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Google distances itself from Stadia creative director's comments
Google distances itself from Stadia creative director's comments
Google on Thursday distanced itself from tweets issued by the creative director of Stadia's Montreal studio, who said game streamers should be paying devs and publishers of games they stream.
Oct. 22, 2020
EA hit with class action lawsuit in Canada over loot box usage
EA hit with class action lawsuit in Canada over loot box usage
A class action lawsuit has been filed against EA in Canada accusing the publisher of breaching the country's Criminal Code by including loot boxes in its games.Â
Oct. 22, 2020
Why bringing Donkey Kong 64 into the third dimension required a mental shift
Why bringing Donkey Kong 64 into the third dimension required a mental shift
Donkey Kong 64 is about to turn 20, and to celebrate that marvelous but inevitable milestone, GameSpot had a sit down chat with some of the creative leads behind the beloved platformer.Â
Oct. 22, 2020
GAN-Supported Concept Art Workflows
GAN-Supported Concept Art Workflows
We all love the fact that computers can execute annoying work for us. Work we already know how to do. And now there’s a new kid in town: Style-GAN’s - short for Generative Adversarial Networks that can support the creative vision of your team.
Oct. 22, 2020
Screen Space Reflections in Blightbound
Screen Space Reflections in Blightbound
SSR is a fun technique for creating detailed, dynamic reflections in games. This post shows how I implemented SSR into Blightbound and how it works. It also goes into the tricks I used to make it have good performance, have fewer artefacts and look good.
Oct. 22, 2020
We need to talk about Steam & China 2
We need to talk about Steam & China 2
What's going on with Steam in China, and what's going to happen in the future? Take a trip though the possibilities, the government licensing complexities, and more!
Oct. 22, 2020
Here are the PC graphics settings for Watch Dogs Legion
Here are the PC graphics settings for Watch Dogs Legion
Ubisoft has revealed the PC graphics settings that will be featured in Watch Dogs Legion.
Oct. 21, 2020
Developers remove DRM from Raji: An Ancient Epic after fan backlash
Developers remove DRM from Raji: An Ancient Epic after fan backlash
It appears that the DRM for Raji: An Ancient Epic prevented a lot of gamers from playing the game. As such, its team has completely removed it.
Oct. 21, 2020
Fallout 76 is free to play until October 26th
Fallout 76 is free to play until October 26th
Bethesda has announced that its Fallout online game, Fallout 76, is free to play until October 26th.
Oct. 21, 2020
Rumor: Here are some alleged specs of AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6000-series NAVI 21 and NAVI 22 GPU lineup
Rumor: Here are some alleged specs of AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 6000-series NAVI 21 and NAVI 22 GPU lineup
According to Videocardz’s internal sources some leaked specs for AMD’s next-gen 7nm RDNA 2-based NAVI GPUs have been shared.
Oct. 21, 2020
CD Projekt RED has used AI techniques in order to provide lip-synced dialogue in 10 languages
CD Projekt RED has used AI techniques in order to provide lip-synced dialogue in 10 languages
In order to provide lip-synced dialogues in 10 different languages in Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt RED has used some new AI Techniques.
Oct. 21, 2020
Fortnite Update 14.40 reduces its PC size from 99GB to 29.5GB
Fortnite Update 14.40 reduces its PC size from 99GB to 29.5GB
According to the developers, Fortnite Update 14.40 significantly reduces the size of the game on the PC.
Oct. 21, 2020