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Creative Assembly's Alien 2 focus, Frontier's Disney deal, and PlayStation State of Play news

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Creative Assembly is focusing on the original 1979 film for its upcoming game, Alien: Isolation 2, rather than the broader Alien franchise. Meanwhile, Frontier Developments has partnered with Disney to create a tycoon game likely set in Disneyland, drawing from their experience with Planet Coaster and Jurassic World Evolution. In other news, Sony's PlayStation State of Play event showcased upcoming games for the PlayStation 5, and a podcast explored the phenomenon of AI chatbots and their historical impact. AI

IMPACT Explores the historical and psychological impact of AI chatbots, offering insight into user engagement with conversational AI.

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 "I'm a massive fan of Aliens, but it is a very different beast": Why Creative Assembly are still ignoring every movie but the original in Alien Isolation 2, d

    📰 "I'm a massive fan of Aliens, but it is a very different beast": Why Creative Assembly are still ignoring every movie but the original in Alien Isolation 2, despite heading planetside Creative Assembly have themselves a particular constraint when making Alien: Isolation 2. The …

    LINKS rockpapershotgun.com/im-a-massive-fan-of-…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Planet Coaster and Jurassic World devs Frontier have teamed up with Disney to make what is probably a Disneyland tycoon game Planet Zoo and Jurassic World Evo

    📰 Planet Coaster and Jurassic World devs Frontier have teamed up with Disney to make what is probably a Disneyland tycoon game Planet Zoo and Jurassic World Evolution creators Frontier Developments have signed a deal with Disney to make a game based on one of Disney's many entert…

    LINKS rockpapershotgun.com/planet-coaster-and-j…
  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 PlayStation State of Play live report - all of today's news from Sony's September 2026 showcases Here we go again: Sony is showing off two State of Play showc

    🎮 PlayStation State of Play live report - all of today's news from Sony's September 2026 showcases Here we go again: Sony is showing off two State of Play showcases today, the first focusing on games coming to the PlayStation 5 over the coming weeks and months, and the second foc…

    LINKS eurogamer.net/state-of-play-september-202…
  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 Black Box: The Chatbots | Happy Accident | Ep 3 – podcast Why are AI chatbots pulling so many people down a rabbit hole? Our answer starts with the world’s fi

    🤖 Black Box: The Chatbots | Happy Accident | Ep 3 – podcast Why are AI chatbots pulling so many people down a rabbit hole? Our answer starts with the world’s first-ever chatbot, the strange effect it had on people and the ‘time bomb’ that exploded when Chat... 📰 Source: AI (artif…

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/black-box-the-chatbots-… web.archive.org

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