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Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games Premiere Release Info

Promising tons of situational comedy and powerful combos to boot, the upcoming anime adaptation of the Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games manga takes the tropified wealthy girl archetype to new heights. On July 7, viewers can set their sights on the incredible power of the Street Fighter franchise, which will help...

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Epic Games doubles down on Unreal Engine AI integration, as Fortnite tools jeopardize Vampire Survivors collab

"No tech presentation would be complete without a conversation about AI," Epic Games Executive VP Marcus Wassmer knowingly remarked during yesterday's State of Unreal keynote. Regardless of your stance on LLMs and associated models, Epic made it abundantly clear that the controversial tech is not just here to stay, but...

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It’s Official: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s Kowakujo is Poised to Be One of the Best Zombies Maps Ever

When discussing the greatest CoD Zombies maps of all time, the top 4 are basically set in stone. There are Origins and its unforgettable robots marching across the battlefield, Mob of the Dead and its brilliant storytelling within Alcatraz, Shadows of Evil’s detail-filled Morg City, and Der Eisendrache’s introduction o...

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Fortnite Leaks New Spider-Man Collab

Content based on Marvel's Spider-Man franchise seems to be headed to Fortnite, according to a new leak. Over the years, Marvel and Epic Games have had many collaborations, resulting in a lot of skins and content added to Fortnite. Spider-Man has seen a lot of different skins added to the game over the years, including...

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After Epic outline a genAI focused Unreal Engine 6, Vampire Survivors studio Poncle say they're "reviewing" their Fortnite collab

If you heard the sound of a wet fart reverberating throughout the world yesterday, it'll likely be thanks to the most recent State of Unreal, where Epic offered some more concrete details regarding its plans for Unreal Engine 6. Namely, that it wants to infuse it with generative AI, and there's also some bollocks about...

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For some reason, Riot Games is creating a Valorant 'pub' in east London hosted by a British takeaway guy who likes to yell "bosh!"

Ever watched a Big John video? He's a big guy from London who films himself eating food that'd probably floor me. I watched one video where he ordered three pies and two scoops of mash potato and some swamp-like sauce. Proper hearty food he calls it, then he said "bosh", and apparently he says bosh a lot. Read more

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How to Get Galaxy Sprites in Fortnite

Galaxy Sprites have been added to Fortnite as of Thursday, June 18. This new rarity of Sprite is even harder to find than Gold and Gummies, and it might take you quite a while to locate them (unless you're extremely lucky). However, we've got the methods you need to follow to make farming Galaxy Sprites in Fortnite eas...

4 months ago πŸ‘ 100
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Vampire Survivors studio Poncle is "reviewing" its Fortnite collaboration after the State of Unreal show and Epic's focus on generative AI

Last night, during its State of Unreal presentation, Epic unveiled a number of upcoming Fortnite collaborations with Control Resonant, Sonic Crossworlds Racing, Phantom Blade Zero, and the award-winning Vampire Survivors. However, a mere matter of hours later, Vampire Survivors developer Poncle said it was "reviewing"...

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Fortnite boss hopes to take on Roblox's massive everythingverse with a "very different" massive everythingverse, as Epic unveil genAI-infused Unreal Engine 6

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, overseer of a company which fired over 1000 staff just a few months ago, has laid out his vision for the games industry's future during a "time of both crisis and opportunity". As Epic revealed an Unreal Engine 6 packed with generative AI model support designed to "reduce the tedious work" t...

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Nier: Automata Creator Shares Fears For New Developers In The Wake Of AI

The debate around AI in video games is inescapable at the moment. Just yesterday, Fortnite developer Epic Games released AI-generated artwork riddled with errors, and last week, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis came under fire for its use of AI art. It's almost a weekly occurrence where fans express their distaste for t...

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Vampire Survivors Might Not Be Coming To Fortnite After All, And It's AI's Fault

There were two big Fortnite reveals on Wednesday. One was a list of upcoming games the live service juggernaut will be crossing over with. The other was a peek behind the curtain at the creative process, a process that utilizes generative AI, and it seems the latter may have hurt the former.

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Dark Souls 2 seamless co-op mod is "close" to being playtest-ready, having morphed into one of its creator's "most complicated and ambitious projects to date"

Prolific FromSoft game multiplayer modder Yui is "close" to being ready to open up alpha testing of their latest seamless co-op mod, this time for Dark Souls 2. Despite it following the the footsteps of their seamless co-op mods for the likes of Elden Ring, Nightreign, and the original Dark Souls, Yui said this DS2 mod...

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