Microsoft’s Copilot+ initiative for super-powerful AI PCs is becoming a reality at Computex 2024. Today, AMD announced its next major chip platforms, Ryzen AI 300 for notebooks and Ryzen 9000 for desktops, which respectively target more powerful laptop AI performance and fast gaming on desktops. Notably, the Ryzen AI 300 chips feature a revamped neural … Read more
Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann has clarified on can redefine”. of gaming.” While we don’t yet know what Naughty Dog’s next game will be, Druckmann discussed his excitement about it with Sony. However, according to Druckmann, his answer was a little different than what was in the original interview. Unfortunately, in editing my extended … Read more
Image: Push Square Sony has just held a business strategy meeting to outline its plans for the company’s future, but it’s a separate interview with PlayStation Productions boss Asad Qizilbash that caught our attention. You may remember Qizilbash from a few PlayStation events that took place a few years ago: a clearly charismatic speaker who … Read more
I attended a screening of Indie game: the movie, probably still the most famous documentary about video game development, in early 2012. The film was held at the Game Developers Conference – “the definition of home audience,” as I wrote at the time – and received a standing ovation from a huge audience in the … Read more
Neil Druckmann, creative director of The Last of Us and Uncharted 4, has said that Naughty Dog’s next game could “redefine the mainstream perception of gaming.” In an interview shared today at Sony’s corporate strategy meeting, the studio head was asked what dream project he would like to see realized. In response, Druckmann said that … Read more
A hacker who was ordered to pay Nintendo 25 to 30 percent of his salary for the rest of his life has said that getting caught was actually a “blessing.” It was March 2023 when Gary Bowser – yes, just like the Mario character – was released from prison for the role he played in … Read more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a record recipient of Alphaville’s ire, proposed a rule change earlier this month that could ban event contracts from the U.S. derivatives market — potentially ending the yearslong push for options trading on sports games, awards shows and perhaps most crucial: elections. The CFTC’s amendment would expand the types of … Read more
During an earnings call for Electronic Arts, CEO Andrew Wilson said the new Battlefield entry will be “another great live service” – and gamers have let out collective groans on social media. With a live service, new content is released regularly after launch, with premium content usually only accessible through a higher subscription level or … Read more
During an earnings call for Electronic Arts, CEO Andrew Wilson said the new Battlefield entry will be “another great live service” – and gamers have let out collective groans on social media. On a live service, new content is released regularly after launch, with premium content usually only accessible through a higher subscription level or … Read more
The better the game graphics become, the more fun it is to game on large screens. And the more the market for big-screen movie and gaming experiences grows, the more attractive ultra-short throw projectors become, because you can enjoy images bigger than any TV can handle, at a fraction of the price (and the weight!) … Read more