The launch of highly anticipated medieval building game Manor Lords is still pretty recent, giving audiences a great outlet for constructing and managing communities from a bygone time. Still, as games like Crusader Kings 3, Age of Empires 2, Northgard, For Honor, and Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord show, there's always an appetite for further projects set in a digital recreation of the past. This makes Norland, a kingdom building and management simulator inspired by Rimworld, a compelling prospect, and its launch today in Early Access worthy of attention. Continue reading Norland is a Rimworld inspired medieval simulation game, out now MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best medieval games, Best simulation games, Best farming games

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Image: The Verge OpenAI is releasing a lighter, cheaper model for developers to tinker with called GPT-4o Mini. It costs significantly less than full-sized models and is said to be more capable than GPT-3.5. Building apps using OpenAI’s models can rack up a huge bill. Developers without the means to afford to tinker with it can get priced out of it entirely and may opt for cheaper models like Google’s Gemini 1.5 Flash or Anthropic’s Claude 3 Haiku. Now, OpenAI is entering the light model game. “I think GPT-4o Mini really gets at the OpenAI mission of making AI more broadly accessible to people. If we want AI to benefit every corner of the world, every industry, every application, we have to make AI much more affordable,” Olivier Godement, who leads the... Continue reading…

Image: HBO HBO’s Dune prequel series now has a premiere date — or month, at least. The upcoming show, called Dune: Prophecy, will hit both HBO and Max in November. The HBO Original also got a fresh teaser, which makes it look like the six-episode-long show will be filled with plenty of political maneuvering. That makes a lot of sense given that Prophecy follows the origins of the clandestine Bene Gesserit sect, which went on to shape much of the galaxy in the Dune universe. The show is set 10,000 years before Dune and its sequel. HBO says the series is “inspired” by the novel Sisterhood of Dune from 2012, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Alison Schapker — best known for working on shows like Lost, Fringe, and Alias — is serving as... Continue reading…

Image: Instagram Instagram Notes — a temporary away status-like feature — is expanding, the company announced today. Users will now be able to leave Notes on Reels and grid posts, where their comments will float on top of the content in little bubbles. Like Notes, these comments are temporary — they’ll disappear after three days, unless you delete them earlier. The new temporary comments are also semi-private, and users can tailor who’s able to see their comment: either your curated list of close friends, or followers who you follow back. Based on screenshots, it also appears users can tag each other in Notes on Reels and posts. They’re basically hidden comments for a smaller audience. When users encounter Reels and posts with Notes from friends, those... Continue reading…