Zelda fans have spent years animating their own vision for a movie

EA has patented the ability to generate in-game voice acting using a player’s own voice.

The action-packed possibilities of might seem like the obvious path for the upcoming game to take, but it turns out that early concepts were substantially different. Developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft, the open-world title takes on the world of Pandora from James Cameron's films, showing things from the perspective of a Na'vi protagonist raised by the human colonizing force of the RDA. Exploring the planet is accompanied by the brand of action segments that Ubisoft is known for, with opportunities for infiltration and destruction that can be accomplished with Na'vi and human weapons alike.

Cyber Monday deals are here and if you're a Legend of Zelda fan there are some particularly special surprises in store. Open up the treasure chest and bask in that twinkly sound effect, because we've found all the biggest offers for Link fans across the US. 

Meeting the journalistic Rito Penn in offers some fascinating new lore regarding the Rito as a whole. Unlike other notable races like the Hylians and Gorons, the Rito have only appeared in a small handful of games, including. As a result, there is much more room to develop their species’ abilities and culture than the other inhabitants of Hyrule, something which has subtly taken advantage of.

Today, November 24, governments took center stage in making major artificial intelligence-related announcements. IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the government of India has launched a crackdown on deepfakes, particularly their usage in videos. In other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the West should not be allowed to develop a monopoly in the sphere of AI at an AI conference in Moscow. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.

With Insomniac Games, the developer of the series of games going on to create a video game starting Wolverine, , a question emerges regarding which other Marvel superheroes deserve their own game. Despite producing enormously popular comics, movies, and TV shows, Marvel has arguably only reached its video game peak fairly recently. While many of Marvel's most notable figures have been the leading characters in video games, only a select few of the adaptations of the comic book giant's franchises come even remotely close to the quality of gameplay or storytelling that the most recent series of games possess.

Beloved indie outlet Annapurna have made their first-ever acquisition in the video game space, snapping up the studio responsible for co-developing a number of their biggest hits.

Remnant 2 is one of 2023's unique experiences, a third person roguelike Soulslike shooter with a heavy focus on procgen environments that is really rather excellent. It's a game designed for multiple playthroughs, solo and co-op, all of which should turn out differently. And it's also brutally tough when it starts ramping up with the highest difficulty, Apocalypse, inspiring a bit of moaning even among the die-hards.

On the heels of the success of its Sonic the Hedgehog movies, Sega revealed that it would like to adapt more of its franchises into movies. Sega COO Shuji Utsumi, speaking with CNBC, mentioned Persona as well as the Like a Dragon franchises as potential targets for movie adaptations.

Web3 studio Avalon Corp this week officially revealed its new metaverse-style MMO, Avalon. This game allows users to create their own worlds using the company’s tools, and then share them with others. The new platform is part of the company’s efforts to build an interoperable digital world, for which purpose it raised $14 million earlier this year.

A Zelda fan - and university professor - is using Tears of the Kingdom to teach undergraduate engineering students in the US. 

Today, international and fully remote studio AVALON announced its first project, an MMO-like metaverse namesake with a focus on user-generated content.