15 h. ago Nintendo promises stronger results with Switch 2 console going on sale in June

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo has reported a 43% decline in profit for the fiscal year through March, but promised a turnaround as its Switch console upgrade goes on sale in June

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55 h. ago Top baby names inspired by video game characters leading searches and beating traditional names

Parents are turning to video games to find the perfect names for their little ones, with experts noting a number of intriguing patterns when it comes to both boys and girls

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59 h. ago Drop Duchy review – a sprawling challenge disguised as a block

Arcade Crew/Sleepy Mill Studio; PCBuild a card deck of landscape features; organise your territory on a Tetris-like playfield; battle enemies and bosses to progress. It might sound complicated, but this is an ingenious experiment in game design by combinationThe indie video game scene is currently dominated by two unassailable genre titans: the rogue-like and the deck-builder. The first is a type of action adventure in which players explore procedurally generated landscapes, where they battle enemies, level up and then die – whereupon they start all over again from scratch. The latter is about building decks of collectible cards (think Pokémon or Magic: The Gathering, but digital) and fighting with them. Titles that combine both in interesting ways – such as Balatro and Slay the Spire – can become huge crossover hits. But the market is getting saturated and so developers are having to find new genres to mix into this potent game design cocktail.Hence Drop Duchy, a game that attempts...

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63 h. ago Champions League on Prime Video: which game is on Prime Video and is it Arsenal vs PSG? How to watch

Amazon will be showing one Champions League semi-final on Prime Video this week ⚽

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5 d. ago Mark Williams' massive net worth, surgery fears and wife's public outrage

Mark Williams' wife was publicly incensed World Snooker following a video game omission.

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5 d. ago Tenerife tourists use sneaky trick to reserve sunbeds before they're even laid out

The competition for prime sunbed spots in popular beach destinations has been ramping up in recent years. One TikTok video shows how Tenerife tourists are now trying to game the system.

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6 d. ago Grand Theft Auto 6 is DELAYED... here's when fans can expect the game after its release date is pushed back

The maker of Grand Theft Auto has sparked outrage among its fan base after announcing the video game will be delayed again.

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6 d. ago Space Invaders on your wrist: the glory years of Casio video game watches

Their tech may have been primitive, but for 80s schoolchildren of a certain kind they had a glamour to equal any modern iPhone Over the last couple of weeks I have been tidying our attic, and while the general aim has been to prevent its contents from collapsing through the ceiling, I have a side-mission. My most valued possession when I was twelve was a Casio GD-8 Car Race watch – a digital timepiece that included a built-in racing game on its tiny monochrome LCD display. Two big buttons on the front let you steer left and right to avoid incoming vehicles and your aim was to stay alive as long as possible. I lost count of the number of times it was confiscated by teachers at my school. I used to lend it to the hardest boys in the year, thereby guaranteeing me protection against bullies. As a socially inept nerd, this was invaluable to my survival. I’m pretty sure I still have the watch somewhere, and my determination to find it has been augmented by a recent discovery: these things...

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7 d. ago Microsoft raises Xbox prices globally amid tariff uncertainty

Sony also raised PlayStation 5 price and Nintendo delayed Switch 2 pre-orders as Trump tariffs throw electronics manufacturing into chaosMicrosoft announced on Thursday that it will increase Xbox console prices worldwide, citing “market conditions” just days after Sony made a similar move with its PlayStation 5.The tech giant also plans to raise prices for some new games developed by its video game subsidiaries. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago The Last of Us: Biggest differences between cult video game and hit HBO TV show

The Last of Us has just started rolling out season two, and it's supposed to follow the original PlayStation video game - but HBO bosses have made some major changes in the plot we've seen so far

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8 d. ago Playing with words: why novelists are becoming video game writers – and vice

While the novel remains a high-status cultural form, video game writing is still seen as a throwaway art – despite some of the biggest names in fiction being involvedI’ve been working in games for a little more than 15 years, and the main thing I’d say about it at this point is that it’s a pretty annoying job to explain at parties. People often say something like, “Oh, I don’t really play games,” which is surely an odd thing to tell a game designer moments after you’ve been introduced; I don’t really eat croissants, but that’s not the first thing I bring up if I meet a patissier.So one of the joys of publishing my first novel last year was the option to sidestep all of that, and say: “Oh, I’m a writer.” I wrote a novel; I’m working on another one; job done, the conversation can move on. Nobody says, “Oh, I don’t really read books,” even though that’s at least as likely to be true. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Battersea rescue dogs stage 'cutest pitch invasion ever' in front of thousands of fans

The pet pitch invaders are waiting to find new homes after they unleashed themselves onto the screens of football fans tuned in to an online video game stream

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9 d. ago Meghan Markle blasted as 'cringy' after comparing Prince Harry marriage to popular video game

The Duchess of Sussex , 43, made the comparison as she spoke to her friend, IT Cosmetics CEO Jamie Kern Lima, in her first ever podcast interview released on Monday.

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9 d. ago Watch as Battersea rescue mutts stage pitch invasion in live video game

It’s the cutest pitch invasion in history 🐕

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1 week ago Who are the Seraphites? The scarred cult members in The Last of Us episode three

The religious sect will already be familiar to fans of the video game

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1 week ago Playing to win: are video game movies replacing superhero blockbusters?

The record-breaking box office for A Minecraft Movie has been followed by a rush of announcements for more films based on gamesMargot Robbie and Sydney Sweeney are two of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood. As such, they’ve both logged their time in superhero movies of recent vintage (though Robbie’s turn as Harley Quinn is probably better-known than whatever Sweeney found herself doing in Madame Web). It feels notable, then, that in recent weeks they’ve both been connected to multiple projects based on video games. Robbie’s Lucky Chap plans to produce a movie based on The Sims; Sweeney, meanwhile, will produce OutRun, based on a 30-year-old arcade game, and has also signed to star in a movie based on the more recent hit game Split Fiction. Score a bunch of points for the gamers. Is the dawn of gamer cinema finally here?Regardless of this Hot Lady defection, superhero movies and other comics-based properties will likely stick around for years to come. Marvel still kicks off the ...

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1 week ago The Last of Us analysed as fans question if Abby dies in the video game

The Last of Us fans want answers about Abby

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1 week ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch gets financial boost as video game tycoon donates £2million to Conservative Party

The money from Jeremy Elliott, who is better known as Jez San, will give a huge boost to Kemi Badenoch's leadership, just days before challenging local elections.

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1 week ago Sydney Sweeney tipped for video game role with team from Deadpool & Wolverine

Video games and movies are getting closer and closer together, but a new report has suggested Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney will star in an adaptation of this year's Split Fiction

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2 w. ago Until Dawn review – efficient, if unscary, video game horror

A solidly made adaptation of the Playstation hit sees a group of twentysomethings stuck in a gory death loopA week after the release of Ryan Coogler’s unusual, artfully crafted horror Sinners, we are now back to the industry’s genre norm with Until Dawn, a schlocky video game adaptation that has far less on its mind. Such a drastic drop in IQ and ambition means there’s no serious comparison to be made here and this weekend there’ll be no real competition at the box office (Sinners is likely to remain on top) so such contrast does ultimately allow the film to stay within its own, sillier space, a deep-fried donut for dessert after a filet mignon entree.On its own, lower-stakes terms, Until Dawn is a passable, if rather unfrightening frightener, made with some skill and enlivened by a strong troupe of young actors, enough to notch it slightly above the piss-poor standard but not quite enough to really justify its existence. The game it’s based on has been described by the director Dav...

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