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Microsoft Gaming has a new CEO, with Asha Sharma taking over for Phil Spencer, and one big move she is reportedly considering is a change to Xbox Game Pass to make it less expensive. The Information ...

Fortnite will finally allow creators to make their own officially-licensed Star Wars minigames, beginning this week. The ability to create Star Wars-themed games within Fortnite has long been promised ...

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Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crises. Kenneth Payne at King’s College London set three ...

Attention, gamers: if you thought new titles on top of the endless cavalcade of sequels and remakes were derivative now, wait till you hear about what the game engine maker Unity has got in store.

Making a video game usually means learning to code, working with complex game engines, and spending hours piecing everything together. That is true even for simple casual games. Many aspiring ...

TL;DR: Unity's upgraded AI, launching in beta at GDC, enables developers to create full casual games using natural language prompts without coding. Leveraging advanced models from OpenAI and Meta, ...