9 h. ago ‘Unfilmable’ video game movie announced from director of 'best war movie ever'

One of the best-selling games in history is finally getting the live-action film adaptation fans have been yearning for

Culture

12 h. ago Alex Garland set to direct huge video game adaptation for A24

Game’s worldbuilding was written by Game of Thrones author George RR Martin

Politics

39 h. ago Super Mario fans gobsmacked after realising how video game legend got his name

Nintendo's mascot is one of the most iconic video game characters of all time, but fans have only just discovered the unusual backstory behind Super Mario's name

Sport

44 h. ago The Last of Us showrunner teases potential third video game instalment

‘If we were ever to come back to it, I want to make sure it’s a story worthy of The Last of Us’ says Neil Druckmann

Culture

44 h. ago Super Mario fans just realising where iconic character got his name

Super Mario is one of the most popular gaming franchises in the world, and the titular star, Mario, is a video game icon - but do you know where the character got his name?

Politics

45 h. ago ‘Shakespeare would be writing for games today’: Cannes’ first video game Lili is a retelling of Macbeth

Translocating the Scottish play to Iran with help from the RSC, iNK Stories’ version focuses on a Lady Macbeth contending with an oppressive surveillance state The Cannes film festival isn’t typically associated with video games, but this year it’s playing host to an unusual collaboration. Lili is a co-production between the New York-based game studio iNK Stories (creator of 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, about a photojournalist in Iran) and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and it’s been turning heads with its eye-catching translocation of Macbeth to modern-day Iran.“It’s been such an incredible coup to have it as the first video game experience at Cannes,” says iNK Stories co-founder Vassiliki Khonsari. “People have gone in saying, I’m not familiar playing games, so I may just try it out for five minutes. [ ] But then once they’re in, there is this growing sense of empowerment that people from the film world are feeling.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago This week is World Football Week, the beautiful game cannot be built on bloodshed and how people from Scotland can help

Scottish residents can help by emailing Fifa at humanrightscomplaint@fifa.org

Sport

4 d. ago The Last of Us recap: season two, episode six – many happy returns (of Joel)

Well, that didn’t suck! This birthday flashback episode had enough Pedro Pascal to feel like a glorious gift only to end up breaking our hearts over and overThis article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen episodes one to six.Back in early 2023 The Last of Us launched to admiring reviews and millions of viewers around the world. When it was quickly renewed for a second season there was speculation about how showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann would approach the task. Would they skip straight to adapting the second (and so far final) video game, which picks up the action five years after the original? Or would they take a more scenic route, inventing new post-apocalyptic adventures for surrogate father-daughter duo Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) to have during that considerable time gap? It would certainly be an easy way to eke another lucrative season or three out of the source material. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago GTA 6 boss makes staggering gaming admission following Rockstar delay confirmation

The CEO of Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Game's parent company Take-Two Interactive has confirmed he doesn't play video games, despite the company preparing to launch possibly the biggest game of all time

Economics

5 d. ago BREAKING: Major hunt launched for boy, 9, who vanished wearing Minecraft t

Police search teams said nine-year-old Jacub was last seen in Sandwell, in the West Midlands, wearing the video game shirt on top of a black tracksuit at around 5am today

Politics

5 d. ago Major hunt launched for boy, 9, who vanished wearing Minecraft t

Police search teams said nine-year-old Jacub was last seen in Sandwell, in the West Midlands, wearing the video game shirt on top of a black tracksuit at around 5am today

Politics

7 d. ago New video game is 'journey through Scots folklore' where players can pick up Gaelic

The video game, developed in Edinburgh, helps gamers practice what was once Scotland's primary language

Sport

7 d. ago Former West Coast player Adam Selwood dies months after twin brother’s death

Midfielder played 187 games for Eagles, including 2006 premiershipSelwood family says ‘words cannot express the grief and sadness we feel’The West Coast premiership player Adam Selwood has died aged 41, three months after the death of his twin brother and fellow former AFL player Troy Selwood.Adam Selwood played 187 games for West Coast, including the 2006 premiership, before retiring from football in 2013. Continue reading...

Events

7 d. ago JESSICA BOULTON: I'm a staunch Remainer but when it comes to Eurovision, it's time for us to Brexit

From P-Diddy, Chris Brown and James Argent to covered-up Cannes, Eurovision's Hunger Games and Danny Dyer's chances at the Oscars, Jessica Boulton's Jess Saying column is your one-stop guide to the showbiz week .......(with a generous side of wit)

Politics

7 d. ago Fortnite unavailable on iPhones globally after Apple rejects App Store release

Latest twist in a contest between iPhone maker and Epic Games over payments for hit game on Apple devicesEpic Games says Fortnite is now unavailable on iPhones and iPads globally because Apple blocked a bid to release the popular video game in the App Store in the US and Europe.“Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union,” the X account for Fortnite posted early Friday – claiming that Apple’s move would now prevent the game’s iOS availability around the world. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Colts apologize to Tyreek Hill for video mocking violent police stop

Video was part of campaign announcing NFL scheduleDolphins receiver was slammed to ground by policeThe Indianapolis Colts have apologized for a video announcing their schedule for the upcoming NFL season.The Colts’ video was a spoof of the video game Minecraft, and in a section depicting their season-opener against the Dolphins they mocked Miami receiver Tyreek Hill. A dolphin with Hill’s No 10 jersey is seen swimming before being stopped by a Coast Guard boat, an apparent reference to the player’s traffic stop before the opening game of last season. The arrest provoked controversy after officers forcibly removed Hill from his car and threw him to the ground. Hill later said the officers “beat the dog out of me” during the stop. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Sony's profits rises on robust performance for music, movies and games

Japanese technology and entertainment company Sony is reporting an 18% rise in profit for the fiscal year through March thanks to the robust performance of its music and video-game operations

Culture

1 week ago Baseball fans react to MLB’s reversal on barring Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe from Hall of Fame

‘Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game,’ noted MLB commissioner Rob Manfred

Sport

1 week ago European foreign ministers demand peace in Ukraine as Zelenskyy challenges Putin to meet him – Europe live

EU foreign policy chief accuses Moscow of ‘playing games’ and insists peace talks cannot take place with Ukraine ‘under fire’Pope Leo then says that one of the most important challenges he sees is how to “promote communication that can bring us out of the Tower of Babel in which we sometimes find ourselves, out of the confusion of loveless languages that are often ideological or partisan.”Curiously, he then turns to artificial intelligence, which he hails its “immense potential,” but also warns that it “requires responsibility and discernment in order to ensure that it can be used for the good of all, so that it can benefit all of humanity.”“Let us disarm communication of all prejudice and resentment, fanaticism and even hatred, let us free it from aggression. We do not need loud, forceful communication, but rather communication that is capable of listening and of gathering the voices of the weak who have no voice.” Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago The 20 most valuable retro video games you might own, including Nintendo 64 game worth nearly £4,000

Your old video games could be worth thousands of pounds - even if they’re unsealed

Economics