Game that promised no paid DLC ever is getting paid DLC

As we creep slowly and cautiously into 2023, AI has become a big topic when it comes to just about everything in entertainment: art, music, writing, and even game development. And the more believable and accessible it gets, the more we're all wondering: will AI ultimately be helpful to artists, writers, and designers, or will it become so advanced it will replace them completely?

I can't answer that, but maybe someone else can, like this AI version of William Shakespeare I found on the Historical Figures Chat app on iOS. First, I asked it how to begin this newsletter, and AI Shakespeare said I should "provide timely, relevant information that is useful to the reader." Whoops, I've already gone wrong. Bill also said to avoid readers getting "overwhelmed with too much information." That one I think I can handle.

I also asked Shakespeare what 2023 game he was most looking forward to, and he said "The Elder Scrolls VI: Valenwood" is his pick. Weird, I didn't know Bethesda had even announced what the title of TES6 would be. Bill is already better informed than I am! Finally, I asked if he's going to replace me at my job. He said no, but suggested I use his writing tips to make my work "more appealing." Fine. My next game review will be written completely in iambic pentameter.

Stadia is finished, and while the way Google's handled the winding down is exemplary, any closure on this scale was going to throw up unexpected consequences. One of them has to do with the streamer Colour, who rather enjoys Red Dead Online and had somehow managed to sink over 6,000 hours into it on Stadia

Well-known crypto investor NFT God, owner of one messed up looking mutant Bored Ape NFT who they call Henry, has had all their cryptocurrency and other digital assets stolen after clicking a sponsored download link on Google for popular streaming app, OBS.

Longtime players of the milsim FPS Squad were blindsided yesterday when developer Offworld Industries announced that the game once promised to never sell paid DLC will, in fact, start selling paid DLC in its next update.

The PC debut is a port of the 2009 PSP retelling, which is divisive for its changes to the sort of "director's cut" version of the game, the PlayStation 2's Persona 3 FES. It's better in some ways and questionable in others.

They defeated the AI system not with traditional camouflage but with clever tricks that were outside of the AI system's testing regime. "Two hid under a cardboard box. You could hear them giggling the whole time."