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Gaming
Grand Theft Auto could produce its own in-game cryptocurrency
Rumours are swirling about a fictional “GTA bitcoin” that might be included in the next installment of the game. Stick ‘em up, rake in the virtual coins.
Ratchet & Clank’s all-flash comic caper for the PS5
Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games is back with Rift Apart – the perfect summer blockbuster.
Dead Man’s Phone and the difficulty of anti-racist cop games
Electric Noir’s slick BAFTA-nominated whodunnit puts police discrimination against British Black men under the spotlight, but has a few blindspots of its own.
Capturing Grand Theft Auto’s hidden communities
Bored and lusting over pre-pandemic life, photographer Mikey Corcoran hopped into his Chevrolet, switched on Space 103.2 and got to know the locals of Los Santos. The fictional city of Grand Theft Auto 5.
“The greatest game show the world has ever seen”: how Fall Guys became the surprise hit of the year
A slime-filled respite from ongoing global catastrophe, the jelly bean battle royale has become one of the biggest games of 2020. Now its developers want it to become a very different kind of platform.