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From cinematic juggernauts ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ to ‘Succession’, Blur and a funky video game
Certain games can teach us many valuable life skills
Gargantuan role-playing games and an addictive fish-based simulator were standouts this year
A recent cohort has come out of the shadows of geekdom to combine imaginative themes and beautiful design
Immersive, earnest and goofy, the adventure finds common ground with James Cameron’s blockbusters
There’s a lot riding on the release but early signs look good, with stunning visuals, street racing and angry Karens
By moving with the rhythm, your character smoothly glides over beautifully painted landscapes
Games were at the cutting edge of computing long before machine learning
You play an office worker breaking out of the 9-to-5 grind in this richly enjoyable retro-futurist caper
Video games give players the raw materials to tell their own stories — a vital ingredient that cannot be translated into film
Plan to release one film a year is a low-risk move that will act as a marketing push for the group’s core business
The tech company has already agreed to let developers use alternative ways to pay and further concessions are likely
Maker of ‘Fortnite’ is suing the search giant, which is also defending itself against a DoJ antitrust case
The music in this genre-straddling project develops according to players’ choices
It offers players a satisfyingly blank canvas — though design standards are not high
Merlin Entertainments has struck a licensing deal with Immersive Gamebox
Gulf kingdom provides most of the $55mn raised by HyperSpace in latest move in tech and leisure industries
For the new game, the medieval city was created with the help of painstaking research
Robust pre-release sales of ‘EA Sports FC’ marks end of 30-year Fifa franchise
Share price increase reflects expectations of sales boost from mobile offerings
The experimental food game eschews enemies and objectives to offer a feast of surprises
Bethesda’s new title allows you to jump from planet to planet, but there are glitches along the way
An offshore maintenance worker confronts personal trauma and corporate malpractice in this underwater exploration game
Sharp price rise reflects the company’s confidence in user appetite for its premium content
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