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gamesradar.com - Duncan Robertson - Nvidia's CEO says 'we created the modern video game industry,' but all it's push into AI upscaling has done is destroy good game optimization
Nvidia's CEO says 'we created the modern video game industry,' but all it's push into AI upscaling has done is destroy good game optimization
GamesRadar+

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gamesindustry.biz - Sophie McEvoy - Battlefield 6 takes home Game of the Year at UKIE Video Game Awards 2026
Battlefield 6 takes home Game of the Year at UKIE Video Game Awards 2026
GamesIndustry.biz

The UKIE Game Awards 2026 took place last night, with Battlefield 6 winning UK Game of the Year and best PC game. Developed by Battlefield Studios, which includes Guildford-based Criterion Games, the first-person shooter sold over seven million…

townhall.com - Scott McClallen - NY AG Letitia James Sues Video Game Maker Over Loot Boxes
NY AG Letitia James Sues Video Game Maker Over Loot Boxes
Townhall

In Valve's most popular game, the process resembles a slot machine, with an animated spinning wheel that eventually rests on a selected item. The randomly selected virtual items have no in-game functionality but can be sold online for real money…

collider.com - Shrishty Mishra - The Goriest Video Game Movie of the 21st Century Conquers Streaming
The Goriest Video Game Movie of the 21st Century Conquers Streaming
Collider

One of the movies that broke the video game curse in recent memory for fans was 2021's Mortal Kombat. The R-rated movie directed by Simon McQuoid won hearts worldwide despite a pandemic-time hybrid release. It's counted among the video game…

comingsoon.net - Maggie Dela Paz - Daisy Edgar-Jones Leads Paramount's New Video Game Movie
Daisy Edgar-Jones Leads Paramount's New Video Game Movie
ComingSoon.net

Golden Globe nominee Daisy Edgar-Jones has signed on to play the leading role in Paramount Pictures ‘ upcoming film adaptation of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, based on Gabrielle Zevin's bestselling 2022 novel of the same name. The…

sify.com - Adarsh - Relooted: The Video Game Turning Cultural Repatriation into a High-Tech Heist
Relooted: The Video Game Turning Cultural Repatriation into a High-Tech Heist
Sify

A South African video game Relooted uses high-tech heist gameplay to highlight the issue of stolen African artefacts and the global debate around cultural repatriation … Technology is usually used to recreate history but a new video game…

aftermath.site - Luke Plunkett - It Is Once Again Time To Pour Our Hopes And Ideas Into The Vaguest Of New Video Game Console News
It Is Once Again Time To Pour Our Hopes And Ideas Into The Vaguest Of New Video Game Console News
Aftermath

This afternoon noted AI weirdo and new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma took to the website formerly known as Twitter and wrote two paragraphs. Great start to the morning with Team Xbox, where we talked about our commitment to the return of Xbox including…

kotaku.com - Ethan Gach - Kalshi Paid Gamer To Hype Prediction Market Until Lawyer Said No
Kalshi Paid Gamer To Hype Prediction Market Until Lawyer Said No
Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More

Prediction markets are essentially casinos where people pay to lose money shaking virtual 8-balls. The companies who run them, like Kalshi, want you to think of them as some high-minded enterprises providing public value when they are actually just…

theguardian.com - Rob Davies - From byelections to regime change: how gambling on any event fuelled the rise of prediction markets
From byelections to regime change: how gambling on any event fuelled the rise of prediction markets
The Guardian

What are Polymarket and Kalshi? What are the odds on US-style exchanges taking off in the UK? Here's the lowdown As ballistic missiles and kamikaze drones rained down on the Middle East, one of the world's most talked-about businesses was inviting…

buzzfeed.com - Alana Valko - The Whole Internet Is Utterly Appalled By This Latest White House 'Call Of Duty'-Style Post
The Whole Internet Is Utterly Appalled By This Latest White House 'Call Of Duty'-Style Post
BuzzFeed

bookriot.com - S. Zainab Williams - The Surprising Culprit Behind the Death of Reading
The Surprising Culprit Behind the Death of Reading
BOOK RIOT

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Strap in for a fascinating deep dive because Carlo Iacono wrote a piece for aeon on the design problem behind our…

express.co.uk - George Simpson - Back to the Future franchise gets long-awaited expansion for 40th anniversary
Back to the Future franchise gets long-awaited expansion for 40th anniversary
Express.co.uk

Back to the Future franchise gets long-awaited expansion for 40th anniversary Last year, Back to the Future fans celebrated the 40th anniversary of the original film's 1985 release. Since then, we've had a film trilogy, animated series, theme park…

wwd.com - Jonathan Zavaleta - Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner on How Her Latest Album Led to a Jewelry Collection
Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner on How Her Latest Album Led to a Jewelry Collection
WWD

Michelle Zauner is a lot of things. She's the frontwoman of Grammy-nominated indie rock band Japanese Breakfast; the director of the majority of the band's music videos; a soundtrack composer for the video game “Sable”; and the author…

gamedeveloper.com - Chris Kerr - Tim Sweeney muzzled and the slow demise of Bluepoint
Tim Sweeney muzzled and the slow demise of Bluepoint
Game Developer

Psst. I'm actually out of the office today so am once again praying with every fibre of my being that the video game industry will simply take a day off. I've taken a pre-GDC holiday to run a few errands before flying over to San Francisco bright…

scrippsnews.com - Kadia Tubman - Lawmakers push to ban government officials from prediction markets after bets on Iran strike, Khamenei's death
Lawmakers push to ban government officials from prediction markets after bets on Iran strike, Khamenei's death
Scripps News

Senators are calling for new legislation after millions of dollars in bets were placed on prediction market sites tied to U.S. air strikes on Iran and the death of the country's supreme leader. Users on a prediction market site called Kalshi placed…

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