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Report: Warner Bros. Games eliminates roles at San Francisco studio - Game Developer

The California studio is responsible for mobile titles such as DC Worlds Collide.

Nintendo Accused Of Using AI Images In New 'My Mario' Marketing - Nintendo Life

But is it actually AI?

Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD album info - theregister.com

: No naming that tune and no album covers

Larian Says It Won’t Use GenAI Art Or Writing In ‘Divinity’ Development - Forbes

Larian got in trouble for saying it would employ GenAI in some capacity during its development of Divinity, but they're walking that back now.

Next Week on Xbox: New Games for January 12 to 16 - Xbox Wire

Next Week on Xbox: Bus Driving Simulator: Evo, SimRail - The Railway Simulator, Tavern Manager Simulator, and more simulators coming soon!

Larian will not use generative AI for Divinity concept art - GamesIndustry.biz

Why Tech Launches Stopped Feeling Magical - Lifehacker

IndyCar gets new technical inspection truck and tools - RACER - Racing News

As the new-for-2028 Dallara IR28 is readied for debut, IndyCar also wants to have laser scanning technology in play as standard equipment for the new Independent Officiating Board to deploy.

500 Worlds: Titus – Will you brave a deadly campaign on the war-torn Vespator Front? - Warhammer Community

New rules for running large-scale narrative campaigns.

Crimson Desert's Open World Is at Least Twice as Big as Skyrim's, and Larger Than the Red Dead Redemption 2 Map - IGN

Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure game set on the continent of Pywel. But how big is the open world, exactly? It’s “absolutely massive,” its developer has said, bigger even than that of Bethesda’s Skyrim and Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2.

Get Your iPhone to Ask Callers Who They Are Before You Answer - MacRumors

Spam and cold calls have become such a nuisance that many people simply don't answer their phone unless they recognize the number. In iOS 26,...

The St. Louis Cardinals: Baseball meets Technology - Viva El Birdos

Late adaption of technology can be advantageous. You don’t have to deal with all the missteps and footfalls that come with early adoption of nascent tech.

Five Xbox Game Pass Titles Get New Reveals At The New Game Plus Showcase 2026 - Pure Xbox

Three from Xbox Game Studios, two from third-party teams

Google: Don't Turn Your Content Into Bite-Sized Chunks - Search Engine Roundtable

Microsoft 365 Copilot app rebrand was bad, others were worse - theregister.com

Opinion: The software wasn't actually renamed, but you couldn't be blamed for being confused

The Division 3 Will Have 'As Big an Impact' as The Division 1, Ubisoft Dev Says - IGN

Over two years after it was announced, Ubisoft is still working on The Division 3. And while it has yet to show off the game, its chief developer has said he thinks it will have as big an impact as The Division 1.

Phil Spencer Reveals 'Xbox 25' Logo And Shares Video Message Ahead Of Developer Direct - Pure Xbox

Says Xbox will be celebrating "all year long"

Mesa 26.0 RADV Lands Dedicated Transfer-Only Queue Using SDMA - Phoronix

There is another open-source Radeon Vulkan driver (RADV) improvement to look forward to in the upcoming Mesa 26.0 release that was worked on by one of Valve's Linux graphics driver developers.

Microsoft is making it much easier to add hyperlinks in Word docs - The Verge

It’s now as easy as pasting over the text you want to hyperlink.

Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse won't work with studios using generative AI - GamesIndustry.biz

CEO Tim Bender has described the technology as "cancerous"