Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the UK-based machine-learning and computer vision company Cinemersive Labs, in part to help "enhance gameplay visuals."

The company was founded in 2022 and developed a "Cinemersive AI" technology that is capable of transforming a photo into a "volumetric 3D experience." You can see this in action on the company's website.

When the deal closes, Cinemersive Labs will join SIE's Visual Computing Group. This unit is responsible for "advancing state-of-the-art visual computing within games."

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Seemingly everything but Costco hot dogs has increased in cost recently, and one former Nintendo retail lead believes that a Switch 2 price hike is "inevitable." Speaking on the Kit & Krysta podcast--a series run by former Nintendo employees--the man known only as "Sean" suggested that Nintendo's decision to charge less for its downloadable games will help to soften the backlash if and when it decides to increase how much its hardware costs.

"Unfortunately, I think eventually the hardware price is going to have to go up," Sean said. "I think that there are things that they can and seem to be doing to try and mitigate that, but I also look at this move on on software as--if I'm reading it correctly--a way to make a hardware price increase a little bit more palatable. We've seen inflation being a problem for a while now. Tariffs are a more recent nuisance, but they're not going away anytime soon. The demand that AI is causing for chips is causing memory prices to go up, and within the past couple of weeks, we have issues with oil prices going through the roof."

Sean added that other factors, like an increase in the price of helium--a vital component in the production of semiconductors and a resource that is becoming increasingly finite--will only exacerbate current challenges. While Nintendo can tackle thinner hardware profit margins with merchandising, Sean added that the company may have no option but to increase Switch 2 hardware prices because of external factors, no matter what steps it takes to avoid doing so.

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A former Rockstar Games developer has said they would be shocked if GTA 6 does not borrow some ideas from the studio's previous game, Red Dead Redemption 2.

Appearing on the Kiwi Talkz podcast, former audio designer Rob Carr--who worked on GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption II--said his evidence is that Rockstar already did this.

GTA 5, for example, borrowed the Dead Eye system from the original Red Dead, Carr said. "They used the Dead Eye as one of the perks for one of the characters. You've got the Dead Eye thing that Michael used, I think you've got the slow-mo driving thing for Franklin, and the basically berserker mode for Trevor," Carr said (via GamesRadar).

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The next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, TMNT: Empire City, will launch on April 30, Cortopia Studios and Beyond Frames Entertainment have announced.

The VR game arrives that day for $25 for Meta Quest, Steam VR, and Pico. This is the first TMNT VR game, Ace St. Germain, the game's creative director, said it "captures that feeling of being a turtle."

And yes, that includes pizza. "One city. Four brothers. Endless pizza," reads a line from the game's description.

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Instead of following up Gears 5 with a proper sequel, the franchise's next game is going back in time with Gears of War: E-Day. But that hasn't stopped JD Fenix voice actor Liam McIntyre from sharing his story ideas for a potential Gears of War 6.

Posting on X, McIntyre claimed that "there was a suggestion" that Gears developer The Coalition would make Gears 6, but the studio "wanted to try something new." Even so, McIntyre stated that the forthcoming Gears of War: E-Day "looks great" and he can't wait to play it. When prompted by a reply addressing the ending of Gears 5, McIntyre shared how he would approach the story from there.

Spoilers for Gears 5 follow, if you don't know about the ending over six years after its release. Protagonist Kait Diaz is forced to choose between saving JD or her wingman Del Walker, with the other meeting a brutal demise at the hands of Swarm Queen Reyna. It's unclear which branch is canon to Gears lore or how a sequel would accommodate player choices, but McIntyre's "solve" is making Del's survival canon, the Swarm reviving and possessing JD, and a rogue Marcus Fenix having to face his zombie-fied son.

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The horror game Dead by Daylight is coming up on its 10th anniversary, and with the milestone on the horizon, developer Behaviour Interactive has told fans there are no plans for a numbered sequel. Dead by Daylight is a live-service game, and while the team did consider a sequel or some kind of new version of Dead by Daylight over the years, it never made sense to actually do it.

Creative director Dave Richard told IGN that fans have invested time and money into Dead by Daylight, and launching a sequel "never makes sense for the fans. Never ever."

Head of partnerships Mathieu Cote, meanwhile, said Behaviour wants to bring Dead by Daylight "kicking and screaming" into the next decade of its existence.

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Actor Jack Black is a big fan of video games, and specifically Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption series, and he thinks it's too bad that there hasn't been a Red Dead movie yet.

Speaking to Polygon, Black said it's a "shame" that Rockstar isn't making a Red Dead movie because the games are "the most cinematic" and would seemingly lend themselves nicely to a big-screen adaptation. "It would be, like, too easy to make them into great movies," he said, adding that he would love to be in a Red Dead movie if anyone asked him.

"Hey Housers? Dan, Sam, I'm waiting for your call," he said, referencing the Rockstar founder brothers. Dan Houser left Rockstar in 2020 to start a new company, Absurd Ventures. Sam Houser remains at Rockstar and is its current president.

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Mat is a young male rat that lives among a rat commune in an abandoned wine cellar, together with his best friend Toby and other rodents. Having felt in love with Nat, a female house mouse kept as a pet in the upper floors, he decides to become a Scavenger, for sneaking to his beloved somehow officially. Being from different worlds, they plot a plan to escape to "the outside" together. His overconfidence however puts them in peril's way, and not everything in the commune is as it seems. In a series of unlucky events, Mat finds himself alone, far away from the house. He must make his way back home, overcoming a journey across woodlands, caves, and swamps, defying overwhelming danger of a winged, poisonous, and scale-bond variety. With a rivet for a sword and nails as throwing daggers, Mat will brave a world to which he is unwelcome. Help the Scavenger to get back to his friends and save the rat commune from a threat that is bigger than every cheese in the world!

Race against your friends in one massive sprawling platformer level created by you and your friends! First everyone is given a time limit to create and beat a small level. Then all levels that make it through are stitched together with checkpoints along the way. Then choose your game mode and run for glory! Use traps and blocks with special properties to make your level however you want, whether that's tough as nails or a satisfying parkour challenge. Decide on a theme to really bring out the atmosphere and mood. Though mostly focused on multiplayer, you can create your own levels offline in a solo level editor and share them online. The possibilities are near endless.