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3 Best Movies To Watch On Peacock This Weekend (#1 Is The Highest-Grossing Video Game Movie)
There are a ton of great films on Peacock, but these three movies are an excellent way to pass the time this weekend. With NBC Universal backing the platform, Peacock is one of the most stacked streamers on the market. Not only is it a hub for…
Video Game Stocks To Consider - May 1st
Turtle Beach, Alliance Entertainment, Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Brag House, and Motorsport Games are the five Video Game stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Video game stocks are shares of publicly traded…
New consumer survey finds exclusives are the number one reason people play on a specific console, but is there more to it than that?
A new consumer survey by Circana has found that 41 percent of surveyed gamers play on a console because of its exclusive games. Circana, an American market research company, has been analyzing the video game industry for some time. This statistic…
Survey Reveals #1 Reason People Use Consoles: Exclusive Games
A recent survey from market research firm Circana shows that, as before, the number one reason people use consoles is to play exclusive games not available on other platforms. But the data shows that other factors are nearly as important and…
Prediction Markets Are Killing Gaming's Leak Culture
For years, gaming news spread in a relatively predictable pattern: an insider at a major game studio whispers to a YouTuber with a developed community, who then posts a vague albeit alluring video, and within hours Reddit threads are investigating…
These Marketing Concepts Have Become Meaningless-and They're Sabotaging Your Strategy
Cannes Lions is where the biggest ideas take center stage. Join ADWEEK for must-see conversations, top industry leaders, and the moments everyone will be talking about. When marketers talk about their “films,” as if they are producing…
Control Resonant: New Developer Diary Drops With Latest Details
Posted in: Games, Remedy Entertainment, Video Games | Tagged: control, Control Resonant, gamescom Latin America A new developer diary for Control Resonant has been released, showing off more of the game during gamescom Latin America. Remedy…
Robert Downey Jr. Slams 'Horse S--t' Claim Influencers Are 'Stars of the Future'
Watch: Influencer Piper Rockelle, 18, Claims She Made $2.9 Million After One Day on OnlyFans Robert Downey Jr. doesn't think influencer culture is endgame. In fact, while influencers grow more ubiquitous across the pop culture zeitgeist, the Marvel…
Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Roku, Reddit, Rivian, CoreWeave, Hershey, UnitedHealth & more
Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: Bank of America reiterates Apple as buy Bank of America says it sees a host of tailwinds for Apple following earnings on Thursday. 'We remain bullish on shares of Apple h eading into the…
GameMaker leans into AI coding and Sony clarifies DRM confusion
How many fingers does a monkey's paw have again? Because those digits won't stop curling. It feels like this is the first week in a long time where I haven't reported on multiple game industry layoffs (just the one studio closure this time around).
NBA playoff schedule, odds, predictions for Pistons vs. Magic, Cavaliers vs. Raptors, Lakers vs. Rockets
We have three closeout Game 6s on the slate Friday night, as the Detroit Pistons try to claw their way back from what was at one point a 3-1 series lead for the Orlando Magic. The top-seeded Pistons have looked shellshocked at times, and downright…
Cillian Murphy's 'absorbing' Irish drama climbs up Netflix's trending top 10
Cillian Murphy's acclaimed Irish drama, Small Things Like These, is doing quite well for itself on Netflix after being added to the streaming service's library earlier this week. Based on Claire Keegan's 2021 novel, the film revolves around…
Inside viral 'Scientology speedrun' trend prompting the church to bolster security
Ericka Buensuceso was walking along Hollywood Boulevard on Saturday when she came across an alien, two hot dogs and Jesus. The motley costumed crew was banding together with several others, united by the common goal of breaking into the nearby…
Paste Games Is Finally Dead And It Sucks
Another media outlet is retreating from gaming. The A.V. Club has laid off its full-time gaming editors as it refocuses its resources on its “core strengths” of movies and TV. It's the latest casualty of Paste Media ownership…
EBay soars on report that GameStop is preparing a takeover bid
EBay Inc. jumped more than 13% in after-hours trading on Friday after the Wall Street Journal reported that video-game retailer GameStop Corp. is preparing a bid for the company. GameStop, led by e-commerce entrepreneur Ryan Cohen, has been…
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