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Valve allows AI content on Steam

Game developers can use AI-generated content in games listed on Steam. But only if it was not created with copyright infringing content.

That’s the official line from Valve, the creators of the game publishing platform Steam, which it provided in response back in June Reddit post which was about a developer whose game was rejected by Steam for using artificial intelligence.

Developer Artoonu, who specializes in creating NSFW games (think furries and hentai), He said The company required him to “confirm unequivocally that you own the rights to all IP addresses used in the dataset that trained the AI ​​to create the assets in your game” for him to accept, an impossible request.

Valve appears to be concerned about the legal implications of hosting AI-generated content. And maybe they should be. Artists are outraged by the fact that AI image generators are trained in their work. ChatGPT pulls huge amounts of data from the web, much of it copyrighted. Recordings of voice artists have been sought after for years, and companies are using them to train AI voice models without their explicit consent.

Valve spokesperson Kaci Boyle told Gizmodo this week that the introduction of AI was making it difficult to prove that a developer has sufficient IP rights when using AI to create assets, including images, text, and music.

In particular, there is some legal uncertainty regarding the data used to train AI models. It is the developer’s responsibility to ensure they have the appropriate rights to ship their game, Boyle said.

Artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword. To its detractors, it plagiarizes artists and their work. For its supporters, it offers them a whole new set of creative tools. Artuno said the AI ​​brought him “his creativity was at an all-time high”.

“There were almost no limits to the kind of story I could write. I could create almost every background I imagined and its wiggling added a charm that I loved. Plus, my proficiency doubled or was better. I could focus on characters and dialogue rather than plotting.”

Gods Unchained and My Pet Hooligan launch on the Epic Games Store

AMGI’s Immutable Gods Unchained trading card game and My Pet Hooligan are the latest Web3 games to join the Epic Games Store.

Launched in 2019, Gods Unchained is a Magic: The Gathering-esque Card game where every card is an NFT. Its executive producer Daniel Paez said in a statement that it was hard to overstate the importance of releasing the game on one of the largest PC gaming platforms in the world. Epic Games has more than 230 million users.

“We are very excited to bring our game to a completely new and truly massive audience of traditional PC gamers and TCG fans. It is a natural continuation of our journey and delivers on our promise to our community to continue to bring Gods Unchained to a new and diverse player base.”

Meanwhile, in the bunny-themed metaverse where the big bad is Mark Zuckerberg… My Pet Hooligan finally announced it was approved by Epic on June 28th. Shop.

The two games will join other Web3 games that have put content on Epic including Star Atlas and Gala Games’ Grit.

Ubisoft’s first Web3 game

A little-known Japanese blockchain company is cleaning up when it comes to collaborating with gaming giants.

Oasys, a game-focused series whose founders include the likes of Bandai Namco and PlayStation, is working on Web3 games based on IPs from Ubisoft and Sega.

Ubisoft plans to release the first Web3 game based on the series. Heroes Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles will be a tactical PVP role-playing game.

The announcement comes after Ubisoft found some success in the NFT space with its Rabbids NFTs and collaboration with The Sandbox. However, it also quashed rumors of a fighter in the NFT arena dubbed Project Q in January this year.

An old Sega arcade game, Sangokushi Taisen is also getting a makeover at blockchain game company Double Jump Tokyo’s Oasys. It is currently under development and is expected to be out by the end of this year.

Super Mario malware for crypto theft

The popular fan-made Super Mario game installer wants to steal your encryption, he warns a report From Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs.

Cybercriminals distribute a modified version of the Super Mario 3: Mario Forever installer that contains malware via social media and forums.

The installer includes XMR Miner, a privacy-focused Monero coin-mining software, and Umbral Stealer, which steals information from a victim’s device including logins, credentials stored in the browser, cryptocurrency wallet keys, and session tokens.

Umbral Stealer is particularly good at letting criminals breach social media and gaming accounts like Telegram, Discord, Roblox, and Minecraft. It can also take a screenshot and access webcam footage.

First released in 2004, Mario Forever is a casual game based on the Nintendo franchise with nearly 17 million downloads via CNET alone. Fan-made versions of Super Mario are so popular on PC that nearly all of the original 24 Super Mario games, as well as their spin-offs, remakes and remakes, are only available on Nintendo’s own platforms.

Games are a perfect way to get users to unintentionally install malware on their computers. The large file size and general trust of game installers makes it less likely that malware will be detected, while the large number of gamers provides great targets. But there are ways to protect yourself by only downloading games from official sources, being careful when downloading mods, and using a password manager instead of saving passwords in your browser.

And if some dodgy site is offering something too good to be true like a game that hasn’t been released yet, you probably don’t believe it.

Hot Take: Merchant Paradise

My initial plan for the past two weeks has been HV-MTL from Yuga Labs (see below in “Other Things”) but the limited access version doesn’t seem to be available yet and for some strange reason I couldn’t bring myself to paying over $1000 for the game. Shocker, I know.

So instead I had a look at a cute little island game from Finland called Paradise Tycoon.

As the team behind it noted on Medium, “Finland is not only known for being the happiest country in the world, with its saunas, Santa Claus and Nokia, but also for its thriving toy industry.” Home to Angry Birds and Clash of Clans, the country generates about $3 billion in gaming revenue annually.

Empires Not Vampires, the maker of Paradise Tycoon, was founded in 2017 and focused on billionaire idle games before taking to the blockchain with this latest release. It may be Web3, but Paradise Tycoon will still be familiar and won’t scare away those more familiar with Web2 games.

Set on a tropical island—beware sharks in the waters that will eat and kill you—the White Book describes it as “a balanced interaction of resource gathering, crafting, trading, building, research, and social interaction.”

The company claims that the game has seen more than 200,000 downloads since Paradise Tycoon was launched on Android and browsers.

Part of the reason it works compared to other versions is that the setup process is easy. You can set up without connecting the wallet — you don’t even need an email address — but the option is there if you want. This beats many NFT games that require not only your wallet and email but often rights to your first child and an itemized list of everything you had for dinner in the last month.

Combine the easy-goingness with the great artwork – the characters are so cute – and it makes for a great introduction to what the team has to offer. Sure, crafting could be less daunting and it would be nice to have more character customization, but it’s a small price to pay for a playable game, which is still a rarity in Web3.

Other things

Yuga Labs has launched another not-so-long-awaited game. HV-MTL (pronounced “heavy metal) Forge is a competitive crafting game with a token portal. A limited edition will be available to non-NFT holders.”Think of it like Tamagotchi meets Homescapes with some kind of Popularity contest.

Heroes of Mavia released the beta on July 1st. The strategy MMO game from Skrice Studios is based on the fictional Mafia Island and players can build bases and participate in battles.

Web3 Mythical Games studio raised $37 million in a Series C extension round following a $150 million raise in November 2021. Participants in the latest raise include Animoca Brands, a16z and ARK Invest. It plans to raise an additional $20-30 million later this year.