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GTA 6 Head Honcho Strauss Zelnick Is 'Confused' On Stock Market Reaction To Video Game Industry After Google Gemini Reveal
Strauss Zelnick has revealed he is ‘confused' by how the stock market has been reacting to generative AI and the video game industry. Strauss was asked about this by TD Cowen analyst Doug Creutz in Take-Two's recent financials Q&A. Creutz…
Japan to boost aid for video games and anime as new pillar of growth
The government will step up support for the overseas expansion of content industries such as video games and anime, while also investing more in related human resources development. Overseas sales of Japanese content reached around ¥5.8…
Is surprise box-office hit Iron Lung the future of 'video game films'?
Something weird struck me early on while watching the movie Iron Lung, which has so far taken $32m at the box office, despite being a grungy low-budget sci-fi thriller adapted from an independent video game few people outside of the horror gaming…
Spanish video game aims to boost church wedding rates
Faced with a steeply declining number of church weddings, Spanish bishops have turned their eye to the virtual realm in the hope that a new video game will help entice more couples to the altar. According to the most recent figures, less than 18%…
Clash Royale' maker says video-game publishers are 'coasting
Finnish video-game maker Supercell plans to double its spending on new-product development for the second straight year, with its chief executive officer saying the slow-growing industry needs to innovate more. The maker of Clash Royale and Brawl…
'Wheel of Time' IP Owner, VFX Studio Framestore to Launch AI-Enabled Platform to Unify Productions Across Film, TV and Video Games (EXCLUSIVE)
“ The Wheel of Time ” IP owner iwot Studios and VFX company Framestore have struck a deal to launch an AI-enabled platform that will offer brands asset management tools to ease collaboration on projects across multiple platforms. The…
15 Video Games That Influenced a Millennial Childhood
Millennials experienced the rise of 3D graphics to online multiplayer battles. For millennials, these are the titles that helped shape how games were played and remembered. This list looks back at the video games that left a lasting mark on the…
Genre-defining tabletop dungeon crawler is finally getting a video game
Fantasy Flight's 2005 board game Descent helped establish the dungeon crawler board game genre, replicating the tactical experience of playing Dungeons & Dragons but with less roleplaying and more focus on immersion through detailed maps and…
Are video game developers using AI? Players want to know, but the rules are patchy
As with all creative industries, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been infiltrating video games. Non-generative AI has been in the industry long before things like ChatGPT became household names. Video games would contain AI-driven…
These five short video games work like poems - and they're ideal for Valentine's Day
Exchanging poems on Valentine's Day is a long-standing tradition. But poetry doesn't have to be bound to the page. This February 14, why not try sharing a game poem instead? Game poems are tiny video games made as a form of poetic expression. They…
Promising Video Game Stocks To Keep An Eye On - February 10th
Turtle Beach, Alliance Entertainment, Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Motorsport Games, and Brag House are the five Video Game stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Video game stocks are shares of publicly traded…
Failing fast is a lot harder than it sounds
'Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.' Irish playwright Samuel Beckett's famous quote has become Corporate America's new mantra. From Okta to Salesforce to Blackstone, executives told BI's Sarah E. Needleman and…
What worked for video game crowdfunding in 2025?
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game' expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.] We're back, and we hope everyone…
Elon Musk Predicts a Future Where Work Is Optional and Money Obsolete?
“My prediction is that work will be optional,” Musk said. “It'll be like playing sports or a video game.” Just as people can buy vegetables at the store instead of growing them, he suggested, humans may choose whether or…
M5 MacBook Air: Release Date, Features, and Performance Predictions
The MacBook Air is Apple's most popular laptop – a thin, fanless machine that wields quiet power thanks to the efficiency of Apple silicon. While the M4 model isn't exactly old, attention is already turning to its successor. Apple doesn't…
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