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Hearthstone begins a new Standard year with Ashes of Outland today

The Year of the Phoenix has ended and now Hearthstone kicks off a new Standard year with today's Ashes of Outland expansion. The Year of the Dragon has come to an end. Hearthstone is now officially launching the Year of the Phoenix, the newest Standard year, and it's beginning with the launch of the game's latest expansion, Ashes of Outland. [embedded content] Ashes of Outland adds a new crop of 135 cards for both Standard and Wild play. More than that, however, it introduces a brand new playable class. The

PlayStation 5’s new DualSense controller is a sleek and futuristic gaming accessory

Sony has revealed the design of the PlayStation 5‘s controller – a follow-on to its popular DualShock line that takes on a new name for a new generation: DualSense. The DualSense controller is kitted out in black and white, and looks like a futuristic, plastic armor-plated robot companion more than a gamepad in some ways. It’s still recognizably a product of the DualShock legacy, however, and has the same familiar button layout as previous PlayStation controllers. The DualSense incorporates haptic feedback, however, for what Sony says will be a heightened

How Artificial Intelligence is changing the gaming industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) in gaming isn’t a recent innovation. As early as 1949, mathematician and cryptographer Claude Shannon pondered a one-player chess game, in which humans would compete against a computer.Indeed, gaming has been a key engine of AI, and a proving ground for the simulations, constructed environments and tests of realism that are the foundation of virtual experiences.AI for the gaming experienceIn 1989’s Sim City, for example, players controlled complex simulations, and rudimentary gaming AI was deployed to simulate something close to realism – i.e. deeply human characteristics like unpredictability.