Peter Molyneux is ready to disappoint us again with his latest game, a blockchain-based business sim

More than six years after it was first teased, Legacy, the ironically-titled new game from once-legendary designer Peter Molyneux, finally has a release date. The blockchain-based business simulator developed by Molyneux’s 22 Cans studio is set to go live on October 26. “Legacy will be seamlessly integrated with GalaChain, providing smooth and secure gameplay backed…

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DeepMind’s Chinchilla AI toasts FLAC and PNG at lossless data compression despite essentially being just a large language model

If you think FLAC is the audiophile’s friend when it comes to lossless music files, a large language model (LLM) has news for you, as it’s now laying claim to compression as part of AI’s growing realm of influence, too. A study titled “Language Modeling Is Compression” (via ArsTechnica) discusses a finding about an LLM…

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EA Sports FC 24 review

There are quite a lot of things we never could have predicted might happen in the near future back in 2019. Between covid, the crypto booms and busts, and the quiet ChatGPT revolution, FIFA and PES both abruptly changing their names seemed like only one more odd left turn for reality. But while eFootball seems…

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EU court rejects Valve appeal against €1.6 million fine for ‘geo-blocking’ Steam games, says policy existed to protect publisher royalties and ‘the margins earned by Valve’

The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed an attempt by Valve to convince it that the geo-blocking of Steam game activation keys did not infringe on EU law, reaffirming its finding from 2021 that “Valve and five PC videogames publishers unlawfully restricted cross-border sales of certain PC videogames that are compatible with…

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Larian’s shared the most-played multiclasses in Baldur’s Gate 3—and one of D&D’s favourites is somehow second-to-last

Baldur’s Gate 3 lets you multiclass—opening the floodgates to a lot of min-maxing nonsense. In case you’re a single-class devotee (or just haven’t played the game yet), multiclassing means “taking levels” in several different classes. So for example, you could be a level 5 fighter and a level 3 barbarian on a level 8 character….

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Varjo Aero review

The Varjo VR headsets have always skewed more towards enterprise than a traditional consumer-grade VR experience. You know, for those folks with intense Microsoft Flight Simulator or whole F1 cockpits in their garage. The Varjo Aero, however, is looking to bridge the gap between the casual VR gamer and someone who would refer to the…

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