Gaming

Greek Tragedy – Ryan Hurst Suffers Role-Ending Injury on “God of War” Set

Alan Patricks — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:40:03 +0000

In a move that seems unprecedented, Ryan Hurst will lose his role as Kratos in Amazon’s God of War television series. Hurst tore his bicep on set in late June while performing his own stunts. Production was immediately put on hold to determine a plan moving forward. The nature of Hurst’s injury was a key [...]

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Making Sense of Microsoft’s Mass Layoffs at Xbox

Heath Andrews — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:51:42 +0000

Over the last couple of weeks, rumors have been flying about what’s happening over at Xbox. Microsoft’s console division has been hurting something fierce. When news broke that the company was increasing Xbox prices again, it wasn’t a good sign. But the writing was on the wall even before that. The Xbox brand has been [...]

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PlayStation to End All Physical Discs and PS3/Vita Store

Heath Andrews — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:16:10 +0000

It looks like Grand Theft Auto VI was just the start of the avalanche of physical media news. Last week we reported that Rockstar Games would not be launching GTA VI with physical discs. We said the move was anti-consumer and takes ownership out of customer hands. Well, if we thought that was bad, we [...]

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Opinion: New Xbox Price Increase Will End the Brand

Heath Andrews — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:19:58 +0000

In a truly bold business decision to sabotage itself, Microsoft is once again raising prices on its Xbox Series consoles. This isn’t a recycled story. They already raised the prices once in October of 2025. They’re doing it again, starting this August 1st. We’re not talking about a small jump in price either. We’re talking [...]

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GTA VI’s Lack of Physical Discs is a Slap in the Face to Consumers

Heath Andrews — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:54:45 +0000

The evolution of technology has brought us major advancements in how we store and consume media. The last 10 years or so have seen digital purchasing of goods increasing end over end. There are inherent risks to this, though, specifically with accessibility, availability, and individual ownership. People are starting to realize this as a push [...]

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Your Pokémon Go Scans May Have Helped Build Military Navigation for War Zones

Breana Ceballos — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:04:21 +0000

New reports have revealed that location scans collected through Pokémon Go helped train artificial intelligence models capable of understanding and interpreting real-world environments. Those same AI capabilities are now connected to technology being developed. What’s unnerving for users whose data was collected is that they are using that data for drone navigation in military settings. [...]

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How Hero Rankings Shape Competitive Mobile Gaming

Waseem Khan — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:16:53 +0000

Open any Mobile Legends or Wild Rift Discord server during patch week and you’ll see the same chaos. Someone posts a tier list screenshot, three people argue about whether a support hero got nerfed too hard, and somewhere in the thread a pro player’s clip gets dropped as “proof” that the meta has shifted. This [...]

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Backyard Baseball is Back! Playground Productions Drops New Trailer and Release Date

Breana Ceballos — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:21:17 +0000

One of my favorite games growing up was Humongous Entertainment’s Backyard Baseball. I would play that game for hours. It was basically the indoor kids version of going outside. That was me, hogging the computer much to my brother’s dismay. The fun thing about it though was that he could put in his bid for [...]

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Video Games Are Now a Weekly Habit for Most Americans

Alizee Ali Khan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:54:54 +0000

Nearly 70% of Americans play video games for at least one hour each week. That’s the headline number from the Entertainment Software Association’s 2026 Essential Facts About the U.S. Video Game Industry report, published Wednesday. The Essential Facts report estimates the overall number of U.S. players at 212.3 million between the ages of 5 and [...]

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A Quick Recap of Sony’s June 2nd, State of Play

Heath Andrews — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:28:41 +0000

Sony’s State of Play ran for about an hour and fifteen minutes on June 2nd, 2026. We’re going to condense all that into a rundown that tells you everything that was presented and our brief thoughts on the featured games. No more introduction needed, let’s get to it. Wolverine There was quite a bit of [...]

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