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ShackStream: Bounty hunters, moonshiners & the fortunes of the west

It’s been a while since I wandered the hills of New Hanover or hunted down bounty targets in the deserts of New Austin. Alas, I’m ready to don my hat, put on my boots, and hop back into the saddle. I hope you’ll join me as I head out on a quest for adventure in Red Dead Online this afternoon. The journey kicks off at 2 p.m. EDT on the official Shacknews Twitch channel. There’s a lot to be done, and plenty of animals to hunt (spawns willing). We’ll take

How is AI Revolutionizing the Gaming Industry?

Share... Facebook Twitter Linkedin Reddit StumbleUpon Tumblr Print email While there is much talk about the future of AI in gaming and the myriad of potential implementations, the current usage of AI in the game industry is not nearly as some make it out to be, nor is it really a massive focus for game developers. That’s not to say AI isn’t amazing technology, but it is surrounded by a lot of hype which we’ll try to dispel. While many think of AI as something that can add Skynet-level awareness

Enjin Coin Review: Putting Gaming On The Blockchain

Enjin is a project has been growing at a rapid pace. This gaming community supports over 300,000 gaming communities, with 19 million registered gamers. Since 2009 Enjin has enabled gamers to create websites for clans and guilds, create forums, add wikis, chat groups, and much more. And in 2017 they held an ICO in order to bring their technology onto the blockchain – as well as adding innovative new features. However, is the Enjin Coin still worth considering? In this Enjin review I will attempt to answer that by taking

G2 and Mastercard Partner to Bring Priceless Moments

At G2 Esports, our first goal is always to entertain and make truly special moments for our fans. Now, we’re ready to make these moments priceless. G2 Esports and Mastercard are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to bring entertaining experiences, exclusive access, and fan engagement activations to the League of Legends community. We’re proud to work alongside one of the first global non-endemic brands to invest in esports. G2 and Mastercard will collaborate together to bring fans and our organisations even closer together through priceless moments and experiences. With

The internet changed gaming forever. How’s player support keeping up?

“Gaming has changed,” I thought to myself as I slowly maneuvered past the young cosplayers crowding the halls at Gamescom, the largest gaming conference in Europe for players and industry professionals.I thought back to my childhood, and the games I grew up with. Mario and Sonic were still present, I could still find Street Fighter and Fallout merchandise, and FIFA 20 was, somewhat expectedly, huge. But that was pretty much it — the gaming universe I used to know, tucked in between massive displays of games I’ve never heard of.

Insert coin: Level up your player support experience

If you’re wondering if I’m a gamer, I’m not.I don’t play video games every day, I don’t crowd my mobile phone with gaming apps, belong to any gaming community, I’m not even that good at them! However, from time to time, I do play a game or two. I’ll get excited and even start screaming to the lifeless screen in front of me — and that’s when my inner gamer, dormant most of the time, comes out to play.For this reason, going to Gamescom 2018 was an entirely new experience

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.