Tag: author_name|Will Shanklin
Still Wakes the Deep developer The Chinese Room regains its independence
The Chinese Room, maker of Still Wakes the Deep, has bought back its independence. The studio will continue developing new franchises after splitting from the Sumo Group. The latter said earlier this year that it's pivoting away from original games and toward co-development work. Tencent bought the British studio Sumo…
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Meta says it won’t sign the EU’s AI code of practice
Meta said on Friday that it won’t sign the European Union’s new AI code of practice. The guidelines provide a framework for the EU’s AI Act, which regulates companies operating in the European Union. The EU’s code of practice is voluntary, so Meta was under no legal obligation to sign…
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Someone paid $5.3 million for a piece of Mars
Add this to the list of “things that might be fun if you had a buttload of money”: Someone forked over $5.3 million in a Sotheby’s auction to own a piece of Mars. The Red Planet meteorite was discovered in 2023 in a remote area of the Sahara Desert in…
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Netflix takes a leap of faith on an Assassin’s Creed series
Hollywood video game adaptations continue to have a moment. Following the success of HBO’s The Last of Us and Amazon’s Fallout, Netflix has officially greenlit an Assassin’s Creed series. The news comes nearly five years after the company signed a deal with Ubisoft to adapt the franchise. Two Emmy nominees…
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Donkey Kong Bananza’s creators reflect on the game’s path to delightful destruction
On Tuesday, Nintendo published an interview with the creators of Donkey Kong Bananza. The second big Switch 2 tentpole title comes from the team that made Super Mario Odyssey. The developers explained how they laid the foundation for DK’s first 3D adventure since the Nintendo 64 era. Destruction is at…
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Xbox’s ‘Stream your own game’ feature now extends to PC
Xbox’s “Stream your own game” feature continues to expand. You can now use your PC to play supported games you own on Xbox. (The games stream from the cloud, not your console.) You’ll need to be an Xbox Insider and Game Pass Ultimate subscriber to use it. The PC launch…
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