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Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball to lead strategy
The second major Xbox leadership changes this month. The second major Xbox leadership changes this month. Tom Warren is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.
Spurs vs. Thunder live updates: 2026 NBA playoffs Game 2 start time, picks and predictions
The Spurs look to take a commanding 2-0 series lead in the Western Conference finals against the Thunder in Oklahoma City tonight. San Antonio won an instant classic, double-overtime Game 1 on Monday night, meaning the defending champions will need…
Enhanced Games: 'Steroid Games' force sport to confront tough questions
On the neon-clad Strip in Las Vegas - a city known for pushing boundaries in the pursuit of entertainment and profit - one of the most controversial events in sports history is about to take centre stage. Featuring athletes who have taken…
1% win probabilities, late-game NBA magic and why the Knicks might be Houdini
The New York Knicks stunned the Cleveland Cavaliers and the entire sports world Tuesday night, erasing a 22-point deficit with just under 8 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to ultimately claim Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. The…
Our elections look like a game of Ludo
Welcome to the “democracy casino”. That's the assessment of the Electoral Reform Society in light of the local elections and the weird and wonderful results they threw up in councils across England earlier this month. This might not…
Microsoft hired an analyst with an influential video game blog to fix Xbox
Xbox has hired your favorite video game developer's favorite industry analyst, Matthew Ball, as its new Chief Strategy Officer. As reported by The Game Business and confirmed via his LinkedIn, Ball is joining Xbox with the stated goal of…
Cavaliers vs. Knicks Game 2 odds: New York favored after historic comeback at MSG
There are moments in sports that burn lines of demarcation between ultimate joy and sorrow. Tuesday night's Eastern Conference finals Game 1 was just such a moment. The New York Knicks improbably, historically, stormed back from a 22-point…
Xbox Taps Your Favorite Gaming Chart Guy To Save Its Console
Can Matthew Ball reverse Microsoft's stagnating console gaming business? That's the job he's been tasked with as Xbox's new chief strategy officer. Asha Sharma announced that the venture capital analyst is joining her executive leadership team…
The 'Concord' Curse Returns With Quantic Dream's PvP Game Axed In 3 Months
In a neither shocking nor surprising movie, we have yet another shutdown of a live multiplayer PvP game that probably should not have existed in the first place. This time, it's one of the weirder ideas, that the narrative-focused studio Quantic…
Cavaliers' Game 1 Meltdown Vs. Knicks Underscores Stakes Of East Finals
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 19: Jalen Brunson #11 of the New York Knicks drives around James Harden #1 and Sam Merrill #5 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the fourth quarter in Game One of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden on…
Pendlebury's 433rd game simply his latest of many AFL records
The names of 14 players span the history of the AFL, from its breakaway from the VFA in 1897 to the spectacle we know today. Charlie Panham to Fred Elliott to Jock McHale to Vic Thorp to Gordon Coventry to Jack Dyer to Dick Reynolds to Ted Whitten…
Freddie Freeman calls Pages' game-winning AB against Mason Miller 'one of the greatest' he's seen
SAN DIEGO — Andy Pages, arguably the Los Angeles Dodgers' most consistent hitter this season, was in an early hole against baseball's best closer Tuesday night. An 0-2 count was not ideal in a tie game against San Diego Padres flamethrower…
'Buckle Up'-Bitcoin On The Brink As White House Confirms Imminent Price Game-Changer
Bitcoin has crashed since hitting an all-time high in October last year, losing 40% of its value and plunging the crypto market into a brutal winter crisis. Sign up now for CryptoCodex —A free crypto newsletter that will get you ahead of the…
Lawmakers scrutinize sportsbooks, prediction markets at testy hearing
Senators from both parties peppered officials from the gaming and prediction market industries with questions about their aggressive marketing strategies, integrity-monitoring practices and efforts to protect consumer safety during a sometimes…
Missing' Lee Andrews 'playing a big game' says investigative journalist
Lee Andrews' claim he's been 'kidnapped' has caused quite the stir online as Katie Price insists she's terrified for her husband. The former glamour model claims her last contact with him was on Wednesday night, nearly a week ago. She explained:…
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