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Former Gears of War Designer Plans Return to Video Game Industry
Former Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski is exploring a return to the video game industry after rediscovering his desire to create characters, worlds, and gameplay experiences. Bleszinski, commonly known as 'CliffyB,' is best known for his two…
Hasbro's Big Video Game Push Is Already Struggling
Over the last several years, Hasbro has been talking a big game around video games. In 2022, the company touted the creation of six brand new, internal game studios. Atomic Arcade was working on a GI Joe game. Skeleton Key, which we later learned…
More video games need to let you cheat
Cheats have been a foundational part of video games since the medium's earliest days. At first, most of them were used as development tools to facilitate playtesting for the game's creators. The most famous early example of this is the Konami Code…
Manor Lords' next beta update adds what all video games are sorely missing: cow breeding
Anyone who knows me knows that the one frustration I come back to in games, above all else, more than yellow paint, quest markers and horrendously written dialogue, is that there just isn't enough cow breeding. Where is it? The video game industry…
'We all failed': Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner on Hollywood, video games and the big question of IP
Hollywood's biggest blind spot has never been storytelling — it's been figuring out how to extend valuable intellectual property into new formats and technologies, former Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner said Thursday, citing his own…
7 Video Game Remakes That Are Better Than The Original
From the long line of Resident Evil remakes to the standout remake of Dead Space, video game remakes are more or less a dime a dozen nowadays. There's still a wealth of value to be gained from them, like the opportunity to enhance the accessibility…
Essential Books About Video Games Every Player Should Add to Their Reading List
When it comes to video games, many players teach themselves using the learning-by-doing method. They load into the game guns blazing as rookies, fail and respawn, and overall have a good time. However, if you are truly passionate or wish to take…
15 Best TV Shows Based on Video Games, Ranked
Most of the time, video games are adapted into movies rather than television series. There seems to be a general rule that most video game-to-movie adaptations don't always score very well with critics or with fans. Sure, there are a few diamonds…
The 10 Greatest Video Game Masterpieces of the Last 50 Years, Ranked
The history of video games spans back nearly a hundred years, but most people only consider it to be around 50 to 60 years old, when classic titles like Pong and Tetris shocked the world. Since then, there have been countless modern masterpieces…
Industry analyst reports only 7 PlayStation games 'have sold more than 100,000 physical units year-to-date' in the US, as fans demand Sony kill its plan to end the production of discs
Senior director and video game industry advisor at Circana, Mat Piscatella, reports only seven PlayStation games have sold more than 100,000 physical units year-to-date in the US He says two games 'sold more than 10,000 physical units in the US…
New Numbers Present Sony's Case For Abandoning PlayStation Discs
GTA V physical disc is seen in PlayStation 5 console in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on July 1, 2026. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) While Sony has been shamed out of many fan-hated changes over the years…
The iconic designer behind Gears of War plans a gaming industry comeback
Cliff Bleszinski is a legendary name among Xbox fans, as this man was the lead designer behind the original Gears of War trilogy that helped put the Xbox 360 become a dominant force during the mid-to-late 2000s. Yet, you don't hear from him these…
Despite outrage at Sony's shift towards a discless future, only seven PlayStation games have managed more than 100,000 physical sales in the US this year
Sony's planned shift away from producing physical discs for PlayStation might be unpopular, but new sales data has highlighted the stark business reality behind it. According to analyst Mat Piscatella from Circana, who references the company's…
Your Physical PS4 And PS5 Games Officially Have An Expiration Date
PlayStation shook and disoriented the video game industry when it revealed earlier this month that it had plans to cease the production of discs by January 2028. Of course, fans were quick to realize how bleak an all-digital PlayStation future…
China's First Nintendo Console Is A Retro Collector's Dream That Never Left The Country
Today, China is one of the biggest consumers of video games and video game technology. Granted, the country's own graphics cards can't compete with Nvidia's, but China is home to more gamers who spend more on games than any other country. Not bad…
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