OpenAI is countersuing Elon Musk, and claims the company’s co-founder is engaged in “bad faith tactics” in order to gain control of its industry-leading AI technology. Musk sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, his fellow co-founder, last year in an attempt to stop him changing the corporate structure from a non-profit to a for-profit…
The free-to-play monetization is already rankling eager mech pilots, but the actual combat in Mecha Break should have Pacific Rim fans salivating. The live service multiplayer mecha battler just entered open beta on Steam, but publisher and developer Amazing Seasun invited us to Irvine, California to try out the latest build a few days beforehand….
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced “the most significant restructure in Xbox history”, which is what you call it when you lay off thousands of people and cut four game studios loose. Double Fine and Compulsion Games returned to their indie roots; Ninja Theory and Undead Labs were sold off. While it seemed at first like…
As reported by The Guardian, author, lawyer, and former Facebook employee Sarah Wynn-Williams is “on the verge of bankruptcy” after the publication of Careless People, her controversial memoir on her time working for Facebook. Since its publication in March, Meta has pushed back on the claims of misconduct in the book, resulting in a $50,000…
It is to my not insubstantial regret that I didn’t get around to writing about how fun Hearthstone’s Starcraft crossover mini-set turned out. The Zerg cards really nailed the assignment when it came to being rage-inducing swarmy bastards, while the Terran faction also felt super-flavourful thanks to Jim Ryan launching weaponised starships like Elon Musk…
Retro Shoot ’em Up meets rogue-like genre. Experience the synergetic perk system. Tips for beginner players. Return to the arcade scene where shmups dominated, but now on your Xbox with pixel graphics on your giant TV. Stellar Interface gives you that exact experience with a modern twist, using rogue-like elements where every run is different,…
Life finds a way! Back in October, the Japanese publisher City Connection released a press statement announcing that it would be delisting 12 shoot ’em ups from the developer Psikyo from Steam, following the expiration of its licensing agreement. However, it now appears that the 12 titles in question are set to reappear on the…
Bank’s online service may end “at some point in the future”. Yesterday, Nintendo announced it would be ending “online play and other functionality” for the 3DS and Wii U in “early April” next year. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Lauren has a really nice “to-play” queue in her Steam library. Does anyone else have a running notes app checklist on their phone that they’ve carried across at least one upgrade? How do you keep track of upcoming games you want to play? (Image credit: Future)
The original Crazy Taxi last appeared at AGDQ 2015. Over the weekend, a Crazy Taxi speedrunner performed with a live band at Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 as a creative to avoid copyright issues with the game’s licensed music (h/t: VGC). Crazy Taxi, as you may already know, is a game that debuted in the…