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Jay Peters is a News Editor at The Verge. He covers breaking news in consumer technology, social media, video games, virtual worlds, streaming, and more. He’s appeared on CNBC, NPR, BBC News, WNYC, and other broadcast outlets to discuss technology news.
Before joining The Verge as a News Writer in 2019, Jay worked for Techmeme, where he helped curate the most important technology news of the moment. He actually started his career in technology public relations, working in the field for more than five years. He graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication.
When he’s not writing, Jay really likes running. But he prefers to run far, not fast.
Mastodon is selling a plushie version of its elephant mascot, and it’s adorable. You can buy it now for $45. (It comes in “Federation Beige,” lol.)
Could be a helpful way to for creators to more easily reply to comments from their audience. The test is small right now and available only on the mobile app, according to a post about the test.
[support.google.com]
Riot Games’ Marc Merrill announced the layoffs, and spokesperson Joe Hixson shared the number affected with The Verge. The layoffs are focused on the League of Legends team.
“While team effectiveness is more important than team size, the League team will eventually be even larger than it is today as we develop the next phase of League,” Merrill says. Riot announced cuts affecting more than 500 people in January.
Then check out the full list of recommended specs, which were released today. (The game is also verified for Steam Deck!) On PS5 and Xbox Series X / S, Dragon Age: The Veilguard will have fidelity and performance modes that will target 30 and 60 fps, respectively.
The game will release globally at 12PM ET on October 31st.
[Electronic Arts]
You can now upload YouTube Shorts that can be as much as three minutes long.
They won’t immediately show up as Shorts, though, according to YouTube’s Rene Ritchie — the full rollout for that across YouTube will take a bit.
The new playable documentary from Digital Eclipse will be released on November 12th, VGC reports. The title will include more than 15 games spanning 40 years of Tetris.
[Video Games Chronicle]