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News - Cat Quest: The Fur-Tastic Trilogy Includes Complete Series On One Nintendo Sw
Cat Quest has been one of gaming's hidden gems, and with a threequel out this week, now is a great time to experience a paw-some action-RPG series. Switch owners looking to explore a land where feline and canine kingdoms are at war can add Cat Quest: The Fur-tastic Trilogy to their collection on October 24. The Fur-tastic Trilogy is available to preorder now at Amazon for $50, and it includes all three three games on one cartridge.
The Cat Quest games aren't genre-defining RPGs, but they are cozy little adventures with gorgeous 2.5D graphics that feel like the video game equivalent of comfort food. There's nothing wrong with a by-the-numbers adventure, especially when it has some cathartic grinding and a lot of puns revolving around cats and dogs. This little collection includes 2017's Cat Quest, the 2019 sequel Cat Quest 2, and the newly released Cat Quest 3.
The first two games received paw-sitive reviews, and on GameSpot's sister-site Metacritic, Cat Quest 3 currently has a "generally favorable" Metascore of 81 from 12 reviews. It's not rocking the boat, but when you're looking for a game that's easy to dive into, the Cat Quest series is up for the job.
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News - Disney Plus And Company's Other Streaming Services No Longer Losing Money
The Walt Disney Company announced on its August 7 investor call that its direct-to-consumer business, including Disney+ and Hulu, reported a quarterly operating loss of $19 million. That is an exponentially lower sum than the $505 million loss the previous year. In the third quarter earnings released, Disney's streaming business turned profitable for the first time, generating $47 million across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN Plus.
Disney CEO Bob Iger highlighted the company's strong quarter, achieving profitability in the streaming business. The success was attributed to the 2015 Pixar film Inside Out, which drove 1.3 million Disney+ sign-ups, with the sequel becoming the top-grossing animated film globally.
"This was a strong quarter for Disney, driven by excellent results in our Entertainment segment both at the box office and in DTC, as we achieved profitability across our combined streaming businesses for the first time and a quarter ahead of our previous guidance," Iger said in a statement.
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News - Get An Intel i7 Mac Mini With 32GB RAM For Only $350
A PC doesn't need to be a hunk of artistic metal and RGB lights, especially if you're looking for some compact power. Take the Apple Mac Mini for example, an understated little device that takes up minimal space but packs enough of a punch for creative pursuits. Multiple of Apple's Mac Minis are on sale at Amazon and Woot right now. For a quick bargain, there's this late-2018 Mac Mini on sale at Amazon's Woot shop for $350--and with free shipping included for Prime members. It's a pretty decent device if you're looking to run some simple programs and media through it, and it has a 128GB SSD coupled with 32GB of high-performance RAM.
For deals on newer Mac Minis with Apple's Silicon chips, Amazon has a few bangers here to check out. The 2023 256GB Apple Mac Mini is normally $599, but you can get this for $499 and see just how much of a difference the M2 chip makes for when you need to run some demanding programs. This one also has 8 CPU cores, 10 GPU cores, and up to 24GB unified memory for when you have a need for processing speed. If you feel like splurging, there's also the M2 Pro version on sale for $1,199 (normally $1,299), and this one features a 512GB SSD, a 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, and up to 32GB of unified memory.
The catch with these Mac Mini PCs is that you'll still need to source a display for them. Fortunately, there's an all-in-one solution with the iMac, as you're getting a full desktop PC experience built right into the monitor enclosure. These are pretty sleek and powerful, and one of the standout deals here is a 2023 10-Core GPU iMac for $200 off at Amazon. This model has a 24-inch retina display featuring 500 nits of brightness, and internally, it has an M3 chipset, a 256GB SSD, and 8GB of RAM, for just $1,149.
Despite releasing one of the year's most critically acclaimed expansions, Destiny 2's The Final Shape, it's been a rough year for Bungie. Last October, the developer laid off roughly 100 people, equating to approximately 8% of it's workforce. Earlier this week, the studio let go another 220--a shockingly high 17% of its workforce--while also relocating 12% of its remaining staff to its parent company, Sony.
Bungie executive Pete Parsons cited "rising costs of development," "industry shifts," and "enduring economic conditions" as the reason for the mass layoffs, which impacted "most" of Bungie's executive and senior leader positions. Considering this loss of leadership, it comes as no surprise then that the studio is entering what the executive refers to as a time of "tremendous change." And as for the mass transfer of former Bungie employees to Sony, Parsons' explained the move aims to "deepen" Bungie's integration with the company--a statement that has raised more than a few eyebrows.
Though it's easy to see these layoffs as merely the latest in a series' of widespread job losses in the industry, it also showcases the trend of large corporations acquiring well-known developers and how it ultimately leads to significant changes in staffing, priorities, and, potentially, identity. This week on Spot On, Tam and Lucy discuss the impact of these layoffs and what it means for the future of Destiny 2, Marathon, and Bungie as a whole.
