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makeuseof.com - Jack Mitchell - Forget the new Street Fighter: These 5 video game adaptations can't be beat
Forget the new Street Fighter: These 5 video game adaptations can't be beat
MakeUseOf –

The new Street Fighter movie has a lot to live up to, given its source material's 40-year heritage, the dismal 1994 movie adaptation starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, and the ill-fated Legend of Chun-Li in 2009. Since then, however, plenty of movies…

bleedingcool.com - Rich Johnston - The Thief Video Game Gets A Graphic Novel And A Crowdfunding Campaign
The Thief Video Game Gets A Graphic Novel And A Crowdfunding Campaign
Bleeding Cool News –

Posted in: Comics | Tagged: graphic novel, Thief The Thief Video Game Gets A Graphic Novel by Joshua Viola and Emanuele Ercolani and a Crowdfunding Campaign Thief is a first-person stealth video game series built around a cynical master thief named…

ign.com - Kirk McKeand - Kingdom Come: Deliverance Dev Says 'Everybody's Scared' to Raise the Price of Video Games, but Hopes GTA 6 Will 'Blaze the Trail
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Dev Says 'Everybody's Scared' to Raise the Price of Video Games, but Hopes GTA 6 Will 'Blaze the Trail
IGN –

Warhorse co-founder Martin Klima wants GTA 6 to “blaze a trail” for higher game prices. Klima claimed triple-A games face an existential problem, with audience sizes plateauing, brick and mortar retail basically dead ('We destroyed…

gameranx.com - Ryan Parreno - Disney Admits They Could Have Bought Epic Games When They Made $ 1.5 Billion Fortnite Deal
Disney Admits They Could Have Bought Epic Games When They Made $ 1.5 Billion Fortnite Deal
Gameranx –

Disney could have added a video game industry giant to their books, as recently as two years ago. On February 2024, Disney announced they invested $ 1.5 billion into Epic Games. That gave them 10 % of an equity stake into the company, and this…

gamesindustry.biz - Sophie McEvoy - Reigns developer Nerial closes following 'significant trading losses' over past two years
Reigns developer Nerial closes following 'significant trading losses' over past two years
GamesIndustry.biz –

Reigns and Card Shark developer Nerial has announced its closure as it enters 'hibernation mode.' In a statement on social media, studio founders CEO Tamara Alliot and creative director François Alliot said that 'after 13 years and 11…

ign.com - Wesley Yin-Poole - Support Modders, Not AI' - Modder Deliberately Corrupts Their Own Hugely Popular Total War: Warhammer III Mod as Row Over AI Escalates
Support Modders, Not AI' - Modder Deliberately Corrupts Their Own Hugely Popular Total War: Warhammer III Mod as Row Over AI Escalates
IGN –

The creator of one of the most popular Total War: Warhammer III mods ever has deliberately corrupted it so that it will no longer work with “unauthorized reuploads,” amid a row over the rights and wrongs of AI-generated modifications.

kotaku.com - Lewis Parker - Stop Killing Games Issues EU Kids Act Warning
Stop Killing Games Issues EU Kids Act Warning
Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More –

In a recently released video, the consumer advocacy group Stop Killing Games and its creator, YouTuber Ross Scott, have expressed concern with the European Union's recently proposed EU Kids Act, which Scott has referred to as a “bomb that…

si.com - James Parks - Slo-Mo Video of North Texas-Tulsa Game-Winning Play Sparks Controversy
Slo-Mo Video of North Texas-Tulsa Game-Winning Play Sparks Controversy
Sports Illustrated –

A dramatic overtime finish in the American Conference opener produced the 2026 college football season's latest major officiating debates after a slow-motion replay of a failed would-be, game-winning conversion attempt went viral. North Texas and…

wbjournal.com - Eric Casey - Bose makes second acquisition of year with deal for game-audio developer
Bose makes second acquisition of year with deal for game-audio developer
Worcester Business Journal –

Framingham's Bose Corp. has acquired an Australian firm focused on software that lets video game developers create sound and music that change in real time as a player moves through a virtual environment. Bose disclosed the purchase in a Thursday…

screenrant.com - Jared Stewart - New PlayStation 5 Upgrade Arrives Just In Time For GTA 6
New PlayStation 5 Upgrade Arrives Just In Time For GTA 6
ScreenRant –

PlayStation has snuggled up quite closely to Grand Theft Auto 6 due to Rockstar's upcoming blockbuster epic not launching on PC, and that's probably the smartest decision Sony has made in a long while. PlayStation's controversial practices and…

screenrant.com - Ewan Moore - PlayStation Officially Unveils New Hardware With Pre-Orders Live Now
PlayStation Officially Unveils New Hardware With Pre-Orders Live Now
ScreenRant –

PlayStation has officially unleashed pre-orders for an unexpected new line of hardware, meaning if you have the cash to spare, you can get yourself a brand-new shiny bit of official kit from Sony. It's been a particularly turbulent year for…

kotaku.com - Zack Zwiezen - GTA 6 Marketing Ramps Up As Miami Heat Announce Vice City Night That Sounds Very Expensive
GTA 6 Marketing Ramps Up As Miami Heat Announce Vice City Night That Sounds Very Expensive
Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More –

Rockstar Games and Take-Two are clearly spending a lot of money to advertise Grand Theft Auto 6, which is likely to be one of the biggest video game releases in decades. As part of this big marketing push, the Miami Heat have announced a massive…

si.com - Elias Esquivel - 5 Insights Through Three Days of Blazers Training Camp
5 Insights Through Three Days of Blazers Training Camp
Sports Illustrated –

After three days, six player interviews, a trio of Micah Nori scrums and one yoga session, training camp is almost over for the Portland Trail Blazers. It seems to be going OK. The first day went great by all accounts. A slight dip followed on day…

globenewswire.com - NACON - NACON ANNOUNCES THE REVOLUTION 5 UNLIMITED, THE NEW HIGH-END CONTROLLER FOR PLAYSTATION5 CONSOLES AND PC*
NACON ANNOUNCES THE REVOLUTION 5 UNLIMITED, THE NEW HIGH-END CONTROLLER FOR PLAYSTATION5 CONSOLES AND PC*
GlobeNewswire –

NACON ANNOUNCES THE REVOLUTION 5 UNLIMITED, THE NEW HIGH-END CONTROLLER FOR PLAYSTATION5 CONSOLES AND PC* NACON today unveils the new REVOLUTION 5 UNLIMITED controller, an officially licensed PlayStation 5 asymmetric controller equipped with a…

newsweek.com - David Averre - Hate buying concert tickets? Wait 'til your milk is dynamically priced
Hate buying concert tickets? Wait 'til your milk is dynamically priced
Newsweek –

Maryland on Thursday became the first state to ban supermarkets and grocers from dynamically pricing food based on who is buying it. Under the Protection From Predatory Pricing Act, which took effect October 1, covered retailers cannot use…

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