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'Tomb Raider' reboot sees Lara Croft through a 'modern lens' (opens the original)
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COLOGNE: Thirty years after bursting onto the video game scene, Lara Croft returns in a new Tomb Raider that plays up the pistol-wielding architect's "complicated" character. Taking on the most famous heroine in video game history is a "tremendous responsibility", Raul Siqueira, director of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, told AFP in an interview at the Gamescom video game convention in Cologne, Germany.
'End of an era': Players lament decline of the disc at Gamescom (opens the original)
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COLOGNE: Some video game fans are flabbergasted at Sony's decision to discontinue disc sales from 2028 at Germany's Gamescom trade show – leading to calls for a boycott. "It's a bad decision," British developer Chris Bastin, 34, told AFP. "It's the end of an era. I wish it wasn't." While Sony's announcement in early July to stop releasing games on discs came as a bombshell for gamers, the economics of the industry meant the decision was long in the making, Joost van Dreunen, a professor at New Y
'Final Fantasy', 'The Witcher' in spotlight at Europe gaming bash (opens the original)
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COLOGNE: Europe's biggest video games show, Gamescom, opened on Aug 25 with the spotlight on two hit series, Final Fantasy and The Witcher, with the industry seeking a boost in an era of job cuts and fierce competition. Fans and professionals got a first glimpse at scores of new titles at a sold-out opening ceremony, where Canadian presenter Geoff Keighley highlighted upcoming games to a crowd of around 5,000 people for nearly two hours.
Gamescom gathers with GTA VI looming in the background (opens the original)
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PARIS: The videogames industry meets on Aug 25 in Cologne at the Gamescom trade show as concerns mount for its future amid job cuts, cut-throat competition and the end of discs. Though the latest instalment in the smash-hit Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series will not be on show at Gamescom, developers are under pressure to make their games stand out from the crowd as developers bring releases forward to try and avoid the GTA behemoth.
French youth social media ban meets age check conundrum (opens the original)
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PARIS: France's parliament is weighing a social media ban for under-15s, following in the footsteps of Australia and Indonesia, although enforcement authorities are facing a puzzle on how to manage age checks. Here are the main methods available for now to check users are of age: The most obvious solution is providing a scan of a passport, driver's license or other official identity document. But the method has limits, including some teens using ID belonging to a friend or relative who is above
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