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I'm incredibly excited to finally show off the piece I made for Halo Fest this year. Thanks a ton to @Tashi343i and @Halo for giving me the chance to make even a small contribution to such an amazing event and franchise.
The gorgeous Mark IV was made entirely from scratch by the insanely talented @Chunch7275, and I couldn't appreciate him enough for letting me use his model, and being so quick to iterate and finish it for this piece.
This piece was based loosely on the painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan" by Ilya Repin, instead focused on Samuel-034 and the events preceding his death aboard the Unrelenting.
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Tim Sweeney fired 1000 employees which is still having effects on Fortnite to this day, while also forcing the rest of his employees to make a star wars/marvel game mode using GenAI...
He is everything that's wrong with the gaming industry and he doesn't get ENOUGH hate.
The worst read in the gaming industry RN is the hate on @TimSweeneyEpic .
He fought platforms like Apple charging 30% fees which cost gamers and devs. This includes steam who BANS Developers if they offer their games cheaper on other stores who take less cut.
He buys forests just to turn them into nature reserves.
Epic store is not NEARLY as good as steam yet. But they take WAY less money from developers and literally hand out free AAA games each months. Does it need time to expand features? Yes. Are any of those factors something that is motivated by 'evil' no.
And MOST of all. He's 100% correct that its not 2016. Like it or not AI is existing. And the reason you only see the 'anti AI' comments are because the 95% of developers who ARE using it RIGHT NOW are just scared of the backlash.
This doesnt mean they're just vibe code 1-shotting games. They're utelising it to create workflows that streamline otherwise time consuming (and ultimately not 'player experience' defining factors). Stupid 1-shot assets/entire code bases are not what AI is actually being used for. But there are thousands of talented developers using it in a very thoughtful, structured way which gives them full creative control.
We all are 'scared' by AI - and what it means for jobs, creativity, and creation as a whole. But it DOES NOT change the fact that Tim sweeney isnt wrong.
He's just the person with the balls to actually say what is true.
Ampex retweeted
So great to see all the other artists work for Halo fest! they all cooked, great work guys!
I appreciate the community team, big thanks to
@Tashi343i/ @Halo / @ske7ch and everyone involved setting this up!
Fireteam Fiction are en route to #HaloFest 📚
Authors Troy Denning, Tim Lebbon, Matt Forbeck, and Jeremy Patenaude are joining the party as well as a shining ensemble of community artists.
Check out the lineup you can expect to see in December!
📖 aka.ms/HaloFestOctoberUpdate
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Genuinely what the fuck was 343 thinking ending support for infinite and releasing a remake with no multiplayer.
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disclosing how GenAI is used in a game is not a "political statement"
customers deserve to right to know that the game isn't AI slop
Replying to @mattworkman
Forcing developers to write a political statement to be used against them by the hate mob they’re helping organize is abhorrent.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Steam's policy requires AI disclosure only for player-facing shipped content (e.g. art/narrative); dev tools like code assistants are exempt and not the focus. Disclosures provide factual store page transparency, not political statements. partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingsta… forums.unrealengine.com/t/update-on-pr…
Tim Sweeney is making a fool out of himself and this company.
He's managed to delude himself into believing he's in the right and ignores everyone's criticisms/ warnings about generative AI because he believes "it's the future."
Wonder how that worked out with his metaverse...
Vibe your way to 50K.
The 2026 Epic AI MegaJam begins Nov 12: epic.gm/epic-ai-megajam-2026
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200 year old maps can be hard to follow - #FalloutNewVegas #Fallout
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Sure, Anthropic may have stolen all the world's intellectual property, destroyed the education system, incited mass layoffs among the corporate class, devalued all art and destroyed social trust but somehow they also managed to lose $80 billion in the first half of 2026
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when I was 10 we got a ps2 brand new for $199 and back then sony kept LOWERING the price every year - $299 in 2000 to $199 in 2002 then $179 - $149 - $129 then finally $99
todays youth is playing life on impossible difficulty the fuck you mean $1,200 for a console
Xbox is reportedly planning for their next console to release in late 2028.
Microsoft is internally projecting that the console could cost consumers between $1,200 and $1,800, unless they decide to subsidize the cost.
(Source: fortune.com/2026/10/20/the-n…)
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ready for the dual wielding update
New Edgerunners, new chrome, new playstyle? Sounds like we need another REDstreams!
Join us this Wednesday, October 21st at 5 PM CEST for a closer look at Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Update (2.5) and some of the features coming to Cyberpunk 2077. We're talking cyberware customization, a new dual-wielding playstyle, and more!
Tune in on Twitch, YouTube or Steam:
📺 twitch.tv/cdprojektred
📺 youtube.com/live/nhlnT9FzgJ8

ALT mage announcing the date and time of a Redstream covering the Edgerunners 2 Update 2.5 for Cyberpunk 2077. Text reads, "Wednesday, October 21st, 5 PM CEST". The Redstreams logo is also visible, alongside social media handles: "cdprojektred" on Twitch and "cyberpunkgame" on YouTube, Instagram, X, and Facebook. A red and yellow graphic forms the background, featuring futuristic lettering that reads "Edgerunners 2, Update 2.5".
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the most chronically outside minecraft youtuber literally ever. what do you mean you're playing minecraft in a real life ice cave ???












































