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En un sector en el que, de manera cada vez más clara y evidente (y más desde la llegada de las nuevas consolas PS5 y Series X/S) resulta más caro realizar títulos y, por consiguiente, apostar por nuevos conceptos de juego, la labor de tratar de sorprender a los usuarios con propuestas refrescantes y noveles recae en los grupos de desarrollo independientes. The Game Bakers, los mismos que nos dejaron el sensacional arcade de peleas de concepción hack’n slash Furi, han cambiado totalmente de registro para su nueva producción… hasta el punto de que han concebido una obra que apenas se parece a nada de lo que hayáis probado últimamente: Haven.

Streaming platform Twitch has revealed its 2023 features roadmap, which includes changes to pre-roll adverts, new chat engagement tools, and more options to help users better manage their brand deals. Changing pre-roll ads to be less annoying is easily one of the biggest changes on the horizon, provided that Twitch members can commit to running three minutes of ads every hour, according to chief product officer Tom Verrilli and chief monetization officer Mike Minton.

“Running three minutes of ads per hour in any way will disable all pre-rolls–they no longer have to be split into 90-second ads every 30 minutes,” Verrilli and Minto explained in an open letter. “We’re applying our Picture-by-Picture experience to the majority of pre-rolls that viewers do see.”

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World of Warcraft players raised $1.5 million for Ukrainian relief efforts from late July to late August, developer Blizzard has announced.

Blizzard offered a $20 WoW pet bundle for a limited time to raise the funds, with players unlocking Sunny the Golden Retriever in the modern version of WoW and Flurky the Murloc in WoW: Wrath of the Lich King Classic. The two pets were specially created to invoke the national colors of Ukraine, with Flurky holding a sunflower, Ukraine’s national flower.

Blizzard additionally partnered with Ukrainian-born actress Mila Kunis to promote the fundraising effort. Kunis, best-known for her role on That ’70s Show, has over the years mentioned her love for WoW in various interviews. In a press release from July, Kunis said “Th…