There’s gunsmoke in the air – John Cooper is here to quickdraw, pardner. On June 16, Desperados III lands on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. This tactical stealth prequel to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive takes John Cooper through swamps, towns, and into the deep mythos of the Wild West, fill of hitmen, trappers, and […]
Game Informer’s Top Shelter-In-Place PlayStation 4 Games
Even with a new generation of games on the horizon, PlayStation 4 has plenty of life let in it with The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima on the way in the future. Whether you’re an old fan or a new adopter, the Game Informer crew has rounded up a variety of games for […]
Official Xbox Series X Logo Leaks Out from Microsoft Trademark Filing
As the next console generation continues to gather pace, Microsoft appears to come up with something new for the official logo for its flagship Xbox Series X. A trademark filing from earlier this week reveals a large, stylized X along with “Series” written vertically — similar to the new model’s vertical positioning. While the minimalist […]
StereoSet measures racism, sexism, and other forms of bias in AI language models
AI researchers from MIT, Intel, and Canadian AI initiative CIFAR have found high levels of stereotypical bias from some of the most popular pretrained models like Google’s BERT and XLNet, OpenAI’s GPT-2, and Facebook’s RoBERTa. The analysis was performed as part of the launch of StereoSet, a data set, challenge, leaderboard, and set of metrics […]
Splatoon 2 Will Have One More Splatfest (Mayo Vs Ketchup)
The eternal war regarding the love of condiments is returning to an old battlefield, as Splatoon 2 is bringing back the Mayo vs. Ketchup Splatfest as a bonus event, even though the Splatfests were meant to have ended in 2019. Splatfests were events that originated with the original Splatoon, where players would choose between two different sides and battle […]
Firaxis On How Chimera Squad Ties Into The Larger XCOM Universe
Last week, Firaxis surprised us with the announcement of a new standalone XCOM game. You won’t have to wait long to play this unique spinoff, but since the game is a bit of a departure for the series, we chatted with lead designer Mark Nauta about the origins of the project and how XCOM: Chimera […]
Latest Borderlands 3 Hotfix Patch Rotates Out Old Limited-Time Events
Gearbox has issued a new hotfix for Borderlands 3, rotating out the two previous limited-time events and introducing a couple of new ones. The new events will last for two weeks, as usual, and together they make both loot and cash more plentiful. According to the announcement, the new LTEs are Mr. Torgue’s Slaughter Onslaught […]
Infinity Ward Will Now Force Modern Warfare Cheaters To Play With One Another
As Infinity Ward continues to combat cheaters and hackers in its latest Call of Duty game, the company has made the decision to roll out another security measure that takes more of a direct approach when dealing with the problem. According to Infinity Ward, one of the new ways it plans on dealing with cheaters […]
Fortnite: How To Unlock Banana Badge Emote
Fortnite‘s new Banana Badge emote is all the rage. Best of all? It doesn’t require players to even enter the battlefield. Some of the challenges during the current season of Fortnite can be completed without even playing a match. Most of those challenges have been issued by Deadpool, but this week, Peely is the subject. There’s […]
Button leads SRO GT Esports series line-up
2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button will race in the SRO Esport GT Series alongside a mixture of professional racing drivers and some of the top sim racers. Last month Button made his debut in the virtual world following the postponement of all-real motorsport due to the coronavirus pandemic. His appearances included an 11th place […]