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Microsoft Copilot is spreading through all the company’s products, but under the hood, it’s just a version of OpenAI’s GPT AI models. That means not all copilots are created equal. Depending on your subscription status and where you’re talking to Copilot, you might get a more capable AI model. Microsoft has announced a significant upgrade

Image: Team Cherry Update [Thu 4th Apr, 2024 03:25 BST]: Earlier this week, the Xbox store page for Hollow Knight: Silksong went live. Attached to this was an ESRB rating for the game. Now, in an update, it’s been discovered the sequel has also rated in South Korea in February 2024, so hopefully, it will

Following on from the news that Hollow Knight: Silksong is now available to Wishlist on Xbox consoles comes news that the game has now been rated in South Korea. We have all been waiting some time for news on the project, which has been been in the works for quite some time. Now that Hollow

Last week, Embracer Group announced it was selling Gearbox Software to Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two for $460 million. Hours after the sale, some Gearbox employees announced on social media that they had been let go from the company. Today, Gearbox has confirmed these departures. In a statement to Eurogamer, Gearbox states that an unknown

Those who play online survival games are pirates, pioneers, gang leaders, and ambushers. They form strong alliances and establish long-lasting rivalries. If video games are able to foster interesting, often hilarious, and always engaging player behavior, than this genre in particular is a petri dish in which it flourishes. Dune Awakening looks to be no

Apple is continuing to hammer away at its ideal on-device AI assistant, and according to its own researchers, they’re already on pace to beat the biggest player in the industry. In a paper published to the arXiv Thursday, Apple AI specialists boasted that their local model “substantially outperforms” GPT4, the technology behind ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini,

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube763k If you’re fond of the charming Dadish series on Switch, then you’ll be pleased to know that it’s heading into the third dimension next month with Dadish 3D. Launching on 23rd April, 2024, Dadish 3D stars, well, Dadish as he embarks on his ‘craziest adventure yet’ to locate his

Tetris 99 has been available to play for over 5 years now. Nevertheless, the game continues to receive a lot of support. When there isn’t updates, the game is receiving themes that fans can get from Maximus Cups. Most of the new themes involve a first-party game that recently released on the Nintendo Switch. This

Red Candle Games made its name developing psychological horror titles such as Detention and Devotion, but its third game, Nine Sols, sees the studio veer into the action genre. First revealed in 2021, the Sekiro-inspired title is coming on May 29. Nine Sols sports a hand-drawn art direction and an aesthetic that blends sci-fi, cyberpunk,

The next chapter in the saga of the Silent Hill 2 remake may be upon us. We’ve known for a while now that the remake of the horror classic would arrive in 2024, but we may soon get a more concrete date. This is thanks to, as it’s often the case, a games rating board

The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ozone layer is compromised, its ability to absorb radiation weakens, allowing more UV rays than usual to permeate the atmosphere’s innermost layers. This is known to contribute to climate change.  The Ozone Layer: One

Can you believe we’re already a quarter way through the year? 2024 might be rushing by, but we’ve still got plenty of great games to look forward to on Nintendo Switch. We’ve been busy rounding up our usual selection of games headed to retail over the next couple of months, including some highlights picked by

Believe it or not, Pokemon GO is still alive. In fact, this year will mark 8 years since the game originally launched, and Niantic is already beginning to look towards the game’s 10th anniversary in 2026. Senior vice president of Pokémon Go Ed Wu even discussed the matter in a brand new interview with Eurogamer.

If you finished Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and are curious to learn more about how it came to be, Sony and Square Enix have released a new making-of series called Inside Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The four-part series features interviews with thirty of the game’s lead designers, such as director Naoki Hamaguchi, creative director Tetsuya Nomura,

It turns out that what – at the time – felt like novel fun, was in fact one of the more forgettable gaming experiences of my life. That’s The Elder Scrolls: Blades in a nutshell for you, really. A mobile game that feels impressive during your first dungeon, and even your second, but the novelty

When Apple revealed the existence of the M1 Ultra SoC back in 2021, it announced it had hidden an ultra-fast connector on the edge of the previously-announced Max chip. This allowed two Max chips to be joined to function as a single chip, resulting in the M1 Ultra. Apple repeated this pattern with the M2

Image: Capcom Capcom has shared a bunch of the “most popular” comments from a recent ‘Capcom Town’ survey – revealing what games, series, and things fans are thinking about the most. It’s a mix of words, games, and requests. Here are some of the most mentioned games and words that popped up, as highlighted by

In an unusual turn of events, a McDonald’s-branded Nintendo DSi made a brief appearance on a second-hand hardware store’s shelves in Japan before swiftly being removed from sale. This specialized DSi was originally created by McDonald’s as a training tool for its staff, featuring software known as the ‘eCrew Development Program’. McDonald’s utilized these DSi

Embracer Group has divested Gearbox Entertainment from its stable of video game studios, with Take-Two Interactive purchasing the company for $460 million. This sale is part of Embracer’s massive, ongoing restructuring designed to cut costs after a planned $2 billion deal with Saudi Arabia-backed Savvy Games Group fell through in 2023. The sale comes three

Hello there, Helldivers 2 folks. You’ll probably be glad to know that the forces of Super Earth are now moving on the automaton-infested Troost, having just wrestled control of Vandalon IV. To be fair, they’ve had help from two huge new guns, one of which certainly seems like it might be a new fan favourite.

A vast international team of astronomers has captured the most intricate image yet of Sagittarius A* (SgrA*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Taken using the Event Horizon Telescope, the image features brushstroke-like light shadows that offer hints about the black hole’s inner workings. SgrA*—or our understanding of it—has come

Image: Sega Sega has announced that it has sold Relic Entertainment to an unspecified investor and will cut a total of 240 jobs across multiple teams in Europe. As reported by IGN, the job losses will be split across Sega Europe, Creative Assembly, and Sega Hardlight. It’s reported that the latter will be the least

Nintendo of America‘s Washington state headquarters is home to multiple divisions. One of them is a group of contractors that helps test Nintendo products, including their video games and hardware. Earlier today, it was confirmed that this group of contractors is going to be restructured and downsized. According to Nintendo in a statement sent to

The Marvel Universe is expansive and chockful of some of pop culture’s greatest heroes. NetEase Games is taking the word “hero” literally and placing the characters from Marvel in a free-to-play 6v6 hero shooter. Marvel Rivals promises to bring the most popular and iconic superheroes and supervillains to the arena with destructible environments, unique Team-Up

Microsoft is giving away four unique Xbox Series X consoles and controllers themed after South Park: Snow Day, which was released today. You can win one of these consoles in a limited-time sweepstakes that runs from today through April 22. SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! | Release Trailer South Park: Snow Day launch trailer. In collaboration

If you haven’t already, you’ll soon see AI-generated summaries and roundups at the top of your Google search results. Google’s “Search Generative Experience,” or SGE, was previously reserved for users who opted in. Still, now the tech giant plans to force it upon anyone who initiates a search from within the United States. Introduced exactly

At the time of writing, the game has a “Mixed or Average” Metascore of 74, but we’re keen to hear your thoughts on Peach’s performance. Have you caught the show over the weekend? Finished it already or are you grabbing some ice cream during the intermission? Got little ones who are enjoying it? Feel free

Prominent SEGA Atlus leaker Midori, who has an excellent track record when it comes to leaks, has talked a little more about the upcoming Street of Rage game and the Virtua Fighter franchise. The newly revamped Streets of Rage is currently being developed by Canadian studio Komi Games, who previously worked on Mighty Fight Federation.

Last week, Dragon’s Dogma 2 was released to critical acclaim followed by intense fan backlash. While the game itself is enjoyable to most, it launched with microtransactions that provide in-game currency, as well as a litany of technical issues for some players. Today, Capcom outlined some of its plans to update the game in the

When you release a sequel to a hit indie game, do you play it safe and stay true to the original vision, or do you take a chance and go off in new, interesting directions? It’s a tricky question that many studios have had to face throughout the years, and while taking that leap to