In this episode of New Gameplay Today, Blake Hester and I show you a glimpse of a different kind of cooking game, Nour: Play With Your Food. Rather than tasking players with cooking a proper dish, developer Terrifying Jellyfish presents a playspace of ingredients, tools like blowtorches and meat tenderizers, and a suite of odd abilities that…
UK banking executives have reduced their focus on the metaverse as security, cloud and open banking investments take priority, according to a survey of businesses across four countries. Hexaware Mobiquity, a digital services division of Indian service provider Hexaware, questioned 600 senior banking executives in the US, UK, Netherlands and Australia for its research on…
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Bilkins’ Folly popped up on my radar, err, sea charts, earlier this year when developer Webbysoft and Publisher Armor Games Studios announced the PC-only title was actually going to launch on PlayStation and Switch now as well. I watched the console announcement trailer and knew I needed to check this game out – old-school adventure…
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NetherRealm Studios’ latest 2D fighter, Mortal Kombat 1, is right around the corner. Premium and Kollector Editions of the game go live this Thursday, September 14, and the regular edition goes live next week on September 19. Ahead of the game’s release, NetherRealm has released the official launch trailer, featuring four minutes of new gameplay, fatalities,…
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A threat actor tracked in Microsoft’s taxonomy as Storm-0324 has been observed switching up its tactics to incorporate social engineering phishing attacks conducted via Microsoft Teams, Redmond has revealed. Storm-0324, a so-called initial access broker (IAB), is linked to several prolific and dangerous ransomware operations, including some known to have deployed the Clop, Gandcrab, Maze…
In February 2022, I wrote in a Computer Weekly article about metacognition, the ability to think about thinking, remains a critical gap to the development of artificial intelligence (AI). I pointed to a 2021 paper that I co-authored where we experimented with giving AI abilities in metacognition, finding that whilst the AI was slightly more…
Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 12 September 2023 The dangers of breaking encryption Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we detail the concerns of the BCS and other IT experts about the UK’s Online Safety Bill’s proposals to weaken end-to-end message encryption. Our buyer’s guide continues…
Microsoft has announced a new Xbox Series X/S controller with a deep purple color scheme on the front and a bright white back. Aptly, this new controller is titled “Astral Purple.” It looks great and is available for preorder now before its September 19 release date. Xbox says, “This rich purple color has a distinct regal…
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Apple held a special keynote event today to reveal the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max, new Apple Watches, and more. While new iPhones aren’t exactly surprising given the company’s annual cadence, what is surprising is that Apple has also announced that Resident Evil 4 (Remake), Resident Evil Village, Assassin’s Creed…
In this exclusive cover story interview, Game Informer chats with Ubisoft Bordeaux’s world and quest director, Simon Arsenault, who breaks down how the team is designing the world of Assassin’s Creed Mirage. We chat about highlighting parkour paths via level design, upgrading tools, skill-tree progression, and how Ubisoft aims to bring Baghdad to life in its…
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