Maestro’s biggest problem? Bradley Cooper’s open hunger for an Oscar

Activision-Blizzard has been the centre of a lot of controversy over these past few years. After a lawsuit went public, detailing «numerous complaints about unlawful harassment, discrimination, and retaliation» and a «frat boy» culture, plus claims from former CEO Bobby Kotick that the whole thing was just an «aggressive labour movement,»  the company finally settled last year.

An unnamed former Activision executive is taking the Call of Duty publisher to court in California, accusing the company of age discrimination and violating the state's whistleblower protection law. Said executive is a 57-year-old who worked at the company from 2014; apparently, he and six other men aged 47 or older were cut from a team of 200, as part of broader Activision Blizzard restructuring efforts last August.

AI Roundup: Several notable developments took place in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) today, January 4. Microsoft launched the Copilot key, a key that can summon Microsoft's AI chatbot at just a press of a button. Meanwhile, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday said that AI will be one of the two key issues for Italy during its one-year presidency of the G7. Nearly 58 pct of the researchers think that AI could have catastrophic effects, according to a new survey. All this, and more in today's AI roundup.

Jason Blum's Blumhouse and James Wan's Atomic Monster, two of the biggest horror production companies in Hollywood, have officially merged. 

Since Final Fantasy 7 Remake launched in 2021 and given how events played out, everyone has had the same question regarding a particular character’s fate Speaking to Game Informer, director Naoki Hamaguchi and creative director Tetsuya Nomura talk about how the team approached. Spoilers follow for Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the original game, so be warned.

One D&Dis set to shake up when it arrives as the newest incarnation of the roleplaying game in 2024, and some of its changes are easy to get excited about. Anticipation for One D&D is somewhat mixed, with contentious choices and a recent history of game license changes serving to sacrifice some goodwill from the tabletop community. Even so, there are plenty of new ideas coming in 2024 that have solid foundations and interesting implications.

Whether you got a new gaming PC, a Steam Deck, or an Asus ROG Ally for the holidays, or you just want more kindling for your backlog, Fanatical is selling some stellar Steam games at bargain prices, beating the sale prices of Steam’s very own Winter Sale. You can build a bundle containing two games for $14.99, three for $21.99, five for $34.99, or a whopping seven games for just $47.99.

Lawrence Sullivan, also known as the Florida Joker, has issued a "final warning" to Rockstar Games and is demanding $5 million for the parody of him in the GTA 6 reveal trailer.

The world of artificial intelligence keeps developing at an exponential rate. Just a few months ago, we saw multimodal large language models (LLM), that were capable of generating responses in voice as well as images. Now, we have AI models that can even generate videos from simple text prompts. Technically, there was only one such AI model accessible to the public by Runway, but now we have another. Pika Labs, the AI firm, has launched its AI video generator, Pika 1.0, and has opened its waitlist to the public.

has some explaining to do. Not only did its predecessor, , change a ton of story beats from the original game, but it's already promised to include a number of brand-new surprises and shake-ups. And the original didn't explain everything perfectly, either. Between the questions raised by what connections already exist, and the further wrinkle created by 's now-pointless ending, there's a lot that has to account for.

Happy December, Polygon readers! It’s the last weekend before the Christmas holiday, and we’ve got a whole sack full of exciting new releases on streaming and VOD for you!

For players on Nintendo Switch, seeds are a great way to generate new scenic and resource-rich worlds. The Trails and Tales update added new content to the game, but at its heart, is still very much the same game it’s always been. To generate its infinite worlds, relies on seeds: essentially random numbers used for world generation. Sharing seeds allows players to share their favorite custom worlds.