Latest Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates stamp out a record 622 security vulnerabilities, as the company’s AI-enhanced bug hunt looks to bear fruit

As much as AI has its drawbacks, it’d be wrong to say it doesn’t have its uses. Case in point, Microsoft’s previous commitment to leverage AI vulnerability detection in Windows security updates looks to be bearing fruit, as the latest Patch Tuesday release fixes an astonishing 622 CVEs across its products. Which is a new…

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“Games Like PaRappa The Rapper Don’t Get Made Anymore” – Shawn Layden Thinks Mainstream Gaming Has Gotten Too Safe

“Nobody wants to take a risk on unicorn ballet in space”. Back in the days of the original PlayStation, it felt like Sony was constantly experimenting with new ideas and greenlighting weird and exciting projects. From the paper-thin, hip-hop stylings of PaRappa the Rapper to the Dual Analogue-controlled antics of Ape Escape, the company clearly…

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“I Had A Front-Row Seat To One Of The Greatest Creative Explosions In History” – Dead Space’s Creator Calls Time On His 35-Year Career

“You told me when I was good, and you told me when I wasn’t so good”. Glen Schofield, the director of games like Gex: Enter the Gecko, Dead Space and The Callisto Protocol, and the co-director on three Call of Duty games, has announced his retirement after 35 years working in the games industry. In…

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Dead Space creator and Call of Duty veteran Glen Schofield announces retirement: ‘I had a front row seat to one of the greatest creative explosions in history’

Glenn Schofield, the creator of Dead Space and The Callisto Protocol, has announced his retirement after 35 years in the industry. In a LinkedIn video post, Schofield thanked his family, Electronic Arts and Activision, and “the people who supported us in videogames”. “The past couple of decades have been some of the greatest times in…

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How to get Nightstar Sand in Palworld

I was hoping to find a vendor selling Nightstar Sand after starting a new save for the Palworld 1.0 release, but it seems the mid-game crafting ingredient is still only available through good ol’ fashioned gathering. You’ll have to pick it all up by hand to craft several items from tech tree recipes starting around…

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Fighting game developer previously accused of sexual harassment confirmed to be working on Avatar Legends a week before release

In 2023, I reported that the development team of then-upcoming fighting game Diesel Legacy included Mike Zaimont, previously a developer on Skullgirls and Indivisible who had been accused of sexual misconduct at Lab Zero, the indie studio behind those games. Diesel Legacy released to little fanfare more than a year later, but the next fighting…

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