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Sony Patents AI That Plays Video Games for You If You Get Stuck
Amid a riotous AI hype cycle, companies are promising that their agentic AIs will — eventually, at least — do everything from your grocery shopping to booking your travel plans. And what'll you do with all that extra leisure time?
Video game adventure saved by Hollywood star power is on BBC tonight
Angelina Jolie shines bright as an iconic character brought to life on the big screen in an adventure that divided critics and viewers on release. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider saw the actress portraying the adventurer well known to video gamers…
Lego, Disney And Lucasfilm Team For Live Video Game Played On Outside Of Sphere During CES
CES is a time for flashy promotion, and the Lego Group, Disney Consumer Products and Lucasfilm joined forces for a notable one Wednesday night, lighting up the outside of Sphere in Las Vegas. The “Exosphere” of the entertainment venue…
Where you've seen the cast of His and Hers on Netflix from Marvel to video games
Netflix's His and Hers, a riveting new thriller based on Alice Feeney's bestselling novel, boasts an impressive all-star cast to bring the captivating mystery to life. The six-part series begins with the discovery of a young woman's body in a small…
'Star Wars' video game played live on Las Vegas Sphere stuns fans in wild Disney spectacle
The Las Vegas skyline went full Jedi as Disney and Lucasfilm joined forces with Lego to transform the Sphere into an interactive Star Wars video game for Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026. The massive exosphere encasing the Sphere featured a…
The Xbox Series Video Game Release Calendar For 2026
2026's Xbox video game calendar is starting to take shape, and it should be a pretty great year for the console. Microsoft's brand garnered quite a bit of criticism throughout 2025, but the Xbox Series X/S has never stopped receiving fantastic…
Ja'Marr Chase Makes Bengals Season Ticket Offer To Get Revived During Video Game Stream
CINCINNATI — Ja'Marr Chase is spending some time playing the new ARC Raiders video game during his first offseason week of 2026. The Bengals star wide recevier had a funny exchange in an online match while doing all he could to get someone…
Enjoy 'magnetic' star in video game film that divided critics on BBC tonight
Angelina Jolie dazzles as she brings a legendary character to vivid life on the silver screen in an escapade that split critics and audiences down the middle upon its debut. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider witnessed the Hollywood star embodying the…
Video Game Stocks To Watch Today - January 8th
Turtle Beach, Alliance Entertainment, Allied Gaming & Entertainment, and Motorsport Games are the five Video Game stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Video game stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose…
Rockstar's Battle With Union Over Fired Devs Goes To Court
Near the end of October 2025, Rockstar fired over thirty devs in the United Kingdom and Canada over what it called 'gross misconduct.' The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain accused Rockstar of union busting for laying off workers who were…
How the Women's Super League found an unlikely market in Japan: 'Let's embrace this'
A few weeks into the season, Everton's chief marketing and digital officer, Aaron Duckmanton, received an email from a colleague with links to YouTube and TikTok accounts called ‘Japarton /ジャパートン'.
30 Years Ago, Nintendo Confessed Super Mario's Darkest Secret & Nobody Listened
Super Mario has always been one of the friendliest, most jovial franchises in gaming, but this panel from the 1996 manga shows a much darker version of Mario's cheery world. It's a long-forgotten moment in the Mario franchise, and it makes sense…
This Publisher Is Banning AI Because Of Ethics: 'It's Cancerous
Companies pumping hundreds of billions in investment into new generative AI tools and LLM models promote it as a sea change technology that will be as revolutionary as the introduction of the desktop computer. Even some game industry figures…
The most popular games are getting harder and harder to usurp
The top-played games on Xbox and PS5 were the same in 2024 and 2025 and likely won't change much in the near future. The top-played games on Xbox and PS5 were the same in 2024 and 2025 and likely won't change much in the near future. Ash Parrish is…
The Year Ahead in Superheroes: 2026 Edition
Justin Carter is a weekend writer for io9; he covers comics, TV, video games, movies, and sometimes books. Email tips to [email protected]. If 2024 was a fairly quiet superhero year and 2025 was loud, 2026 will be ear-shattering. DC is continuing…
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