Ubisoft says AI is ‘as big a revolution for our industry as the shift to 3D,’ its magical AI NPCs are out of prototyping, and you bet it’s got ‘all our studios’ working with the tech

After a delay and some brouhaha, Ubisoft’s H1 FY26 financial report finally took place earlier today, and turned out to be… a whole lot of nothing, really. Turns out that, rather than falling victim to an enormous monetary calamity or getting snapped up by Tencent, Ubi’s finances were delayed because the company appointed new auditors…

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A gang war has erupted in Arc Raiders, and a victor is already emerging as Ninja joins the Bungulators: ‘I am not declaring war or picking sides against somebody whose AFK stream gets more viewers than me’

I’ll forgive you if half of the headline above seemed like I was talking in tongues, because what in God’s green earth is a Bungulator, what does that have to do with Arc Raiders, and why has Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins joined them? Soon, all will become clear. But first, I need to start at the…

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I’m going gaga for this rhythm game where a psychotic anime girl is trying to convert me to the ways of her 2D waifu one deranged song at a time

As someone who plays a lot of arcade rhythm games, Yuynyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis is a who’s-who of big hardcore composers in the space: REDALiCE, t+pazolite, Laur, P*Light… basically anyone currently under the HARDCORE TANO*C label. Which might mean a big load of bunk to you, but to me? It means I can confidently say…

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LG UltraGear 27GX790A OLED review

Fans of 27-inch OLED panels rejoice. There are so many monitor models to choose from, it’s actually hard to keep up. But that creates a problem for the likes of the new LG UltraGear 27GX790A. How to carve out a niche of its own against all that competition? On the plus side, this is a…

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Ubisoft hasn’t exploded or been bought by Tencent: Its finances were delayed because of maths nerds, AC Shadows is ‘Overperforming’, and it’s got one upcoming game you don’t know about, thank you

Last week, Ubisoft delayed its quarterly financial report and called a temporary halt to trading in its stocks. The internet immediately did what it does best: descend into wild and frenzied speculation. To be fair, it did all seem quite portentous, and in a world where Saudi Arabia bought EA and Microsoft bought Activision, the…

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All Genshin Impact 6.2 livestream codes

The Genshin Impact 6.2 livestream codes have arrived, or, as I should say, the Luna 3 livestream, marking the continuation of the Traveler’s journey through Nod-Krai. It’s not quite Snezhnaya, the realm of the Cryo Archon that we can expect to arrive in future, but Nod-Krai is an autonomous area that’s technically part of the…

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Grok AI temporarily so sycophantic it claims Elon Musk is the best at drinking pee, and other things I’m not going to put in a headline, you can’t make me

We human beings are a miraculous accident; Forces of improbability, on an unimaginable scale, created the correct conditions for our life on planet Earth. We’ve survived ice ages, plagues, and the threat of nuclear annihilation to get here. All we’ve got is each other. I tell you this because I need you to understand: Our…

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