Gaming/Video games

‘No Candy Crush’: Free To Play is Singapore’s first video game literary anthology

Natalie Wang and Daryl Lim Wei Jie, editors of Difference Engine's new anthology on video games, Free To Play: A Video Games Anthology.

Pokemon fun run coming to Singapore in November as part of 30th anniversary celebrations

The Pokemon Run 30 event will be held at The Kallang on Nov 7 and 8, with other editions in Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta and Hong Kong.

Australian researchers teach brain cells to play ‘Doom’

Chief scientific and operations officer Brett Kagan looks at cortical and hippocampal cells on cell culture plates as they attempt to decode morse code, at Cortical Labs' Physical Containment Level 2 (PC2) laboratory in Melbourne.

Wordle heads to primetime as media seek puzzle reinvention

Morning TV news anchor Savannah Guthrie will host the Wordle game show on NBC.

IKEA to host hide-and-seek competition at Alexandra outlet on June 6 and 7

Participants will work in pairs to find eight professional hiders throughout the store.

EBay rejects GameStop’s $71 billion bid as ‘neither credible nor attractive’

EBay, which has roughly four times GameStop’s market value, stressed that its turnaround efforts under CEO Jamie Iannone have boosted growth, with its stock returning 201 per cent since he took the helm six years ago.

Mums’ health struggles inspire NYP grads to design pastry-related game, pursue social work

kfnyp - Ms Sherine Yeoh Fang Jin, 22, a student from Nanyang Polytechnic with a diploma in in Animation, Games & Visual Effects.

CREDIT: NANYANG POLYTECHNIC

Nintendo to hike Switch 2 price, warns on profits

Nintendo said the Switch 2 price in Japan would rise 20 per cent from May 25.

Cool deaths, messy plot and a wasted Karl Urban in Mortal Kombat II

(From left) Ludi Lin, Karl Urban, Jessica McNamee and Mehcad Brooks in Mortal Kombat II.

Commentary

Beyond Roblox: Why Singapore’s new app store rules offer some relief for parents

Today, the smartphone in your child’s pocket is no longer just a tool for connection.

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