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SpecialEffect's annual UK video game industry charity football match raises over £63,000 for physically disabled gamers
Video game charity SpecialEffect has once again hosted its One Big Game football event, bringing developers from all across the UK games industry together to raise money for a good cause. And with the event now over, more than £63,000 has…
The Best Video Games Of 2002
It is the end of Kotaku ‘s first Warp Week, in which we've take you back in time to a specific year in video game history to look at the good, the bad, and the strange. This time we set our sights on 2002, reflecting on the PlayStation 2…
How GameTrailers Changed Video Game Hype Forever
The team from GameTrailers.com had prepared a video review of Shadow of the Colossus for Viacom president Tom Freston. It was a demonstration of what games were becoming capable of. Fumito Ueda's PlayStation 2 masterpiece departed from…
1998 Was the Best Year for Video Games, and These 10 Titles Prove It
The video game landscape continues to evolve with every passing year, and that is because of its sheer popularity, with titles such as Elden Ring and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 paving a bright future ahead of gamers. 2026 is already an incredible…
The Greatest Sci-Fi Video Game of the 2010s Is Perfect From Start to Finish
Video games are now the most popular form of media, with millions of players around the world experiencing immersive titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and groundbreaking narratives like Red Dead Redemption 2. Lately, video…
Functioning version of 'the first arcade video game ever created' heads to auction with $200,000 estimate - green sparkle 2-player edition of Computer Space hails from 1973
A games industry veteran is selling off what is “probably the rarest arcade game in existence” via Boston's RR Auctions. The fully working Computer Space 2-player arcade video game cabinet looks incredibly alluring with its…
The Most Popular Video Game Franchise Spinoffs
Few things in the gaming universe spark as much enthusiasm as watching a favourite character embark on a new adventure outside the original storyline. It is from this passion within the audience that producers of various franchises bring spinoffs…
Monkey Island Creator's Next Game Is Funded By A Rich Guy Because He Was Tired Of Bad Publisher Deals
2017's Thimbleweed Park is the kind of game that rarely gets made today. Heck, it was the kind of game that rarely got made a decade ago. But the point-and-click adventure game from Monkey Island creator and legendary game developer Ron Gilbert was…
5 Free Steam Games Like Blade Runner
Released back in 1982 by Ridley Scott following inspiration taken from Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner cemented itself as one of the greatest movies of all time. Followed by a sequel in recent years, Blade Runner…
It's Official, Amazon Is Saying Goodbye to Gaming
The video game industry is in a difficult position right now. Major studios have been buying up smaller developers and significant teams have been cut. In doing so, there have been other, small, indie developers popping up, in the hope of making…
To Me, My MCU X-Men!
The time has come for Marvel Studios to reveal the all-new X-Men who will be gracing the MCU. After weeks of rumors, Kevin Feige came to D23 with the core cast onstage, listing them off one by one: Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Cyclops…
Nearly 9 out of 10 GTA 6 pre orders are for the $100 Ultimate Edition, latest data suggests
PC Guide is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive opened GTA 6 pre-orders on June 25, and unsurprisingly, they're performing incredibly well…
It's Long Past Time Nintendo Gave Mario A Gun, You Cowards
A recent press release from market research firm NPD Group provides hard proof for what we all already knew in our hearts: Grand Theft Auto has usurped Mario as video game royalty. NPD's analysis shows Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the PlayStation…
Aaron Sorkin on why he's optimistic about AI: 'I don't think it's going to work
Aaron Sorkin is surprisingly upbeat about AI. It's mostly because he doesn't think it'll make good art. During an interview with Esquire's 'What I've Learned' podcast, released on Wednesday, the 'West Wing' and 'The Social Network' creator…
Major Kingdom Hearts Announcement Reportedly Coming at D23 Tonight
A prominent insider claims that a major Kingdom Hearts announcement will be revealed at D23 tonight, August 14. According to the leak, there is a possibility that it could be related to Kingdom Hearts 4. However, the rumored Square Enix reveal may…
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