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GameSpot·9m ago

Rockstar Built An Entire Studio Just To Create GTA 6 NPCs

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GameSpot·14m ago

Rockstar’s GTA 6 Realism Experiment Started With Beer And Sandwiches

Compared to previous games in the series, Grand Theft Auto 6 is aiming to add new layers of realism to the franchise. As the criminal couple Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, players will explore a city where actions have consequences , and it's not easy to shake the long arm of the law when you cause chaos. It continues ideas that developer Rockstar Games began experimenting with in Red Dead Redemption 2, but the studio says it initially struggled to figure out how realistic it wanted GTA 6 to be while still offering a fun gameplay experience. As detailed by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier , Rockstar had a foundation to build on for GTA 6, as it would once again be a satirical open-world game in which you could commit all manner of crime. But the small details proved tricky, as Rockstar Games wanted players to feel immersed in the game's world. At one point, the developers debated whether playe

PC Gamer·20m ago

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GameSpot·26m ago

Xbox Is Getting Into AI Gaming, Even If It Won’t Say So

Vibe-coded games playable in web browsers have exploded in popularity recently, and amid a deluge of ports and remasters created with generative AI, Xbox is responding by creating Xbox Labs. The new branch of Xbox is described as an initiative designed to get more people playing games--especially on web browsers--but curiously, there's no mention of AI at all in the announcement. "In recent weeks, we've seen games rapidly decompiled and rebuilt to run on hardware they were never originally designed to support," Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wrote . "Windows PC builds have been translated to run on Apple Silicon or ported to run inside a browser through WebAssembly and WebGPU, the latter now approaching 90% global browser support. Perhaps more surprisingly, we’ve seen many of the biggest games in the world have been remixed into the source code of another. These experiments challenge long-held ass

PC Gamer·27m ago3 outlets

Haunted Chocolatier is still 'a town game', but it'll be more of an action RPG: 'It's for the people in Stardew Valley that go into the mines'

Haunted Chocolatier, the second game from Stardew Valley creator, Eric Barone, has been in development for more than five years, having been announced in October 2021. While there's no official word on the Haunted Chocolatier release date , Barone has been discussing the development of the game, including who it's for and more about the playstyle. In a recent interview with GQ , Barone said that Haunted Chocolatier is "more of an action RPG," although it is still what he'd call "a town game." "The main focus is more about adventuring, finding equipment and getting more powerful. There are monsters, there are boss fights. It's for the people in Stardew Valley that go into the mines," he explained. https://youtu.be/kJy7LF789lo Writing on the Haunted Chocolatier website , Barone regularly apologizes for the game "taking so long," but reassures fans that he's making good progress on the game

BBC Entertainment·28m ago

Davina McCall says memory loss after brain surgery felt like 'advanced Alzheimer's'

The TV presenter says she suffered memory loss following her operation to remove a benign tumour.