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Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth helps kick off video game industry's hype season
A summer of game industry hype season kicked off in Los Angeles today with a two-hour demonstration of new games that culminated with the first full trailer for Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth. Why it matters: In lieu of the once-annual E3 show at the…

EA's new NCAA College Football video game is already outdated
The two groups most often on the losing side of college athletics' neverending lust for revenue are its unpaid workforce and the fans. The latest example is the alleged payout system, or lack thereof, for those who opt-in for the rebirth of the…

Elder Scrolls 6 Was Announced 5 Years Ago This Week
The Elder Scrolls VI is one of the most-anticipated upcoming games across the video game industry, and it's about to reach an anniversary of sorts. The game was officially announced on June 10, 2018 as part of Bethesda's own E3 event that year. The…

Video Games Need To Stop Reusing Names
Back in 2018, Santa Monica Studios released God of War, the second God of War game to be called God of War. In 2016, Insomniac launched Ratchet & Clank, a tie-in to a movie called Ratchet & Clank that was a cinematic retelling of an older game that…

Opinion: Apple Vision Pro augmented reality could change the world
Editor's Note: Rizwan Virk founded Play Labs @ MIT and is the author of “ The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics and Eastern Mystics Agree We Are in a Video Game.” He is currently at Arizona…

Their Crypto Company Collapsed. They Went to Bali.
Not long after his cryptocurrency hedge fund collapsed last year, spawning a market meltdown that devastated the industry, Kyle Davies got on a plane and left his troubles behind. He flew to Bali. As his company was liquidated and law enforcement…

Zuckerberg on Apple Vision Pro: It's Not the Future of Computing I Want
PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. (Credit: Getty Images/Picture Alliance) Mark Zuckerberg shared his thoughts about the Vision Pro…

App Economy Portfolio - Marketplace Checkout
It's been a brutal market, with most growth stocks down 40, 60, or even 80% from their previous high. Warren Buffett once said that it is wise to be 'greedy when others are fearful.' These are the moments to seize, NOT to fear. My best investments…

Lords Of The Fallen Preorders Are Steeply Discounted
Preorders for the PC version of Lords of the Fallen are currently 25% off at Green Man Gaming. With the discount, the Lords of the Fallen standard edition is just $45 (normally $60), and the deluxe edition is $52.49 (normally $70). Lords of the…

Save Big On Remnant 2 Preorders For PC
Preorders for the upcoming third-person shooter Remnant 2 are discounted to as low $41 over at Green Man Gaming. To get the discount, all you need to do is make a free GMG XP account. GMG XP members earn points on each purchase they make through…

10 Practical Yet Urgent Lessons Black Mirror Has Taught Us (So Far)
Black Mirror returns to Netflix next week for its sixth season, and we're looking forward to being freaked out by fresh episodes that reflect our own world back at us in satirical, frightening, and insightful ways. While Black Mirror is an…

John Wick Director Says AI Is A Real Concern For Hollywood Writers
John Wick director Chad Stahelski has commented on the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike, saying there is a genuine concern that AI could become problematic. 'I think the writers are addressing something that people dismiss too easily, which is the…

Fans love SPFL club's 'fruit salad' new kit that looks like 1980s video game
IT'S the time of year when Scottish footy fans are desperate to get their hands on the new season's strip designs. And that definitely applies in the case of Dunfermline, whose fans are loving the look of their new away goalkeeper strip. The garish…
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All the inspired indie games shown at Day of the Devs
While there was little diversity up alongside Geoff Keighley on the Summer Game Fest stage, the Day of the Devs 2023 showcase afterward (broadcast by Double Fine and iam8bit) featured 15 promising games that highlight the breadth of what the video…

Sony PlayStation Will Be Skipping Gamescom Again This Year
If you were hopeful that Sony would be present during Gamescom this year, we must be the bearer of bad news. It looks like the Sony PlayStation company will be bowing out from attending this year's event. It's following a trend that we saw from…
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