Konami re-recorded the Snake Eater theme for Metal Gear Solid Delta, but don’t worry—it’s still the same excellent vocalist belting “Snaaaaaaaaake Eaaaterrrrrrrrr”

Snake Eater is special. And as much as I love Cold War Metal Gear, I’m not talking about the game. I’m talking about the song. From the first drum hits and horn blasts, the Snake Eater theme, sung by vocalist Cynthia Harrell, is in perfect alignment with the game it’s introducing. It’s bombastic; it’s espionage-smooth;…

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Dev Used Procedural Generation To Manage 100,000 Different Assets

No, it’s not generative AI. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 developer Monolith Soft has revealed that it used significant procedural generation to cope with the vast increase in assets required to build the world of the critically-acclaimed Switch RPG. As detailed by CG World (thanks, VGC), Monolith Soft’s map model designer Yoichi Akizuki, support engineer Mitsuhiro Hirose,…

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