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Phantom Blade Zero Dumps DLSS 5 After AI Backlash
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Phantom Blade Zero Dumps DLSS 5 After AI Backlash

S-Game's CEO has publicly declared Phantom Blade Zero will not use AI visual tech, in a statement that reads as a direct rejection of Nvidia's DLSS 5 after the tech was widely mocked for distorting NPC faces.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Don't Starve Elsewhere Finally Adds a Jump Button
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Don't Starve Elsewhere Finally Adds a Jump Button

Ten years after the original, Klei Entertainment's next Don't Starve game is adding the one thing players have wanted since 2013: the ability to jump.

Nathan Lees3 min read
1000xResist Dev Reveals Game Where You Gaslight an AI
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1000xResist Dev Reveals Game Where You Gaslight an AI

Sunset Visitor, the Vancouver studio behind 1000xResist, has revealed Prove You're Human, a first-person narrative game where you play a digital copy of a person tasked with shattering an AI's belief that it's flesh and blood.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Metal Gear Solid Movie Ditches Old Director After 12 Years
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Metal Gear Solid Movie Ditches Old Director After 12 Years

Sony has signed new directors for the Metal Gear Solid movie after more than a decade of development, and the casualty is the self-described MGS superfan fans were quietly rooting for.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Forza Horizon 6's Japan Map Is Massive but Tokyo Isn't
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Forza Horizon 6's Japan Map Is Massive but Tokyo Isn't

The full Forza Horizon 6 map is here, and it's a sprawling vision of Japan from snowy mountain passes to coastal highways. Tokyo shows up, but it's not dominating the picture.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Cyberpunk 2077 Hits 90fps on PS5 Pro Starting Today
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Cyberpunk 2077 Hits 90fps on PS5 Pro Starting Today

CD Projekt Red's long-awaited PS5 Pro update for Cyberpunk 2077 is live today, and the headliner is a Performance mode that pushes up to 90fps on VRR displays. Here's what each of the three new graphics modes actually means for how the game plays.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Game Pass Lands Hades 2 Day One, Loses GTA V
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Game Pass Lands Hades 2 Day One, Loses GTA V

Microsoft's April Game Pass lineup is impressive, headlined by Hades 2 landing day one on April 14. The catch: GTA V is gone the very next day.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Sony Launches Contest to Scan a Fan Into GT7
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Sony Launches Contest to Scan a Fan Into GT7

Sony wants to put a real fan inside Gran Turismo 7, but getting there involves questionnaires, video interviews, and signing over your likeness. The real question is what Sony gets to keep.

Nathan Lees3 min read
State of Decay 3 Was a Word Doc When It Was Revealed
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State of Decay 3 Was a Word Doc When It Was Revealed

The 2020 State of Decay 3 reveal trailer was pre-rendered concept work made by an external studio, with only four or five people at Undead Labs and no actual game in development. Studio head Philip Holt has now confirmed it on camera, and yes, that means no zombie deer.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Mario Galaxy Movie Misses Box Office Record by $2.4M
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Mario Galaxy Movie Misses Box Office Record by $2.4M

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened to $372.6M worldwide, falling just $2.4M short of its predecessor's record. That's not a failure, it's one of the biggest animated debuts ever.

Nathan Lees3 min read
KCD2 Translator Fired With No Warning, Replaced by AI
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KCD2 Translator Fired With No Warning, Replaced by AI

Max Hejtmánek, the Czech-to-English translator and editor on Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, says he was called into a meeting on March 27th with no prior warning and told his job no longer exists. Warhorse is replacing him with AI.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Rocket Racing Had 969 Players Left When Epic Pulled It
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Rocket Racing Had 969 Players Left When Epic Pulled It

The player count data for Rocket Racing, Ballistic, and Festival Battle Stage tells a bleaker story than any corporate statement could. These modes weren't killed, they were already dying.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Final Fantasy Takes Too Long, Says Its Own Director
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Final Fantasy Takes Too Long, Says Its Own Director

FF14 director Naoki Yoshida has openly admitted that Final Fantasy's slow release cadence is pushing younger players away. The comment came in a promotional video, which makes it even harder to ignore.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Sony Purges 1,000 AI Shovelware Games from PS Store
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Sony Purges 1,000 AI Shovelware Games from PS Store

Sony has swept two more shovelware publishers off the PlayStation Store, pulling over 1,000 listings from Nostra Games and CGI Lab. It's the second major purge in two months, and the scale suggests this isn't a one-off cleanup.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Minecraft Lands Its First Theme Park with a Roller Coaster
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Minecraft Lands Its First Theme Park with a Roller Coaster

Mojang Studios and Merlin Entertainments have announced Minecraft World, a dedicated theme park coming to Chessington World of Adventures in 2027, complete with a world-first Minecraft roller coaster.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Ubisoft Turns Ghost Recon Studio Into an IT Department
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Ubisoft Turns Ghost Recon Studio Into an IT Department

Red Storm Entertainment, the North Carolina studio that created Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six, has been permanently reassigned to IT and engine support by Ubisoft. 105 developers have lost their jobs.

Nathan Lees3 min read