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The 2026 Summer Xbox Games Showcase is over, and we just got a slew of announcements, exclusive reveals, updates, gameplay trailers, and more. It was another excellent showcase in a jam-packed week of SGF-related showcases, but there was quite a lot. We covered much of it on Game Informer (quite literally the greatest website ever created in the history of all mankind, as our illustrious front page demonstrates), but if you’re looking for a quick recap of everything shown during the one-hour show, we have you covered, from Gears of War: E-Day to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and all…
Crazy Taxi: World Tour was just announced at the Xbox Games Showcase and players were quick to notice that the game’s Steam page contained a generative AI disclaimer which reads, “At SEGA Corporation, we utilize generative AI as a support tool for developers, aiming to provide better content to our users and enable developers to focus more on creative tasks We have used such generative AI support tools during development of Crazy Taxi: World Tour. No AI was used in reference to the performers in the game.”We reached out to Sega for confirmation and a potential response to the details…
In 2024, back when the AI image fever was catching on, Google released the Pixel Studio app. It was meant to be a joyful playground where you could bring your imagination to life using AI. Well, it went a bit above and beyond. In our tests, Google’s app created disturbing images of SpongeBob dressed as a Nazi, Mickey Mouse as a slave owner, Elmo pointing a shotgun at Big Bird, Yoda doing cocaine, and Mr. Krabs holding an assault rifle. Well, ChatGPT is doing something similar, but in an even more worrying fashion. What’s on Earth is wrong with ChatGPT?…
Metro 2039 is the fourth mainline game in the ongoing Metro series, and though we’ve been aware of its existence, today offered the first substantial public look at its gameplay. Along with showing off the visuals and environments, we also get to see gunplay and other mechanics, and learn about the Fuhrer Hunter, “the man who has washed the Metro in lies and propaganda to gain the ultimate power.” For more on Metro 2039, you can read our extensive preview on the game right here. Metro 2039 does not yet have an exact release date, but it is coming to Xbox…
After years of forcing Bing into nearly every corner of Windows Search, Microsoft may finally be giving users a way out. The company is reportedly testing changes in Windows 11 that would allow people to completely disable Bing-powered web results from the operating system’s built-in Search experience. For many PC users, this is a long-overdue change. Windows Search has spent years blending local file searches with Bing suggestions, online results, news links, and Microsoft services – often frustrating users who simply wanted to find an app, document, or system setting on their computer. According to a report by PCMag, Microsoft…
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, the highly anticipated 2D action game from the teams behind Dead Cells, launches this October. More specifically, developers Evil Empire and Motion Twin, and publisher Konami, will release the next installment of Castlevania on October 15 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Set 23 years before Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, which launched on the NES way back in 1989, Belmont’s Curse puts players in control of a new Belmont protagonist, who takes up the holy Vampire Killer whip to destroy all manner of medieval and unholy creatures. Given it’s a new 2D sidescrolling action…
OpenAI is reportedly preparing a major transformation of ChatGPT that could fundamentally change how people interact with artificial intelligence. Instead of remaining primarily a conversational chatbot, the company now wants ChatGPT to evolve into a “super app” powered by AI agents capable of managing tasks across both personal and professional life. According to a report by the Financial Times, OpenAI executives increasingly believe the future of AI lies not in chatbots that simply answer questions, but in intelligent systems that actively complete tasks for users. The company’s long-term vision reportedly includes AI agents capable of organizing schedules, booking travel, writing…
Today’s Xbox Games Showcase brought our first look at gameplay for Gears of War: E-Day in a new trailer featuring Marcus Fenix wearing… very normal clothes?? That’s likely because E-Day is about Emergency Day, or the day in the Gears of War universe where the Locust made themselves known from their underground hives. Marcus, answering the call to protect the city he seemingly lives in, picks up a gun and gets to work, and it looks awesome, showcasing a key piece of Gears of War’s history we’ve never seen in a game. Plus, this gameplay trailer revealed that Gears of War: E-Day launches…
Your browser cache is a bit like a storage closet. It quietly stores copies of website files such as images, stylesheets, scripts, and fonts on your device. Thanks to the cache, websites load faster on repeat visits because your browser reuses files it already has instead of downloading them again. This not only results in faster page loads, but also saves data, uses less battery, and provides an overall better user experience. That said, like any storage closet, if you are not careful about cleaning it, the cache gets cluttered over time, and that’s when the trouble begins. A bloated…
There might not be anything cooler than Beyblades – ripping metallic over-the-top designed spinning tops into a weird plastic arena and watching with bated breath while it knocks into another person’s top over and over until one stops completely. And that’s why I’m so stoked about Slayblade, a Y2K Beyblade-inspired roguelite where you collect parts and, well, let it rip. Revealed during the Frosty Games Fest, one of the many showcases held during this wildly packed SGF-related week, Slayblade is an upcoming game from Henry’s House, the team behind 2022’s Kardboard Kings, and Oscar Brittain, and it looks awesome. It features…