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The internet is absolutely enamored with Stray, a game where you play as a cat

Stray is the purrfect video game for any cat lover.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Does the cat die in 'Stray?' How the buzzy indie game speaks to a larger trend

Many players opt to avoid animal violence in video games. The latest example of this is 'Stray,' a game in which you play as a cuddly cat.

Inverse

When life gives you lemons, video games can be the escape we need

Dominik Diamond hasn’t had the best month – but scampering around in a virtual world full of robot dinosaurs has at least given him a break

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Sam Kerr revealed as FIFA 23 video game cover athlete, alongside Kylian Mbappé

Sam Kerr is the first woman to grace the cover of the primary version of the world's most popular football video game.

ABC News

Government investigates giving game makers a break to beat brain drain

In the face of tax breaks in Australia incentivising expansion over the Tasman for video game developers, Minister David Clark is looking into ways to keep them growing at home

Newsroom.co.nz

JuJu Smith-Schuster is Chiefs’ highest-rated WR in ‘Madden NFL 23’

#Chiefs WR JuJu Smith-Schuster will be the team's highest-rated receiver in #Madden23 when the video game launches in August.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Super Mario Brothers Karamazov: literature begins to take gaming seriously

From Gabrielle Zevin’s new novel to Stephen Sexton’s poetry, more writers are using gaming in literature and not before time

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Surprise! One of this year's more delightful video games is an interactive escape room

LOS ANGELES — Coin Crew Games was created with a love for play in physical, real-world spaces. Since the beginning, the local firm had a mission: to prove those boxy arcade games never went out of style.

Los Angeles Times

After burning out making video games, she quit and found bliss at the potter's wheel

LOS ANGELES -- Sitting with Ana Cho in the pottery studio behind her Eagle Rock bungalow, it's hard to believe the relaxed ceramist once endured a work grind so stressful, she left a lucrative career as a video game designer.

Los Angeles Times

UK will not ban video games loot boxes despite problem gambling findings

‘Foxes are guarding hen house,’ says expert after ministers seek tougher industry-led protections instead

The Guardian - UK

GameStop NFT Marketplace Takes Two Days To Pass Coinbase NFTs In Sales Volume: Could Launch Be Underestimated By Market Experts?

Leading video game retailer GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME) has highlighted plans for an NFT marketplace as one of its key growth items moving forward. After a slight delay, the marketplace is live and putting up sales volume that is already ahead of a leading cryptocurrency platform.

Benzinga

How one movie tie in video game crashed the entire industry

Atari's E.T the Extra-Terrestrial game is one of the industry's biggest failures. Here's the story of how it happened.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Resident Evil on Netflix episode lengths, age rating and reviews

The blood-soaked Netflix adaptation of the wildly-popular video game Resident Evil has finally been released today - to mixed reviews

Manchester Evening News

Resident Evil review: A muddled, shonky adaptation of the zombie video game that we didn’t need

A ‘Resident Evil’ series is only as good as its ravenous swarm – but these zombies look like a flash mob of A-level drama students

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What The $4.4B Merger Of Unity And IronSource Means For The Video Game Industry, Shareholders

Two companies in the video game sector agreed to a merger that will create the first end-to-end platform for creators to build, run, manage, grow and monetize live games. Here are the key details for investors and gamers.

ABC News

Video game character Huggy Wuggy triggers warning from school to parents

An Adelaide school and senior education experts warn parents about "the latest harmful trend doing the rounds" — a viral video game character called Huggy Wuggy who sings about killing.

The Guardian - UK

Classics and cash-ins: the unsung brilliance of video game compilations

Live Ammo, Solid Gold, Zzap! 64 – game collections were a staple of every gamers’ diet and are as nourishing today as they were when they were released on cassette in the 1980s

The Independent UK

Resident Evil review: A muddled, shonky adaptation of the zombie video game that we didn’t need

A ‘Resident Evil’ series is only as good as its ravenous swarm – but these zombies look like a flash mob of A-level drama students

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Inverse

39 years ago, Yuji Horii created one of the most influential video games ever

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about an influential game you have probably never heard of, a key moment in Final Fantasy IX, and more.

The National (Scotland)

Nearly-man Will Zalatoris eyes Major breakthrough in St Andrews Old Course debut at The Open

Will Zalatoris has never played the Old Course. Well, not in real life anyway. “It was on the Tiger Woods video game and I think I shot a 48 on…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Analyst predicts sharp decline in video game industry spending

NPD analyst Mat Piscatella expects an 8.7 percent drop from 2021.

Los Angeles Times

E3 will make its LA Convention Center comeback in 2023 with an online component too

LOS ANGELES — The Electronic Entertainment Expo, the video game showcase commonly known as E3, will return to its old Los Angeles stomping grounds in 2023.

The Hindu

Nigerian soccer joins video game big league as local stars get avatars

A young coder in Nigera frustrated that they showcased football clubs and footballers from across Europe but not the stars and strips of his native country, made his own soccer video game

The Guardian - UK

Better Call Saul to Resident Evil: the seven best shows to stream this week

The saga of Jimmy McGill draws to a close, while Netflix brings the iconic video game and movie franchise back from the (living) dead

Irish Mirror

Video game industry under scrutiny over 'loot boxes' on games popular with Irish children as Netherlands propose law change

Loot boxes are purchasable in-game products that reward players with random game objects such as character outfits, weapons or players in the case of sports games like ‘FIFA’.

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