AI risks repeating social media era's mistakes: Microsoft president

Square Enix has announced SaGa Emerald Beyond for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, PC, iOS, and Android. It will launch digitally in early 2024 worldwide.

During their September 2023 Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed the next title in the SaGa franchise as SaGA Emerald Beyond. The title will serve as a standalone entry in the franchise. We also got a reveal trailer showing off the cool character design and gameplay.

Today, StatusPRO has officially announced the sequel to the virtual reality quarterback game NFL PRO ERA. Baltimore Ravens Quarterback Lamar Jackson will return as the cover athlete for NFL PRO ERA II. The game will release on September 21 officially on the Meta Quest Store, Official PlayStation Store and Steam platforms. The game allows players to compete as the quarterback of their favorite NFL team, as it is officially licensed by the NFL, so expect real teams and real players. StatusPRO was founded by Andrew “Hawk” Hawkins, who is a former NFL wide receiver, along with Troy Jones, a former athlete and finance executive.

Among the many secrets in Dragonflight Patch 10.2, the Cowl of the Wolf Ancient is a special cosmetic wolf helmet available only to Orc characters, hidden inside the Emerald Dream! The Cowl can be found immediately after finishing Call of the Dream and entering the Emerald Dream, hidden away inside a cave on the westernmost island, with no other requirements to obtaining it — simply fly over to the cave entrance at 33,81 on the map and loot the cowl from its stand next to the oddly lifelike Statue of the Great Wolf. The Cowl is lootable from this little skull stand adjacent to the Great Wolf, though only Orc and Mag'har Orcs can use it. Non-Orcs aren't completely left out though! While not required to obtain the helm, that statue holds a different secret which any player can obtain with a minor detour. Shortly down the path at 30,80 on the map, players may see a shiny Mark of Goldrinn sitting upon a boulder. Interacting with it will trigger a 60 second Wolf Spirit Guardian buff during which an Honored Wolf Spirit will follow you. Bring the spirit to that Statue of the Great Wolf (aided by the convenient Treasure Chest icon on your minimap), and it will have a special dialogue option, revealing a nearby treasure chest containing the Claw of Lo'Gosh! Unlike the Cowl, the Claw is usable by all characters that can equip fist weapons! Back outside the cave, players may spot a similar Mark of Ursol outside, which activates a similar 60 second buff and accompanying bear spirit leading to another treasure, but we'll save that mystery for another time!

Until September 17, 2023, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet players can challenge the 7-Star Psychic Tera Type Mewtwo. Needless to say, this is a special event compared to past 7-Star raids. Players are highly encouraged to live out their Pokémon: The First Movie dreams by redeeming Mystery Gift Mew and challenging Mewtwo with the best Mew you can build.

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney has suggested titles that feature generative AI will be allowed on the Epic Games Store.

No matter the company or the “field” they are in, there are always certain “constants” that they try to achieve. The biggest one is that they desire every year to be good, profitable, memorable, and a “banner year” for the company in some form. This can be especially true in the gaming space, as companies need to perform well every year to prove they can go up against their competitors and maintain their slice of their market. For 2023, there’s little doubt that Nintendo has had a year for the record books, and not just on the gaming side of things.

No matter how many there have been since, one Legendary Pokémon design stands tall to this day — and that’s Mewtwo.

When employees leave Google to join the artificial intelligence startup race, the search giant still has a way to benefit — by keeping those former workers as cloud customers.

Chinese law enforcement may be behind a disinformation operation that’s been trying to spread propaganda across dozens of social networks, according to Facebook’s parent Meta. 

As children return to school, two issues are rising to the top of their parents' concerns: the impact of social media and the internet on children's lives.

Microsoft has partnered Sam Altman led OpenAI, a company that was famously funded by billionaire Elon Musk, to make rapid strides in the field of artificial intelligence. The company has taken up the cudgels against other tech majors including the likes of Google and Meta Platforms. This puts the company's president, Brad Smith, in the perfect position to speak on the issue that has divided the globe down the middle about its massive potential for good as well as an equal potential to do harm to humanity.