Arc Raiders’ use of AI highlights the tension and confusion over where machine learning ends and generative AI begins

Like Embark Studios’ 2023 shooter The Finals, its new game Arc Raiders, out today, comes bearing an “AI generated content disclosure” on its Steam page. “During the development process, we may use procedural- and AI-based tools to assist with content creation. In all such cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our…

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The Horus Heresy books reading order: Where to start and where to stop with Warhammer 40,000’s massive prequel series

There are 64 Horus Heresy books, give or take, depending whether you count the novellas or the graphic novel or the Primarch spin-offs. The point is, there are too many for any normal person to commit to reading. Fortunately, you don’t have to. That number includes a lot of extremely skippable short story anthologies, and…

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Bloodlines 2 update adds more customization options, and the developer is considering ‘the ability to play only Phyre’s side of the story on your second playthrough’ for a future patch

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was a bit lacking in the character-creation department, but developer The Chinese Room has taken that criticism on-board and added 24 more customization options in its Halloween update. There are eight new hairstyles, eight new makeup styles, and eight new eye colors to choose from, though you’ll need to…

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If you’re a fan of Blue Prince and the Golden Idol games, this spooky detective mystery has arrived just in time for Halloween

In the excellent puzzle strategy game Blue Prince I walked around exploring a mansion while collecting clues and solving puzzles. In the grisly murder mysteries The Case of the Golden Idol and its sequel I solved crimes by collecting words and using them to fill in the blanks. So I’m pretty happy right now because…

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Patrick Soderlund, who was vice president at EA when Titanfall 2 got crushed between Battlefield and Call of Duty, talks about doing it again with Arc Raiders: ‘People may look at that and say, what the hell are they doing?’

It’s widely believed that one of the big reasons Titanfall 2 tanked badly, despite being such a good game, is that EA decided to shove it out the door between the releases of the Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare behemoths. Despite being better than either of those games (an objective truth), there…

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