Final Fantasy creator Sakaguchi praises AI slop trailer for a FF6 remake, earns himself a light ribbing from battle designer on the first 2 games

‘What we’re building is grounded in consent, credit, and compensation for the artists and songwriters that take part’: Planned Spotify AI tool can generate remixes and covers

Spotify plans to introduce a tool that will allow users to create AI-generated covers and remixes. My first instinct was to raise my hackles up, too, but it turns out there’s a smidge more nuance to get into. Namely, the planned feature is pitched as a ‘groundbreaking responsible AI tool.’ How does a massive corporation…

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Softbank announces it’s buying a $2 billion stake in Intel as the Trump administration reportedly considers a 10% slice of the bright blue chipmaking pie

What a difference a few days makes. After reports indicated that the US government was in talks to take a stake in Intel late last week, a new Bloomberg report says the Trump administration is eyeing up a hefty 10% stake in the chipmaker—while Japanese investment giant Softbank has announced it’s buying a $2 billion…

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Dinobreak Stampedes onto Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One Today

Hello Survivors!  My name is Evan Wolbach, co-founder of Dead Drop Studios. Today I’m thrilled to share all sorts of juicy morsels about our latest survival horror title, Dinobreak. It’s our most action-packed game yet, and it absolutely sings (or roars!) on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.Prepare for a truly primal terror! More Fun…

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There’s yet another PC ripoff floating around the Nintendo eShop, but this time it’s REPO that’s been robbed: ‘Even the eShop has slip-ups when it comes to allowing fake games’

It’s happened again, another PC game has been ripped from Steam and put onto the Nintendo eShop by a third party. A few months ago, the victim was a Backrooms game, but this time it’s REPO that has been ripped off. “Warning: REPO Horror for the Switch is a total fake,” warns a regretful buyer…

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