'Players don’t realise that their favourite games right now were already built with AI', says Google exec making AI tools

‘Players don’t realise that their favourite games right now were already built with AI’, says Google exec making AI tools

The gaming industry is in a bit of a shambles right now, and everyone from developers to gamers would agree. AI’s infiltration into the gaming industry is the latest scare for players and devs alike, but it’s also a solution according to others. Just yesterday, we reported that Jack Buser, Google Cloud’s global director for…

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Is This Really Japan’s Worst Video Game?

YouTuber Yuyuki chan seems to think so. Not every video game can be a hit, and while it’s fair to say that nobody sets out to produce a bad one, we’ve had to endure some genuinely dire examples over the past 50-odd years of the industry. If you’re in Japan, then the title of “worst…

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How to get weed stems in Grounded 2

Grabbing some weed stems in Grounded 2 is a necessary step in building your first base and constructing the hatchery so you can raise a red soldier ant to ride around the park on. You might have noticed the husky weeds that are dotted about the Ranger Outpost: Snackbar, but annoyingly, harvesting these requires the…

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10 years after it launched, one of the best roguelikes of all time gets a surprise update on Steam with quality of life improvements and a new controls menu

It was 2015—10 years ago—that we called Nuclear Throne “a crowning achievement for Vlambeer, and one of the finest action-roguelikes ever made” in our 90% review. Seven years later, in 2022, we said it was still the best roguelike around. And now, in 2025, eight years after its last update, Nuclear Throne has suddenly sprung…

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