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creativebloq.com - Joe Foley - Is AI setting unrealistic beauty standards for video games?
Is AI setting unrealistic beauty standards for video games?
Creative Bloq

A knight with a flowing red cloak strides through a medieval world of castles and forests rendered with highly detailed line work. The advert appears to show a video game with an art style influenced by the ligne claire of Hergé's Tintin art…

iflscience.com - James Felton - Video Game Study Found Out What People Do When The World Ends, And It's Exactly What You'd Expect
Video Game Study Found Out What People Do When The World Ends, And It's Exactly What You'd Expect
IFLScience

There are few things more difficult than studying the end of the world, and how humanity would react before it. If you try when the world isn't ending, then you probably won't get an accurate impression, given that the world isn't really ending. If…

inverse.com - Mo Mozuch - Xbox Game Pass Just Quietly Added A Reminder Of Why We Play Video Games
Xbox Game Pass Just Quietly Added A Reminder Of Why We Play Video Games
Inverse

Art is hard. People universally say they like art, or think art is a good thing. But getting something artistic in front of a big audience is exceedingly rare these days. You can point to budgets or social media or venture capitalists as the cause…

collider.com - Rob London - Ahead of Sophie Turner's Reboot, You Can Catch Up With These Underrated Video Game Movies on a New Streaming Home
Ahead of Sophie Turner's Reboot, You Can Catch Up With These Underrated Video Game Movies on a New Streaming Home
Collider

Lara Croft, the heroine of the long-running Tomb Raider franchise, is set to make her live-action return with Game of Thrones ' Sophie Turner taking on the mantle in a new series for Prime Video. While you're waiting for that, however, you can…

japantimes.co.jp - Japan's gaming industry moves to improve accessibility
Japan's gaming industry moves to improve accessibility
The Japan Times

The Japanese gaming industry is working to improve video game accessibility by developing equipment and systems that allow people with disabilities affecting their hands to play by using other parts of their body, such as their cheeks, feet and…

marketbeat.com - Video Game Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - October 25th
Video Game Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - October 25th
MarketBeat

Turtle Beach, Alliance Entertainment, Allied Gaming & Entertainment, and Motorsport Games are the seven Video Game stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Video game stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose…

mashable.com - Amanda Yeo - 7 of the coolest indie games at SXSW Sydney 2025
7 of the coolest indie games at SXSW Sydney 2025
Mashable

SXSW Sydney returned for its third year this October, bringing the tech, film, music, and games festival to Australia once more. As always, this included a slew of independent video game developers showing off their latest projects. October is a…

gamesradar.com - Anna Koselke - Halo: Campaign Evolved leads call AI 'a tool in a toolbox' comparable to others like Photoshop, but assure 'the people are the ones who are creating the game'
Halo: Campaign Evolved leads call AI 'a tool in a toolbox' comparable to others like Photoshop, but assure 'the people are the ones who are creating the game'
GamesRadar+

The exciting remake of beloved 2001 sci-fi shooter Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: Campaign Evolved, has been unveiled – and considering today's climate of rising generative AI use, it's unsurprising that some fans may worry about its role…

forbes.com - Siladitya Ray - GameStop Rises 7% In Premarket Boosted By White House AI Meme Post
GameStop Rises 7% In Premarket Boosted By White House AI Meme Post
Forbes

Shares of GameStop surged more than 7% in premarket trading early on Monday morning after the White House boosted a social media post made by the video game retailer with an AI-generated meme of President Donald Trump. GameStop shares surged in…

thegamer.com - Vaspaan Dastoor - Despite Masterpieces Like Baldur's Gate 3 And Breath Of The Wild, Randy Pitchford Thinks The Games Industry Hasn't Had Its Citizen Kane Yet
Despite Masterpieces Like Baldur's Gate 3 And Breath Of The Wild, Randy Pitchford Thinks The Games Industry Hasn't Had Its Citizen Kane Yet
TheGamer

When it comes to video game masterpieces, we name the likes of Half-Life 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Breath of the Wild, and so many more. These games have revolutionised not only their genres, but the entire industry as a whole, much like certain movies…

hypebeast.com - Logan Fairbrother - $2 Billion USD Wiped From 'Counter-Strike 2' Market Due to Game Update
$2 Billion USD Wiped From 'Counter-Strike 2' Market Due to Game Update
Hypebeast Hong Kong Limited

The Counter-Strike video game franchise has a cosmetic skin market worth billions A new update to the game has caused the prices of many of its most valuable items to crumble Over $2 billion USD in market cap for the game's cosmetics has been lost…

videogamer.com - Callum Smith - Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Director's GOTY Pick
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Director's GOTY Pick
VideoGamer - All About Video and Casino Games

Asked by Gamesradar what his favorite game of 2025 is, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director, Naoki Hamaguchi, revealed that Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is his choice for game of the year. Hamaguchi said, “It's a really great game and would…

gamesradar.com - Emily Garbutt - Sony announces it won't be bidding to buy Warner Bros. because it's focused on 'growth markets', like anime
Sony announces it won't be bidding to buy Warner Bros. because it's focused on 'growth markets', like anime
GamesRadar+

Last week, it was reported that Warner Bros. Discovery was considering selling up, prompting multiple offers from several big players. One such big player who won't be making a bid, though, is Sony. 'We have no desire for big [mergers and…

forbes.com - Charlie Fink - Meta's Smart Glasses Are The Hot Demo Ticket, But Viture Lets You Actually See The Future
Meta's Smart Glasses Are The Hot Demo Ticket, But Viture Lets You Actually See The Future
Forbes

Now available to demo at Best Buy. Video display glasses are finally in stores where you can try them before buying. At select Best Buy locations nationwide, Viture's new Luma Pro XR glasses are available for live demos. They project a large…

screenrant.com - Brennan Klein - November 1 Will Be A Great Day For Back To The Future Fans
November 1 Will Be A Great Day For Back To The Future Fans
Screen Rant

A huge win for Back to the Future fans is just days away. The time travel franchise, which was created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, follows the adventures of mad scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) and his teenage sidekick Marty McFly…

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