General Gaming News.

[Casual Shinji]

If a child draws a picture from a Connect-the-dots book, are they stealing? Is a cosplayer stealing when making a costume from someone else's creation?

Did the child steal the book, and did the cosplayer steal the costume? If the answer is no, then no.

You are just thinking in the black and white of all A.I. is bad and that's the end of it. And that's simply wrong. It doesn't really matter what Larion is doing because people have already sperged out on the A.I, even though the CEO literally said they didn't lay off any artists because of it.

No, I'm thinking in the current consequences of A.I. which I previously stated. All of which are terrible and vastly outway whatever benefit it might have.

Companies that laid people off in favor of A.I. you have to look at why. If they got layoff because they were doing redundant jobs that A.I. solves, then oh well. How many farmhands got fired as farm machinery got more and more advanced. A.I is just a tech tool that will change the way jobs are done in addition to eliminate some that are basic jobs in the first place. Just like the check-outs, the ordering Kiosks, robots that build cars which literally destroyed Detroit, but you know what happened to those factory workers? The smart workers learned how to maintain and service the machines that now do the car building. They evolved their skillset in order to keep jobs in the same industry.

This is how technological progression happens. You can not like it but it isn't the 100% evil you are making it out to be.

Dude, I didn't even trust lay-offs before it was done in favor of A.I. - what makes you think I trust it when it's the actual cause? Guess which jobs are the most redundant; Executives and CEO's. Guess who's doing all the firing in favor of A.I. The notion that firing people (for anything other than breaking the law or flat-out being bad at their job) simply leads to a more efficient society and seperates the wheat from the chaff is 'living under a rock' levels of naive.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.

www.polygon.com

 

[BrawlMan]

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.

www.polygon.com

I am so glad I did not make this my GOTY. It is a shame though. They would have had it all, had they not done any of that.

This is why it's always important to have your own GOTY, and not follow everyone else's.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Global Memory Shortage Crisis: Market Analysis and the Potential Impact on the Smartphone and PC Markets in 2026

A global memory shortage is reshaping smartphone and PC markets for 2026. Rising DRAM and NAND costs threaten pricing, specs, and growth across devices.

www.idc.com

Ugghhh..... There goes my plan to upgrade my PC anytime sooner. I was waiting for RTX 5000 super series and upgrade everything else along with it, but I guess that's not happening.

Micron reports record revenues and cash flow in earnings call

It's building a semiconductor fabrication plant in Onondaga County.

spectrumlocalnews.com

Also, fuck you Micron.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Kotaku reports that WB's gaming section was not a factor for Netflix in determining the value of the company as a whole.

Netflix Considers Warner Bros. Games To Be Worthless

The entire gaming division behind Hogwarts Legacy and the Arkham franchise wasn't even factored into the price of Netflix's bid

kotaku.com

Not the most comforting of news for the future of WB Games.

Good. Maybe now those studios can gtfo of that toxic relationship and over to someone that gives a crap.

 

[Gordon_4]

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.

www.polygon.com

Doesn't seemed to have done their Steam reviews any harm.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Doesn't seemed to have done their Steam reviews any harm.

Yep. It also doesn't stop all the glazing the game is getting, plus still holding onto all those awards from the TGA.

I personally think it definitely deserves to be called GOTY, as the game itself is amazing and the usage of AI was kept to a minimum level AFAIK

 

[thebobmaster]

And not only that, but the devs didn't even create the generative AI. It was an Unreal Store asset that they used as a placeholder, but forgot to replace before the game launched, patching in the removal later.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

That fucking SUCKS. Cliche as it sounds, the man created the games that defined my childhood, hell pretty much my entire gaming life. Horrible way to end the year.

 

[meiam]

Well this is weird, from apparently finally decided to port older armored core game to PC... with a port of a mobile only game?

G-MODE Archives+ Armored Core: Mobile 3 announced for Switch, PC

G-MODE will release FromSoftware-developed game Armored Core: Mobile 3 as a G-MODE Archives+ title for Switch via Nintendo eShop and PC via Steam in Japan, the company announced. A release date was…

www.gematsu.com

 

[NerfedFalcon]

That fucking SUCKS. Cliche as it sounds, the man created the games that defined my childhood, hell pretty much my entire gaming life. Horrible way to end the year.

I mean this as sincerely as I've ever meant it.

 

[FakeSympathy]

That fucking SUCKS. Cliche as it sounds, the man created the games that defined my childhood, hell pretty much my entire gaming life. Horrible way to end the year.

OMG, this is a huge blow. He's behind the actually good COD games, as well as Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order and Survivor.

I guess we'll never get to see the third Jedi game, or very butchered version of what he had envisioned

 

[Worgen]

I mean this as sincerely as I've ever meant it.

For as much as that scene is memed. It was actually a pretty touching and well done scene in the game. They probably shouldn't have let the player have any control there so they could have avoided the mockery. Anyway, press F to pay respects.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

OMG, this is a huge blow. He's behind the actually good COD games, as well as Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order and Survivor.

I guess we'll never get to see the third Jedi game, or very butchered version of what he had envisioned

I was a COD kid but I think I'll always see him as the man behind Titanfall 2. It's one of the first games that made me think game devs were insanely talented people.

 

[BrawlMan]

That fucking SUCKS. Cliche as it sounds, the man created the games that defined my childhood, hell pretty much my entire gaming life. Horrible way to end the year.

This is depressing to hear. I was never big into a majority of COD titles, but I knew talent when I witnessed it. It's sad to see a genuinely good and talented person life get cut short. My heart goes out to his co-workers, partners, friends, and family.

 

[Ezekiel]

Reckless driver, took his passenger with him.

 

[thebobmaster]

Oh, you know he was reckless. Funny, all I'm seeing in news reports is that he was driving a Ferrari, was leaving a tunnel, and crashed into a concrete barrier. Could have been reckless, could have had a car malfunction. In fact, the local news said exactly this.

"Details about what led to the crash off the winding forest road overlooking Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley also were not immediately available. A witness provided video of the crash involving a 2026 Ferrari 296 GTS to authorities that shows the red car slamming into the barrier just after exiting the tunnel." And I love how you throw in that his passenger was killed as well (ejected through the windshield, while Zampella got trapped in the car and burned to death, fucking yikes). Seriously, I wanted to just let your comment go, but WHAT THE FUCK?

 

[BrawlMan]

Oh, you know he was reckless.

I didn't, but thank you for the details.

 

[thebobmaster]

I didn't, but thank you for the details.

I was responding to Ezekiel. I know I shouldn't, but I couldn't hold back on that one.

 

[Gordon_4]

I mean this as sincerely as I've ever meant it.

To be honest, this is the sort of thing I imagine he’d have a sense of humour about.

F.