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What the Digital Fairness Act means for the games industry
After it was leaked earlier this week, the European Commission has formally presented its draft for the Digital Fairness Act today. If adopted, the Act will have a massive impact on the games sector, particularly where virtual currencies are…
Half of New Games on Steam Are Now Made With AI. How Does This Reflect the Gaming Industry?
Steam, the digital marketplace for PC games from game studio Valve, has hit a major milestone, sparking pushback from parts of the gaming community: Approximately 50% of new Steam games in October were made with the help of AI. This underscores a…
Games Workshop Group rallies Wednesday, outperforms market
Games Workshop Group PLC GAW shares advanced 1.52% to £167.00 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.78% to 10,835.47. Games Workshop Group PLC closed…
U.S. loses grip on $121 billion mobile gaming sector to China
Yang Liu's parents planted roots in suburban Michigan hoping their son, who was born in China, would find success in the world's biggest economy. In early 2020, they got their wish: End Game Interactive, the mobile game startup he co-founded in…
Indie Game Awards AI Boycott Sparks Big Walk Controversy
For game developer teams, the Independent Games Festival (IGF) is a very big deal. A nomination for the IGF Awards provides a game with priceless publicity, including a showcase at the festival, and a shot at winning one of the industry's most…
9-foot-tall Game Boy Color plays all the classics
A pair of California-based engineers have built what they say may be the largest Game Boy Color ever. Standing more than nine feet and weighing around 300 pounds, the Pokémon-yellow goliath requires a U-Haul to transport and took over 1,500…
Patriots' Alarming 3-Game Trend Draws Mike Vrabel Warning Before Lions Game
The New England Patriots have had to wipe out early deficits the past three weeks. Head coach Mike Vrabel knows that can't continue. New England has fallen behind in the opening stages of three consecutive games, including Sunday's 45-27 loss to…
'Grand Theft Auto VI' Is Latest Big Swing for Take-Two CEO's Video Game Empire
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Chief Executive Officer Strauss Zelnick wanted to run a Hollywood studio when he was a kid. The Harvard University business and law school graduate worked his way up to become president of 20th Century Fox by his…
Acer's Popular Gaming Handheld Couldn't Go Two Weeks Without a Price Hike
There is little reason to hold out hope for future generations of cheap gaming gadgets. Today's case in point is the Acer Predator Atlas 8, a gaming handheld that became so popular it sold out. Now, just two weeks after launch, it costs $150 more.
NHL Tonight: What to watch in Mammoth-Knights, five other games on Wednesday
There are six games on the NHL schedule for Wednesday, including a trio of Metro Division teams facing off against Pacific Division foes, two wild-card hopefuls matching up in Orange County, and a critical clash between the Lightning and Sabres in…
The 'Hunger Games' are back, with an A-list cast and brutal origin story for Haymitch
Three years ago, new cinematic life was found in a “Hunger Games” adventure without Katniss. Now, the franchise is back, jumping through time again to check in on another major character from the original films in his teenage years:…
NY Islanders female fashion trend is part of growing the game, so what's the problem?
Who knew that women showing up to New York Islanders games in fashionable orange-and-blue outfits could become something worth arguing about? Seriously. Of all the things to debate about the Islanders right now, somehow a story about women…
State Police report 99% compliance rate for skill game removal Across Pennsylvania
More than three weeks after enforcement efforts began, the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) on Tuesday released an update about its continued efforts to enforce Pennsylvania's skill games law. Since Oct. 14, PSP has visited 12,202 establishments…
We're kind of friendslop': CEO of Jackbox Games sees the link between party games and this new trend but doesn't think it's necessarily 'a negative moniker
What was the first instance of a friendslop game? Was it REPO ? Human: Fall Flat ? Or perhaps it was the first time a group of people tried to guess what someone was saying in what we would now call a game of charades? The name friendslop may be a…
GTA 6 launches next week, and you can already pre-load the game
The wait for GTA 6 is almost over. After years of anticipation, several delays and lots and lots of fan speculation, Rockstar Games' long-awaited sequel is finally upon us. In just over a week, we'll all be racing back through Vice City. With…
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