With LittleBigPlanet arriving in the shops tomorrow we’re sure you’ll all be shunning the American elections to get plenty of shut eye so that you can get queuing early.
Naturally, given the phenomenal excitement around this release there’s loads of content and coverage on the internet. Our favourite for today was this one, courtesy of our friends over at PS3 Attitude. They met up with Media Molecule’s Alex Evans at GameCity and he told them about his favourite five levels so far. What’s really great about this is that come tomorrow you can all go and play them as well!
Simulated sensory systems have been a part of enemy AI for several years. In the classic Thief series, guards were able to investigate noises and glimpsed movements, a feature later refined in the likes of Halo and Crysis. Nowadays, sensory data seems ever more complex, with enemies following blood trails (Alone in the Dark) or even sniffing you out on the wind (Metal Gear Solid 4). Is this a vital development? Where will it lead? Today we ask a selection of developers about bringing AI characters to their senses…
With LittleBigPlanet hitting stores this week you’ll want to be ready to get your levels up and running as quickly as possible. Check out the rest of these videos to get the edge…
Keith Stuart brings us the first article in a five part series of expert round table discussions on the future of artificial intelligence in gaming…
We all know what bad AI is. That moment a soldier gets stuck behind a small piece of foliage, doomed to complete the same running animation for the rest of eternity. Or when a group of aliens just leaps at you, spurning any opportunity for cover, in order to sacrifice themselves to your whirring mini-canon. And even if they do disappear behind a clump of rocks, they’ll usually end up poking their heads up every eight seconds in exactly the same place, allowing you to pick them off like sickly elephants at an illegal safari hunt.
Don’t try these moves at home kids. Or indeed anywhere…
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Wondering how to fill up a cold November? Not any more - you’ve got gaming to do! There’s a glut of great first-party games coming out on PS3, PS2 and PSP over the next month. We’ve got the release schedule right here - and the first game is out today…
Start warming up your vocal chords and flexing your diaphragms; SingStar Vol. 3 is looming. Out in November, the disc will contain a whole host of new hits to make your own. There’s a range of genres and musical periods covered - from the late sixties all the way up to the present day. Get ready to serenade family, friends and even strangers with some of the masterpieces listed below…
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