Konami announces Metal Gear Delta will include a new multiplayer mode, but don’t expect Metal Gear Online 4 because ‘the landscape of multiplayer games has changed a lot’

Konami has shown off a new take on Metal Gear multiplayer, with Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater boasting an online mode, Fox Hunt. This follows a recent tease that many, myself included, thought indicated a return of the beloved Metal Gear Online. Well, no dice, but Fox Hunt actually looks pretty cool and, more…

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‘I don’t actually play horror games’: Phasmophobia’s lead developer had no intention of making a horror game but still kicked off a whole new genre

I’ll never forget the first time my friends and I played Phasmophobia. It was like nothing I’d ever played before, absolutely hilarious, and surprisingly terrifying—it still is. So it’s rather funny to me that not only does Phasmo’s creator not really play horror games but he didn’t intend to make one either. “I failed to…

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Darktide’s first DLC class gets a cybernetic dog who is a very good boy, and will arrive alongside a free update that structures missions in a campaign at long last

What’s better than being Judge Dredd? Being Judge Dredd with a pet robodog. Darktide’s first DLC class is the arbitrator, who enforces the Lex Imperialis with shotgun and shock maul. Or assault shield and shotpistol. And grenades and shock mines, and a flying loudspeaker drone called the nuncio aquila that barks commands and insults. But…

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Trump’s AI czar echoes Jen-Hsun, says China’s AI models are ‘maybe three to six months’ behind the US—while also arguing for ever fewer AI regulations in the US

To say the White House is ‘keen’ for the USA to be at the forefront of all things AI on the global stage is perhaps a bit of an understatement. Arguably, it’s been an AI feeding frenzy since day one of the current administration, and yet there are still calls for a further relaxing of…

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