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Brandon Sanderson Teases Potential 'AAA' Mistborn Video Game
Mistborn fans may be able to take to the virtual streets of Luthadel eventually, but not for a while. As part of the yearly 'State of the Sanderson' blog post, author Brandon Sanderson shared that he has been in conversations with multiple AAA…
Video games excellence: developers reveal their top picks of the year
In an era where digital entertainment is more prolific than ever, the quality of video games has reached new heights, prompting both developers and gamers to ask: is it okay for video games to be this outstanding? This year's standout titles not…
Which professional specifically mentioned the video game killer instinct as related to her work in the gaming industry?
Killer Instinct is a fighting video game franchise developed by Rare and published by Microsoft, known for its fast-paced combat and influence on competitive gaming. No specific professional is explicitly mentioned in forum discussions or readily…
Hideo Kojima thinks the video game-inspired Predator: Badlands would make a cool video game: 'Traveling with Elle Fanning on your back'
Hideo Kojima has said he would like to see an adaptation of the video game-inspired Predator: Badlands into a video game of its own. Death Stranding 2 spoilers are mentioned in this article. Back in November, Kojima tweeted about Predator:…
Video Game Masterpieces That Are Painful To Play Today
If you've been gaming for decades, there are two truths you've probably come to accept. The first is that the industry has come a very long way indeed over the last 30 years or so. The second is that nostalgia is one of the strongest forces on…
Banana Castles, Frog Island, and Skinballs: Here Are Some of the Wacky Things Devs Do to Test Video Games
Last year, I had the great pleasure of attending the Games Industry Conference (GIC) in Poznań, Wielkopolska, where I sat in on a number of talks about game development and craft. In one of those talks, given by Petr Nohejl, devops programmer…
AI won't cook coding jobs, Netflix engineer says
Thanks to AI, everyone will be able to code. But a staff engineer at Netflix said that he tells recent grads that doesn't mean their job prospects are hopeless. 'We're going to see some amazing things, but our hunger for more functionality, more…
All still to play for | Opinion
Sam Barratt – chief of youth, education and advocacy at the UN Environment Programme and co-founder of the Playing for the Planet Alliance – argues that the games industry has an important role to play in the climate agenda. Solutions…
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Nvidia CEO: 'The future [of GPUs] is neural rendering. That's the way graphics ought to be
Love or hate it, upscaling technology like Nvidia's DLSS have expanded the definition around gaming performance. And while hardware enthusiasts still want to know what to expect for raster performance, free of any software tricks, we'll have to…
Nvidia's Jensen Huang wins top award from IEEE
Nvidia's Jensen Huang is one of the tech industry's longest-serving chief executives, leading the chipmaker since cofounding it in 1993. Now he's the recipient of a long-standing technology award: the IEEE Medal of Honor, established by a…
Real reason why Steve Austin vs. CM Punk match never happened
For over a decade, professional wrestling fans have agonized over one of the industry's biggest 'what ifs': Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. CM Punk. The match seemed close in the early 2010s. Many fans point to the moment where the two icons engaged in…
17 Best Games Like Hogwarts Legacy To Play In 2026
GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Whether Hogwarts Legacy was another RPG in your backlog of games or your first foray into video games, there are…
Top Five Most-Played Games on PlayStation and Xbox in 2025 in the US Were the Same as in 2024
2025 was bursting with really cool new game releases: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yōtei, Blue Prince, Donkey Kong Bananza, I could go on. And yet, it seems like the vast majority of…
Did Call of Duty: Ghosts 'Predict' Maduro's 2026 Capture? Fans Are Losing It Over the Parallels
A storyline from the 2013 video game Call of Duty: Ghosts has resurfaced in online discussion following the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro by US forces in January 2026. Social media users and gaming communities have drawn…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says 'the future is neural rendering' at CES 2026, teasing DLSS advancements - RTX 5090 could represent the pinnacle of traditional raster
For the first time in five years, Nvidia, the largest GPU manufacturer in the world, didn't announce any new GPUs at CES. The company instead brought the next-gen Vera Rubin AI supercomputer to the party. Gaming wasn't entirely sidelined, though…
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