Pathfinder creators Paizo have $10 million of inventory stuck in a warehouse somewhere because of Diamond Comics, forcing it to lay off staff

It’s rare that, when I talk about layoffs in the gaming industry—be it videogames or TTRPGs—that I do so with sympathy for the company dropping the axe. Usually it’s down to short-sighted business practices or greedy, dollar-eyed acquisitions. Not so this time—at least, not directly. Paizo, the creators of Pathfinder 2e (which has stolen my…

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Google claims most users know ‘information generated with AI should not be blindly trusted,’ but a court ruled it’s still liable for false claims made in AI Overview

A ruling from a German court has found that Google is liable for the claims made in Search’s AI Overviews. What is this? The consequence of Google’s all-in-on-AI actions? The case involves false claims made about two Munich-based publishers. Allegedly, Search’s AI Overview misattributed the questionable practices of another existing business to the plaintiffs, drawing…

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Both lawyers in case use hallucinating AI, causing judge to throw up hands, bar them for 2 years, fine everybody, and call the whole thing off for 60 days

We at PC Gamer have covered the disturbing trend of lawyers—who are, on average, supposed to be competent and reasonably well-read, and quite literally where the phrase ‘passing the bar’ comes from—using AI citations in courtrooms before. But this one’s a doozy, because it turns out absolutely everyone involved had the same large language model…

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Legendary JRPG studio’s 23-year shun of the PC has ended: the next Vanillaware game will come to Steam

Muramasa: Revenant Blades is the newly announced action RPG from Vanillaware, a highly respected Japanese studio founded in 2002 and terminally aloof to the existence of personal computers. Until now: a revamped version of 2009’s Muramasa: The Demon Blade was announced at today’s Nintendo Direct. Initially a Wii exclusive, it’ll hit Steam in 2027. If…

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