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First reported by Business Insider, a purported internal memo from Julia Liuson, the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Developer Division, shows that managers are now being asked to evaluate employees based on their use of AI tools. An employee review metric for measuring AI use is reportedly under consideration according to Business Insider as well….
Award-winning RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is a noteworthy 40% off on Steam during the Steam Summer Sale, making one of the best RPGs in recent years a lot more affordable this month—it’s $70 at full price, but $42 until the sale ends. Metaphor: ReFantazio scored a 95% in PC Gamer’s review, making it one of the…
Wreckfest 2’s early access launch may have been smaller than a Fiat 500 after being run over by a monster truck, but developer Bugbear has been hard at work buffing out the sequel’s bodywork since it launched back earlier this year. In May, the game received its first content update adding extra cars and tracks….
If you’re looking for an exploration game that’s less about clearing millions of icons, and more about finding your own path through a world filled with mysteries, Sable is the game for you. Shedworks’ sci-fi coming of age story encourages you to take the world at your own pace, picking a direction and enjoying what…
Like a bespectacled boffin dangling a piece of cheese over the cage of a two-headed lab rat, Abiotic Factor has been teasing me with its 1.0 release for a while. Developer Deep Field Games initially broached the subject back in April as it detailed its upcoming Cold Fusion update, before confirming Cold Fusion is the…
When Owlcat left behind the bloated Pathfinder system, a numberhead ruleset that held back the otherwise excellent Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous, I rejoiced. Finally, with Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, they’d have the opportunity to focus on their strengths: storytelling and player freedom. But while Rogue Trader did have at least a couple of…
Not too long ago, Victorian stealth-em-up Gloomwood received a “research update” that lets players study dissected monsters and then inject their sweet juice directly into your veins for temporary powers. More recently, the early access immsim’s latest update has expanded on those research options. Spending time at your lab gazing into the abyss now grants…
I didn’t hate my time with Space Marine: Master Crafted Edition, because it’s basically the same stompy action game I loved only with some more polygons so those oversized shoulderpads look a bit rounder. But I didn’t love the way the new weapon-select menu blocks the middle of the screen and hangs around just long…
A new report by Ars Technica shows SteamOS matching or outright beating Windows gaming performance in a suite of five recent games on the Lenovo Legion Go S, while testing by YouTuber Dave2D showed an additional four games where SteamOS either handily beats Windows, or trails by just one frame. PC Gamer hardware writer Jacob…
When I spoke to Obsidian studio design director Josh Sawyer earlier this year, I got his take on the apparent ultimate victory of turn-based combat over real time with pause (RTWP), as well as why he thinks turn-based fell off in the first place. This begged the question: With both Baldur’s Gate 3 and Obsidian’s…