I've said it before and I'll say it again: there's nothing quite like a kitten wielding a crossbow. Party Animals gives you an array of adorable pets to dress up and throw into an arena, where they slapstick-spar against each other with bats, shovels, nunchucks and more. Developer Recreate Games looked to the much-loved jelly-baby beat-'em-up Gang Beasts for inspiration for this upcoming party brawler. Having your otter grab a crossbow to take your family out? "Picture this: you transform into an adorable corgi, your best buddy turns into a goofy dinosaur, and your girlfriend becomes a cute kitten. You're all brawling on a submarine, in a bar, in the snow; in all sorts of extraordinary places," explains the head of Recreate Games, known only as PM.

Ever since OpenAI's ChatGPT burst onto the scene, it's been the hottest thing on the marketing talk-track since TikTok. But is ChatGPT just the newest shiny object in a digital marketing world chock full of them? Artificial intelligence of various colors and flavors has assisted the marketing world over the last few years from chatbots to marketing optimization tools. Chatbot platforms such as Drift and LiveAgent offer AI-based Q&A; most of the ad buying platforms from Google to Meta feature some form of AI to run more effective media; messaging platforms offer AI features from send time optimization to auto segment-building; and companies such as Persado and Phrasee use AI to optimize language and email subject lines. But with ChatGPT, the AI kraken has been released.