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Brendan Green is largely credited with creating the iconic PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, also known as PUBG, and inventing the entire battle royale genre. We knew he left PUBG’s publisher to start an independent studio in 2021, but now we know what he’s been working on for the past few years.His studio, PlayerUnknown Productions, has several titles lined up, calling it an “ambitious three-game plan.” First off, “Prologue: Go Wayback!” is described as a “single-player open-world emergent game in the survival genre.” It uses the developer’s “in-house machine learning terrain generation technology” to create “millions of maps.” As you can see below,…
Self-driving taxi company Waymo is coming to Miami, so get ready to have Will Smith songs stuck in your head all day long. Yes, sorry.Waymo announced its plans for Miami on the official Waypoint blog. The expansion is expected to begin early next year as the company’s self-driving Jaguar I-PACE EV becomes familiar with Miami’s roads and intersections. Later, in 2026, Waymo plans to begin offering ride-hailing services to customers through the Waymo One app.Waymo is also partnering with African startup Moove as part of its expansion plans. Moove provides vehicles for ride-sharing services. Waymo wants Moove to manage “vehicle…
Threads’ latest tests can help creators and others better understand how their posts are performing on the platform. Adam Mosseri said in an update that the company is testing an expanded version of its analytics feature that shows user statistics for specific posts.Threads has always had an “insights” feature, but it showed aggregated statistics for all posts, making it difficult to determine which posts were performing better. In the future, Insights will be able to reveal detailed metrics about specific posts, such as views and interactions. It also reduces performance among followers and non-followers.”Now that your posts are visible to…
At JewCE! 2024, we spoke with Chari Pere, winner of Artist of the Year for “Miscarried.” She shares what her career journey has been like thus far and tells the tale of what it was like to work on her first animated short in this interview. Noam Steinerman: Which comics did you read growing up and who are some cartoonists that inspire you? Chari Pere: I was an avid comic strip fan growing up. When I read Calvin & Hobbes at the age of 11, I knew instantly that I wanted to be a cartoonist. I read whatever comics were in…
World models (AI algorithms that can generate simulated environments in real time) are one of the most impressive applications of machine learning. There’s been a lot of movement in this space over the last year, which is why Google DeepMind announced Genie 2 on Wednesday. While the previous model was limited to generating 2D worlds, the new model allows you to create 3D worlds and maintain them for significantly longer.Genie 2 is not a game engine. Instead, it is a diffusion model that generates images as the player (human or another AI agent) moves through the world that the software…
Overwatch 2’s new season begins next week, and one of the special modes coming in the near future is Return to the Past. For a limited time in Season 14, there will be a 6v6 Role Queue mode, which brings back the original game’s configuration of 2 tanks, 2 damage, and 2 support. This mode will be available from December 17th to January 6th.Changing teams to five players at Overwatch 2’s launch was one of the most controversial decisions at the time, but we’ve recently heard rumors that Blizzard may be reversing this decision. I did. This season included a…
Gearheads, rejoice! Forza Motorsport for PC is getting a graphics update on Monday that adds a new realistic lighting system to the game. Nvidia has announced that Ray-Traced Global Illumination (RTGI) will be part of a PC-only upgrade to its Turn 10 driving simulator.RTGI simulates how light interacts with surfaces in a virtual environment to create more realistic-looking images. According to an Nvidia post, the upgrade for Forza Motorsport on PC “enables you to create more accurate indirect lighting and occlusion across tracks and vehicles in real time, enhancing visual fidelity and realism.” That’s it.New RTGI lighting applies to all…
OpenAI has launched its “12 Days of OpenAI” series livestream with the announcement of a new, more expensive tier of its flagship chatbot. Starting today, ChatGPT users can pay $200 per month for ChatGPT Pro. The package includes unlimited access to the company’s latest model o1. After a limited preview earlier this year, o1 is now faster and 34 percent less likely to make critical errors when answering difficult real-world questions.ChatGPT Pro also comes with GPT-4o, o1-mini, and access to the company’s Advanced Voice mode, but the reason most power users are likely to splurge is because the chatbot doesn’t…
The bubbly hot pink writing seems to be written on the walls of Formstars. Square Enix announced Thursday that the next season of 4×4 “Party Shooter” will be its last. To be fair, all of the game’s online services will still be available after the final season ends, and there will also be events for those who play the game. However, since development has ended (after switching to a free-to-play model in October), it’s hard to imagine that the Splatoon-meets-Fortnite shooter will last long in this world.Foamstars’ final season, capitalized “PARTY GOES ON!”, runs from December 13th to January 17th.…
Over the past year or so, electric vehicle manufacturers have become a little friendlier to each other, at least when it comes to charging networks. Many automakers now support Tesla’s North American Charging System (NACS), which is quickly becoming an industry standard. Now, Rivian is opening its doors to drivers of other brands’ EVs.For the first time, non-Rivian EV drivers will be able to charge their batteries at the company’s charging locations. This pertains to the next generation Rivian Adventure Network charging locations. Its first facility opens today at Joshua Tree Charging Outpost in California. Rivian plans to open more…