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Nintendo Fans Shocked At Donkey Kong's Appearance in New Mario Kart Promo: 'What the Hell Happened'

Fans are shocked by Donkey Kong's dramatic redesign in the upcoming Mario Kart game, with many criticizing the new look inspired by The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

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Elon Musk Accused of Hiring Video Gamers to Play for Him So He Can Pretend to Be Good: 'Extremely F--king Lame'

Elon Musk is facing backlash after gamers and streamers accuse him of account-sharing to fake gaming prowess in "Path of Exile 2."

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Beloved Influencer Grandma to Stop Making Gaming Videos So She Can Focus on Quilting, Staying 'Comfy in Bed'

"Skyrim Grandma" recently announced to 1.3 million YouTube subscribers that she's officially signing off.

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Florida child prodigy sued over video game he designed at age 11

A 14-year-old boy from Central Florida is facing a lawsuit for creating an intentionally "addictive" game. He's being sued alongside tech giants Meta, Microsoft, and Roblox.

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'Call Of Duty' Leads Packed Xbox Video Game Lineup

Hundreds of thousands of fans who tuned into the streamed event got a look at titles, including an eagerly-awaited "Call of Duty: Black Ops 6" set for release on October 25.

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Gamers Party Like It's 1997 As Final Fantasy VII 'Reborn'

Gamers are anxiously awaiting the release on Thursday of "Final Fantasy VII Rebirth", a title based on a 1997 classic that is blurring the boundaries between remakes and reboots.

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'Pokemon With Guns' Proves A Blast

The makers of a video game dismissed as "Pokemon with Guns" when it was announced said Monday the game has proved a hit, with "Palworld" selling more than five million copies in just three days.

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US Teen Becomes First Human To Beat Tetris

Willis Gibson, 13, a competitive gamer known as "blue scuti," became the first human to reach the "kill screen" of the Nintendo version of the puzzle game, as fellow players followed his progress online.

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GTA 6 Unveils Its First Female Protagonist: a Latina Named Lucía

Rockstar Games released the trailer for "Grand Theft Auto 6" (GTA 6) with its first female main character. The game is set in its version of Miami

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New Game, Old Mistake: Spider-Man 2 Videogame Mixes Puerto Rican and Cuban Flags

Insomniac Games apologized for mix-up, which featured a Cuban flag instead of a Puerto Rican one in Miles Morales's apartment

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Spider-Man 2: Puerto Rican Miles Morales Swings into PS5 With Latino Representation

The second Spider-Man game featuring Afro-Latino Spider-Man will be released on Friday

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Fortnite Maker Epic Games Tightens Belt With Layoffs

Epic Games, maker of the highly popular Fortnite video game, said it is cutting its workforce to save money but will continue spending on its legal battle over Apple and Google app stores.

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How A 20-cent Fee Upended The Gaming World

Unity, a US company whose software is used to create and run thousands of games including "Pokemon GO" and "Genshin Impact", announced new fees for developers in September. The firm was going to charge 20 cents every time a Unity-backed game was installed on any device, a move that analysts warned could collapse studios.

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Nintendo Fans Shocked At Donkey Kong's Appearance in New Mario Kart Promo: 'What the Hell Happened'

Elon Musk Accused of Hiring Video Gamers to Play for Him So He Can Pretend to Be Good: 'Extremely F--king Lame'

Beloved Influencer Grandma to Stop Making Gaming Videos So She Can Focus on Quilting, Staying 'Comfy in Bed'

Florida child prodigy sued over video game he designed at age 11

'Call Of Duty' Leads Packed Xbox Video Game Lineup

Gamers Party Like It's 1997 As Final Fantasy VII 'Reborn'

'Pokemon With Guns' Proves A Blast

US Teen Becomes First Human To Beat Tetris

GTA 6 Unveils Its First Female Protagonist: a Latina Named Lucía

New Game, Old Mistake: Spider-Man 2 Videogame Mixes Puerto Rican and Cuban Flags

Spider-Man 2: Puerto Rican Miles Morales Swings into PS5 With Latino Representation

Fortnite Maker Epic Games Tightens Belt With Layoffs

How A 20-cent Fee Upended The Gaming World

Hit Soccer Video Game Adds Mixed-gender Teams, Sheds FIFA Name

Playing with History in Ecumene Aztec Video Game

Epic Games Kicking Off 2023 With Three Popular ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Games