Image: Sucker Punch To close out Sony’s State of Play presentation, Sucker Punch debuted a first look at the next game in its award-winning Ghosts series. Dubbed Ghost of Yotei, players will inhabit a new female protagonist named Atsu, who wields a shamisen in addition to a samurai’s traditional sword. According to the trailer description, Atsu will travel the wilds around Mount Yotei accompanied by a mysterious wolf companion.Sucker Punch Studios, the developers behind the Sly Cooper and Infamous series, released Ghosts of Tsushima back in 2020. The game was praised for its quiet, contemplative moments as much as it’s Akira Kurosawa-style samurai action. Earlier this year, Sucker Punch released a PC port of Tsushima and confirmed that a movie based on the... Continue reading…

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Microsoft is launching a new feature called “correction” that builds on the company’s efforts to combat AI inaccuracies. Customers using Microsoft Azure to power their AI systems can now use the capability to automatically detect and rewrite incorrect content in AI outputs.The correction feature is available in preview as part of the Azure AI Studio — a suite of safety tools designed to detect vulnerabilities, find “hallucinations,” and block malicious prompts. Once enabled, the correction system will scan and identify inaccuracies in AI output by comparing it with a customer’s source material.From there, it will highlight the mistake, provide information about why it’s incorrect, and rewrite the content in question — all “before the... Continue reading…

Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Sony has just revealed seven additional games that’ll get enhanced by its PS5 Pro, coming November 7th, on top of the games it previously revealed. New titles include Stellar Blade, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, F1 24, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, both Resident Evil Village and Resident Evil 4, and Dragon Age: The Veilguard. That means the whole confirmed lineup so far has 20 Enhanced games, including:Alan Wake 2Assassin’s Creed ShadowsDemon’s SoulsDragon Age: The VeilguardDragon’s Dogma IIF1 24Final Fantasy VII RebirthGran Turismo 7Hogwarts LegacyHorizon Forbidden WestMarvel’s Spider-Man 2Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake EaterRatchet & Clank: Rift ApartResident Evil 4Resident Evil VillageStar Wars Jedi: SurvivorS... Continue reading…

Image: PlayStation Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is one of those series of games that has always felt unjustly left behind to me, and at Sony’s State of Play today, it’s finally getting its due, at least a little. The two classic Crystal Dynamics games, which I enjoyed in their penultimate form on the Dreamcast, are getting a remaster for PlayStation consoles, courtesy of Aspyr Media. The remasters come out on December 10th.The two Soul Reaver games were supernatural action puzzlers with a heavy Lovecraftian bent released first for the original PlayStation and Windows PCs in 1999, then for the Sega Dreamcast in 2000. In them, you play Raziel, a jawless vampire who was brought back to life by an elder god. He’s equipped with an ethereal sword (the titular... Continue reading…

There are quite a few more single-board computer (SBC) options than there were in 2012 when Raspberry Pi launched its first model. Even though Raspberry Pi wasnt the first in the field, it did fan the flames in that marketplace in a huge way. Exposing so many folks to the world of DIY projects with SBCs drew in dozens of competitors, if not more.

While Excel boasts over 450+ functions, sometimes they just dont cut it. These built-in functions fall short when you want to automate specific tasks or perform unique calculations in your databases. Here is where the magic of VBA (Virtual Basic for Applications) comes in. It's an undiscovered Excel feature for creating custom functions, which has entirely changed how I handle my spreadsheets.

Governor Gavin Newsom gave his thoughts on SB 1047 for the first time at Salesforce’s Dreamforce event last week. | Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images As Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision looms, SAG-AFTRA members leverage star power to push for SB 1047’s passage. Continue reading…

Image: Sony Sony is launching shiny new “Chroma” console covers for the PlayStation 5 Slim that come in pearl, indigo, and teal. And if having an iridescent console isn’t eye-catching enough, you can also get new DualSense controllers to match.The Chroma console covers will cost $64.99 USD, while the DualSense controllers will cost $79.99. Sony is launching the Chroma pearl and indigo accessories on November 7th, followed by teal on January 23, 2025. The new colors look neat, but they’re quite intense — I’m not sure I’d want to swap out the sleek blue, red, or gray of the PS5 Slim for these.You’ll be able to preorder covers and controllers from the collection on October 3rd, with availability in the US, UK, France, Germany, Austria, Spain,... Continue reading…

Image: Guerrilla Games Sony is releasing a remastered version of Horizon Zero Dawn. The company announced the news during its State of Play event on Tuesday and says the game will be available on PlayStation 5 and PC starting October 31st with “stunning new visuals and enhanced features.”Rumors about a potential Horizon Zero Dawn remaster first emerged in 2022, but several news outlets spotted an ESRB rating for the remaster on the PS5 and PC just last week.Launched in 2017, Horizon Zero Dawn puts you in control of Aloy, a hunter who lives in a postapocalyptic world overrun by mechanical creatures. It tasks you with taking down enemies using your bow, spear, and a little bit of stealth.Sony brought Horizon Zero Dawn to PC in 2020 and later released an... Continue reading…

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images ‘All roads lead back to Google,’ the government argued in the first two weeks of its ad tech antitrust trial. Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Astro Bot DLC news, and and Sucker Punch’s next big game. Continue reading…

Image: Riot Games As the video game voice actor strike continues, SAG-AFTRA has added League of Legends to its list of struck video games. The union organization, consisting of over 160,000 members, also filed an unfair labor complaint against Formosa Interactive, one of the support studios that worked on the game.Riot Games has issued a statement on social media saying, “League of Legends has nothing to do with the complaint mentioned in SAG-AFTRA’s press release.” The developer noted that it has instructed Formosa Interactive to only use union talent on the game and that it has never permitted Formosa to cancel a game it has registered with them. Also, in an email to The Verge, Riot spokesperson Joe Hixson clarified that neither the upcoming Worlds... Continue reading…