If you’ve ever wanted AI-generated Kratos to advertise games to you (for some reason), I’ve got great news about Sony’s latest baffling patent: ‘LLM-based generative podcasts for gamers’

Sony’s on it again with another bizarre AI patent I’m not sure anybody rightly wants. Back in January, the company put forward a patent for a “ghost”, which could play videogames for you if you were getting stuck. This idea sucks, don’t get me wrong—but it at least makes a certain kind of sense. If…

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Battlefield 6’s Javelin anti-cheat stopped over 580,000 cheating attempts over the course of just one month

It looks like Battlefield 6’s Javelin anti-cheat has been working overtime, identifying and smiting cheaters before they can muck up your games. It worked so hard, in fact, that it managed to identify hundreds of thousands of cheating instances over December. In an anti-cheats metrics report, Battlefield Studios revealed that teams have been working diligently…

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Good news, Stardew Valley enthusiasts: the 1.7 update will make children ‘a little more interesting’ and add two new marriage candidates

Stardew Valley’s 1.7 patch is going to be much bigger than anyone probably expects, and that’s accounting for the fact that most Stardew Valley patches end up being bigger than anyone expects. In a new interview with IGN, creator Eric Barone listed a handful of features coming in the update, and one of them answers…

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Anime action RPG studio Pahdo Labs shuts down despite accruing $17.5M in funding: ‘We believed making a demo of a familiar but new game would be our best shot’

In November, just three months after it launched into early access, Starlight Re:Volver halted updates. Despite a demo that did well during Steam Next Fest, the anime action RPG underperformed at launch. Pahdo Labs laid off half its team, halted updates, and said it was going “back to the drawing board”, with a follow-up announcement…

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Sorry, but that countdown on Amazon’s Fallout site didn’t lead to a Fallout 3 or New Vegas remaster announcement… or any announcement at all

Amazon’s Fallout website has been counting down to something since early January, and since the timer coincides with the release of Fallout Season 2 Episode 8, some hopeful fans decided maybe the countdown would lead to the announcement of something special. Maybe a Fallout 3 remaster! Heck, maybe a Fallout: New Vegas remaster! You’ve got…

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