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New research suggests the answer may be yes. After the popular multiplayer game PUBG: Battlegrounds introduced AI-controlled opponents, players not only spent more time in the game but also teamed up with friends more often. Researchers say the AI opponents gave newer players a chance to build confidence, making them more likely to stick with…

One of the best PS5 games so far is “Astro Bot,” a 3D platformer released for the PlayStation 5 in 2024. The game follows its titular robot as he rescues his friends and repairs his spaceship, navigating surprisingly challenging platforming levels. More than providing vibrant platforming action, the game is a love letter to the…

After prolific video game creator Hideo Kojima split with Konami, the first game that he and his studio Kojima Production made was “Death Stranding.” Originally released in 2019 for the PlayStation 4, it is one of the most unique titles around, rethinking what’s possible for a sci-fi adventure game. The entire “Death Stranding” story hinges on…

While 16-bit platforms like the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo led console gaming into the ’90s, more advanced options quickly took shape. This included 32-bit consoles like the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, and the original PlayStation as the industry pushed hardware capabilities forward. Some of the biggest franchises today were initially introduced as 32-bit games…

This supplementary website accompanies the paper “Augmentations for Robust and Efficient Imitation Learning in Streamed Video Games,” published at the Conference on Games 2026. The paper studies whether spatiotemporal augmentations that mimic common streaming artifacts like pixelation, blur, scrubs, and ghosting, can improve the sample efficiency and robustness of imitation learning agents trained from limited…