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vox.com - Constance Grady - How video games can make young men feel less alone
How video games can make young men feel less alone
Vox

Young American men are in trouble. They are the loneliest demographic in the Western world. Their social circles are shrinking. At all ages, they are significantly more likely to die by suicide than their female peers. But if there's one place…

semafor.com - Tom Chivers - Saudi fund leads buyout of video game giant EA
Saudi fund leads buyout of video game giant EA
Semafor

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund bought game maker Electronic Arts in perhaps the largest leveraged buyout in history. The $55 billion deal — part-funded with $20 billion borrowed against EA itself — buys Riyadh a profitable…

screenrant.com - Jared Stewart - 7 Video Games You Should Play If You Miss Stranger Things
7 Video Games You Should Play If You Miss Stranger Things
ScreenRant

Stranger Things had heel on the throat of popular culture for years, aided by a relatively novel age of streaming services and seasonal releases on Netflix that surely took their sweet time. As was the case with Harry Potter, which is now hoping to…

collider.com - Rohan Naahar - Tom Holland's $407 Million Video Game Smash Is Officially Crushing the Charts on Prime Video Right Now
Tom Holland's $407 Million Video Game Smash Is Officially Crushing the Charts on Prime Video Right Now
Collider

The record-breaking success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day has not only revived interest in Tom Holland 's previous three movies as the fan-favorite character, but it has also resurrected the forgotten franchise-starter he headlined only a few years…

comingsoon.net - Vritti Johar - Jake Gyllenhaal's Netflix Video Game Action Movie Gets First Update in 4 Years
Jake Gyllenhaal's Netflix Video Game Action Movie Gets First Update in 4 Years
ComingSoon.net

Jake Gyllenhaal's long-awaited video game adaptation just received its first major update in four years, and it's not great news. A key producer revealed where the Netflix project currently stands and why the team behind it has quietly moved on.

sixthtone.com - Sixth Tone - Video Game Accounts Can Be Inherited, Chinese Court Rules
Video Game Accounts Can Be Inherited, Chinese Court Rules
#SixthTone

A Beijing court has ruled in favor of a mother seeking to inherit her late son's 87 online gaming accounts, selecting the dispute as an example case to provide judges with legal direction on similar future proceedings involving digital assets. The…

abc7.com - Video game giant Electronic Arts closes $55 billion go-private sale of its business
Video game giant Electronic Arts closes $55 billion go-private sale of its business
ABC7 Los Angeles

Video game giant Electronic Arts officially has new owners. The California-based maker of popular titles like 'Battlefield' and 'The Sims' announced Tuesday that it closed the $55 billion sale of its business to Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund…

mymotherlode.com - AP News - Video game giant Electronic Arts closes $55 billion go-private sale of its business
Video game giant Electronic Arts closes $55 billion go-private sale of its business
myMotherLode.com

CHICAGO (AP) — Video game giant Electronic Arts officially has new owners. The California-based maker of popular titles like “Battlefield” and “The Sims” announced Tuesday that it closed the $55 billion sale of…

kotaku.com - John Walker - Devolver Announces Plan To Become A Private Company Again
Devolver Announces Plan To Become A Private Company Again
Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More

It seemed like an odd decision at the time, when indie publisher Devolver (Hotline Miami, Talos Principle, Baby Steps) announced it was going to launch an IPO. Listing itself on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market in 2021…

gamedeveloper.com - Chris Kerr - Devolver Digital wants to cease public trading and go private
Devolver Digital wants to cease public trading and go private
Game Developer

Devolver Digital wishes to delist from the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange and become a private company after struggling to balance the realities of public trading and video game publishing. In a note to investors…

screenrant.com - Angharad Redden - Mass Effect 5 Could Be In Big Trouble After Huge EA Deal
Mass Effect 5 Could Be In Big Trouble After Huge EA Deal
ScreenRant

Whilst Mass Effect 5 may have been confirmed by BioWare, its development status remains a mystery. First unveiled during 2020's The Game Awards, it would mark the next mainline installment in the beloved sci-fi franchise since Mass Effect:…

cnet.com - Oscar Gonzalez - Grand Theft Auto 6 Extended Preview Will Debut on Netflix This Month
Grand Theft Auto 6 Extended Preview Will Debut on Netflix This Month
CNET

It's a little more than three months until Grand Theft Auto 6 rocks the video game industry, and other than two trailers, little of the game has been shown by developer Rockstar Games. The first real look at maybe the most hotly anticipated game…

independent.co.uk - Owen Scott - Future of iconic Las Vegas sign up in the air after 75 years
Future of iconic Las Vegas sign up in the air after 75 years
The Independent

The future of one of Las Vegas ' most famous and beloved signs is up in the air amid tourist complaints. Vegas Vic is a slim, 40-foot neon cowboy that presides over E Fremont Street. Standing since 1951, the sign acts as an unofficial welcoming…

theguardian.com - Guardian staff reporter - Metroid at 40: happy birthday to Samus Aran, gaming's greatest badass and my personal heroine
Metroid at 40: happy birthday to Samus Aran, gaming's greatest badass and my personal heroine
The Guardian

It's 1986, and you're playing a brand-new game. (You're in Japan in this scenario, by the way; the game in question, Metroid, won't come to North America and Europe until later.) Anyway, this new game has you in its grip. You are a lone astronaut…

gamerant.com - Marc Deschamps - New LEGO Rumor is Bad News for Sonic and Animal Crossing Fans
New LEGO Rumor is Bad News for Sonic and Animal Crossing Fans
GameRant

LEGO could move away from making sets based on Sonic the Hedgehog and Animal Crossing, if a new rumor proves to be accurate. Over the last few years, LEGO has made a big push to release sets based on popular video game franchises. The company has…

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