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PlayStation reboots ‘Horizon Hunters Gathering’ as live-service strategy struggles

Sony Group Corp's PlayStation division is overhauling Horizon Hunters Gathering, the online action game it announced earlier this year, following negative player feedback.

Google removed a customer’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ purchase. It still refused him a refund

Digital storefronts may call it a purchase, but customers can still lose access, and the law does not guarantee they will get their money back.

Madden is designed to feel real. So where are the concussions?

After head injuries were removed from the popular NFL games, a nonprofit group found a visceral way to incorporate them.

‘Marvel Snap’ slowly levelling up: three upgrades and three features that need work

Marvel Snap has had an uneven year. It started strong with a season focused on dragons and a second volume of Guardians of the Galaxy. Second Dinner introduced powerful cards that overwhelmed players with power and needed tweaking.

The FAA needs more air traffic controllers. Now video gamers are part of its plan to fill the gap

The US agency says recruiting gamers helped it hit 94% of its hiring target so far this year.

Twitch sparks gamers' wrath with Amazon AI sharing deal

Livestream gaming giant Twitch has raised hackles among its millions of users after declaring it will share their data with its parent company Amazon to better train the online retailer's AI models.

Ultrarare Nintendo Mario game cartridges discovered in Wisconsin

A few years ago, a pop culture store owner in Wisconsin mentioned to Jason Ganos, a well-known Nintendo game collector, that he had a box of Super Mario cartridges that had been sitting in storage for years. It stopped Ganos in his tracks.

It’s a dog, it’s a plant, it’s by the creators of Pokémon

The teenage warrior in Beast of Reincarnation has a loyal companion based on a Shiba Inu.

PlayStation is giving up on discs. Here’s what it means for video game stores

Walking into a video game store is something Isaiah Chavez hopes he'll always be able to do.

Monsters, whimsy and a Game Boy aesthetic

Mina the Hollower draws inspiration from "The Secret of NIMH," Victorian literature and 1990s role-playing games.