Gaming

In this Wednesday, July 20, 2016 photo, Egyptian dentist Mark Shehata, 24, uses the "Pokemon Go," mobile phone application while driving in Cairo, Egypt. Abbas Shumman, the deputy sheikh of Egypt's Al-Azhar institute, has warned against the dangers of playing too much of the wildly popular mobile phone application, adding to religious voices that have sometimes been sterner in their critique of the game. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Gaming
Georgina Noack

The biggest thing since Pokémon Go is here

Nintendo Co’s new mobile Pokémon trading game had a stronger debut than the global sensation Pokémon Go did at its launch; but there are fears it may not be enough to save the struggling company.

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A US arcade gamer is suing a YouTuber for defamation in a Brisbane court.
Queensland
Rex Martinich

Donkey Kong champion 'defamed' over YouTube death video

Donkey Kong and Pac-Man arcade champion Billy Mitchell claims a Queensland YouTuber defamed him through a video about a critic's death, a judge has heard.

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Video
Black Myth: Wukong has smashed world records.
Gaming
CNBC

China’s first global gaming hit is smashing world records

A new action game set in mythological China has become a gaming sensation — not least because it has come out of a country that only two years ago was enforcing strict bans on new titles.

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Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, is suing Apple and Google.
Gaming
Miklos Bolza

Fortnite creator sues Google, Apple over ‘unconscionable conduct’

Epic Games has sued both Apple and Google over its dissatisfaction with the tech giants profiting from ‘unconscionable’ app restrictions, it says.

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The Legend of Zelda is one of the most iconic game franchises of all time.
Gaming
CNBC

‘Holy grail’ Zelda game may be one of most expensive ever

He thought he might make a few hundred bucks, but this 22-year-old soon discovered he had something seriously special on his hands.

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The production crew of the watchalong Stretford Paddock, a Manchester United fan group that livestreams themselves watching their team’s matches, during a recent shoot in Manchester, England on Nov. 25, 2023. Watchalongs like Stretford Paddock’s have become big business, with full-scale production crews and hundreds of thousands of subscribers. (Rory Smith/The New York Times)
Football
The New York Times

Watching people watch soccer the latest viral trend

The idea of watching two people watch a soccer game might sound like a postmodern form of entertainment, and a close cousin of gaming streams that proliferate online. In soccer, though, the form has deep roots.

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