Valve Allows AI Content On Steam
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Game developers can use AI-generated content in their games listed on Steam. provided it was not generated using content that infringes copyright.
This is an official statement from Valve, the developer of the game publishing platform Steam, in June. Post on Reddit There’s been a lot of talk about a developer getting his game rejected by Steam for using AI.
Artoonu, a developer who specializes in making NSFW games (think furry and hentai), Said The company says that for it to be accepted, it “affirms that you own the rights to all IP used in the datasets on which the AI was trained to create the in-game assets.” I asked him to do so, but this is an impossible request.
Valve appears concerned about the legal implications of hosting AI-generated content. And probably should. Artists are outraged by the fact that AI image generators are being trained for their work. ChatGPT gets a lot of data from the web, much of which is copyrighted. Recordings of a voice artist from years ago have been unearthed and used by companies to train his AI voice models without his explicit consent.
Valve spokesperson Kaci Boyle told Gizmodo this week that the introduction of AI will allow developers to have sufficient intellectual property rights when using AI to create assets such as images, text and music. “It’s getting harder to show that you’re there,” he said.
“There are some legal uncertainties, especially when it comes to the data used to train AI models. Mr Boyle said.
AI is a double-edged sword. For critics, it deprives artists of their rights and jobs. For its adherents, it brings a whole new suite of creative tools. Arutoune said AI has “reached an all-time high in creativity.”
“There was almost no limit to the stories I could write. I was able to focus on the characters and dialogue instead of painting,” he said.
Gods Unchained, My Pet Hooligan Launches On Epic Games Store
Immutable’s trading card game Gods Unchained and AMGI’s My Pet Hooligan are the latest Web3 games to join the Epic Games Store.
Released in 2019, Gods Unchained is a Magic: The Gathering-esque card game where each card is an NFT. In a statement, executive producer Daniel Paez said it’s hard to overestimate the importance of the game launching on one of the world’s largest PC gaming platforms. At Epic Games he has over 230 million users.
“We are very excited to introduce our games to a completely new and truly large audience of traditional PC gamers and TCG enthusiasts. We’re keeping our promise to our community to continue to bring Unchained to a new and diverse player base,” he said.
Meanwhile, in the rabbit-themed metaverse, the big villain is basically Mark Zuckerberg… My Pet Hooligan finally announced on June 28th that it was approved by Epic. shop.
The two games join other Web3 games that have contributed content to Epic, including Star Atlas and Gala Games’ Grit.
Ubisoft’s first Web3 game
A lesser-known Japanese blockchain company is in a rush to collaborate with a gaming giant.
Oasys, a gaming-centric chain whose founders include executives from the likes of Bandai Namco and PlayStation, is working on Web3 games based on IPs from Ubisoft and Sega.
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Ubisoft plans to launch the first Web3 game built on the chain. Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles will be a player-versus-player tactical role-playing game.
The announcement comes after Ubisoft had some success in the NFT space with its collaboration with Rabbids NFT and Sandbox. However, a rumored NFT Arena Battler called Project Q was also canceled in January this year.
Sangokushi Taisen, an old Sega arcade game, will also be reborn on Oasys, courtesy of blockchain game company Double Jump Tokyo. It is currently in development and will be released by the end of this year.
Malware that steals Super Mario’s cryptocurrency
The installer of the popular fan-made Super Mario game warns that it wants to steal your cryptocurrency report From Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs.
Cybercriminals distribute modified versions of Super Mario 3: Mario Forever installers that contain malicious software through social media and forums.
The installer includes XMR Miner, a privacy-focused Monero coin mining program, and steals information from the victim’s machine, including browser-stored logins and credentials, cryptocurrency wallet keys, and session tokens. Contains the Umbral Stealer.
Umbral Stealer is particularly good at enabling criminals to compromise social media and gaming accounts such as Telegram, Discord, Roblox, Minecraft and more. You can also screenshot and access your webcam footage.
First released in 2004, Mario Forever is an unofficial game based on the Nintendo franchise with nearly 17 million downloads on CNET alone. Fanmade his version of Super Mario is popular on his PC. That’s because nearly all of the official 24 original Super Mario games, as well as their spin-offs, remakes, and remasters, are only available on Nintendo’s own platforms.
Gaming is an ideal way for users to unknowingly install malware on their computers. Due to the large file size and the generally trusted game installers, malware is less likely to be detected, but the number of gamers is large enough to target it. However, there are ways to protect yourself, such as only downloading games from official sources, being careful when downloading mods, and using a password manager instead of storing passwords in your browser.
And if some dodgy site offers something so unbelievably good, like a game that hasn’t been released yet, you probably shouldn’t believe it.
Hot Take: Paradise Tycoon
My first plan for this two week hot take was Yuga Labs’ HV-MTL (see ‘Other stuff’ below), but the limited access version doesn’t seem to be available yet, and for some strange reason And I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. Spend $1,000 or more on games. Shocker, I know.
So instead, let’s take a look at Paradise Tycoon, a cute little island game from Finland.
As the team behind the project put it on Medium, “Finland is not only known for being the happiest country in the world, with saunas, Santa Claus and Nokia, but also for its thriving gaming industry.” Home to Angry Birds and Clash of Clans, the country generates nearly $3 billion in gaming revenue annually.
Empires Not Vampires, the makers of Paradise Tycoon, was founded in 2017 and focused on idle tycoon games before pivoting to blockchain with this latest release. It may be Web3, but Paradise Tycoon will still feel familiar and not scary to those used to Web2 games.
Set on a tropical island – be careful underwater sharks will eat you up – the whitepaper describes it as a “balance between resource gathering, crafting, trading, building, exploring and social interaction. We call it “coordinated interaction.”
The company says Paradise Tycoon has been downloaded more than 200,000 times since its release on Android and browsers.
One of the reasons it worked so well compared to other launches was the ease of onboarding. You can also set it up without connecting to a wallet. No email address required. But there are options if you want. This surpasses many NFT games that ask for not just a wallet or an email address, but first child rights or an itemized list of everything you had for dinner last month.
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The ease of onboarding combined with the adorable artwork (the characters are super cute) makes it a perfect showcase for what the team has to offer. Sure, the creation process could be less labor intensive, and more character customization would be nice, but the price you pay for a playable game is small, which is still rare in Web3.
Others
— Yuga Labs has released another game that isn’t the long-awaited Otherside metaverse. HV-MTL (pronounced “Heavy Metal”) Forge is a token-gate competitive crafting game. A limited version is also available for non-NFT owners. “Think of it as Tamagotchi and Homescapes meeting some kind of popularity contest,” said Spencer Tucker, chief gaming officer at Yuga Labs.
— Heroes of Mavia launched in beta on July 1st. His MMO strategy game by Skrice Studios is based on his Mavia island of fantasy, where players can build bases and engage in battle.
— Web3 game studio Mythical Games has raised $37 million in a Series C extension round, following a $150 million funding round in November 2021. Participants in the latest raise include Animoca Brands, a16z and ARK Invest. It plans to raise another $20-30 million later this year.
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