TL;DR: Microsoft has released a playable version of Quake II created by its generative AI, Muse, which generates gameplay on-the-fly. Microsoft has released a playable version of Quake II that was ...

The first-person shooter landscape sure looks different today than it did when I was growing up. These days, it's all about genres and subgenres of online multiplayer: Battle Royales, live service ...

The first time I ever laid eyes on id Software's Quake was in the pages of a magazine. Not a gaming magazine—I was 10 years old, my parents weren't going to buy me any—no this was a "family" magazine ...

Microsoft has been investing heavily in AI, with the company committing over $100 billion to its various artificial intelligence endeavors over the past few years. This weekend, gamers were given a ...

Quake II RTX is a cutting-edge, ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic, by NVIDIA’s Lightspeed Studios. Global lighting effects, including realistic reflections, refraction, ...

Microsoft and Nintendo have been working together more lately, and Microsoft took the opportunity last week to take the heat off its new pal when it needed it most. Just when online discussions about ...

Microsoft believes generative AI is critical for the future of gaming, for both gamers and developers. Earlier this year the company unveiled a World and Human Action Model (WHAM), dubbed Muse. Now, ...