'There was some really fair criticism': Arc Raiders' devs understand why players were so upset about its AI use but admit that it was 'too impractical to record' every voice line

Anthropic has updated Claude Code's system prompt to prevent the AI tool from being used to recreate existing video games, as reported by Tom's Hardware. Retro gaming is currently being overrun with AI-made decompilations, recompilations, and ports, but while Anthropic will still let people use Claude Code to make games, it doesn't want people to […]

Xbox's former chief operating officer, Helen Chiang, suddenly left Microsoft less than two weeks ago after being promoted into the role in July. I wrote in my Notepad newsletter last week that it seemed very weird for Chiang to suddenly depart Microsoft after 21 years with a surprisingly short memo from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. […]

Season 1 of Modern Warfare 4 and Warzone arrives on November 6, and this fully integrates the new Call of Duty into battle royale. The season update replaces Black Ops 7's maps with two Modern Warfare-themed maps, overhauls Warzone's movement, introduces new game mechanics, and adds an operator-skin toggle feature. Here is everything you need to know when Se

A cabinet might seem like a convenient spot for your console, but it can't provide enough airflow for the system to run safely.