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Fandom and GameSpot owner set to buy Balatro publisher Playstack
Playstack, the publisher behind games including Balatro, Abiotic Factor, and The Rise of the Golden Idol, is set to be purchased by Integrated Media Company (IMC), the owner of Fandom and Gamespot, among numerous other brands. The news was…
All of Us Are Making a Splash' - The Wandering Inn Author Talks LitRPG Success in the Self-Publishing World
I've read a lot of fantasy and science fiction books throughout my life, but nothing has caught my attention more than the LitRPG. My brother first recommended the genre to me a few years ago and I've been enamored ever since. There are so many…
Balatro publisher Playstack sold to GameSpot parent company
Balatro and Abiotic Factor publisher Playstack will soon be under the majority ownership of Integrated Media Company (IMC), an investment group that also owns entertainment brands such as Fandom, Screen Junkies, Fanatical, and GameSpot. Playstack…
The Results of Phase III OptiTROP-Lung05 Study of Sacituzumab Tirumotecan (sac-TMT) Presented as an ASCO Oral Presentation and Simultaneously Published in The Lancet
Sac-TMT is designed with a unique, bifunctional linker and differentiated belotecan-derivative payload. The linker is conjugated via cysteine, which maximizes payload delivery to tumor cells both through its irreversible connection with the…
Balatro publisher Playstack could soon belong to the same private equity firm that owns Fandom and GameSpot
Playstack, publisher of some of the most acclaimed indie games in recent years—games like Balatro, Abiotic Factor, and The Case of the Golden Idol—is likely to find itself under new ownership in a proposed sale that would see it land…
Publisher's Platform: We Haven't Finished the Job - A Warning From the Kebab Shop
I have spent more than thirty years representing people whose lives were shattered by a single meal. I have sat across from parents in hospital waiting rooms, watched children in kidney failure, and held the hands of families who buried kids who…
'Maybe it's because we love the sesh': how Wales is bucking Britain's pub-closing trend
On a hot Thursday evening in Canton, a buzzy Cardiff neighbourhood, a steady stream of people in sunglasses, shorts and dresses went back and forth between bar and garden at the city's newest pub, the Pig & Swill. Next door, in Victoria Park, the…
Does Substack need to cater to larger publishers?
Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you've received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the latter camp and want to subscribe, then you can click on this handy little…
The Register MS Has Just Published Fake Article That Mentions 'AI' 23 Times. 'Sponsored by Arm.' It Does This Every Day.
The Register MS has become a content farm (similar to spamfarm) because it's in financial trauma. Yesterday afternoon it published the following 'PARTNER CONTENT' from 'Director of product marketing': It mentions 'AI' 43 times! 'Contributed by…
Rexford Industrial Realty: Sometimes, The Price Is Right (NYSE:REXR)
Rexford Industrial Realty is downgraded to hold due to persistent softness in leasing spreads, occupancy, and net absorption in infill markets. REXR's current valuation offers no margin of safety, with shares trading at an 8.74% discount to…
New Dive Watches And Dive Computers Emerge At Long Beach Scuba Show
Mark Evans, who co-founded Rork Media with Ross Arnold. The two diving enthusiasts also own and operate the Long Beach Scuba Show as well as several other scuba shows around the world.
The Future Of AI Commerce In Travel Depends On Who Controls Trust
Minister Delegate for artificial intelligence and digital technologies Clara Chappaz (R) and Managing Director of OVHCloud, Benjamin Revcolevschi take part in a governmental visit at the data centre of French company OVHcloud in Roubaix, northern…
Zillow downgrades its home price forecast across 400-plus housing markets-see the data
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert's ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Zillow economists just published their updated 12-month forecast, projecting that U.S. home prices—as measured by the Zillow…
AI at the Wheel: When Hacking Stops Needing a Human' published: false description: 'Five threats from late May 2026 mark an inflection point.
— AI is crossing from a hacking tool to an autonomous operator that decides and acts on its own. A field analysis. For two years, 'AI in offensive security' mostly meant one thing: a faster human. Attackers used large language models to…
How a borough in Merseyside is bucking the UK's youth unemployment trend
Kate McGough Education reporter Sixteen-year-old Chloe is certain that if she hadn't received early support, she would likely be one of the million young people in the UK who are not in education, employment or training today, also known by the…
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