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The Nintendo Entertainment System brought classic 8-bit games into homes all over the world in the 1980s. In the ’90s Nintendo stepped up its game and gave fans the Super Nintendo. The SNES helped usher in the 16-bit era and gave Nintendo a new platform for experimenting with gaming software and harder. If you’ve got…

The Nintendo 64 catapulted the entire video game industry forward towards embracing 3D gaming and art styles upon its launch in 1996. Many of the titles released for the console are still readily available on the resale market for reasonable prices. This includes classic Nintendo 64 games that still hold up today, which are surprisingly…

Epic Games is shifting to an “AI first” development strategy for its collaboration with the Walt Disney Company, letting AI models write all the code and guide all the artwork for an upcoming shooter. That’s according to aBloombergreport, which cites unnamed people familiar with the project who commented on the significant pivot in internal development…

Epic Games is rushing headfirst into generative AI-based game development for an upcoming Disney shooter that uses characters from Marvel and Star Wars. Developers on the project were reportedly told to implement AI in their workflows, including for producing the game’s art.

It seems as though Epic Games has gotten itself in a bit of a pickle. In March, the gaming company laid off 1,000 employees after a reported “downturn in Fortniteengagement” forced them to cut costs. But, wouldn’t you know it, those employees were actually pretty crucial in making the projects that could have helped the…

The early 2000s were a golden age for gamers, and that was especially true for anyone lucky enough to own a PlayStation 2. By the time the PS2 debuted, Sony had already established itself as a major player in the video game console world. The PS2 cemented the company’s reputation and gave us some of…

Epic Games has reportedly turned to gen-AI to finish up development on a Star Wars and Marvel crossover shooter, which has been internally delayed.

(Bloomberg) — Epic Games Inc. delayed the release of an upcoming video-game collaboration with Walt Disney Co. and told its developers to use more artificial intelligence tools to finish the game, according to people familiar with the project.

The number of games industry mergers and acquisitions stayed steady in the third quarter with 54 transactions totalling $57.8 billion, according to investment bank Aream & Co.

It’s been a bad few years for Star Wars, huh? From the dire reception to Episode IX through to a succession of (mostly)underbaked TV shows to a run ofhigh-profile cancellations, the overall vibe of the series of late has been far, far away from its heydays.