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You can just bypass Fable’s ‘complex, nuanced’ reputation system with enough gold

by admin | Jun 11, 2026 | Video Games

At last, the Fable reboot has shown off a lengthy 30 minute gameplay demo touting the word cloud-style reputation system that’ll decide whether its 1000+ NPCs laud or heckle you as you traipse through their peasant hamlets. Every character has their own values...

‘An evolved game of cat and mouse:’ Alien: Isolation 2 leads on taking the alien outside, the good kind of AI, and why a sequel took so long

by admin | Jun 10, 2026 | Video Games

Two years ago, Sega and Creative Assembly announced that they were finally working on a follow-up to our 2014 game of the year. Remarkably, in the years since Isolation there hasn’t been another stealth game that really captures its sense of dread—where most...

‘The curse of MIXED is broken:’ Suda51 & Swery65’s Hotel Barcelona claws its way to ‘Mostly Positive’ on Steam after Hail Mary patch and scrubbing AI assets

by admin | Jun 9, 2026 | Video Games

As reported by Automaton, action platformer Hotel Barcelona has finally pulled away from “Mixed” user review status on Steam to “Mostly Positive.” This came after developer White Owls Inc. updated the game in a number of ways, including...

Famous game director Fumito Ueda says his studio does not use AI for ‘game development’

by admin | Jun 8, 2026 | Video Games

In an interview with PC Gamer, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian director Fumito Ueda said that he and studio GenDesign are not using generative AI to develop the upcoming sci-fi adventure Gen Atlas, except as a project management tool.GenDesign uses...

The new Crazy Taxi has a generative AI disclosure on its Steam page, and people are not happy

by admin | Jun 7, 2026 | Video Games

It didn’t take long, but it happened to me. Less than a week after PC Gamer’s Andy Chalk wrote about how these gaming trailer livestreams would start to have their hype trains robbed and wrecked by AI disclosures, I saw it. Crazy Taxi: World Tour, a game I...
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