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The recently released TopSpin 2K25 is a fantastic tennis title, but the game's currently being blasted for its always online requirement. Yep, this is one of those games where you need a connection to the servers before you can actually play it — even if you just want to grind through career mode or enjoy a local match.

Less than half of developers questioned in a new survey say their company has an in-game credits policy.

For those who are thinking about seriously pursuing streaming as a hobby or career, you’ll need a dependable microphone and headset to boost the quality of your streams. Here’s a bundle that should get you started — the HyperX QuadCast S microphone and the HyperX Cloud Alpha S gaming headset for only $172 from HP, which is $118 cheaper than their regular price of $290. You’re going to have to be quick with your purchase if you’re interested though, as the 40% discount will only be available for a limited time.

A fresh episode of our new video series–Meet the Makers–has dropped. Each month, Meet the Makers gives you an up close look into the career journeys and daily professional lives of the talented people helping to create our games.

Codemasters has released the latest video for F1 24, showcasing 13 minutes of raw gameplay across five of the circuits, giving a broad sample of the game’s racing credentials. F1 24 will launch on 31st May 2024 across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One and PC.

We’re coming to the end of the month, and it feels like April has raced by. It does feel like the steady grey cold is starting to lift, so perhaps it’s a good time to get on with some DIY and projects… alongside a little bit of gaming.

Hollywood is filled with actors looking to make it big. Not all of them do. Most will never reach the heights of success reserved for the few. It’s a special privilege to make it in Hollywood. Sometimes, the road to the top is more challenging for black actors who battled discrimination and a lack of opportunity. In celebration of Hollywood’s many excellent black actors, here is a list of some of the best male actors in the business.

F1 24 is set to introduce some of the biggest changes the racing series has ever seen. Following the reveal of the massive physics update earlier this week, Codemasters has now unveiled the changes coming to Career Mode. For the first time, the developers will allow players to pick one of the current Formula One superstars or even a legendary driver like Ayrton Senna or Michael Schumacher. Here's an overview provided by Codemasters:

As popular as big multiplayer games are, there’s nothing quite like the solo escapism and wish fulfilment of playing single-player, is there? And when it comes to sports games, that wish fulfilment comes in the form of stepping into the shoes of a professional athlete and rising to glory, whether it’s becoming the world number 1 tennis player, leading an underdog football team to win the Premier League, or bringing your favourite F1 team both kinds of championship glory. F1 24 is bringing a bunch of great new options to the career mode, which will add just a few more variable and fun twists in your quest to be the best.

Blizzard is currently seeking job applicants for multiple high-level positions related to the creation of an unspecified, unannounced game. The job postings don't reveal much at all about what Blizzard's next big project might be, but the fact that the company is hiring shows that it has something new in the works for its fans.

Kazuma Kaneko, whose career as a character designer at legendary JRPG studio Atlus has spanned almost four decades, has officially left the company. Kaneko has joined COLOPL, a developer and publisher headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, where he will work on a new IP.

Baby Reindeer, now streaming on Netflix, has become a viral sensation in the week since its largely unheralded release, both in its native U.K. and beyond. It’s easy to understand why; this true story about a struggling comedian and his stalker — written by and starring Richard Gadd and based on his own life — is darkly funny, propulsive, tragic, and peppered with unbelievable turns of events. It mixes the voyeuristic thrill of true crime with the emotional gut punch of memoir. It’s almost impossible not to binge this miniseries in fascinated horror.

The idea of an industry-led body with a mandate to come up with solutions to skills shortages in the UK, as presented in this week's Skillfull report, is self-evidently a good one.

It has been a while since we last saw an updated TopSpin game. The last time 2K released a tennis game in their signature style was in 2011 when we all enjoyed Top Spin 4. In the meantime, WWE, NBA, and even LEGO have had their moment in the limelight, while tennis went unappreciated. If you have been sitting around waiting for a 2K tennis game, your time is now. 2K is almost ready to release TopSpin 2K25, and here is everything you need to know about it.

Be one of the 20 in EA Sports F1 24, the official game of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship, arriving earlier than previous seasons for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on May 31.Through the introduction of the new EA Sports Dynamic Handling, players will feel even closer to the action. Additionally, for the first time, join the grid in Career mode as a driver from the 2024 F1 season.

Coming up with a list that englobes the “best actors of all time” is no easy undertaking. It might be a highly subjective endeavour, in fact, seeing as everyone has their own tastes and requirements to be called the “best.” That said, there have been some great actors who shine just a little bit brighter than your everyday Hollywood celebrity, and that’s a fact. Knowing full well that this list is as subjective as they come, we’ve come up with a listing of the 20 actors who we believe are among the best artists to ever grace the silver screen.

revealed that she received a ton of phone calls from past co-stars after she publicly slammed an unknown actor for making her cry on set.

Helldivers 2 director Johan Pilestedt says the game's ammo boosters were inspired by his time serving in the military.

Late last year, over 100 employees of Avalanche Studios, the makers of Just Cause, announced an intent to unionize. The workers have officially ironed out a collective bargaining agreement with the Swedish labor unions Unionen and Engineers of Sweden. The agreement goes into effect during the second quarter of 2025.

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has published a call to action warning about the damage layoffs have on the industry.

Today, Hangar 13 shared a lot of new details on the main modes fans will find in Top Spin 2K25. Everything starts in the Top Spin Academy, where they'll be able to master core gameplay mechanics guided by the voice of John McEnroe. The tennis icon will lead players through Basic Lessons on fundamentals such as positioning, timing and shot selection, followed by Advanced Lessons focused on power serves, lob shots and more, and ending with Playstyle Lessons that show off the strengths and weaknesses of various playstyles players can chose to apply when building their custom MyPLAYER.

Palia developer Singularity 6 has laid off 35 percent of its staff just months after the game entered early access.

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The developer of Palia, Singularity 6, has laid off 35% of its staff.

Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail is leaving the studio.

We live in a world in which a Bob Marley biopic has grossed nearly as much as Aquaman 2, completely outpaced Madame Web, and currently stands as the third-highest-grossing movie of 2024. Bob Marley: One Love, which stars Kingsley Ben-Adir (Peaky Blinders, Secret Invasion)as the reggaetitan, and Lashana Lynch (No Time to Die, The Woman King) as his wife and confidante, Rita, is pure grounded drama — and another major win for director Reinaldo Marcus Green.

Bill Nighy has played a lot of different types of characters over the course of his career, from rock star and a vampire, to a humanoid squid and a radio producer. With The First Omen, he gets to add 'priest' to that list, and what a priest his character is...

Meet Will Ospreay, a 30-year-old Assassin’s Creed fan who many consider to currently be the best professional wrestler in the world. Will’s not just a fan of Assassin’s Creed though, his entire career has been built on the foundation of the Ubisoft series, and since his early wrestling days he has gone by the Ezio-inspired moniker ‘The Aerial Assassin’.

Sony hasn’t really missed a beat in its transition from the PS4 to the PS5 where hardware sales are concerned, with the company’s current-gen console consistently selling solid numbers, and though it’s highly unlikely that it will manage to beat the PS2’s lifetime sales total of 160 million units, outgoing PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan says that the PS5 is still very much on track to become the company’s “most successful console ever” by other metrics.

Today marks the end of Jim Ryan's 30-year tenure at Sony Interactive Entertainment. Having climbed the ladder of the company all the way to the top, his five-year stint as CEO has now drawn to a close, with Hiroki Totoki temporarily taking over until a permanent replacement is found. Speaking on the latest Official PlayStation Podcast, Ryan has one last interview, in which he comments on the platform's evolution, his career, and his thoughts on the PS3 boomerang controller. It's worth a listen.

Jordan Mechner can’t stop looking backward — and that’s not entirely by choice.

Blizzard has released a video spotlighting Micah Ulrich, the talented artist behind the incredible art to be awarded to the top players in the Leaderboard Legends competition. Leaderboard Legends Artist Spotlight Video The video showcases Ulrich as he talks about Diablo and its influence on his life and artistic career. Growing up enamored with the dark and gritty world of Diablo 1 & 2 and the gorgeous, high-contrast art of Chis Metzen and Samwise Didier, Ulrich was entranced with the dark and macabre from a young age.

Nowadays, eSports is a relatively common, largely respected, career, but there was a time when video game streamers were few and far between. In those days, Ninja reigned supreme.

Anne Hathaway has called director Christopher Nolan "an angel" for casting her in 2014 sci-fi epic Interstellar when her reputation was suffering due to online toxicity – and, in doing so, keeping her career momentum going. 

The recently announced Girls’ Game Lab is designed to break down stereotypes and encourage a new generation of girls to follow their passion for games.

AI skills propel 54 percent salary increase in India; Microsoft seeks AI experts to transform gaming experience; NAAC Chairman advocates value based education amid AI disruption; Tim Cook advocates AI for climate action- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

Blizzard has announced the winners of its 13th annual World of Warcraft Student Art Contest! Check out the winners and runners-up in the Environmental Art, Character Art, FX, and Animation categories!

The career of Yoshitaka Amano, the Japanese artist who is well-known for his art in the franchise, spans over 50 years, long before his work on Square Enix’s (formerly Square) popular gaming series. Amano’s work started off in the anime industry and has since reached far beyond, extending to games, graphic novels, comic books, and even music. Amano is wildly popular as an artist, having even illustrated the cover of .

Presented by Blizzard Entertainment’s Early Careers and World of Warcraft development teams, the thirteenth annual World of Warcraft Student Art Contest has drawn to a close. After some fervent debate and impassioned deliberation, our judges sifted through the many remarkable entries and identified the winning entries.

News that The Sims was getting a big-screen adaptation – with Barbie's Margot Robbie executive producing, no less – made waves on the internet overnight.

A new Sand Land demo is available to download on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, and PC, giving you a chance to experience the new game based on the late Akira Toriyama's manga ahead of its official April 26 launch.

There are no other movie stars like Tom Cruise. And despite his litany of hits across an over 40-year career, there’s no better movie to explain his stardom than 2014’s Edge of Tomorrow.

In an era of divisive, high-stakes U.S. politics, it isn’t surprising to see so many people online responding to the entire concept of Alex Garland’s Civil War as if it’s inherently toxic. Set on and around the front lines of a near-future America broken into separatist factions, Garland’s latest (after the fairly baffling fable-esque Men) looks like a timely but opportunistic provocation, a movie that can’t help but feel either exploitative or far too close to home in a country whose name, the United States, sounds more ironic and laughable with every passing year.

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo is getting a manga sequel which focuses on one character of the original game's eight.

Around two dozen Respawn employees have been laid off, part of a series of ongoing cuts at EA that will ultimately see around 5 percent of the company's workers lose their jobs.

Struggling to complete your tasks faster? The last thing you should be doing is worrying simply because it can lead to a lot of stress and also because everyone lands in that situation at some point in their careers or another. While we focus on one particular task, other responsibilities pile up. Therefore, to help you find the solution, we have found a task management and organization tool called Redbooth which will let you complete your tasks faster. And what is more, it takes advantage of the latest tech trend - artificial intelligence. Yes, this productivity tool is powered by AI to make user task management easier with effective communication and collaboration within the team. Know more about the Redbooth app and how it helps manage tasks.

is the freshly announced upcoming entry in the popular racing management series, and the newest entry is finally adding a much-requested feature that could transform the game experience. Althoughthe franchise has only been around for a few years, it hasn't had much trouble building a pedigree as the official management game for the Formula series of racing championships. The racing series also features some management aspects in a My Team career mode, but it's a significantly less robust approach than what offers.

Frontier has announced F1 Manager 24 will release digitally this summer across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One and PC, bringing a new Create A team mode into the mix for the game’s career mode.

Frontier has announced F1 Manager 24 will release digitally this summer across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One and PC, bringing a new Create A team mode into the mix for the game’s career mode.

The Finals Season 2 will be available from March 14th, Embark Studios has confirmed. The second season of The Finals will include a brand new 5v5 mode called Power Shift, the new map called SYS$HORIZON, weekly career progression, private matches, and a skill based league system. In addition, there is the new Hacker playstyle.

Star Wars actor Daisy Ridley has spoken about her career after wrapping up the sequel trilogy. 

The Finals Season 2 will be available from March 14th, Embark Studios has confirmed. The second season of The Finals will include a brand new 5v5 mode called Power Shift, the new map called SYS$HORIZON, weekly career progression, private matches, and a skill based league system. In addition, there is the new Hacker playstyle.

Gen AI course demand skyrockets as professionals future proof careers; European businesses lag in AI skills training for employees: LinkedIn report; UK researchers warn against unregulated AI chatbots in social care plans; AI generated faces deceive viewers, study finds-this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

The Sims 4 was a runaway success when it launched in 2014, and a decade later it’s still going strong. Part of the reason for its continued popularity is that it lets players enjoy the game however they see fit. Whether that means building a sprawling mansion, watching a family grow through the generations, or just messing around with fireworks, there’s no limit to how you can play The Sims 4. That includes using cheat codes, as the game features a massive list of built-in cheats to modify your experience.

When it came to finding the lead for Damsel, Netflix’s new dark fantasy/action dragon-sacrifice flick, director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) had a clear vision.

is now available on all platforms and has received universal acclaim as the best game the franchise has produced in quite some time. With long-overdue improvements across the board, jumping into the ring to take on modern-day superstars and classic legends has never felt better. After several years of middling mediocrity, wrestling fans now have a definitive game that delivers the most authentic wrestling experience available on next-generation consoles.

House Flipper 2 is flipping onto PS5 a little later than initially planned. Developer Frozen District has confirmed the console port of its successful home-renovating sim has been delayed, now arriving on 10th April, 2024. That's a delay of just a few weeks, so it's far from the end of the world.

Final Fantasy14's massive graphical overhaul isn't simply to bring in new players, says game director and producer Naoki Yoshida.

Unforetold: Witchstone developer Spearhead Games is laying off the majority of its staff.

A group of kids found themselves being questioned by police after driving their car into a lake during a stream hosted by former Twitch streamer Adin Ross. Popular livestreamer Aidin Ross tasked fans with insane challenges during a recent stream, which quickly devolved into chaos. Ross promised to reward fans with cash if they completed certain tasks, but things quickly got out of hand after several kids drove their car into a lake, prompting local authorities to arrive on the scene.

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This feels like it's come around super fast, but it's time once again for the next official Formula One game. Codemasters has released the above teaser for EA Sports F1 24, this year's instalment in the motorsport sim series. While it doesn't give us many clues as to what's new, a press release gives us a little more insight.

With the upcoming Dawntrail expansion, Final Fantasy 14 is setting off toward a new era, and that includes the first major graphical overhaul since A Realm Reborn back in 2013. Producer and director Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida says there are three reasons for the move, and they're not all about impressing new players.

Over the last few years, sports sims have started to make strides towards not just being accurate recreations of professional athletics, but playable documentaries that examine the legacies of star players and historic moments. Of the big annual sports franchises, Sony San Diego Studio’s MLB The Show is rapidly becoming the most interesting — the studio is following up its tremendous Storylines mode about baseball’s Negro Leagues with a new career mode centered on women.

MLB The Show 24 proudly announces Road to the Show: Women Pave Their Way. A brand new addition to the Road to the Show mode.

Former Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell has announced his intention to run as the Republican Party candidate in Nevada’s third congressional district in the 2024 House of Representatives elections.

The Naked Gun reboot, starring Liam Neeson and from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, is coming in 2025 – and, yes, we’re serious.

Ho boy, I'm not sure I'm prepared for this. The prolific horror movie series Paranormal Activity is finally getting its own video game, and it's in development by Brian Clarke, the creator of The Mortuary Assistant, itself one of the most frightening games I've played in my long career of playing scary games.

Poor Sting. In 1983, the frontman of The Police was at the height of his popularity. The trio’s fifth album, Synchronicity, topped the Billboard charts for 17 nonconsecutive weeks during the summer of ’83, interrupted only by Michael Jackson’s Thriller. The year prior, Sting landed a breakout acting role in the film adaptation of Brimstone and Treacle, playing a conman-pickpocket-rapist — a role that seemed destined to launch a small but respectable film career.

Saltsea Chronicles and Mutazione developer Die Gute Fabrik has halted production on new titles due to ‘extreme difficulties’ in the independent publishing and investment scene, the company announced.

Fortnite has seen tons of changes over the years, but one thing that's stayed constant is its lackluster stat tracking. Even though there are dozens of accomplishments the game could track, it's built-in stat tracker is incredibly limited. Thankfully, much of that slack is picked up by third-party software – which lets you get a detailed look at your in-game performance.

Epic Mickey's original director, Warren Spector, assisted in the development of Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, as confirmed by a press release that went live after the game's announcement.

Popular YouTuber MrBeast, famous for his amazingly successful videos, has engaged in a humorous and thought-provoking exchange with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the new AI tool called Sora, an advanced text-to-video generator launched by OpenAI just 2 days ago .

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Turn 10 Studios has released Update 5 for Forza Motorsport, adding the full version of the beloved Nürburgring track to the game.

Homeworld developer Blackbird Interactive has made its second round of layoffs in half a year.

Scopely has confirmed it may be cutting ties with a number of employees who had been working on its Kingdom Maker publishing team.