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Trinidad Chambliss says NCAA eligibility fight cost him shot at EA Sports video game cover
Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss said in a court filing Thursday that the uncertainty surrounding his NCAA eligibility cost him a shot at being on the cover of EA Sports' college football video game. Chambliss said that as of last week, he…
Marathon is a stylishly merciless video game built for cut-throat times
In rare quiet moments playing Marathon, you may find yourself overcome by the iridiscently pretty planet Tau Ceti IV. This fictional world seems to radiate a chemical glow: powdery pink skies and lurid green vegetation fill the screen alongside…
The White House compares deadly conflict with video games and movies in memeified videos to win support for Iran war
The White House's video Friday began with a brief clip from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It quickly transitioned to footage of the U.S. military bombing an Iranian vehicle. “Wasted” soon appeared on the screen, the…
Coinbase's Oscars Ad Turns a Video Game NPC Into a Financial Rebel
What if the background character in a video game suddenly refused to follow the script? That's the premise behind cryptocurrency platform Coinbase's new campaign, “Your Way Out,” which encourages people to break away from the…
Every Video Game Layoff and Studio Closure in 2026 So Far
The studios behind Battlefield 6 have joined the gaming industry's most unfortunate trend. The video game industry has faced a difficult stretch over the past few years as layoffs and studio closures have affected developers across nearly every…
Trinidad Chambliss Says Eligibility Issues Cost QB EA Sports College Football 27 Video Game Cover
Trinidad Chambliss' battle with the NCAA over his eligibility has led to significant NIL ramifications, the Ole Miss quarterback revealed Thursday. In a court filing on Thursday, Chambliss said that the uncertainty around his future in college…
Video Games With Loot Boxes Will Now Have a 16 Age Rating Across Europe as Part of Huge PEGI Shakeup
The Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body — better known as PEGI, the European equivalent of the ESRB — is revising how games are rated in Europe. From July 2026, four new categories will be added to PEGI's classification…
Video game PEGI age-ratings are changing in Europe and it's probably not good news for EA Sports FC
Video game age-ratings are about to change in Europe. The Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body, better known as PEGI, which determines the age-ratings for games everywhere in Europe apart from Germany, is about to make arguably the most…
Street Fighter' Behind-the-Scenes Image Offers Best Look Yet at Video Game Icon (But It Is Proving Divisive With Fans)
Legendary's Street Fighter reboot is shaping up to be a high-profile, star-studded adaptation of the popular Capcom fighting game franchise, with an ensemble cast that is poised to pack a serious punch. A behind-the-scenes image has given fans…
9 Genre-Defining Video Games That Changed Gaming Forever
Many video games are fun to play, but there are a rare few that make such an impact that they change the medium as a whole. Many of the greatest games of all time are a constant source of inspiration for developers, and without those title, it's…
Promising Video Game Stocks To Follow Today - March 12th
Turtle Beach, Motorsport Games, Alliance Entertainment, Brag House, and Allied Gaming & 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…
Why Indie Video Game Sync Is More Accessible Than Film and TV in 2026
When IQ Artist Management started — and we've been at this in one form or another for well over thirty years — the advice was consistent: get your artists into sync libraries, pursue film and TV placements, and build a playlist…
Upcoming Video Games Movies Destined To Bomb At The Box Office
On the whole, video game fans have probably never had it as good as right now when it comes to quality adaptations. Along with movies that have seen success, esteemed small screen adaptations like Prime Video's 'Fallout' and HBO's 'The Last of Us'…
Nielsen's New Insights Could Help Shift Ad Budgets in the Upfront
Each year, advertisers commit billions of dollars through the TV upfront, and measurement giant Nielsen is looking to help guide those budgets even more. Today, Nielsen released a new upfront planning guide, which takes a more granular view of…
PEGI's loot box rule changes are welcome, but they should be retrospective | Opinion
Leon Y. Xiao of Beclaws, the author of GameIndustry.biz's annual Loot Box State of Play feature, gives his opinion on PEGI's landmark decision over loot boxes, whereby from June onwards, games submitted for classification that contain paid random…
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