Fortnite is introducing new AI-powered NPCs capable of real-time, generative conversations Creators can customize these NPCs’ personalities and voices using the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) In ...

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Everstone Studio can create such an expansive world and give it away to players for free, look at where the money's coming from. The publishing power of NetEase is well-versed in live-service ...

Ubisoft is debuting new game experience “Teammates” from the developers behind its 2024 project “Neo NPC,” which the French gaming giant says will show how “generative AI-driven gameplay can shape a ...

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...

There’s this thing happening right now where our feeds are turning into the weirdest episodes of Black Mirror. One day, you’re scrolling, and America’s Dad, Tom Hanks, tries to sell you a dental plan.

If you missed the initial video, which blew up on social media sites like Reddit and X, here's what kicked everything off. In it, Twitch streamer Blurbs headshots an NPC, only for the game to suddenly ...

From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic glimpse into a tiny world. These water fleas (Daphnia sp.) can reproduce ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer discovered something remarkable while studying the Harlem Children's Zone. They had eliminated the racial achievement gap in math and cut it by a third in reading. But ...

Fortnite has moved on to the Shock ‘N Awesome season and the island is suffering a bug infestation. It’s all hands on deck, including that of the NPCs, and here are the locations of every member of ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have grown a first-of-its-kind organoid mimicking an entire human brain, complete with rudimentary blood vessels and neural activity. This new "multi-region brain organoid" ...