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Social media 'damages children's attention spans in a way TV and video games don't'
Children with access to social media see a significant erosion in their ability to concentrate, a major new study has found. Researchers from Sweden and the United States followed 8,324 children's habits over a four year period as they became…
HERO ETF: Gaming Industry Has A Favorable Momentum (NASDAQ:HERO)
HERO ETF offers investors an opportunity to benefit from companies in the video game industry. The prospects of the industry are improving thanks to the structural changes and the in-game monetization approach. I am rating HERO with a Buy rating…
Transformers Rolls Out Cinematic and Video Game Upgrades for New Optimus Prime & Bumblebee
Representing characters from throughout the Transformers franchise, the Transformers Studio Series line has toys based on the brand's biggest movies, video games and even comic books. The latest of these figures pull from both an underrated 2024…
Netflix Considered Buying EA - Report
As 2025 winds down, the new biggest potential acquisitions of the year appear to be the $55 billion deal for EA by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and other investors and the more recent proposed $82 billion agreement for Netflix to buy…
Shenmue Studio Considering Legal Action Over Fake Shenmue 4 Trailer
If you saw the Shenmue 4 trailer that went viral recently and were hoping it was leading to an announcement, then you're going to be disappointed. Ys Net, the studio founded by Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki, has issued a statement condemning the…
From Pong to PlayStation: This Class Uses Gaming to Teach Computer Science
What was the first video game? How did we get from the two gray dots and two gray rectangles on a black background that made up ‘Pong' to the complex, almost life-like graphics and sophisticated storytelling of today's video games? About two…
Yep, Xbox Is Bleeding Out
Like the worst sort of father, Xbox doesn't show much care for its youngest consoles anymore, at least judging solely by recent sales data. Black Friday weekend, normally one of the most important for any brand for pre-holiday sales, shows Xbox got…
Kingdom of Gaming event to debut in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia will play host to a new video game conference next year that has been organized, in part, by an investment fund established by the region's controversial ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The event has been dubbed Kingdom of…
I Am Future Confirms January Launch For Consoles
Posted in: Games, Indie Games, tinyBuild Games, Video Games | Tagged: I Am Future, Mandragora I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival has been given a console release date as it will arrive in late January for PS5 and XSX|S I Am Future: Cozy…
The Next Giant Leap For AI Is Called World Models
World models represent the next frontier in generative AI, enabling machines to create immersive, interactive 3D environments complete with realistic physics and responsive inhabitants. In recent years, we've become used to seeing text, pictures…
Apple could cherish this five-year-old Android trend with its iPhone 18
What's happened? A new leak suggests that Apple's iPhone 18 series could feature an under-display camera. The news comes from a Weibo account that claims the Cupertino giant is “testing under-display” camera technology for the iPhone…
The 'first 100 per cent AI-generated reality TV show' is a load of pig swill
The marketing bumf for Non Player Combat (episode one is on YouTube), the “world's first 100 per cent AI-generated reality TV show”, describes it as “a scary glimpse of the future of entertainment”. Scary? If this is the…
New Tomb Raider remake rumored for Game Awards reveal, even though Anniversary already exists
According to the Tomb Raider fan account Society of Raiders on X, a “new remake of Tomb Raider (1996) is rumored to be announced at The Game Awards on December 11”. This would be the second remake of Lara Croft's 1996 PS1 debut…
Xbox Series X/S Outsold By Unheard-Of Console On Black Friday
Black Friday sales numbers are finally rolling in, and it's official: the Xbox Series X/S accounted for fewer sales than a console you've never even heard of. Black Friday is, traditionally, one of the biggest tech sales days of the year, whether…
One Piece's Most Frustrating Trend Has Officially Crossed the Line
With Harald's death on the horizon, One Piece 's latest flashback has finally circled back to where it all began, and it seems like the flashback is finally close to wrapping up. From Loki's birth to the God Valley Incident and Rocks' death, this…
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