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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.
Atari taps Polycade to update its game for the modern era
In collaboration with Web3 arcade-gaming startup Polycade, Atari recently announced that some of its classic games
Not every entertainment CEO has the metaverse bug
Many top CEOs don’t believe that the metaverse will be something people actually want to spend time in at scale.
Netflix reaches for the skies with a push toward cloud gaming
Netflix has announced that it wants to enter the cloud gaming sphere.
A teenager built the known universe in Minecraft
Teenage Minecraft builder Christopher Slayton built the entire universe in painstaking detail on the gaming platform.