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2026-06-04 3 stories

• Watching Lenovo's PC gaming handheld soar over $2,000 feels like a gross punchline to an unfunny joke, and I'm tired of it all.
• Today’s Contexto: Hints & Answer For June 4, 2026
• Amazon’s new plan for games: James Bond and AI Snoop Dogg

2026-06-03 3 stories

• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis comes with an AI disclaimer 5 sources
• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis studio have used "AI-assisted tools" during development, but swear "any AI-assisted assets were either replaced or refined by humans"
• Summer Game Fest is here, so get ready for a lot of, 'Ugh, that game with the cool trailer used AI'

2026-06-01 3 stories

• Nvidia announces that a DLSS 4.5 update for Ray Reconstruction is finally on its way, promising better ray-traced and path-traced graphics for 'similar performance' as the old model
• MSI's new skinny two-in-one laptop has an Nvidia RTX Spark chip, which could make for some impressive gaming chops
• MSI announces the MEG Vision X2 AI Plus, a gaming desktop with an AI agent and a 'cylindrical display interface' built in

2026-05-31 2 stories

• Okay, maybe I could be convinced AI monitors aren't all bad
• Mass Effect and Metal Gear actor Jennifer Hale calls on studios to take responsibility for their AI use: 'Ain't nobody making you do it'

2026-05-30 1 story

• MSI's new Claw 8 EX AI Plus packs Intel's Arc G3 Extreme chip — and it could be a handheld gaming beast

2026-05-29 2 stories

• Take-Two CEO says 'former Rockstar employees' have tried to match GTA's success and 'haven't been able to'—and while he doesn't name names, that's gotta sting for a certain someone
• "They have the biggest bullsh*t detectors on the planet": How the unlikely EVE Online x Google DeepMind AI partnership landed with players

2026-05-28 4 stories

• Today’s Contexto: Hints & Answer For May 28, 2026
• This sound card could give gamers a competitive edge
• GDC Trends Report 2026: As use of generative AI rises, devs face "infrastructure problem"
• 'Have Fun in the Festering Slop Pit': Hideo Kojima Underfire for Generative AI Short

2026-05-27 7 stories

• New Remedy CEO discusses prioritising own IP and learning from its mistakes 3 sources
• Who is BowieKnife99? Forza Horizon 6 Online Villain, Explained
• Today’s Contexto: Hints & Answer For May 27, 2026
• Potential DLSS 5 references have been found in the latest Nvidia driver, but it's all gone quiet on the AI image enhancement front
• It looks like Nvidia's AI inference GPU won't see the light of day this year, which could actually be good news for PC gamers
• Geekom's A9 Max is a monstrously mighty mini-PC that can run the most demanding PC titles with solid performances and crush AI workloads in a flash
• A New Tetris Game Is Heading To Switch Next Week

2026-05-26 3 stories

• Forza Horizon 6 players are being tormented by 'drivatar' bowieknife99, but the real racer behind the bot remains a mystery 3 sources
• HoYoverse to invest up to $14.6bn in AI for in-house tools
• Epic Games Removes Porsche “Concept Image” That Sure Looks Like AI

2026-05-25 2 stories

• Sony Wants to Make PS5 Matchmaking More Interesting, But It Could Lead to Ads
• Forza Horizon 6 Has Its Own Boogeyman, and Players are Terrified

2026-05-23 2 stories

• Vampire: The Masquerade's next tabletop game will have a 'strong commitment to human-made work'
• "AI definitely has a place in gaming": I asked readers about the future of gaming AI, and I wasn't expecting these answers

2026-05-22 2 stories

• Ubisoft has staff for '70 Warhorse-sized studios' after cuts, says Kingdom Come director—'That could be 10 KCD2-sized games… released every year'
• "It emulates and it replicates, but it doesn't innovate" - Troy Baker isn't afraid of 'AI art', because he doesn't believe it can ever actually exist

2026-05-21 5 stories

• Ubisoft working on new Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Ghost Recon, and ‘first playable’ gen-AI experience
• Today’s Contexto: Hints & Answer For May 21, 2026
• How will Microsoft's new gaming Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball shape Xbox? How Roblox, China, and even OnlyFans might inform XBOX's future.
• Hand-painted indie title delayed for 7 years is launching this July and looks like the anti-AI dream game
• Capcom: ‘AI is not for creating art, but to unlock the potential of creators’

2026-05-20 4 stories

• PS6 delays, cross-gen blockbusters, more subscriptions? What PlayStation's financials really mean
• "Whoa what a wild reaction" - Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reacts to backlash after praising an AI-generated FF6 remake trailer
• "We overlooked the potential offense and harm" - the studio behind popular multiplayer game Party Animals has now cancelled its AI video competition entirely
• 'If engineers are becoming three or four times more productive, then we just [want to] do three or four times more stuff': Google DeepMind CEO reckons AI-induced job cuts aren't inevitable

2026-05-19 4 stories

• Final Fantasy Creator Hironobu Sakaguchi Addresses Backlash for Sharing AI Final Fantasy 6 Remake Video 2 sources
• As Steam early access sensation Far Far West sells over 1 million copies in three weeks, publisher Fireshine Games rejects generative AI 2 sources
• Party Animals' studio finally cancels its AI video contest and promises to approach topics like this in the future 'with a much more humble and cautious attitude'
• 'Please stop submitting AI slop code': team behind popular PS3 emulator call time on user submitted vibe coding

2026-05-18 3 stories

• Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi praises AI-generated FF6 remake teaser, is promptly told "please stop" by SaGa's Akitoshi Kawazu 3 sources
• Take-Two's CEO says AI's not in the business of making hits, 'datasets by their very nature are backward looking', but that doesn't mean AI can't be 'super helpful'
• CODE EXIT Gameplay Trailer Ahead Of Demo Release—Insider Access