MapTap is a daily geography game where players solve puzzles and can share scores on Discord or clipboard. The interface includes features like login, MapTap+ subscription, and an Antipode Hunter game mode.
Sony is reportedly testing a cashback incentive program for digital PS5 game purchases, offering select users wallet credit on games like The Blood of Dawnwalker. The feature, which appears to be in limited US testing, could help offset criticism over the removal of physical media support.
Good Start Labs, a startup spun out of Every with $3.6 million in funding, uses games like Diplomacy and 1830 as training environments to teach AI models strategic reasoning and real-world skills. The company found that training a 30B model on the railroad strategy game 1830 improved its performance on financial research tasks, demonstrating that gaming mechanics can transfer to practical work applications.