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Sonic Frontiers Cast Would "Absolutely" Return For Sonic Frontiers 2
In a recent interview at MCM London Comic Con that Screen Rant attended, the cast behind revealed they'd be enthusiastically on board with acting in another entry. The game marked many milestones for the long-running franchise, introducing both its first open world and the new character Sage, an artificial intelligence created by Dr. Eggman. Since its release in 2022, there has been DLC for the title, but no official sequel has been formally announced just yet.
Keith David speaks his first words as Destiny 2's Commander Zavala: 'I used to think I'd give anything to bring him back'
The untimely death of Lance Reddick in 2023 was felt throughout the entertainment world. For Destiny 2 fans, the loss was especially acute: Reddick had provided the voice of Commander Zavala, Vanguard Commander of the Last City, since the release of the original Destiny in 2014. The character's fate in the wake of Reddick's passing was unclear at first, but Bungie opted to keep him around, with Keith David, another widely-respected character actor, stepping in to fill the role.
New gacha hotness Wuthering Waves is suffering from some catastrophic launch issues, despite making a big splash on Twitch
Wuthering Waves just crashed into the cliff that is the gaming public, and reactions are, well, a little mixed. In case you're unfamiliar, the game's a Genshin Impact-styled gacha from developer Kuro Games, set in a post-apocalyptic world where you follow the journey of amnesiac pretty boy/girl Rover.
MultiVersus has scrubbed the Justin Roiland voice lines snagged from Rick & Morty, replacing them with game-specific recordings by their new voice actors
MultiVersus has scrubbed any existence of Justin Roiland's voice work for Adult Swim characters Rick and Morty from the game, replacing them with fresh bespoke voice lines, courtesy of their new actors.
OpenAI pauses use of GPT-4o 'Her' voice due to similarity to Scarlett Johansson: 'so eerily similar… my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference'
The latest version of ChatGPT will talk to you. It sounds eerily similar to a human being, too. That's swiftly become a problem for the company behind it, OpenAI, which has announced it will be removing one of ChatGPT's voices for sounding too similar to Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson.
This Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Makes A Controversial Change For Ascended Astarion Lovers
The choice to help Astarion become the Vampire Ascendent in is a controversial one that divides fans of the vampire companion. Once ascending, Astarion’s character becomes more sinister and controlling than he was before the ritual, and the pre-programmed facial expressions in-game make that clear. Players can continue to romance him after he’s ascended, though Tav’s facial expressions will unveil the sudden shift in their power dynamic.
There's already a company that will turn your dying relatives into perverse AI homunculi for $50K
There's been plenty of controversy over AI deep fake videos and the digital necromancy of dead or aged actors (mostly in Star Wars), but how about taking that one step further? The company DeepBrain AI will collect audio and visual recordings of a loved one and then create an interactive AI version of them for you to speak with once they've passed.