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forbes.com - Paul Tassi - 'Return To Silent Hill' Is The Worst-Reviewed Video Game Movie In 19 Years
'Return To Silent Hill' Is The Worst-Reviewed Video Game Movie In 19 Years
Forbes

There is a lot of talk these days about how at last, Hollywood seems to have broken the video game adaptation “curse,” where previously nearly all projects were either bad or disastrous. That changed in the era of Arcane, Fallout, The…

gamesindustry.biz - Alex Forbes-Calvin - Ukie's Tencent-backed Video Games Growth Programme returns with 30-strong cohort of studios
Ukie's Tencent-backed Video Games Growth Programme returns with 30-strong cohort of studios
GamesIndustry.biz

UK games trade body Ukie has revealed the 30 studios that are taking part in its second-ever Video Games Growth Programme. The initiative is designed to 'help ambitious studios… scale both creatively and commercially' and has the backing of…

gamesindustry.biz - Lewis Packwood - Korean acquisitions, buying for back catalogue, and filling the content gap: video game investment and M&A trends for 2026
Korean acquisitions, buying for back catalogue, and filling the content gap: video game investment and M&A trends for 2026
GamesIndustry.biz

At Pocket Gamer Connects London this week, a panel of well-known games industry investors gathered to discuss 'Investment and M&A Trends for 2026'. GamesIndustry.biz was there, and the general message of the talk was to expect a slightly rosier…

fortune.com - Ben Weiss - Crypto startup ZBD raises $40 million to power video game payments
Crypto startup ZBD raises $40 million to power video game payments
Fortune

Gamers have long bought and sold digital items like swords, jewels, and spaceship parts. Cryptocurrencies, which are inherently digital, seem like an obvious tie-in. In a bid to make good on that combination and build blockchain payments rails for…

gamesindustry.biz - Vikki Blake - US video game spend up 3% in December, fuelled in part by 24% increase in subscription services | US Monthly Charts
US video game spend up 3% in December, fuelled in part by 24% increase in subscription services | US Monthly Charts
GamesIndustry.biz

US consumer spending on video games reached $5.9 billion in December 2025, an increase of 3% year-over-year (YoY). This rise was partially fuelled by an increase in subscription services spend, which rose 24% from December 2024. According to new…

gamerant.com - Tristan Jurkovich  - With Each Release, These Video Game Trilogies Became Worse
With Each Release, These Video Game Trilogies Became Worse
Game Rant

Some video games are a miracle to come out and be a great singular experience. Then there are games that grow into franchises, or at least trilogies. There are a lot of good examples where the quality of these trilogies either goes up or at least…

nme.com - Victoria Luxford - Video game CGI is ruining films, says 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' director Gore Verbinski
Video game CGI is ruining films, says 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' director Gore Verbinski
NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News

The filmmaker said modern techniques are a 'slip backwards' Pirates Of The Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has said poor special effects in modern films can be blamed on studios using video game design tools. Unreal Engine is a 3D development…

ibtimes.co.uk - Tanmay Puri - Will Return to Silent Hill Be the Biggest Flop of 2026? - Video-Game-Turned-Horror-Series Roasted
Will Return to Silent Hill Be the Biggest Flop of 2026? - Video-Game-Turned-Horror-Series Roasted
International Business Times UK

Now, when a film adaptation of a super-popular video game arrives with years of built-in anticipation, there is always a big cloud of criticism over its head. Return to Silent Hill, the latest cinematic interpretation of the cult horror series…

creativebloq.com - Yohan Houel - How I turned Singed from Arcane into a 3D model suitable for video game design
How I turned Singed from Arcane into a 3D model suitable for video game design
Creative Bloq

This article is on my reinterpretation of Singed from Arcane, Netflix's animated steampunk action-adventure television series. The main goal of this artwork was to study and translate the stylised shapes and dynamic proportions defined by Arcane's…

collider.com - Jake Hodges - One of the Most Anticipated Video Game Adaptations Becomes an Early Contender for 2026's Worst Movie
One of the Most Anticipated Video Game Adaptations Becomes an Early Contender for 2026's Worst Movie
Collider

Gone are the days of assuming video game adaptations won't live up to their source material. Right now, the Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell -led Fallout continues its reign at the top of the Prime Video streaming charts, charming both critics and…

movieweb.com - Ernesto Valenzuela - Long-Awaited 'Return to Silent Hill' Video Game Film Lands Nightmarish Rotten Tomatoes Debut
Long-Awaited 'Return to Silent Hill' Video Game Film Lands Nightmarish Rotten Tomatoes Debut
MovieWeb

In what feels like a surprise to no one, the upcoming film adaptation of Silent Hill 2 is already receiving negative reviews. Return to Silent Hill, which is due for release on January 23, had an interesting production timeline, first officially…

gamesradar.com - Bradley Russell - Sophie Turner says her Lara Croft isn't a 'sex bombshell' and Amazon's Tomb Raider series will 'show the other side' of the video game icon
Sophie Turner says her Lara Croft isn't a 'sex bombshell' and Amazon's Tomb Raider series will 'show the other side' of the video game icon
GamesRadar+

Despite originally breaking onto the scene as an unlikely polygonal sex symbol in the 90s, Amazon's take on Lara Croft will instead opt to show the 'other side' of the video game icon. Speaking to the L.A. Times, new Lara Croft actor Sophie Turner…

theguardian.com - Dan Milmo - Ubisoft cancels projects and announces restructure in fight to stay competitive
Ubisoft cancels projects and announces restructure in fight to stay competitive
The Guardian

The video game publisher behind the Assassin's Creed series has cancelled six projects including a remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as it fights to stay competitive in the global gaming market. Ubisoft announced a sweeping…

mumbrella.com.au - Nathan Jolly - The everything platform: Netflix's push to podcasts latest in search for growth
The everything platform: Netflix's push to podcasts latest in search for growth
Mumbrella

As Friday night becomes Saturday morning on the east coast of Australia, a man named Alex Honnold will begin climbing one of the tallest buildings in the world, the 508-metre Taipei 101 in Taiwan. He will have no ropes, no safety nets, and a global…

usmagazine.com - Russell Steinberg - 4-Year-Old Girl Picking NFL Games in Viral Videos Receives Death Threats
4-Year-Old Girl Picking NFL Games in Viral Videos Receives Death Threats
Us Weekly

What started as a fun game for a 4-year-old girl and her dad, in which she tried to pick winners of NFL games, took a scary turn when the girl and her family started to receive death threats. Reese Donatelli and her father, Anthony, have gone viral…

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