Newzoo July 2024 Report Reveals EA Sports College Football 25 Is An Instant Hit
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EA execs say generative AI is "not merely a buzzword for us, it's the very core of our business," then pretend to tell a computer to generate buildings live on stage
EA gathered a whole bunch of executives and bean counters together for a lengthy Investor Day presentation today, September 17, much of which gave two big thumbs up to myriad forms of generative AI, an increasingly divisive topic in the games industry and a driving reason behind the video game actor strike.
Tim Walz’s Dreamcast obsession has been immortalized in a Crazy Taxi mod
Since vice presidential candidate Tim Walz revealed himself to be a gamer, it was only a matter of time before somebody decided to run with it inside a video game. That’s why when we spotted Crazy Taxi: Tim Walz Edition, a Dreamcast mod on itch.io this week, we knew we had to write about it.
Valve politely asks that you only use Steam's family sharing for 'close family members' in a 'household,' but let's be real: everyone shares their games with Discord friends
Steam's latest family sharing system, just called Steam Families, comes with lots of rules designed to keep it from turning into a game lending free-for-all. Year-long cooldown periods prevent us from joining and leaving Steam Family groups as often as we want, for example.
D&D: Every Bard College, Ranked
The 2024 for brings many new changes to character classes, the most significant being the revisions made to character subclasses. The bard class in particular, which only had two available subclasses back in 2014, now grants players even more creative freedom by addingtwo brand-new subclasses to choose from. While the Colleges of Valor and Lore make their return, albeit with some revisions, the Colleges of Glamor and Dance promise to bring many exciting new features to the table that are sure to excite both veteran and new players.
NYT Crossword: answers for Sunday, September 1
The New York Times has plenty of word games on its roster today — with Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard crossword puzzle still reigns supreme. The daily crossword is full of interesting trivia, helps improve mental flexibility and, of course, gives you some bragging rights if you manage to finish it every day.
Andrew C. Greenberg, co-creator of the influential Wizardry series of RPGs, has died
Andrew C. Greenberg, co-creator of the foundational Wizardry series of RPGs, has died at the age of 67. The news was shared to Facebook by his collaborator on Wizardry, Robert Woodhead, and also to Twitter by developer and game design professor David Mullich.
After 18 years, College Football 25 obliterates the best-selling PS2 NCAA game's record and rockets past Helldivers 2 on the US top seller charts
EA Sports College Football 25 finally launched back in July after a full decade's worth of anticipation from college sports fans, and it seems the hype was not exaggerated. The new sports game has already obliterated the series' previous benchmark sales record, and with just 12 days worth of sales recorded it's already the best-selling game of 2024 in the US.