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Its been a topsy turvy year for Dead by Daylight maker Behaviour Interactive, which has released two spin-offs, laid off dozens of workers and shut down a studio that was working on another offshoot of its tentpole project. Now, Behaviour is bringing another developer into the fold, as it has bought Darkest Dungeon developer Red Hook Studios. The Vancouver-based outfit will continue to operate as a fully independent studio, albeit under Behaviours umbrella. Terms of the deal havent been disclosed, but Red Hook likely wont have come cheap nearly seven million copies of the Darkest Dungeon games have been sold to date. Behaviour has also kept on Red Hooks entire 29-strong staff. The way is lit. The path is clear. Today, were ecstatic to announce our acquisition of Red Hook Studios. Darkest Dungeon has long been a series weve admired, enjoyed (and maybe even lost a little sleep over) as fans, and the opportunity to welcome Red Hook as a fully pic.twitter.com/3SeO6kEZWs Behaviour Interactive (@Behaviour) September 24, 2024 "Earlier this year, we established an ambitious goal for our future as a publisher to make Behaviour synonymous with horror, and surround Dead by Daylight with a library of similarly exceptional horror games, Behaviour CEO and co-founder Rémi Racine told GamesIndustry.biz in a statement. Our acquisition of Red Hook is another emphatic step towards this objective, with more to come." This is the fourth studio Behaviour has snapped up in the past two years, following SockMonkey Studios, Codeglue and Fly Studio. It also opened a new studio in the UK last year and forged partnerships with third-party developers such as Supermassive, which made the recently released The Casting of Frank Stone. However, things havent been entirely plain sailing for the publisher. It fired around 140 workers this year across two rounds of layoffs amid restructuring efforts. Last week, Behaviour canceled Project T, a co-op shooter set in the DbD universe. It also closed the studio that was working on the game, Seattle-based Midwinter Entertainment, two years after buying it. All Midwinter workers were offered roles at Behaviours studios in Canada.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/behaviour-interactive-snaps-up-darkest-dungeon-developer-red-hook-studios-142036727.html?src=rss
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We own many devices that run on batteries, and recharging them can be a pain. Its always welcome when a new device offers plenty of battery life. As if answering these prayers, Marshall has now released its new Monitor III ANC headphones, and you can expect them to run all day. Marshall says that you can enjoy up to 70 hours of playtime with active noise canceling (ANC) on. Deactivating ANC increases the maximum battery up to a whopping 100 hours. Thats more than four days of continuous playback. It takes two hours and thirty minutes to fully recharge the headphones, a rather long time thats a necessary trade-off for the long battery life they offer. The ANC has also been significantly upgraded to block out sounds better than previous iterations of the technology. Besides long battery life, the Monitor III ANC headphones have an Adaptive Loudness feature that reacts to your surroundings and makes sound adjustments without quality loss. For those who want to mess around with the EQ settings, theres the M-button and Marshall Bluetooth app you can get on Android and iOS. The M-button is a physical button that users can customize to switch between three EQ presets or activate a smartphones voice assistant. The app also has separate settings for voice assistants and Spotify Tap. The experience is similar to using Marshalls $179 Major V headphones, which the company released earlier this year. For the uninitiated, Spotify Tap is a feature that lets supported audio devices start a Spotify listening session with a single tap of the button. These Monitor III ANC headphones are comfortable and lighter than their predecessor, the Monitor II ANC headphones, weighing 250 grams. They even have built-in Bluetooth LE and Auracast support, which lets users connect to Auracast broadcasts nearby and listen in. Even the packaging is premium. The headphones come in a hard case with red velvet insides, an obvious tribute to Marshalls guitar amp-making heritage. The Monitor III ANC headphones are on sale now at Marshalls site and at selected retailers for $350. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/audio/headphones/marshalls-latest-bluetooth-headphones-promise-improved-noise-cancellation-and-extreme-battery-life-140027657.html?src=rss
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It has been less than a week since Apple released the AirPods 4, and there's already a small sale available on them. Ahead of October Prime Day, you can pick up the AirPods 4 with active noise cancellation for $169, down from $179. The AirPods 4 without ANC are also $10 off, with an eight percent discount dropping their price to $119 from $129. The markdowns aren't significant but could be the extra push you need if you've been sitting on the fence. Apple announced the two AirPods 4 models at its iPhone 16 event on September 9. The fourth-generation AirPods with ANC garnered an 86 in our review, while the standard version fared a bit better with an 88. The ANC model has improved fit and sound quality and offers Adaptive Audio, Conversation Awareness, and wireless charging. It also has perks like a speaker in the case that beeps when you activate Find My though the AirPods only support proximity view, not precision finding like the AirPods Pro 2. The AirPods 4 without ANC share a big con with their sister device: no onboard volume controls. They also don't have wireless charging or Conversation Awareness. What they do give you is a good, comfortable fit and much better sound quality than their predecessor. This model also offers Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking, Voice Isolation and Adaptive EQ. Follow @EngadgetDeals on Twitter for the latest tech deals and buying advice in the lead up to October Prime Day 2024.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/apples-airpods-4-are-already-on-sale-in-this-early-prime-day-deal-133057269.html?src=rss
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