Discord announced a series of updates for the desktop app that help make PC gaming easier and work better for players.Read More
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The new best AI image generation model is here: say hello to Reve Image 1.0!
One of the modelās standout capabilities is its strong text rendering performance, addressing a common challenge in AI-generated imagery.Read More
Samsung unveils next-gen Odyssey gaming monitors with immersive 3D and OLED
Samsung Electronics America today announced the availability of its newest Odyssey gaming monitors, as well as the ViewFinity S8. The 2025 Odyssey lineup includes the Odyssey 3D, the Odyssey OLED G8 ā which features an industry-first 4K, 240Hz screen ā and the ultrawide Odyssey G9. These monitors, which push the boundaries of immersion, have been mā¦Read More
Saga Origins and Spirit Animation bring animated character Karl AI Agent to life
Saga Origins, a division of Saga, and Spirit Animation teamed up to bring the animated character Karl AI Agent to life. As one of the first animated characters to be transformed into an AI Agent, the strawberry superhero character Karl will now engage with fans in real time, delivering interactive storytelling and healthy lifestyle tips in an efforā¦Read More
Havok reduces licensing fee for studios with game budgets under $20M
Havok announced that it will reduce its licensing fee for game studios who have game budgets under $20 million. The price cut reflects the tough times in the game industry. Now, Havok, which is owned by Microsoft, said that its licensing fees per game title will be $50,000, for the companies that are making a game with a budget under $20 million. Tā¦Read More
From alerts to autonomy: How leading SOCs use AI copilots to fight signal overload and staffing shortfalls
SOCs are seeing false positive rates drop 70%, while shaving 40+ hrs a week of manual triage thanks to the rapid advances in AI copilots.Read More
Midjourneyās surprise: new research on making LLMs write more creatively
There’s still a lot of juice left to be squeezed, cognitively and performance-wise, from classic Transformer-based, text-focused LLMs.Read More
Journalist Christopher Dring teams with Geoff Keighley to unveil The Game Business publication
Journalist Chris Dring has launched The Game Business, a new media brand for games, with backing from Geoff Keighley.Read More
DeepSeek-V3 now runs at 20 tokens per second on Mac Studio, and thatās a nightmare for OpenAI
DeepSeek’s free 685B-parameter AI model runs at 20 tokens/second on Apple’s Mac Studio, outperforming Claude Sonnet while using just 200 watts, challenging OpenAI’s cloud-dependent business model.Read More
The issues game developers are facing in 2025 | IGDA interview
Game developers are among the most creative people on the planet, but they have had a tough 2.5 years with more than 35,000 layoffs across gaming. Some of those cutbacks were expected to ease by 2025, but weāve seen 1,200-plus layoffs in the first quarter. The troubles are so acute that, for the second year in a row, the Independent Games Fesā¦Read More