In a Michigan basement decked out in maize and blue, a father sat with his son. They’d bond over a video game. One with a story mode that would transport the 7-year-old into a college dorm room, where letters from fans filled his mailbox, the campus newspaper teased a championship and a list of Heisman … Read more
Amazon’s Fallout series is streaming now on Prime Video and has gone down a storm with both critics and general audiences. The live-action TV show is available to stream free with an Amazon Prime subscription, but fans can now play the latest video game in the franchise free thanks to brand-new deal. Amazon is giving … Read more
Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to look into creating a games console to rival the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X/S, as the Russian leader seeks to satisfy the country’s vast community of gamers, according to reports. Putin has ordered the government to “consider the issue of organising the production of stationary and … Read more
If you have been in the market for a new gaming console, an Xbox model may just be your best starting point as prices continue to drop with UK retailers. That includes Very, who’re offering a much cheaper way to buy the Series X. Amazon and eBay are just two popular gaming sites that have … Read more
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The 12 finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame this year draw from four decades of gaming, from Atari Asteroids, played on coin-fed consoles in arcades, to Guitar Hero, for living-room rockers who compete on a plastic guitar. Asteroids, which debuted in 1979 and Guitar Hero, which arrived in 2005, … Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. — The state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida will be raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from online sports betting this decade, thanks to a compact between the tribe and Gov. Ron DeSantis that gave the tribe exclusive rights to run sports wagers as well as casino gambling on … Read more
If you are battling a video game goblin who speaks with a Cockney accent, or asking a gruff Scottish blacksmith to forge a virtual sword, you might be hearing the voice of actor Andy Magee. Except it’s not quite Magee’s voice. It’s a synthetic voice clone generated by artificial intelligence. As video game worlds get … Read more
TOKYO — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sonyâs profit rose 13% in October-December on growing growing sales of music, image sensors and video games, the company said Wednesday. Tokyo-based Sony Corp.âs quarterly profit totaled 363.9 billion yen, or $2.4 billion, up from 321.5 billion yen the year before. Quarterly sales for the maker of the … Read more
BANGKOK — China’s press and publications authority has approved 105 new online games, saying it fully supports the industry after proposed curbs caused massive losses last week for investors in major games makers. The National Press and Publication Administration issued a statement on its WeChat social media account Monday saying the approvals by the Game … Read more
HONG KONG — China released draft guidelines Friday aimed at curbing excessive spending on online gaming in the latest move by the ruling Communist Party to keep control of the virtual economy. The proposal caused shares in the biggest Chinese gaming companies, Tencent and NetEase, to plunge in Hong Kong. China’s gaming regulator, the National … Read more
