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Hub: Video games becoming social hubs for younger consumers
Video games are increasingly serving as social platforms for younger consumers, creating new opportunities for television networks, streaming services and movie studios to promote their programming and entertainment franchises, according to a new…
Video Games Are Making Star Wars Fun Again
It's been a bad few years for Star Wars, huh? From the dire reception to Episode IX through to a succession of (mostly) underbaked TV shows to a run of high-profile cancellations, the overall vibe of the series of late has been far, far away from…
5 Perfect D&D Video Games No One Remembers
Dungeons & Dragons is a cooperative, fantasy tabletop role-playing game that dates all the way back to the 1970s. Over the years, D&D has been at the center of controversy, especially as the popularity of the game increased during a time when…
A24's New Sci-Fi Thriller Based on a Video Game Is Giving Fans Exactly What They Want
One of many live-action video game adaptations on the horizon is Death Stranding, an A24 film based on the 2019 game by Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima. The game revolved around delivering packages in a world suffering from supernatural…
Game Developer veteran Chris Kerr launches Vertical Slice, a games publication 'giving workers a voice and holding power to account'
Chris Kerr, former Senior Editor of GDC sibling Game Developer (formerly Gamasutra) has launched a new subscription-funded publication to deliver 'incisive, bold reporting for video game industry professionals' that 'scrutinises with intensity and…
Horror Game Creator - Kotaku
Horror Game Creator lets you build and explore your own liminal horror worlds. Design levels, customize enemies, lighting, and items, and create unique experiencesfrom quiet, eerie spaces to intense survival scenarios. Games metadata is powered by…
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49ers Troll Seahawks with Funny 'Coffee' Video After Win in Rivalry Game to Stay Undefeated
The San Francisco 49ers are in a joking mood after defeating the NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks on Sunday to stay undefeated. The 49ers posted a video on social media with a cup of iced coffee and the caption, 'We take our coffee 5-0.' Of course…
Robinhood's AI Agents Won't Help You Beat the Market
We are all investors now, or at least the majority of us are. More Americans than ever are investing in the stock market, and surveys show a large share of Gen Z and millennials actively trade individual stocks as their preferred investment…
Aream & Co: Games industry M&A generates $57.8 bn in Q3, including EA's $55bn leveraged buyout
The number of games industry mergers and acquisitions stayed steady in the third quarter with 54 transactions totalling $57.8 billion, according to investment bank Aream & Co. This included the completion of the $55 billion leveraged buyout of…
What Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Reveals About Media's Future (Guest Column)
Paramount Skydance ‘s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery to form Skydance Corp., which pushes the combined company to second place in Nielsen's U.S. TV audience share and brings together two major Hollywood studios, has reignited debate…
GTA 6 'leaker' threatens to release entire game after dropping video of Lucia fully nude
Gamers have just gotten another glimpse of what to expect from Grand Theft Auto VI from the leaker that is holding Rockstar Games to ransom. Cyberleek has just dropped further alleged footage of the gameplay - which has been kept tightly under…
The Chinese trend of buying babies abroad
As surrogacy remains illegal in China, demand is growing for overseas-born babies. An “industry of agencies, consultancies and fertility clinics” has sprung up to help Chinese people connect with potential surrogate mothers overseas…
The bull market turned 4 years old on Monday. Investors say reaching a fifth birthday could be challenging
The current bull market is four years old. The S&P 500 has climbed almost 120% since its closing low on Oct. 12, 2022, before the release of ChatGPT unleashed a frenzy on all things artificial intelligence. Nvidia has been a poster child of the AI…
What Pokemon Pokopia Taught Me About the Future of Marketing
I have a marketing prediction: “Made entirely by humans” will become a premium signal. As AI tools make it easier than ever to produce more content, the work that exhibits human creativity and originality will become more valuable. I…
Billionaires love Trump's AI rebrand
In the 1987 Nintendo game “Zelda II: The Adventure of Link,” there is a village you can visit and a home you can enter and a man in a purple shirt you can speak with. But the only thing he says is “I am Error.” I was…
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