If you've ever become "stuck" in a game, the new Microsoft Edge Game Assist for Windows offers a pretty convenient way to help yourself out: Simply look up a hint while playing. Microsoft debuted this new system as a beta during the holidays last year. Now, it's part of Microsoft Edge itself, provided that you have the current version, Edge 132 or higher. For those of you who want a "pure" gaming experience, don't worry. Edge Game Assist doesn't just launch itself, and it actually seems rather helpful when you invoke it.

Fox News contributor Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on how artificial intelligence can change the patient-doctor relationship on'America's Newsroom.' Artificial intelligence has been able to beat masters at games like chess and poker and Go. AI has also been able to beat human competitors in various video games. While impressive nonetheless, there is one major capability that these games do not require of the AI: physical skill. CyberRunner is an AI tasked with learning how to play the popular labyrinth maze game.

Over the weekend, almost 45 million people returned to Fortnite. The beginning of the battle royale shooter's's "OG" event saw the map restored to its 2018 state, back before the entire in-game island was memorably sucked into a black hole. Those people played for a combined 102m hours in a single day, an all-time record, according to developer Epic Games. Not bad for a game that has been available for more than six years, and been a topic of playground conversation for half a decade. That's 10 times the number who watched the premiere of The Last of Us, and more people than have ever bought a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird.

AI has entered the gaming chat – and it's listening for hate speech. Some of the worrld's most popular games are now using artificial intelligence to detect verbal harassment or hate speech in some of the world's most popular games. The service, called ToxMod, uses multiple AIs to transcribe and analyse verbal conversations among gamers, flagging possible violations of community rules for the attention of human moderators.

Mythical Games is proud of Blankos Block Party, sure. Co-founders John Linden and Rudy Koch are happy it's found a substantial audience, and they're pleased to partner with brands like Burberry and Deadmau5. They were super happy to receive an additional $75 million from investors this month, bringing their funding total to $120 million. But really, Blankos Block Party is more of a side hustle for Mythical Games. What Linden and Koch are actually selling is an ecosystem of NFT-driven gameplay and development.

Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. If you're big into gaming, chances are, you've probably heard tell of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the latest in the beloved Assassin's Creed series, which gives players a chance to lead epic Viking marauds. With thousands of rave reviews for nearly every console iteration, it's become a huge hit since its release in November: In fact, according to TechRadar, Ubisoft reported that it was its most successful PC launch ever following its first week. And right now, gamers are in for a true treat, as Amazon has just slashed the price on it by up to 42%. Get expert shopping advice delivered to your phone.

We're mere days from the debut of Nvidia's next-gen GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards, with the $700 GeForce RTX 3080 scheduled to hit the streets on Thursday. And Fortnite will be right alongside it, as the world's most popular game will add real-time ray tracing, Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) 2.0, and Nvidia Reflex to Fortnite on September 17, Nvidia said Tuesday. Nvidia previously teased Fortnite flipping on RTX during the RTX 30-series reveal, but there wasn't a firm release date. While some games only dip their toes into real-time ray tracing with an effect or two, Fortnite is diving in, with ray traced reflections, shadows, global illumination, and ambient occlusion. That many goodies could land Fortnite alongside Minecraft and Control as the standard-bearers for ray tracing.

If you're the fortunate owner of the Nintendo Switch or plan to get your hands on one once stocks replenish, the most popular game to play right now is probably Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Since March, Nintendo Switch consoles have been highly sought after, with many websites going out of stock, including Amazon, Very and Game.co.uk. Although the popular games console is still hard to come by right now, Nintendo has promised more stock is coming. Some e-tailers also have some availability of the handheld-only Nintendo Switch Lite, but it seems people are prefer the standard gaming unit to play on the TV. The new Animal Crossing game, which was was released on March 20 2020, has quickly become a big hit among gamers.

It's a quixotic journey if you attempt to start such a conversation. In the 1980s, when video games could be played in the home for the first time, there were only a couple of game systems and most people knew of or had played all of the popular games in the arcade or at home: Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Pitfall, Centipede, Missile Command, Donkey Kong, etc. For the past 10 years, by contrast, there've been Smartphone games like Candy Crush, multiplayer games like WoWC, three or four home gaming systems, computer games, and single player online games. The odds of finding a dozen people to share your retro interest in a popular game from the 90's is minuscule, let alone finding enough people who've played more esoteric games like 2008's Meat Boy or its 2010 successor Super Meat Boy.

Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. The Nintendo Switch is one of the hottest home video game consoles of 2019--and possibly of the last decade. The console's dual handheld/TV console designation combined with Nintendo's many beloved games make it a must-have item for gamers of all ages. While lots of folks may have already picked up either a Switch or a Switch Lite, if you haven't pulled the trigger yet, Black Friday is one of the best times all year for finding great deals and discounts on tech and gadgets, and the Nintendo Switch is no exception. Here are our favorite Black Friday Nintendo Switch deals available so far.