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Sometimes, the most important Xbox One updates are less about interface changes and more about conveniences — in this case, for bargain hunters and concerned parents. Microsoft is rolling out an October update whose centerpieces are more powerful parental controls and…
Ubisoft said that the latest downloadable content (DLC) will debut for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 on October 15. Episode 2 of the DLC of the post-pandemic open-world game will highlight fighting in the Pentagon.
Episode 2 — Pentagon: The Last Castle will be available…
Player Omega is working with Super League Gaming to bring an esports tour across the United States. It’s a different approach to competitive gaming, trying to foster events in smaller locales. The partnership begins with Player Omega’s first-ever event November 9-10 in Pomona, California (that’s a town 30 miles east of Los Angeles).
While companies such as Metarama put on esports festivals…
Researchers develop AI that can play Angry Birds
October 8, 2019
Rovio’s Angry Birds, a title that tasks players with slingshotting colorful fowl toward ill-intentioned, egg-stealing swine, has been characterized by one reviewer as “one of the most mainstream games out right now.” It’s spawned dozens of graphic novels and books…
What should Microsoft call the next Xbox?
October 8, 2019
The next phase of the unending console wars is starting to heat up, with Sony announcing that the successor to the PlayStation 4 will, predictably, be called the PlayStation 5.
But the news got us wondering: what will Microsoft call its next-generation Xbox console, which is…
Doom: Eternal moved back to March 20, 2020
October 8, 2019
It looks like shooter fans are going to have to wait a few months to meet their Doom. Developer id Software announced today that Doom: Eternal will now be releasing for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, and PC on March 20. The Switch version will follow at an unspecified later day.
Doom: Eternal was supposed to release on November 22. Video game development is complicated, so these kinds of delays…
'Doom Eternal' is delayed to March 2020
October 8, 2019
DOOM Eternal‘s launch was slated for November 22nd — but to add some polish, publisher Bethesda Softworks is pushing that date back to March 20, 2020. The developer, iD Software, will also add a new feature called Invasion Mode, which will allow players to enter…
While Drive was one of the first Google apps to adopt the Material Theme, Docs, Sheets, and Slides followed later on the web and mobile. The latest set of updates brings Material Theme tweaks to the productivity app’s editor interfaces on Android.
This “new look and…
Utopos Games has raised $1 million for its robot-battle game Raivo, which the company says is the first title to gamify machine learning.
In Raivo, the player collects and trains a team of robots into fighters that will enter an online match against robots trained by other players around the world. These robots are intelligent, learning creatures that are based on the latest AI technology that…
