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gamesradar.com - Duncan Robertson - Nvidia's CEO says 'we created the modern video game industry,' but all it's push into AI upscaling has done is destroy good game optimization
Nvidia's CEO says 'we created the modern video game industry,' but all it's push into AI upscaling has done is destroy good game optimization
GamesRadar+

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reason.com - Robby Soave - Kristi Noem, Iran war predictions, playing video games
Kristi Noem, Iran war predictions, playing video games
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi had a lot to catch up on this week on Freed Up after Donald Trump fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, started a war with Iran, and will surely do something else unexpectedly before they…

screenrant.com - Chris Carter - 5 Brandon Sanderson Books That'd Make The Best Video Games
5 Brandon Sanderson Books That'd Make The Best Video Games
Screen Rant

At this point, Brandon Sanderson is a household name. What was once relegated to a sizable and dedicated fanbase has now ballooned into a full-on industry, complete with one of the biggest Kickstarter campaigns of all time. However, Sanderson…

gamesindustry.biz - Sophie McEvoy - Battlefield 6 takes home Game of the Year at UKIE Video Game Awards 2026
Battlefield 6 takes home Game of the Year at UKIE Video Game Awards 2026
GamesIndustry.biz

The UKIE Game Awards 2026 took place last night, with Battlefield 6 winning UK Game of the Year and best PC game. Developed by Battlefield Studios, which includes Guildford-based Criterion Games, the first-person shooter sold over seven million…

sify.com - Adarsh - Relooted: The Video Game Turning Cultural Repatriation into a High-Tech Heist
Relooted: The Video Game Turning Cultural Repatriation into a High-Tech Heist
Sify

A South African video game Relooted uses high-tech heist gameplay to highlight the issue of stolen African artefacts and the global debate around cultural repatriation … Technology is usually used to recreate history but a new video game…

marketbeat.com - Video Game Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - March 6th
Video Game Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - March 6th
MarketBeat

Turtle Beach, Motorsport Games, and Alliance Entertainment are the three Video Game stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Video game stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose core business is creating…

kotaku.com - Ethan Gach - Kalshi Paid Gamer To Hype Prediction Market Until Lawyer Said No
Kalshi Paid Gamer To Hype Prediction Market Until Lawyer Said No
Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More

Prediction markets are essentially casinos where people pay to lose money shaking virtual 8-balls. The companies who run them, like Kalshi, want you to think of them as some high-minded enterprises providing public value when they are actually just…

theguardian.com - Rob Davies - From byelections to regime change: how gambling on any event fuelled the rise of prediction markets
From byelections to regime change: how gambling on any event fuelled the rise of prediction markets
The Guardian

What are Polymarket and Kalshi? What are the odds on US-style exchanges taking off in the UK? Here's the lowdown As ballistic missiles and kamikaze drones rained down on the Middle East, one of the world's most talked-about businesses was inviting…

rollingstone.com - Lorena O’Neil - The Latest Weapon in the Iran War Is AI-Generated Misinformation
The Latest Weapon in the Iran War Is AI-Generated Misinformation
Rolling Stone

A photograph of a massive explosion at an Iraqi airport; satellite images depicting damage to a U.S. Naval base in Qatar; video of Iranian ballistic missiles striking the center ofTel Aviv. These are all images that have circulated in the past week…

bookriot.com - S. Zainab Williams - The Surprising Culprit Behind the Death of Reading
The Surprising Culprit Behind the Death of Reading
BOOK RIOT

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Strap in for a fascinating deep dive because Carlo Iacono wrote a piece for aeon on the design problem behind our…

express.co.uk - George Simpson - Back to the Future franchise gets long-awaited expansion for 40th anniversary
Back to the Future franchise gets long-awaited expansion for 40th anniversary
Express.co.uk

Back to the Future franchise gets long-awaited expansion for 40th anniversary Last year, Back to the Future fans celebrated the 40th anniversary of the original film's 1985 release. Since then, we've had a film trilogy, animated series, theme park…

wwd.com - Jonathan Zavaleta - Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner on How Her Latest Album Led to a Jewelry Collection
Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner on How Her Latest Album Led to a Jewelry Collection
WWD

Michelle Zauner is a lot of things. She's the frontwoman of Grammy-nominated indie rock band Japanese Breakfast; the director of the majority of the band's music videos; a soundtrack composer for the video game “Sable”; and the author…

gamedeveloper.com - Chris Kerr - Tim Sweeney muzzled and the slow demise of Bluepoint
Tim Sweeney muzzled and the slow demise of Bluepoint
Game Developer

Psst. I'm actually out of the office today so am once again praying with every fibre of my being that the video game industry will simply take a day off. I've taken a pre-GDC holiday to run a few errands before flying over to San Francisco bright…

dailymail.co.uk - Andrew Prentice, Sports Reporter, Australia - Aussie F1 star Oscar Piastri opens up about life in the spotlight
Aussie F1 star Oscar Piastri opens up about life in the spotlight
Mail Online

Melbourne local is renowned for his humble nature F1 superstar Oscar Piastri has provided an insight into his lifestyle ahead of the Australian Grand Prix this weekend - and clearly the McLaren driver is determined to stay grounded. Piastri, 24…

newsweek.com - Nat Collazo - Nintendo files lawsuit against Donald Trump over tariffs, demands refund
Nintendo files lawsuit against Donald Trump over tariffs, demands refund
Newsweek

It's been quite an eventful year within the video gaming space, and it seems as though it's only become an even more energetic roller coaster filled with its own take on drops and loops. The latest news involves the massive, Mario-touting gaming…

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