In-game AI has a bad reputation and I haven’t heard high expectations about game AI since before Quake 2 launched. Then again, we’re sure not evolving that fast and I’m sure that once game developers go beyond state machines and minimax this could happen. Play the online 20 Questions game for just a taste of a neural network that’s an example of one new technique that’s starting to be used.

With all the new genetic algorithms and neural networks out now I think it’s definitely possible that AI will hand most of us our tails in about 20 years. Hit us up in the comments if you think so too.

Besides … getting beat by a machine might not be that bad either. At least they won’t gloat over it (yet).

[via Engadget]

The different-from-normal weapons are a big draw too. A bit more challenging to fight with than typical Halo 3 cannons. The bow is a sweet weapon as long as you’re holding it and avoiding the knife is a really good idea. The most fun weapon is the shotgun’s secondary mode and the havoc it causes. It’s a heck of a lot of fun to lob a flare into a crowded room or a sniper post. Dinosaurs like the heat, they’ll move in on the flare and tear up the place.

There are some problems reported with MP server lag. They mostly seem to be resolved tonight. Things are good enough that my wireless network is probably dropping more often than the servers.

The real problem … if you want to play with the cool kids stay off the busy Turok servers and drop a comment on Kotaku.

Devil May Cry 4 looks like one of the best games (other than Super Smash Bros Brawl) there is to wait around for. These trailer (above) and gameplay (that’s HD, low-def here) videos are leaving me drooling to grab it on Tuesday (Feb 5th).

Gameplay is far more important to me than graphics or storyline (Gah! Did I just say that?). Seriously though, there are some pretty sweet pictures on Flickr but you can’t play them and I don’t care if I’m shooting, slashing, or smashing as long as it’s fun and going somewhere. Based on the reviews (and #2) there’s going to be a lot of gameplay too. Enemies regenerate and Capcom is known for making hard games – it’s a good thing that the action is fast and combat is so sweet. There are two characters to play in this over-the-top action too, first Dante and then Nero from earlier in the series. Rumors of all sorts of secret extras that the game press can’t talk about should keep things exciting too. Play up.

The incredible eight-minute video is after the jump, or hop over to Joystiq to read descriptions (and cheesy power & “coolness” ratings) about every Final Smash.

The trailer (after the jump) is early and probably doesn’t have finished graphics (at least I hope they’re not done). We hope they can polish those off by the Fall 2008 release date, but all the hard parts like gameplay and environment look great. Hold your breath for a squad control multiplayer feature … imagine having eight players and 32 real-time characters on the map at once.

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Looks ready for release to me. If it’s really not ready then maybe those developers could be nice to all of us and get back to fixing the problems instead of making preview videos.

Now that the Xbox Live version of Goldeneye has been halted the first leak in the wall of secrecy is above. Maybe some developer or laid-off game tester is ticked off that their work will never go live – maybe some fanboy just wants to screw with all of us. Regardless, we’re posting the vid.

Since the classic Goldeneye was awesome and the gameplay in the video (cover your ears audiophiles, sound bugs to cry over) looks sweet, we hope Nintendo and Microsoft will get a clue and realize this download could pull in some serious Microsoft Points payments.

[via Joystiq]