Rich Stanton

Bath, London

Editor at Kotaku UK

Writer at PC Gamer (UK)

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Google CEO pitches dystopia where no one communicates with their friends anymore because AI's writing our emails, claims this makes you 'a better friend'

1 week ago | pcgamer.com | Rich Stanton

CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai gave the opening address at the 17th annual Google I/O developer conference this Tuesday, and used the opportunity to get all starry-eyed, and slightly dystopian, about the future of AI. "We are shipping faster than ever," said Pichai (thanks, TheRegister).
It's a day ending in 'y' so you know what that means: Embracer Group is doing more restructuring

1 week ago | pcgamer.com | Rich Stanton

Embracer Group is undergoing yet another restructuring of its gigantic operations, this time announcing plans to spin-off the Coffee Stain part of the business as well as renaming the Lord of the Rings portion. In 2024, Embracer announced it would split into three distinct companies across games. Asmodee handled tabletop and physical games; Coffee Stain managed indies and free-to-play titles; Middle-Earth & Friends took charge of the Lord of the Rings and other major licenses.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney takes his victory lap as Fortnite returns to the app store after nearly 5 years: 'Thanks to all of the folks who initially sided with Apple then later came around to the winning side'

1 week ago | pcgamer.com | Rich Stanton

After a protracted legal battle, which is far from over, Apple has restored Fortnite to the US app store. Fortnite was removed in August 2020 after launching its own in-app monetisation system to bypass Apple's in-app payment system and the 30% commission it charges. This violated Apple's terms, and led to a legal challenge from Epic Games, which accused Apple of operating the app store as a monopoly.
Fooled by a false story about Steam account hacks? Have I Been Pwned 2.0 will now shower you with confetti when you have not, in fact, been pwned

2 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Rich Stanton

Last week saw a fairly typical mini-cycle of bad reporting: an anonymous internet account posted a claim that Steam had been hacked and over 89 million passwords were compromised. The data breach was widely reported, and outlets advised users to do the usual: password changes, enable 2FA, etcetera. Except… it turned out the breach never happened. It could have, of course (it didn't).
Fooled by a false story about Steam account hacks? Have I Been Pwned 2.0 will now shower you with confetti when you have not, in fact, been pwned

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Rich Stanton

1 hour agoWhat would happen if your entire business had to shut down tomorrow? Would you survive, or just hope for the best? In today's volatile and interconnected world, disruption is no longer an anomaly — it's an expectation. From cyber attacks and supply chain breakdowns to natural disasters and political …
Former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw says he 'retired too hard', but there's no way he's coming back for Half-Life 3: 'We need new stuff, [not] me going 'Well the G-Man wouldn't do that in my day''

2 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Rich Stanton

A new episode of Netflix's Love, Death and Robots is based on a short story written back in the 80s by former Valve writer and now professional retiree Marc Laidlaw. Laidlaw left Valve in 2016 but, in a new interview with IGN, wonders whether "I retired too hard."Last year saw the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2, as part of which Valve commissioned an official documentary from NoClip, in which Laidlaw featured. At the time Laidlaw also dug up an old development video on his own YouTube channel.
Haunted looking art director livestreams apology for Marathon theft scandal, but chat is merciless: 'Would write an original comment, but I don't see any good ones to plagarize'

2 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Rich Stanton

Last week Bungie was accused of using the designs of an independent artist, Antireal, without her knowledge or permission. It's a pretty cut-and-dry case: elements of Marathon's environment art unquestionably copy iconography from posters designed by Antireal in 2017. It didn't help that several of the game's art team also follow her accounts on social media.
Oblivion player breaks the bank to keep paranoid elf alive throughout his murderous rampage: 'I have created Super Saiyan Glarthir'

2 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Rich Stanton

One Oblivion Remastered player has gone to extreme lengths to keep one rather murderous NPC alive: and in the end managed to fix things so not only did Glarthir take care of all his tormentors, but massacred half the town's guards too, and got away with the entire thing. The NPC in question is a wood elf called Glarthir, who's found in Skingrad and asks the player for some help.
Someone flipped a switch on Elon Musk's Grok AI so it wouldn't stop banging on about 'white genocide' and South African politics, xAI blames 'an unauthorized modification' but doesn't say who did it

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Rich Stanton

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The Xbox 360 reveal was 20 years ago and is a time capsule from a world where Elijah Wood roamed free, MTV was still cool, and giant tech companies paid Pimp My Ride to make hideous custom consoles

2 weeks ago | pcgamer.com | Rich Stanton

This week marked 20 years since the reveal of the Xbox 360, an anniversary noted by Kotaku, and as someone old enough to remember getting hyped for this thing, I had to watch it. The reveal took place in 2005, and is basically a collection of signifiers that we're back in 2005: The video (embedded below) opens with an iPod ad featuring the Gorillaz, and then we get into the real business of Elijah Wood hyping up the console alongside appearances from The Killers and Pimp My Ride.

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