Google’s AI helped me make bad Nintendo knockoffs

This week, a new generative AI tool from Google let me create bad knockoffs of 3D Nintendo worlds. Check out my version of ...

Meet Project Genie from Google, a 'world model' it calls a stepping stone to AGI

Google has launched a new AI experiment called Project Genie, a tool that lets users build their own interactive virtual ...

Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt

World models like Genie 3 create a video that responds to your control inputs, allowing you to explore the simulation as if it were a real virtual world. Genie 3 was a breakthrough in world models ...

Make a video game where you play as your own cat in Google's new virtual world creator

Google's got a new AI tool that doesn't just create virtual scenes, but lets you explore them in 3D with the avatar of your choice.

A whole bunch of different Linux gaming distros are teaming up to 'improve the open source gaming ecosystem'

In other words, then, OGC has a large enough variety of developers to cover all bases and hopefully improve the overall Linux ...
GamingOnLinux

Surge Engine for Sonic-like platformers gets improved gamepad support and a new audio system

Love classic Sonic games and other similar platformers? The Surge Engine and the included Surge the Rabbit game are great ...
techtimes

Unreal Engine vs Unity: Game Engine Performance and Visual Quality Explained

Explore how game engine performance shapes graphics, with an objective Unreal Engine vs Unity game engine comparison to help developers balance visual quality, optimization, and platforms. Pixabay ...
The New York Times

With Macklin Celebrini as their engine, Sharks are making a surprising playoff push

After six years and a brutal but necessary and rewarding bottoming out, the Sharks are using the P-word and can do so with some true conviction. Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images ANAHEIM, Calif. — There ...
SlashGear

These Are The Only Car Companies Still Making Inline-Six Engines

One of the most beloved engine layouts in the world of cars is definitely the inline six-cylinder. This layout got its start in the early 1900s, and BMW perfected the design over time, so it should ...
Wired

The Avatar Game Is So Good, They Don’t Need to Make the Movies Anymore

The Avatar video game is better than the movies. I say this as someone who has dumbly adored James Cameron’s Avatar movies for a long time. The original 2009 film was my first ever midnight premiere, ...
GamesRadar+

"Just making a cozy game isn't enough to heal a person": Why Wanderstop and its blend of introspection and tea-making has stayed with me throughout 2025

Simulation Games Starsand Island let me be a skateboarding rabbit farmer, so you better believe it's at the top of my wishlist Adventure Games The Last of Us co-director wants to deliver a "unique ...
PCGamesN

Ex Bethesda devs' ambitious Elder Scrolls Daggerfall successor ditches UE5 for its own engine to make "a far better game"

Some games carry a certain Unreal Engine 5 look, just like some games looked like UE3 games (Gears, Arkham Asylum - I'm looking at you). The dramatic Lumen lighting, water that sparkles, dirt that ...