Firmware Update has had a pretty slow news week this week, but they still talk about all the important parts including how loud of a reaction Punk got at WWE Payback, selling out to Microsoft, Sony’s amazing console strategy of doing the opposite of every dumb move Microsoft does, and how Conan O’Brien has saved video game journalism. So you you know, important stuff!
Talking Points: Atlus’ financial woes, Saints Row 4 is banned in Australia, we throughly dissect the preorder specials of Gran Turismo 6, we talked about the Kickstarter program that turned into a bummer, PS4′s 20 new exclusives, what we want to see from those exclusives, what God of War needs to be interesting again, Malcolm reveals to Microsoft his price, and other neat stuff!
Microsoft recently revealed its plans to incorporate Copilot directly into video games, with Minecraft being the first showcased example.
F*** AI
"Hey Copilot, what's a good meme to prove I dislike AI".... https://giphy.com/clips/sou...
Two trillion dollar company that just can't wait to put as many people possible out of work as fast as possible.
It feels like every single thing they do is making gaming worse and destroying the industry.
Why all the hate? Im actually excited about this! Always wanted this kind of immersion, and an AI companion with me all the time helping me out knowing the status of my skills/inventory/progress and giving me tips on the best approach or how to craft something specific is game changing for the industry.
Hate all you want about AI, but this is just the start and I can see the potential already. You wont be complaining in the next 5-10 years about this, but rather complain if a game hasn’t implemented it.
Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.
Hotly anticipated Celestoidvania, Lucid announces Kickstarter Demo release date. Exciting news for anyone backing the game.