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The Video Game Industry Is Imploding. What Does It Mean for Hollywood?
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Last spring, theaters were full of audiences screaming “chicken jockey!” alongside Jack Black as “A Minecraft Movie” soared to become the fifth highest-grossing movie of…
XCOM and Gloomhaven's creators say video game and tabletop collabs can save the industry
The gaming industry is in crisis. Layoffs at Xbox have led to still more layoffs from the studios Microsoft ditched. Bungie significantly reduced its staff right after releasing its final update for Destiny 2 and Epic Games cut 1,000 employees in…
August 2026 Video Game Releases: Full List And Highlights
2026 has already been an absolutely stacked year for gaming so far, but on top of what we've already gotten to enjoy for ourselves, the next few weeks are bringing even more releases from brand-new games like Beast of Reincarnation, long-awaited…
6 Perfect Video Games You Didn't Know Were Based On Books
Whilst we already know that the likes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and more recently, 007: First Light are based on a series of bestselling books, there are some video games out there that have also taken inspiration from the written word. As just…
The 10 Best Video Game Endings of All Time, Ranked
Content Warning: The following article contains spoilers.Fans can put hundreds of hours into a video game and then not even be done with it, and that is the glory of replay value and the personal connection players have with their games. However…
Tom Holland's Divisive Video Game Adaptation Sees a 'Brand New Day' on Streaming
Tom Holland is currently busy promoting his latest superhero feature, Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The movie marks the fourth installment in the MCU franchise and makes you nostalgic, thinking about how far the character has come since Captain…
Five Venture Capital Trends: Where Gaming Capital Is Moving In 2026
Roman Gurskiy is Managing Director of GEM Capital, a leading Cyprus-based investment firm with a focus on game studios. After a three-year period of stagnation in venture capital investment, the market began to recover in 2025. According to…
There's a wild new video game based on Uwe Boll's critically-panned Armie Hammer film 'Citizen Vigilante'
By now, you've likely heard of the numerous controversies surrounding German director Uwe Boll 's latest film, “Citizen Vigilante.” To recap: The film stars disgraced actor Armie Hammer (in what was poised to be his big Hollywood…
Sony Says Discontinuation of PlayStation Discs Won't Have Any Negative Impact on Its Business - Now or in the Future
Sony's controversial decision to discontinue PlayStation discs is not having any impact on its business now, and it doesn't see any negative impact in the future, either. Speaking during an investor-focused Q&A following its first quarter financial…
Game Devs Put Together An Itch.io Bundle Of Over 100 Games With Proceeds Going To Help Laid-Off Colleagues - Kotaku
An itch.io game bundle put together by Necrosoft Games and The United Videogame Workers-CWA (UVW-CWA) union is a new way gamers can show their support for developers who have been let go amidst the ongoing video game industry labor crisis.
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Xbox revenue declines and Double Fine cuts staff
July has been a brutal month for the video game industry. Sadly, the months beforehand haven't been much different. Hardware continues to get more expensive, developers continue to get laid off in masse, and company executives continue to invest…
Stellar Blade sequel gets controversial music video that's dripping with 'AI slop
Stellar Blade developer Shift Up is no stranger to controversy, but even some of its most ardent defenders are unhappy with the company's latest move. Shift Up's official YouTube channel released a music video for the song “Wanna be in…
Gamers Can Grab 100 Games For $10 To Help Laid Off Developers
The past few years have been rough for the video game industry, with news about lay-offs and studio closures providing a constantly bleak backdrop to the steady stream of game releases and updates. While platforms like PC have continued to gain…
How working parents can maintain their summer sanity
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world it was possible to balance work and parenting over a 10-week summer. Not only do working parents have to scramble through the spring to sign their kids up for appropriate camp or…
'That's our next mission - proving that games are art': meet Story Kitchen, the bold, trail-blazing studio behind the popular Sonic movies that wants to turn your favorite game into the next movie or TV hit
'It is easier, but it's not easy,' Story Kitchen co-founder Dmitri Johnson interjects. I'm midway through an in-depth conversation with Johnson and business partner Mike Goldberg about their pioneering entertainment company when the former…
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