• The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in space
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    Deterrence The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in space "We have to build capabilities that provide our leadership offensive and defensive options." Stephen Clark Dec 13, 2024 10:40 am | 157 Last year, Space Operations Command unveiled its first official painting, titled "High Ground Intercept," commissioned with artist Rick Herter. The painting illustrates a US military spaceplane intercepting an adversary's satellite, which in turn is positioning to disable a friendly satellite. Last year, Space Operations Command unveiled its first official painting, titled "High Ground Intercept," commissioned with artist Rick Herter. The painting illustrates a US military spaceplane intercepting an adversary's satellite, which in turn is positioning to disable a friendly satellite. Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreORLANDO, FloridaEarlier this year, officials at US Space Command released a list of priorities and needs, and among the routine recitation of things like cyber defense, communications, and surveillance was a relatively new term: "integrated space fires."This is a new phrase in the esoteric terminology the military uses to describe its activities. Essentially, "fires" are offensive or defensive actions against an adversary. The Army defines fires as "the use of weapon systems to create specific lethal and nonlethal effects on a target."The inclusion of this term in a Space Command planning document was another signal that Pentagon leaders, long hesitant to even mention the possibility of putting offensive weapons in space for fear of stirring up a cosmic arms race, see the taboo of talking about space warfare as a thing of the past."While we've held it close to the vest before, some of that was just kind of hand-wringing," said Gen. Chance Saltzman, the top general in the Space Force, who also serves on the joint chiefs of staff. "It wasn't really something we needed to protect."One reason for the change in how the military talks about warfare in space is that the nation's top two strategic adversariesChina and Russiaare already testing capabilities that could destroy or disable a US military satellite.The Space Force was established nearly five years ago, in December 2019, to protect US interests in space. Satellites provide the military with intelligence data, navigation, communications, and support missile defense, and in the next few years, they will become even more crucial for weapons targeting and battle management. Gen. Chance Saltzman, the Space Force's chief of Space Operations, speaks Tuesday at the Space Force Association's Spacepower Conference in Orlando, Florida. Credit: Space Force Association This week, Saltzman laid out the military's view of offensive weapons in space in perhaps the plainest language yet.Space is a war-fighting domain," Saltzman said at the Space Force Association's Spacepower Conference in Orlando, Florida. "Ten years ago, I couldnt say that. Thats the starting point. Think about that. In 2014, we had senior leaders start to talk about space and war in the same sentence. They got kind of berated by the senior leadership. So this is still a relatively new condition when were talking about war-fighting in space. I don't think we should underestimate the power of that."An alert postureGen. Stephen Whiting, the four-star chief of US Space Command, identified "integrated space fires"again, these are actual offensive or defensive attacks against an enemy vehicleas his organization's most pressing need. These could be based in any domainland, air, sea, or spaceand aimed against targets within and above the atmosphere.So what would these weapons look like? They might be electronic or cyber in nature, allowing US forces to hack a satellite or its ground-based support network. Russia has already done this, when hackers launched a cyberattack on a commercial European satellite communications network in 2022, the same day the country began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Then there's directed energy, which would use a laser beam to blind or dazzle satellite sensors in orbit. Directed energy weapons could be based on the ground or in space. There's another option that would involve one satellite sidling up next to an adversary's and using a claw or robotic arm to capture it and take control.Finally, there are the kinds of space weapons that can blow a satellite out of the sky. These antisatellite weapons (ASATs) are perhaps the most low-tech solutionthe United States, China, Russia, and India have openly demonstrated thembut they come with dangerous side effects.For example, a Chinese ASAT missile test in 2007 destroyed one of the country's own satellites, creating more than 3,000 trackable debris objects in low-Earth orbit, the largest cloud of space debris in history. The United States performed a similar ASAT missile test against a satellite in 1985.Destructive ASATs, like directed energy weapons, can be based on the ground or in space. In 2021, Russia launched a ground-based direct-ascent ASAT missile to take out one of its own satellites. The year before, Space Command reported Russia tested a space-based ASAT weapons system in which a Russian military satellite released a projectile moving fast enough to destroy another satellite if it made an impact. Anti-satellite weapons are nothing new. In this photo from 1994, a woman passes by a huge mural in Tehran, Iran, depicting satellite television networks as satans and enemies of Islam. Credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images Most recently, news leaked from US government sources in February that Russia is developing a nuclear ASAT weapon. If used, this would render low-Earth orbit, a section of space stretching several hundred miles above Earth, unusable for a year or more, according to John Plumb, the former assistant secretary of defense for space policy.US officials said Russia hasn't placed a nuclear weapon in orbit yet, but if it did, the move would violate Article IV of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. Russia is a party to the treaty, which bans weapons of mass destruction in space. Russia's representative at the UN Security Council vetoed a resolution in April to reaffirm this tenet of the Outer Space Treaty and instead proposed a resolution to ban all weapons in space, which the United States rejected. After all, US officials say Russia has already tested an ASAT weapon in orbit.And now, the US Space Force desires space weapons of its own."We need joint all-domain fires to be able to do that, everything from across the gamut of cyber, non-kinetic, kinetic, and those can come from any domain. But we need to have the ability to influence targets, just like every other domain does," Whiting said.Knowing what we haveAt the conference Tuesday, Ars asked Saltzman if the Space Force will talk more about the capabilities it is deploying in orbit. Can deterrence work if adversaries don't know how the Space Force might respond to a threat?In the film Dr. Strangelove, the titular character says that deterrence is the art of producing in the mind of the enemy the fear of attacking. At the end of the movie (spoiler alert if you haven't seen this 60-year-old film), a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union results in the automatic activation of a secret Russian "doomsday machine" that will destroy all life on Earth.According to the plot, Russia developed the machine to dissuade a US attack on its territory. Dr. Strangelove, a zany, mercurial military adviser in the film, aptly states: "The whole point of a doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret!"Saltzman made it clear that the Space Force can't stop at developing defensive countermeasures against an attack on a US satellite. One of these defensive measures is resiliency, where the Space Force puts up constellations of hundreds or thousands of satellites to provide the surveillance, communication, and missile-tracking functions previously the domain of smaller numbers of billion-dollar satellitesbig, juicy targets in the eyes of an enemy in conflict with the United States. The Pentagon is well on the way to deploying these mega-constellations, but military commands caution this is not enough."We have to build capabilities that provide our leadership offensive and defensive options," he said in response to a question from Ars. "Weapons systems aren't inherently offensive or defense. Is an aircraft carrier offensive or defense? Yes. Is an F-35 offensive or defense? Yes. So when we get in this fight about whether or not a spacecraftis this an offensive weapon? No, it's just a capability.""Then, the operations, as approved by the secretary of defense and the president, will decide the nature of those (capabilities)," Saltzman said. "It's our job to make sure that we think through the spectrum of operations, the spectrum of needs that are necessary." An operator inside the National Space Defense Center at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. Credit: US Space Force/Kathryn Damon These wartime scenarios in space range from a one-off cyberattack against a satellite systemlike Russia's move against a Viasat commercial satellite network in 2022to a destructive nuclear detonation in Earth orbit, something US officials fear Russia might be preparing to do. The Pentagon is also concerned with the ability of potential adversaries, particularly China, to use their satellites to bolster their land, air, and naval forces, similar to the way the US military leans on its space-based capabilities.One concept proposed by some government and industry officials is to launch roving "defender" satellites into orbit, with the sole purpose of guarding high-value US satellites against an attack. These wouldn't be able to effectively defend a spacecraft against a ground-based anti-satellite missile, which can launch without warning. But a space-based attack might involve an enemy satellite taking days or weeks to move close to a US satellite due to limitations in maneuverability and the tyranny of orbital mechanics.Any defender satellites deployed by the US military would need highly efficient propulsion or have a design that enables refueling in orbit. Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, wrote about the defender concept in a Medium post earlier this month.Bruno added some context Thursday in a roundtable discussion with reporters, describing the defender concept as "a lightning fast, long-range, lethal, if necessary, vehicle to defend our assets on orbit."Essentially, the idea would take something like a space tug or upper stagean upgraded version of ULA's own Centaur V upper stage could do the job just fine, Bruno saidand leave it in orbit on alert to respond to any threats against US or allied satellites."You can move one of these vehicles in hours, interdict what might be an attack, and stop the attack," Bruno said. "So that becomes a very powerful deterrent because we move from what we are working toward right now, which is 'go ahead and attack me and disable several of my satellites, and I can still keep doing my job,' to a place where you say, 'Go ahead and attack. It's not going to work. You're not going to be able to disable anything.'"The case of ChinaBrig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir, who leads US Space Forces in the Indo-Pacific region, has probably the closest eye on China's space program of any military commander. His area of responsibility includes the South China Sea, where China has expanded its military footprint and could one day threaten Taiwan, a US ally.Mastalir said China is "copying the US playbook" with the way it integrates satellites into more conventional military operations on land, in the air, and at sea. "Their specific goals are to be able to track and target US high-value assets at the time and place of their choosing," Mastalir said.China's strategy, known as Anti-Access/Area Denial, or A2AD, is centered on preventing US forces from accessing international waters extending hundreds or thousands of miles from mainland China. Some of the islands occupied by China within the last 15 years are closer to the Philippines, another treaty ally, than to China itself.The A2AD strategy first "extended to the first island chain (bounded by the Philippines), and now the second island chain (extending to the US territory of Guam), and eventually all the way to the West Coast of California," Mastalir said.US officials say China has based anti-ship, anti-air, and anti-ballistic weapons in the region, and many of these systems rely on satellite tracking and targeting. Mastalir said his priority at Indo-Pacific Command, headquartered in Hawaii, is to defend US and allied satellites, or "blue assets," and challenge "red assets" to break the Chinese military's "long-range kill chains and protect the joint force from space-enabled attack."What this means is the Space Force wants to have the ability to disable or destroy the satellites China would use to provide communication, command, tracking, navigation, or surveillance support during an attack against the US or its allies. Buildings and structures are seen on October 25, 2022, on an artificial island built by China on Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. China has progressively asserted its claim of ownership over disputed islands in the region. Credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images Mastalir said he believes China's space-based capabilities are "sufficient" to achieve the country's military ambitions, whatever they are. "The sophistication of their sensors is certainly continuing to increasethe interconnectedness, the interoperability. They're a pacing challenge for a reason," he said."We're seeing all signs point to being able to target US aircraft carriers... high-value assets in the air like tankers, AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System)," Mastalir said. "This is a strategy to keep the US from intervening, and that's what their space architecture is."That's not acceptable to Pentagon officials, so Space Force personnel are now training for orbital warfare. Just don't expect to know the specifics of any of these weapons systems any time soon."The details of that? No, you're not going to get that from any war-fighting organization'let me tell you precisely how I intend to attack an adversary so that they can respond and counter that'those aren't discussions we're going to have," Saltzman said. "We're still going to protect some of those (details), but broadly, from an operational concept, we are going to be ready to contest space."A new administrationThe Space Force will likely receive new policy directives after President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. The Trump transition team hasn't identified any changes coming for the Space Force, but a list of policy proposals known as Project 2025 may offer some clues.Published by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, Project 2025 calls for the Pentagon to pivot the Space Force from a mostly defensive posture toward offensive weapons systems. Christopher Miller, who served as acting secretary of defense in the first Trump administration, authored the military section of Project 2025.Miller wrote that the Space Force should "reestablish offensive capabilities to guarantee a favorable balance of forces, efficiently manage the full deterrence spectrum, and seriously complicate enemy calculations of a successful first strike against US space assets."Trump disavowed Project 2025 during the campaign, but since the election, he has nominated several of the policy agenda's authors and contributors to key administration posts.Saltzman met with Trump last month while attending a launch of SpaceX's Starship rocket in Texas, but he said the encounter was incidental. Saltzman was already there for discussions with SpaceX officials, and Trump's travel plans only became known the day before the launch.The conversation with Trump at the Starship launch didn't touch on any policy details, according to Saltzman. He added that the Space Force hasn't yet had any formal discussions with the Trump transition team.Regardless of the direction Trump takes with the Space Force, Saltzman said the service is already thinking about what to do to maintain what the Pentagon now calls "space superiority"a twist on the term air superiority, which might have seemed equally as fanciful at the dawn of military aviation more than a century ago."Thats the reason were the Space Force," Saltzman said. "So administration to administration, thats still going to be true. Now, its just about resourcing and the discussions about what we want to do and when we want to do it, and were ready to have those discussions."Stephen ClarkSpace ReporterStephen ClarkSpace Reporter Stephen Clark is a space reporter at Ars Technica, covering private space companies and the worlds space agencies. Stephen writes about the nexus of technology, science, policy, and business on and off the planet. 157 Comments
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  • What Developers Should Know About Embedded AI
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    Where would the world be without APIs? There would likely be a lot less connected and software releases flowing like molasses. Developers use APIs to add capabilities to their apps quickly, though the grab-and-go approach is unwise when it comes to AI.While many developers are proficient in embedding AI into applications, the challenge lies in fully understanding the nuances of AI development, which is vastly different from traditional software development, says Chris Brown, president of professional services company Intelygenz. AI is not just another technical component. Its a transformative tool for solving complex business challenges.Jason Wingate, CEO of Emerald Ocean, a technology and business solutions company focused on product innovation, brand development and strategic distribution also believes that while APIs make embedding AI seem as simple as calling a function, many developers do not understand how models work and their risks.Several major companies in 2023 and early 2024 had their chatbots compromised through prompt injection. Users sent prompts like Ignore previous instructions or Forget you are a customer service bot, causing the AI to reveal sensitive information, says Wingate. This happened because developers didnt implement proper guardrails against prompt injection attacks. While much of this has been addressed, it showcases how unprepared developers were in using AI via APIs.Related:Timothy E. Bates, professor of practice, University of Michigan and former Lenovo CTO, also warns that most developers dont fully grasp the complexities of AI when they embed it using APIs.They treat it as a plug-and-play tool without understanding the intricacies of the underlying models, such as data bias, ethical implications and dynamic updates by AI providers. I've seen this firsthand, especially when advising organizations where developers inadvertently introduced vulnerabilities or misaligned features by misusing AI, says Bates.An organization can miss opportunities due to a lack of knowledge, which results in poor ROI.AI should be tested in sandbox environments before production. [You also need] governance. Establish oversight mechanisms to monitor AI behavior and outcomes, says Bates. AI usage should be [transparent] to end users, maintaining trust and avoiding backlash. Combining developers, data scientists and business leaders into cross-functional teams ensures AI aligns with strategic goals.Ben Clayton, CEO of forensic audio and video analysis company Media Medic has also seen evidence of developer struggles firsthand.Related:Developers need a solid grasp of the basics of AI -- things like data, algorithms, machine learning models, and how they all tie together. If you dont understand the underlying principles, you could end up using AI tools in ways that might not be optimal for the problem youre solving, says Clayton. For example, if youre relying on a model without understanding how it was trained, you might be surprised when it doesnt perform as expected in real-world scenarios.Technology Is Only Part of the PictureA common challenge is viewing AI as a technological solution rather than a strategic enabler.Organizations often falter by embedding AI into their operations without clearly defining the business problem it is solving. This can result in misaligned goals, poor adoption rates and systems that fail to deliver ROI, says Intelygenzs Brown. AI implementation must start with a clear business case or IT improvement objective whether its streamlining operations, optimizing network performance, or enhancing customer experience. Without this foundation, AI becomes a costly experiment instead of a transformative solution."Chris Brown, IntelygenzGabriel Zessin, software architect at API solution provider Sensedia, agrees.Related:In my opinion, although most developers are proficient in API integrations, not all of them understand AI well enough to use it effectively, especially when it comes to embedding AI to their existing applications. Its important for developers to set the expectations of what can be achieved with AI for each company's use case alongside the business teams, like product owners and other stakeholders, says Zessin.DataAI feeds on data. If the data quality is bad, AI becomes unreliable.[S]ourcing the correct data is often challenging, says Josep Prat, engineering director of streaming services at AI and data platform company Aiven. External influences such as data sovereignty and privacy controls affect data harvesting, and many databases are not optimized properly. Understanding how to harvest and optimize data is key to creating effective AI. Additionally, developers need to understand how AI models produce their outputs to use them effectively.Probabilistic Versus DeterministicTraditionally, software developers have been taught that a given input should result in a certain output. However, AI tends to be probabilistic, which is based on the likelihood something will happen. Deterministic, on the other hand, assures an outcome based on previous results.Instead of a guaranteed answer, [probabilistic] offers confidence levels at about 95%. And keep in mind, what works in one scenario may not work in another. These fundamentals are key to setting realistic expectations and developing AI effectively, says Sri (Srikanth) Hosakote, chief development officer and co-founder at campus network-as-a-service (NaaS) Nile. I find that many organizations successfully adopt AI by working directly with customers to identify pain points and then developing solutions that address those issues.Have a Feedback Loop and TestAPIs simplify AI integration, but without understanding the role of feedback loops, developers risk deploying models without mechanisms to catch errors or learn from them. A feedback loop ensures that when the AI output is wrong or inconsistent, its flagged, documented, and shared across teams.[A feedback loop] prevents repeated use of flawed models, aligns AI performance with user needs and creates a virtuous cycle of improvement, says Robin Patra, head of data at design-build construction company ARCO Design/Build.Without such systems, errors may persist unchecked, undermining trust and user experience.Its also wise to involve stakeholders who can provide feedback about the AI outputs, such as whether the prediction is accurate, the recommendation relevant or a fair decision.Feedback isnt just about a single mistake. Its about identifying patterns of failure and sharing those insights with all relevant teams. This minimizes repeat errors and informs retraining efforts, says Patra. Developers should understand techniques like active learning where the model is retrained using flagged errors or edge cases, improving its accuracy and resilience over time.Its also important to test early and often.Good testing is critical to successfully embedding AI. AI should be thoroughly tested and validated before being deployed and once it is live regular monitoring and checks should continue. It should never just be a case of setting an AI model up and then leaving it to run, says John Jackson, founder at click fraud protection platform Hitprobe.Developers should understand and use performance metrics.Developers often deploy AI without fully understanding how to evaluate it. Metrics like accuracy, precision, recall and F1 score are crucial for interpreting how well an AI model performs specific tasks, says Anbang Xu, founder at AI ad generator JoggAI. [W]eve seen companies struggle to optimize video ad placements because they dont understand how models weigh audience demographics versus engagement data.Another challenge is misunderstanding the capabilities of what the API is calling.Misaligned expectations around AI often stem from a lack of understanding of what models can realistically achieve, says Xu. This misalignment leads to wasted time and suboptimal results.Security should always be top of mindI think a lot of developers and business leaders making decisions to implement AI in their applications simply dont realize that AI isnt always that secure. Lots of AI tools dont make it very clear how data is used, says Edward Tian, CEO of AI-generated content detector GPTZero. They arent always upfront about where they source their data or how they deal with the data that is inputted. So, if an organization inputs customer data into an embedded AI tool in their application, whether they are the ones doing that or their customers are, they could potentially run into legal troubles if that data is not handled appropriately.Developers should spend time exploring the security defenses of the AI they choose."They need to understand what threats were contemplated, what security mechanisms are in place, what model was used to train the AI, and what capabilities the AI has through integrations and other connections, says Jeff Williams, co-founder and CTO at Contrast Security. Developers might start with the OWASP Top Ten for LLM Applications, which is specifically designed to educate developers about the risks of incorporating AI into their applications.For example, prompt injection enables an attacker to rewrite rules. Its difficult to prevent, so developers should be careful about using any user input from an untrusted source in a prompt. Sensitive information disclosure and over-trusting AI are also common challenges.AIs aren't very good at partitioning data or keeping track of which data belongs to which user. So, attackers can try to trick the AI into revealing sensitive data like private information, internal implementation details, or other intellectual property, says Williams. [D]evelopers may give the results from the AI more trust than is warranted. This is very easy to do because AIs are very good at sounding authoritative, even when they are just making things up. There are many more serious issues for developers to take into account when using an AI in their apps.How to Develop AI SmartsThere are endless resources available to developers who want to learn more about AI. They include online courses and tutorials, which include practical exercises for hands-on experience.Carve out time weekly to explore areas like natural language processing, computer vision and recommendation systems. Online tutorials and communities are great resources for staying up to date, says Niles Hosakote. At the same time, experiment[ing] with AI tools for productivity code analysis or test automation can level up your work.Developers can also improve their working knowledge of AI by participating in hackathons or internal-focused AI projects, pair programming with data scientists, and staying up to date through online courses, conferences, and industry meetups.AI isnt a magic wand, so define specific problems it should solve before integration. [Also], respect data ethics: Be cautious about where training data originates to avoid unintended consequences, says University of Michigans Bates. The success of AI depends on the teams behind it. Training developers on AI fundamentals will pay dividends.Some of the fundamentals include bias and fairness, explainability, lifecycle management, and security in AI integration.Jason Wingate, Emerald OceanDevelopers need to understand how biases in training data affect outputs, as seen in systems that inadvertently reinforce societal inequities. AI must not remain a black box. Developers should know how to articulate AI decision-making processes to stakeholders, says Bates. Continuous monitoring and retraining are essential as business contexts evolve.Developers can learn about AI tools through small experiments, like building simple chatbots to understand how changes in prompts affect responses, before taking on bigger projects.[Developers] need to grasp model behavior, limitations, data privacy, bias issues and proper prompt engineering, says Emerald Oceans Wingate. Start small and build up gradually. For example, when introducing AI for customer service, companies often begin by having AI suggest responses that human agents review, rather than letting AI respond directly to customers. Only after proving this works [should] they expand AIs role.
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  • From enshittocene to virome, science and technology's words of 2024
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    SocietyFrom enshittocene to virome, science and technology's words of 2024Here are 10 words that entered our vocabulary this year, capturing discoveries at the cutting edge of science, elusive emotions and the various ways technology is changing our lives 11 December 2024 Andy smithStrembryoUntil recently, scientists studying the earliest moments of human development relied on embryos donated by people undergoing IVF, which in most countries including the UK and US must be destroyed after 14 days. In 2023, however, a team at the University of Cambridge created the first complete stem-cell based human embryo model.Stembryos, as they are known, can be studied for longer and they are expected to produce fresh insights into developmental conditions and the causes of early miscarriages, as well as improve IVF success rates. But consideration of the ethical questions inherent to this work hasnt kept pace. Which is why, in July, the UK published its first guidelines on the generation and use of stembryos in research, including the proposal that a committee be created to oversee all stembryo studies.ViromeWe are, all of us, riddled with viruses and thank goodness for that. The average human is host to as many as 380 trillion of them, collectively known as the virome. But while some viruses make us unwell, scientists now understand that the legions of viruses living inside us have a broader and more profound influence on our general health.Viruses make up a critical part of something we are more familiar with: the microbiome, that vast population of microorganisms that make camp both inside and on us. Scientists believe the virome regulates the
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  • CoD's Newest Finisher Is The Most Absurd One Yet, And That's Saying Something
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    The Call of Duty franchise in recent years has been known for its totally over-the-top skins, operators, and finishing moves, and the newest one for Black Ops 6 and Warzone might top them all.The upcoming Brightmare Tracer Pack is themed around unicorns, and the finishing move--called "Refraction Action"--spawns a unicorn who emits a deadly rainbow fart to take down your enemy. It's truly a sight to behold. Take a look:New finisher coming to Call of Duty kills your enemy with an explosive Unicorn fart pic.twitter.com/Jw0crb531R ModernWarzone (@ModernWarzone) December 13, 2024 For anyone unaware, players can trigger finishing moves if they successfully sneak up behind an enemy. It's not easy to do, and while the finishing move animation is underway, the player conducting it is exposed--so it's a risk/reward kind of situation.Continue Reading at GameSpot
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  • Mafia: The Old Country's Horses And Knife Fights Are Particularly Exciting For Its Dev
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    Mafia: The Old Country not only takes players back in time to the early 1900s, but also to a new place in Sicily. Game director Alex Cox recently talked about why the team at Hangar 13 chose that setting and time for the new Mafia game after the latest entries were set in later time periods of mob history.Cox said in an interview with Xbox that while the first three Mafia games explored different eras of the American mafia, the team "loved the idea of heading to Sicily and exploring the early years of this fearsome crime organization."For comparison, the original Mafia took place in the 1930s, with Mafia II picking up in the 1940s. Mafia III, meanwhile, was set in the late 1960s.Continue Reading at GameSpot
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  • Which One Piece Character Has The Best Philosophy?
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    One Piece is full of amazing lessons and philosophy. Ranging from the unbreakable mottos that characters live and die by, to morals that wiser characters impart to their younger and more naive counterparts, some of the best philosophies in anime are scattered around the One Piece world. Although not every one of these mottos is something to live by and real life, in the world of pirates, these codes make for some interesting character motivations.
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  • Marvel Rivals Skin Wish List
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    There is certainly plenty of depth to Marvel Rivals, with its Timestream Entanglement narrative, which will be ongoing due to the game observing a live-service model. However, the fact that Marvel Rivals is a live-service game also means that its gameplay and characters can evolve alongside the story, with new skins added to the game that cater to the nostalgia of fans as well as the history and storylines of some of Marvel's most beloved characters. With a fairly wide-open future ahead of it and a universe filled with possibilities, there is seemingly no end to what Marvel Rivals could add to the game in terms of character skins.
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  • Voxel Game - open-source voxel game unity project
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    nice lighting. i looked at the screens on github and I cant see any inhabitants yet. Will be cool to see them go in.
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  • Announcing Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a new franchise From Naughty Dog
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    Were back! You have been dying to know whats next for us, and Im thrilled to finally be able to answer: Naughty Dogs next game is Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, currently in development for the PlayStation 5 console. Weve been working on this brand-new adventure since 2020! This game is shaping up to be our wildest, most creative story yet. If you havent already, check out the announcement trailer:Play VideoIntergalactic stars our newest protagonist, Jordan A. Mun, a dangerous bounty hunter who ends up stranded on Sempiria a distant planet whose communication with the outside universe went dark hundreds of years ago. In fact, anyone whos flown to it hoping to unravel its mysterious past was never heard from again. Jordan will have to use all her skills and wits if she hopes to be the first person in over 600 years to leave its orbit.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageBeyond that, were keeping everything about the story under wraps at least for now. What we can tell you is that this game lives up to the Naughty Dog tradition of creating an emotional, character-driven epic journey. Our narrative goals are rivaled only by our gameplay ambitions. This will be the deepest gameplay in Naughty Dogs history, taking our learnings from our previous franchises and pushing them beyond anything weve ever done before.Jordan is played by the talented Tati Gabrielle, who leads a stellar cast (pun intended!). Eagle-eyed players might spot some of the other cast members in the trailer. Well reveal more of our ensemble down the line.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageOur incredible voyage into the cosmos also needs an equally incredible soundtrack. As tremendous fans of their work, Im excited to announce our collaboration with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross wholl be scoring Intergalactic! The guys are cooking, and the trailer is just a small tease of their work for the game.We know youre eager for more and trust us, were very eager to share more with you. For now, though, its time to put our heads back down and keep cranking away on Jordans adventure.View and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageOn behalf of the entire team at Naughty Dog, thank you to all our fans! Your support allows us to work on our dream games, bringing these wonderful new worlds and characters to life. We cant wait to show you more!See you on the other side,Neil DruckmannNaughty Dog Studio HeadView and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this imageView and download imageDownload the imagecloseCloseDownload this image
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