Ex-Blizzard Boss Who Now Runs Gambling Company Tells Crimson Desert Devs To ‘Man Up’ About AI Complaints Since One Day It Will ‘Be In Every Single Video Game’
I can’t believe Microsoft didn’t keep this guy around
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Crimson Desert’s Steam player count is big, but not the biggest this year
As expected, Crimson Desert had a pretty big launch on Steam during its first weekend. But perhaps not quite as big as expected. Pearl Abyss’s noisy entrant into the higher echelons of AAA gaming hit a peak of 248,530 players…
Xbox Partner Preview Showcase Set for This Week, Microsoft Promises ‘New Reveals’
Microsoft has announced an Xbox Partner Preview showcase for this week. It’ll provide updates for a number of games, and bring with it “new reveals.” As a Partner Preview, this showcase focuses on games coming from third-party publishers, so don’t…
5 burning Project Hail Mary questions answered by Andy Weir’s book
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s Project Hail Maryis highly faithful to Andy Weir’s 2021 science fiction book of the same name. Lord and Miller hit all the highlights of Weir’s story about a desperate mission to Tau Ceti to save…
Minecraft Dungeons 2 announced, plus a Minecraft theme park in the UK
It’s never been a better time to be a fan of Minecraft.Minecraft Dungeons 2, hailed as the “next chapter” of the treasure-stuffed action RPG, was just announced, and it looks like it’ll be just as jam-packed with loot and monsters…
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus review
There’s nothing new about a processor architecture being ‘refreshed’, as AMD and Intel have been doing this for years, but where you’d normally expect a particular SKU line to get nothing more than some minor clock speed bumps and a…
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus review
For the refresh of its Arrow Lake-based desktop processor range, Intel has released just two new chips: the brilliant Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and this one, the equally brilliant $199 Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. Apologies for throwing in…
Capcom Promises No GenAI In Its Games, But Wants To Use The Tech For ‘Efficiency’
Players should not encounter anything AI-generated, but the publisher intends to use it behind-the-scenes
Xbox Showcase Event Announced For This Week, Promises “Brand-New Reveals” And Game Pass Announcements
The next Xbox Partner Preview event is coming this week, Microsoft has announced. The event will take place on Thursday, March 26, promising news about titles from Sega, GSC Game World, and Owlcat Games, as well as “brand-new reveals.” There…
After a very fun, but very frustrating, first weekend, Bungie is considering tweaking Marathon’s Cryo Archive
Marathon has concluded its first weekend of Cryo Archive, thrusting its player base (and all their good gear) into a challenging new map to explore and conquer. With new activities comes feedback, and Marathon’s game director has acknowledged a few…