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Nvidia's CEO says 'we created the modern video game industry,' but all it's push into AI upscaling has done is destroy good game optimization
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Battlefield 6 takes home Game of the Year at UKIE Video Game Awards 2026
The UKIE Game Awards 2026 took place last night, with Battlefield 6 winning UK Game of the Year and best PC game. Developed by Battlefield Studios, which includes Guildford-based Criterion Games, the first-person shooter sold over seven million…
NY AG Letitia James Sues Video Game Maker Over Loot Boxes
In Valve's most popular game, the process resembles a slot machine, with an animated spinning wheel that eventually rests on a selected item. The randomly selected virtual items have no in-game functionality but can be sold online for real money…
The Goriest Video Game Movie of the 21st Century Conquers Streaming
One of the movies that broke the video game curse in recent memory for fans was 2021's Mortal Kombat. The R-rated movie directed by Simon McQuoid won hearts worldwide despite a pandemic-time hybrid release. It's counted among the video game…
Daisy Edgar-Jones Leads Paramount's New Video Game Movie
Golden Globe nominee Daisy Edgar-Jones has signed on to play the leading role in Paramount Pictures ‘ upcoming film adaptation of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, based on Gabrielle Zevin's bestselling 2022 novel of the same name. The…
Relooted: The Video Game Turning Cultural Repatriation into a High-Tech Heist
A South African video game Relooted uses high-tech heist gameplay to highlight the issue of stolen African artefacts and the global debate around cultural repatriation … Technology is usually used to recreate history but a new video game…
It Is Once Again Time To Pour Our Hopes And Ideas Into The Vaguest Of New Video Game Console News
This afternoon noted AI weirdo and new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma took to the website formerly known as Twitter and wrote two paragraphs. Great start to the morning with Team Xbox, where we talked about our commitment to the return of Xbox including…
Kalshi Paid Gamer To Hype Prediction Market Until Lawyer Said No
Prediction markets are essentially casinos where people pay to lose money shaking virtual 8-balls. The companies who run them, like Kalshi, want you to think of them as some high-minded enterprises providing public value when they are actually just…
From byelections to regime change: how gambling on any event fuelled the rise of prediction markets
What are Polymarket and Kalshi? What are the odds on US-style exchanges taking off in the UK? Here's the lowdown As ballistic missiles and kamikaze drones rained down on the Middle East, one of the world's most talked-about businesses was inviting…
The Surprising Culprit Behind the Death of Reading
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Strap in for a fascinating deep dive because Carlo Iacono wrote a piece for aeon on the design problem behind our…
Back to the Future franchise gets long-awaited expansion for 40th anniversary
Back to the Future franchise gets long-awaited expansion for 40th anniversary Last year, Back to the Future fans celebrated the 40th anniversary of the original film's 1985 release. Since then, we've had a film trilogy, animated series, theme park…
Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner on How Her Latest Album Led to a Jewelry Collection
Michelle Zauner is a lot of things. She's the frontwoman of Grammy-nominated indie rock band Japanese Breakfast; the director of the majority of the band's music videos; a soundtrack composer for the video game “Sable”; and the author…
Tim Sweeney muzzled and the slow demise of Bluepoint
Psst. I'm actually out of the office today so am once again praying with every fibre of my being that the video game industry will simply take a day off. I've taken a pre-GDC holiday to run a few errands before flying over to San Francisco bright…
Lawmakers push to ban government officials from prediction markets after bets on Iran strike, Khamenei's death
Senators are calling for new legislation after millions of dollars in bets were placed on prediction market sites tied to U.S. air strikes on Iran and the death of the country's supreme leader. Users on a prediction market site called Kalshi placed…
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