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Hunting Simulator 2 hands-on: Will this dog hunt?

Publisher BigBen Interactive is back for another trip to the great outdoors in search of big game. Could this be the ticket for outdoor sports fans? If you could hop into a time machine and set the dial for the late 1990s, you could get a first-hand look at the huge boom in casual outdoor sports video games. Sparked by the release of WizardWorks’ Deer Hunter in 1997, the craze saw retail shelves full of similar games for PC and consoles and helped popularize gaming for a largely untapped audience.

Weekend PC Download Deals for May 1: Star Wars Day

Ooh, is it time for Star Wars Day? Okay, normally this opening is taken up by some generic intro about Star Wars Day and the deals that can be found across a number of retailers. But I'd like to aim this specifically at Star Wars fans, especially those who might be keeping up with the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I haven't watched the last few episodes because of my plans to binge through them before Monday, but I will say that Star Wars television is a

New Assassin’s Creed Game’s Setting Being Revealed On A Stream

Ubisoft has kicked off a stream that will reveal the setting of the next Assassin's Creed game. Interestingly, the setting will be revealed via a unique piece of artwork produced by BossLogic, an acclaimed artist known for his awesome Street Fighter pieces and, more recently, his collaborations with Marvel and DC.BossLogic will be streaming his progress and, by the end of the showcase, we'll know where the new Assassin's Creed will take place. Those who watch the official stream on Twitch have a chance to earn a drop for a

New Assassin’s Creed Game’s Setting Is Being Revealed On A Stream

Ubisoft has kicked off a stream that will reveal the setting of the next Assassin's Creed game. Interestingly, the setting will be revealed via a unique piece of artwork produced by BossLogic, an acclaimed artist known for his awesome Street Fighter pieces and, more recently, his collaborations with Marvel and DC.BossLogic will be streaming his progress and, by the end of the showcase, we'll know where the new Assassin's Creed will take place. Those that watch the official stream on Twitch have a chance to earn a drop for a

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.

Archived | Create a virtual reality speech sandbox

Archived contentArchive date: 2019-08-08This content is no longer being updated or maintained. The content is provided “as is.” Given the rapid evolution of technology, some content, steps, or illustrations may have changed.Summary This developer pattern will show you how to build advanced interactive speech systems for virtual reality with just two Watson™ services: Watson Speech-to-Text for transcription and Watson Assistant for parsing the meaning of the words. Discover how to leverage the Watson Unity SDK to implement the services right from the Unity development environment. Description Virtual reality (VR) enables

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.