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Shack Chat: What do you want to see from EA Play 2020?

It's that time again, your favorite time of the week. This week the Shack staff gathers 'round our virtual meeting table to discuss one of many upcoming digital gaming events. EA Play 2020 was recently announced as a digital event, and we thought it high time to sit down and look deep within ourselves to figure out exactly what we want from EA Play in 2020. Question: What do you want to see from EA Play 2020? Skate 4 - Asif Khan, Better than the rest of the Shack staff

Weekend PC Download Deals for May 8: First DOOM Eternal discounts

You have your mission. You must rip and tear until it is done. And if you're late to the ripping and the tearing, then perhaps a discount will give you incentive to get started. Yes, DOOM Eternal is getting its first significant discount, going down by 25 percent this weekend. So if you want it, you can pick it up on Steam and The Humble Store right now. Speaking of The Humble Store, the Humble Store Spring Sale has begun and that means dozens of games across a vast number

Disintegration fights for humanity in June

The fight for survival and for humanity itself is about to kick off, as V1 Interactive sets a June release date for Disintegration. The fight for the future is about to begin in just a few short weeks. V1 Interactive's debut project, Disintegration, is closer to launch than many people think. In fact, it's now set for a mid-June launch. [embedded content] Developer V1 Interactive brought the good news in the form of a new story trailer released on Thursday. This marks the first formal look at the single-player campaign's

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.