Next Level Collaboration Chief Research Officer Dr Matthew Harrison and Chief Executive Officer Jess Rowlings with program participants. A University of Melbourne program running teamwork-based video-game sessions to help neurodivergent children develop collaboration and social skills will soon be rolled out in schools across the globe, thanks to a $500,000 funding boost awarded through...
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Carrying it around the world
As we edge closer to the Chinese Grand Prix, Ferrari reserve driver Zhou Guanyu has shared what it’s like to work alongside seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton at the Italian team. Exploring his working relationship with the former Mercedes star, Zhou revealed Hamilton’s love of gaming. The former Sauber driver secured a reserve driver role after...
Razer is collaborating on a gaming CAPTCHA to combat AI-powered bots, and of course the first game to use it is the worst Web3 nonsense I’ve ever seen
Razer ID Verified by World ID | Be Verified As Human – YouTube Watch On One of the most annoying aspects of using the modern Internet is having to convince every other website that I am, in fact, a human, typically by clicking on little squares of traffic lights and bicycles. The irritation has been...
Assassin’s Creed Shadows review: Shōgun the video game
Assassin’s Creed Shadows brings the franchise to the shores of Japan. After almost 20 years and 13 mainline games, Assassin’s Creed — the series about using flashy gadgets and techniques to murder your enemies undetected — has finally been set in a place famous for assassins who use flashy gadgets and techniques to murder their...
Linux 6.14-rc7 To Support A Few More Gaming Controllers
Ahead of the Linux 6.14-rc7 kernel release later today, a set of input subsystem updates were merged overnight that add in support for a few more gaming controllers. Given that these latest controller additions amount to new vendor/device ID additions to the common XPad driver, these new additions are safe for squeezing into the ongoing...
Respawn’s next Star Wars game confirmed for reveal
The Star Wars strategy game from studio Bit Reactor and Jedi: Survivor’s Respawn will be revealed next month, it’s been confirmed. On Saturday, April 19, the pair will appear on stage at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, Japan, where they will offer the first look at their “Star Wars turn-based tactics game”. Little is known...
Bethesda’s Oblivion Unreal Engine 5 remake could be releasing sooner than you think
Bethesda’s long-expected Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remake looks set for release sooner than expected. The Oblivion remake was first mentioned by an alleged developer back in 2023, before being named in a leaked court document the same year. Now, according to noted insider NatetheHate, the Oblivion remake is set for reveal in the coming weeks...
Sides Far Apart, Union Says
SAG-AFTRA has been on strike against major video game studios for more than seven months, and the two sides don’t seem to be particularly close to making a deal. That’s the impression that negotiators for the performers’ union gave to members in a message on Tuesday that warned that the companies’ latest proposals contained “alarming...
Mass layoffs in the video game industry
It was 8:50 a.m. I was just about to log into work. Before I could open my laptop, my phone buzzed. It was a Microsoft Teams notification from my supervisor informing me of a surprise meeting with human resources at 9 a.m. I knew then that my time as a marketing assistant at video game...
This suburban Portland bar has 200 board games, quirky snacks and funky vibes
In the latest installment of our occasional series to visit and share some of the coziest experiences in the Portland area, we visited Senet Game Bar in downtown Tigard. This unusual bar — named after the ancient Egyptian game that has survived to this day — has funky vibes that invoke memories of playing Sorry...










