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SpecialEffect's annual UK video game industry charity football match raises over £63,000 for physically disabled gamers
Video game charity SpecialEffect has once again hosted its One Big Game football event, bringing developers from all across the UK games industry together to raise money for a good cause. And with the event now over, more than £63,000 has…
The Best Video Games Of 2002
It is the end of Kotaku ‘s first Warp Week, in which we've take you back in time to a specific year in video game history to look at the good, the bad, and the strange. This time we set our sights on 2002, reflecting on the PlayStation 2…
How GameTrailers Changed Video Game Hype Forever
The team from GameTrailers.com had prepared a video review of Shadow of the Colossus for Viacom president Tom Freston. It was a demonstration of what games were becoming capable of. Fumito Ueda's PlayStation 2 masterpiece departed from…
Hasbro Exec Rolled a '1' on Video Games -- and Lost His Job
If you're not an avid gamer, you may not have noticed, but it's been a busy couple of weeks in the world of gaming lately -- and for no one more so than for Hasbro (HAS +0.00%). On July 21, Hasbro -- the entertainment titan behind everything from…
1998 Was the Best Year for Video Games, and These 10 Titles Prove It
The video game landscape continues to evolve with every passing year, and that is because of its sheer popularity, with titles such as Elden Ring and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 paving a bright future ahead of gamers. 2026 is already an incredible…
The Greatest Sci-Fi Video Game of the 2010s Is Perfect From Start to Finish
Video games are now the most popular form of media, with millions of players around the world experiencing immersive titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and groundbreaking narratives like Red Dead Redemption 2. Lately, video…
Normal guy' turned killer over US insurance industry grievances
The man who admitted to shooting dead a US health insurance executive used a charged courtroom appearance to blame a back injury for his crimes that he said sought to make 'health care work better for everyone.' SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT…
Monkey Island Creator's Next Game Is Funded By A Rich Guy Because He Was Tired Of Bad Publisher Deals
2017's Thimbleweed Park is the kind of game that rarely gets made today. Heck, it was the kind of game that rarely got made a decade ago. But the point-and-click adventure game from Monkey Island creator and legendary game developer Ron Gilbert was…
The 'manosphere' is actually a multibillion-dollar industry that sells courses and supplements to insecure Gen Z men, report finds
The term “manosphere” first emerged in 2009, referring to a collection of blogs like The Spearhead and Return of Kings that promoted “men's rights” and criticized the feminist movement, at times promoting violence…
5 Free Steam Games Like Blade Runner
Released back in 1982 by Ridley Scott following inspiration taken from Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner cemented itself as one of the greatest movies of all time. Followed by a sequel in recent years, Blade Runner…
It's Official, Amazon Is Saying Goodbye to Gaming
The video game industry is in a difficult position right now. Major studios have been buying up smaller developers and significant teams have been cut. In doing so, there have been other, small, indie developers popping up, in the hope of making…
Riffs on GoldenEye 007, Star Fox and Kingdom Hearts, and other new indie games worth checking out
Plus, a dog game, a cat game, a sheep game and a Marathon-esque cyberpunk mystery. Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As ever, we've got some new games for you to check out this weekend, as well as a peek at…
To Me, My MCU X-Men!
The time has come for Marvel Studios to reveal the all-new X-Men who will be gracing the MCU. After weeks of rumors, Kevin Feige came to D23 with the core cast onstage, listing them off one by one: Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Cyclops…
Nearly 9 out of 10 GTA 6 pre orders are for the $100 Ultimate Edition, latest data suggests
PC Guide is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive opened GTA 6 pre-orders on June 25, and unsurprisingly, they're performing incredibly well…
It's Long Past Time Nintendo Gave Mario A Gun, You Cowards
A recent press release from market research firm NPD Group provides hard proof for what we all already knew in our hearts: Grand Theft Auto has usurped Mario as video game royalty. NPD's analysis shows Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the PlayStation…
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