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‘Resident Evil movies? I’ve never seen one’: Weapons director Zach Cregger on resurrecting the beloved zombie franchise

Raised on punk, alt-comedy and the church, Cregger’s Lynchian approach to horror is anything but typical. After two wildly original hits, his pivot to a 30-year-old video game has caused a storm among protective fans

The Guardian - UK

Resident Evil Is a Deeply Unhinged Send-Up of Video Games

Zach Cregger's horror–video game adaptation is a pulpy comic delight.

Reason

'Star Wars Zero Company' Reviews: Did Opting for Turn-Based Combat Work Wonders?

Released on August 27, 2026, Star Wars Zero Company is set during the Clone Wars era and is a turn-based tactics video game

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Record Video Game Auction Sale: Sealed Super Mario Bros. hits $3 million; earliest confirmed sealed edition

In a remarkable discovery in 2026, an unopened Super Mario Bros. cartridge captured attention, fetching a staggering three million dollars at auction. This shiny Nintendo Entertainment System variant, boasting a gloss sticker seal, achieved a prestigious PSA 9.6 A++ grade. This historic sale established a new public auction record for…

The Times of India

'Resident Evil' Review: Possibly The Best Video Game Movie Ever

After two decades of subpar 'Resident Evil' movies, Zach Cregger finally offers fans a film that respects the source material enough to not step on its toes.

Inverse

Resident Evil review: A brilliantly funny film for people who are terrible at video games

4/5 The director of ‘Weapons’ has made a movie that’s incredibly faithful to the blockbuster video games that inspired it – yet which features enough bloody elegance to satisfy non-gamers

The Independent UK

Netflix's Surprising New Movie Project Proves Hollywood Still Doesn't Understand Gaming

Netflix is developing a live-action film based on the unreleased video game 'Stranger Than Heaven.' Can we at least play it first?

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Mahesh Bhatt bribed me at age 7: Kunal Kemmu says Alia Bhatt’s father used a Samurai video game to make him skip school picnic’, calls it “worst” deal

Kunal Kemmu news: Actor Kunal Kemmu shared an amusing childhood film industry anecdote. He recalled missing a school picnic for a film shoot in 1993. Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt offered him a video game to ensure his presence. Kemmu later regretted this deal as he watched classmates depart. This incident highlights…

The Economic Times

Bought as a Christmas gift in 1986, this Super Mario Bros sold for $660,000

In 1986, a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. was bought as a Christmas gift and forgotten in a desk drawer. It remained untouched for 35 years before being discovered and auctioned in 2021. The rare, professionally graded game sold for $660,000 at Heritage Auctions, setting a new world record…

The Times of India

Undead William Wallace ‘helps Scotland invade England’ in new video game

A NEW game in which two Scottish scientists accidentally resurrect William Wallace and an entire 13th-century army is set to be released next year…

The National (Scotland)

A new video game lets you play out the battle at Gallipoli. Is it trivialising the tragedy of war?

The recent release of BlackMill Games’ Gallipoli: Ottoman Fronts has been met with some pointed questions, including whether the video game is “mimicking the war”.

The Conversation

Ex-employees begin unfair dismissal tribunal against GTA VI developer Rockstar

A group of video games workers say they were discriminated against for trade union activities.

The Independent UK

Grand Theft Auto VI: can playing a video game count as cheating on your partner?

Historically a new Grand Theft Auto game inspired controversy around violence – but this time people are getting exercised about its romance

The Guardian - UK

Daisy Edgar-Jones has been 'playing so many video games', but why?

Daisy Edgar-Jones has revealed how she's preparing for Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow.

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"GTA VI" leaks versus the Epstein files

The outrage over video game footage leaking online shouldn’t outweigh sex crimes

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We Simulated the 2026-27 Season 100 Times on ‘NBA 2K27.’ Here Are the Results.

What happens if you simulate the upcoming NBA season on ‘NBA 2K’ 100 times? We decided to find out for ourselves and record all the results.

Inverse

Sony's Next Big Video Game Adaptation Is An Overlooked Thriller

2025's indie darling The Drifter is coming to the big screen, courtesy of a partnership between Sony and Story Kitchen.

TechRadar

Death Stranding movie director is being given 'a lot of freedom' to tell 'standalone' story separate from Hideo Kojima video game franchise — 'I like things where it could be easy to miss the mark'

A24 meets Hideo Kojima in the upcoming movie version of video game series Death Stranding — but its director is being given 'a lot of freedom'.

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Bring Me The Horizon follow in Metallica, Linkin Park and Slipknot's footsteps as they add one of their songs to Fortnite Festival

The band's 2013 single will be added to the globally popular video game off-shoot later this week

The Guardian - UK

Grand Theft Auto VI is a phenomenon – but there is much more to the gaming world

As Rockstar’s blockbuster prepares to dominate the headlines, it’s time for the mainstream media to stop treating video games as a novelty that needs explaining

The Economic Times

GTA VI becomes Netflix’s most-watched title: Extended Look records 31.1 million views, beats movies and TV shows

Grand Theft Auto VI's teaser amassed an impressive 31.1 million views on Netflix, outpacing numerous new films and series. This milestone made it the top-ranked content in eighty-seven monitored countries. It's noteworthy that this marks Netflix's first venture into promoting an upcoming video game. Fans eagerly anticipate the game's official…

The Independent UK

'Aura farming': The video game-inspired youth trend sweeping Latin America

Young people across Latin America are gathering on beaches, parks and other public spaces to take part in "aura battles," a trend that has moved from the internet to the real world

Fortune

Once a champion for physical media, Sony is now telling PlayStation customers they don’t actually own the digital video games they paid $70 for

A class action lawsuit filed in June alleges the PlayStation maker did not properly disclose that paying for a downloadable game is different from owning it.

GamesRadar

Nvidia DLSS 5 is launching on September 3: Here's everything I learned about it from a private Gamescom demo

DLSS 5 will launch this Friday, and Nvidia showed me its developer controls at Gamescom.

The Guardian - UK

Gems, ghosts and GTA VI: the biggest video games for autumn 2026

There are juggernauts and indie gems aplenty for when the nights draw in, from an ingenious puzzle game to blockbusters such as Marvel’s Wolverine and Call of Duty

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