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Shares in Tencent and NetEase plunge after Beijing surprises investors with new spending limits for video game players

“This could be the beginning of the end of the smartphone game business model," warned one analyst.

Fortune

PlayStation Year in Review: A steady but subdued year for Sony, despite its noisy neighbors and a visit from Spider-Man

Opinion | A big year for video games, but a distinctly normal-sized one for PlayStation

GamesRadar

The video games you may have missed in 2023

From rural bathhouse sims to early-00s internet nostalgia and environmentalist fables – in a year full of brilliant games, our critics pick 33 that may have passed you by

The Guardian - UK

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Iconic video game brand Atari hands $2m lifeline to struggling game studio Tinybuild

Atari will take $2 million worth of shares and CEO Alex Nichiporchik $10 million in a deal that should keep the studio afloat

Evening Standard

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick to Step Down

The Activision Blizzard CEO will leave after more than three decades at the video game publisher.

Inverse

I can't lie, the GTA 6 trailer was my favorite thing about video games in 2023

Grand Theft Advent | From Baldur's Gate 3 to Alan Wake 2 and Dead Space, it's been a blockbuster year for games… but the GTA 6 trailer stole the show for me

GamesRadar

Video games and musical theatre: 2023’s most unlikely crossover?

There has been a remarkable intersection between video games and musical performance this year, from villains lending vocals to their own theme tunes to interactive songs

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The 10 Most Accessible Video Games of 2023, Ranked

As the year ends, Inverse examines some of the most accessible games of 2023, highlighting exactly what made them great.

Inverse

Online Video Games, The Latest Hunting Grounds For Drug Cartels

Narcotics police the world over are sprucing up their video game skills, as cartels go increasingly online to sell drugs and recruit dealers.

International Business Times

Mortal Kombat 2 Set Photo Seemingly Teases A Thrilling Rematch For Two Beloved Fighters

Mortal Kombat 2 has resumed filming, and fans are eager to see iconic fighters from the games duke it out.

Cinemablend

Now that 2023’s video game releases have finally slowed down, I’m more excited to play than I have been all year

Now that 2023’s hectic release schedule has slowed down, I’m glad I can finally catch up with everything I missed.

TechRadar

Best Video Game Death Scenes of 2023, Ranked

You don’t want to look away from deaths like these, and you don’t have to — check out Inverse’s list of the 10 best video game death scenes this year.

Inverse

New PlayStation Patent Could Redefine a Hotly Debated Video Game Mechanic

A new Sony patent points to a system that could customize video game challenges to individual players without the need for difficulty options.

Inverse

E3: why the world’s biggest video game event just closed for good – and what’s next for the industry

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), an annual trade event for the video game industry, has been permanently cancelled by its organisers, who cited the COVID pandemic and changes in company marketing techniques as the reason for the closure.

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The Independent UK

James McCaffrey, voice of Max Payne and Alan Wake games, dies aged 65

McCaffrey most recently starred in the ‘Alan Wake 2’ video game

Inverse

'Baldur's Gate 3': How to Move Bookcase in the Cellar and Get the Treasure Inside

Act I of 'Baldur’s Gate 3' not only sets the stage for what will be a spectacular strategic role-playing video game that moonlights as a stellar romance simulator, but it also teases players with a treasure trove of hidden loot that’s beckoning to be plundered by the most inquisitive big-brained…

GamesRadar

The 8 top gaming trends of 2023

Opinion | From fighting to frightening, here are this year's biggest talking points in video games

Inverse

The 10 Best Video Games of 2023, Ranked

2023 was one for the history books. With so many amazing games released in one year, it can be hard to keep track. Here are Inverse's 10 best games of 2023.

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The Conversation

Buying indie video games over the holidays can help make the industry more ethical and fair

The 2023 Game Awards recently saw accolades doled out to the biggest and most celebrated games of the year — alongside a few lucky indie titles — and with the holidays fast approaching, many of those same games are starting to go on sale.

The Independent UK

Activision Blizzard to pay $54 million to settle California state workplace discrimination claims

Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay about $54 million to settle discrimination claims brought by California’s civil rights agency on behalf of women employed by the video game maker

The Guardian - UK

Let’s hope Epic’s antitrust win over Google is the first of many tech giant losses

The jury in the video game developer’s antitrust case over Google’s app store monopoly were under no illusions

MusicRadar

Trackers, video games, soldering irons and bitter rivalries: 5 reasons why the '80s was the ultimate decade for computer music-making

If you thought the '80s was just about big phones and haircuts, think again; it was also the start of a music production revolution

TechRadar

ESA CEO on E3 shutdown: ‘video game companies have new and exciting ways to reach people’

The CEO and president of the ESA, Stanley Pierre-Louis, has spoken more about the reasoning behind E3's shutdown.

The Independent UK

Squid Game video game coming to Netflix

Streamer announces interactive game that will let you ‘compete with other players in games from the hit series’

The Guardian - US

Video games’ biggest trade show has been permanently canceled

Covid dealt the fatal blow to E3, known as ‘video game Christmas’, where gaming companies launched their splashiest titles

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