Battlefield 6 dataminers claim mysterious 'granite' files related to this week's patch could be a shadowdrop for its battle royale mode

Norland’s ‘big summer update’ is even larger than March’s ‘damn big update’, introducing a politics system, a new economy and more authentically medieval buildings to the Crusader Kings-inspired colony sim

Fair play to Norland’s developer Long Jaunt, it doesn’t do patches by halves. Back in March, the medieval colony sim’s “damn big update” overhauled several of its most fundamental systems, stripping out character needs, reworking crime and punishment, and radically changing how your colony’s horny lords give orders to peasants. Now, Long Jaunt is rolling…

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Microsoft Paint jumps on the generative AI bandwagon, with DALL-E taking the fancy-footed horses’ reins

As we first mentioned back in October, Microsoft has been busy leveraging machine learning into all of its software products and now Paint will let you go all Picasso with its generative AI system, Cocreator. Just a handful of clicks and you’ll be gazing at some spectacular landscapes, glorious starfields, and anatomically-inaccurate hands and feet….

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D&D’s Revised Player’s Handbook ‘will be the biggest Player’s Handbook that D&D has ever had’, and like all the Revised core books will be compatible with the current edition

At this year’s PAX Unplugged—a special edition of PAX dedicated to tabletop games—Wizards of the Coast’s designers presented a panel celebrating the upcoming 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons. At the end of that panel they looked ahead to 2024 and the upcoming Revised editions of the core rulebooks, previously codenamed OneD&D. The focus was…

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‘Most of the innovation in gaming has happened on PC’ says EVE Online studio boss: ‘When I love a game, it’s so deeply PC’

The PC is still the center of innovation in gaming, according to Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games, which is known for long-running, esoteric space MMO EVE Online. “I think most of the innovation in gaming has happened on PC, to some extent on mobile, just because of sheer volume,” Pétursson told me at…

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What Defines A Modern Social Casino Experience

Modern social casino platforms succeed by blending polished game design, visible progression, and social features that give play a sense of momentum. Players expect quick loading, intuitive navigation, and reward systems that feel steady rather than erratic. The strongest platforms treat the lobby as more than a menu: it becomes a place where games, events,…

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