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A Minecraft Movie is coming exclusively to HBO Max on June 20

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-03 14:58:59

Don’t throw all your popcorn at the screen, but A Minecraft Movie begins streaming exclusively on HBO Max (which used to be Max, which used to be HBO Max) on June 20. The big studio adaptation of the best-selling video game of all time was something of a surprise hit for those unfamiliar with the game’s mammoth audience. Movie adaptations of video games can be really hit or miss. The Super Mario Bros. Movie set the box office record for the highest-grossing video game movie of all time and was

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The 10 Best Steam Next Fest Games You Need to Wishlist

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-03 15:31:09

It's nearly time for the Steam summer sale, which is one of the biggest retail events for patient PC gamers. It's also the perfect time to find new and innovative indie games to add to your wishlist: Before each big Steam sale, Valve runs a Next Fest event to let developers show off their projects, get feedback and build hype before their big release. Summer 2025's Next Fest has been chock full of Hades-likes, co-op hack-and-slash adventures and other reliably entertaining games but some of th

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Play FBC: Firebreak, Deus Ex and More on PlayStation Plus Soon

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-03 15:36:20

Remedy Entertainment released the mind-bending action game Control in 2019. And on June 17, PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can return to the Federal Bureau of Control in the wacky, first-person co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three PlayStation Plus tiers -- Essential ($10 a month), Extra ($15 a month) and Premium ($18 a month) -- and each giv

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Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors will step down as CEO; deputy Phil Rogers will take his place

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-10-02 01:55:00

Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors is stepping down as CEO while his deputy CEO Phil Rogers will take over the top job in August. Wingefors spun his Swedish game holding company out of Nordic Games Group in 2016, and he renamed it Embracer Group in 2019. Wingefors was a controversial leader in the game industry, as he built up Embracer Group to more than 100 game studios, only to fall victim in the post-pandemic slowdown. As growth slowed, Wingefors had to lay off a lot of people, sell off studios or

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Wizards of the Coast and Giant Skull: ‘Gamers are telling us what they have always told us’ | The DeanBeat

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-10-03 19:00:00

Ten days, ago, Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast announced an exclusive publishing agreement with Giant Skull, the game studio started by Star Wars Jedi: Survivor game leader Stig Asmussen. They announced that Asmussen’s studio is working on a new single-player action adventure title set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. I had a chance to talk with the company leaders about the deal. At the Summer Game Fest Play Days, I sat down with John Hight, President of Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gami

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Luxe Game Engine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 17:12:11

luxe A lovingly crafted cross platform game engine About luxe is a cross platform, rapid development game engine to make games for Mac, Linux, Windows, and Web, with console support in development. luxe is an easy to learn game engine for making 2D or 3D games. As an engine it prioritizes design and workflow for rapidly expressing ideas. Designed as a 2D first engine, luxe aims to provide a strong 2D toolset ready to make games. This applies whether it's a one hour or one+ year project.

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I Saw This Cartoon Gumshoe Shooter in Action. It's a Video Game Miracle

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-03 19:00:00

Mouse: P.I. for Hire is the kind of fun video game miracle of making wild ideas into reality. What started as a throwaway "what if" post on social media about a first-person shooter styled like a classic Betty Boop-era cartoon has turned into a full video game I saw being played in front of me at Summer Game Fest -- and the gumshoe gunplay game is due out later this year. In Australian publisher PlaySide's private booth tucked into a corner of the Summer Game Fest grounds in Los Angeles, I sat

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Games Workshop Just Can’t Stop ‘Horus Heresy’ Scalpers

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-10-04 03:30:38

It’s become an unfortunate par for the course in modern collecting that if you want something, you’re no longer just racing against fellow fans who want it: you’re facing off against a bot army driven by scalpers who want to make a pretty profit on the aftermarket. From trading cards to action figures, from sneakers to event tickets, bots are everywhere… including the grim dark future of Warhammer. This week Games Workshop announced plans to launch pre-orders for a bonus “final” entry in its lo

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If You Own an Xbox Series X/S, You Can Buy an Official 2TB Expansion Card for 40% Off on Amazon

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-10-04 07:25:12

If you own an Xbox Series X or S, you’re already aware of how quickly your storage fills up with new games. Expansions are inevitable and the Seagate Expansion Card SSD is designed specifically for these Microsoft consoles which makes it perfect for gamers who want to maintain their library within reach without sacrificing performance. Amazon currently has this must-have accessory on sale for a low of $219, down from a list price of $360. That’s a 39% discount (just barely within Black Friday t

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The latest state of the game jobs market | Amir Satvat

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-10-04 11:30:00

Amir Satvat provides a lot of job resources for games. He has built a big community of game people, and they are providing him with a lot of data. And here’s the latest data from Amir Satvat’s Games Community and what it says about games hiring today, across functions, experience levels, and regions. First, Satvat, who was honored for his work at The Game Awards, said in a LinkedIn post that hiring remains concentrated in the middle. This means that most roles, and role growth, is aimed at prof

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I Saw Mouse: P.I. for Hire Gameplay: It's Got Cartoon Gumshoe Gunplay Aplenty

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-04 10:00:09

Mouse: P.I. for Hire is the kind of fun video game miracle of making wild ideas into reality. What started as a throwaway "what if" post on social media about a first-person shooter styled like a classic Betty Boop-era cartoon has turned into a full video game I saw being played in front of me at Summer Game Fest that's due out later this year. In Australian publisher PlaySide's private booth tucked into a corner of the Summer Game Fest grounds in Los Angeles, I sat down with the game's lead pr

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Stellar Blade becomes Sony's most successful PC port in under 24 hours

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-10-04 15:37:00

In brief: Many of the PC ports that Sony published for formerly PlayStation 5-exclusive games struggled to gain traction on Steam, and some suffered from performance issues. Shift Up Corporation's Stellar Blade seems to have easily avoided both pitfalls, becoming an immediate hit with Steam users. Barely a day after Stellar Blade launched on Steam and the Epic Games Store, the hack-and-slash action game has blown past all other late PC ports from PlayStation Publishing LLC, Sony's PC conversion

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15 Best Mobile Games for iOS and Android

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-10-04 23:00:00

Don’t doomscroll through more depressing news—use that phone to lift your mood instead. The best mobile games will bring a little joy to your day, whether you’re killing time on the commute or chilling on the couch. These games are all addictive slices of gaming pleasure we have been gorging on for years. As smartphone screens and processing power have grown, the lines between mobile gaming and just gaming have blurred, and you can find tons of great mobile games that have been ported or adapte

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, June 13

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-04 21:35:00

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. So, there's kind of a dad joke in today's NYT Mini Crossword. 4-Across is "dessert wine," and 6-Across is "desert whine." You can almost hear the rimshot from here. Thankfully, today's puzzle is no joke; it's pretty simple. But you could still get stumped. Need some help

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Konami's Original Silent Hill Getting Official Remake Treatment by Blooper Team

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-05 06:46:00

An official remake of the original 1999 Silent Hill video game is currently being developed by the same team behind the successful Silent Hill 2 remake last year. The title was announced as being in development at the very end of Thursday's Press Start game showcase, which showed off several upcoming games from Konami, including Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and more. Though the original Silent Hill has seen adaptations in the form of 2009's Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and the 2006 fi

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NBA Finals 2025: When Is Game 4 and How to Watch Without Cable

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-05 06:47:39

It's a quick turnaround for game 4 of the NBA Finals. Instead of the regular cadence of two days between games, there's only one off-night before the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder are back on the court for game 4. After splitting the first two games in Oklahoma City, the Pacers defeated the Thunder last night in front of a raucous home crowd in game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead. Game 4 is set for Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on ABC. Here's everything you need to know to watch or

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Angry Birds Is Coming to Apple Arcade in July

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-05 11:00:13

Angry Birds took mobile gaming by storm in 2009 with its simple controls and entertaining gameplay, and it helped spawn a media franchise. Now, more than a decade after the first game's launch, the series is bringing a new twist to Apple Arcade on July 3 with Angry Birds Bounce. Apple Arcade is filled with familiar and classic games, alongside exclusive titles, that you can play for $7 per month (£7, AU$10). You can find many of these games in the App Store, but they may have paywalls and ads t

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Mixtape turned me back into a Millennial teenage dirtbag

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-05 15:03:37

Mixtape is the answer to the question, “What if the movie High Fidelity was a video game?” It’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s pretty damn close, and either way it’s a sign that Mixtape is going to be a fabulous slice of late-1990s, early-2000s nostalgia, complete with a banging soundtrack. You can hear it in the trailers — Mixtape absolutely nails the classic Moviefone tone, and it seems that this vibe extends to the full game. I played roughly 30 minutes of Mixtape at Summer Game Fest 2025,

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I'm Excited to Play Remedy's FBC: Firebreak and Other Games on Xbox Game Pass

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-05 18:57:10

In 2019, Remedy Entertainment released the mind-bending, Kafkaesque game Control. At the time, I loved the idea of a bureaucratic office turned into a violent battlefield filled with office supplies -- like a floppy disk -- that can give you special abilities. So I'm excited to return to that world in FBC: Firebreak when it arrives on Xbox Game Pass on June 17. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a CNET Editors' Choice award pick, offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S,

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Nintendo’s GameCube controller for the Switch 2 is once again available for purchase

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-10-06 03:31:40

writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge. If you’ve been waiting for a chance to get your hands on Nintendo’s GameCube Controller for the Switch 2, now’s your moment. It’s back in stock for $64.99 from the My Nintendo Store website. As before, it’s only available to Nintendo Switch Online members, and it’s made to play GameCube titles available through the Switch Online Expansion Pack, like The Legend

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Playnite allows you to unify game libraries from multiple platforms and emulators

techspot.com Unknown 2025-10-06 07:50:00

Playnite is an open-source video game library manager and launcher with support for third-party libraries like Steam, Epic, GOG, EA App, Battle.net and others. Playnite includes game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games. Can Playnite import and sync with Steam, Epic, and other launchers? Yes, Playnite can automatically import games from Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG Galaxy, Origin, Battle.net, Xbox PC app, and more. It uses official or community plugins to sync your

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Nintendo Switch 2 Blows Past Records to Sell 3.5 Million Consoles in Just 4 Days

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 06:46:00

We knew it was highly anticipated, but Nintendo on Wednesday confirmed that its new Switch 2 handheld game console has sold more than 3.5 million units worldwide within the first four days of release. This makes it the fastest-selling Nintendo device ever, flying past other releases like the original Switch, which by comparison sold 2.74 million units in its first month. The Nintendo Switch 2 launched at a price of $450 for the standard America version of the console, which has yet to be affect

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Microsoft just teased its next-gen Xbox console, and nobody noticed

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-06 07:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. I feel like a broken record, but I’ve been writing for more than a year that the next Xbox console will be more PC-like. Now, I think Microsoft just teased its next-gen Xbox plans while announcing its partnership with Asus to bring two Xbox Ally handhelds to the market later this year. The Xbox Ally handhelds run Windows, but the Xbox team has worked with Windows engineers to

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Out of Words is an emotional co-op adventure illustrated with beautiful stop-motion animation

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-10-06 11:00:00

The two main characters of Out of Words are young teens who are falling in love in a coming of age story. But then disaster strikes as they lose their mouths. They try to talk, but can’t anymore. Their mouths are sewn shut. And so begins Out of Words, a co-op platformer adventure. Of all the games that I saw at the Summer Game Fest, this one was the best. The goal of the game is to find the lost voices of the puppet-animated characters. But unfortunately, we’ll have to wait for a while. It’s c

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Lil Snack makes a snackable Scattergories game in partnership with Hasbro

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-10-06 11:30:00

When we last talked with Lil Snack, they were a two-person company making little games that were like snacks. For fun, we posted their games on the GamesBeat.com web site, and it was cool to tell people that we had games on our site at the 2024 GamesBeat Summit. It was just a couple of guys using AI to make games. Flash forward to today, and now they’ve got a partnership with Hasbro to make a game based on the Scattergories board game. Lil Snack has ten new games operated daily for as many as

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The best Father's Day gifts you can still shop last minute

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-06 11:36:25

Look, if your dad is anything like me, then they’re probably not a massive gamer, or might just play the odd title. I’m told that there’s a whole genre of Dad Games out there that apparently appeal to the fathers in our lives, which are all about following some sort of process. It’s likely then that they won’t have paid much attention to The Legend of Zelda series, which feels as un-Dad a game as you could imagine. Which is why I’m here to say that, until the start of this year, I felt the same,

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Four great games from Steam’s June Next Fest

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-10-06 11:30:00

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Steam’s June 2025 edition of its Next Fest is going on now through June 16th, and the event is packed with great-looking demos for games coming to PC. Seriously, it seems like there are a lot of demos; a search filter on my Next Fest homepage shows more than 2,500 English demos to pick from. If you open up the Next Fest page and are overwhelmed, I get it – admittedly, I am, t

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Dragon Age: Veilguard development struggled after EA forced, then reversed live-service shift

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-10-06 15:41:00

In brief: Dragon Age: The Veilguard's legacy will likely be as the game that ended the once-beloved franchise. While it wasn't a disaster, Veilguard attracted around half the number of players EA expected, leading to mass layoffs and the company's share price falling. Now, a report has shed some light on what happened: Veilguard became a money-making live-service game during development before pivoting back to a single-player title. According to a report by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, Veilguard

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Samsung Ads expands its GameBreaks with 4 new titles

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-10-06 14:00:00

Samsung Ads, the advanced advertising arm of Samsung Electronics, today announced a major expansion of its award-winning GameBreaks portfolio, adding four new interactive titles. Ripplash, the next new GameBreak, is now available for advertisers and builds on the momentum of The Six, the franchise’s inaugural game, which will expand to audiences in the United Kingdom for the first time later this year. Built natively for Samsung Smart TVs, GameBreaks is altering the utility of ad time by trans

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How brands can pursue the $11B in-game ad opportunity | Orange 142

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-10-06 14:00:00

In-game advertising is an $11 billion market, and Orange 142 has released a guide to help marketers unlock the opportunity. Orange 142 released a new best practices guide focused on in-game advertising. The guide is designed to help marketers unlock the full potential of gaming as a marketing channel, connecting with audiences in immersive environments without disrupting the player experience. Gaming platforms are one of the most engaged digital channels globally, with more than 3.2 billion pe

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A Minecraft Movie is coming exclusively to HBO Max on June 20

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I Saw This Cartoon Gumshoe Shooter in Action. It's a Video Game Miracle

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Stellar Blade becomes Sony's most successful PC port in under 24 hours

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Mixtape turned me back into a Millennial teenage dirtbag

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Out of Words is an emotional co-op adventure illustrated with beautiful stop-motion animation

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Dragon Age: Veilguard development struggled after EA forced, then reversed live-service shift

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