Global games content sales grew by 5% in 2025, hitting an all-time high. Yet, private funding fell by another 55%, far from pandemic highs. Chinese game makers have grown their share of overseas ...

Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The ...

A “John Wick” video game is in the works from Saber Interactive and Lionsgate with star Keanu Reeves reprising his role for the single-player third-person action title. Described as a AAA video game ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Haley Perry Haley Perry is a staff writer focused on video games and booze.

Google’s Project Genie generates interactive virtual worlds from prompts that look almost like games, if you squint a little. Google’s Project Genie generates interactive virtual worlds from prompts ...

Yesterday, Google revealed its Project Genie AI-generation tool, allowing people to make “interactive environments” in seconds using just prompts. Today, in response to this, a bunch of investors seem ...

Rachel Shatto, Editor-in-chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and ...

When we put together our top 20 games of last year, we specifically called out Civilization 7, Avowed, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Grand Theft Auto 6 as big franchise games we were already looking ...

Connecting the dots: Far from being a mindless escape, video games help the brain process information more efficiently and adapt more readily to complex tasks, according to a growing body of research.

If there’s a single trend that’s dominated all of media in the last decade, it’s trying to harness nostalgia. Disney has endlessly pursued the idea with live-action remakes and trying to recapture ...

The Avatar video game is better than the movies. I say this as someone who has dumbly adored James Cameron’s Avatar movies for a long time. The original 2009 film was my first ever midnight premiere, ...

Gaming science reveals how video games boost cognitive skills like memory and attention, with NIH studies showing gamers perform like people years younger. Pixabay, Vika_Glitter Video games have long ...