Ed Boon has shared a behind the scenes look at the filming of the original Scorpion in Mortal Kombat, as well as detailing the story behind the "pallete swap ninjas". It's Mortal Kombat's 35th anniversary this year and to celebrate, series creator Ed Boon has been sharing special looks at the series' early history. The […]
Weekend Hot Topic: Favourite video game universes
Readers discuss their favourite fictional video game worlds, from the land of Hyrule to the infinite space of Mass Effect. The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Scooter, who asked which fictional world do you enjoy coming back to the most and why? How much does the backstory and lore matter […]
Final Fantasy kart racer Chocobo GP costs $50, monetizes like a mobile game
If you’re interested in Chocobo GP, a full-price, $50 kart racer that launched Thursday, realize first that the game is littered with microtransactions and upsells into them. Irate Final Fantasy fans who paid the freight say they feel duped, and those who play even the free, “lite” version available on Nintendo Switch say the whole […]
Lead Designer Tymon Smektala On Shaping The Future Of Dying Light 2 Alongside The Community
Dying Light 2 had a remarkable launch, selling more than three million copies in the first weekend and remaining in Steam’s top ten best-selling games throughout February. Despite early success, lead designer Tymon Smektala has no intention of resting on his laurels. “It’s easy to release a game and enjoy its initial success,” Smektala said […]
WWE 2K22 Preset Entrance Motions Guide
WWE 2K22 launches today. For some fans, the best part of wrestling games is creating custom superstars or, better yet, real-life wrestlers not present in the game (or at least not yet in some cases). But no matter how visually accurate your Jon Moxley CAW is, he’s nothing without an entrance that at least comes […]
Pokémon GO Developer Niantic Acquires WebAR Company 8th Wall
The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox. Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO, the Lightship AR SDK, and more, announced this week that it has acquired 8th Wall, creators of AR development tools designed […]
Enot.ai debuts solution to optimize deep neural networks
Did you miss a session at the Data Summit? Watch On-Demand Here. Latvia headquartered Enot, an AI startup backed by New Nordic Ventures, has announced the launch of a dedicated framework to optimize deep neural networks. The AI-driven offering, as the company explains, comes with a Python API that can be integrated within various neural […]
Dead Space Remake Confirmed For Early 2023 Release
Dead Space is coming, but it won’t be out this year. That’s the message from Motive Studios, which just wrapped a livestream update on how the development of the hotly anticipated remake is going. The news comes as little surprise following yesterday’s report that Dead Space had been delayed from 2022 to early 2023. First […]
Ranovus demonstrates co-packaged optics
Did you miss a session at the Data Summit? Watch On-Demand Here. Although there is still a lot of innovation in traditional copper-based interconnects, including the recently announced UCIe chiplet standard, in the last few years the industry has also increasingly started to instead use light (or optics), especially in the datacenter. Some even argue […]
How To Platinum The Cruel King And The Great Hero
The Cruel King and the Great Hero is here, and it's not only a charming game in its own right — but it's also aces for those among us who are seeking out relatively easy platinum trophies. With 33 trophies total, this Nippon Ichi RPG is already on the lighter side of the scale, but […]