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Fave or flop? A guide to gauging video game success
The video game industry is notoriously tight-lipped about its numbers, filled with members-only metrics like wishlists, pre-orders and player numbers, so it can be hard to know which games have actually proven popular and turned a profit. Industry…
How the New 'D&D' Video Game 'Warlock' Is Different From 'Baldur's Gate
Our first good look at Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons is here, lifting the lid on Wizards of the Coast and Invoke Studios' new “third-person, single-player action-adventure set in a dark fantasy open world inspired by D&D.” Players step…
Tim Curry, the OG Hollywood video game voice actor, has passed away
Tim Curry, star of timeless Hollywood classics across many decades, has died at age 80. It's time we remember his lesser-known but equally important contributions to the video game world. Hollywood outlets are celebrating Curry's show-stealing…
The Week's Best Video Game Trailer Arms Gangsters with American Flags
Europe's largest video game showcase, Gamescom, kicked off earlier this week with a two-hour showcase featuring new and previously announced games. The event included fresh looks at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation and The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past…
How to create a video game world using Blender and Photoshop
The Dragon Sanctum is an environment concept designed for a stylised action adventure game. My goal was to evoke a sense of ancient mystery and grand scale, drawing inspiration from classic JRPG worldbuilding and anime aesthetics. To achieve this…
Fave or flop? A guide to gauging video game success
Industry associations such as France's SELL periodically release sales figures based on data taken from game publishers. Private research firms also make their own estimates, based for example on publisher or public data as well as their own user…
10 Video Games Where the Villain Was the Best Character
Even the best heroes are nothing without compelling villains. That's especially true for video games, where some antagonists are so well written and designed that they end up overshadowing the protagonists entirely. These villains don't just serve…
Hollywood's Video Game Era Is Here. Will It Be Any Good?
Adaptations of the beloved Super Mario Bros. franchise have twice served as major test cases for the commercial viability of video game movies. One was terrible; the other, paradigm-shifting. We'll start with the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie, which…
Top Video Game Stocks To Follow Now - August 26th
Turtle Beach, Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Brag House, Alliance Entertainment, 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…
The Crew 2: Bike Pack - Kotaku
Rule the open road with high-speed performance. Push the limits on the Ducati Panigale, unleash the raw power of the Kawasaki Z1000, and tear up the track on the fierce 2015 KTM 1190 RC8 R. Games metadata is powered by IGDB.com This year has been…
The Future of Physical Games Is Bleak, but Atari Is Re-Releasing 50-Year-Old Games Again on Working, Physical Cartridges
Atari has today announced a new physical game collaboration with Activision called the Atari x Activision Collection. The unexpected project reunites Activision with Atari after almost 50 years. The full set of working, physical game cartridges…
Xbox's new disc-to-digital program gives physical games a digital future
For decades, console owners have faced a choice between the convenience of digital downloads and the permanence of physical game discs. Soon, Xbox owners will be able to get the best of both worlds for thousands of supported titles as part of a…
Atari Teams Up With Activision to Re-Release 39 Retro Titles on Physical Cartridges
Atari has officially unveiled the big surprise that it has been teasing and the reveal includes stunning re-releases of 39 2600 titles on physical cartridges. The Atari x Activision collaboration has officially been revealed and there is a ton of…
Crazy Taxi: World Tour Preview: Fun, But With Baggage
Crazy Taxi: World Tour is hard to write a preview about because it's the kind of game that rebuffs any attempt at critical thought. It is stupid, silly, and deeply unconcerned with pontifications about how it captures a certain early-2000s…
Rockstar Games Breaks Silence on GTA 6 Leaks, Apologizes for Long Wait
Rockstar Games says it's devastated by the Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks, but plans on stirring up its own excitement for the game through tomorrow's “Extended Look” trailer. On Wednesday, the game studio broke its silence on the…
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