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Mar152025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

“Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era” to Have a Closed Beta on Steam

The tactical fantasy strategy Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era still doesn't have an early access release date, but fans will soon be able to get a glimpse of the future of the famous series. Developers from the Cypriot studio Unfrozen, with the support of the publisher Ubisoft, announced closed beta testing of Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era. Testing will last from March 17 to 28. As part of the testing, gamers will try out the multiplayer mode "Arena". In it, players will fight each other. The number of places for the closed beta test is limited. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era will offer gamers "classic gameplay", which will be seasoned with a number of fresh ideas and mechanics. https://youtu.be/YmYh4oOYKj8 Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era Earl...

Mar132025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Gets New Trailer

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Ubisoft has released a cinematic trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows and changed its stance on porting the game to Steam Deck. Let us recall that the events of Assassin’s Creed Shadows will unfold in the open world of feudal Japan in 1579. There are two main characters - the dexterous and secretive shinobi Naoe, and the legendary dark-skinned samurai Yasuke. The minute-long video tells about the secret struggle of the blood-bound alliance of Naoe and Yasuke against corruption and cruelty. “Justice is done in the shadows,” the heroes conclude in one voice. https://youtu.be/zxtJFdnMo7k Meanwhile, Ubisoft shared some good news for Steam Deck owners on social media X. It has been revealed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will have support for Valve’s portable PC at release. The gam...

Mar122025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Internal PlayStation Video Showing AI Version of Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West Leaked Online

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According to a fresh leak, which was kindly shared by The Verge, Sony is developing a prototype of at least one AI-powered PlayStation game character. In the demo, the AI version of Aloy (without leaving the character's image) answers the user's questions, takes him to Horizon Forbidden West, and, following the gameplay session, recounts everything that happened in it in a condensed form. According to Sharwin Raghoebardajal, an employee of PlayStation Studios Advanced Technology Group, the AI version of Aloy is based on several technologies: Whisper speech recognition system from OpenAI; large language models GPT-4 (OpenAI) and Llama 3 (Meta) — responsible for conversation and decision-making; Sony's own system, Emotional Voice Synthesis, is used for voice synthesis; ...

Mar102025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

PlayStation 5 Pro to Get AI Upscaling Technology

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Sony has confirmed plans to bring an advanced AI upscaling solution to PlayStation 5 Pro in 2026, based on AMD's recently released FSR 4 technology. Last week, AMD announced that its FSR 4 scaling technology, developed using machine learning, was created with active assistance from Sony. In particular, when creating FSR 4, AMD used AI models developed jointly with Sony Interactive Entertainment. The two companies presented a joint development last year under the code name "Amethyst". The goal of the project is to improve gameplay and graphics using artificial intelligence. The developments of the "Amethyst" project formed the basis of FSR 4. That same year, Sony introduced the PlayStation 5 Pro. The console is based on AMD's RDNA hybrid architecture: the PS5 Pro processor's comput...