Google’s new AI ‘world model’ has seemingly spooked videogame investors, but it’s hard to know what it will actually lead to

Google launched a new AI product this week, and as Seeking Alpha points out, videogame-related stocks like Unity and Take-Two took a dip. If those share price fluctuations really were a reaction to Project Genie, which was first revealed last year and is said to generate interactive “worlds,” it’s awfully premature—this doesn’t do anything to…

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Dispatch Dev AdHoc Responds To Nintendo’s Statement, Says It Intends To Address Censored Switch Content

“We’re already working with Nintendo on a path forward”. Following an official response from Nintendo yesterday about the censorship in the Switch versions of Dispatch, the developer AdHoc Studio has now shared a lengthy statement. In this update, which follows a comment it made to Nintendo Life earlier this week, the studio explains how the…

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I watched Markiplier play Iron Lung for 45 minutes before watching Markiplier star in the Iron Lung movie for 2+ hours. Which was better?

Another week, another videogame adaptation hits the movie theaters—but this one is a bit different. YouTuber Markiplier (Mark Fischbach) produced, directed, acted in, and even distributed an adaptation of indie horror game Iron Lung, which he first recorded himself playing in 2022. But which is better, watching Markiplier play the game for 45 minutes on…

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I’ve already put 10 hours into this upcoming RPG’s demo because it has the best combat I’ve seen outside a FromSoft game

What is it? (Image credit: ForestWare) Sword Hero is a systems-heavy RPG like an Elder Scrolls or Gothic but with combat better than most action games. It’s set on a tantalizingly weird ring world populated with grimy medieval Witcher NPC types who will have daily schedules⁠—and a procedural vengeance system if you wrong them. I…

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Crosak: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets of a Multi-Gravity Play-Dough Universe

Category: ID@Xbox January 30, 2026 Crosak: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets of a Multi-Gravity Play-Dough Universe Irene Guardiola – CEO, WildSphere Summary Open-world platformer set in multi-gravity, play-dough-style environments. Pro tips to help you save everyone from the evil wizard Double G. Two-player co-op mode with no splitscreen. Crosak has arrived, ready to transport you to…

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Crosak: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets of a Multi-Gravity Play-Dough Universe

Category: ID@Xbox January 30, 2026 Crosak: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets of a Multi-Gravity Play-Dough Universe Irene Guardiola – CEO, WildSphere Summary Open-world platformer set in multi-gravity, play-dough-style environments. Pro tips to help you save everyone from the evil wizard Double G. Two-player co-op mode with no splitscreen. Crosak has arrived, ready to transport you to…

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