July 26, 2024

PlayStation’s live service game won’t have a battle pass, developer Firewalk Studios has confirmed. 4 VIEW GALLERY – 4 IMAGES Sony has a unique game plan with its live service ambitions: Instead of going free-to-play, the PlayStation-maker wants to merge the worlds of premium and GaaS in one package. The company’s next live game, Concord, will be sold at a premium $40 and will not rely on a battle pass to secure post-release monetization. “You

As sales of GPU-based AI accelerators remain as strong as ever, the immense demand for these cards has led to some server builders going off the beaten path in order to get the hardware they want at a lower price. While both NVIDIA and AMD offer official card configurations for servers, the correspondingly high price of these cards makes them a significant financial outlay that some customers either can’t afford, or don’t want to pay.

Rest easy: GTA 6 won’t be delayed because of the recent game actors’ strike, a spokesperson has confirmed to Kotaku. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES Last night, the SAG-AFTRA union advised all game actors to go on strike due to concerns with AI. Unionized performers across all disciplines–motion capture, stunt people, and voice-over artists–are now on strike until proper resolutions can be made with billion-dollar publishers like Electronic Arts, Epic Games, and Take-Two Interactive.