Ille Smolanko
Tech Reporter
Ille joined the TweakTown team in 2025 and has been keeping you updated on the latest in software and artificial intelligence. With interests in computer science, game development, PC hardware, and all things tech-related - there's no area that's off limits. His first experience with PC hardware was with his older brother. A love for gaming, computers, and software blossomed there. He still replays the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series almost annually.
Ille, currently based in Adelaide, Australia, has written 147 items of content on TweakTown since his first content was published online in 2025.
Editorial Responsibilities: technology news
- March 2025
- Xbox begins testing 'Game Hubs', which adds new dashboards for every game
- Skyblivion has moved onto post-launch DLC plans, with cities almost entirely finished
- Assassin's Creed Shadows will be receiving even more visual upgrades on the PS5 Pro
- Assassin's Creed Shadows star's first mocap earned a standing ovation from the dev team
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's stripped-back UI puts immersion first
- CD Projekt Red has 'high ambitions' beyond games, including possible Witcher or Cyberpunk films
- WB Games' Nemesis System was designed to 'keep disks in libraries' and curb second-hand resales
- EU launches crackdown on pricing tricks in games like Fortnite and Call of Duty
- GTA 6 being delayed could 'tank companies', and studios are avoiding it like the plague
- Razer's 'Project Ava' joins the AI copilot race, but the tech still has a lot to prove
- ChatGPT use could be quietly cutting into your social life, MIT research finds
- Assassins Creed Shadows team says it 'went the extra mile' for the PS5 Pro - and it paid off
- Kingdome Come: Deliverance II will be receiving VR support, thanks to a well-known modder
- Samsung's April update brings S25 features, new UI and more to older phones
- 'Plants vs. Zombies Reloaded' rated in Brazil, hinting at an upcoming remaster
- ARK: Survival Evolved DLC trailer delisted after backlash over AI-generated content
- Marvel was planning an 'MGU' after the release of Web of Shadows and Ultimate Alliance 2
- Bethesda and Xbox take sides in a debate older than Fallout itself
- Stars Reach is an ambitious new MMORPG hoping to fill a 20-year-old void
- Splinter Cell's focus on going back to its roots could be a huge win for Ubisoft
- Andrew Ng pushes back on AI job fears: 'This is the best time yet to learn to code'
- Counter-Strike 1.6 Remake set to launch in 2025 - at least, for now
- Runescape is still coming to Unreal Engine 5, 'Dragonwilds' title filed by Jagex
- 76ers' General Manager under scrutiny for using AI for basketball decisions
- Vibe coding: what is it, and how it's affecting software and gaming
- Oblivion remake leaks: April launch, and a possible same-day release
- Todd Howard has been waiting since Fallout 4 to do a surprise launch
- PlayStation Portal's latest update adds over 50 classics to its cloud gaming library
- Ex-Facebook director says Zuckerberg used to forget his passport and 'blame everyone else'
- Cloud Gaming is Xbox's 'fastest growing' platform - and new devices are on the way
- Tesla has lost 49% of its market value in just 3 months
- How AI is reshaping archaeology - from 5,000 year old civilizations in Dubai to Mongolia
- Nintendo's former leads don't think Pokemon Z-A looks too great either
- Palworld's crossplay update arrives in March - multiplayer across Steam, Xbox, PS5, and Mac
- Intel stocks surge as Lip-Bu Tan is appointed CEO
- Oblivion remake rumored for a 'sooner than June' release date
- Apple and Google might face new rules as UK finds they are 'holding back innovation'
- Days Gone Remastered follows Sony's trend of strange upgrade policies
- Huawei goes all-in with its first AI laptop built entirely in-house
- Pocket Casts claps back against Spotify with its free web player: 'we're making a statement'
- Take-Two accuses GTA online account sellers of stealing 'millions in revenue'
- Hitman Trilogy arrives on PSVR2 March 27 - with less jank, dual wielding, and more
- The Last of Us challenged the views of Nintendo's Miyamoto and God of War's Jaffe
- Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet takes on religion & loneliness in an alt-80's future
- Forza Horizon 5 on PS5 offers full feature parity - except for cross-progression
- Fake playtest invites are targeting Steam users again in latest phishing scam
- Steve Wozniak was an early Tesla fan - now he calls its design a 'miserable' experience.
- Paramount skips voice actors, opting for shockingly bad AI slop in 'Novocaine' film promo
- Kingmakers enemies are medieval but not dumb - they'll recognise, react and 'counter-balance'
- Doom: The Dark Ages won't end like Rogue One: 'I mean, that would end the medieval chapter'
- Leaked concept art showcases the batcycle from scrapped Damien Wayne Batman game
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II update arrives March 13 - mod support, barber mode & more
- Trump's tariffs likely the nail in the coffin for physical games, experts say
- McDonald's claims 43,000 restaurant AI overhaul is to 'alleviate stress' for employees
- AI-powered Maserati speeds faster than a bullet train, in new self-driving world record
- The Witcher 4 draws inspiration from A24 films like The Witch and The Lighthouse
- Battlefield 6 footage immediately surfaces online in widespread leaks
- Death Stranding 2 pre-orders 'are about to open' - physical edition details leaked
- Battlefield Labs shares details on gunplay, movement and new traversal features
- Star Wars Genesis 7.2 is Starfield's biggest conversion mod yet
- Medal of Honor devs reflect on the glory days: 'We were a bunch of immature f***s'
- Hideo Kojima, Norman Reedus & Troy Baker set to reveal details on Death Stranding 2
- Titanfall developers cancel another shooter, Star Wars RTS project remains uncertain
- God of War creator defends Starfield: 'One of the best singleplayer narratives in gaming'
- NVIDIA's market value tanks again, with $200 billion wiped amid tariff fears
- MCU directors team up with Fortnite's creator: 'We'd definitely be open' to an Avengers game
- Sony opens PlayStation Beta Program, offering early access to games and updates
- You can now play GTA 5 on PC with next-gen visuals - at no additional cost
- February 2025
- CD Projekt Red expands on choosing Ciri: 'She's the hero. She's the child of destiny'
- OpenAI says it's 'out of GPUs' as supply struggles continue across AI and gaming
- Amazon's Kindle restrictions deal another blow to digital ownership
- PSVR2 might be worth a flier for gamers who own a PS5 and a PC
- Forza Horizon 5 PS5 confirms April release, alongside Horizon Realms and graphics options
- PC gamers opting for more genre diversity and complexity, Circana data shows
- Perplexity opens waitlist for 'Comet', the new AI browser that aims to dethrone Chrome
- CD Projekt Red may have changed Ciri's face in the latest Witcher 4 reveal
- DLSS 4 support is set to grow, following NVIDIA's latest developer release
- Valve leaker claims 'Deckard' standalone VR headset launching in late 2025
- AI filmmaker recreates the Titanic's final moments in uncanny POV footage
- Ex-Bethesda Developer on Todd Howard: 'He became less involved over time'
- 'Lost Records' takes gamers on a unique trip to the 1990s & coronavirus era
- Ghost of Tsushima producer on Insomniac Games: 'We were almost too intimidated to talk to them'
- Netflix under fire for 'weird as hell' AI recreation of murder victim's voice
- Google's AI search harms students with 'low-quality, unverified' summaries, Chegg claims
- Activision admits to AI-generated assets in Call of Duty, in forced disclaimer
- DOOM: The Dark Ages shakes up the formula - no double jump, medieval weapons, and more
- Leaked Xbox controllers 'Sebile' and 'Actium Duet' resurface in cloud gaming files
- Assassin's Creed Shadows copies are out in the wild, a month before launch
- Spider-Man 3: Yuri Lowenthal hints at Peter Parker's role in the third game
- Call of Duty's 'Bullet Train' map feels straight out of the 2022 Brad Pitt film
- Figure AI just took a step toward smarter robots - starting with ketchup in the fridge.
- NEO Gamma provides a glimpse at life with a humanoid robot assistant
- Skyblivion, the fan remake of Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, nears completion
- NVIDIA's RTX 50 series slows down classic games after dropping PhysX support
- Spider-Man 2 PC players really don't like MJ's face, modders show
- NVIDIA stocks have almost fully recovered, 1 month after DeepSeek panic sales
- Musk's Grok-3 is 'unhinged'... and that might bring back AI's lost creativity
- Star Wars Battlefront 2 modders have built the Star Wars game of our dreams
- GTA-6 inspired 'mystery project' shuts down the streets of Tampa
- Meta's breakthrough: AI can successfully read 80% of thoughts, & understand how they emerge
- TikTok's parent unveils AI that generates viral videos from text
- Days Gone Remastered leaves fans wondering - where's the upgrade?
- Marvel Rivals players catch a subtle joke in Captain America's latest MCU skin
- Google's former chief warns AI could lead to a 'Bin Laden' style attack
- Scientists 'racing' to create the first AI for animal-to-human translation
- Until Dawn meets 'The Thing' in the latest State of Play reveal trailer
- GTA 5's ex-lead just revealed a new game - fans are calling it 'GTA 2077'
- Sam Altman backpedals on release of o3, shortly after de-hyping 'superintelligence' claims
- NVIDIA's Jensen Huang 'No AI can replace 100% of a job, but many can replace 80% of what we do'
- Widespread VPN attack: 2.8 million IPs involved in brute-force campaign
- 'Hapunan' - why this Filipino horror game about selling duck eggs is going viral
- Trump refuses to sign global AI declaration, calls for 'optimism over fear'
- PlayStation's State of Play is set for Feb 12, major reveals expected
- Back to the Future might be the next franchise to receive the 'Indiana Jones treatment'
- NVIDIA's Jensen Huang is 'spitting bars' in recent AI video showcase
- Andrew Ng released 'Agentic Object Detection' last week - here's why it's making waves
- Microsoft's latest study confirms it: AI is making us dumber
- Trump administration's stance heading into Paris AI summit: 'America first'
- Valve issues platform-wide ban for any games that force advertising
- US startup reports 'major breakthrough' in robot intelligence
- Perplexity update outperforms ChatGPT's paid plan (and it's free)
- NVIDIA's new AI model trains robots to move like LeBron and Ronaldo
- Samsung's new display is basically a Kindle - but 75 inches and in full color
- Global hardware scam: 'brand new' Seagate hard drives exposed as used mining equipment
- Google plans to make search even more AI-driven in 2025
- China's humanoid robots slated for mass production by end of 2025
- China's AI expansion continues, DeepSeek now in PCs, Robotics, EVs and more
- AI agents are evolving beyond tools into full-fledged 'coworkers'
- Apple stays cautious on AI as DeepSeek's budget model shakes up the industry
- Gemini vs. ChatGPT: AI takes center stage at the Super Bowl
- ChatGPT makes previously paid feature available to everyone - no login required
- US researchers built a DeepSeek competitor for less than a tank of gas - and it's actually good
- Harrison Ford shares his thoughts on AI in video games & voice acting
- Google releases Gemini 2.0 models: 'We kicked off the agentic era'
- Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra reviews criticise 'hit-or-miss' AI features
- Steam's quiet update holds early access developers accountable
- Paris AI summit next week will be the test for US, China cooperation
- AMD downplays DeepSeek threat: '[Innovation is] good for AI adoption'
- Opera's new browser helps you focus, stretch and eliminate stress
- Australian government bans DeepSeek due to national security risks
- Bill Gates weighs in on the AI Revolution - 'Intelligence will be completely free'
- OpenAI's second AI agent has been officially released
- AI Agents like OpenAI's 'Operator' have a long way to go before replacing humans
- New report reveals AI adoption gap: only 8% of businesses fully implement it
- The Last of Us style 'zombie-fungus' has now been confirmed in another species
- Microsoft Edge's new update takes on the scam that inspired 'The Beekeeper'
- Google Sheets receives a Gemini-powered refresh
Take-Two copyright strikes mod that adds GTA 6 into GTA 5
Xbox begins testing 'Game Hubs', which adds new dashboards for every game
AI cancer detection reaches unprecedented levels of 99% accuracy
Apple contradicts itself with 'mind-blowing' AirPods Max update
Skyblivion has moved onto post-launch DLC plans, with cities almost entirely finished
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