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Pushing Buttons: Playing games into the wee hours was a teenage pleasure – how I long for that time

Becoming a parent has made my Elder Scrolls marathons and hours-long Zelda sessions mostly a thing of the past. Now taking on a video game after hours is a rare lifeline to my former self

The Guardian - UK

EU investigates Microsoft's deal to buy Activision Blizzard

The European Union has launched an investigation into Microsoft’s planned takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard, fearing the $69 billion deal would distort fair competition in the market

The Independent UK

Nintendo's profit climbs on Switch machine, software sales

Japanese video game maker Nintendo has reported a 34% surge in its profit for the first half of the fiscal year on strong sales of products for its Switch console like “Splatoon 3,” a paint-shooting game

The Independent UK

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‘You can blow cyborg Thatcher up with a rocket launcher’: the video games lampooning Britain’s cursed politics

Combining satire with simulation and working-class viewpoints, a suite of games is currently exploring the causes and consequences of Britain’s political and economic crises.

The Guardian - UK

Kyle Larson still doesn’t like Ross Chastain’s Martinsville video game move: ‘It’s not fair racing’

Kyle Larson said Ross Chastain's Martinsville move "took guts" but still doesn't think it's fair.

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Why Ross Chastain probably won’t attempt his Martinsville move any time soon: ‘It was not pleasant’

Ross Chastain stunned with his video game move at Martinsville, but he's not trying to repeat it.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Could The Future Of Mobile Games Be Microsoft, Netflix, PlayStation? What Are They Up To?

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The Curious Story Of 'Kingdom Rush' And The Studio Behind It: How 3 Latino Hustlers Sold 30M Video Game Copies

By Juan Lomanto In little more than a decade, Ironhide, the Latin American video game studio behind "Clash of the Olympians," "Kingdom Rush" and "Iron Marines," has sold more than 30 million copies to become one of the largest in the region.

Benzinga

Video Game Market Sees Another Unexpected Entry As TikTok Follows Netflix’s Steps

“TikTok and Gaming were made for each other”, said a gaming industry giant.

Zenger

Call Of Duty Won't Be Xbox Exclusive 'As Long As There's A PlayStation To Ship To'

The largest video game acquisition of all time faces significant hurdles in getting approved. The deal has also encountered concerns from gamers that one of the highest-selling franchises of all time could become exclusive to one console.

Benzinga

Blizzard appeals the NLRB’s Blizzard Albany union decision – again

Following the NLRB’s decision to proceed with the Blizzard Albany QA union vote, Blizzard is asking the Board to hear its side of the story

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lab-grown brain cells can play Pong – so should they have legal rights?

The story could have been straight out of science fiction – scientists have grown human brain cells in a lab, and taught them to play the video game Pong, similar to squash or tennis. But this didn’t happen on the big screen. It happened in a lab in Melbourne, Australia,…

The Conversation

The 25 best video game stories to play right now

The best video game stories of all time, from Mass Effect 2's intergalactic soap opera to Life is Strange's affecting drama

GamesRadar

Q&A: We asked a physicist to explain how Ross Chastain’s video game move at Martinsville actually worked

For The Win asked Dr. Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, a physicist, to explain how in the world Ross Chastain pulled off that wild move.

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Video Game Market Sees Another Unexpected Entry As TikTok Follows Netflix's Steps: What Are The Chinese Giant's First Moves?

By Enrique D. Fernandez

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The video game industry reacts to prominent insider leaving Twitter

The Guardian - UK

Five horror games to play this Halloween night

It’s close to midnight and something evil’s lurking in your console. Many things, in fact, but here are some of the top scarers, from eldritch Victoriana to teen slasher horror and the video game equivalent of black metal

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Ross Chastain’s epic Martinsville move was actually out of a video game: I ‘played a lot of NASCAR 2005’

Turns out, Ross Chastain's video game move at Martinsville was inspired by a video game.

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Ross Chastain "fully committed" to banzai last-lap NASCAR move

Ross Chastain used a daring video game-like move on the final lap in Sunday’s race at Martinsville to charge his way into the NASCAR Cup Series title race.

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Ross Chastain pulled off a brilliant video game move to advance to NASCAR’s title race, and fans were stunned

OH MY GOD WHAT.

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Khalil Rountree defends split decision win, says he won’t fight until he’s in the UFC video game

Regardless of any opinions, Khalil Rountree is happy with his performance against Dustin Jacoby at UFC Fight Night 213.

Wales Online

How Nintendo eased the pain of raising a healthy child while spending so much time caring for his disabled sibling

Many kids grow up with video games, but for Matthew Williams, they've been an essential way of connecting with his boys

Reason

Review: The Cat Video Game That Public Health Authoritarians Will Love

Stray began development in 2015, so it's not intended to be an allegory about COVID-19 lockdowns, but it sure seems like one.

GamesRadar

The 10 best Spider-Man games of all time

Here's our ranking of the best Spider-Man games, including Marvel's Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac

The Guardian - UK

‘I need to do this scene upside down’: what it’s like to act in a Call of Duty game

The performance-capture body suits, the annoying helmet cams, the makeshift props … actors describe the experience of making video games ‘where there’s nowhere to hide’

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