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Stella Parton and Dolly Parton attend Stella Parton’s Red Tent Women’s Conference 2014 at the Doubletree Hotel Downtown on April 18, 2014, in Nashville. Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Dolly Parton’s sister Stella Parton has shared a message in light of the country superstar’s death, asking people online to show more compassion as her family navigates the...

Game preservation matters far more than whether titles are sold on discs or through digital storefronts, according to Hideki Kamiya, who is urging copyright holders to guarantee that older games remain accessible to future generations. The creator of Okami, Devil May Cry, and Bayonetta stated in an interview that he now buys games “100% digitally,”...

Silent Hill: Townfall has impressed journalists with its unusual approach to the franchise, its atmosphere, and its decision to forgo the traditional third-person camera. Media representatives sampled an early version of the game at Gamescom and came away extremely satisfied. After spending an hour with Townfall, some journalists who had been skeptical about the return...

As the fall season approaches, streaming services have packed their TV schedules with new releases. The lineup features Guy Ritchie’s action series, an offbeat sports comedy starring Glen Powell, and several long-running favorites on Netflix. The Gentlemen returns for a second season to follow Eddie Horniman (Theo James) and his illegal cannabis empire. Chad Powers...

Crystal Dynamics has confirmed that Tomb Raider: Catalyst and other upcoming entries in the franchise will use the version of Lara Croft from the survivor trilogy that began with the 2013 reboot. Speaking at Gamescom, game director Raul Siqueira discussed the connection between Catalyst and Legacy of Atlantis, the remake of the original 1996 Tomb...

Ori creator Thomas Mahler recently launched the VideogamesCritic portal, which compares gaming media scores with player reviews to show which outlets can be trusted. In the gaming industry, critic scores increasingly diverge from player opinions, as seen with the heavily inflated scores for Dragon’s Age: The Veilguard. The game, which lacks depth in its story,...

Saros is getting a free expansion called Zenith, which will bring new modes, secrets, trophies, and expanded control settings. The main addition will be Overlord Rush, a separate Housemarque-style arcade module. Players will fight the main campaign bosses one after another and compete for the best scores on global leaderboards. Eclipse Layers will also arrive...

For the first time in approximately six years, PAX is heading to the southern United States for a new event. PAX Unplugged Houston, the latest iteration of the tabletop gaming convention from Penny Arcade and co-organized by ReedPop, will host its inaugural show at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on June 25–27,...

Navigating a library as expansive as the Nintendo Switch’s inevitably means several exceptional titles slip through the cracks. Thousands of physical editions sit alongside countless digital-only releases, creating a towering mountain of content. Naturally, not every game appeals to everyone; many players entirely bypass the digital storefront due to overwhelming digital clutter. Even physical releases...

Historically, the video game industry has greeted the White House’s appropriation of interactive entertainment for divisive political messaging with deafening silence. Even when major studios&mdashfamed for fiercely defending their intellectual property&mdashare targeted, official pushback is exceedingly rare. However, Tetris appears to be a notable exception to this discouraging norm. Late last week, the administration rolled...