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Summer Game Fest 2025: What new game announcements to expect and how to watch
As if early June wasn’t already going to be a wild enough time in the gaming world with the arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2, that’s also when a whole host of showcases takes place as part of Summer Game Fest. Along with the two blockbuster events — Summer Game Fest Live and the Xbox…
A Game Of The Year Contender Is Passing Right Under People’s Noses
Despite having spent 45 hours with the game, I’m still not quite ready to slap “The Kotaku Review” on anything I write about The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy yet. Too Kyo Games’ tactical RPG has 100 endings and I’ve only seen a handful, the game’s “true” route not among them. But, my god, I…
Backbone Pro Review: A Smart Mobile Game Controller That'll Cost You
Pros Bluetooth plus some in-controller processing means you don’t have to play with your phone inserted Software now provides access to emulators for retro games Much better, ergonomic grip than Backbone One and other “flat” controllers Rear buttons Cons Expensive Can still only use USB for charging (now both controller and phone), not audio Some…
Grand Theft Auto 6’s Delay Just Affected the Entire Video Game Industry – IGN
Grand Theft Auto fans, there is some good news and some bad news. The good news is finally, after all these years, we have an actual day-and-date release time for GTA 6. The bad news? It’s around six months later than the ‘Fall 2025’ we were originally told. To many in the video game industry,…
Mastering Stratego, the classic game of imperfect information
Research Published 1 December 2022 Authors Julien Perolat, Bart De Vylder, Daniel Hennes, Eugene Tarassov, Florian Strub and Karl Tuyls DeepNash learns to play Stratego from scratch by combining game theory and model-free deep RL Game-playing artificial intelligence (AI) systems have advanced to a new frontier. Stratego, the classic board game that’s more complex than…
How Riot Games is fighting the war against video game hackers | TechCrunch
For as long as there have been video games, there have been people willing to find ways to cheat. Hobbyists have long dedicated themselves to finding vulnerabilities in games, often with the goal of developing cheats that they could share or sell. But ever since online competitive gaming became a legitimate profession, that hobby-hacking has…
Creepy Horror Series Rusty Lake Celebrates Its 10th Birthday With A Surprise New Game And Film
It all began with Cube Escape back in April 2015. Two mobile games were released simultaneously, Cube Escape: The Lake and Cube Escape: Seasons. Each, at first glance, appeared to be part of the current trend for both digital and real-world escape room games, in which you solved puzzles to set yourself free from some…
AI for the board game Diplomacy
Research Published 6 December 2022 Authors Yoram Bachrach, János Kramár Agents cooperate better by communicating and negotiating, and sanctioning broken promises helps keep them honest Successful communication and cooperation have been crucial for helping societies advance throughout history. The closed environments of board games can serve as a sandbox for modelling and investigating interaction and…
Infinity Nikki Players Threaten to Uninstall the Game as Dev Introduces Controversial Changes With Update 1.5 – IGN
Infinity Nikki and its multiplayer-focused 1.5 update are out on Steam and a parade of drama is walking hand in hand with them. Infold Games’ stylish dress-up adventure made its way to Valve’s digital storefront yesterday following months of Epic Game Store exclusivity. What could have been a moment for fans to celebrate has instead…
‘The Last of Us’ Season 2: What are the differences between the game and the HBO show?
While sticking to the main narrative and established character arcs of The Last of Us, Season 1 of HBO’s Naughty Dog adaptation made a few notable changes. It’s what made the show such an excellent adaptation, with creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann expanding the world of The Last of Us by pulling on specific…