Square Enix says its new multiplayer party game contains AI-generated art, but don’t sweat it: It’s only ‘about 0.01% or even less’

Just a couple weeks after Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu said it intends “to be aggressive in applying AI” to its content creation processes, the company has confirmed with VGC that its new multiplayer party shooter Foamstars does in fact use AI-generated art—but just a teeny little bit. The presence of AI art in Foamstars…

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Xbox Insider Release Notes – Beta (2402.240111-2200)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview releasing to the Beta ring today. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We will continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes…

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All NEW! Arcade Action for 2024!

It’s been a long road to get here, so we’re fired up to finally share all the details of our first replica pinball machine collectable.  We’ve done the research & believe our non-playable, but highly detailed model playfields, simulated game play modes, digital score boards & mechanical parts wrapped up in an authentic 1/6 scale…

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14 years in, modders have given me yet another reason to return to Fallout: New Vegas—an in-game multiplayer riddle contest with free games for the winner

Steam informs me that Fallout: New Vegas is my second-most-played game of all time (after Crusader Kings 2), and I will still take any excuse to boot it up again. Lucky for me, then, that some enterprising modders have launched an ongoing online contest taking place entirely within the borders of NV’s Mojave Desert. Called…

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