Talking Point: Does It Bother You That Big Games Companies Are Using GenAI?
The GenAI-ration game. What a week. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
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Tetris 99 has been updated to version 2.1.0
Nintendo has decided to release a brand new update for Tetris 99. This brings the game to version 2.1.0. It’s not a small update at all. The official Nintendo Versus Twitter account says that the update added a new Team Battle Mode, new button configuration options, user emblems and even the ability to redeem 4…
How to get Acacia in Skull and Bones
Tracking down some Acacia in Skull and Bones is one of the first quests you’ll find yourself undertaking in the open beta. After you escape your shipwreck and arrive in the pirate port of Sainte-Anne, you’ll be tasked with building your very first ship. But in order to construct your pirate vessel, you’re first going…
AMD goes all-in on being a data centre designer by purchasing ZT Systems for $4.9 billion
It won’t have escaped your notice that in recent years, Nvidia has been transitioning away from being ‘just’ a chip designer into a fully-fledged systems integration company. If you want a massive data centre or a host of AI servers, Nvidia will design and build the whole thing for you. And now it seems AMD…
How to get Axum Bacterial Culture in Subnautica 2
Axum Bacterial Culture is a very pesky material to find and harvest in Subnautica 2. It’s very well-hidden and protected, but you’ll need to risk it if you want to craft a Metal Farm. As the name hints at, these handy little devices duplicate valuable metals so you don’t need to keep trekking back and…
We can thank a Jim Henson Company puppeteer for some of Valve’s best animation work
While Deadlock’s sort-of-launch last year was proof that Valve does, in fact, still make videogames, its immaculate vibes served as a different sort of reminder: That the studio remains among the best in the business of characterful animation. From Meet the Heavy’s moments of tender minigun affection to the cyclopean gesticulation of Portal 2’s Wheatley,…
‘Smash Ball Fake Out’ Smash Bros Ultimate Tournament starts 7th August
A new tournament has been announced by Nintendo for the popular all-star brawler, Smash Bros Ultimate on Nintendo Switch. This next one is called ‘Smash Ball Fake Out’ and the action kicks off on the 7th August. The tournament will last for three days and there will no doubt be an abundance of Smash balls…
‘We have become experts at putting Poland into games’: Cronos: The New Dawn is set in a district of Kraków simply because Bloober wanted to ‘show our crib to the audience’
Cronos: The New Dawn takes place in a post-apocalyptic version of the Kraków district of Nowa Huta during the 1980s. It seems like an oddly specific location, that is, until you actually ask the devs over at Bloober Team why they decided to set their upcoming survival horror game here. “It’s a district where I…
The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 9/15/2015
A vast shadow, chilling and absolute, draws towards Earth. Oryx sets his abominable gaze towards the Last City, and the call for Guardians resounds throughout the system. Destiny: The Taken King is coming this week on PS4 and PS3. Gather your light. In the next step for world-renowned developer Bungie, The Taken King expands the…
Steam’s latest cozy game has a fascinating backstory: Not only is it a PS1 game that predates the ‘cozy’ era, but it’s only officially available in English thanks to fan translators
Just a hair over two years ago, I wrote about a fan translation of a landmark Japanese PS2 game, Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, making a landmark “cozy” game playable in English for the very first time. We didn’t call games cozy back in the early 2000s, but were it released today, the slice-of-life adventure game…