Game Developers Fear AI Threats as Studios Push Initiatives

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  Surgent Studios partners with Pocketpair for 2025 horror game

  Surgent Studios, the maker of Tales of Kenzera: Zau, is partnering with Pocketpair Publishing, the newly founded publishing wing of Pocketpair (Palworld, Craftopia) to create a horror game for ...
  
  VentureBeat - 9h
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  Game Developers Are Getting Fed Up With Their Bosses’ AI Initiatives

  A survey of video game developers released Tuesday indicates that a growing number of them fear artificial intelligence will have a negative impact on the industry as a whole.
  
  Wired - 2d

• Behind Trump's AI initiative worth billions

  President Trump announced a private sector investment to build data centers in the United States that will support artificial intelligence. CBS MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady reports.
  
  CBS News - 23h

• Oracle shares jump 7% on involvement in AI infrastructure initiative that Trump will announce

  Oracle will be involved in a joint venture for artificial intelligence infrastructure in the U.S. that President Trump will announce.
  
  CNBC - 1d
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  GDC survey reveals a rocky year of layoffs and AI skepticism for game developers

  The 2025 GDC survey revealed the impact of industry-wide layoffs in 2024 where one of every 11 game developers lost a job.
  
  VentureBeat - 2d
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  Dizzaract Games launches in Abu Dhabi as Middle East’s largest game studio

  Dizzaract Games has officially launched as the largest game development studio in the Middle East.
  
  VentureBeat - 6d

• Stray Kite Studios unveils Wartorn roguelite game

  Stray Kite Studios, an indie team composed of veteran developers, announced their first original game called Wartorn.
  
  VentureBeat - Jan. 15
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  UCLA women's basketball team copes with fear, uncertainty during fire threat

  The top-ranked Bruins returned home from Indiana this week as the Palisades fire and others ignited, forcing coach Cori Close and the players to deal with tragedy.
  
  Yahoo Sports - Jan. 11
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  Helldivers 2 Studio Working On Next Game, Reveals Concepts That Never Materialized

  Helldivers 2 was one of 2024's biggest games, and while support remains ongoing, many are wondering what developer Arrowhead Studios might make next. We still don't know, but COO Johan Pilestedt ...
  
  GameSpot - Jan. 2

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  OpenAI Launches Operator, Its First AI Agent

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  The YouTube star mentioned he’d buy the platform so it wouldn’t get banned, but despite speculation, TikTok is not yet for sale and Jimmy Donaldson is not officially pursuing its U.S. operations.
  
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• Trump says he will approve power plants for AI through emergency declaration

  Trump said the plants can use whatever fuel they want, including coal as a backup.
  
  CNBC - 8m

• Google restores Joe Biden to ‘U.S. presidents’ search results, blames ‘data error’ for omission

  Users on Wednesday night noticed Google search results omitted President Joe Biden from the list of U.S. presidents.
  
  CNBC - 8m

• OpenAI introduces Operator to automate tasks such as vacation planning, restaurant reservations

  OpenAI on Thursday unveiled Operator, which it calls "an agent that can go to the web to perform tasks for you."
  
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  Judge halts Trump’s effort to end US citizenship at birth

  Ruling in Washington state found the policy ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ in a hearing on Thursday
  
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• Shein exec says tariffs shouldn't impact its cheap clothes — as long as they're applied 'equally'

  When asked if Shein will still be able to provide its ultra-low prices if tariffs take effect, Tang didn't address whether the company would raise prices.
  
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