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I’d argue that there was probably no greater poisoned chalice in games than taking on the job of remaking Final Fantasy 7. Hyped for years before it was announced, its reveal part of the so-called ‘E3 of dreams’, and it is of course a reimagining of one of the most important and beloved role-playing games of all time. Even if it was brilliant, there would inevitably be grousing from some quarters.
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Take-Two Interactive boss Strauss Zelnick has returned to the subject of AI, this time suggesting the controversial technology could never create anything like GTA 6 because "no creativity... can exist by definition in any AI model."
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Amid reports Amazon has 'gutted' its video games division as part of 14,000 company wide job cuts earlier this week, one former developer has suggested its Lord of the Rings MMO has also been cancelled.
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Four years after its last major update, Nintendo has announced it's reviving Animal Crossing: New Horizons early next year with a new Switch 2 Edition, a major content update for all players - including a new on-island Resort Hotel - and a special Lego collaboration. Additionally, it's bringing back the ability to play classic Nintendo titles in-game (a feature long-time fans have been hoping to see return for decades), but only for Switch Online subscribers.
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Arc Raiders is out today, and while a wild number of players have flocked to the game to celebrate its launch, it's no secret that the extraction shooter shared a familiar point of controversy to Embark Studio's prior game The Finals. That sore spot for many gaming enthusiasts is AI, a technology Embark has made no secret of exploring.
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For a year, on and off, I've been thinking about Dragon Age: The Veilguard. More specifically, I've been thinking about my Dragon Age: The Veilguard review - the five-star review I wrote for Eurogamer. It plagues me. Because to be blunt, I'm not happy with how it sits. I don't think The Veilguard is a five-star game and definitely don't think it's BioWare's best game. To have suggested such a thing has haunted me for 12 months, particularly as new information about Veilguard's troubled development has arisen and we've learned how a Mass Effect team commandeered the project in order to rescue it, overriding the Dragon Age team at its core.
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