Amanita Design’s cult classic point-and-click adventure Machinarium is getting a sequel, and it looks just as cryptic and charming as the original, which debuted 17 years ago. You can watch the debut trailer, but unfortunately there’s no word on when it will be launching.
As far as publicity stunts go, this is a pretty solid one. Performers dressed as Ryu and Ken battled inside an arcade cabinet, complete with oversized joysticks and buttons. Interestingly, it only has three buttons, rather than the traditional six, with one of them reminiscent of the pressure-sensitive buttons on the original Street Fighter.
The extremely brutal horror film Talk to Me is being turned into an immersive series called I Let You In. It’s coming to Meta headsets and VR glasses, will shift the setting from Australia to “the ultimate party in Ibiza,” and is expected to release next spring.
According to The Verge’s senior AI reporter, Luca Guadagnino’s dark comedy hit all the familiar tech milestones.
Sony, which acquired Crunchyroll in 2021, is launching a hub for the anime streaming service on the PS5 in spring 2027, as reported earlier by Variety. It’s still not exactly clear what this hub will look like, but Sony says it will allow players to explore anime series and games, as well as access the Crunchyroll app.
Nintendo describes it as an “NFC Reader Writer,” and I found a vague diagram in one of the files. Maybe it’s something for amiibo? An update to the old Nintendo 3DS NFC Reader/Writer accessory, for some reason?
What do you think? Here are the files, if you want to dig through them yourself.
Michael Smith, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, was also ordered to pay over $8 million. According to the DOJ, that’s the amount he earned in royalties from using bots to stream hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs from 2017 to 2024.
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Spoiler alert: The Facebook Files are still more interesting than Aaron Sorkin’s new thriller.
You’ll need to bring your own PS4 game files, according to the GitHub page, but it looks like a great way to play Hideo Kojima’s infamous, delisted horror demo.
“I made this on my own, in my spare time, because P.T. deserved to keep existing somewhere other than on consoles that still have it installed,” the developer says on GitHub.
