Random video game news... video random news game

[kanisatha]

19 hours ago, Wormerine said:

If AI could truly think for itself, wouldn’t it just develop its own biases and bull****?

Possibly. It's simply a question of the thing (humans) I am extremely disillusioned with versus another thing (future AI) that is still an unknown.

[uuuhhii]

On 12/20/2025 at 12:26 AM, Bartimaeus said:

Why is Europa Universalis 5 in the Steam Awards for Most Innovative Gameplay

 

vic are not popular

so it would be innovative for most player

[Malcador]

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/video-game-developer-vince-zampella-crash-call-of-duty/3819576/

RIP Vince Zampella

[Wormerine]

Time to play a game: “let’s overanalyse each word that comes from Tim’s mouth to try to figure out what he is working on at Obsidian:

5:00

Outer Worlds may very well be the last IP I ever make. I don’t know, I am not sure, in fact who knows.

1) Tim knows I am watching and is too smart to reveal he is working on a new IP

2) Tim works on existing IP

3) Tim works on a new IP, but it is not his. 

I still know nothing. 

[melkathi]

With the trends, it is Arcanum II - an online multiplayer survival crafting souls-like.

[Hurlshort]

4 hours ago, melkathi said:

With the trends, it is Arcanum II - an online multiplayer survival crafting souls-like.

Arcanum would round out their current stable of games. Space Fantasy, Fantasy Fantasy, Kids Fantasy, and Steampunk Fantasy.

[melkathi]

Though do we know who owns the rights to the IP after Troika went under?

[Sarex]

43 minutes ago, melkathi said:

Though do we know who owns the rights to the IP after Troika went under?

From what I remember Activision, which means MS, which means it's possible.

[Mamoulian War]

On GOG it is sold under Activision.

[MrBrown]

https://www.eurogamer.net/ps5-jail-break-star-wars-racer-revenge

[Sven_]

Did Obsidian predict the memory crisis? 


Case in point: TOW2 seems pretty playable with 8 GB of system RAM ("for the most part"). And as you may know, system memory is now as expensive as a graphics card.
 

I'm personally still rocking 16GB (plus a 12GB GPU), by the way. No probs in the likes of Indiana Jones or KCD2 either. Despite having a 32GB kit lying here since early Summer 2025... (ordered on a discount, when news appeared that prodcution of DDR4 would slow down/stop). Placing a bet that 16GB will only become really a "no-no-no" once the PS6 hits. This is a console generation that even has a 10GB machine -- 10GB total: the Series S. Else you're mostly still fine. Except for streaming, extreme modding, Star Citizen and multitasking, that is. There's more memory intensive tasks than gaming either way.

But as memory has been mostly dirt cheap for so long, people had stockpiled RAM sticks. In the past 20 years, I never paid more than 50-70 bucks when building a new system equipped with then "recommended" AAA gaming RAM capacity. Not minimum, recommended. So enthusiasts had basically double that -- or more. 

 

Edited yesterday at 08:42 AM by Sven_

[Mamoulian War]

8 hours ago, Sven_ said:

... Despite having a 32GB kit lying here since early Summer 2025... 

 

[Sven_]

19 hours ago, Mamoulian War said:

Tbf, it's the (still) cheaper DDR4.  Bought on a big discount when the news appeared that production would slow down and eventually stop... (Who could have predicted a crisis that makes Asus re-consider AM4 motherboards?)

Edited 10 hours ago by Sven_

[Wormerine]

On 1/3/2026 at 7:35 AM, Sven_ said:

I'm personally still rocking 16GB (plus a 12GB GPU), by the way. No probs in the likes of Indiana Jones or KCD2 either. Despite having a 32GB kit lying here since early Summer 2025... 

I did buy and install extra two 8GB sticks, adding my total RAM to 32. I am kinda glad I did it now.