As part of Microsoft's ongoing, physics-ignoring push to do more business with thousands fewer staff, games chief Asha Sharma has announced Xbox Labs: a new umbrella for Xbox's R&D into the kind of game remixing and rejigging most visibly characterised by viralities like Halo for browsers, or Mario in Elden Ring. Both enabled, perhaps tellingly, by the AI-driven decompilation of the original source codes.
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Asha Sharma announces Xbox Labs project to "explore new technology," which sure sounds like tinkering with old games through AI
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Xbox Considers Making Fallout, Elder Scrolls, and Minecraft Exclusive
Microsoft is surveying Xbox Insiders about making franchises like Fallout, Minecraft and The Elder Scrolls (but not Call of Duty) Xbox exclusives.
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The Perseverance Rover Reaches Another Milestone
NASA's Perseverance Rover has reached another milestone. It now holds the record for the longest distance travelled on another world, meaning Mars and Earth's Moon. It's all thanks the ingenuity behind AutoNav, it's hazard-detection driving system. It's a win for science, as more distance travelled means more scientific objectives are reached.
Source: www.universetoday.com
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Epic throws shade at Steam, admits to vibe-coding the new Epic Games Launcher with AI "to be faster than the other guy"
Epic Games isn't lifting its foot off the gen-AI pedal. The company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine has now vibe-coded a new Epic Games Launcher in an attempt to outrun Steam, by far the most popular digital games marketplace on PC. Read more
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Rockstar 'union busting' tribunal extended to November 18th, meaning it will close just days before GTA 6's release date
The employment tribunal between the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and GTA 6 maker Rockstar games was due to conclude this Friday, but the legal case has now been extended into November.
It's like everything Rockstar touches gets delayed…
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The Legend of Atlantis and The Science of Geology
Background This essay is Part 1 of a four-part series drawn from my new book series, The Legend of Atlantis and the Science of Geology, whose first three volumes have been published. As is well known, orthodox geology considers the Atlantis legend, and all other such legends, including the Great […]
Source: grahamhancock.com