Control Resonant is a sequel — and also a starting point
…But in most other ways, the games aren’t directly connected. To developer Remedy, they’re more like two sides of the same coin. When Resonant was first revealed last year, creative…
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With Saros, Housemarque makes a case for doing next-gen games differently
…Across these two games, Housemarque posits another way of being “next-gen” and pushing the benchmark forward, one not predicated on the pursuit of photorealism but on using the whole gameplay cow…
The future of game consoles is looking bleak
…If a comparatively underpowered Switch 2 costs $500, what can we expect from the next generation of premium game hardware? Microsoft is already talking about the next Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, which…
The line between games and movies keeps getting blurrier
…The company is doing something similar with Tomb Raider, making a live-action streaming series and publishing the next two game releases from Crystal Dynamics. For these franchises, games, film, and television…
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…iPhone and iPad users in the European Union, Japan, and other countries can now download Fortnite directly from the App Store, Epic Games announced on Tuesday : Fortnite is returning to the App…
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
…The pad * Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price cut but loses new Call of Duty games. I exclusively revealed last week that Xbox chief Asha Sharma thought Game Pass had become…
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman
…of Directors flow exclusively to the Nonprofit, not to the Limited Partners.” *Exhibit No. 844 In November 2018, Musk writes in an email to Gabe Newell, co-founder of video game developer…
Microsoft AI chief on why it’s ‘dangerous’ to call AI ‘alive’
…and a great relief for us to now be in the game and pursuing the absolute frontier over the next few years. Was this the plan when you were hired at Microsoft…
‘Solve all diseases,’ you say?
…You can expect our next issue at its usual time next Friday. Opt in for Optimizer here. Toward the end of this year’s Google I/O keynote, Google DeepMind CEO Demis…
What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?
…step.” It’s a very early sign that things are going in the right direction for Game Pass, but Sharma noted the team still needs to “build” on this and “learn quickly…