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gamerant.com - Taylor Rioux - These Canon Video Game Endings Are Tragic
These Canon Video Game Endings Are Tragic
GameRant

Games with multiple endings are fairly common, with player choices and playstyles often being reflected in a final cutscene or ending slide. Even some of the most linear and story-focused games provide an opportunity to choose a conclusion in some…

pcgamer.com - Kara Phillips - There's an extreme lack of good quality, easy-to-find video game figures, and after seeing people make their own I'm tempted to try it myself
There's an extreme lack of good quality, easy-to-find video game figures, and after seeing people make their own I'm tempted to try it myself
PC Gamer

I'd say I'm fairly new to figure collecting, but that doesn't mean I'm not ever so slightly embarrassed about the sheer number I've got sitting next to my desk as I write this. That won't stop me from spending hours sifting through the shelves of…

cbr.com - Joshua Rubin - The 10 Hardest Video Game Worlds to Survive
The 10 Hardest Video Game Worlds to Survive
CBR

Some of the best games ever made drop players into worlds that actively want them dead. Not through cheap tricks or unfair difficulty spikes, but through environments so hostile and carefully designed that survival itself becomes the core…

marketbeat.com - Top Video Game Stocks To Watch Now - May 2nd
Top Video Game Stocks To Watch Now - May 2nd
MarketBeat

Turtle Beach, Alliance Entertainment, Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Brag House, 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…

bleedingcool.com - Gavin Sheehan - Dune: Awakening Unveiled Latest Update With The Water Wars DLC
Dune: Awakening Unveiled Latest Update With The Water Wars DLC
Bleeding Cool News

Posted in: Funcom, Games, Video Games | Tagged: dune, Dune: Awakening Dune: Awakening confirmed new content arriving May 19, 2026: a free update and The Water Wars DLC. Dune: Awakening Update 1.4 and The Water Wars DLC launch together on May 19…

polygon.com - Oli Welsh - The last two big PS5 releases have something thrilling in common
The last two big PS5 releases have something thrilling in common
Polygon.com

Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter bringing you the best of Polygon, sent on Fridays and published on the site on Sundays. You can subscribe here. I'm probably about to fall into a classic trap of culture journalism — misidentifying a random…

futurism.com - Victor Tangermann - AI Slop YouTube Channel Glitches Out in a Way So Bizarre That It's Vaguely Disturbing
AI Slop YouTube Channel Glitches Out in a Way So Bizarre That It's Vaguely Disturbing
Futurism

Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech YouTube has a serious slop problem. The platform has been inundated with lazy AI-generated footage, from pseudo-educational videos explicitly aimed at toddlers and preschoolers to…

screenrant.com - Cher Thompson - This 39-Year-Old Fantasy Franchise Still Hasn't Had A Live-Action Adaptation, Despite An Attempt By The Witcher's Production Company
This 39-Year-Old Fantasy Franchise Still Hasn't Had A Live-Action Adaptation, Despite An Attempt By The Witcher's Production Company
ScreenRant

Video game adaptations, especially live action ones, have been a major part of pop culture throughout the past several decades, but one huge game franchise has been noticeably absent from the conversation despite its popularity. For a franchise as…

screenrant.com - Rianna de Bono-Smith - New Stranger Things Spinoff Continues Unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes Trend
New Stranger Things Spinoff Continues Unfortunate Rotten Tomatoes Trend
ScreenRant

The Stranger Things franchise is continuing to expand, but this latest rating could prove to be its downfall. Stranger Things became one of the most successful, influential, and most viewed series in Netflix history. Across five seasons, the sci-fi…

fool.com - Rick Munarriz - 2 Reasons GameStop Should Buy eBay, 1 Reason It Won't
2 Reasons GameStop Should Buy eBay, 1 Reason It Won't
The Motley Fool

Are rumors of GameStop (GME +6.33%) going big game hunting finally coming true? The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the video game retailer is preparing an offer to acquire eBay (EBAY +0.57%). The story broke shortly after the final closing…

screenrant.com - Jennifer Chu - Mortal Kombat 2 Star Says Writer Consults Franchise Co-Creator On Which 'Fatalities And Stages' To Keep
Mortal Kombat 2 Star Says Writer Consults Franchise Co-Creator On Which 'Fatalities And Stages' To Keep
ScreenRant

The upcoming sequel, Mortal Kombat 2, will feature some Easter eggs and content for video game fans. Mortal Kombat 2 is the sequel to 2021's Mortal Kombat. The upcoming movie will be the fourth installment in the film series inspired by the popular…

kotaku.com - Lewis Parker - MindsEye CEO Apparently Found Time To Vibe Code An AI Feature
MindsEye CEO Apparently Found Time To Vibe Code An AI Feature
Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More

Mark Gerhard and Leslie Benzies, the two co-CEOs of Build a Rocket Boy, recently decided to take some time out of their busy schedules, which usually consists of telling people they're redundant via LinkedIn posts and allegedly using spyware to…

theguardian.com - Annalisa Barbieri - My mother is addicted to gaming and emotionally unavailable. What should I do? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
My mother is addicted to gaming and emotionally unavailable. What should I do? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
The Guardian

My mother is in her 70s and addicted to playing video games such as Tetris, many different versions of solitaire and slot machine gambling games. In the 1990 s my parents bought a desktop computer and my mum started to play mostly card games on it…

yahoo.com - Neha Gupta - What's Next For Sony Group Corp (SONY) and Honda Motor As Morgan Stanley Touts $22B Opportunity?
What's Next For Sony Group Corp (SONY) and Honda Motor As Morgan Stanley Touts $22B Opportunity?
Yahoo!

Sony Group Corp (NYSE: SONY) is one of the best Japanese stocks to buy right now. On April 17, Reuters reported that Sony Group Corp (NYSE:SONY) and its strategic partner, Honda Motor, are poised to pursue other opportunities as part of their 50-50…

gamerant.com - Mohsen Baqery - Gamers Are Split Over the Best DLC of All Time
Gamers Are Split Over the Best DLC of All Time
GameRant

Video game enthusiasts have long debated the best DLC of all time, with titles like the Phantom Liberty expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 often appearing on that list. Released in 2023, Cyberpunk 2077 's Phantom Liberty update is widely regarded as one…

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