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It's a great time to grab these Switch game deals now that the Switch 2 handheld mode boost is here
Switch games have been able to run on the Nintendo Switch 2 since day one, but they haven’t always looked the best in handheld mode. Blowing up the older games’ 720p resolutions on the 1080p display left some titles looking blurry and indistinct, but now that ‘Handheld Mode Boost’ is here with update Ver. 22.0.0, that issue is long gone.This new mode allows these games to run at a higher resolution in handheld mode, basically doing the dock’s handiwork but for players on the go. That means there’s no better time to grab some cheap Nintendo Switch game deals, like…
Your citizens don't stay put in Stellaris-style 4X strategy game Final Vanguard – start a war and "entire waves of refugees can emerge"
Final Vanguard is a real-time sci-fi 4X grand strategy game that puts an unusually big emphasis on migration. We’ve seen migration mechanics in many 4X games – pops can shuffle about in Stellaris as you slop your colonies across the map, populating the periphery and slowing the development of your homeworld – but Final Vanguard’s creators Heavy Pepper Inc want the feature to be central. It’s part of an ambition “to model a civilization made up of interconnected systems that influence one another over time”, with everything from fleet manoeuvres to industry forming part of “a network of…
Capcom confirms it isn't using gen AI in its games. Hopefully it sees sense with DLSS 5, too
We’ve all seen the yaasified, DLSS 5 Leon Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft. In fact, I think I see them every night, stalking the darkened corridors of my nightmares like one of the horror game’s monsters. It’s not the prettiest sight in the world, and one that Capcom has come under fire for. Nvidia’s new AI-driven technology has quickly become a laughing stock, and while its CEO is a staunch defender of AI usage, Capcom’s kept relatively quiet on gen AI – it’s interested in “experimenting” with it for ideation, but that’s all we’ve heard so far. As part of a…
Nintendo Switch is more popular among Japanese teens than Disney, Pokémon and Nintendo itself, survey finds
Nintendo Switch is the second most popular brand among Japanese teenagers, beating out the likes of Disney and Pokémon.That’s according to a new survey by Nikkei, which asked Japanese teenagers and adults their views on various brands to determine which are the most powerful in Japan.The Brand Japan 2026 survey – the 26th such survey that has been carried out – involved a large sample size of 37,000 Japanese citizens, and looked at 1,000 brands of companies, products and services.The results were then split into two charts – one for respondents under 20 years of age, and one for all…
As Sony removes over 700 shovelware games from the PlayStation Store, one impacted publisher pledges to continue using Xbox, Nintendo, and Steam: "This was just as unexpected for us as it was for you"
There are now slightly fewer games on the PlayStation Store, as Sony has removed everything from a pair of publishers who’d been pumping games onto the platform. Around 700 releases overall, many of which used generative AI assets, were deleted as part of ongoing efforts to clean up the offerings available.The delisting was first noted by a user on the PSN Profiles forum, who noted that the entire catalog from Nostra Games is no longer available to buy. The outfit, notorious for putting out work such as Be A Bee, Angry Battalion, and Fridge Escape with regularity, had close to…
Crimson Desert devs Pearl Abyss take a first stab at control improvements with their latest patch, say Intel Arc GPU support's in the works
Huggghh-puuuhhhhh. Hughhhhh-puhhhh. If you’ve decided to try pedalling away in attempt to master Crimson Desert’s bike-like controls, Pearl Abyss’ latest patch – which also brings the likes of camp storage quicker tree felling – is good news. The developers have also acknowledged the fact they forgot to mention prior to release that the game wouldn’t run on Intel Arc GPUs, with support for those cards now in the works.
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‘What version represents the collective experience?’ AI tech like DLSS 5 causes issues when preserving games, curator says
Machine learning and AI tech like DLSS 5 and its predecessors cause issues when preserving and exhibiting games, a museum curator has warned.Last week Nvidia announced DLSS 5, the next generation of its image enhancement technology, which it claims is “the most significant breakthrough in computer graphics since the debut of real-time ray tracing”.Response to the tech was mostly negative, with players accusing it of applying an unwanted filter of generative AI visuals over the original graphics.The tech – and similar upscaling and AI enhancement tech like it – also produces problems for preservation, according to Chloe Appleby, program curator…
Crimson Desert patch kicks off Pearl Abyss's attempt to smooth out the RPG's rough controls, with boosted responsiveness and more as dev promises "this is not the end"
A huge new Crimson Desert patch is here, rolling out a number of fixes and improvements, including the addition of storage at Howling Hill Camp and more fast travel points.Patch 1.00.03 comes following a post from developer Pearl Abyss a couple of days after the massive open-world game’s launch, thanking players for their support while noting that “we have been listening closely to your feedback and doing our best to make improvements to the game.” Specifically, the devs acknowledged that “we are aware of the discomfort many players have experienced with the controls, and we are currently preparing a patch…
Oopsie, Crimson Desert's weird AI paintings weren't supposed to left in for release, Pearl Abyss claim, outlining plans to remove them
Ah, it turns out the eyebrows raised by suspiciously AI generated-looking art found throughout Crimson Desert weren’t wrong in their lanate liftage. Developers Pearl Abyss have aplogised for failing to disclose their use of asseets made using “experimental AI generative tools”, claiming that these were just mockups created early in production and were never supposed to make into the final release version of the game.