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theguardian.com - Guardian staff reporter - Glitched into empty space: why video games are obsessed with the Backrooms
Glitched into empty space: why video games are obsessed with the Backrooms
The Guardian

It starts on 4chan, in a May 2019 thread entitled “unsettling images”. The first post was a photo showing an empty room with the now iconic yellow wallpaper, no natural lighting and a kind of inexplicable jutting half-wall. Shortly…

collider.com - Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck - The 10 Darkest Video Games of All Time, Ranked
The 10 Darkest Video Games of All Time, Ranked
Collider

Video games are the most successful medium in the world, and that is because they evoke a range of emotions and offer a variety of escapist fantasies. From the immersive Wild West in Red Dead Redemption 2 to the grand sense of adventure and wonder…

cbr.com - John Dodge - 6 Years Later, Hatsune Miku's Discontinued Video Game Series Is Finally Coming Back
6 Years Later, Hatsune Miku's Discontinued Video Game Series Is Finally Coming Back
CBR

An incredibly niche Hatsune Miku game is officially making a comeback, and it is only a few months away. Per Essential Japan, developer Crypton Future Media has officially announced the return of the hit Graphy Collection series of mobile games…

wrestlinginc.com - Brie Coder - Tony Khan Comments On Chances Of Another AEW Video Game
Tony Khan Comments On Chances Of Another AEW Video Game
Wrestling Inc

It's been a little over three years since AEW released its first-ever video game, 'Fight Forever.' And after a question from the audience, AEW President Tony Khan would be all in on making another. 'I have to say that I would be interested in…

iclg.com - Robert Harkavy - Game on for Saudi PIF's $55bn Electronic Arts takeover
Game on for Saudi PIF's $55bn Electronic Arts takeover
ICLG

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has cleared another level in its proposed acquisition of Electronic Arts after securing European Commission approval for the record-breaking takeover. The European Commission has given the nod to Saudi Arabia's…

ign.com - Wesley Yin-Poole - Critics of Sony's Decision to Kill Physical Discs Call on Gamers to Boycott PlayStation for a Week Next Month, but Will Anyone Listen?
Critics of Sony's Decision to Kill Physical Discs Call on Gamers to Boycott PlayStation for a Week Next Month, but Will Anyone Listen?
IGN

Backers of physical media have called on gamers to boycott PlayStation for a week in August to send a message to Sony that its decision to kill discs from 2028 is unacceptable. The Does it play? X / Twitter account, which is a fierce critic of…

nytimes.com - Lee Neikirk - How to Find the Best Gaming TV (and When to Get a Monitor Instead)
How to Find the Best Gaming TV (and When to Get a Monitor Instead)
The New York Times

These terms specifically relate to gaming TVs. If you need to brush up on basic TV terminology first, check out our original TV buying guide. TV vs. monitor: In the strictest sense, a TV is defined as a display device with a built-in TV tuner to…

nytimes.com - Saad Yousuf - Rams' Matthew Stafford, Myles Garrett headline 99 Club on Madden 27
Rams' Matthew Stafford, Myles Garrett headline 99 Club on Madden 27
The New York Times

EA Sports on Monday unveiled its latest class of the Madden 99 Club, featuring six players who received the video game's illustrious “99” rating. Half of the players in the Madden NFL 27 class — Myles Garrett, Ja'Marr Chase and…

bgr.com - Ritwik Mitra - 13 Of The Most Beloved Retro Game Controllers Of All Time
13 Of The Most Beloved Retro Game Controllers Of All Time
BGR

The golden age of gaming was beautiful to behold, with Nintendo bursting onto the scene and helping the industry bounce back after the disastrous video game crash of 1983. Sega soon joined the at-home gaming ranks and engaged in a console war for…

nj.com - Scott Engel | Advance Local - Kalshi referral code NJCOM offers $500 bonus for Sixers' futures trading after LeBron signed
Kalshi referral code NJCOM offers $500 bonus for Sixers' futures trading after LeBron signed
nj

LeBron James has joined his newest and probably final “Superteam” of his career, as he officially signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. The new Kalshi referral code NJCOM now allows you to trade on Sixers futures and picks up a…

kotaku.com - Kenneth Shepard - Pokémon's E3 1998 Reveal Is Wild To Watch Nearly 30 Years Later
Pokémon's E3 1998 Reveal Is Wild To Watch Nearly 30 Years Later
Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More

It's always fascinating to see how differently the Pokémon series has presented itself over the years. The 30-year-old franchise has lived through multiple handheld and console generations, decades of anime, and its trading cards going from…

pcmag.com - Bee Wertheimer - Hackers Target Yet Another Steam Game With Malware. Here's How They Did It
Hackers Target Yet Another Steam Game With Malware. Here's How They Did It
PCMag

Meccha Chameleon, the explosively popular multiplayer prop hunt game that sold 15 million copies in just one month, was recently targeted by hackers. The attacks came in the form of user-generated content (UGC) containing malware, as reported by an…

gamerant.com - Diana Velásquez Vargas - System Shock, Deus Ex Developer's New Game Ends Support After Two Months
System Shock, Deus Ex Developer's New Game Ends Support After Two Months
GameRant

OtherSide Entertainment is ending support for Thick as Thieves, Warren Spector's most recent stealth immersive sim, after only two months of service. While no new content will be launched, the developer has shared an update on the future of Thick…

forbes.com - Siladitya Ray - Memory Chipmaker CXMT Soars 466% On Debut-Becomes China's Most Valuable Company
Memory Chipmaker CXMT Soars 466% On Debut-Becomes China's Most Valuable Company
Forbes

CXMT—whose memory chips have been sought by Apple—made a blockbuster trading debut on Monday and briefly became the most valuable publicly listed company in mainland China, mirroring surges in the stock price of other major memory…

gamesindustry.biz - Jon Hicks - CodeDev launches optimisation division The Performance Guys
CodeDev launches optimisation division The Performance Guys
GamesIndustry.biz

UK co-development house CodeDev, also known as The Unreal Guys, has launched a specialist optimisation division called The Performance Guys, built explicitly to tackle project-critical optimisation work. It contains exclusively engineers and…

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