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US video game consumer spending predicted to reach $62.8bn in 2026
US consumer spending on video games is expected to rise 3% to $62.8 billion in 2026, according to data from Circana. Last year, total US consumer spending on video game hardware, content, and accessories reached $60.7 billion – a 1.4% rise…
I vibe-coded a video game for under $25. Here's how it went
Too many years ago, I remember slotting a 3.5-inch disk into my PC. With my allowance, I'd bought $5 video game design software from a catalog. And as I looked at the terminal, lost without some familiar GUI... my coding efforts died. Game design…
Coloring Books, A Cozy Video Game, A New Cookbook, And 34 Other Ways To Have Fun Solo At Home
Let's be honest, it's winter, and the idea of leaving your warm, cozy home sounds terrible. Instead of forcing yourself to socialize when it's 20 degrees out, add one of these fun activities to your cart and enjoy some me-time instead! From a…
Video Games To Play If You Like Game Of Thrones
What started as a novel, A Game of Thrones, grew into so much more. Game of Thrones is a television series based on the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novels. Author George R. R. Martin was inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's works, which is what fueled…
Report: Hasbro shutters internal video game studio Atomic Arcade
Chris Kerr, Senior Editor, News, GameDeveloper.com February 17, 2026 Atomic Arcade, the video game studio established by Hasbro and subsidiary Wizards of the Coast, has seemingly been shuttered. LinkedIn posts from a number of employees who appear…
Playtime Is Over: Six Horror Video Games that Need a Film Adaptation Already
Audiences will finally be able to step into the nerve-shredding world of The Mortuary Assistant when it lands in theaters this Friday the 13th from Epic Pictures and Dread. A big-screen adaptation of the popular DreadXP title, it got me…
30 years ago, Muppet Treasure Island's PC game almost turned Muppet video games around
Following the success of 1992's The Muppet Christmas Carol, the next theatrical outing for Jim Henson's beloved characters was Muppet Treasure Island, a loose adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel. Arriving 30 years ago, on Feb. 16…
Video game experts say Google's Project Genie isn't an industry killer. Investors don't seem convinced.
Video game stocks have been getting repeatedly KO'd in recent weeks, following the launch of Google's new generative-AI tool, Project Genie. The tool, a “general-purpose world model” available to Google AI Ultra subscribers who pay…
Steam Deck Is The First Of Many RAM Shortage Tragedies In Video Games
Everything is getting worse in the world right now, and that negativity extends to the world of video games and consumer electronics. With major corporations buying up excessive levels of RAM, GPUs, and other components to power their unsustainable…
VIDEO: Fans at Hockey Game Fight Back Against Transgender Shooter
A video from Monday shows hockey spectators fighting back against the transgender father who opened fire on his family at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Breitbart News reported that police were called about the shooting around…
Warner Bros. Condemns ByteDance AI Videos of DC Superheroes, 'Game of Thrones': 'Blatant Infringement
Warner Bros. has become the latest studio to condemn ByteDance for allowing unauthorized use of its IP on its AI video generating platform Seedance 2.0, which has been used to create videos featuring DC superheroes like Superman and Batman as well…
Iron Lung game: A must-play horror masterclass overshadowed by Markiplier's movie
In the shadow of Markiplier's much-discussed Iron Lung movie, the original video game from which it draws its eerie inspiration stands out as an exemplary showcase of psychological horror. The game, also named Iron Lung, has garnered acclaim for…
PRESS RELEASE: NACON acknowledges the press release issued today by its majority shareholder, Bigben Interactive, and announces that it is carefully assessing the consequences for its own activities.
Lesquin, 17 February 2026, 20.30 pm Nacon (the ‘Company') acknowledges the press release issued today by its majority shareholder, Bigben Interactive, and announces that it is carefully assessing the consequences for its own activities. The…
Inside the world of football trademarks - from Lionel Messi sportswear to Cole Palmer mopeds
The most talked-about Instagram story of 2026 has already been posted. Brooklyn Peltz Beckham delivered a stunning airing of the feud that has estranged him from his parents, David and Victoria Beckham. It included the unusual allegation from…
The entire Kingdom Come: Deliverance series is now on Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft has unveiled on Xbox Wire the next wave of games coming to Xbox Game Pass for the second half of February 2026 (and a little bit of March 2026), and it continues to add more vaunted titles for RPG fans. The biggest games of this batch…
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