GDC Next organizers have announced the first talks for its inaugural 'what's next?' game conference in Los Angeles this November, revealing a 30% event discount limited to the first 500 online registrants. The first talks revealed for GDC Next, illuminating the future-leaning plans for the new event, are Google on the first six months of its Play service, thatgamecompany on its design philosophy & future, Disney on theme park design lessons for game developers, and Adam Orth on reforming toxic online behavior. As evinced in these selections, GDC Next, the spiritual successor to GDC Online, aims to highlight the future of video games, and is taking place alongside the App Developers Con…

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For a long time, Misty Castaneda had terrible credit. Even though she had health insurance, the hair stylist from Colorado owed a hospital around $20,000 for a $200,000 open-heart surgery in 2010 that had been necessary to keep her alive, she says.

Castaneda’s credit was so bad that she stayed in a bad relationship for more than a decade, she says, because she knew that without her husband’s credit score, she wouldn’t be able to rent an apartment, buy a car, or take out a credit card. 

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It’s become an HBO tradition for the season finale of one show to be accompanied by clips of future original series. Before The Penguin’s season finale, that trend continued with an advance look at the shows coming to HBO and Max in the last two months of 2024 and all of 2025. The final show in the mix was naturally HBO’s hit video game adaptation, The Last of Us Season 2.

There’s not a lot to see, since the trailer doesn’t linger on The Last of Us for too long. But viewers do get a glimpse at the emotional gulf between Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) over the choices he made the save her life in Season 1. The camera does linger on Joel’s guitar, which he passes on to Ellie in the game. There’s also a quick look at Catherine O’Hara’s character, a ther…

It’s the season of giving, and Steam has a free gift up for grabs to keep you entertained over the holidays.

Distant Space 2 is a 2D arcade shooter set in–you guessed it–distant space, and is currently available for anyone to claim for free on Steam. A sequel to the original Space Distant, developer PixelMouse aptly describes the game as “an indirect continuation of the first part” that features “more dynamic gameplay.”

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It’s been a while since we’ve seen anything new from the hotly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong. However, there’s a chance that it could show up during the Switch 2-focused Nintendo Direct on April 2.

On January 15, the day before Nintendo officially announced the Switch 2, Hollow Knight creator William Pellen said on Twitter, “something big is coming. keep your eyes closed tomorrow.” At the end of the Switch 2 reveal trailer, Nintendo also announced that it will host a Switch 2-focused Direct on April 2.

The hints don’t stop there. Pellen changed his Twitter profile picture to a slice of cake. A reverse image search on Google of the picture reveals that the recipe of the cake was posted on April 2, 2024. Fans think that this was a deliberate move, and that Pellen is hint…

A new League of Legends cinematic from Arcane animation studio Fortiche sets up the story to come in the game’s first season of 2025, and serves in many ways as a continuation of some of the plot threads from the critically acclaimed Netflix show.

League of Legends’ first season of 2025 is set to begin January 9 and will be all about Noxus, one of the major political empires in the world of Runeterra and one that became a bigger part of Arcane season 2’s story. The cinematic shows several different stories unfolding, as familiar League of Legends characters like Katarina looks to assassinate a target and is stopped by Elise, Noxus general Darius confronts the ice troll Trundle, and Arcane’s Mel–who is not yet a playable champion in Riot’s MOBA–looks to make her return …

Black Friday is a great time to be an anime fan, as numerous Blu-ray releases for some of the most popular series are on sale at some of their best prices yet.

We’ve rounded up a list of the best deals below, but if you’re looking for highlights, there’s the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 1 Limited Edition. The first batch of episodes in the Bleach revival sets the stage for the final arc of the storyline, and thanks to recent advances in animation, the show looks better than ever.

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The Lenovo Legion Slim 5 is down to one of its best prices of the year, as Walmart is offering the gaming laptop for just $849 (was $1,400). It’s a Walmart+ exclusive deal until 12 PM ET, after which point any remaining inventory will become available to all shoppers Come from malaysia online casino . If you want to make sure you get first dibs on the savings, consider signing up for Walmart+ and checking out all the other discounts and benefits that come with membership. You’ll also want to swing by Amazon and check out its Prime Big Deal Days catalog, as you’ll find a bunch of other gaming laptops down to incredibly low prices.

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Microsoft is holding its first showcase of the year, the Xbox Developer Direct 2025. So here’s when the showcase will start, how to watch it, and what to expect. [Update: The stream is over, and you can check out all the Xbox Developer Direct announcements in our recap–there were some big surprises, namely for Ninja Gaiden fans.]

When is the Xbox Developer Direct 2025?

The Xbox Developer Direct 2025 will start at 10AM PT / 1 PM ET on Thursday, January 23.

• 10 AM PT
• 1 PM ET
• 6 PM BST
• 3 AM AET (January 24)

How to watch the Xbox Developer Direct 2025

The showcase will be streamed on several different channels, including Xbox and Bethesda’s official YouTube pages.

• YouTube.com/Xbox
• YouTube…
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