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The company behind 'PUBG' wants to bring video game AI into the real world
The robotics industry wants humanoids to become part of everyday life, taking on work in homes and offices. Billions of dollars are flowing toward machines capable of increasingly complex physical tasks. The humanoid robot maker Figure raised more…
The 10 Best Video Games Based on Movies, Ranked
For decades, movie tie-in games were the joke of the gaming industry. Since E.T. became the symbol of the US video game market crash of 1983, the bad reputation of movie tie-in video games was set in stone. They were usually rushed out to hit a…
Anthropic tells Claude to stop remaking video games
It appears Anthropic may be (quietly) taking action to stem the flood of AI-driven game remakes that have hit the video game industry in the last few month, which saw users creating their own versions of classic and upcoming games, sometimes for…
6 Flop Video Games You Should Actually Play
It's certainly easy to define video games as an art form by their overwhelming success stories, with the industry being larger than most other media industries combined and constantly breaking records in terms of growth and scale with each new…
The 6 Best Books Set In Video Games, Ranked
Ever since Atari's Pong brought gaming into people's living rooms in the early 70s, video games have continued to evolve and become an important part of pop culture. Naturally, this has inspired plenty of books about video games over the 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…
Grand Theft Auto VI Is Gaming's Biggest Financial Bet
Never miss an episode. Follow The Big Take daily podcast today. Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to set new records for the video game industry. But will potential billion-dollar sales of the title buoy an entire industry facing years of layoffs and…
Can Satellite Internet Handle Video Calls And Online Gaming?
Some tasks and applications require not only a steady internet connection for streaming but also high-speed access to accommodate the high rates of data being handled. Those data-heavy activities include online and cloud gaming, livestreaming…
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…
We Finally Know What Killed Mass Effect
On Oct. 21, EA announced that it was shutting down the beloved game studio BioWare and canceling its new Mass Effect sequel. The news was quite a blow, sparking theories that the studio was shut down because of pressure from Saudi Arabia's Public…
Axon Enterprise vs. Fastly: Which Industrials Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?
Choosing between Axon Enterprise (AXON -2.35%) and Fastly Inc. (FSLY -9.85%) requires balancing the steady growth of public safety infrastructure against the high-velocity demands of modern edge cloud computing and content delivery. Axon Enterprise…
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…
DustFall - Kotaku
Dustfall is a single-player roguelite shooter beneath an alien-occupied surface. Blast through destructible pixel terrain, trigger fires and cave-ins, build powerful weapon combinations, and outrun deadly hunters as you descend through six buried…
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…
Sam Altman: All the RAM Should Belong to Me, So I Can Charge People to Use It
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is really gunning for villain-of-the-year status with PC gamers in particular, but owners of pretty much any computing device everywhere. Altman appeared on Stripe cofounder John Collison's Cheeky Pint podcast this week…
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