Marvel Rivals: Content Creators Asked to Sign Contract That Prohibits Saying Anything Negative to Gain Access to Playtest (mp1st.com)
Ubisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that means (www.pcgamer.com)
Ubisoft cancels The Division: Heartland so it can focus on 'bigger opportunities' like XDefiant (www.pcgamer.com)
Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam (www.eurogamer.net)
Enough With Saving the Honeybees/The Truth About the Bees (www.theatlantic.com) Without paywall: archive.ph/SJGvM
Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios (www.pcgamer.com)
Helldivers 2 remains delisted in 177 countries and territories even as Sony backs down on PSN requirement, Arrowhead CEO says 'I won't rest in my desire to have it available everywhere' (www.pcgamer.com)
Ghost of Tsushima on PC Won't Be Released in Specific Countries Due to PSN Restrictions and Here's the List (mp1st.com)
President of Xbox at Microsoft asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothing (www.pcgamer.com)
Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds (www.washingtonpost.com) Without paywall: archive.ph/0KvTq
Fallout 4 Fans Are Begging Bethesda To Stop Updating The Game (kotaku.com)
Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5 (kotaku.com)
IBM open-sources its Granite AI models - and they mean business (www.zdnet.com)
Marvel Rivals: Content Creators Asked to Sign Contract That Prohibits Saying Anything Negative to Gain Access to Playtest (mp1st.com)
Valve's Linux Graphics Engineers Begin Prepping RADV Driver For AMD RDNA4 "GFX12" (www.phoronix.com)
Ubisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that means (www.pcgamer.com)
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund Now Supporting FFmpeg (www.phoronix.com)
Valve just made fast, furious, precise aiming easier than ever with Steam Deck. (www.theverge.com)
What is RHEL AI? A guide to the open source way for doing AI (www.redhat.com)
Ubisoft cancels The Division: Heartland so it can focus on 'bigger opportunities' like XDefiant (www.pcgamer.com)
Helldivers 2 Community Manager Seemingly Gone After PlayStation Login Meltdown (kotaku.com)
Raw Milk Enthusiasts Demand Milk Infected With H5N1 (futurism.com)
Cyberpunk 2077 director thanks fans as the game hits a 95% positive review rating on Steam (www.eurogamer.net)
Enough With Saving the Honeybees/The Truth About the Bees (www.theatlantic.com)
Without paywall: archive.ph/SJGvM
Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios (www.pcgamer.com)
Helldivers 2 remains delisted in 177 countries and territories even as Sony backs down on PSN requirement, Arrowhead CEO says 'I won't rest in my desire to have it available everywhere' (www.pcgamer.com)
Ghost of Tsushima on PC Won't Be Released in Specific Countries Due to PSN Restrictions and Here's the List (mp1st.com)
SteamOS 3.6 Preview Released With Linux 6.5, Updated Arch Linux & Mesa 24.1 (www.phoronix.com)
The Real Reason Your Favourite Game Studios Are Getting Closed Instead Of Sold (www.thegamer.com)
President of Xbox at Microsoft asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothing (www.pcgamer.com)
AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO' (www.404media.co)
Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds (www.washingtonpost.com)
Without paywall: archive.ph/0KvTq
And it begins. OpenAI mulls NSFW AI model output (www.theregister.com)