Jackbox Games gets into publishing with a truly absurd game: 'We applaud the baby-slapping'

It will be the first indie game published by Jackbox as the company looks to share its good fortune. At this year’s Game ...

Austin Reaves come up with perfect execution to miss free throw in Lakers’ OT win over Nuggets

Trailing 118-116 with 5.2 seconds remaining in regulation, the Los Angeles Lakers knew Austin Reaves would intentionally miss his second free throw attempt against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night ...

Bespoke women's football stadiums? Why US sides are making the move

BBC Sport visits Kansas City Current and Denver Summit to learn why these US franchises are the first to build venues specifically for women's football.

Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 30 Q&A with expert Heisenberg - send us your questions

Get all your Fantasy Premier League gameweek 30 tips and team news before Saturday's deadline and send your questions to FPL expert Heisenberg ...

Trent McDuffie, the NFL’s highest-paid corner, aims to make a difference in Rams’ Super Bowl push

The Los Angeles Rams are counting on newly acquired cornerback Trent McDuffie to help them return to the Super Bowl after ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

From Patients to Players: How Video Games Transform Hospital Stays at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Video games are often seen as a pastime for kids, but at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, video games do much more than help kids pass time. Within the Children’s Center Child Life Department, there ...
Engadget

The creators of Mixtape want to make a great hangout video game

For most adventure games, the long-term goal can often focus on solving a grand mystery or chasing a lost artifact of the past. But for the upcoming Mixtape, from publisher Annapurna Interactive, it ...
TechSpot

Sony has an idea to make 300GB game installs less painful

Editor's take: New gaming releases often come with massive download requirements, and the trend shows no sign of slowing down. Sony is now proposing a novel approach to address the issue, though I've ...
Wired

The Avatar Game Is So Good, They Don’t Need to Make the Movies Anymore

The Avatar video game is better than the movies. I say this as someone who has dumbly adored James Cameron’s Avatar movies for a long time. The original 2009 film was my first ever midnight premiere, ...
PC Gamer

Sable creative director's new studio aims to make games sustainably rather than 'trying to make loads of money off one big hit project'

Puzzle Devs behind GoldenEye, Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters are done with big shooters after getting burned by Embracer, so their next game is a Balatro-like twist on Scrabble—and you can try the ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Trailblazing ‘Halo’ video game producer advises students to ‘make stuff’

Editor’s note: This story is part of Meet a UChicagoan, a regular series focusing on the people who make UChicago a distinct intellectual community. From the moment Alex Seropian’s father brought home ...
Polygon

The race to make Bird Game 3 a reality is already underway

Despite being an AI-generated game idea that doesn't exist, Bird Game 3 continues to tear up TikTok with millions of likes and views. In this fictional open-world game, you "play" as a bird of your ...