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State of play: who holds the power in the video games industry in 2025?
I love playing video games, but what interests me most as a journalist are the ways in which games intersect with real life. One of the joys of spending 20 years on this beat has been meeting hundreds of people whose lives have been meaningfully…
Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55
Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind such best-selling video games as “Call of Duty,” has died. He was 55. Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did not disclose a cause of death. In 2010…
Who Was Vince Zampella? All About The Video Game Pioneer's Family And Professional Life
Vince Zampella, co-creator of the best-selling video game Call of Duty, died on Sunday afternoon after his car crashed on Angeles Crest Highway in Southern California. He was 55. He died at the scene, while a person sitting with him in the…
Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55
HOLLYWOOD, CA – MAY 31: CEO, Respawn Entertainment Vince Zampella speaks at the 7th Annual Produced By Conference at Paramount Studios on May 31, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) Vince Zampella, one…
Winter Wonderlands: 16 Fun Video Games Set During Christmas
GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. December is a great month to spend time with family and friends, take some time off of work, and dust off the…
The 10 Best Video Games With No Combat
Can't we all just get along? Hug it out? Choose the high road? Be the bigger people? While violence isn't always the answer, it is the question. And where video games are concerned, the answer to that question is usually “yes.” Ifmost…
Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55
Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55 Updated: 6:57 PM EST Dec 22, 2025 Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55 Updated: 6:57 PM EST Dec 22, 2025 Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind…
Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in Ferrari crash
Video game developer Vince Zampella, whose studios have created several of the world's best-selling games, was killed Sunday afternoon in a crash on Southern California's Angeles Crest Highway, NBC4 Investigates has learned. Zampella, an acclaimed…
2025 was a banner year for video games, but it looks like 2026 is set to somehow surpass it anyway
GTA 6 is just one of many massive titles due ahead. 2025 was a great time in the gaming industry, especially for indie titles, but for games across the gamut of genres and development. While indies like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Hades 2…
Popular video games may offer meaningful emotional benefits for young adults
A new study published by JMIR Serious Games reports that popular video games, such as the Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi games, may offer meaningful emotional benefits for young adults. The research, titled 'Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi Games'…
'Is it okay for video games to be this good?' - developers tell us their favourite games of the year
Before we tell you know what we think, and before we get to what you think, we thought we'd do something a little bit different this as part of our usual end-of-year celebrations. What, we wondered, do the people who actually make the games think?
An Avatar video game DLC may have just spoiled Quaritch's fate in Avatar 4
Avatar: Fire and Ash spoilers follow Theories saying that Quaritch dies at the end of Avatar: Fire and Ash have been debunked by an Avatar video game, where the character briefly appears to order one of his majors around. Fans are now divided…
Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55
FILE - Three versions of Activision's Call Of Duty games are seen on sale at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Vincent Zampella, one of the creators behind such best-selling video games 'Call of Duty,' has died at 55.
Vince Zampella, Formative Designer of Call of Duty Games, Dies at 55
|Vince Zampella, Formative Designer of Call of Duty Games, Dies at 55 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/arts/vince-zampella-dead.html Vince Zampella, a key figure in the creation of Call of Duty, the best-selling video game franchise that has…
Remembering Vince Zampella: From Call of Duty to Battlefield - A video game titan
Vince Zampella leaves behind a staggering body of work in the gaming industry, spanning Medal of Honor to Battlefield, Call of Duty to Titanfall, and a great deal more. But beyond the pixels, he'll be remembered as a juggernaut behind the scenes, a…
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