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France’s biggest game industry union puts together a ‘Grève Bundle’ to support striking workers

France’s biggest game industry union puts together a ‘Grève Bundle’ to…

Workers in France’s videogame industry took part in a nationwide one-day strike yesterday, and to help cover their lost wages the Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo…
‘A hellish nightmare’: Remembering the most famous Civilization game ever played, Civ 2’s ‘Eternal War’

‘A hellish nightmare’: Remembering the most famous Civilization game ever played,…

When the Modern Age ends in Civilization 7, the game’s over, but it hasn’t always been that way. In previous games, you could keep playing long after a winner…
Humanity’s Valentine’s Day playlist adds heart to a sterile world

Humanity’s Valentine’s Day playlist adds heart to a sterile world

What’s more romantic than faceless hordes marching through sterile environments? Not much, it turns out. Today, the team behind 2023 puzzle game Humanity released a Valentine’s Day-themed playlist containing…
Dev recalls working with David Bowie on Omikron, and the artist’s madcap scheme to buy up a load of old satellites and ‘relaunch Ziggy Stardust from space’

Dev recalls working with David Bowie on Omikron, and the artist’s…

Music publication Mojo has a new retrospective on Omikron: The Nomad Soul, the 1999 game that marked Davd Cage’s directorial debut but is most notable for the involvement of…
Fishing minigames are the worst and I’m not afraid to say it

Fishing minigames are the worst and I’m not afraid to say…

Finishing minigames are the worst minigames and I’ve waited too long to say it. Maybe I’ve regressed into an iPad child in my middle age but I can’t stomach…
Capcom is again using the likeness of a long-dead actor in Onimusha: Way of the Sword

Capcom is again using the likeness of a long-dead actor in…

Toshiro Mifune died of multiple organ failure in 1997 at the age of 77, but the impenetrable barrier of death hasn’t stopped Capcom from digitally skinning the legendary actor’s…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is calling on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is calling on the Teenage…

With Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 now awash with creepy dolls and luridly magenta jumpsuits courtesy of its recent Squid Game collaboration, Activision’s FPS is ready for another…
Dark and Darker developer did not commit copyright infringement, court rules, but has to pay Nexon nearly $6 million anyway

Dark and Darker developer did not commit copyright infringement, court rules,…

A South Korean court has ruled that Dark and Darker developer Ironmace did not commit copyright infringement against Nexon, according to a Korea Times report. But Ironmace is going…
We can now pinpoint the exact year videogames turned from God’s light thanks to the discovery of a ‘nude code’ for Smurfette in 1984

We can now pinpoint the exact year videogames turned from God’s…

I was a videogame-obsessed teenager in the 1990s and it seemed like every single gaming magazine (and several of my friends) had one holy grail: The Tomb Raider nude…
Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 508: Come Back Stronger

Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 508: Come Back Stronger

Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! Tim and Kristen discuss all the big news for this week’s State of Play, including…