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Grand Theft Auto V comes to Xbox Game Pass

January 3, 2020
Microsoft announced today that Grand Theft Auto V is now available on Xbox Game Pass. Grand Theft Auto V is one of the most popular games of all time. The open-world game has sold over 115 million copies since its release in 2013. Despite its age, it remained a top-seller in 2019. Xbox Game Pass is a subscription service that gives Xbox One users access to a library of downloadable games. For…
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Nintendo Switch Lite 3 months later

January 3, 2020
Since Nintendo launched the Switch Lite on September 20, I have transitioned to using it as one of my primary gaming devices. And while I immediately fell in love with the dedicated handheld, I’ve had some concerns about durability. I take the Switch Lite with me…
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Smoke app brings the Steam store to your Apple Watch

December 31, 2019
If you can’t bear to be away from Steam for a moment least you miss one of its famously great sales, then Smoke, a new app for the Apple Watch, has you covered. Smoke advertises that it “brings parts of Steam” to the Apple Watch. The hardware is obviously pretty limited, so don’t expect to be purchasing or launching games from your wrist. You will be able to view your…
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2016 indie hit 'Hyper Light Drifter' is free in the Epic Games Store

December 28, 2019
The Epic Holiday Sale is still going, and today’s daily free game is Hyper Light Drifter. The top-down action RPG was crowdfunded a few years ago before it was eventually released in 2016, and now you can try it out yourself for zero dollars. Hyper Light Drifter’s 88 Metacritic score and list of awards won indicates it’s at least worth your time among the slew of retro 2D games…
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Ubisoft uses AI to teach a car to drive itself in a racing game

December 27, 2019
Reinforcement learning, an AI training technique that employs rewards to drive software policies toward goals, has been applied successfully to domains from industrial robotics to drug discovery. But while firms including OpenAI and Alphabet’s DeepMind have investigated its efficacy in video games like Dota 2, Quake III Arena, and StarCraft 2, few to date have studied its use under constraints…
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