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Former Chibi-Robo! developers announce robot action-adventure game koROBO for consoles and PC

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Tiny Wonder Studio, a new game development studio featuring key members from Chibi Robo! series creators Skip, Ltd., have announced koROBOa new action-adventure game that follows a small robot named koROBO and his owner Tom. Kickstarter and Campfire campaigns have been launched with the goal of launching on modern consoles and PC. ■ About us … Read more

AI in gaming: Developers worry about generative technology – BBC News

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Nvidia’s AI-powered avatars are seen by some as a glimpse into the potential future of gaming Article information Author, Tom Richardson Role, BBC Newsbeat July 16, 2024 “I’m very aware that I could wake up tomorrow and my job could be gone,” says Jess Hyland. The video game artist … Read more

AI in gaming: Developers worry about generative technology – BBC News

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Nvidia’s AI-powered avatars are seen by some as a glimpse into the potential future of gaming Article information Author, Tom Richardson Role, BBC Newsbeat 1 hour ago “I’m very aware that I could wake up tomorrow and my job could be gone,” says Jess Hyland. The video game artist … Read more

While Once Human’s Terms of Service are prompting a flood of negative reviews, the survival game’s developers say they’ll only ask for your government ID on special occasions

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Once Human

After Human developer Starry Studios responded to player privacy concerns, many of the survival game’s anticipated “Mixed” Steam reviews focused on its aggressive End User License Agreement (EULA). Once Human is published by Chinese giant NetEase and collects personal information from players under the publisher’s privacy policy. The list of collected data is quite long … Read more

Fallout: London developers will “downgrade” Fallout 4 to save their massive mod

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Fallout: London as in December, when the planned release was announced on April 23. After years of work, the modders at Team Folon announced this past weekend that their long-awaited (and recently delayed) unofficial DLC-sized fan mod, Fallout: Londonis now in “QA testing” and awaits the “final green light” from release partner GOG. But that … Read more

Spooky free-to-play open worlder Once Human is out today and the developers have some crash and performance tips

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From Zenless Zone Zero to The First Descendant, we seem to be experiencing a free-to-play explosion. Despair, all you time-strapped adults, as your carefully crafted lack of pocket money offers no protection against the onslaught of games that want a piece of your evening or weekend. Today’s big release, Once Human, does at least include a giant school bus on monster legs, along with a less exciting but customizable bus that only has wheels. In this open-world survival shooter, you are a “Meta-Human” making your way through a landscape tainted by Stardust, which has warped the landscape and slowly drives you insane.

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Apple tells emulator developers it’s okay with retro games – not entire operating systems

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Updated A few developers have come to terms with Apple’s latest rules regarding video game emulators in the App Store and have concluded that the iGiant doesn’t approve of software that emulates an entire operating system. The developers of the DOS emulator iDOS and the multi-OS emulator UTM both posted that Apple has rejected their … Read more

The EU says Apple has violated the rights of app developers and could be fined 10% of sales

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Getty Images | SOPA Images The European Commission said today that it has determined that Apple is in violation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) with App Store rules and fees that “prevent app developers from freely directing consumers to alternative channels for offers and content.” The commission “has informed Apple of its preliminary position” … Read more

PVKK from the Dome Keeper developers is Papers Please, but you get a huge planetary defense cannon

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PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant – yes, let’s go back to the title – is described in the first sentence of its Steam bio as a “fun” game. I have suspicions about cozy or cozy games, as they are increasingly portrayed as some kind of antidepressant in the face of a darkening world, but that’s okay because the remaining seventeen words in the sentence are: ‘Operate your planetary defense cannon to defend the world. of an interplanetary invasion from the comfort of your home [cozy] bunker.”

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