17 h. ago Alarming video reveals new twist in blame game over girl's horror plunge from Disney cruise ship

Sturdy railings stand 42.5 inches (3.5ft) off the floor, protecting a gust of wind or rough seas from throwing anyone to almost certain death, yet somehow a five-year-old girl fell overboard.

Events

48 h. ago Liverpool 'consumed by shock and sorrow' as club release fresh Diogo Jota statement

Liverpool have revealed all club stores, museums and tours have been closed until Monday while both physical and digital books of condolence have been opened to pay tribute to Diogo Jota

Society

3 d. ago Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of enabling culture of sexual harassment

Former staff likened offices of video game company in Paris to ‘boys’ club above the law’Three former executives at the video game company Ubisoft have been given suspended prison sentences for enabling a culture of sexual and psychological harassment in the workplace at the end of the first big trial to stem from the #MeToo movement in the gaming industry.The court in Bobigny, north of Paris, had heard how the former executives used their position to bully or sexually harass staff, leaving women terrified and feeling like pieces of meat. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago From Pong to Wii Sports: the surprising legacy of tennis in gaming history

From the lab-born Tennis for Two to the console classics of Nintendo and Sega, the sport has been a constant, foundational force in gaming’s riseWith Wimbledon under way, I am going to grasp the opportunity to make a perhaps contentious claim: tennis is the most important sport in the history of video games.Sure, nowadays the big sellers are EA Sports FC, Madden and NBA 2K, but tennis has been foundational to the industry. It was a simple bat-and-ball game, created in 1958 by scientist William Higinbotham at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, that is widely the considered the first ever video game created purely for entertainment. Tennis for Two ran on an oscilloscope and was designed as a minor diversion for visitors attending the lab’s annual open day, but when people started playing, a queue developed that eventually extended out of the front door and around the side of the building. It was the first indication that computer games might turn out to be popular....

Politics

3 d. ago 'I gambled away thousands from my student loan before I started university'

A 23-year-old university student opens up about their harrowing journey with an online gambling addiction, which began with playing video games as a 12-year-old

Politics

4 d. ago Donkey Kong Bananza might be this generation’s Super Mario Odyssey

The 3D platformer launches 17 July for the Switch 2 – we’ve smashed through levels to bring you our thoughts

Politics

4 d. ago Is EA Sports reviving its college basketball video game franchise?

EA Sports sent a cryptic tweet that hints at the revival of its college basketball video game franchise

Sport

5 d. ago One of the best video games of all time gets Nintendo Switch 2 rating ahead of event this week

We could get fresh information about a huge Nintendo Switch 2 port this week as Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition has been rated by the ESRB – here's all we know about it so far

Politics

5 d. ago July 2025's biggest new game releases for console and PC – Tony Hawk, Donkey Kong and more

July is here, and that means new video games to continue playing throughout Summer – here are our picks across all platforms, including Nintendo's first big Switch 2 game since the console launched

Politics

7 d. ago New video game lets you steal back African artefacts from museums that took them

Relooted sees players infiltrate museums to retrieve real-world African artifacts taken during colonial era

Events

7 d. ago New video game lets you steal back African artifacts from museums that took them

Relooted sees players infiltrate museums to retrieve real-world African artifacts taken during colonial era

Events

8 d. ago Everything you need to know about GTA 6 as game listed on Xbox early

A dummy listing for the game has sent Xbox players into a frenzy

Sport

9 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter fans crack Espresso 'hidden meaning' before Man's Best Friend launch

Sabrina Carpenter fans have been left convinced the singer has a hidden message in her hit song Espresso that only fans of a certain video game franchise will be able to decipher

Politics

9 d. ago Eight of America’s weirdest museums revealed, from video games to potatoes

This list of eccentric attractions takes you from Louisiana to Philadelphia and from Wisconsin to Idaho

Culture

9 d. ago A real issue: video game developers are being accused of using AI – even when they aren’t

Generative AI is causing new and unusual problems for developers as players become more sensitive to the use of artificially generated ‘slop’ imagesIn April, game developer Stamina Zero achieved what should have been a marketing slam-dunk: the launch trailer for the studio’s game Little Droid was published on PlayStation’s official YouTube channel. The response was a surprise for the developer. The game looks interesting, people wrote in the comments, but was “ruined” by AI art. But the game’s cover art, used as the thumbnail for the YouTube video, was in fact made by a real person, according to developer Lana Ro. “We know the artist, we’ve seen her work, so such a negative reaction was unexpected for us, and at first we didn’t know how to respond or how to feel,” Ro said. “We were confused.”It’s not wrong for people to be worried about AI use in video games – in fact, it’s good to be sceptical, and ensure that the media you support aligns with your values. Common arguments against ...

Culture

9 d. ago Lana Del Rey's Hampden gig set times, support act and everything you need to know

Lana Del Rey is preforming in Scotland for the first time in nearly a decade. Here's everything you need to know if you're heading to Hampden Park to see the Video Games singer live.

Politics

1 week ago Nintendo Switch 2 live: The only places to buy as UK stock sells out fast

If you’re looking to buy the console, here’s your rolling coverage of everything Nintendo Switch 2

Politics

1 week ago ‘Trauma is messy, but music will come of it’: Jessica Curry on her new album, Shielding Songs

The award-wining composer of soundtracks to video games including Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is composing again for the first time since a traumatic pandemicFor the fortunate among us, the Covid lockdowns have, years later, become a memory – if not distant, then certainly ever-so-slightly faded. We have had a few years now, to get out there, to rebuild careers and relationships, to travel, to live in the world again. That’s not the case for everyone. Award-winning composer Jessica Curry, who crafted the beguiling, elegiac soundtracks to games such as Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture and Dear Esther, has only just emerged. Diagnosed with a degenerative disease in her mid-20s and seriously immunocompromised as a result of her condition, she began isolating at the start of the pandemic, and for the next five years barely left her home. While there, unable to work or write, her world began to collapse.“Like many people I had an extraordinarily painful and difficult pandemic,” she sa...

Culture

1 week ago Adorable moment bear cubs caught on video playing childhood favourite game

This is the moment a trail camera captured a pair of bear cubs playing what looked like a childhood playground game.

Events

1 week ago Outrage over 'distasteful' Titanic game that simulates the historic tragedy with 'haunting accuracy'

An upcoming video game based on the Titanic tragedy has been called 'distasteful' by gamers. 

Politics