The United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is currently assessing robot dogs fitted with artificial intelligence-targeting guns. The “robodogs” are developed by Ghost Robotics, with a view to a potential future deployment on the battlefield, equipped with advanced gun systems from defense tech specialists Onyx Industries. It has entered into a partnership with AimLock to concentrate on the inclusion of remote lethal tools into autonomous systems in the air, on the ground, and at sea. MARSOC is using Ghost Robotics machines known as quadrupedal unmanned ground ve ..read more

Demetrious Johnson, a former mixed-martial arts champion who fought in the UFC, recently offered insight as to how that promotion’s stars are paid for the use of their likeness in EA Sports’ video game. According to Johnson, the more players who use a fighter, the more that star gets paid. In a video clip shared on X, Johnson says he once received a $25,000 check for appearing in the EA Sports UFC series, which launched in 2014. Demetrious Johnson Explains How Fighters Are Paid Through UFC Games: “The more you guys use a character, the more that fighter gets paid!” pic.twitter.com/Iv0ZG2DKuX ..read more

Now here’s a real blast from the past. Back in the mid-90s, a little-known company called Bungie released Marathon for the Apple Macintosh. To all intents and purposes it was a clone of Doom for the Mac, but it was so much more when you look back over history. In a series that went on to span three games that, unsurprisingly, went on to become known as the Marathon Trilogy, you could argue that it is one of the most important games, well ever. Bungie as we know went on to develop and make a huge success out of Destiny and Halo so you would be well within your rights to suggest that Marathon i ..read more

If you’re eager to jump on the Fallout bandwagon with the rest of the world, this is the bargain for you – get yourself Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas plus throw in Prey for $4.99. Fanatical, the digital games storefront, currently has a “build your own bundle” PC deal where you can choose three games from a selection of 19 (there are options for five or seven games too, for even greater savings), and grab a Steam key for less than two dollars each. Not bad for a franchise that drew in nearly five million players since the success of the TV show. It’s entirely possible that you are planning ..read more

After the closure of three Bethesda-owned game studios and the absorption of another earlier this week, Xbox president Sarah Bond has partly blamed the rising cost of making “beautiful triple-A blockbuster games” as a factor in the decision. Speaking at the Bloomberg Tech Summit, Bond was immediately questioned about the layoffs and studio shutdowns that have plagued Microsoft since early this year. The tech giant cut 1,900 jobs in its gaming department in January. This week’s closures include Tango Gameworks, developers of the award-winning Hi-Fi Rush, and Arkane Austin, who made classic imm ..read more

Microsoft announced this week that they plan on launching their own mobile game app store to compete with Apple and Google. The store will be browser-based and initially focused on Microsoft’s own games. There will be discounts and promotions for in-game items for popular titles like Candy Crush Saga. In the future, the tech giant will open the storefront to other publishers. Sarah Bond, president of Xbox, announced the store at Bloomberg’s technology summit on Thursday, May 9. She said that the purpose of creating a browser-based store rather than an app is to ensure it is “accessible across ..read more

A Microsoft workplace study has uncovered how workers feel about artificial intelligence (AI), with almost two in three workers stating they don’t have enough time or energy to do their jobs. The report compiled findings from 31,000 respondents from 31 countries as well as a deep dive into “trillions of aggregated productivity signals in Microsoft 365, along with labor market trends on LinkedIn”. Microsoft’s 2023 Annual Work Trend Index, the fourth time the tech giant has conducted the poll, contains a lot of useful information on how professionals view their contemporary workplace, with just ..read more

To say people are excited for the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6 might be the understatement of the year, so it’s no surprise that a new webpage that popped up then disappeared on Rockstar Games’ website has sent people into a feral frenzy. Earlier this week (May 8), the Grand Theft Auto 6 Reddit community spotted a new placeholder page on Rockstar Games’ website relating to the upcoming sequel. This led to a flurry of analysis and speculation BREAKING: Placeholder link for the GTA 6 cover art along with placeholder screenshot links have been found today on the Rockstar website! byu/ProudBoiii ..read more

It’s really quite annoying when games gatekeep your storage size. Lots of games do it and it’s a real pain, especially in games where there is lots to collect for various quests and missions. Gray Zone Warfare, while being a lot of fun is suffering a little from the problem It is still in Early Access so there is a chance to put things right in the future, but for now, how do you increase your storage options, and can you even increase them in the first place. Can you increase your storage size? Yes, this is really annoying. You can increase your storage but the only way to do it is by purcha ..read more

The latest class of inductees to the World Video Game Hall of Fame at the Strong National Museum of Play include Asteroids, the Ultima, Resident Evil, and SimCity series, joining the groundbreaking Myst as works recognized for their significance overall to video games and interactive entertainment. There is, however, one notable omission, and it might bother a lot of fans spanning multiple generations: Metroid. Nintendo’s space adventure, which began with 1986’s Metroid for the Nintendo Entertainment System, did not make the cut. This despite a nearly 40-year publishing history of the series ..read more