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You can keep your ghosts and ghouls – the ‘Cordyceps’ fungus creates real-life zombies

I have never really been interested in ghosts, mummies or zombies, not even at Halloween. But as October 31 approaches each year I am reminded of a biological tale involving all three. It’s the real-life horror story of a flesh-eating, brain-warping fungus from the genus Cordyceps, which inspired the zombie-apocalypse…

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Video game voice artists continue strike over AI training

The union says developers won't guarantee not using voices to train AI.

Creative Bloq

After forming a new studio at an "apocalyptic" time for game devs, Disco Elysium writer says "this industry is finished" but "video games are not"

Summer Eternal plans to be worker and player owned

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New Entertainment Releases: Films, Music, Shows, And Games

Discover a diverse range of new content to stream from body horror films to music albums and video games from Oct. 28-Nov. 3.

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Prime Video top 10 shows — here's the 3 worth watching now

Our guide on the three best shows to watch in the Prime Video top 10 list, including a new action-thriller based on a video game series.

Tom’s Guide

The voice of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag's most treacherous pirate wishes "more video game companies would use mocap, because I think the performance stuff in Black Flag is brilliant"

His son has some choice words about how the series has progressed since

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Tim Walz and AOC play football video game on Twitch in appeal to young men

Pair stream themselves playing Madden on Twitch in effort to secure votes just nine days before election

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20 Years Ago, Rockstar Made The Most Influential Open-World Game Of All-Time

'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas', released 20 years ago today, took what its two predecessors did so well and expanded on it in ways no one saw coming.

Inverse

US copyright law 'forces researchers to explore extra-legal methods' for game preservation, say historians who are 'disappointed' after being denied a DMCA exemption

The Video Game History Foundation had proposed rule changes that would make it easier for researchers and archivist to legally access old games.

PC Gamer

Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation

"This fails the needs of citizens in favor of a weak sauce argument from the industry, and it's really disappointing"

GamesRadar

Amazon's 'Like a Dragon' Show Gets the Most Important Part of the Games Right

Amazon's 'Like a Dragon: Yakuza' splits off from the story of the video games, but it still manages to perfectly capture the spirit of the series' hero.

Inverse

Amazon Just Quietly Released the Most Ambitious Crime Thriller of the Year

Like a Dragon: Yakuza is another strong video game adaptation from Prime Video that embraces the melodramatic drama of the popular video game series.

Inverse

NCSoft Announces Layoffs, Cancellation of Various Projects, Including 'Battle Crush,' 'Project M'

South Korean video games publisher NCSoft announced a new round of layoffs and the cancellation of various projects, including Project M.

Player One

Microsoft Pushes For Gaming Supremacy With 'Call Of Duty' Release

Microsoft's ambition to become the "Netflix of video games" faces a huge test this week with the release of "Call of Duty: Black Ops 6" on Friday.

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Oleksandr Usyk makes Tyson Fury request after opening mysterious briefcase

The Ukrainian, who took the guise of Agent 47 from the video game ‘Hitman’, used a briefcase as a prop at the launch of the heavyweight rematch

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Xbox Series X is now outselling Series S in the US, per new sales report — but console hardware is still dropping

Xbox Series X is outselling Series S in the U.S, according to the September 2024 Circana sales report, but video game hardware is still trending down.

The Independent UK

Kuwait bans release of ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’ video game

Images of Saddam Hussein and Iraq’s old three-star flag could be seen in footage of the game

Tom’s Guide

Netflix shuts down AAA video game studio — here’s what we know

Netflix abruptly shut down their AAA video game studio, Blue, without ever releasing a game.

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Prime Video series 'Secret Level' unveils stellar vocal cast: Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves and more

The jaw-dropping voice cast for "Secret Level," Prime Video's new anthology series, was announced at New York Comic Con on Oct. 19.

Total Film

It's not Space Marine 3 but an episode in Amazon's video game show Secret Level is the next best thing: an animated "sequel" to Space Marine 2

Amazon's anthology series will also include the likes of Kratos and Pac-Man

The Independent UK

Harris is turning to video games and sports betting to try and win back some of the ‘bro’ vote from Trump

Trump is generally leading among male voters in national polls

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Brütal Legend developer “torn” about making sequel to Jack Black’s cult metal video game

Tim Schafer of Double Fine Productions is conflicted on how to approach a second Brütal Legend title, given how the original controversially mixed genres

Inverse

The Most Surprising RPG of the Year May Have Just Disrupted The Global Economy

Black Myth, China’s gaming blockbuster may be driving a critical shift in the global balance of technological power — through chip sales.

The Conversation

Black Myth: Wukong – how China’s gaming revolution is fueling its tech power

It may sound far-fetched, but the future of global technology supremacy could hinge on a video game.

Evening Standard

Grand Theft Hamlet review: a hilarious and moving treat about staging Shakespeare in the notoriously violent video game

When two jobless actors got together to put on Hamlet entirely within the world of Grand Theft Auto, the result is murderously funny

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