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World of Warcraft senior game director Ion Hazzikostas dropped a bomb in a Blizzard broadcast today, one that many suspected would someday hit: At an undetermined point in the future, WoW will stop allowing add-ons to read combat events or auras.Currently, WoW's most popular mods, including all damage meters, boss encounter information systems such as Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs, and almost all WeakAuras (mini-mods made using the WeakAura framework)...
Even before I fully became an anime fan, I knew about The Rose of Versailles, one of the greats of the shoujo genre. I’d seen pictures of gender-nonconforming aristocrat Oscar François de Jarjayes in her French military uniform, luxurious blond hair tumbling over her svelte shoulders. Even without knowing much about who she was, I was intrigued by her striking looks and gender ambiguity. I never read Riyoko Ikeda’s 1972...
Outrage on a Reddit forum is hardly a novel concept. Outrage at AI is likewise not exactly a major newsflash. But in a new twist, the latest unrest is a direct result of Redditors being subject to an AI-powered experiment without their knowledge (via New Scientist).Reportedly, researchers from the University of Zurich have been secretly using the site for an AI-powered experiment in persuasion. Members of r/ChangeMyView, a subreddit that...
Game delays are a common part of life in videogames, but game advances—where a game's release date is moved up instead of back? Not so much. It happens, but it's a rarity—in most cases, developers are hammering away on games practically right up to the moment of their release. So eyebrows understandably went up yesterday when Gearbox moved up the release of Borderlands 4 by more than a week, from...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has already exceeded expectations as a debut RPG from Sandfall Interactive. It’s got lovable characters, memorable enemies, and a dynamic combat system. The story is also incredibly propulsive. In this dark fantasy, an evil godlike being called the Paintress disappears the citizens of Lumiére once they reach a certain age. You play as the members of Expedition 33, a group who hopes to kill the Paintress...
Get ready to light up the stage like never before – Smash Drums is launching on PlayStation VR2 on May 15, and it’s more than just an upgrade. We’ve fine-tuned the experience to take full advantage of PS VR2’s power — from razor-sharp visuals with eye-tracked foveated rendering and native 120fps gameplay, to immersive headset haptics and adaptive triggers that bring the action to life. Hang on to your sticks....
Tame dinosaurs to survive an island paradise, mix and match card decks to win big and head to the far-future for some retro shooting action with May’s PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup. Ark: Survival Ascended, Balatro and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun will be available to PlayStation Plus members from May 6. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Ark: Survival Ascended | PS5 Are you ready...
Which Marvel shows are canon Marvel Cinematic Universe and which aren’t? The fan debate rages on unchecked, but Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige semi-answered the question when he implied that the multiverse business that’s dominated the MCU for the last few years makes everything semi-canon, somewhere. Still, some Marvel shows — particularly the Disney Plus run beginning with 2021’s WandaVision, the point where Marvel Studios stopped licensing its characters all...
[Ed. note: Some slight spoilers for the set-up for The Eternaut follow.] It’s summer in Buenos Aires, and the tension in the air is thick. Protestors are engaging in a noisy cacerolazo on the streets after a series of issues with the power grid, and it’s a hot day in the thick of the season. And then, the whole world comes to a stop. After a series of mysterious lights...
Nintendo’s big pre-Switch 2 update for the original Switch has arrived, bringing along shareable Virtual Game Cards, the ability to use GameShare with select games later on, and color swaps for some app icons. There are many other tweaks buried in the release notes, including one that could be a boon to those who are hoping to sell or otherwise offload their original Switch before the Switch 2 arrives on...