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How Video Games Are Leveling-Up Cultural Couture
Whether you're an avid gamer or just an occasional player, you can't deny the allure of a virtual world. For a few hours, you can turn off your brain, and be transported to a new world; either becoming someone entirely new, or a leveled-up version…
Sony Is Officially Rebooting A $1.2 Billion Video Game Franchise In Exactly 3 Months
Video game movies have surged in popularity in recent years. After decades of a supposed curse over the whole genre, Hollywood has started to crack the code on how to turn beloved video games into successful and well-received blockbusters. A…
10 Greatest Video Game Franchises of All Time, Ranked
Never underestimate the power of loyalty when it comes to gamers, because they will die for a new video game in their favorite franchise. This medium has rapidly grown over the past couple of decades, with titles such as Red Dead Redemption 2 and…
Fury after civil servants paid to play Grand Theft Auto video game
Civil servants paid to play GTA video game Civil servants attending claymaking sessions and playing Grand Theft Auto are a 'perfect microcosm of everything broken about the civil service', critics have claimed. It follows reporting that Whitehall…
Fallout' Season 3 Adds a Fan-Favorite 'Star Wars' Actor as Video Game Adaptation Gets Major Update
The cast of Prime Video's Fallout series is continuing to grow for the upcoming third season. Despite a dip in Season 2 viewership, the show continued to add impressive stars to the already eclectic and talented cast. Season 2 added Kumail Nanjiani…
I, God's Worst Video Game Driver, Played A Bunch Of Driving Game Demos
You know how some people can't picture an apple in their minds? I have a problem like that with cars in video games: Throw me in the classic position behind and slightly above a virtual vehicle, and I just lose all ability to conceptualize the…
The 5 Greatest Mortal Kombat Movie Costumes, Ranked By Video Game Accuracy
Just a month after its theatrical debut, Mortal Kombat II has become available to buy or rent on digital. Neither it nor its 2021 predecessor performed especially well at the box office, but such is the strength of the Mortal Kombat brand that a…
Daisy Edgar-Jones Starrer 'Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow' Lands 2027 Date
Paramount is marking its calendar for Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. The adaptation of the bestselling novel will arrive on Nov. 12, 2027, the studio announced Thursday. CODA filmmaker Siân Heder is directing, producing, and write the…
7 Burning Questions for the GTA 6 Pre-Order Launch: Price, Modes, Editions, and More
GTA 6 is alive! Rockstar has confirmed that pre-orders launch on June 25, which means we're just a week away from finally getting some meaningful answers on what to expect when the most anticipated video game of all time comes out this November.
The Work of Video Game Storytelling
This piece on role-playing video games ran in The Paris Review back in 2017. I was surprised it did, since unlike my prior pieces for that publication, it wasn't responding to any “felt need” of that cultural moment.1 As a result, it…
Jason Momoa Backs out of High-Profile Video Game Movie
Jason Momoa has exited the upcoming film adaptation of the hit video game franchise Helldivers, marking a significant casting change for one of Sony Pictures' most anticipated video game projects. According to Deadline, Momoa is no longer attached…
Prime Video could become Amazon's secret weapon in gaming
Amazon has spent years throwing money at video games. It founded Amazon Game Studios in 2011. It bought Twitch in 2014. It launched the cloud-gaming service Stadia in 2018, shut it down and followed it with Luna in 2022, then fully rebranded that…
AI Deepfake Law NO FAKES Act Advances in Congress With Key Senate Committee Vote
The NO FAKES Act, a proposed federal law that would ban AI-powered voice cloning and deepfakes, passed a key Congressional hurdle Thursday (June 18) as it was approved by a Senate committee. The bill — which now has support from major music…
Universa Joins Invincible VS As Latest DLC Character
Posted in: Games, Skybound Entertainment, Video Games | Tagged: invincible, Invincible VS, Quarter Up Universa is the latest DLC character being added to Invincible VS, as Evo players can try her out next weekend before her June 30 launch Universa…
GTA 6 Projected to Break Biggest Game Launch Record 4 Times Over
Grand Theft Auto 6 may sell over 45 million units on day one, according to a new investment report. The lofty figure suggests that GTA 6 could more than quadruple the current world record for launch-day video game sales. In 2018, GTA 5 officially…
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