Tech Times

Inside Open-World Game Development: How the Game Design Process Creates Immersive Maps and NPC Systems

Discover how open-world game development works, from the complete game design process for creating vast maps to building advanced NPC systems that bring worlds alive.
GamesRadar+

Fable's open world contains over 1,000 NPCs, much to the horror of the RPG's art team who had to make a bed for each one of them: "They need what now?"

RPGs Fable "nicked" The Office's mockumentary-style interviews: "A lot of people assume we just did that for those trailers" RPGs Xbox Game Studios boss has played a "bunch" of the Fable reboot, and ...
GameSpot

Fable's New Open World Has 1,000+ NPCs As A "Living Population"

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. During Xbox's Developer Direct, Forza Horizon developer Playground Games more fully showed off its Fable reboot. The game's visuals are impressive, ...
MMORPG

Erenshor's 'Rising Shadows' Update Will Add Guilds, a Player Hub, Improved NPCs, and a New Class

Erenshor’s next update, "Rising Shadows”, will add more features and core systems that make the single-player RPG feel even more like the MMORPG it simulates. Among them are guilds, a player hub, Game ...
Play Station Universe

Hitman World Of Assassination Is Adding Cross-Progression On February 3

IO Interactive has announced that Cross-Progression is coming to Hitman: World of Assassination as it celebrates the fifth anniversary of Hitman 3, which of course is now incorporated under the WoA ...
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Adding YouTubers into my Minecraft world for epic chaos

S737 adds YouTubers into their Minecraft world for chaos. As Trump zeroes in on Greenland, Texas Sen. John Cornyn says 'there's a deal to be made' Why the Trump administration is obsessed with whole ...
Benzinga.com

World's Richest Billionaires Add $2.2 Trillion in 2025 as the American Dream Loses Luster

In 2025, the wealthiest individuals globally saw their fortunes increase by a record $2.2 trillion. Despite the impressive performance of the U.S. equity market, an increasing number are exploring ...
Reuters

Netflix to add soccer video game based on FIFA World Cup next year

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Netflix (NFLX.O), opens new tab on Wednesday said it will add a soccer simulation title to its gaming portfolio, as the streaming giant looks to leverage the FIFA World Cup 2026 ...
UPI

TSMC weighs adding AI chip production at Japan's Kumamoto plant

Dec. 12 (Asia Today) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker, is considering producing artificial intelligence-related semiconductors at its Kumamoto plant in ...
TechCrunch

Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model

The race to release world models is on as AI image and video generation company Runway joins an increasing number of startups and Big Tech companies by launching its first one. Dubbed GWM-1, the model ...
WRAL

FDA proposes adding sunscreen ingredient commonly used in other parts of the world to list of permitted products

(CNN) — A new proposal from the US Food and Drug administration would allow sunscreens in the United States to include an active ingredient already commonly used in Europe, Australia and parts of Asia ...
GamesRadar+

World of Warcraft lead assures worried MMO raiders that Blizzard removing add-ons is "to set ourselves up for being able to build content that will better serve all of our players"

FPS Games Highguard boss says "the toxicity is challenging," will "continue to ask" if The Game Awards reveal was right decision Third Person Shooters Embark nerfed looting speed in Arc Raiders, ...