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It’s shaping up to be a great year for racing games, and not just because Forza Horizon 6 is coming out. Well, OK, maybe mostly because Forza Horizon 6 is coming out. Playground Games’ long-awaited sequel is shaping up beautifully, and arrives on May 19. Still, there have been a few new racers worth paying attention to in the first quarter of 2026 (and a couple to avoid). Here, I’ve highlighted three that might fill the next six weeks nicely. 3 The one that’s a bit like Forza Horizon, but with bikes: Ride 6 Image: Milestone Where to play: PlayStation…
his week Kurt and Lucy Gotcha Covered with the biggest leaks happening in video games, including more PS6 details, the Elden Ring movie set, and trouble with Star Wars Eclipse.
Will the ‘institutional bet’ catch fire or will ‘slow burner’ suddenly ignite? In a major development on the war in the Middle East from earlier this week, the US and Iran announced a cease-fire that would lead to negotiations for an eventual permanent peace deal. Although the subsequent actions by the two sides, as well as Israel, have been controversial to say the least and have put the cease-fire in danger, including the failure of the peace talks in Pakistan, the landscape now is still significantly more positive than it was a week ago. As such, it’s time to…
Genre labels like shonen use a manga or anime’s target demographic to pin down and describe works in that vast field. However, such labels are often ineffective. A lack of clearly defined boundaries is, in fact, one of the main creative impulses that led to the medium’s steady expansion over the past decades. One Piece and Haikyu!!, for example, were serialized in the same magazine and are both described as shonen, but they look as different as night and day. Even within the same subgenres, such as sports or battle manga, you’ll find wildly different spins on common tropes. [Ed.…
Make CryptoSlate preferred on Bitcoin kept part of the ceasefire bounce, but the chain still has not confirmed the moveBitcoin is still holding above $71,000 after the weekend’s ceasefire-driven risk bounce, even as the macro story behind that move has already started to fray. That leaves the market in an awkward middle ground. Price kept part of the upside. The chain still has not confirmed that the move reflects broad underlying demand.That gap is the real story right now. The first reaction came from geopolitics and cross-market repricing, not from obvious on-chain urgency.Since then, the ceasefire narrative has weakened, ETF…
Big business.A Scene From Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie2026 kicked off with the next big video game movie–The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and it’s already the No. 3 highest-grossing video game film of all time. It’s surpassed an astonishing $600 million worldwide after 10 days.It was not the first video game adaptation from Hollywood and won’t be the last. But where does A Minecraft Movie rank all-time against biggest video game movies? In this gallery, we’re rounding up the highest-grossing video game films of all time, breaking down box office results by domestic, international, and worldwide figures.The top 16…
The United States government must pass the CLARITY Act, which aims to provide the crypto industry with clearer regulatory oversight, soon, or risk waiting almost another four years to move the industry forward, according to US Senator Cynthia Lummis.“This is our last chance to pass the Clarity Act until at least 2030,” Lummis, a well-known crypto advocate, said in an X post on Friday.“We can’t afford to surrender America’s financial future,” she added. The comments come as crypto industry participants begin to worry that the bill’s chances of passing this year are narrowing, with US midterm elections in November potentially…