Why is Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima pulling out of his big speech at GDC? What are the automatons planning for Super Earth? And will Ubisoft ever figure out how to make Assassin’s Creed into a live service? It’s another edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming news, rumors, and culture. Square Enix is…
I screwed up real bad in my first few in-game days of the latest Steam hit, Quarantine Zone: The Last Check. I let an infected person into the safe zone of our military-run camp. They turned into a zombie overnight, and I woke up to dead survivors. The reason I let them in? Right now,…
Artificial intelligence and big data are reshaping digital marketing by providing new insights into consumer behaviour. The technologies allow marketers to create more personalised and effective strategies. As the digital world evolves, businesses must adapt to stay competitive. Rainmaker is an AI marketing agency that uses artificial intelligence and big data to enhance digital marketing…
Marvel’s Wonder Man finally arrives on Disney+ January 27, and somewhat belatedly has received a trailer that actually gives us an idea of the show. And it looks really good! The new trailer, that introduces the three main characters, is delivered with wit and—at last—some action. We’ve got Wonder Man himself Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), former…
Kirby Air Riders just got its first big update and it could be one of the game’s last. Director Masahiro Sakurai previously promised the Switch 2 exclusive wouldn’t be a DLC-fest like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and it sounds like he’s sticking to that. While the new balance patch adjusts a bunch of vehicles and…
Amazon Web Services’ annual tech conference AWS re:Invent has wrapped up another day with a deluge of product news and keynotes — plus the obligatory customer success stories. The unsurprising theme is AI for the enterprise. This year it’s all about upgrades that give customers greater control to customize AI agents, including one that AWS…
Microsoft is forming a new team to research superintelligence and other advanced forms of artificial intelligence. Mustafa Suleyman, who leads Microsoft’s AI division overseeing Bing and Copilot, announced the creation of the MAI Superintelligence Team in a blog post. He said he will head the group and that Microsoft plans to put “a lot of…
Apple is planning to use a custom version of Google’s Gemini model to support a major upgrade to Siri, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company may pay Google about $1 billion each year for access to technology that can create summaries and handle planning tasks. Bloomberg says Apple will run the custom model on…
To you or me, VR gaming may have quietly died away a few years back, after everyone played Half-Life: Alyx and had their fill of Beat Saber. But to the mysterious collective known as Gen Alpha, the format is alive and well and occupying everything. At the beginning of this year we told you about Gorilla Tag and…
There are two major knocks against Game Pass these days. The first is the new $30 price point for access to day-one releases. The second is the fact that you’re basically just renting and don’t actually own any of the games you play. The surprise departure of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl in November really…
