Video Game News 1/10/2024

#AI
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AARP's Horrible AI-Powered Mario Hologram, Explained

Why Video Game Voice Actors Don’t Love The New SAG-AFTRA Deal

Voice actors blindsided by SAG-AFTRA deal with AI company

Actors' union SAG-AFTRA strike deal to allow AI voice replicas, and video game stars are understandably pissed

Steam will now accept "the vast majority" of games using "AI" generation, but only with disclosures

CES 2024: The New Windows PC Gaming Devices Coming from Our Top Partners

Turn 10 promises big changes to address 'top three' Forza Motorsport complaints: rides, rules, and racers

Forza Motorsport pledges AI, progression, and race regulation improvements in "coming months"

Actors raise concern at "groundbreaking" SAG-AFTRA AI voice agreement

Steam adds in-game reporting of "illegal content" in AI games

Tencent and Ubisoft are up next for jumping on the AI-craze

Steam lightens its restrictions on games using AI content

Steam's revised policy to allow "the vast majority of games" using AI

Steam Changes Rules on AI to Allow "the Vast Majority of Games that Use It"

SAG-AFTRA Announces "Groundbreaking" Agreement With AI Voice Company, and It Isn't Even April 1

Steam welcomes ‘legally murky’ AI games, voice actors guild forges controversial AI deal

Valve welcomes AI games onto Steam (but only if devs promise they aren't doing anything illegal)

Turn 10 could change Forza Motorsport ‘CarPG’ progression in 2024 updates

Valve announces new rules for games with AI Content on Steam

Random: Horrific Mario Hologram Is Freaking Out CES Attendees

Valve on AI Games and Steam

Biz Buzz

SAG-AFTRA Announces Deal With AI Firm And Video Game Voice Actors Are Confused

#Steam
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Turn 10 to substantially update Forza Motorsport after game spends three months getting arse kicked on Steam

Promising dwarven roguelike indie game readies four big updates

Despite outrage, Apex Legends Final Fantasy 7 event tops Steam charts

Retro Survival Horror Alisa: Developer's Cut Corners a PS5, PS4 Release Date

Steam Officially Recognises Boomer Shooter As A Genre

Phantom Abyss Exits Early Access on January 25

Vampire Survivors Developers Tease Indie Collabs, Update 1.9, and More

New Version of The Sinking City Will Be Free for All Players

Beer Factory Released

Cozy Keep Allows Players To Be The Equipment Vendor of Their Dreams

#MinecraftLegends
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Minecraft Legends’ next update will be its last, nine months after launch

Minecraft Legends is officially dead, but new games may replace it

Minecraft Legends development officially ends today with one final content update

Minecraft Legends team moving on from development

Mojang and Blackbird will stop building on Minecraft Legends

Minecraft Legends Content Updates End With Snow vs Snouts

Minecraft Legends Development Ends As Final Update Launches

#January
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Fear not, Baldur's Gate 3 Xbox players, a firmware update is coming to fix those pesky save issues

PlayStation Plus Extra And Premium Games For January Announced

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog Additions for January Include Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, Resident Evil 2

HBO's The Last Of Us: Young Mazino Cast As Jesse For Season 2

Unity To Lay Off 1800 Employees

Twitch To Lay Off 500 Employees

League of Legends Mythic shop January – what’s on sale?

Don’t buy a second-hand RTX 4090, you may be getting scammed

Lil Guardsman Combines Papers, Please-Style Duties with an Explorable Fantasy World

Laika: Aged Through Blood release date set for January, new trailer (update)

Blizzard Bans a Record Number of Cheaters from World of Warcraft

Final Fantasy XI’s latest version update accounts for the Vana’Bout event with some apologies

PS Plus Extra & Premium January 2024 library update – Tiny Tina, Resident Evil 2 & much more

A fix for Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox save bug is coming next week

Alan Wake Is Coming to Dead by Daylight, Now Available Through Test Servers

Critically Acclaimed 'Motorvania' Laika: Aged Through Blood Gets Last-Minute Switch Delay

#BaldursGate3
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Baldur's Gate 3 not realising your quest items exist following hotfix 16? Mods might be the reason why

Spider-Man 2 Leads DICE Awards With Nine Nominations

If you love Baldur’s Gate 3, the original RPG classic is less than $5

Top 10 Funniest Baldur’s Gate 3 Moments

Baldur’s Gate 3: Best Solo Builds for an OP Lone Wolf

Baldur’s Gate 3: Should You Destroy or Control the Elder Brain in BG3?

Baldur’s Gate 3: How to Complete Wake Up Art Cullagh in BG3

Baldur’s Gate 3 Fans Share What Line Made Them Romance a Companion

Baldur’s Gate 3 Companions Get Turned Into the Scooby Gang by TikToker

Baldur's Gate 3 Developer Expects Microsoft to Solve Xbox Save Bug With Firmware Update Next Week

#Valve
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Team Fortress: Source 2 and Portal 64 Fan Projects Shut Down by Valve Takedowns

Valve updates its Steam policy on AI so it can 'release the vast majority of games that use it'

Team Fortress 2 fan remake canceled following DMCA takedown from Valve

Amazing new Half-Life 2 campaign is like a full, unofficial spin-off

#Nintendo
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Nintendo shares hit record high amid expectations of Switch 2 and further Saudi investment

Nintendo reportedly meeting with external studios to develop games with its IP

Smash Bros. Ultimate Sora amiibo release date set for February

My Nintendo adds WarioWare: Move It magnets in North America

Report: PlayStation State of Play Coming Within a Few Weeks

27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Nominees Revealed

Talking Point: What Will The 'Switch 2' Actually Be Called?

Nintendo Shares Hit Record High, Apparently Thanks To 'Switch 2' Fever

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's New Spirits Have Been Revealed, Out This Week

Nintendo Reportedly Seeking More Studios To Work On Its IP

Nintendo hits 10 trillion yen in market cap first time in 16 years

US: Many first party Nintendo games seemingly going out of print

New Smash Ultimate spirits coming January 11th

Rumor: Nintendo finding more partners to work on games based on Nintendo IPs

Jeff Grubb thinks that a Nintendo Direct “is almost certainly going to happen in February”

#ForzaMotorsport
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Turn 10 finally responds to Forza Motorsport’s biggest criticisms, but players say it's too little, too late

Message to the Motorsport Community

#Unity
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Unity To Slash 25% of Its Workforce in Order to “Refocus on Core Business”

Amazon’s Twitch lays off 500 workers over cost-cutting efforts and executive exits

Twitch and Unity hit by massive layoffs

Unity To Lay Off 1800 Employees

#Twitch
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Twitch Reportedly Cutting 500 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs

Twitch reportedly laying off 35% of staff

Morning Metaverse

#Twitter
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Twitter Quietly Scraps NFTs While Embracing AI

Preorders For Brandon Sanderson's Next Stormlight Novel Are Discounted At Amazon

SAG-AFTRA Signs Agreement To Allow Devs To Use A.I. Voices In Games

Tekken director seeks feedback from Native American community on Michelle and Julia designs

Cyperpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Boasts Impressive Attach Rate, Deemed Commercial Hit

Terraria creator asks whether you’d prefer a new game or more updates

Football Manager 2024 Crosses 6 Million Players

Random: Wait, Is Ocarina Of Time 3D Old Now?

#Tekken8
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Tekken 8 roster – every confirmed and leaked character

Tekken 8 trailer has Succession's Brian Cox talking about throwing family members off cliffs

Panda Is Fighting for Bamboo Shoots in Latest Tekken 8 Character Trailer

Next Tekken 8 Character Trailer Stars Panda

Tekken 8 Boss Explains Whether Azucena Will Really Be Nerfed After One-Sided Exhibition Match

Brian Cox Helps You Get Ready for Tekken 8 By Telling The Story So Far, and It's Highly Entertaining

Tekken 8 Panda gameplay has been released

#PS5
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How To Take Control Of Your Privacy Settings On PS5

Madden 24 Franchise Cross-Play Beta Is Now Available

New PlayStation 5 'Slim' faceplates spotted at CES

Talking Point: What Do You Want from Sony and PlayStation in 2024?

14 Games on the Way to PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week

Fake Mobile Game Ads Are the Focus of New PS5 Release

Believe It or Not, PS4 Sales Rocketed in the UK Last Year

Helldivers 2 Confirms PS5, PC Crossplay with Inspirational Gameplay Trailer

New Dragon’s Dogma 2 Gameplay Footage shows the Trickster

Famitsu review scores – January 10, 2024

PS5 Pro Announcement Not Coming Anytime Soon, Insider Suggests

Sea of Thieves PS5 Rumor Corroborated by More Reliable Sources

Here’s How Sony Makes PS5 the ‘Best’ Console to Play Games

Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story Is Coming To PlayStation And Xbox Consoles On January 31

#CES
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Sony’s New Smart Car Can Display Fortnite Ads, For Some Reason

New PS5 Slim Colors From CES Are So Damn Boring

A Creepy AI Mario Hologram Is Haunting CES 2024

#Sony
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Spider-Man spin-off Madame Web's hero suit gets a first look via... a cranberry juice bottle

PlayStation Boasts Record 123 Million Monthly Active Users, Shows Glimpse of Gravity Rush Movie

PS Plus Extra & Premium January 2024 Lineups Revealed

Activision Blizzard Deal: Judge Denies Microsoft’s Demand for More Sony Docs

#AlanWake
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Good news, fans of spookiness, Alan Wake comes to Dead By Daylight as a cool crossover survivor this month

Dead by Daylight Alan Wake Crossover Confirmed for Later This Month

Alan Wake Joins Dead By Daylight's Survivor Roster In The Next Update

Alan Wake is Coming to Dead by Daylight This Month

#PlayStation
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SteelSeries Is Releasing A New Special-Edition Gaming Headset This Month

Silent Hill 2 Remake’s Marketing Campaign Will Begin “Very Soon,” Bloober Team CEO Says

Destiny 2 – Can You Play Without PlayStation Plus?

Pilot the Popcorn Rocket for some food-based fun

#ResidentEvil2
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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for January: Resident Evil 2, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Hardspace: Shipbreaker and more

Resident Evil 2 remake, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands headline January's PlayStation Plus Catalogue additions

January PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Games Announced

#LeagueLegends
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League of Legends is getting an old man Yasuo skin, and it’s amazing

The League of Legends Season 14 cinematic is exactly what I needed

League of Legends likely unplayable on Linux / Steam Deck soon due to Vanguard anti-cheat

Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story™: A Frosty Expedition Beckons

League of Legends 2024 Season Kicks Off with 'Still Here' Cinematic Trailer

Here's The Scoop On The Upcoming 2024 League Championship Series Season