When it’s time to unplug, shut off the TV and reduce screen time, board games always have your back when it comes to scratching that lingering escapist itch and drive to continue playing. Luckily, ...

Abstract: The study of Non-Photorealistic Rendering (NPR) in 3D video game character design has gained attention due to its potential to enhance visual appeal and user engagement. Previous research ...

Most video games use tutorials to gently teach you the basics. But some games take a very different approach. In this video we explore 20 video games that actually insult you for failing the tutorial.

Gaming companies have been accused of designing their games to be addictive, often leading to mental health struggles and other issues. By filing a video game addiction lawsuit, you may be able to ...

Keanu Reeves will take video game form once again in an as-yet-untitled John Wick 3D action game, based on the film franchise. The game's debut trailer during the February 2026 State of Play was ...

Yesterday, Google revealed its Project Genie AI-generation tool, allowing people to make “interactive environments” in seconds using just prompts. Today, in response to this, a bunch of investors seem ...

In addition to Rockstar’s ambitious new crime epic, we can expect Playground Games’ new Fable, Bungie's Marathon, a Halo: Combat Evolved remake, three heavy hitters from Capcom (Resident Evil Requiem, ...

First things first: This is not a comprehensive feature of all the best video games of 2025. Loyal readers of this site will know that we don’t “cover the waterfront” when it comes to games, usually ...

Far from rotting our brains, video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide. By playing video games, “people are practicing complex ...

That’s another year of video games down, and I don’t know about you, but my fingers are sore from all the button-mashing and joystick rotations. Games seem to be getting longer, sprawling between 60 ...

The video game Valorant, a fast-paced team-based shooter, has recently become a testing ground for a promising new direction in artificial intelligence research. The game’s developers at Riot Games (a ...

Schematic of our GameFactory creating new games based on pre-trained large video generation models. GameFactory is a novel framework designed to tackle the challenge of scene generalization in game ...