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Zero Escape Writer Is Pro-AI, Believes His New Studio’s Game Wouldn’t Have Been Canceled If He’d Used It To Cut Costs

Kotaro Uchikoshi understands the resistance to AI, but feels it is necessary to cut costs and make games faster

By Alicia Haddick Published October 27, 2026

AI Has Triggered A PS5 Homebrew Gold Rush, But It’s Also The Reason GTA 6 Can’t Be Pirated At Release

One hacker is being accused of ruining everyone's chances of pirating GTA 6 after reporting a massive hypervisor exploit to Sony

By Lewis Parker Published October 26, 2026

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Microsoft Gives ‘Voluntary Exit Offer’ To 60,000 Employees, Roughly 25 Percent Of Its Total Workforce

The cuts come amid a heated AI race

By Ethan Gach Published October 26, 2026

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Now That The Shoe Is On The Other Foot, Microsoft And Epic Games Suddenly Agree That AI Is Theft [Update: Tim Sweeney Responds]

Rules for thee, but not for me

By Lewis Parker Updated October 27, 2026

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Epic Boss Tim Sweeney Calls Steam’s AI Declarations ‘Political’ And ‘Abhorrent’

The CEO describes revealing the use of genAI slop as a forced 'political statement'

By John Walker Published October 26, 2026

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Hackers Begin Dumping Nintendo Switch 2 Games As Expanded Exploit Breaks Console Security

New exploit allows for game dumps, but will probably be patched soon

By Alicia Haddick Published October 26, 2026

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Google’s Finnish Data Centers Were Already In Trouble Over Deforestation, Then The Wolves Came

Wildlife have slowly relocated into towns and cities due to environmental collapse, but a controversial data center in Finland suggests this phenomenon can now occur overnight with help from AI

By Zack Kotzer Published October 25, 2026

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Reddit’s Largest Open Source Community Dumbfounded By AI Ban: ‘I Guess Linux Is No Longer Allowed Here?’

Moderators of r/opensource have banned projects under a year old, anything 'made by AI,' and, bizarrely, all non-English speakers

By Lewis Parker Published October 25, 2026

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Claude’s Reverse Engineering Capabilities Used To Recompile Games May Have Been Quietly Nerfed

Claude Opus 5.5 users are reporting that Anthropic’s AI suddenly seems to be a lot worse at stealing people's intellectual property

By Lewis Parker Published October 24, 2026

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Developer Of ‘Ecosocialist’ Game Future? No Thanks! Offers Refunds After Using AI Despite Calling It ‘Technofascist’

He seems to still stand by his AI use, though

By Amelia Zollner Published October 23, 2026

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Creative Assembly Finally Addresses The Shogun 2 Remaster Disaster By Pointing Fingers

While claiming the buck stops with CA, VP Roger Collum repeatedly levels the blame elsewhere

By John Walker Published October 23, 2026

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Shigeru Miyamoto Doesn’t Know If AI Can Take Over Creativity, But Says It Could Be An ‘Opportunity’ To Define What It Means To Create

The legendary Nintendo developer made his comments while receiving a national award for his contributions to culture

By Alicia Haddick Published October 23, 2026

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The Internet Is Currently On Fire

Multiple vulnerabilities have suddenly been reported online, so let's figure out how we got here

By Lewis Parker Published October 22, 2026

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Of Course Pokémon’s Been Pulled Into The AI Decompilation Frenzy

Gotta vibe-code 'em all

Nicole Carpenter Published October 21, 2026

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Voice Of Goku Responds To AI Stealing Her Voice: ‘I Can’t Forgive Them…It Makes Me Really Angry, It’s No Different Than Theft’

A union representing gaming and anime voice actors has issued guidance on the issue after many high-profile voice actors spoke out against generative AI

By Alicia Haddick Published October 19, 2026