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The maker of the popular Fortnite video game will pay $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints revolving around children’s privacy and its payment methods that tricked players into making unintended purchases

Epic Games, the creator of the popular video game Fortnite, has agreed to pay $520 million to the Federal Trade Commission over complaints that the company violated children’s privacy law and forced unintended purchases through trickery.

'Crisis Core Reunion' functions as a prequel to the entire 'Final Fantasy 7' story, but the real star of the show is the budding romance at the narrative's core.

Buried in a dusty landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico, are more than 700,000 discarded Atari game cartridges, including E.T., the 1982 Atari game based on the blockbuster film. This bleak trove of artifacts symbolizes the video game crash of 1983, when consumer demand plummeted and companies like Atari literally dumped…

Antitrust regulators don't seem to understand how the video game industry works.

It’s been a bumpy year for video games, in part thanks to the ongoing repercussions of the pandemic

Video gaming stock Electronic Arts (EA) recently signed a lucrative deal with Marvel Entertainment. Moreover, amid solid demand for video games in the U.S., EA is expected to thrive. Wall Street analysts expect the stock to grow more than 17% in the near term. Therefore, EA could be an ideal…

In this week’s newsletter: Other than God of War star Christopher Judge’s heartfelt acceptance speech, the Game Awards felt symptomatic of something wrong with the industry

Workers at Microsoft owned developer ZeniMax, known for games like Fallout and Elder Srolls, speak on the importance of unionization industry-wide.

Carol Shaw's 'River Raid' became a million-seller and paved the way for female game devs everywhere

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from rapper Ab-Soul, the irreverent shoot-’em-up video game “High on Life” and rising comedian Atsuko Okatsuka debuts her first HBO comedy special called “The Intruder.”