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The Shift From Gamification to Genuine Video Game Mechanics in Slots

: Explore how modern pokies are moving past basic gamification and adding real skill-based video game elements to keep a new generation of players engaged.

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There's a "TV apocalypse" in video game preservation as CRTs go extinct, expert says, and that's just the tip of the iceberg as work continues to save retro hardware

CRTs are just one of the essential bits of retro tech that historians and "the community" need to preserve

GamesRadar

'Mortal Kombat 2' Could Be The "Best Video Game Adaptation Ever" — But Not For The Reason You Think

Karl Urban recently told fans the Mortal Kombat sequel might be the "best video game adaptation" yet, which is a tall order that might end up being true.

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White House war promo videos marry action movies, sports and video games to real-life combat footage

Through its social media feed, the White House has sent out a series of pumped-up videos that mix real Iran war explosions with movie action heroes, video game footage and sports heroes

The Independent UK

Voice actor from Halo video game tells Trump team to cut him from White House clips celebrating Iran strikes: ‘Juvenile war porn’

‘I demand that the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn remove my voice immediately,’ Steve Downes, voice of Master Chief, says

The Independent UK

I'm determined to turn my house into a museum with these stunning wildlife identification paintings from Holly Sweet Illustration

Just need some video game bird prints next.

PC Gamer

White House sparks backlash after posting another video mashup of action movies with Iran strikes: ‘It’s not a meme’

‘This is frat house not White House,’ one critic of the video said

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Nvidia's CEO says "we created the modern video game industry," but all its push into AI upscaling has done is destroy good game optimization

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said his company "created" the modern video game industry, but I'd argue all it's done is delete good game optimization.

GamesRadar

Did you spot these fake videos about the Iran war?

The escalation between Iran, Israel and the US has prompted a wave of viral war footage online. But many of the videos gaining millions of views are misleading, wrongly captioned, lifted from video games or entirely AI-generated.

Euronews

Can a video game be both 'AI-generated' and 'handcrafted'?

Fabula Rasa is "co-authored" by players, and it's never the same twice.

Creative Bloq

WWE NXT Champ Joe Hendry (and Steam Deck fan) tells us his favorite game — and the surreal experience of being included in WWE 2K26

Last week, we were lucky enough to catch up with WWE Superstar and NXT Champion Joe Hendry to learn all about what it's like being a headline act of an official WWE 2K video game.

Windows Central

This Time-Bending Video Game Adaptation Has One Crucial Problem

An Amazon Prime adaptation of 'Life is Strange' is on the way, but does the decision-based game actually need one?

Inverse

Creator of beloved video game series slams Amazon’s ‘dumb’ TV adaptation

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The Independent UK

How to Spot Fakes in Iran War Videos: 70M-View Missile Strike Clip Is From a Game

Learn how to identify fake war footage amidst the US-Israel conflict, as disinformation spreads on social media

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'God of War' Creator Calls Prime Video Series First Look 'Terrible' After Kratos Reveal

God of War's creator has strong opinions against Amazon Prime Video's adaptation of the video game after Kratos was revealed.

GamesRadar

"An aggressive copyright troll" spent years abusing DMCAs to turn a bizarre Japanese PC game into lost media, until "they f***ed with" preservation-focused historians with a legal team

"If we care about video games as art and as cultural history, we need to stand up for our legal right to document out-of-print orphan games, and to confront the copyright trolls who stand in the way"

Inverse

5 Years Later, James Bond's Coolest Reboot Is Coming From An Unexpected Source

'007 First Light', the upcoming James Bond video game, looks like it will give Denis Villeneuve's reboot counterpart a run for its money.

Motor1

Xiaomi's Vision Gran Turismo Hypercar Is Its Coolest Creation Yet

Following a long line of automakers before it, China's Xiaomi has designed its own Vision Gran Turismo hypercar. This is the 51st Vision Gran Turismo concept vehicle for the video game franchise—and maybe one of the coolest.

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Creative Bloq

Why this video game artist still draws in a sketchbook with markers

Outside his day job, Ben Greene finds creative refreshment drawing with markers and other more traditional art tools.

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Best AI games… as in games about AI, not slop made by AI

As AI invades everyday life, we’ve gone back and revisited the best video games with memorable AI characters, evil or otherwise.

Tom’s Hardware

390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives

Myrient, which hosts more than 390TB of preserved video games, is set to go offline at the end of March 2026 due to rising storage and memory costs. The founder says they're spending more than $6,000 out of pocket per month to keep the project going.

The Conversation

Why the Legend of Zelda games still resonate with players after 40 years

Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda video game series celebrated its 40th anniversary in February 2026. Millions of players across the world have grown up alongside the 21-title series, from the release of the original game on the Famicom gaming system in 1986, to the most recent game, Echoes of Wisdom, published…

TechRadar

Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves officially announced for 2027 with three new starter Pokémon, and it's probably going to be a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive

The Pokémon Company has announced the next mainline entries in the long-running video game series, Pokémon WindsandPokémon Waves, launching in 2027 for Nintendo Switch 2.

Sports Illustrated

PGA Tour 2K25 Is a Cutting-Edge Video Game That Also Stirs Up Nostalgia

Modern video games continue to advance, writes Jeff Ritter, and the latest for Nintendo Switch includes some fun twists any golf video-game fan will enjoy.

Total Film

Markiplier isn't saying no to adapting more video games after Iron Lung, but doesn't want to be the "games guy"

The movie has become an unexpected box office hit

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