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News Articles: video games

Willis Gibson at the 2023 Classic Tetris World Championship

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  • Series: Join The Game

A 13-year-old in Oklahoma may have just become the 1st person to ever beat Tetris

Before last month, no human had ever been known to beat the original Nintendo version of Tetris. Artificial intelligence had done so, but then came Willis Gibson, who only needed 39 minutes.

January 03, 2024
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By:
  • Diba Mohtasham
Among the trove of games was an original version of the cult hit Chrono Trigger.

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  • Series: Join The Game

A forgotten trove of rare video games could now be worth six figures

When a video game store closed in 1998, hundreds of sealed Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis cartridges were stored and forgotten. Now, a collection of the top-graded items has been appraised.

November 29, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
The scale of Starfield is enormous, as are the possibilities for players.

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  • Series: Join The Game

Inside the making of Starfield — one of the biggest stories ever told

Starfield's story shoots for the stars. How much players like it will have big consequences here on Earth.

September 05, 2023
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By:
  • Vincent Acovino,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more

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  • Health

Worried about your kids' video gaming? Explore their online worlds yourself

Games probably won't rot your kid's brain. But kids do need guidance in using them wisely. Here's how to help them, starting with spending some of your own time in the games your kids can't put down.

May 31, 2023
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
The Activision Blizzard Booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on June 13, 2013. British regulators have blocked Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy the video game maker over worries that it would stifle competition in the cloud gaming market.

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  • Business

The U.K. blocks Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy game giant Activision Blizzard

British regulators blocked Microsoft's purchase, thwarting the biggest tech deal in history over worries that it would stifle competition in the fast-growing cloud gaming market.

April 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The new Sony PlayStation 5 gaming console is seen for sale on the first day of its launch, at an electronics shop in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture on November 12, 2020.

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  • Technology

Sony says its PlayStation 5 shortage is finally over, but it's still hard to buy

Over two years after the PlayStation 5 was released, Sony announced the shortage is finally over. Consumers should "have a much easier time" finding a console, an exec said.

January 05, 2023
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By:
  • Roshan Fernandez
A person plays a video game

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  • Economy

Audit finds state’s video game tax credit a worthwhile investment

Georgia’s tax credit for video game developers is paying off for the state’s economy, according to an audit released this week.

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
The Google Doodle on Dec. 1 honors Jerry Lawson on what would have been his 82nd birthday. The engineer and entrepreneur created the technology that paved the way for modern gaming.

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  • Technology

Today's interactive Google Doodle honors Jerry Lawson, a pioneer of modern gaming

Jerry Lawson would have turned 82 on Dec. 1. Google is celebrating the late engineer with a Doodle on its homepage, made up of several interactive games that users can customize themselves.

December 01, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Mario is perhaps the most famous character of the Nintendo world.

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  • Games & Humor

A super fan collected every Super Nintendo game manual and made them free

Kerry Hays has crowdsourced the manuals for upwards of 850 unique Super Nintendo games and made them free on an online archive.

July 14, 2022
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By:
  • Megan Lim
Aloy surveys a vista from 'Horizon Forbidden West.'

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  • Games & Humor

Review: 'Horizon Forbidden West' brings a personal saga to a primal post-apocalypse

A personal journey underpins a new video game about a post-apocalyptic American West reclaimed by nature and stalked by bestial robots.

February 17, 2022
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By:
  • Swapna Krishna
In an effort to curb video game addiction among children, Chinese authorities are tightening the reins on just how much that online gaming companies are allowed to offer young users.

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  • Technology

In China, Kids Are Limited To Playing Video Games For Only 3 Hours Per Week

Online gaming companies are barred from offering their services to minors except for an hour on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. New rules also require players to sign on using their real names.

August 30, 2021
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.

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  • History

Fortnite Is Letting You Relive MLK's 'I Have A Dream' Speech

The video game's new feature takes players back in time to experience Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 speech. But some people worry it sends the wrong message about the civil rights leader.

August 27, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Employees walk across Blizzard Way during a walkout at Activision Blizzard offices in Irvine, Calif., on Wednesday.

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  • Business

Activision Blizzard Workers Are Walking Out After The Studio's Sexual Harassment Suit

A group of employees urged the video game company to work with them on four demands, including an end to mandatory arbitration clauses in employee contracts and the release of salary and other data.

July 28, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A lawsuit filed by the state of California on Wednesday alleges sexual harassment, gender discrimination and violations of the state's equal pay law at the video game giant Activision Blizzard.

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  • Business

California Sues Gaming Giant Activision Blizzard Over Unequal Pay, Sexual Harassment

The studio behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft is facing a civil lawsuit over allegations of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and equal pay violations. The company disputes the claims.

July 22, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
U.S. Marines take cover as they push into the center of Fallujah, Iraq, in November 2004. The battle for the city produced the heaviest urban fighting of the Iraq war.

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  • National Security

Is It OK To Commemorate One Of Iraq's Bloodiest Battles In A Video Game?

Six Days In Fallujah is based on the fight between U.S. troops and Iraqi opposition forces in 2004. The project was shelved for a decade, but the creator says it offers a serious look at the battle.

June 25, 2021
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  • Quil Lawrence
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