Google Maps Uses Dashcam Data for UK Road Updates

Google Maps is leveraging dashcam imagery from third-party providers to improve the accuracy of its road condition updates, including changes to speed limits. This initiative, detailed in a newly published Google Help Center page, is a collaborative effort with two partners: Geopost, a Europe-based delivery company, and Nextbase, a UK dashcam provider. The program appears to be experimental and...

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An Okami sequel is on the way, nearly two decades later

There were several major surprise announcements during this year's edition of The Game Awards, but perhaps none was quite as out of the blue as word of a sequel to Okami. Not only that, the original game's director, Hideki Kamiya, is at the helm.  "Okami is a game critically acclaimed for its unique world, heartwarming story, and exciting adventures,"...

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Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is a new sci-fi game from Naughty Dog

And now for something completely different. Naughty Dog is pivoting from post-apocalyptic fungal drama to interstellar sci-fi bounty hunting with its newest game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. The studio revealed its new title with a cinematic trailer at The Game Awards on Thursday. Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet takes place thousands of years in the future and it stars bounty...

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The 13 biggest announcements and new trailers from The Game Awards 2024

The Game Awards are over — congratulations to Team Asobi for Astro Bot taking home the Game of the Year award. As always, the long, long stream was a hybrid award ceremony, advertising reel and game announcement marathon.  There were countless announcements interspersed throughout the awards, including all-new games like Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet from Naughty Dog, The Witcher...

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