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'Our industry has been strip-mined': video game workers protest at The Game Awards
It's the night of the 2025 Game Awards, a major industry event where the best games of the year are crowned and major publishers reveal forthcoming projects. In the shadow of the Peacock theater in Los Angeles and next to a giant, demonic statue…
The 5 Best Video Games of 2025
Picking up a video game in 2025 is a real commitment. Nowadays, players demand deeper stories, immersive experiences, and digital worlds that they can lose themselves in for hundreds of hours. Even people who enjoy video games, but wouldn't…
He wrote the world's most successful video games - now what? Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on life after Grand Theft Auto
There are only a handful of video game makers who have had as profound an effect on the industry as Dan Houser. The co-founder of Rockstar Games, and its lead writer, worked on all the GTA titles since the groundbreaking third instalment, as well…
Hollow Knight to Donkey Kong: Our favourite video games of 2025
It's no secret a lot of people in Australia play video games. In fact, the latest Australia Plays report, conducted by Bond University and commissioned by peak body Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA), suggests video games are…
Is the 'first 100% AI video game' the ultimate rage bait?
With so much controversy over the use of generative AI in video games, promoting a release as “the world's first fully playable game created 100% through AI” might seem a risky sales pitch. That's the boast being made about Codex…
Video Game Stocks To Keep An Eye On - December 14th
Turtle Beach, Alliance Entertainment, Allied Gaming & 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 publicly traded companies whose…
Five Years Later And Cyberpunk 2077 Still Has One Of The Best Openings In Video Games
Reviewing Cyberpunk 2077 ahead of its disastrous launch in 2020 was one hell of a time. I recall some outlets being sent incredibly powerful gaming rigs to have an experience like no other, while console codes weren't made available until after the…
How a Swedish Video Game Company Accidentally Molded the American Right
In case you haven't heard, Pete Hegseth has a lot of tattoos. The first thing to say about them is that they look hideous. The second is that they are concerning, if only because of how many of them relate to a certain theme: the Crusades. Not some…
PS5 console exclusive action game Stellar Blade did so well, ShiftUp's CEO received a presidential commendation for boosting the South Korean games industry
ShiftUp CEO Hyung-tae Kim received the Presidential Commendation at this year's Korean Content Awards, for his contributions to the countries' domestic video game industry. In particular, for the games Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke…
French President Emmanuel Macron Is Back on Instagram Celebrating Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, This Time for Winning Game of the Year
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 's record-breaking performance at last week's The Game Awards has caught the eye of French president Emmanuel Macron, who celebrated the news of its Game of the Year award on Instagram over the weekend. Sandfall…
Stick It to the Stickman wins Game of the Year at Games Industry Africa Awards 2025
Games Industry Africa has announced the winners of this year's Games Industry Africa Awards (GIAA), with Free Lives' Stick It to the Stickman winning Game of the Year and PC Game of the Year. The developer also took home Team of the Year for its…
As Rockstar doubles down on fired GTA 6 devs leaking 'specific game features,' IWGB union asserts its 'statement is littered with falsehoods and disinformation'
Following Rockstar Games ' 'ruthless' firing of over 30 employees, the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain has assured the laid-off developers should've been 'legally protected' to privately discuss working conditions – but the…
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Katamari Damacy creator wants industry to 'make more fun and weird games', as he admits his latest To a T 'didn't sell well'
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi has stated his latest game, To a T, 'didn't sell well' and 'wasn't a good fit', expressing the difficulties of releasing more experimental games. Takahashi is best known for the surreal Katamari Damacy…
A Practical Extension of Modern Gaming: Breaking Down Viture's Latest - AR Insider
V iture is marking the fifth anniversary of Cyberpunk 2077 with a limited edition set of XR video display glasses, a collaboration with game publisher CD Projekt Red. Lightweight display wearables are gaining traction among gamers who want big…
The Old Guard Is Not the Right's Future
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... A new Manhattan Institute survey analysis claims the future of the right lies with traditional Republicans, not the new forces brought forth by Donald Trump or the “Online…
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