Spectator rushes stage at CS2 tournament and gets tackled into trophy, smashing it to pieces
A spectator rushed the stage during the PGL Major Copenhagen Counter-Strike 2 tournament today.
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One of our favorite city builders has sold over a million copies on Steam, and there's an expansion on the way
Typically when you're playing a city builder, the metropolis you're constructing is meant to last a long time. In fact, making your city last the whole game is usually the entire point of the game.
Actor Louis Gossett Jr, who voiced Half-Life 2's vortigaunts, has died
Actor Louis Gossett Jr, who has appeared in dozens of films, television shows, and plays—as well as two videogames—died this week at 87, reports AP News.
As restructuring ends with the sale of Gearbox, Embracer's CEO has a new plan: 'simply making better products and games'
Good news, everyone! Embracer Group is bringing an end to its restructuring process. You know, the one that followed in the wake of its collapsed $2 billion deal, resulting in the closure of Volition and Free Radical, the layoff of over 1,300 developers, the cancellation of a new Deus Ex, and a fire-sale of studios that include Saber Interactive and, most recently, Borderlands developer Gearbox.
They fly now too? Helldivers 2 warns players that Automatons are developing 'aerial gunships,' so Super Earth is countering with 'our most effective anti-air weaponry'
It was bad enough when Helldivers 2's bugs started to fly, but the latest Super Earth intel suggests something far scarier than Shriekers is on the horizon: Automaton aerial gunships.
Dragon's Dogma 2's first proper patch adds a much-needed new game option and makes it easier to get a house
Dragon's Dogma 2 received its first proper patch earlier today, following its popular yet controversial launch last week. It's a small update that likely won't do much to quell the extensive reports of performance issues with the PC version, but it nonetheless makes a few notable improvements to Capcom's eccentric fantasy RPG.
Cyberpunk's quest director says CD Projekt Red has experimented with generative AI, but there's still a 'gigantic, really long way to go' before AI NPCs are as good as scripted characters
Numerous game companies are currently experimenting with NPCs powered by generative AI, from Nvidia's Convai-powered ramen connoisseur, to Ubisoft's GDC showcase of its «Neo NPCs». There is potential for interesting game design using these technologies, with Ubisoft boldly claiming the tech could «transform the way players interact with non-playable characters». Yet the quest designer involved in creating some of the best handcrafted NPCs in existence – CD Projekt Red's Pawel Sasko – believes there's a «gigantic, really long way to go» before AI NPCs will match the quality of scripted characters.
This home-brew GPU built by a lone enthusiast is a slightly labour-intensive way to avoid painful graphics card prices
Fed up with silly graphics card prices? Then build your own, including the GPU itself, the PCB, drivers the works. That sounds like a silly, perhaps impossible, notion given the complexity of modern graphics cards. Heck, even the might of Intel has struggled with many aspects of entering the GPU market with its new Arc cards.