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Nvidia revealed DLSS 5 earlier this week, working neural rendering into its AI technology suite for graphics cards. The company claimed that game developers were on board, despite some of the drastic changes it seems to make to the game's aesthetic – especially Resident Evil 5. Both Assassins Creed Shadows and Resident Evil Requiem were used to show off the new technology, but it seems like the art teams for Ubisoft and Capcom, respectively, didn't know about it until the trailer debuted, with a developer from the former telling Insider Gaming, "we found out at the same time as the public." Capcom's art team was particularly shocked and worried by Resident Evil's trailer, given the company's anti-AI stance with previous Resident Evil games. The Capcom art team definitely wasn't alone in its reaction to the technology. Animator Mike York, who has worked on wide variety of games, including Death Stranding 2 , streamed a reaction to Digital Found...

From its gorgeous landscapes, gripping acting, and historically inspired combat animations, 1348 Ex Voto makes a strong first impression in its opening moments, seeming to promise something bold is about to follow. It doesn’t live up to that promise at all, however, quickly abandoning the interesting bits of its story and leaning most of its gameplay on shallow and shoddy combat and mission structures. Even it’s beauty is compromised by bugs and glitches that make playing through it a burdensome vow to keep. The story of Aeta, the knight errant we pilot through this blood-soaked Black Plague-era hack-and-slash, and her charge Bianca is a bit of a mess. On the whole, it's pretty straightforward: Bianca is meant to be shipped off to a convent because her low-born parents can’t afford to raise her anymore – but before that happens, their village is sacked, Bianca is kidnapped, and Aeta pursues the bandits to get her back. It’s played like a standard damsel-saving endeavor for most ...

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Vice Studios could soon help Chains, Dallas, Hoxton, and Wolf break into the movie and TV business after acquiring the film and television rights to the Payday franchise. The company behind Gangs of London announced it was laying the groundwork to bring the popular video game franchise to a new medium as part of a partnership with Starbreeze Entertainment today. No details regarding how the pair will translate co-op heist gameplay for new audiences were revealed, suggesting it will be a while before plans materialize. “PAYDAY has a world that is bigger than the game itself,” president of Vice Amy Powell said in a statement. “There’s mythology behind the masks and a crew of characters with real history that is incredibly exciting to explore. Partnering with Starbreeze Entertainment, we’re excited to build that universe and see how far it can go on screen.” Payday got an explosive start when its first game, Payday: The Heist, launched for PlayStation 3 and PC in 2011. Set around f...

Avatar: The Last Airbender might not be the newest Universes Beyond release anymore after the recent release of TMNT , but it’s still one of the more interesting crossovers Magic has pulled off in recent memory, and right now, it’s a lot easier to recommend at such a low price point. The set’s Beginner Box has dropped to its lowest price ever online, dropping to just $18.99 at Amazon-owned retailer, Woot , giving anyone who missed it the first time a much cheaper way to jump in. That's an even better deal than Amazon , even below current market pricing at TCGplayer as well. If you want to check it out at such a low price point, I'd snap it up ASAP. The deal will expire in under five days' time, but I'd highly suspect it will sell out way before that. Most Magic deals at Woot tend to go fast, especially when they're such great deals like this one (such as the nifty MTG x Warhammer 40K precon bundle deal that's already sold out as well). And I'd hi...

If you've been playing Pokémon Pokopia regularly since launch, by now you've probably at least seen Rocky Ridges, the game's second or third area (depending on the order you choose to visit them in). The region is themed around mountains, mines, and an active volcano, and if you've been to Rocky Ridges, you've almost certainly been faced with the deep, nigh-unbearable urge to clear up every single block of Volcanic Ash on the map. Well, it's okay. Don't bother. Other people have already taken care of it for us. Rocky Ridges is a mountainous area that, unlike the other zones you visit, has very little clear room to build when you first arrive. That's because it's largely taken up by enormous mountains, and those mountains are covered in Volcanic Ash lingering from past volcanic eruptions. The ash is super easy to clear out, vanishing at a single punch from Ditto's Rock Smash move. But there's just so much of it that clearing all of it is...