock Holmes, pero también con La vuelta al mundo en 80 días, Drácula o Viaje al centro de la Tierra; The Sinking City, su trabajo más reciente, estaba inspirado en el terror de H. P. Lovecraft. No era de extrañar que tras Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter (2016) el estudio retomase de nuevo al detective más famoso de todos los tiempos.

Sherlock Holmes Chapter One es una nueva aventura que vuelve a reinventa al personaje de Arthur Conan Doyle. Esto lo hemos visto…

Unity CEO Stepping Down After Major Controversy

Posted on December 19, 2024

Unity Technologies has announced that John Riccitiello, the president, CEO, and chairman of the game engine firm, has stepped down from most of his duties effective immediately. His step-down comes not long after Unity made controversial pricing changes that upset many game developers. Unity later walked back some of the changes.

Riccitiello, the former CEO of Electronic Arts, will be replaced by James M. Whitehurst, who steps in as interim CEO. Unity is now conducting a “comprehensive search” to find a permanent CEO to lead the company into the future. Whitehurst is the former president of IBM.

Riccitiello become Unity’s CEO in 2014. The company went public with an IPO in 2020, and since then, the company’s share price has cratered. He will stay aboard in an advisory role f…

Macau experiences steep one-week aggregated gaming revenues increase

Posted on December 16, 2024

The 41 casinos in Macau have reportedly seen their aggregated gross gaming revenues rise dramatically over the course of the past week owing to the city’s move to ease a range of coronavirus-related travel restrictions with neighboring China.

According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, this news was first revealed by global investments research firm Sanford C Bernstein Limited as combined daily gross gaming revenues in the former Portuguese enclave doubled over the seven days from October 18 to hit approximately $19.6 million. The source detailed that this tally followed Macau welcoming 25,252 tourists from mainland China on Friday, which equated to the highest one-day tally since the September 25 decision to place a two-week quarantine requirement on any…

Hard Rock International inks deal to assume Mirage Las Vegas operations

Posted on December 13, 2024

American casino operator Hard Rock International has announced the signing of an agreement that is to see it pay $1.075 billion to compatriot MGM Resorts International so as to take over the running of the Mirage Las Vegas venue.

The firm owned by the federally-recognized Seminole Tribe of Florida used an official Monday press release to detail that the all-cash arrangement for the 3,000-room property will see it double its presence along the Las Vegas Strip as it has been solely responsible for the nearby Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas enterprise since March.

Progression plans:

Florida-based Hard Rock International declared that the recently-inked deal for the Mirage Las Vegas remains ‘subject to regulatory approvals and other customary c…

Rhode Island Governor Signs iGaming Bill Into Law

Posted on December 6, 2024

Yesterday, June 22nd, Gov. Dan McKee officially signed into law Senate Bill 948, which expands Bally’s land-based casino monopoly into iGaming. However, the governor decided to sign the legislation just hours before time ran out.

Approval of the House of Representatives and the Senate:

A vote was held last Thursday where members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and the Senate officially voted to validate the state’s iGaming legislation into law, then sent it to the governor’s desk for him to decide whether to sign or veto, until June 23rdCome from Online Betting Site. However, since he decided to sign it, he has officially given permission for online sl…

Pragmatic Play unveils latest video slot, Mysterious Egypt- boosts footprint in LatAm with Boldt Bplay brand

Posted on December 6, 2024
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Hot on the heels of expanding its footprint in Latin America and Pragmatic Play has unveiled its second new title of the new year, Mysterious Egypt, which transports players to the land of the pharaohs and the great Pyramids of Giza.

Adding to its “Book of” slots, the high volatility, 5-reel, 3-row video slot has 10 paylines and a base game that features modifiers, including special mystery symbols that are in play on every spin and add to the immersive experience.

Based on ancient Egyptian artifacts, the game’s …

Panzer Paladin – Análisis

Posted on December 5, 2024

A pesar de que no fueron los primeros, es incontestable el peso que tuvo el acto de crear por parte de Yacht Club Games el juego Shovel Knight, de cara a lo que vendríamos a llamar “neo retro”: juegos que con unos usos y maneras parecidas a las de antaño funcionan en máquinas actuales, y de paso actualizan algunos conceptos jugables, algo que ya había hecho anteriormente Capcom con Mega Man 9 y algún otro más.

Uno de esos estudios que se adelantó a los desarrolladores de California fue Tribute Games, los canadienses que en 2010 ya habían realizado la primera versión de Ninja Senki, del que hablamos en su momento. Desde entonces Tribute Games ha realizado juegos d…

Yomawari- Lost in the Dark – Análisis

Posted on December 4, 2024

A la saga Yomawari le ha pesado un poco su estética en apariencia tan “inocente” y los gráficos 2D con perspectiva isométrica para que no sea tomado muy en serio como survival horror entre el gran público, pero los fans del terror y las producciones indies saben que hablamos de unos juegos que poco tienen que envidiar a las superproducciones en cuanto a atmósfera, y sus historias con tintes crueles no se cortan un pelo para mostrar espíritus de pesadilla, sangre y algún que otro susto. Ahora nos llega Yomawari: Lost in the Dark, una nueva aventura cuyo título lo dice todo: estaremos perdidos en la oscuridad.

Sportradar AG inks strategic partnership with Bowl Season

Posted on December 3, 2024

As part of its global effort to stamp out suspected instances of match-fixing and sports data intelligence specialist Sportradar AG has announced the signing of a strategic partnership with American collegiate gridiron football organization Bowl Season.Venir de Tragamonedas Gratis Online

The Swiss enterprise used an official Friday press release to detail that the fresh alliance is due to begin for this autumn’s edition of the annual collegiate American football season and will involve it serving as an ‘official partner’ of Bowl Season, which advocates and promotes the nation’s 44 post-season bowl games.

Perceiving prospects:

St Gallen-headquartered Sportradar AG declared that the u…

Station Casinos facing potentially costly ‘right to return’ lawsuit in Nevada

Posted on December 3, 2024

In Nevada and the Station Casinos brand of prominent land-based casino operator Red Rock Resorts Incorporated is reportedly being sued over alleged breaches of the western state’s ‘right to return’ work law.

According to a Tuesday report from The Nevada Independent news source, the lawsuit filed in Clark County District Court by the Local 226 chapter of the Culinary Workers Union contends that the Las Vegas-headquartered firm broke the law by making 76 non-gaming employees officially redundant in 2021. The source detailed that these workers had been laid off at the start of Nevada’s coronavirus-related lockdown some 78 days earlier but were not brought back even though the legislature passed a measure to explicitly prohibit such moves.

Costl…