Raspberry Pi tied with Commodore 64 for bestselling PC of all time
According to latest statistics announced by Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton on Twitter, the Raspberry Pi Foundation recently sold its 30 millionth unit, tying sales of the endlessly modifiable credit card-sized personal computer with the Commodore 64, which sold from 1982 to 1994 and is known as the best-selling single computer model of all time.
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Epic Games acquires facial mapping company
Epic Games, the developers of Fornite, which has been the bestselling game in the world for two years, and also the creators of the Unreal Engine, have acquired a UK-based facial recognition and mapping startup called Cubic Motion, in order to be able to capture much more realistic facial animations for their characters. Cubic Motion's technology was previously featured on the popular God of War and Spiderman game series.
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Epic Games appoints Sussman as new President
Adam Sussman, a former executive at athletics and footwear company Nike with over 22 years of experience in the gaming industry, having worked for Zynga, Disney and EA, has now been appointed President of Epic Games, developer of Fortnite, which has remained the world's bestselling game for two consecutive years. Epic Games' new store has also recently emerged as a strong rival to Steam's online store.
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Rockstar Games co-founder leaves the company
Dan Houser, who along with his brother Sam was one of the co-founders of Rockstar Games, currently one of the world's most successful game developers, has announced that he is leaving Rockstar and his position as vice president of creative at the company. The surprise decision comes as Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar's flagship game, was declared as the bestselling game of the decade.
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Steam surpasses record player count
Steam tracker SteamDB has revealed that the popular gaming platform has recently surpassed its own record for player counts by a huge margin, with 18.8 million users currently active compared to 2018's previous record 18.5 million. The number of players concurrently in a game, however, did not surpass the 2018 record, with 5.8 million players against 2018's 7 million players.
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