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We are less than a week away from Apple’s annual developer conference that is scheduled to kick off on June 5. Days before the event, the Cupertino-based company…

Iron Gate has clarified its stance on Valheim mods, saying that it doesn’t condone locking modded content behind a paywall. In a recent Steam news post, the developer explained that it had been getting many questions about mods recently and wanted to clarify its stance for players (via PCGamer). “First of all, while we don’t have any official mod support, we are definitely happy to see that people are engaging with our game and creating their own mods for it,” Iron Gate said. Valheim. Credit: Iron Gate. The developer…

A new game set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” universe launched on Thursday, and it’s been suffering a rough critical reception. “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum” currently holds a 36 (out of 100) on Metacritic, making it one of the lowest-rated games of the year. While critics acknowledged there was merit to the game’s overarching story and characterization of Gollum, that was more or less where the compliments ended. According to Metacritic, there hasn’t been a single mainstream positive review, with the…

What a year to be a developer. As organizations rush to adopt more automated technologies driven by low code, generative AI, and other fast-moving innovations, developers accustomed to more traditional hardcoding practices will face increasing disruptions to set practices. But the transition will repay a willingness to change with significant dividends: developer automation promises superior efficiency, developer experience, and accelerated time-to-market with new application features and iterations. Capturing this…

As is the tradition every year, Apple has updated its Developer app for WWDC 2023, which brings bug fixes, a schedule for this year's event, and stickers.For those unaware, the Developer app is a useful way for attendees and watchers to keep track of the events and talks that will be held throughout the week from June 5. It's a great way of bookmarking some events if you're a developer.But, with this being maintained by Apple, it also comes with fun Stickers for iMessage, so you can send some random WWDC images to…

Revenant Hill is the latest game from the developers behind Night in the Woods. At first glance at the game’s announcement trailer, you’d be forgiven for thinking Revenant Hill was the sequel to Night in the Woods. The cat featured bears a suspicious resemblance to one Mae Borowski, NITW’s protagonist. But according to the PlayStation blog announcing the game, Revenant Hill takes plays in the early 1900s, long before Borowski and her band of friends arrived in Possum Springs. In Revenant Hill, you play as Twigs, a cat…

It's coming to PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X/S and PC in 2024.Gris developer Nomada Studio revealed its next game during today's PlayStation Showcase. It's called Neva and it's scheduled to hit the PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S and PC in 2024. The game tells the story of a young woman who forges a bond with a wolf cub that grows and matures over time. The pair will help each other on a journey through a decaying world. Neva features platforming, puzzles and combat, along with handcrafted cinematics, "haunting music"…

Microsoft is dedicated to providing developers with powerful tools to rapidly socialise the development of AI-driven apps in the new era. Regardless of whether developers are working on x86/x64 or Arm64 platforms, Microsoft aims to simplify the integration of AI-powered experiences into Windows apps across both Cloud and Edge environments.During last year's Build conference, Microsoft introduced Hybrid Loop, an innovative development pattern that enables the seamless integration of hybrid AI scenarios spanning Azure and…

Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNETMicrosoft today previewed some new features for its Dev Box coding-machine-as-a-service offering. It looks like Dev Box is replacing Visual Studio Codespaces, which replaced Visual Studio Online. A visit to the Visual Studio page now discusses coding in the cloud with Dev Box.Also: Microsoft Build 2023: How to watch and why you shouldBut it's Dev Box that looks to be the most robust. Dev Box is the only one that provides a full Windows login environment. Microsoft plans to make Dev…

What's more, Hughes expects more people across the people to start developing their own applications."How we work with the Microsoft Office Suite today is exactly how we'll work with the Power platform in the future," he says. "I think it's a really high productivity tool for our employees."Some of the low-code apps that have been developed so far include a 24/7 on-call system for the company's research and development department, a Kudos app that helps employees pass on praise, and an analytics dashboard that…