6 h. ago Video game performers vote on contract that could end nearly three

Union members have until July 9 at 5 p.m. Pacific to vote on a tentative contract between video game performers and their employers

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13 h. ago video game actors’ strike could change the rules for AI in gaming

A tentative agreement passed by the union board in June could put video game performers back in action after a nearly year-long strike

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4 d. 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.

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6 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...

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6 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....

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8 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

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1 week 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

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1 week 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

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1 week 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

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1 week 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

2 w. 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.

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2 w. 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. 

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2 w. ago Major retailer to shut as 20% off 'closing down' sale launched in shopping centre

The GAME store in the Victoria Centre, Nottingham, is closing down and all stock must go. The clearance signs have appeared in the windows of the video game retailer

Economics

2 w. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We decide if video game adaptation 'Until Dawn' is worth spending a night with

Director hindered by basic premise that makes it hard to root for lead quintet.

Culture

2 w. ago From Street Fighter to Final Fantasy: Yoko Shimomura, the composer who put the classical in gaming’s classics

With a four-decade career beginning at Capcom in the 8-bit era, Shimomura is one of the most acclaimed names in gaming. She recalls her early struggles – and explains why her beloved classical music fits best with RPGsAlfred Hitchcock, David Attenborough, Harold Pinter, Stanley Kubrick, Ridley Scott, Hideo Kojima – these are just a few of the recipients of the Bafta fellowship, the highest honour the academy can bestow. Japanese composer Yoko Shimomura is the latest to receive the accolade; one of only 17 women and four Japanese people to have done so. She is also the first video-game composer to be recognised by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the first composer recognised at all since John Barry in 2005.It is with good reason that the academy has honoured her. Shimomura is an icon. You’ll know her music from Street Fighter, Final Fantasy, Super Mario, Kingdom Hearts, Legend of Mana, Streets of Rage and more than 70 other games she has contributed original comp...

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2 w. ago Get ready for Death Stranding 2 with huge deal on the first game before Steam Summer Sale

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is one of this year's most anticipated video game releases, and if you've yet to play the original, then you're in luck...

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2 w. ago Metroid Prime 4 ad on London Underground claims the game is ‘out now’

Metroid Prime 4 ad on London Underground claims the game is ‘out now’  Video Games Chronicle

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2 w. ago ‘We’re all connected – but it’s not the connection I imagined’: Hideo Kojima on Death Stranding 2

The legendary video game designer discusses directing actors in Mexico from Japan, how Mad Max inspired his career and the unique reason why he wants to go to spaceHideo Kojima – the acclaimed video game director who helmed the stealth-action Metal Gear series for decades before founding his own company to make Death Stranding, a supernatural post-apocalyptic delivery game this publication described as “2019’s most interesting blockbuster” – is still starstruck, or perhaps awestruck. “George [Miller] is my sensei, my God,” he proclaims gleefully.Kojima is visiting Australia for a sold-out chat with Miller, the creator of the Mad Max film franchise, at the Sydney film festival. The two struck up an unlikely but fierce friendship nearly a decade ago, and Kojima says that, as a teenager, the first two Mad Max films inspired him to become a movie director and thus, eventually, a video game maker. At the panel later, Miller is equally effusive, calling Kojima “almost my brother”; the Aus...

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2 w. ago Over $1m worth of Nintendo Switch 2 consoles stolen from semi

A thief pinched 2,810 of the video game consoles, which retail for about $500 a piece

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3 w. ago You are a true gamer if you can remember these 1980s video game classics

Can you tell your Pac-Mans from your Princess Peaches? 🎮

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