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Super Mario Run Gets A Release Date, Price Revealed
Super Mario Run, Nintendo’s first game for the mobile platform finally has a release date. The game will be available for download starting 15th December on the iPhone and the iPad. You can download and play for free, but that will only be a small taste of the game. In order to get the all the content you’ll have to pay USD 9.99 via an in-app purchase. However, Nintendo claims that this will only be a one-time transaction, and players will not have to pay for anything else later. Super Mario Run will release simultaneously in 151 countries. While the game is exclusive for the iPhone and iPad for now, Nintendo says that it will be released for Android in 2017. You can check out the gameplay trailer below. For more news and reviews, keep checking back at Gaming Central.
Mario on Unreal 4 Looks Amazing
If you always wanted Nintendo to make a 3D Mario game using some of the best technology in the games industry, you’re going to want to watch this video. YouTube user aryoksini has uploaded a video of the iconic plumber running on Epic’s Unreal Engine 4. “All the environment assets were taken from the Unreal marketplace, all the character actions were scripted using blueprints only, all animations were re-created from scratch as well as the PBR ready textures,” aryoksini said in the video’s description. It’s pretty cool to see Mario running around environments that look as sharp as the best looking PC games out there, but Mario, of course, is more than just his looks. You’d have to make those environments fun to play before you’ll get a proper...
Which is more immersive? Super Mario or Call of Duty
The awesome folks from Previously Recorderd: Jack and Rich would like to tell a $21 Billion industry EXACTLY what they’re doing wrong. Later, the guys will tell water “Not to be so wet all the time”. Plus they also explore which one is more immersive? You can join the poll too here. [poll id=”24″]
Self-aware Super Mario with AI created by researchers
A bunch of German researchers have used artificial intelligence to create a “self-aware” version of Super Mario who not only responds to vocal commands but also plays his own game. The project is called Mario Lives and was created by a team of researchers from Germany’s University of Tübingen as a part of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence’s annual video competition. Each year the competition brings in videos from researchers and scientists from all over the world that showcase “exciting artificial intelligence advances in research, education, and application.” The video portrays Mario’s new skill which allows him to learn from his surroundings and experiences, respond to questions in English and German, and to react to ...