London O2’s Virgin Media Gamepad venue ‘attracts nearly 90,000 people’
Virgin Media Gamepad, the new gaming venue inside London’s The O2, has been visited by nearly 90,000 people, organisers have claimed.
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Infamous BSOD appears across Windows machines globally as suspected security bug grounds planes, hits health services
A bug is affecting a large number of systems running Windows and the security software from CrowdStrike. Airlines, train companies, health and emergency services are among those facing an issue causing repeated restarts and the blue screen of death (BSOD).
Netflix will drop a new multiplayer game when Squid Game season 2 premieres this year
Netflix is expanding its games roster with an intriguing (and probably gruesome) new tie-in. During the company's quarterly earnings announcement, Netflix shared that it plans to launch a multiplayer game inspired by Squid Game. Its release date will be timed to coincide with the second season of the South Korean TV sensation. We have no other information about what style of game it will be, but we can guess that it will echo the children's games contestants play for survival on the series.
After 22 years, the remastered version of a cult classic Game Boy Advance JRPG just appeared on Steam with a bunch of user-friendly updates
Japanese developer Sting brought its 2002 role-playing game Riviera: The Promised Land to Steam in a new remaster stocked with useful updates.
25 years later, Counter-Strike co-creator says Valve has "done a great job" with the FPS icon, and he still regrets "not balancing some of the weapons, such as the AWP"
As Counter-Strike turns 25 and Valve plows ahead with what's now Counter-Strike 2, co-creator Minh Le, opposite Jesse Cliffe in the original CS team, reckons the house of Steam has "done a great job" with the now-iconic FPS.
European Game Sales Decline by 1.9% in First Half of 2024
Compared to other places across the world, European game sales suffered the least. The UK experienced a decline of 30% in the first half of 2024, whereas European game sales only experienced a decrease of 1.9% in the first half of 2024.
Dyson's humongous ANC headphones look great for Princess Leia impressions from the side, but from the front, I'm not convinced
When you think of Dyson, you probably think of vacuum cleaners. Or perhaps those fancy hand-dryer thingys that force you to move your hands up and down in a slot in posh pub toilets. But think again! It's just announced a set of noise-cancelling headphones, and they look absolutely humongous.
2024 game sales remain strong in Europe, despite fewer AAA releases
European game sales remained strong in the first half of 2024 despite fewer AAA video games being released compared to last year.