The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! In January 2020, OpenAI laid out the scaling law of language models: You can improve the performance of any neural language model by adding more training data, more model parameters, and more compute. Since then, there has been an arms […]
PS5 won’t have another big budget exclusive until 2023 and that’s unacceptable
A reader is upset that the PS5 has no first party exclusive scheduled for this year or next and argues that the pandemic does not excuse it. There’s no doubting that Sony put on a good show this week with the PlayStation Showcase, with several really good looking games and some nice surprises and reveals. […]
Uncharted's Amy Hennig And Gary Whitta Are Working On Forspoken
Sony gave us another look at the epic-looking RPG Forspoken yesterday during its Showcase livestream. That stream was full of giant announcements about Wolverine, Spider-Man 2, and a KOTOR remake. Even in that crowded room, Forspoken managed to stand out. That project sounds all the more exciting now that we know that renowned writers Amy […]
Dragonlance creators announce a new setting based on D&D’s 5th edition ruleset
Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman, the husband and wife team behind the original Dragonlance and Ravenloft settings, have announced a new and ambitious project. Called Skyraiders of Abarax, it’s described as a “5E-compatible experience” that will be “discovered through magical books.” The project will appear on Kickstarter this fall. Skyraiders of Abarax poem Forsaken on […]
Spongebob Shows Off His Moves In Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Since its announcement in July, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl has been making waves as potentially the next big platform fighter. Its premise is simple, take the formula that makes Super Smash Bros great and retrofit another group of beloved characters into a similar game. For developers Ludocity and Fair Play Labs, that roster is a popular […]
New Metroid Dread Trailer Is A Perfect Gameplay Primer
Metroid is one of the most beloved series in gaming, and when a new entry releases it is a big deal. We’ve already seen a few trailers that highlight her new abilities, and a few weeks back, I wrote an opinion on why the next Metroid should take inspirations from indie games, but if you see […]
Next Bayonetta 3 reveal is up to Nintendo says PlatinumGames
PlatinumGames is just as eager as fans to talk about Bayonetta 3, but the decision is up to Nintendo. It’s been nearly four years since Bayonetta 3 was revealed, with a cryptic teaser trailer. All it confirmed was that it would be a Nintendo Switch exclusive. And in those four years, there has been zero […]
Super Replay – Demon's Souls Episode Six
Last week, Marcus destroyed the Fool’s Idol and broke his blade agains the vicious Maneaters. This week, what route will Marcus try next? Demon’s Souls lets players pick a path through multiple worlds, and every run is different. Will it be Flamelurker? Uh oh. This might be a hot one! You’ll have to tune in to […]
Crown Trick review – random roguelike generator
GameCentral reviews the latest indie roguelike from Team17 and a game whose basic principles date back over four decades. Roguelikes are so called because of Rogue, an ancient 1980 Unix-based dungeon crawler that had procedurally generated levels and permadeath, making each run a unique and precarious experience. Classics of the genre, like FTL: Faster Than […]
Nintendo Switch getting massive price cut to £230 next week claims rumour
A retail source claims that Nintendo is planning to offer the original Switch at a reduced price ahead of the release of the OLED model. In the four years since it released, the Nintendo Switch has never received a significant price cut. And yet according to rumours from France, that could change as early as […]