Elden Ring director says the expansion’s new weapons are ‘a main selling point,’ including double-bladed shields, reverse-grip ninja swords, and acrobatic martial arts

One of the real “oh crap” moments from Shadow of the Erdtree’s reveal trailer was when a guy dressed like a vicar launched into some flying kicks straight out of an ’80s Hong Kong martial arts movie. Not only do FromSoftware DLCs often play host to their games’ best experiences, but they also usually have…

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Miyazaki says Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s map is “probably” bigger than Limgrave, but he also said the base RPG would take about 30 hours and it took me 125

The Souls games, or whatever umbrella you want to put all of FromSoftware‘s action RPGs under, collectively redefined an entire genre and literally defined a new one in the form of Soulslikes. So it is immensely amusing to hear creative director and studio boss Hidetaka Miyazaki describe this success, in an interview with Eurogamer, as:…

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Stability announces Stable Diffusion 3, a next-gen AI image generator

Enlarge / Stable Diffusion 3 generation with the prompt: studio photograph closeup of a chameleon over a black background. On Thursday, Stability AI announced Stable Diffusion 3, an open-weights next-generation image-synthesis model. It follows its predecessors by reportedly generating detailed, multi-subject images with improved quality and accuracy in text generation. The brief announcement was not…

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How to get iMessage quantum security

Apple has announced a major security upgrade for iMessage – protection against quantum computers. Read along for how to get iMessage quantum security on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, why it’s valuable, and more. Ahead of iOS 17.4 arriving for all users, Apple has revealed what it calls the “most significant” cryptographic upgrade…

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Google pauses Gemini’s ability to generate people after overcorrecting for diversity in historical images

Google said Thursday it’s pausing its Gemini chatbot’s ability to generate people. The move comes after viral social posts showed the AI tool overcorrecting for diversity, producing “historical” images of Nazis, America’s Founding Fathers and the Pope as people of color. “We’re already working to address recent issues with Gemini’s image generation feature,” Google posted…

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