Arc Raiders’ design director says ‘we will maintain the current aesthetic that we have’ when it comes to skins, so no ‘T-Rex costume running around’

Arc Raiders is a live-service shooter, and you know what that means—skin discourse, hooray! In all seriousness, since everything became Fortnite, it’s been a real consideration. As PCG’s own Morgan Park put it in 2023, “Cosmetic Uglification is a viral affliction infecting the best shooters of our time”, and he’s not been proven wrong since….

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The US government announces strategic ‘prosperity deals’ with Japan and South Korea to ‘drive breakthroughs’ in AI, quantum computing, and more

The US has made many steps to try and put itself at the forefront of whatever developments are to come in the AI space, and a raft of newly announced deals with both Japan and South Korea look to further those goals. As spotted by TechCrunch, the White House website boasts of its new “technology…

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Arc Raiders’ use of AI highlights the tension and confusion over where machine learning ends and generative AI begins

Like Embark Studios’ 2023 shooter The Finals, its new game Arc Raiders, out today, comes bearing an “AI generated content disclosure” on its Steam page. “During the development process, we may use procedural- and AI-based tools to assist with content creation. In all such cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our…

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The Horus Heresy books reading order: Where to start and where to stop with Warhammer 40,000’s massive prequel series

There are 64 Horus Heresy books, give or take, depending whether you count the novellas or the graphic novel or the Primarch spin-offs. The point is, there are too many for any normal person to commit to reading. Fortunately, you don’t have to. That number includes a lot of extremely skippable short story anthologies, and…

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