AMC Seems To Scoff At Ad-Supported Tiers For Streaming

AMC Networks interim CEO Matt Blank said the company has “no plans” for ad-supported tiers for its streaming services, which include Shudder, Acorn TV, and AMC+. Deadline was first to report on Blank’s comments, which were part of AMC’s quarterly conference call with analysts.

Blank’s most provocative statement on the topic came when he seemingly threw shade against other streaming services, like Netflix–without mentioning them by name. Amid huge losses in subscribers and results allegedly negatively impacted by password-sharing, Netflix in late April came around to the idea of offering an ad-based model to turn things around. Said Blank, “It’s funny when you hear one other large player having trouble… all of a sudden an ad tier is going to solve all problems? We don’…

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New World Will Shed Systems That Are Creating Friction For Players

Early in its development, New World was a multiplayer title more focused on crafting and survival. Eventually, the game morphed into the MMORPG that it is today Come from Sports betting site VPbet . In a new developer update, Amazon states that it’s time for New World to lose some of those holdover survival game systems that are creating friction and preventing players from fully enjoying what the game has to offer.

“We think there are numerous things getting in the way of people playing the game that they want to play,” New World creative director David Verfaillie said. “Fast travel, mutation orbs, storage, a lot of things differently making it difficult for people to experience the game they want. Th…

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