9 Women Changing the Future of Robotics

If the tilt below is any meter reading , the future of robotics looks bright . These women have moved the field forward in some major ways , let in developing robots that can traverse treacherous terrain , hold conversation , and roleplay like part of the kin . Look to these nine brilliant ladies for an idea of what to expect from the robots of tomorrow . 1. CYNTHIA BREAZEAL Cynthia Breazeal think that the robot of the future will have excellent social skills ....

May 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1267 words · Brandy Short

Chinese telco Tencent invests in Epic Games

Today it was announced that Chinese telecommunications and internet companyTencent Holdingshas acquired a minority stake in Epic Games. This is being called a strategic investment. Epic will continue to work independently, continuing to make more games for more platforms. A press release says that the deal is expected to close this month. “Tencent’s investment will empower Epic to help us do even more of what we do best, which is making great games and game technology....

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Emily Wilson

Cyberpunk cinematic platformer The Last Night looks rad

Raw Fury signed on as publisher This teaser trailer for Odd Tales’The Last Nighthas mere seconds of non-logo footage and yet here I am sharing it with you lovely people. It checks off more than a few boxes with its cyberpunk setting, eye-catching art direction (wait’ll you see the gif), and genre influences (Another World,Flashback). I’m not sure if we ever covered it here on the site or if it just made the rounds on the community blogs, butThe Last Nightwas preceded by agame-jam entryof the same a couple years ago, and it’s playable to this day right in your browser....

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Ross Jackson

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT launches next January, you can poke your eye out with its collector’s edition

Europe has to wait a bit longer though I’ve been anxiously anticipatingDissidia Final Fantasy NTever since we started seeing footage of its Japanese arcade edition, but luckily, not only was it confirmed for a PlayStation 4 release some time ago, we won’t have to wait too much longer for it. Releasing January 11 in Japan, and January 30 in North America (but Europe is stuck with a vague “Early 2018” window), you can nab the Ultimate Collector’s Edition (exclusively) from the Square Enix Online Store....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Keith Davis

DMCA changing to allow abandonware “archival”, inadvertently piracy

Yahoo News hasan articleup outlining a new clarification of theDMCAthat is set to allow for legal archival of older, no-longer-maintained games. It also allows for legal cracking of the copy protection present on these games. This is great news for gamers and fans of older games as PC titles from as recently as 5 years ago are almost impossible to find in retail outlets and you have to go to great lengths to acquire them legally under the previous rules....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · Melissa Ross

Facebook Kills the Wrong Likes

What sassy chaos will Facebook bestow in the fresh twelvemonth ? How will it contend with a unexampled political dynamic ? Will Zuckerberg stick to his “ no more one-year challenge ” pledge ? To kick affair off , the world ’s big societal web is hold some changes to Pages including the retirement of “ the likes of . ” On Wednesday , Facebookannounceda broad range of changes to its Pages feature ....

May 17, 2025 · 3 min · 543 words · Troy Leon

Fireball Down Under: Researchers Uncover Older-Than-Earth Meteorite

When you purchase through data link on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it work . When a dark-green bolide streaked above the Australian Outback in November , meteorite researchers went hunting for the space rock that caused this cosmic display . This week , they annunciate winner after pulling ameteoriteout of the salty clay near a remote lake bed in the desert ....

May 17, 2025 · 4 min · 674 words · Joseph Johnson

For the Love of Sweatpants, Get Off the Couch Already

This winter has been one of the warmest in history , so , no , you ca n’t employ crappy weather as the reason you ’ve gained 15 pounds and now have a pet name for your support elbow room sofa . Just take it . You ’re lazy . However , if you cansummon the energy to take this short sketch , you could win aFitbit Fitness Tracker — the perfect gizmo for the athletically disinclined ....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 246 words · Jerome Holt

Full Control’s Jagged Alliance: Flashback detailed

Kickstarter for new game is live Space Hulkdeveloper Full Control had alreadyshared its planto work onJagged Alliancewith promises of a turn-based game that would stay true to the beloved tactical series. Now, we’ve got the proper announcement forFlashback, the new title that will focus on the founding of mercenary organization A.I.M. — if funded, that is.You knew this was coming. “Jagged Alliance 2was possiblythegame that made me into a turn-based fan,” said Full Control CEO Thomas Lund....

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Jason Cantu

GDC: Valve, virtual reality, and the Oculus Rift

Our janky eyes make all of it really hard Back in the day, everyone thought virtual reality was going to be the future of games. We made movies, TV shows, and even very bad early attempts to make head-mounted displays. All of those devices failed, and over time, VR dropped out of our collective imaginations. With theOculus Riftjust a little ways off, and more and more people in the gaming community getting their hands on demo units, Valve tried to portTeam Fortress 2to the thing and share what they learned from that experience to other developers in a pair of talks....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · George Brown

Get Your Own Festivus Pole

Screw Xmas trees . Festivus Poles are where it ’s at . And now you’re able to get your own 2′ 8″ or 6′ model to celebrate Festivus the style it was mean to be celebrated . With the people you detest . Reader Keebler partake his experience : image … is the wrestling match often involved in Festivus ( between me and Sanchez ( a girl ) ) and the only thing that can end Festivus : pinning the fountainhead of the household ....

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · Lisa Roth

Go behind the scenes with DiRT 3

It can be hard to get into developer diaries — unless you’re an uber fan of the game in question — but this first installment in a series of behind-the-scenesDiRT 3videos is neat. While it’s usual for these sorts of things to go down in office buildings, Codemasters went out to the tracks for this one. Not much of the game itself is shown here, although afterDiRT 2, they already have me on board....

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Alex Young

Go cop the demo for fan-made Super Mario Galaxy 2.5

Oh, you cuh-RAYzay hackers! What magic will you perform next? Some rosy-cheeked tinkerers have decided to hack the data forSuper Mario Galaxy 2to create a suite of custom levels calledSuper Mario Galaxy 2.5. The hack isn’t finished yet, but you can see the fruits of their labor so far in the video above. And is that a remake of Bob-Omb Battlefield fromSuper Mario 64that I spy? Super Mario Galaxy 2is one of the greatest 3D platformers of all time, so any modification may lack the high level of polish we’re accustomed to....

May 17, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Jeffrey Rodriguez