Netflix wants to gamify its audience
Netflix launches new IP-based games
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Classic video games are an endangered species
The Future. A study by the Video Game History Foundation and Software Preservation Network found classic video games are going the way of the dinosaurs (or the Jurassic Park Super Nintendo game). If a concerted effort isn’t made to preserve classic games, they may be relegated to the bargain bin of history. Atari archaeologyRoughly 87% […]
Microsoft gets the greenlight to acquire Activision Blizzard
Microsoft officially acquires Activision
YouTube gets gamified
YouTube tests playable games
Call of Duty is the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger battleground
The Future. Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard may not go through for one simple reason: Call of Duty. The franchise is so big, popular, and successful that Microsoft’s ownership of it may be a monopoly in and of itself… especially if it’s used as an exclusive title in the fledgling cloud-gaming ecosystem. One […]
The Super Marios Bros. theme song was programmed to be an earworm
TheFuture. The original Super Mario Bros. theme song is a work of both music and programming genius (we’re sure you’re whistling it right now). Yet, its creator, Koji Kondo, is relatively unknown. Considering its enduring success since 1985 and the outsized success that The Super Mario Bros. Movie is currently enjoying, Kondo may soon become […]
Generative AI unlocks a new level of game development
AI is revolutionizing the video game industry.
Bored Ape Yacht Club sets sail for a future in gaming with new CEO
Yuga Labs is installing former Activision Blizzard executive Daniel Alegre as CEO.
MrBeast suits up for Fortnite
MrBeast (real name Jimmy Donaldson) is joining LeBron James, Naomi Osaka, and Ariana Grande by getting the Fortnite Icon Series makeover.