StarCraft is coming to Hearthstone soon in the form of a Mini-Set for The Great Dark Beyond expansion. These new Hearthstone cards will arrive in the tavern in January 2025, after which they will be playable where any other Standard cards are.

Whereas other horror games usually pit players against monsters and creatures of various types at the same time, Phasmophobia allows players to take on the role of ghost hunters. When they visit a particular area, players will have no idea which of the games many ghosts are haunting their location. The objective of the game is for players to gather evidence pertaining to the type of ghost plaguing their surroundings.

I am working on a cyberspace game, taking ideas from the old Atari game Neuromancer as well as looking at some of the newer games that dabble with it. My first thought is to have it as an FPS but I am also looking at an isometric view game. What would be the best approach to this?

Oh joyFlax now has visual scripting of behavioral trees. NEat!As long as we're just clicking for bliss, let's see what this feels like.https://docs.flaxengine.com/manual/scripting/ai/index.html

Since the advent of the computer age, industries have been so awash in stored data that most of it never gets put to use.This data is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 120 zettabytes the equivalent of trillions of terabytes, or more than 120x the amount of every grain of sand on every beach around the globe. Now, the worlds industries are putting that untamed data to work by building and customizing large language models (LLMs).As 2025 approaches, industries such as healthcare, telecommunications, entertainment, energy, robotics, automotive and retail are using those models, combining it with their proprietary data and gearing up to create AI that can reason.The NVIDIA experts below focus on some of the industries that deliver $88 trillion worth of goods and services globally each year. They predict that AI that can harness data at the edge and deliver near-instantaneous insights is coming to hospitals, factories, customer service centers, cars and mobile devices near you.But first, lets hear AIs predictions for AI. When asked, What will be the top trends in AI in 2025 for industries? both Perplexity and ChatGPT 4.0 responded that agentic AI sits atop the list alongside edge AI, AI cybersecurity and AI-driven robots.Agentic AI is a new category of generative AI that operates virtually autonomously. It can make complex decisions and take actions based on continuous learning and analysis of vast datasets. Agentic AI is adaptable, has defined goals and can correct itself, and can chat with other AI agents or reach out to a human for help.Now, hear from NVIDIA experts on what to expect in the year ahead:Kimberly PowellVice President of HealthcareHuman-robotic interaction: Robots will assist human clinicians in a variety of ways, from understanding and responding to human commands, to performing and assisting in complex surgeries.Its being made possible by digital twins, simulation and AI that train and test robotic systems in virtual environments to reduce risks associated with real-world trials. It also can train robots to react in virtually any scenario, enhancing their adaptability and performance across different clinical situations.New virtual worlds for training robots to perform complex tasks will make autonomous surgical robots a reality. These surgical robots will perform complex surgical tasks with precision, reducing patient recovery times and decreasing the cognitive workload for surgeons.Digital health agents: The dawn of agentic AI and multi-agent systems will address the existential challenges of workforce shortages and the rising cost of care.Administrative health services will become digital humans taking notes for you or making your next appointment introducing an era of services delivered by software and birthing a service-as-a-software industry.Patient experience will be transformed with always-on, personalized care services while healthcare staff will collaborate with agents that help them reduce clerical work, retrieve and summarize patient histories, and recommend clinical trials and state-of-the-art treatments for their patients.Drug discovery and design AI factories: Just as ChatGPT can generate an email or a poem without putting a pen to paper for trial and error, generative AI models in drug discovery can liberate scientific thinking and exploration.Techbio and biopharma companies have begun combining models that generate, predict and optimize molecules to explore the near-infinite possible target drug combinations before going into time-consuming and expensive wet lab experiments.The drug discovery and design AI factories will consume all wet lab data, refine AI models and redeploy those models improving each experiment by learning from the previous one. These AI factories will shift the industry from a discovery process to a design and engineering one.Rev LebaredianVice President of Omniverse and Simulation TechnologyLets get physical (AI, that is): Getting ready for AI models that can perceive, understand and interact with the physical world is one challenge enterprises will race to tackle.While LLMs require reinforcement learning largely in the form of human feedback, physical AI needs to learn in a world model that mimics the laws of physics. Large-scale physically based simulations are allowing the world to realize the value of physical AI through robots by accelerating the training of physical AI models and enabling continuous training in robotic systems across every industry.Cheaper by the dozen: In addition to their smarts (or lack thereof), one big factor that has slowed adoption of humanoid robots has been affordability. As agentic AI brings new intelligence to robots, though, volume will pick up and costs will come down sharply. The average cost of industrial robots is expected to drop to $10,800 in 2025, down sharply from $46K in 2010 to $27K in 2017. As these devices become significantly cheaper, theyll become as commonplace across industries as mobile devices are.Deepu TallaVice President of Robotics and Edge ComputingRedefining robots: When people think of robots today, theyre usually images or content showing autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), manipulator arms or humanoids. But tomorrows robots are set to be an autonomous system that perceives, reasons, plans and acts then learns.Soon well be thinking of robots embodied everywhere from surgical rooms and data centers to warehouses and factories. Even traffic control systems or entire cities will be transformed from static, manually operated systems to autonomous, interactive systems embodied by physical AI.The rise of small language models: To improve the functionality of robots operating at the edge, expect to see the rise of small language models that are energy-efficient and avoid latency issues associated with sending data to data centers. The shift to small language models in edge computing will improve inference in a range of industries, including automotive, retail and advanced robotics.Kevin LevittGlobal Director of Financial ServicesAI agents boost firm operations: AI-powered agents will be deeply integrated into the financial services ecosystem, improving customer experiences, driving productivity and reducing operational costs.AI agents will take every form based on each financial services firms needs. Human-like 3D avatars will take requests and interact directly with clients, while text-based chatbots will summarize thousands of pages of data and documents in seconds to deliver accurate, tailored insights to employees across all business functions.AI factories become table stakes: AI use cases in the industry are exploding. This includes improving identity verification for anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations, reducing false positives for transaction fraud and generating new trading strategies to improve market returns. AI also is automating document management, reducing funding cycles to help consumers and businesses on their financial journeys.To capitalize on opportunities like these, financial institutions will build AI factories that use full-stack accelerated computing to maximize performance and utilization to build AI-enabled applications that serve hundreds, if not thousands, of use cases helping set themselves apart from the competition.AI-assisted data governance: Due to the sensitive nature of financial data and stringent regulatory requirements, governance will be a priority for firms as they use data to create reliable and legal AI applications, including for fraud detection, predictions and forecasting, real-time calculations and customer service.Firms will use AI models to assist in the structure, control, orchestration, processing and utilization of financial data, making the process of complying with regulations and safeguarding customer privacy smoother and less labor intensive. AI will be the key to making sense of and deriving actionable insights from the industrys stockpile of underutilized, unstructured data.Richard KerrisVice President of Media and EntertainmentLet AI entertain you: AI will continue to revolutionize entertainment with hyperpersonalized content on every screen, from TV shows to live sports. Using generative AI and advanced vision-language models, platforms will offer immersive experiences tailored to individual tastes, interests and moods. Imagine teaser images and sizzle reels crafted to capture the essence of a new show or live event and create an instant personal connection.In live sports, AI will enhance accessibility and cultural relevance, providing language dubbing, tailored commentary and local adaptations. AI will also elevate binge-watching by adjusting pacing, quality and engagement options in real time to keep fans captivated. This new level of interaction will transform streaming from a passive experience into an engaging journey that brings people closer to the action and each other.AI-driven platforms will also foster meaningful connections with audiences by tailoring recommendations, trailers and content to individual preferences. AIs hyperpersonalization will allow viewers to discover hidden gems, reconnect with old favorites and feel seen. For the industry, AI will drive growth and innovation, introducing new business models and enabling global content strategies that celebrate unique viewer preferences, making entertainment feel boundless, engaging and personally crafted.Ronnie VasishtaSenior Vice President of TelecomsThe AI connection: Telecommunications providers will begin to deliver generative AI applications and 5G connectivity over the same network. AI radio access network (AI-RAN) will enable telecom operators to transform traditional single-purpose base stations from cost centers into revenue-producing assets capable of providing AI inference services to devices, while more efficiently delivering the best network performance.AI agents to the rescue: The telecommunications industry will be among the first to dial into agentic AI to perform key business functions. Telco operators will use AI agents for a wide variety of tasks, from suggesting money-saving plans to customers and troubleshooting network connectivity, to answering billing questions and processing payments.More efficient, higher-performing networks: AI also will be used at the wireless network layer to enhance efficiency, deliver site-specific learning and reduce power consumption. Using AI as an intelligent performance improvement tool, operators will be able to continuously observe network traffic, predict congestion patterns and make adjustments before failures happen, allowing for optimal network performance.Answering the call on sovereign AI: Nations will increasingly turn to telcos which have proven experience managing complex, distributed technology networks to achieve their sovereign AI objectives. The trend will spread quickly across Europe and Asia, where telcos in Switzerland, Japan, Indonesia and Norway are already partnering with national leaders to build AI factories that can use proprietary, local data to help researchers, startups, businesses and government agencies create AI applications and services.Xinzhou WuVice President of AutomotivePedal to generative AI metal: Autonomous vehicles will become more performant as developers tap into advancements in generative AI. For example, harnessing foundation models, such as vision language models, provides an opportunity to use internet-scale knowledge to solve one of the hardest problems in the autonomous vehicle (AV) field, namely that of efficiently and safely reasoning through rare corner cases.Simulation unlocks success: More broadly, new AI-based tools will enable breakthroughs in how AV development is carried out. For example, advances in generative simulation will enable the scalable creation of complex scenarios aimed at stress-testing vehicles for safety purposes. Aside from allowing for testing unusual or dangerous conditions, simulation is also essential for generating synthetic data to enable end-to-end model training.Three-computer approach: Effectively, new advances in AI will catalyze AV software development across the three key computers underpinning AV development one for training the AI-based stack in the data center, another for simulation and validation, and a third in-vehicle computer to process real-time sensor data for safe driving. Together, these systems will enable continuous improvement of AV software for enhanced safety and performance of cars, trucks, robotaxis and beyond.Marc SpielerSenior Managing Director of Global Energy IndustryWelcoming the smart grid: Do you know when your daily peak home electricity is? You will soon as utilities around the world embrace smart meters that use AI to broadly manage their grid networks, from big power plants and substations and, now, into the home.As the smart grid takes shape, smart meters once deemed too expensive to be installed in millions of homes that combine software, sensors and accelerated computing will alert utilities when trees in a backyard brush up against power lines or when to offer big rebates to buy back the excess power stored through rooftop solar installations.Powering up: Delivering the optimal power stack has always been mission-critical for the energy industry. In the era of generative AI, utilities will address this issue in ways that reduce environmental impact.Expect in 2025 to see a broader embrace of nuclear power as one clean-energy path the industry will take. Demand for natural gas also will grow as it replaces coal and other forms of energy. These resurgent forms of energy are being helped by the increased use of accelerated computing, simulation technology and AI and 3D visualization, which helps optimize design, pipeline flows and storage. Well see the same happening at oil and gas companies, which are looking to reduce the impact of energy exploration and production.Azita MartinVice President of Retail, Consumer-Packaged Goods and Quick-Service RestaurantsSoftware-defined retail: Supercenters and grocery stores will become software-defined, each running computer vision and sophisticated AI algorithms at the edge. The transition will accelerate checkout, optimize merchandising and reduce shrink the industry term for a product being lost or stolen.Each store will be connected to a headquarters AI network, using collective data to become a perpetual learning machine. Software-defined stores that continually learn from their own data will transform the shopping experience.Intelligent supply chain: Intelligent supply chains created using digital twins, generative AI, machine learning and AI-based solvers will drive billions of dollars in labor productivity and operational efficiencies. Digital twin simulations of stores and distribution centers will optimize layouts to increase in-store sales and accelerate throughput in distribution centers.Agentic robots working alongside associates will load and unload trucks, stock shelves and pack customer orders. Also, last-mile delivery will be enhanced with AI-based routing optimization solvers, allowing products to reach customers faster while reducing vehicle fuel costs.

Generative AI applications that use text, computer code, protein chains, summaries, video and even 3D graphics require data-center-scale accelerated computing to efficiently train the large language models (LLMs) that power them.In MLPerf Training 4.1 industry benchmarks, the NVIDIA Blackwell platform delivered impressive results on workloads across all tests and up to 2.2x more performance per GPU on LLM benchmarks, including Llama 2 70B fine-tuning and GPT-3 175B pretraining.In addition, NVIDIAs submissions on the NVIDIA Hopper platform continued to hold at-scale records on all benchmarks, including a submission with 11,616 Hopper GPUs on the GPT-3 175B benchmark.Leaps and Bounds With BlackwellThe first Blackwell training submission to the MLCommons Consortium which creates standardized, unbiased and rigorously peer-reviewed testing for industry participants highlights how the architecture is advancing generative AI training performance.For instance, the architecture includes new kernels that make more efficient use of Tensor Cores. Kernels are optimized, purpose-built math operations like matrix-multiplies that are at the heart of many deep learning algorithms.Blackwells higher per-GPU compute throughput and significantly larger and faster high-bandwidth memory allows it to run the GPT-3 175B benchmark on fewer GPUs while achieving excellent per-GPU performance.Taking advantage of larger, higher-bandwidth HBM3e memory, just 64 Blackwell GPUs were able to run in the GPT-3 LLM benchmark without compromising per-GPU performance. The same benchmark run using Hopper needed 256 GPUs.The Blackwell training results follow an earlier submission to MLPerf Inference 4.1, where Blackwell delivered up to 4x more LLM inference performance versus the Hopper generation. Taking advantage of the Blackwell architectures FP4 precision, along with the NVIDIA QUASAR Quantization System, the submission revealed powerful performance while meeting the benchmarks accuracy requirements.Relentless OptimizationNVIDIA platforms undergo continuous software development, racking up performance and feature improvements in training and inference for a wide variety of frameworks, models and applications.In this round of MLPerf training submissions, Hopper delivered a 1.3x improvement on GPT-3 175B per-GPU training performance since the introduction of the benchmark.NVIDIA also submitted large-scale results on the GPT-3 175B benchmark using 11,616 Hopper GPUs connected with NVIDIA NVLink and NVSwitch high-bandwidth GPU-to-GPU communication and NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking.NVIDIA Hopper GPUs have more than tripled scale and performance on the GPT-3 175B benchmark since last year. In addition, on the Llama 2 70B LoRA fine-tuning benchmark, NVIDIA increased performance by 26% using the same number of Hopper GPUs, reflecting continued software enhancements.NVIDIAs ongoing work on optimizing its accelerated computing platforms enables continued improvements in MLPerf test results driving performance up in containerized software, bringing more powerful computing to partners and customers on existing platforms and delivering more return on their platform investment.Partnering UpNVIDIA partners, including system makers and cloud service providers like ASUSTek, Azure, Cisco, Dell, Fujitsu, Giga Computing, Lambda Labs, Lenovo, Oracle Cloud, Quanta Cloud Technology and Supermicro also submitted impressive results to MLPerf in this latest round.A founding member of MLCommons, NVIDIA sees the role of industry-standard benchmarks and benchmarking best practices in AI computing as vital. With access to peer-reviewed, streamlined comparisons of AI and HPC platforms, companies can keep pace with the latest AI computing innovations and access crucial data that can help guide important platform investment decisions.Learn more about the latest MLPerf results on the NVIDIA Technical Blog.

Dive into the gritty underworld of Los Santos, strive to stay human while you uncover the dark secrets of a post-apocalyptic world, fight for justice to change the future of Japan, and more with Novembers PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup*! Grand Theft Auto V, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Like a Dragon: Ishin!, and more games are available to play from November 19. On the same day, five new titles join PlayStation Plus Premium in the form of the kinetic first person shooter PS VR2 game Synapse and four Classics; Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Blood Omen 2, Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2.PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium | Game CatalogGrand Theft Auto V* | PS4, PS5When a young street hustler, a retired bank robber and a terrifying psychopath find themselves entangled with some of the most frightening and deranged elements of the criminal underworld, the U.S. government and the entertainment industry, they must pull off a series of dangerous heists to survive in a ruthless city in which they can trust nobody, least of all each other. Experience the interwoven stories of Franklin, Michael and Trevor in the sprawling open world of Los Santos and Blaine County.*PlayStation Plus re-release.Dying Light 2: Stay Human | PS4, PS5In Dying Light 2, survival meets action adventure as you attempt to endure a hostile, post-apocalyptic world. Rival factions across The City arent the only enemy a virus has turned a vast majority of the human population into monsters. Take on the role of Aiden Caldwell, a wanderer with the power to change the fate of The City, but your exceptional abilities come at a price. Haunted by memories you cannot decipher, you set out to learn the truth and find yourself in a combat zone. Hone your skills to defeat your enemies and make allies. Unravel the dark secrets behind those that wield power, choose sides and decide your destiny. But wherever your actions take you, theres one thing you must do stay human.Like a Dragon: Ishin | PS4, PS51860s Kyo is plagued by widespread inequality, and one samurai will change the course of history in his search for justice. Take up the sword as Sakamoto Ryoma and venture to Kyoto to find your fathers killer, clear yourself of a framed murder, and restore your honor. In doing so, you will bring an end to the samurai era and forever change the future of Japan. Draw your blade, load your revolver, and join the revolution in this heated historical adventure that only the creators of Yakuza: Like a Dragon could produce.MotoGP 24 | PS4, PS5As a new season dawns, the winds of change are sweeping through the pit crews. Embark on your quest to become a MotoGP legend and shape your own epic saga. Challenge your abilities and immerse yourself in the exhilarating journey of the 2024 campaign. From humble beginnings to triumphant heights, the path is yours to forge. Engage in thrilling rivalries, build your reputation, and leave your mark on the history of your beloved team.The Sims 4 Island Living* (Add-on only) | PS4Welcome to Sulani, where the sun shines bright and the nights are totally chill. Escape the ordinary and enjoy a laid-back lifestyle surrounded by beaches in The Sims 4 Island Living. Explore a breezy world drenched in sun, sand, and endless fun as your Sims make their own paradise. Set sail on the glistening water in your island canoe, swim to your hearts content, and explore the scenery on a watercraft. Everything is chill (except for the occasional sunburn) when its Island Living.*Requires the original game The Sims 4.Digimon Survive | PS4After getting lost on a school trip, Takuma Momozuka finds himself transported to a world inhabited by ferocious foes and new allies. Join Takuma and his friends as they fight their way back home. Digimon Survive is a hybrid visual novel and tactical RPG set in a mysterious world filled with dangerous monsters and deadly battles that will test your ability to survive. Persuade your opponents to join your team and evolve them to fight alongside you in thrilling turn-based battles. Unfold a dark tale about friendship and survival that is jam-packed with exciting drama, a unique cast of characters, and potentially grim choices.Overcooked! All You Can Eat | PS4, PS5Hold onto your chef hats and prepare your appetite for an XXL portion of Overcooked magic. Overcooked!, Overcooked! 2 and all additional content are blended together and remastered in this delicious definitive edition! Enjoy hundreds of levels of cooperative cooking chaos across increasingly perilous and obscure kitchens.Stick Fight: The Game | PS4Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet. Fight it out against your friends or find random sticks from around the world!Clash: Artifacts of Chaos | PS4, PS5Drawing upon both surreal and punk fantasy influences, the world and civilisations of Zenozoik are brimming with fascinating characters, creatures and landscapes. You play as Pseudo, a master of martial arts who lives as a recluse in the strange land of Zenozoik. When you cross paths with the Boy, a small creature whose mysterious powers have attracted the attention of Gemini, the Mistress of the Artifacts, you decide to protect him, unaware that much greater forces are involved. Roam this intriguing land and discover its paths, inhabitants and ancient secrets.Killer Frequency | PS4, PS5The year is 1987, and as the clock strikes midnight in small-town Gallows Creek, USA, former big city radio DJ Forrest Nash is live on air in what will turn out to be the graveyard shift of a lifetime In this horror comedy, you must solve puzzles to save callers from being hunted down by a mysterious killer. Where every call is life and death, can you save the inhabitants of Gallows Creek? Step into the shoes of a late-night radio talk-show host new in town and fallen from grace. The Sheriff is dead, so the townsfolk turn to you for help. You, Forrest Nash, are the only person in town who can run a phone line.Hungry Shark World | PS4Become a shark and spread terror on the beach! Fight man, machine and beast as you explore tropical islands, sunken temples, vast cities and frozen icebergs. Enjoy discovering expansive levels with their own distinctive enemies, hidden treasures and unique missions. Take on everything the sea throws at you, from gruesome goblin sharks and the adorable porbeagle, to prehistoric monsters and giant submarines. With rebalanced enemies and pacing, theres a challenge around every corner!Chivalry 2 | PS4, PS5Return to the ultimate medieval battlefield. Chivalry 2 is a multiplayer first person slasher inspired by epic medieval movie battles. Players are thrust into the action of every iconic moment of the era from clashing swords, to storms of flaming arrows, to sprawling castle sieges and more. Charge headfirst into stunning 64-Player cinematic battles inspired by epic medieval action films. Pick your playstyle with 4 classes and 12 subclasses, each with their own unique weapons and abilities.PlayStation Plus PremiumSynapse | PS VR2Dual-wield brutal firepower and surging telekinesis in the ultimate mind-breaking VR action shooter. Unleash your inner anti-hero and invade the twisted subconscious of a notorious enemy of the state. Become a mind-breaking operative and wreak havoc on the enemys mind with deadly weaponry in one hand and expressive telekinetic abilities in the other. Combine your powers to overcome formidable defences and delve deeper into a hostile mindscape.Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain | PS4, PS5Ready yourself for next months launch of Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered by discovering the origins of this dark gothic fantasy franchise with the original PlayStation title Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. In this top-down action adventure, embark on an epic quest through a vampire kingdom fraught with murder, magic and vengeance. Journey through an expansive world containing more than 100 hours of intense, blood-sucking, spell-casting gameplay, and enjoy cinema-quality voice-overs, dynamic lighting effects and more than 25 minutes of full-motion-video footage.Blood Omen 2 | PS4, PS5Fierce attacks and brutal combos await in this action adventure, originally released on PS2 in 2002, after Soul Reaver 2s launch the year previous. Blood Omen 2 will take you back to an alternate timeline set between the events of the first Blood Omen and Soul Reaver. Cast down from power by a mysterious warlord centuries ago, Kain reawakens in a world he barely recognizes. His armies slain, his vampire brethren nearly extinct, Kain is one of the last of his kind. With an agenda of vengeance, Kain shall unleash a wicked wrath to uncover the plot that threatens the land he seeks to conquer.Resistance: Fall of ManEpic military action and unnerving tension blend together in PS3s 2006 first-person shooter Resistance: Fall of Man. Humanity faces annihilation as a relentless alien force known as the Chimera ravages Europe. Amidst the chaos, Nathan Hale emerges an unlikely hero, confronting unimaginable horrors while uncovering secrets that could change the course of the war.Resistance 2Initially released in 2008 on PS3, Resistance 2 is the continuation of Insomniac Games science-fiction FPS saga. Now on American soil, the alien Chimera threatens Hales humanity in a gripping race against time to put a stop to the invasion. Once again at the forefront of humanitys fight for survival, Nathan Hale must lead his squad through desperate missions, as new weapons and giant boss encounters increase the scale of the conflict to new heights.*PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe lineups may differ by region. Please check PlayStation Store on release day.

LEGO Horizon Adventures, launching on PS5 and PC November 14, brings about a new take on Aloys story from her first adventure. Guerrilla and Studio Gobo met with The LEGO Group at their headquarters in Billund, and shared a few behind-the-scenes insights on creating the game. Watch the full video here and continue reading to find out how they built Aloys world, one brick at a time!Play VideoSenior Producer at Studio Gobo, Kat Woolley, talks about what its like to work on a LEGO game and how the story was adapted to fit this playful adventure. Theres a layering of talent, passion, creativity and just joy theres such joy in working on a LEGO game, and especially something like Horizon where there is an effort to bring something quite serious from the world of Horizon over to LEGO Horizon Adventures. We needed to give it that element of funny, of light-hearted, of silly, of play.Horizon is all about the mystery of the origins, especially for Aloy. Its something we tried to replicate in LEGO Horizon Adventures where every character is on their quest for finding a family, building a home and making connections with each other in the story of LEGO Horizon Adventures, Guerrillas Design Director, Stephane Varrault, explains.Creating the worldEverything you come across in LEGO Horizon Adventures is made entirely out of real LEGO bricks, so if you have the right pieces at home, you could rebuild anything from the world, including the machines, the treasure chests, and Mothers Heart!Guerrillas Senior World Artist, Lucas Bolt explained, The world of Horizon Zero Dawn is filled with incredible natural landscapes; its one of the core pillars of the game so thats something that we also had to create for LEGO Horizon Adventures.You can see how everything is made, all the little details, all the little LEGO elements that were used to bring things to life, Joe Kyde, Senior Model Designer at The LEGO Group, adds.Roy Postma, Art Director at Guerrilla, goes on to explain the process of visualizing and developing the Horizon world in LEGO form, We started out in a very realistic way, by rebuilding the original Old World buildings from the Horizon games Then someone sneaked in an official LEGO set in the background, I believe it was the LEGO gas station, and we were looking at it like ah this can work, this is fun! It totally made sense for the Old World to be our LEGO world.Making the machinesMy favorite part of the machine design process is seeing the builds just develop, says Joe. How they naturally evolve from early versions, teams working together to figure out how to solve specific problems, how to get the movement we want, how to get the specific look we want.Throughout development, we started by imagining what a LEGO version of each machine would actually look like, says Studio Gobos Game Design Lead, Too Gonzalaz, with Stephane adding, For every machine, we looked at the traits of the machine, how it would behave in the game, and how can we make it work best with all the LEGO bricks?One of the machines featured in LEGO Horizon Adventures is the Shell-Walker, a crab-like machine responsible for carrying cargo to various cauldrons found in the world. With the Shell-Walker it really came down to its personality, says Too. Its always trying to defend its cargo, so at the end of the day, the Shell-Walker feels like a mean, defensive machine, but at the same time in a funny way.Designing machines with LEGO bricks did not differ too much from how Guerrilla created them originally, as The LEGO Groups Creative Lead, Frdric Andre, explains, We wanted to recreate the machine as detailed as possible, so you start with the skeleton of the machine and then you add all the details into it. Thats also how Guerrilla creates their own machines: they have the skeleton and then they add all the armor plating and everything on top of that.All machines have their own unique, particular personalities and attacks that they do. Theyre very different from one another, so when players are fighting combinations of them it creates really interesting, wacky, fun and creative combat, Too smiles.Customize everythingThe customization is a way for players to express themselves in a fun and charming way, including outfits from Aloys first adventure in LEGO form, or from existing LEGO sets that you may have at home!Stephane explains: One of our main pillars in the game is player freedom, which is why we built systems where no combat is the same, but also why we wanted to provide really open ways to customize your characters and the world. For example, we really wanted Mothers Heart to be a reflection of players creativity to recreate the village of their dreams.Kat gives her view on how some of the outfits found in LEGO Horizon Adventures can completely change the vibe of a cutscene or conversation between characters. It takes what can sometimes be quite serious conversations and just makes them ridiculous if youre dressed as a pig or as a llama.As soon as we realized that the customization options still felt like a quintessential Horizon experience, and that it worked within the game world, it made it feel more free and more fun.Bringing it all togetherIt was pivotal that the co-op experience of LEGO Horizon Adventures worked well to allow players to bounce off each others actions and work together to tackle the wilds.We wanted players to play together and to get in trouble together, shares Too, and Stephane continues, being able to get together, either on the same tv or online, you are now two players, two actors in the same world and that one is responding to your inputs and your actions, so it was the perfect addition to make the experience shine.Whether youre already familiar with Aloys journey, or if this is the first time youre jumping into the franchise; we cant wait for everyones fun character combinations and combat sequences once LEGO Horizon Adventures releases on November 14.

Pokmon Trading Card Game Pocket players will get to trade certain cards come 2025, the Pokmon TCG Pocket operations team announced Wednesday. After launching in late October, Pokmon TCG Pocket has been a wild hit: The game has reportedly made more than $12 million across more than 10 million downloads. Opening booster packs, collecting cards, and then battling with them has been the big draw since the games release date, but trading has always been on the docket. Now, players know when to expect it in January. But the Pokmon TCG Pocket operations team isnt going to open the trading flood gates, instead opting to keep the functionality limited to certain cards.We are planning to gradually expand the selection of cards that are able to be traded, the operations team wrote.The addition of trading is highly anticipated, but it could fundamentally change the game, something that The Pokmon Company acknowledged at a press event held in November. We know introducing trading into a game all about collection is going to have significant implications, a Pokmon Company representative said at the preview event. We want to see how people are playing the game and what the best way we could do this in a way that makes sense for TCG Pocket would be.While trading is still a few months out, though, the Pokmon TCG Pocket team did say Wednesday that it plans to add new booster packs by the end of the year, but did not specify a date. Other new features are in development, too, which the company plans to announce more in the future.

If you failed your Ticketmaster check on tickets to Dimension 20s sold-out Madison Square Garden show, you now have a chance to reroll. Fans of Dropouts flagship actual play can now enter a lottery for reduced-price Dimensioneer tickets by visiting their website.Earlier this year, the independent streamer announced itd be doing what no actual play had done before: playing Dungeons & Dragons on the worlds most famous stage. That plan came with controversy, as the overwhelming surge of fans rushing the site triggered Ticketmasters Dynamic Pricing model. Tickets priced between $80 and $200-plus jumped up to as much as $2500, sparking outrage from the fanbase.If you haven't been able to get tickets for our upcoming live show, Dimension 20: Gauntlet at the Garden, good news you can now (actually) submit for the Dimensioneer tickets lottery! pic.twitter.com/piXGwNYqLe Dimension 20 (@dimension20show) November 13, 2024In response, Dropout released a statement saying the average ticket sold for $119 with the dynamic pricing nonsense only impacting a fraction of sales. The same statement instituted the Dimensioneer ticket lottery system, which would give fans who were potentially priced out of the event an opportunity to see the show at a budget price. Dropout also initially stated it would opt out of using the dynamic pricing model for its upcoming West Coast Tour, though it later clarified that 150 tickets for the Hollywood Bowl show would be subject to dynamic pricing, stating on Twitter that 100% of the uplift (minus fees) would be donated to the LA County Parks Foundation.Lottery submissions for a limited number of $35 tickets will be open through Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. ET. The lucky winners will be informed via email on the evening of November 22. According to Dimension 20s post on social media, Dimensioneer seat locations will be randomly assigned throughout the venue, including Upper Level and Floor level seating. Winners will not know what their view of the stage will be the company says Dimensioneer ticket locations will only be revealed on the night of the show.The Madison Square Garden show, Gauntlet at the Garden, will be a one-night-only event set in the Unsleeping City, Dimension 20s magical twist on New York City. The first two seasons of Unsleeping City tackle the citys historical issues with oppressive city planner Robert Moses, and more modern-day issues like megacorporations and isolation. Season 1 is available on Youtube, with the second season exclusively on Dropout.tv.