On Tuesday, August 4, Electronic Arts was officially sold for $55 billion to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake Partners, and the private equity firm Affinity Partners, which is owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The deal was first announced in September of 2025, and now that…

Comiket is the twice-yearly convention in Tokyo dedicated to doujinshi, or self-published manga, novels and magazines. Japan has thousands of such conventions, but Comiket is far and away the largest, and has seen as many as 750,000 attend. The event, naturally, also draws in a large number of cosplayers, and where…

Grand Theft Auto is typically known for its licensed music, but the series has also featured its share of original tracks created for the games. Grand Theft Auto 6 is following suit, and getting a double album’s worth of songs written for Rockstar’s upcoming crime drama. The irony of it…

Grand Theft Auto 6 is going to be the biggest video game launch of the year. Likely the biggest game launch in decades. And Twitch CEO Dan Clancy says other publishers and developers are right to get out of its way, as he believes the game will grab the attention…

With any adaptation, there are concerns about whether or not new creators are “respecting” the source material. Fans of the Resident Evil series have been skeptical of Zach Cregger’s new (apparently very good) film for taking liberties with Capcom’s games, showrunner Craig Mazin has bastardized the very basis of The…

In 2013, Xbox made a small but important change to how it printed discs to allow them to be digitally tracked. This change was part of a larger plan that involved the Xbox One and DRM for used game discs, but that was all scrapped due to backlash. Thirteen years…