Tag: gaming industry

Arc Raiders’ use of AI highlights the tension and confusion over where machine learning ends and generative AI begins

Arc Raiders’ use of…

Like Embark Studios’ 2023 shooter The Finals, its new game Arc Raiders, out today, comes bearing an “AI generated…
Only 3% of Stop Killing Games’ EU initiative signees have failed verification so far—which is a great sign it’ll progress to the European Commission

Only 3% of Stop…

Stop Killing Games‘ EU initiative had a second wind earlier this year, going from a bit of doom and…
Microsoft might be silent, but Halo’s co-creator and Halo 2’s design lead have called the US government’s ‘Destroy the Flood’ analogy comparing immigrants to parasites ‘absolutely abhorrent’

Microsoft might be silent,…

Earlier this week, the official White House account jumped on a tongue-in-cheek post by GameStop to crib some credit…
Twitch heard you wanted more vtubers so it signed a deal with the most popular vtuber agency in the world

Twitch heard you wanted…

Twitch already has plenty of vtubers streaming on it daily, some of whom are incredibly successful. But it doesn’t…
‘Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism’: DayZ creator Dean Hall says the ‘gambling mechanics’ of Valve’s monetization strategy ‘have absolutely no place’ in videogames

‘Valve does not get…

Last week, Valve issued an update to Counter-Strike 2 that, by some estimates, caused the collective secondhand market value…
EA employees are reportedly frustrated by a mandate to use AI, mocking the policy in Slack and suspecting it’s being used as justification for layoffs

EA employees are reportedly…

The generative AI wave has tech companies foaming at the mouth to get in while the getting’s good, and…
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy apologizes for TwitchCon assault of Emiru and his interview comments on the incident: ‘We failed, both in allowing it to occur, and in our response following’

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy…

In response to the assault of streamer Emiru at last weekend’s TwitchCon, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has issued an…
Tech investor declares ‘AI games are going to be amazing,’ posts an AI-generated ‘demo’ of a god-awful shooter as proof

Tech investor declares ‘AI…

On an almost daily basis, a terminally tech-brained individual insists that AI will determine the future of human creativity…
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says ‘nurturing and protecting creative teams that want to go take risks’ is the priority, admits ‘we don’t always succeed at that’

Xbox boss Phil Spencer…

Speaking alongside Double Fine founder Tim Schafer at the Paley International Council Summit on Thursday, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil…
Microsoft executives have been expecting the Xbox division to achieve 30% profit margins—almost double the industry average—since 2023

Microsoft executives have been…

Microsoft’s last two years have been marked by the layoffs of more than 10,000 workers, repeated development studio closures,…