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How video game remakes tap the power of nostalgia
The moment she saw footage from the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Kacey Doran picked up her phone. She had to tell her sister. 'Have you seen this?' messaged Doran, excitedly. Nearly 30 years ago, a 10-year-old Doran had sat in…
How video game remakes tap the power of nostalgia
Chris Baraniuk Technology reporter The moment she saw footage from the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Kacey Doran picked up her phone. She had to tell her sister. 'Have you seen this?' messaged Doran, excitedly. Nearly 30 years…
Who Gave the Best Video Game Performance of 2026? The Stars Make Their Case
I've never understood why only Hollywood A-listers get to have fun waxing poetic on their work at the end of the year when many of the best performances I see all year are ones I've played through in games. I wanted that to change — so for…
2 Years Later, A Massive New Video Game Franchise Returns With First Look At Epic New Series
A major video game franchise officially becomes a Disney+ series in 2027, and its first trailer teases its dark tone. Video games are famously difficult to adapt into other mediums, mostly because player agency is essential to each story in their…
The 10 Best Video Game Heroes of All Time, Ranked
The main thing that makes video games special is interactivity. There is virtually no other medium that better transforms the audience from passive observers into active participants who can directly shape the story, rules, outcomes, and experience…
Publisher of Call Of Duty video game apologises over use of Itaewon crowd crush footage
Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments Published Oct 30, 2026, 06:32 PM SEOUL – US publisher Activision has formally apologised for using footage from the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush in its latest Call Of Duty: Modern…
Top Video Game Stocks To Watch Today - October 29th
Turtle Beach, Brag House, Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Motorsport Games, and Alliance Entertainment are the seven Video Game stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Video game stocks are shares of publicly traded…
Marble Hero - Kotaku
A casual game: Dash! Crash! Bounce! Simply slide your mouse to play. Control the marble, set the direction and speed, and launch it. Survive in maps filled with traps. Eliminate all enemies to win! Games metadata is powered by IGDB.com From…
Sunset Bite - Kotaku
You got another chance in a world above the clouds with a responsibility to prepare the last meals for the departing souls. While fulfilling the task you have the opportunity to make friends with townsfolk, uncover new mysteries and have a life you…
The Onion Is Ready For GTA 6: 'You're Kind of a Dummy For Thinking This Is Gonna Change Everything'
We're less than one month away from the release of Grand Theft Auto 6, and the world is preparing for what's bound to be a culturally dominant moment. Sick days are being planned, economists are doom-spiraling, and people are debating whether it's…
The History of Every Video Game Genre
Check out this graph. It shows the number of platform games released over the last 50 years. From the 1970s, when the genre simply did not exist. Through to its invention and evolution in the 1980s. A peak of popularity in the early 90s. And then a…
Bethesda and Oblivion Fans Pay Tribute to Patrick Stewart Following Actor's Death
Bethesda has paid tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart for his role in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion after his death. Earlier today, it was announced that beloved actor Sir Patrick Stewart, best known for his roles in Star Trek and X-Men, died at 86…
Dragon Ball: It's the End of an Era For Akira Toriyama's Legacy
It's been over two years since Akira Toriyama passed away on March 1, 2024, and yet another page of the legendary mangaka's legacy is being turned. With the success of Dr. Slump in the early '80s, Akira Toriyama was able to found his own manga…
DC's New Clayface Movie Makes a Strong Case for a Hitman-Style Stealth Game
Batman has always been a DC favorite for many people, so it is not very surprising that he has also been the star of a few successful video games as well. And even though he has done a great job as a protagonist, there are other characters from his…
America's not actually polarized. It can agree on Mr. Beast - and Joe Rogan
Research on political polarization points to how people's preferred news outlets and social media use create information silos, environments in which people primarily encounter views consistent with their own, further cementing those views. But…
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