Sony patents AI-powered ‘ghost’ that shows you how to get past videogame obstacles, and can even play the hard bits for you

As reported by All About AI, in 2025 Sony was granted a patent for an AI-generated ghost player that can help you out when you’re stuck. (Sony applied for the patent in 2023; these things take time.) The patent proposes an in-game interface that accepts “natural language queries” to identify which bit of the game…

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We might have a new contender for the best handheld gaming PC, because Lenovo’s just announced a SteamOS version of its mega Legion Go 2

Although affordability was a key factor in the success of Valve’s Steam Deck, its greatest strength lies in the brilliance of its operating system, SteamOS. So far, only a few other handheld devices have also sported the Linux-based software, but now there’s one more: Lenovo’s Legion Go 2. Launched at CES, this is actually Lenovo’s…

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‘Steam Charts don’t measure fun,’ Splitgate: Arena Reloaded studio says in response to worries about declining player numbers: ‘They don’t show the full picture’

Splitgate: Arena Reloaded hasn’t exactly set the world on fire since its re-launch in December 2025. Concurrent player counts on Steam hit a peak of just under 2,300 following the release, and the number hasn’t broken 1,000 since Christmas; as I write this, there are just 785 people playing, not really a great place for…

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‘The game isn’t about shooting other players’: Embark CEO says Arc Raiders is unlikely to get a PvP leaderboard because the devs ‘don’t necessarily want to foster that kind of gameplay’

PvP discourse will likely be a constant in Arc Raiders conversation for years to come. But while the more antagonistic raiders among us might wish for more acknowledgment of their dark deeds, it doesn’t sound like Embark will be prioritizing additional PvP systems any time soon. In a recent interview with GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi, Embark…

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Schedule 1 developer TVGS is ‘an actual game studio’ now, with an office, desks, and a new guy named Rob: ‘By the end of the year, there will likely be 4 people working on Schedule 1’

Schedule 1 was one of the big surprises of 2025, for two reasons. One, it’s a lo-fi drug dealing simulator created by a solo developer that blasted to the top of Steam’s best-selling games chart when it launched; and two, despite not looking like much, it’s actually a really good game, “with engaging systems and…

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