At this year’s GDC event, Nvidia showcased all its latest RTX technologies, including Ace, its software suite of ‘digital human technologies.’ One of the first games to use it is Inzoi, a Sims-like game, and while chatting to Nvidia about it, I learned that the AI model takes up a surprising amount of VRAM, which…
Konami has been slowly reviving the Metal Gear series in recent years, after the departure of series creator Hideo Kojima saw it go on a five year hiatus (eight years, if you discount the much-maligned Metal Gear Survive). 2023 brought the Master Collection Vol. 1, which launched with a few issues but is now an…
Sony has applied to patent systems that automatically fiddle with “parameters that change the difficulty of the game” based on your performance, a patent on the World Intellectual Property Organization‘s website reveals. (Actually, the patent reads “difficultly” at the time of writing, so Sony may in fact be referring to the implementation of dynamic cults….
Is AI the future, or just an ecologically ruinous, dangerously huge financial bubble? That’s hard to say, but it’s certainly a part of Microsoft’s future; on top of pushing Copilot as a non-negotiable part of the Microsoft 365 suite and reportedly mandating its employees put AI to work, the tech giant is reportedly rolling out…
We’re excited to invite all Xbox Insiders on Xbox Series X|S to sign up early for the THRONE AND LIBERTY – Confidential Closed Beta starting on April 10th. Join now to secure your spot for the playtest! THRONE AND LIBERTY is a free-to-play, multiplatform MMORPG where the winner takes all, but there is no single…
Holy smokes, we’re back! With the second PlayStation Experience behind us, we unpack all the incredible announcements and trailers revealed over the weekend here in San Francisco. Plus, the team discusses which games a PS4 newcomer should buy over the holiday. Sit down, grab a drink, and enjoy the show! Subscribe via iTunes or RSS,…
Roaring crowds, bright lights, and huge matches are coming to PlayStation this week. WWE 2K16 launches Tuesday on PS4 and PS3, and you can play as the Terminator. Not even joking. Leading the lineup of new releases is the next chapter in 2K’s long-running wrestling series. WWE 2K16 comes packed with the largest roster in…
Feathers and festivities are headed your way soon! A free update to the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game for the Nintendo Switch system will arrive on Jan. 28. Whether you recently picked up the game over the holidays, or you’re a long-time island resident, we hope this free update fires up your island with its…
Which do you prefer? The latest Switch update brought with it a couple of pretty substantial new features in the form of Virtual Game Cards and GameShare as Nintendo looks to prepare for the upcoming Switch 2. In addition to this (and, apparently, a few nasty error messages), the Switch eShop has also received a…
If Dark Souls is any indication, people take a lot of pride in mastering hard games. There’s nothing wrong with that until the moment they make it about ego: getting smart and finding creative solutions through hard games can be so much more interesting than getting good. General sentiment seemed to be that it was…