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As SAG-AFTRA members strike against some of the biggest video game makers in the world in an effort to secure better protections against AI, the head of Amazon Games is still pretty sure bringing artificial intelligence into game development is still a good idea - in part because "for games, we don't really have acting."
Amazon Games has provided the teeniest, tiniest Lord of the Rings MMO update.
Back in February, we instantly fell in love with the demo for "simultaneous turn-based" tactics game Arco. The full game finally launched on Steam and Nintendo Switch on August 15 to rave reviews – 98% positive on Steam, a 9/10 in Edge Magazine, and high praise from a suite of other critics. But in an illustration of the volatile indie games market, its creators say the game has "sold badly" – so badly that developer Franek laments that "making under minimum wage is embarrassing. Even if it means you get to make games."
Opus: Prism Peak is an upcoming Japanese narrative adventure game where you snap photos of ghosts to navigate your way through an unfamiliar ethereal world, and I think it might just solve all of my problems in life.
Amazon Games studio head Christoph Hartmann says Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics is "fairly sheltered" from the volatility of its parent company, Embracer Group, and that the next Lara Craft game is making progress.
Former Arrowhead CEO and longtime Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt spent a good chunk of the afternoon chatting to the game's still somewhat disgruntled Discord community about weapon balance, future update ideas, and other game design bugbears. In particular, he reiterated that "weapons should feel powerful" and dug into the recent unpopular changes made to flamethrower-type weapons, bluntly saying the updated fire visual effect "looks like [Team Fortress 1]."
After six iterations of Civilization - and Civilization 7 due to launch early next year - developer Firaxis hasn't forgotten its roots. In fact, the original PC that Sid Meier himself used to make the first game remains enshrined and in working condition at the studio over 30 years later.
Saber Interactive chief creative officer Tim Willits has said the success of Helldivers 2 "legitimizes" Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.