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Mortal Kombat II gets streaming date after box office success

The hit video game sequel is heading to streaming following its global theatrical run, with Karl Urban joining the franchise as Johnny Cage alongside a returning ensemble cast.

BANG Premier

Odyssey star Ryan Hurst drops out of God of War after stunt goes wrong

The actor was cast in the lead role of the Prime Video adaptation of the popular video game

Evening Standard

The new CyberPunk 2077 game is more analogue than you might think

You might want to get on board.

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God of War to recast Ryan Hurst as Kratos after serious on-set injury

‘The Odyssey’ cast member dropped from series after hurting himself in stunt-gone-wrong

The Independent UK

Game Developers Protest Mass Layoffs as Xbox, Ubisoft, Other Studios Face Growing Backlash

Video game developers worldwide protest mass layoffs at Xbox, Ubisoft, and Build a Rocket Boy, highlighting the gaming industry's labor crisis.

Player One

Sir David Beckham to make Fortnite debut

The likeness of the former England player, 51, will be added to the hit video game.

Evening Standard

Mongolian throat singing goes global as ancient art finds new fans

Mongolian throat singing is gaining new audiences worldwide, as artists like Batzorig Vaanchig blend the ancient nomadic tradition of khoomei with modern forms of entertainment, from cinema to video games.

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Is Mortal Kombat III Happening? Here’s The Latest From The Director

Give us more fights and fatalities!

Cinemablend

Slay the Spire 2 lead says the garbage placeholder art is "important" and gen AI would ruin it: "People would judge the game as if it's a 1.0, fully developed video game"

AI-generated art looks "very strange," says Casey Yano

GamesRadar

Patricia Summersett Is A Legend Of Video Game Royalty

Patricia Summersett, the first English language voice actress for Princess Zelda, sat down with Inverse to talk about her experience with the iconic character.

Inverse

Are Video Game Movies And TV Killing The Gaming Industry?

Is the sudden rise in blockbuster video game movie adaptations an indication of the root cause behind the gaming industry's current issues?

Inverse

‘Sony essentially destroys its own defense’: How its disc-free PS5 plan triggered a $457M lawsuit and undercut its antitrust defense

Sony’s move enraged thousands of gamers and brought on a lawsuit with the backdrop of rival Xbox’s restructuring amid video game industry challenges.

Fortune

Quote of the day by former Nintendo President Satoru Iawata: 'It will require many years and months for the majority of video game purchases to become digital' — correctly predicting dominance of digital games today back in 2009

The then Nintendo President was on the money

TechRadar

V/H/S’s SCP Foundation movie needs to draw from the video game, or it will be a D-class failure

Secure. Contain. Protect.

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Inverse

Why Is It So Hard To Make A Good 'Game Of Thrones' Video Game?

Despite the massive popularity of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' and its HBO adaptations, the series has never really been done right in gaming.

Total Film

Mortal Kombat 2 director says working closely with video game co-creator Ed Boon made the creative process this time around "a lot easier, more satisfying"

Exclusive: Simon McQuoid talks working with Ed Boon and NetherRealm

Sports Illustrated

It's in the Game? Why Deion Sanders Isn't in EA Sports' College Football 27

The topic of Sanders's absence from the popular college football video game was breached at Big 12 Media Days.

Tom’s Hardware

Germany's massive 60,000-game preservation project collapses after €1.5 million funding dries up — world's largest game archive was entirely publicly available, now abandoned just as Sony kills physical media

A German effort to assemble the world's largest publicly accessible video game archive is being wound down after roughly €1.5 million in public funding expired.

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Hollywood is ‘obsessed’ with video games as the industry moves on from comic books, according to The Batman 2 writer

We could have predicted this a long time ago.

Windows Central

"Video games are not mere merchandise; they are cultural assets, and the law in force must apply to them" — French presidential candidate chimes in on Sony's controversial decision to kill off physical gaming media

Sony's recent announcement to halt physical PlayStation disc production and Grand Theft Auto 6 being digital-only have caught the attention of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a man running for President of France. Needless to say, he's not happy about the situation and vows to support gamers' rights

Total Film

The Batman 2 writer says Hollywood is "video game obsessed," and he's getting "5x more offers for video game adaptations than comic book adaptations"

Game on

Reason

Brickbat: Not Playing

After a deadly school shooting in Tacloban, Philippines, the government has temporarily banned the video game Gorebox because one of the… The post Brickbat: Not Playing appeared first on Reason.com.

Dot Esports

Why are gaming collaborations so popular?

Gaming collaborations have been popping off. Here's why and how they work.

GamesRadar

Game preservation expert says stop killing games if you don't want piracy, because companies like PlayStation and Rockstar "refuse to offer a meaningful alternative"

GTA 6 is only the tip of the iceberg

Windows Central

"Piracy is the only extant form of media preservation": Sony killing discs just proved video game historians correct, and I worry about what's next

Sony's announcement of an end to physical discs for PlayStation has caused quite an uproar, and the frustration from video game historians is palpable. We're now entering a time when piracy is the only way to actually keep games around, despite a lot of work from major institutions, and that's…

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