Rec Room, a Roblox-like social gaming platform that lets users create games and experiences for others to play, is shutting down on June 1st. Despite reaching more than 150 million players and creators and, at one point, being valued at $3.5 billion, the company says in a blog post that “we never quite figured out how to make Rec Room a sustainably profitable business” and that “our costs always ended up overwhelming the revenue we brought in.”
The company also notes that “with the recent shift in the VR market, along with broader headwinds in gaming, the path to profitability has gotten tough enough that we’ve made the difficult decision t …
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<p>Former Chelsea left-back, Ryan Bertrand, has announced his retirement from professional football earlier today, June 18, 2024. Ryan Bertrand started his professional football career at Chelsea on July 1, 2007, after playing for the club’s youth team for two years. While at Chelsea, Bertrand went on loan at Bournemouth, Oldham Athletic, Norwich City, Reading, Nottingham […]</p>
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Narendra Modi’s tenth consecutive Independence Day speech as Indian prime minister, delivered from the Red Fort in Delhi on August 15, was long (90 minutes)…
