Hogwarts Legacy “Asset” Is Ready for Public Showing, WB Concerned About Backlash?

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If you are a Harry Potter fan, you must have heard about Avalanche Software’s new game, “Hogwarts Legacy”. It’s not just another Harry Potter title with the game ticking all the AAA level production boxes. It’s an open-world action RPG that is expected to satisfy millions of fans around the globe. However, we haven’t seen … Read more

Bioshock 4 Leak Claims Title as “Bioshock Isolation”, Two Cities, Runs On Unreal Engine 5

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If there’s one thing that’s always consistent with the Bioshock games, it’s that there’s a city involved. If a newly-released leak is true, however, Bioshock 4 (or, as the leak calls it, “Bioshock Isolation“) will be upping the ante with two different cities that players will apparently be visiting in the game. The game will … Read more

EA Fraud Detection Patent Can Help Detect Cheating In Games

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Cheating has become an increasingly large problem in many online multiplayer games. Now, however, a new EA fraud detection patent has been filed that will hopefully make it more difficult for such a thing to occur, at least in games that were published by Electronic Arts. According to the patent’s abstract: “The fraud detection system … Read more

Capcom PR Manager Job Listing Hints At Street Fighter 6

New Capcom job listings could have hinted the the progress of Street Fighter 6 development. While nothing specific was named in the job listing, the listing does make mention of a “Street Fighter IP”. The listing for Senior PR Manager for Fighting games “including Street Fighter” could also mean that Capcom might be gearing up … Read more

GTA Modders Claim Fair Use Against Take-Two Lawsuit

An attempt at a lawsuit by Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games is being fought back against by the GTA modders it’s targeting, who are claiming Fair Use against the companies’ accusations of piracy. The conflict comes over Rockstar’s recently-released GTA Remastered Trilogy of Grand Theft Auto 3 and its expansions. Those games only came out … Read more

Sony Has a Patent for PS5 Covers and Skins

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Various incidents have been making the news recently about Sony leaning on creators and manufacturers that are creating PS5 covers and skins without their permission. Now, a patent for those sorts of covers and skins has been listed for Sony, hinting at their future plans for decorating Playstation 5 consoles. Console customization is a big … Read more

Sony Wants to Train AI Using Player Experiences

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It’s been a fixture of artificial intelligence in science fiction for a long time now for the AI in question to learn from its experiences with humans, and video game AI is no exception. A recently-filed Sony AI training model patent, however, is apparently now going whole hog on the concept. According to the abstract: … Read more