Category: gaming

A new Nvidia tech demo features real-time AI characters that react to player decisions

Nvidia has unveiled a new tech demo showing off AI video game characters with speech and animation powered by the Nvidia Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) as part of GDC 2024 and GTC 2024.  Created in collaboration with the AI gaming startup Inworld AI, the playable demo is built in Unreal…

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World of Warcraft: Plunderstorm is a new limited-time 60-player battle royale available now

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight‘s latest content update introduces a brand-new limited-time battle royale mode called Plunderstorm. Plunderstorm, which arrives with version 10.2.6, invites players to the lands of the Arathi Highlands where they can take part in a pirate-themed, battle-royale event with up to 60 players to fight against, with…

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Final Fantasy 14 on Xbox will require Game Pass to play and feature a new microtransaction currency for optional purchases

The Xbox Series X|S version of Final Fantasy 14 will require players to have an Xbox Game Pass subscription. Today (March 19) Square Enix shared an updated Lodestone blog post which provided more details about the massively multiplayer online game’s (MMO) upcoming release on March 21. The developer confirmed that…

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These new Backbone One controllers are perfect if you haven’t upgraded to an iPhone 15

Mobile gaming peripheral manufacturer Backbone has announced two new mobile controllers: the Backbone One – Lightning (2nd Gen) and the Backbone One PlayStation Edition – Lightning (2nd Gen). Intended to supersede the existing Lightning versions of the original Backbone One and Backbone One PlayStation Edition, the two controllers boast all…

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Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection gets swept up in more controversy as Aspyr may have used uncredited work from modders

Aspyr Media may have used a modder’s work and not credited the owner for the Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection. Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection was released last week for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC following a surprise announcement and thus far hasn’t been received too…

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PS5 Pro specs leak suggests a substantial mid-generation jump

Alleged PlayStation 5 Pro specs have been leaked online, and are indicating a significant jump up in power offered by Sony‘s as-yet-unconfirmed mid-generation console.  A recent YouTube video from Moore’s Law is Dead revealed details about Sony’s PS5 Pro – or ‘Trinity’ as it is supposedly referred to internally –…

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