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aftermath.site - Luke Plunkett - There Is No Such Thing As The Video Game Industry
There Is No Such Thing As The Video Game Industry
Aftermath

Whether it's on social media or serious websites, and whether it's backed by tanking financials or just bad vibes, we see a lot of talk these days about an impending video game crash, a day of reckoning for the industry that has been decades in the…

digitaltrends.com - Anthony Orlando - EXCLUSIVE: Exit 8 director on how he turned a video game into a cinematic nightmare
EXCLUSIVE: Exit 8 director on how he turned a video game into a cinematic nightmare
Digital Trends

Video games have gotten better film and TV adaptations these days. Since 2020, we've gotten hits like the Sonic the Hedgehog movies, HBO's The Last of Us, and Netflix's Arcane. Now, indie film distributor NEON (Parasite, Anora) has joined in on…

ign.com - Tom Phillips - Game of Thrones: Dragonfire Video Game Announced by Warner Bros. and HBO
Game of Thrones: Dragonfire Video Game Announced by Warner Bros. and HBO
IGN

Warner Bros. Games has announced Game of Thrones: Dragonfire, a new free-to-play mobile strategy game set during the era of House of the Dragon. Set to fly onto iPhones and Android devices later this year, fans can now pre-register their interest…

chron.com - Gwen Howerton - How a reclusive Houston tycoon influenced one of video games' best villains
How a reclusive Houston tycoon influenced one of video games' best villains
Chron

In the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas, the player is tasked with traveling through a post-apocalyptic American west to obtain a data storage device for the enigmatic Mr. House, who rules over a futuristic Las Vegas from his casino. When you…

gamerant.com - Joshua Duckworth - How Video Games Have Helped Me Cope with Nicotine Withdrawal
How Video Games Have Helped Me Cope with Nicotine Withdrawal
GameRant

2026 is as good a year as any to quit smoking, vaping, dipping, or partaking in tobacco/nicotine products, however you've seen fit. There are dozens of reasons to quit, but I'm not your mama, I'm definitely not your doctor, and I'm definitely not…

cbr.com - Joshua M. Patton - How The Wizard Invented the Modern 'Hype Cycle' for Video Game Reveals
How The Wizard Invented the Modern 'Hype Cycle' for Video Game Reveals
CBR

The state of video games in the back half of the 2020s is perhaps a microcosm of the incongruity between societal advancement and regression. Modern AAA titles provide immersive, technologically complex gaming experiences from an industry…

marketbeat.com - Promising Video Game Stocks Worth Watching - April 7th
Promising Video Game Stocks Worth Watching - April 7th
MarketBeat

Turtle Beach, Brag House, Motorsport Games, Alliance Entertainment, 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…

cbr.com - Jamie Parker - 8 Years Later, this $540M Video Game is the Only Adaptation That Can Save the Western Genre
8 Years Later, this $540M Video Game is the Only Adaptation That Can Save the Western Genre
CBR

It's no secret that the big-screen Western is nearly dead. Neo-Westerns may thrive on TV, but in cinema, it has been a long time since audiences flocked to the theatre to see a true Western. With more and more video game adaptations finding massive…

eurogamer.net - Matt Wales - Double Dragon creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto dies, aged 64 - 'Please continue to enjoy my father's works with a smile in the future'
Double Dragon creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto dies, aged 64 - 'Please continue to enjoy my father's works with a smile in the future'
Eurogamer.net

Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the influential creator behind legendary beat-'em-up series Double Dragon and River City (Kunio-kun), has died aged 64. Kishimoto's video game career began in the early 80s, when he joined developer DataEast and directed…

slate.com - Christina Cauterucci - Trump Has Posted a Lot of Psychopathic Things Online. His Latest Truth Social Update Might Be His Worst.
Trump Has Posted a Lot of Psychopathic Things Online. His Latest Truth Social Update Might Be His Worst.
Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It's not uncommon in the Trump era to hear someone say that it feels as if we're living in a twisted simulation, or a video…

vice.com - Brent Koepp - Star Fox Switch 2 Could Be Announced This Week According to Leak
Star Fox Switch 2 Could Be Announced This Week According to Leak
VICE

The popular insider who leaked the new Star Fox Switch 2 game now says the project will get announced this month. However, a second leak now claims it could be announced as soon as this week. Here is everything we know about the new Nintendo title.

japantimes.co.jp - Molly Schuetz - Sony Pictures Entertainment to cut hundreds of jobs in TV and film
Sony Pictures Entertainment to cut hundreds of jobs in TV and film
The Japan Times

Sony Pictures Entertainment is restructuring its business to better position the company for growth, leading to job cuts across its film, TV and corporate divisions in the coming months. 'We are aligning our organization with where the business is…

bgr.com - Joe Oliveto - Could We Ever See Walking Vehicles In The Future?
Could We Ever See Walking Vehicles In The Future?
BGR

From 'Star Wars' movies to countless video games, walking vehicles are a common sci-fi and action trope. In fiction, these vehicles usually take the form of futuristic armored tanks that lumber their way through battlefields as they rain laser…

screenrant.com - Angharad Redden - Uncharted 5 Leak Confirms Why Series Has Been Gone So Long
Uncharted 5 Leak Confirms Why Series Has Been Gone So Long
ScreenRant

Kicking off back with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune in 2007, Naughty Dog's action-adventure franchise has become a household name. Telling the story of Nathan Drake, the descendant of adventurer Sir Francis Drake, we follow him on his journey to El…

androidauthority.com - Matt Horne - Google's latest Android XR update gives Galaxy XR some fancy new tricks
Google's latest Android XR update gives Galaxy XR some fancy new tricks
Android Authority

Google and Samsung are rolling out new Android XR features to Galaxy XR starting today. The update adds auto-spatialization, pinned wall apps, real-hand interaction, and better session restore. Samsung says Android XR will get up to five years of…

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