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Game subscriptions heat up as PlayStation joins the race
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Game subscriptions heat up as PlayStation joins the race

Sony is joining Microsoft in the subscription video game race, as everyone from Samsung to Netflix looks to capitalise on games’ increasing popularity.

  • by Tim Biggs

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For and against: To E or not to E at the Olympic Games
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For and against: To E or not to E at the Olympic Games

Fitzy senior wants the kids off his lawn, but Fitzy junior is cutting his grass when it comes to the issue of whether Esports should be included at the Olympics.

  • by Peter FitzSimons and Jake FitzSimons
Why EA’s football game is dropping the FIFA license after 30 years
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Why EA’s football game is dropping the FIFA license after 30 years

After this year’s FIFA 23 game, the globally popular series will change its name to EA Sports FC, but will retain its huge roster of players and clubs.

  • by Tim Biggs
Game over: FIFA, EA Sports end lucrative long-term partnership

Game over: FIFA, EA Sports end lucrative long-term partnership

To millions, the letters FIFA represent not actual football but shorthand for a video game series that became the backdrop of lives from EPL pros to casual fans.

  • by Tariq Panja
Monkey Island is back, but don’t call it a 90s throwback game

Monkey Island is back, but don’t call it a 90s throwback game

Nostalgia for the 90s is huge in video games, but some of the developers behind those iconic pixelated adventures would rather press on into the future.

  • by Tim Biggs
White-collar workers have long resisted unions. A new video game union is changing that

White-collar workers have long resisted unions. A new video game union is changing that

The nascent union provides a template for Australia’s labour movement, which has been shrinking for decades, to engage white-collar workers who have traditionally stayed away.

  • by Nick Bonyhady
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When gaming becomes an election issue: the push to regulate ‘loot boxes’

When gaming becomes an election issue: the push to regulate ‘loot boxes’

The jury’s still out on whether games with loot boxes cause problematic gambling habits in children, but the government has made a pre-election promise to change the classification system.

  • by Millie Muroi
‘We learn through play’: How video games are getting serious
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‘We learn through play’: How video games are getting serious

Australian game developers are increasingly creating “serious games” with a social purpose, from learning about the World Food Programme to hearing tests for children.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Why you should buy a desktop PC in 2022

Why you should buy a desktop PC in 2022

Laptops, smartphones and tablets may seem more convenient, but for home use a desktop PC is hard to beat.

  • by Tim Biggs
VR edges closer to mainstream success, thanks in part to Meta

VR edges closer to mainstream success, thanks in part to Meta

Virtual reality has been gaining popularity. But the success of Meta’s headset may put the future of VR in the company’s hands.

  • by Tim Biggs
Bigger than Netflix: Video game content is the new king

Bigger than Netflix: Video game content is the new king

A land grab for content is on between the global technology giants as they set their sights on locking in the next cohort of consumers into a web of subscription-based streaming services.

  • by Tim Biggs