Virtual duellists could soon get a more realistic Game of Thrones battle experience after scientists programmed machine learning to improve enemies' sword-fighting skills.

The realistic swordplay in “The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword” for the Wii console will become central to the series, according to Nintendo executives who produce the games.

The game, called CLANG, aims to bring a certain aspect of realism to sword fighting, and by making use of a cheap, "low-latency, high-precision motion controller", Stephenson and Co. can make a ...

Historical fiction author Neal Stephenson is using Kickstarter to help fund a motion-controlled sword-fighting game called Clang. It will be, according to the pitch, " Guitar Hero , with swords." ...