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Aug292024 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Google Develops AI-Based GameNGen Engine

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Google Research has unveiled a "game engine" called GameNGen that creates games using multiple generative neural networks. The program has already recreated levels from the first DOOM. GameNGen is a neural model-based game engine capable of creating complex, high-quality interactive scenes. GameNGen can interactively simulate Doom gameplay at 20 fps. When predicting the next frame, the peak signal-to-noise ratio reaches 29.4 (comparable to lossy JPEG compression). GameNGen was trained in two stages: the first involved an AI agent playing Doom (sessions were recorded), and the second involved training a diffusion model to generate the next frame based on the sequence of previous frames and input commands. In other words, GameNGen does not generate a game on the fly, but only reprod...

Aug272024 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Former Rockstar Employee Explains Why GTA: Tokyo Never Came Out

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The Time Extension portal, in a retrospective dedicated to unreleased games in the GTA series from Rockstar Games, shed light on the fate of the mysterious Grand Theft Auto: Tokyo, which intrigued fans in the early 2000s. The idea of developing GTA in Tokyo came about after Rockstar co-founder Sam Houser visited Japan frequently during the GTA 3 promotional campaign. Tokyo seemed like an interesting and exciting city for a new game in the series, which could give it a fresh breath of life. However, the project faced a number of obstacles. The main problems were logistics and cultural peculiarities. The development team would have to spend a long time in Tokyo to map the city in detail. In addition, there were difficulties in adapting the series' characteristic satire to Japanese re...

Aug272024 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Witchfire Developers Reveals A Full Release Date

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Polish studio The Astronauts, founded by former developers of Painkiller and Bulletstorm, has presented an updated development plan for the fantasy RPG shooter Witchfire, which is currently in early access. This week, the development team published a lengthy blog post with a new Early Access roadmap for Witchfire. The Astronauts previously said they planned to fully release Witchfire about a year after its launch on the Epic Games Store, or “maybe a couple extra months.” However, it appears those plans have changed, with the new roadmap showing the shooter will exit Early Access in late 2025. In the meantime, the development team has a lot of content planned for Witchfire over the next year or so. They plan to add “a lot more” enemies and bosses to the game. There are...

Aug262024 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Bioware Shows 10 Minutes of Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gameplay

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Canadian studio Bioware showed 10 minutes of gameplay of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The studio demonstrated gameplay for a high-level warrior who can both fight in close combat and use special skills. The 10-minute gameplay video for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, divided into four parts, showed preparation for battle, the character's primary and special abilities, and interactions with companions in combat. Dragon Age: The Veilguard offers three classes to choose from (warrior, mage, rogue), but for the purposes of the demonstration, only the warrior from the "Champion" branch was used (the other two are "Executioner" and "Reaper"), which is focused on confronting the creatures of darkness. https://youtu.be/O2UEqn38s9U All three classes have access to four basic moves (ligh...