Los Angeles-based game developers are reacting to a trio of severe wildfires that overwhelmed LA County firefighters on Tuesday and spread across thousands of acres in the most populous county in the United States, including the Pacific Palisades neighborhood near Santa Monica where Activision Blizzard, Riot Games, and other studios have offices. “Employee safety and…
Upcoming life sim Inzoi is launching in early access in March, meaning that Krafton still has plenty of features it’s hoping to add to the simulation even after players get to go hands on with it. During CES this week the developers announced a partnership with Nvidia to use its “Co-Playable Character” AI tech to…
Earlier this week, NetEase said Marvel Rivals season 1 patch would target key heroes for nerfs and buffs, including dominant long-range duelists Hela and Hawkeye. Turns out that was just the tip of the iceberg: the upcoming patch will nerf or buff a total of 24 heroes (over two-thirds of the roster) and adjust several…
At CES 2025, a company called Sybran Innovation showed off the Code27 Character Livehouse. It’s an AI-powered digital purgatory that you can trap a small anime girl in, forever. As detailed on the Code27 website, it’s a 1920 x 1200 display inside a cylinder, showing an animated 3D character of your choosing—selected from Sybran’s “curated…
We’re still two days out from Marvel Rivals’ first major seasonal update, which will add Reed Richards and Sue Storm to the lineup, but NetEase just introduced a new feature that’s arguably of greater importance to players: a living webpage showing every hero’s pick rate and win rate, divided by mode and platform. You don’t…
NetEase launched a new game studio called Jar of Sparks in 2022, headed up by Halo and Destiny 2 veteran Jerry Hook. The goal, NetEase said at the time, was “to create a new generation of narrative-driven action games, with immersive worlds that will be filled with moments that gamers will want to share with…
World of Warcraft’s patch 11.1, which is currently available on the public test realm and will shortly be rolled-out to all players, looks like it’s fixed one of the game’s most enduring issues: swirlies. These are ground markers that telegraph incoming damage to players, such as an AoE boss attack, and basically they’ve always been…
When you’re out on the road it’s often a good idea to keep a story simple, for the sake of getting information to your eyeballs in the shortest possible amount of time. So this won’t be a long piece, because I really only have one thing to say: I saw a tiny robot dog do…
It’s the notes you don’t play. If you’ve been browsing social media for the past few days (heck, let’s not kid ourselves, past few years) you’ll have seen plenty of prognosticating about the arrival of the Switch successor. The latest whispers suggested that Wednesday 8th January was the first sensible day after the holidays for…
Summary Engaging Yet Simple: Solve puzzles that challenge your logic without overwhelming complexity. Seasonal Charm: Explore colorful islands that reflect the beauty of the four seasons. Creative Freedom: Use the Level Editor to design your own islands and railway layouts. For train enthusiasts, there’s nothing quite like designing tracks, solving logistics challenges, or simply watching…