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Einen Monat nach dem WM-Finale explodiert der Präsident des argentinischen Fußballverbands gegen Verschwörungstheoretiker
Vor einem Monat gewann Spanien das WM-Finale gegen Argentinien, und es gab eine Reihe von Verschwörungstheorien, von denen einige implizierten, dass sie absichtlich aus verschiedenen Gründen verloren hätten, wie Drohungen der FIFA, geheime Deals oder irgendetwas anderes, um zu akzeptieren, dass sie nicht besser waren als ihre Rivalen. Heute hat Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia, Präsident des argentinischen Fußballverbands, eine scharf formulierte Erklärung verfasst, in der er alle kritisiert, die diese Verschwörungstheorien begründet haben und natürlich nie bewiesen wurden.
"Ein Monat ist vergangen. Ein Monat seit der Abschlussprüfung. Ein Monat seit den Lügen, der Manipulation und einer abscheulichen Kampagne, um dieses Team als verloren darzustellen. Das Auffälligste ist, dass sich nach einem Monat niemand entschuldigte. Niemand kam heraus und sagte: 'Wir lagen falsch.' Niemand hatte die Ehrlichkeit, die Würde oder einfach den Mut, Verantwortung zu übernehmen", sagte Tapia.
"Sie verlangten Erklärungen, obwohl sie keinen einzigen Beweis hatten. Sie zeigten mit dem Finger auf Spieler, die alles gaben. Sie schürten eine Lüge und präsentierten sie als Wahrheit. Jetzt bist du an der Reihe, Erklärungen anzubieten. Denn Größe liegt auch darin, einen Fehler zuzugeben. Und wenn man diejenigen beschuldigt, lügt und öffentlich verletzt, die alles für dieses Trikot gegeben haben, ist eine Entschuldigung kein Gefallen. Es ist eine Verpflichtung."
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Der Präsident des argentinischen Fußballverbands fordert Verschwörungstheoretiker auf, Verantwortung zu übernehmen
"Während unsere Spieler auf dem Spielfeld alles gaben, taten einige draußen genau das Gegenteil: Sie säten Hass, spalteten, diffamierten und versuchten, das Image einer Nationalmannschaft zu zerstören, die sich den Respekt von Millionen verdiente. An alle: Übernehmt Verantwortung."
Tapia, sehr ernst, sagt: "Es gibt kein Zurück mehr, wenn man die Nationalspieler als Verräter bezeichnet", und drückte seinen Stolz auf die Spieler und den Trainerstab aus, die "weiterhin den Kopf hochhalten, denn sie wissen, was sie an jenem Tag getan haben."
"Sie wissen, wie viel sie auf diesem Feld gegeben haben. Und sie wissen, dass sie, als das Finale endete, niemandem etwas schuldeten. Diejenigen, die alles gegeben haben, haben nichts zu erklären. Diejenigen, die gelogen haben, tun das", schloss er.
Huge Subnautica 2 co-op patch adds proximity chat and a revive system as devs promise a "new region" and "new story" are still on the way
Subnautica 2 continues to truck along in early access, and one of the biggest updates promised in the Subnautica 2 roadmap is upon us. The newly released patch adds a host of features aimed at making the co-op experience better, but if you're a solo player, there's no need to worry – the devs at Unknown Worlds promise the bigger update with a new region and story content is still on the way.
Officially titled the Buddy System update, the headline addition here is proximity chat. "You'll be able to talk locally with each other and then as you get further away, you'll hear it switch to sort of a radio sounding voice, that'll progressively break up as you get further away," creative director Anthony Gallegos explains in an update vlog. "I think it definitely adds to the tension of it."
There's also a tracking tag that functions as a "short-range beacon," according to the official patch notes, and you can even place it inside containers to track their locations, too. There are a bunch of fresh emotes now selectable from a new emote menu, and several new options for customizing your character.
"We also have player revives," Gallegos says. "So if your friend gets downed, whether it's by a smaller shark or maybe they run out of food and they die from that or they run out of oxygen, there's going to be a timer that will elapse, where you can swim out to them, share some oxygen with them, bring them back to life and sort of save the day."
The original Subnautica was strictly a single-player affair, and if you check the comment sections around this update you'll find a small but vocal handful of solo players who feel a bit burned by this multiplayer-first update. But Gallegos is quick to address those concerns in the vlog: "Of course, alongside all of this, we're continuing to work on the EA2 update that's going to add the new region with the new story and new progression, new vehicles, all those things."
Check out our guides on how to get the Bioscanner in Subnautica 2 or how to craft Subnautica 2 ingots if you need some help.
"Think Deus Ex, think Dishonored, that's what we're doing": Former Arkane devs reveal new studio dedicated to making single-player immersive sims
Several immersive sim heavyweights have founded a new studio to carry on the work they were doing in Dishonored before Arkane Austin was closed in 2024. Unveiling Black Pony Immersive, Harvey Smith and Ben Horne have a clear vision for what they want to accomplish.
Smith and Horne spoke about putting the team together, and the first game they're working on, in an interview with The Game Business.
"It feels like a sea of doom and gloom the last few years, so many of our colleagues suffering, developers falling left and right, and everybody else doing everything they can to reach out or help," Smith says.
"Even on the publisher side, nobody’s happy to see the business in the state that it is," he adds. Indeed, it's not been a strong generation for the industry. Layoffs are rampant, with Xbox restructuring heavily and letting go of thousands of staff across its game studios and business - there's not a lot of optimism around, at least in the AAA space.
Smith and Horne know this all too well. They found themselves out of jobs in 2024 following the sudden closure of Arkane's branch in Austin, Texas, despite the devs there producing multiple warmly received games. Gathering their resolve, they decided the best reaction was to remain defiant in their ambitions.
"It feels like to do something optimistic in the face of that is to be a dark horse," Smith explains. "We're going to fall back on what we love. We're going to work with the people we love. We're going to have fun doing it."
A number of Arkane alumni make up the Black Pony ensemble, including Ricardo Bare, who worked on the original Deus Ex and now serves as design director, worldbuilding director Karen Segars, and lead level designer Jeremy Catlin. These are all devs with a wealth of games experience, making the collective pedigree quite large, and they all have one goal - to make a bloody good first-person, single-player, immersive sim.
"We want to make immersive sims," Smith adds. "We want to make single-player, narrative-driven, first person games where you explore and solve problems creatively. Think Deus Ex, think Dishonored, that’s what we're doing."
The timing is miraculous, as genre heavyweight and Deus Ex lead Warren Spector just announced his retirement. Perhaps the industry is ready for the next generation of great immersive sims.
En måned efter VM-finalen eksploderer præsidenten for det argentinske fodboldforbund mod konspirationsteoretikere
For en måned siden vandt Spanien VM-finalen mod Argentina, og en række konspirationsteorier, nogle antydede, at de med vilje havde tabt af forskellige grunde, som trusler fra FIFA, hemmelige aftaler eller andet end at acceptere, at de ikke havde været bedre end deres rivaler. I dag har Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia, formand for det argentinske fodboldforbund, skrevet en stærkt formuleret erklæring, hvor han kritiserer alle dem, der startede disse konspirationsteorier, og som selvfølgelig aldrig blev bevist.
"En måned er gået. En måned siden den eksamen. En måned siden løgnene, manipulationen og en afskyelig kampagne for at fremstille dette hold som havende tabt kampen. Det mest slående er, at efter en måned undskyldte ingen. Ingen kom ud og sagde: 'Vi tog fejl.' Ingen havde ærligheden, værdigheden eller blot modet til at tage ansvar," sagde Tapia.
"De krævede forklaringer, da de ikke havde et eneste bevis. De pegede fingre ad spillere, der gav alt, hvad de havde. De nærede en løgn og præsenterede den som sandhed. Nu er det din tur til at give forklaringer. For storhed ligger også i at indrømme en fejl. Og når du anklager, lyver og offentligt sårer dem, der gav alt for denne trøje, er det ikke en tjeneste at undskylde. Det er en forpligtelse".
Formanden for det argentinske fodboldforbund kræver, at konspirationsteoretikere tager ansvar
"Mens vores spillere gav alt på banen, gjorde nogle udenfor det stik modsatte: såede had, splittede, sværtede og forsøgte at ødelægge billedet af et landshold, der har opnået millioner af respekt. Til dem alle: tag ansvar".
Tapia, meget alvorlig, siger "der er ingen vej tilbage fra at kalde landsholdets spillere for forrædere", og udtrykte sin stolthed over spillerne og trænerstaben, som "Bliv ved med at holde hovedet højt, for de ved, hvad de gjorde den dag."
"De ved, hvor meget de gav på den mark. Og de ved, at da finalen sluttede, skyldte de ingen noget. Dem, der gav alt, har intet at forklare. Dem, der løj, gør det", konkluderede han.
Referees’ chief Howard Webb ‘really troubled’ by Folarin Balogun escaping World Cup ban
USA striker missed no matches after sending-off
‘Far too often now decisions are viewed as corrupt’
Howard Webb was “really troubled” by the decision of Fifa’s disciplinary committee to suspend Folarin Balogun’s ban for a red card during the World Cup, warning of a growing belief in refereeing conspiracies among supporters. Webb, English football’s chief refereeing officer, was speaking before the new Premier League season, where, among a series of new measures, independent assessments of key refereeing decisions are to be made public for the first time.
“I was really troubled by it,” Webb said of the reprieve for the USA striker Balogun, which followed a direct appeal from the US president, Donald Trump. “What do we know? We know for sure that a red card was shown. I understand why it was given. We know that there was pressure placed by a politician on to Fifa, because that was admitted. And we know that the suspension was taken away for that particular tournament and suspended through a process which seemingly didn’t exist before the tournament started.”
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