AMD reckons its next-gen GPUs will beat Nvidia at ‘any sort of AI workload’ and we’re praying that rubs off on the company’s gaming graphics cards

AMD’s GPUs scarcely seem to have the slightest impact on the gaming market of late. But the company has big plans for its next-gen AI GPU, known as MI450. AMD says it’s aiming for “leadership performance across the board.” Speaking at the recent Communicopia+ Technology Conference held by the penny-loafered bean counters at Goldman Sachs,…

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I thought we moved on from hellish boss runbacks, but Silksong is here to remind us what it’s like to be kicked while you’re down

As a modern society, I thought we were done with mile-long, soul sucking boss runbacks in videogames. We’re evolved. Enlightened! Then Hollow Knight: Silksong came out. In a world where even FromSoftware—the worst offenders of hellish boss runbacks in the Dark Souls series—all but ditched them in Elden Ring, Silksong is here straight out of…

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Battlefield 6 producer acknowledges vehicles were underpowered in the beta, but says it’s better than the alternative: ‘Rather have too weak vehicles over too powerful’

You know something is off in Battlefield when piloting a multi-million dollar metal box with a building-leveling cannon mounted on the end is a bigger risk than hoofing it across the map. That was the state of last month’s Battlefield 6 beta: tanks, helicopters, jets, and especially jeeps could never get much room to vroom…

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Watch: Destiny 2’s next Star Wars-themed expansion has a Sarlaac pit, twirling light sabers, AT-ST walkers and—oh boy—Han Solo’s blaster

Say what you like about Bungie’s current struggles (and we have), the studio really does give good ViDoc. This morning, as part of an hour-long livestream, Destiny 2 players got their first substantial look at Renegades, the Star Wars-themed expansion that’s set to drop on December 2. And if you’re wondering just how much Star…

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OpenAI is backing a new animated feature film ‘made largely with AI’ to prove it can make films ‘faster and cheaper’ than Hollywood

A Wall Street Journal report says OpenAI is backing the creation of a new animated film called Critterz that will be made “largely” with AI, in hopes of convincing Hollywood that it’s time to go all-in on AI content creation tools. Called Critterz, the film follows forest creatures who embark on an adventure after their…

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