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10 Greatest Examples of Video Games as Art
This Collider feature by Dawson Nyffenegger rounds up ten titles it considers the finest examples of the “video games as art” movement, in which developers treat their games as an art form with carefully crafted visuals and an emotional or philosophical message. The piece argues the approach spans genres and includes both indie and AAA…
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Jodie Whittaker To Star In & Exec Produce Ella Grace Kennedy Short ‘The Country’
Jodie Whittaker is to star in and executive produce The Country, a dystopian thriller short film written and directed by filmmaker Ella Grace Kennedy. The project uses a role-reversed society to examine themes of bodily autonomy, oppression and control, viewed through the lens of an extremist religious commune, and marks the latest genre work from…
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Disturbing video shows unconscious Mitch McConnell stretchered into ambulance
Newly surfaced footage shows former US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell being wheeled on a stretcher into an ambulance outside his Washington, DC, home after an apparent cardiac arrest. The video, filmed by a neighbour, captures emergency responders attending to the Kentucky lawmaker, underlining renewed concern over the health of one of America’s most senior…
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Arc Raiders has targeted yet another duplication exploit just a couple of days after celebrating a drop in suspicious player accounts
Arc Raiders has moved to shut down another item-duplication exploit only days after its developers publicly welcomed a fall in the number of suspicious player accounts. The renewed action highlights the ongoing challenge of policing cheating and economy-breaking glitches in the online shooter, where duplication bugs can flood the in-game economy and undermine fair play…
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Microsoft cuts 136 of id Software’s 185 staff as Carmack voices regret
Microsoft has reportedly cut a large share of the workforce at id Software, the storied studio behind franchises such as Doom and Quake, eliminating 136 of its 185 staff. The scale of the reduction — roughly three-quarters of the team — marks a dramatic contraction for one of the most influential names in video game…
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Rocket Report: “Panic” over Transporter availability; Isar to launch from Canada
This edition of Ars Technica’s Rocket Report (Edition 9.02) rounds up recent developments across the global launch industry, with attention turning to Asia for the debuts of China’s reusable Long March 10B and India’s privately built Skyroot Vikram-1. The headline items include Germany’s Isar Aerospace striking a deal to launch from Canada and the retirement…
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Arsenal hail signing of ‘winner’ Ona Batlle after Barcelona summer exodus
Arsenal Women have confirmed the free-transfer signing of Spain full-back Ona Batlle following her departure from Barcelona, marking their fourth acquisition of a busy summer window. The 27-year-old, who can play at either right-back or left-back, joins a club that is understood to have prioritised concluding much of its transfer business early, having already brought…
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Polestar owners left ‘holding the bag’ after EV brand pulls out of the US
Polestar has announced it will stop selling its electric vehicles in the United States from the 2027 model year, leaving thousands of existing owners and dozens of dealers uncertain about servicing, software updates, warranties and resale values. The withdrawal follows the federal government’s refusal to authorise continued sales under a rule banning vehicles with connected-vehicle…
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The row over just how many penises appear on the Bayeux tapestry continues to rage as famous artefact arrives in UK for first time in 1,000 years
The famous Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first time in almost 1,000 years, going on display at the British Museum after a tightly guarded, high-tech operation that saw the 11th-century artefact moved in overnight and brought across the Channel. Its arrival has reignited a long-running scholarly debate over an unusual question: exactly…
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Controversy-plagued planning board may face a FLOOD of multi-million euro cases querying previous decisions because of this one DISASTROUS flaw – and taxpayers will be left to pick up the tab…
An IT system used by Ireland’s planning authority, An Coimisiún Pleanála, has been found to be falsifying public planning records, prompting warnings that the body could face a wave of costly legal challenges to its past decisions. The flaw came to light during a judicial review in which a High Court judge, David Holland, quashed…