Hazelight Founder Josef Fares On EA: “Let’s Be Honest, There’s Not A Publisher In The World That Hasn’t F****d Up”

“Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, everybody’s done something”. Electronic Arts has been in the headlines for all sorts of reasons over the years, but Hazelight Studios founder and director Josef Fares (who is known for expressing his honest opinion) can’t help but feel the third-party video game giant is still “getting more s**t” than it deserves. His…

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Music marketplace Bandcamp bypasses AI disclosures and obtuse policies to announce a wholesale ban on AI slop

One of the internet’s largest music marketplaces has banned content “that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI”. Bandcamp announced the new policy today, which also prohibits the use of AI tools designed to “impersonate other artists or styles”. Here are the guidelines, straight from Bandcamp: Music and audio that is generated wholly…

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How to repair in Hytale

My habit of bravely running face-first into wolf packs and skeleton mobs in Hytale meant I had to learn how to repair early on in the Minecraft-like. New weapons and armor often make me a little too confident, and I’ve hit a whopping zero durability more than once. Fortunately, you can easily repair busted tools…

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Games Workshop says its senior managers aren’t excited about AI, prohibits its use and laments that it’s ‘included on our phones or laptops whether we like it or not’

Warhammer company Games Workshop says that it does not allow generative AI in its products, and although some of its senior managers have investigated the technology, “none are that excited about it yet.” The comments came from Games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree in the company’s half-yearly financial report for the back end of 2025, in…

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Hytale’s developer warned us the adventure sandbox ‘isn’t good yet,’ but it already feels pretty good to me

It’s pretty incredible that Hytale launched into early access today. It’s a miracle it even exists at all, really: games canceled by major studios typically vanish forever. Remember Blizzard’s survival game Odyssey that was canceled after nearly eight years in development? Poof. Gone, tragically leaving behind nothing more than a handful of leaked screenshots. So…

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