R. Talsorian Games and CD Projekt Red’s collaborative sourcebook drops June 17 with 312 pages covering all 24 districts of Night City before the events of the video game. It is the most comprehensive official lore guide the Cyberpunk universe has produced, and it arrives as tabletop RPGs are growing faster than most digital entertainment categories.
Holoearth, Cover Corporation’s virtual world for Hololive VTubers, shuts down June 28, just two months after its 1.0 launch. When a company with millions of fiercely devoted fans cannot sustain a metaverse, it tells you something fundamental about the form.
GenAI in the live game loop will remake metaverse design, budgets, and moderation. This guide exposes latency, memory, and cost trade-offs for small studios, plus proven integration patterns and a risk-first roadmap. Read it to learn how to ship believable AI NPCs, avoid viral failures, and scale with predictable costs.
