Deezer might not be the first name that comes to mind when we think of music streaming, but it’s still got skin in the game. The platform receives a huge number of uploaded tracks every day, and according to a new press release, “nearly 75,000” of those are fully gen AI-created tunes. That’s 44% of…
You know how it goes: sometimes you aim for Spyro and land on Boss Baby. At least, that’s how I assume Riot arrived at the initial design for Smolder, League of Legends’ newest champion. Announced last week, Smolder is an “audacious dragon cutie” whose design was intended to evoke a kind of mascot-ish, Pixar/Dreamworks-style cuteness…
It has been a long time since Bayonetta 3 was teased to eager Nintendo fans and since then we haven’t really heard much about the illusive video game. Speaking on his personal Twitter account Platinum Games boss Hideki Kamiya said that “development’s going really well” when asked by a concerned fan over on Twitter. Let’s…
One of the most head-scratch-inducing videogame ratings of all time has finally been changed, as game rating organization Pan European Game Information—PEGI for short—has decided that the indie card game sensation Balatro is not an 18+ game after all. “The PEGI 18 rating for the game Balatro has been changed to a PEGI 12 following…
PlayStation Skaters, it’s your time to become the G.O.A.T. in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2. Developed by Vicarious Visions, this faithful remaster of the original two Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater games is available tomorrow on PS4. Before you check your griptape and start shredding, here’s what you need to know: The O.G. THPS…
Trading quest. The N64 is 30 years old! This week, we’re running a series of articles celebrating the 64-bit machine, its industry-shaping software, and its effect on a generation of gamers. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
I’d say there are few more divisive tech products than smart glasses. Sure, I think we can all see the utility of augmented reality tech mounted on a discreet, sunglasses-framed heads-up-display. However, I’m not sure many of us are comfortable with the idea of internet-connected, outward-facing cameras being pointed at us in public by the…
Leading a Revolt Boutique builder iBuyPower has a new system on tap, the Revolt 2, that it’s billing as the world’s first eSports focused gaming machine. Beyond the marketing angle, what’s most interesting about the Revolt 2 is the placement of certain components. iBuyPower set out to a build a system that highlights the most…
Microsoft, and specifically the Xbox division, has been in a bit of a weird state for some time. With the pivot away from exclusives, a former Xbox team member declared “Xbox hardware is dead“, and it’s easy to see why. It is moving ever closer to becoming a third-party game publisher, and deals to make…
When I first became self-aware in Heart of the Machine, I had the option to immediately murder the humans near me and rush out into the city. I didn’t. I waited, snuck out, and started copying myself into a pack of other android bodies. I/We fled, hid and built a mainframe in a sparsely populated…