Video Games Industry News
A collection of Video Games latest news, analysis and best practices from top business influencers and the world's most trustworthy sources.
Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video game
Bereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove harrowing footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush from the latest instalment of the video game. The clips, which are seconds-long, appear in the opening…
Video-Game Rating Group ESRB Names Netflix and MPA Alum Orit Michiel President
Orit Michiel is the next president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board, the video game industry's self-regulatory body that assigns age and content ratings for video games and mobile apps. Michiel will take the helm of ESRB on Nov. 2, 2026…
The video game that will tank the economy for a day
After 13 years of waiting, Grand Theft Auto [GTA] VI is set to arrive next month and over a million Americans are forecast to call out sick when it drops. Economists are actually predicting this could cause America's GDP to take a $1 billion hit on…
Cozy New Dungeons & Dragons Video Game Officially Confirmed for 2027
As a fantasy IP full of choices, iconic characters, complex classes, and more, Dungeons & Dragons is a natural fit for the video game industry. The brand has had real success, too, with Baldur's Gate 3 being one of the most acclaimed video games of…
Google just unveiled Genie 4 and it could change video games forever
Google DeepMind, the tech giant's primary AI research and development laboratory, has played a major part in the development of Genie, a world model that's capable of generating interactive virtual worlds. The original Genie model launched back in…
The 10 Best Video Games Set in Space, Ranked
Throughout the years, science fiction video games have found many potentially fascinating settings, whether that's a gritty cyberpunk version of a futuristic Earth or a special location where the laws of physics don't apply. There's one particular…
Donkey Kong Poster Becomes Most Expensive Original Video Game Art Ever Sold at Auction for Record-Breaking $329,400
A 1981 promotional poster for the original Donkey Kong, featuring the first public appearance of Mario, has become the the most expensive piece of original video game art ever sold at auction. But this artwork nearly got thrown out in the garbage.
Video Games Should Cater To More (Types Of) Men
Gaming discourse in online town squares often boils down to a recurring complaint: the video game industry no longer caters to men. Charitably, this broad, inclusive-sounding protest resembles outcries for racial and queer representation in media.
Maine-inspired video game is now ready to play
While the shape of the map bears a striking resemblance to Peaks Island, Maine-based game developer Eric Blumrich took inspiration from a number of Casco Bay islands when creating the environment for “Peace Island,” an open-world…
Video Game Stocks To Keep An Eye On - October 28th
Turtle Beach, Brag House, Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Alliance Entertainment, and Motorsport Games are the seven Video Game stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Video game stocks are shares of publicly traded…
Prediction: This Will Be Nvidia's Stock Price by the End of 2027
With a market cap of about $5.3 trillion, Nvidia (NVDA -0.47%) is the largest company in the world -- and it's easy to see how it reached that size. The tech giant's advanced processors are the dominant compute hardware in the data centers that…
Microsoft's strong quarter backs up its stock rebound. Here's our new price target
Shares of Microsoft edged higher Wednesday evening after the tech giant reported better-than-expected results across all key metrics and signaled that growth in its all-important Azure cloud computing business continues to accelerate. Revenue in…
AI Can Critique Shakespeare But Can't Write It, Russo Brothers' AGBO Execs Tell Tokyo Market
Top AGBO execs Chris Brearton and Dominic Hughes delivered a keynote discussion at TIFFCOM, the content market of the Tokyo International Film Festival, on Thursday, about how AI is impacting filmmaking, how it can be used to assist rather than…
Epic Officially Confirms It's 'Vibe Coding' Unreal Engine 6 and Future 'Fortnite' Updates
Epic continues to be all-in on AI. In a recent statement to This Week In Video Games, Epic's executive VP of development Marcus Wassmer clarified the specifics around how the company is using AI for Unreal Engine 6, Fortnite, and just about…
Halloween: The Game Adds Free Tower Farm Map In Latest Update
Posted in: Games, Gun Media, Halloween, IllFonic, Video Games | Tagged: Gun Interactive, Halloween The Game Halloween: The Game has a new map in time for the haunting weekend, as players head to a farm map inspired by the film Halloween 5…
Receive a Daily briefing on Video Games Industry News
Get Started