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Nvidia’s new AI tool is giving female game characters a makeover – and gamers are pushing back

Last week leading chipmaker Nvidia announced DLSS-5 (Deep Learning Super Sampling), a new artificial intelligence (AI) rendering tool it describes as a “breakthrough in visual fidelity for games”. The software takes low-resolution images and uses AI to upscale them, adding what Nvidia calls “photoreal lighting and materials”.

The Conversation

Horizon's co-op game may be a shameless Monster Hunter-like, but it's enough to get me excited about a new PlayStation live service for once

Opinion | Horizon Hunters Gathering seems like a natural extension of this post-apocalyptic world, and looks fun enough to override the cynicism in my body

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Three years on, I’m still exploring Horizon Forbidden West’s open world, which remains one of the best on PS5

Now Playing | The Forbidden West compels you

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Horizon MMO: Steel Frontiers Announced - Oddly Skipping PS5 At Launch: Here's Why

The Horizon Zero Dawn games have been successful for the most part. The series is making a comeback, this time, with an MMO that oddly enough, isn't launching on the PS5.

International Business Times UK

Long-rumored Horizon MMORPG is officially real, but the monkey's paw curls as it's not coming to PlayStation and is "built specifically for mobile"

We'll have to be more specific about what we wish for in the future

GamesRadar

The best PlayStation games on PC

From action blockbusters to RPG epics, here's the best of the PlayStation games we're playing in 2025.

PC Gamer

Horizon Zero Dawn live action movie gets release window along with an exciting filming update

Aloy is one step closer to the big screen

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Sony accuses Tencent of playing a 'shell game' with its Horizon-like survival game, seeks a preliminary injunction against it

Tencent seems ready to make big changes to Light of Motiram, but Sony isn't buying it.

PC Gamer

New sci-fi RPG from ex Mass Effect devs shares "some DNA" with BioWare's beloved series, but also Sony's Horizon and Nintendo's Metroid

Exodus borrows from the adventures of Aloy and Samus Aran

GamesRadar

SAG-AFTRA video game actors approve new agreement — securing better pay, protections against AI, and more

Almost a year after the strike began, SAG-AFTRA video game actors have agreed to a new contract that includes AI protections and more.

Windows Central

Horizon and The Last of Us 2 star says there's a risk game devs will say "let's just have AI" do voices for NPCs and minor characters: "We're gonna be losing out on our next generation of great performers"

Aloy actor Ashly Burch says "I am afraid of some developers trying to use AI to replace performers in roles that I cut my teeth on coming up"

GamesRadar

AI will never be able to replace the human experience

AI may take our jobs, but it will never be good at doing it.

Android Central

Horizon actress “worried” for the future of gaming after Sony's AI Aloy controversy

Ashly Burch shares concerns about “game performance as an art form.”

Creative Bloq

'I feel worried about this art form:' Unsurprisingly, the real Aloy from Horizon isn't a fan of AI Aloy

Horizon voice actor Ashly Burch speaks out about leaked AI tech demo of her character and calls for AI protection for game actors.

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Horizon Forbidden West actress Ashly Burch responds to AI-powered Aloy, raises these concerns for the future of this "art form"

Ashly Burch, an actress known for her work in Horizon Zero Dawn, responds to the AI-powered Aloy video from PlayStation while raising these concerns.

GamesRadar

Horizon Zero Dawn star Ashly Burch responds to Sony's controversial AI Aloy by pushing for actor protections: "You have to compensate us fairly, and you have to tell us how you're using this AI"

"I feel worried about this art form"

GamesRadar

As Sony trots out an AI-powered Aloy, Horizon Zero Dawn fans revel in the irony: "The entire game is a warning against this kind of nonsense"

At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

Inverse

Game Developers Have The Perfect Response To Sony’s Leaked AI NPC Demo

Sony drew ire from some developers after a demo for its AI-powered NPC program leaked online.

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Creative Bloq

Sony's made an AI-generated Aloy. Does it not see the irony?

Horizon fans are dismayed.

GamesRadar

Horizon Zero Dawn's Aloy is the star of Sony's leaked AI-powered character prototype, which allows users to ask questions to an unsettling, emotionless version of the protagonist

Right now, the tech demo is just to show off "what is possible"

The Independent UK

Sony tests AI-powered Playstation characters

Technology developed by Meta and ChatGPT-creator OpenAI allows character to make decisions and hold non-scripted conversations

Player One

Sony Is Reportedly Working on an AI-Powered Version of 'Horizon's' Aloy

Sony has massive plans to ramp up its PlayStation games development, and they reportedly plan to do it with AI.

PC Gamer

'Creepy,' 'ghastly,' 'rancid': Viewers react to leaked video of Sony's AI-powered Aloy

The video of Aloy hooked up to OpenAI and various other systems was not meant for public consumption, and you can see why.

Tom’s Guide

Every PlayStation movie and TV show confirmed at CES 2025 — 'The Last Of Us' season 2 update, Helldivers movie and more

PlayStation Productions just gave us a big update on its new releases at CES 2025 and announced new movies based on Helldivers and Horizon: Zero Dawn.

Total Film

A Horizon Zero Dawn movie is on the way from Sony, and it's in the "early stages" now

A Horizon Zero Dawn movie is coming

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