The playtest, which will be a test of the “same service” as the one in October, will accept up to 40,000 on a first-come, first-served basis. You can apply here, though you’ll need to have been a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscriber as of last Thursday as 6PM ET to be eligible.
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Plus, in this week’s Installer: a new OpenAI agent, a customizable controller, an emoji game, and more.
Use a dropdown from the Images tab to show or hide AI images.
The iconic Roblox “oof” sound is available again on the platform after being removed in 2022 “due to a licensing issue.”
FBC: Firebreak didn’t get off to a roaring start, but the team behind it is preparing a new “Major Update” it aims to launch in late September with changes like a better onboarding process.
Our review of the game said it “ignores Remedy’s trademark strangeness in an unremarkable shooter.”
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That’s the newly-announced release date for Dreams of Another, the trippy-looking title from Q-Games where you shoot guns to help create the world around you. I loved the brief demo I played at this year’s Game Developers Conference.
CBS is also retiring The Late Show franchise, which it says is “purely a financial decision,” according to CBS News.
The order, which is planned to be released sometime next week, would “dictate that AI companies getting federal contracts be politically neutral and unbiased in their AI models,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
