Witch Machine: Spilled Vessel

Game developer Eric Barone, known for creating Stardew Valley and the upcoming Haunted Chocolatier, has commented on the hot-button issue of AI in gaming.Speaking to Game Informer, Barone said AI technologies may have a place in game development for "very specific zoomed-in cases," but he wouldn't want to use it for creative endeavors."You're offloading creativity to an algorithm, which I think is always going to undermine the pure and authentic human element of what you're doing," he said. "So for me, as someone who wants to express myself in an artistic way, I wouldn't ever want to use AI fo

In the six months since Valve announced the Steam Machine, PC gaming hardware has continued to get more expensive, and now that the Steam Deck has an official price increase, anyone hoping to get a Steam Machine for less than a thousand bucks is probably going to be disappointed.

The Steam Machine, once thought to be targeting the first quarter of 2026, was pushed back earlier in the year to an indefinite date - even if maker Valve continued to insist the PC-in-console-clothing remains on track for release in 2026. The new target instead shifted to the first half of the year. Read more