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Random: “What In The Name Of Copyright Infringement Is This Madness?” – Intellivision Amico Box Showcasing Nintendo Art Surfaces Online

“We didn’t design it, I swear”. The Intellivision Amico is never coming out – that much should be clear by now, given that the money raised by its pre-order drive has long since been spent, controversial figurehead Tommy Tallarico has stepped away, key exclusives have turned out to be vaporware, and the console can’t even…

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Steam Week in Review: Once positioned as mainstream-friendly PC gaming solutions, can Valve’s hardware survive the memory crisis?

Last week PC Gamer’s Andy Edser highlighted an article tracing a seeming massive drop in Steam Deck sales. I’m not entirely convinced by the maths involved—which was conducted by Boiling Steam—but whether the numbers are accurate or not, it does capture some of the anxiety around Valve’s hardware and what kind of future it might…

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Company that said it could scan and destroy books for AI data-harvesting has deleted that part of its website: ‘no such service was ever brought to life’

Remember the story about AI companies destroying millions of copies of books while scanning them to use as training data? In terms of bad optics, “destroying books” is right up there with kicking puppies, which is why the AI companies relied on third-party rebuyers to obfuscate what they were actually doing. It didn’t work, and…

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Owlcat co-founder says the studio won’t turn its back on hardcore RPGs as it hits 600 employees and preps its own Mass Effect killer

In a new interview with PCGamesN to mark Owlcat’s 10th anniversary, studio co-founder and creative director Alexander Mishulin talked about Owlcat’s history and upcoming projects. Two things really caught my eye: Owlcat’s still got hardcore CRPG fans covered, and the studio’s bulked up to the heavyweight division. “We will continue to make CRPGs because we…

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One day Owlcat will make an RPG that’s perfect out of the box, but 3 years after launch, it’s time to get disgustingly into Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader

I’m not sure whether to feel sheepish or smug that I exclusively come to Owlcat games late. On the one hand, I feel like a fairweather fan of this underrated RPG powerhouse, one whose output and ambition is honestly kind of scary. But on the other hand: Owlcat has yet to have a single smooth…

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