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Squido Studio raises $3M for social XR game DigiGods
Squido Studio has raised $3 million in funding to develop DigiGods, an ambitious social extended reality (XR) platform.Tech - VentureBeat - 7 hours ago -
Buddy raises $1.1M for social utility app
Buddy, a social utility app designed to get you off your phone, announced a $1.1 million pre-seed funding round.Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago -
Accel-backed Jetapult invests $4.5M in Saudi Arabian game studio UMX
UMX, a game studio based in Saudi Arabia, has raised $4.5 million from Jetapult, an investment company backed by Accel Partners.Tech - VentureBeat - October 14 -
FunPlus opens Studio Ellipsis to make cross-platform games in Lisbon
FunPlus, a Swiss company that has become one of the world’s largest independent game companies, has opened its new Studio Ellipsis in Lisbon.Tech - VentureBeat - October 16 -
Game studios are getting candid about funding problems | Kaser Focus
Surgent Studios is not the only studio to publicly admit to having trouble securing funding. Rachel Kaser recognizes the honesty.Tech - VentureBeat - October 19 -
Netflix Shutters AAA Game Studio Led By Overwatch And Halo Vets
In a brutal year of gaming layoffs, Netflix has shut down a studio focused on an original "AAA multiplatform" title. The Southern California outfit was apparently known as team "Blue" and featured ...Tech - GameSpot - October 22 -
Velan Studios readies launch for Bounce Arcade VR game for Meta Quest
Velan Studios announced its VR pinball game Bounce Arcade is available for pre-order on Meta Quest and will debut on November 21. In the game, you enter the machine and play pinball like you’ve ...Tech - VentureBeat - October 24 -
Outlast Is The Latest Video Game To Get A Movie Adaptation, And A Major Studio Is Behind It
Another video game series is shifting to the big screen, or at least will try to. Lionsgate has announced a deal with Red Barrels to make a movie version of the horror game series Outlast. ...Tech - GameSpot - October 30 -
Azra Games raises $42.7M for next-generation mobile RPG with Web3 features
Azra Games has defied the funding gods and raised $42.7 million to accelerate development of its Project Legends mobile role-playing game.Tech - VentureBeat - October 15 -
Lego Horizon Adventures Raises The Question Of What IPs Work As A Lego Game
Having now played about an hour of Lego Horizon Adventures , it feels like a game with great ideas that are restricted by the IP it's based on. I love the world of Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon ...Tech - GameSpot - October 21 -
Atletico trying to raise awareness of fans with disabilities in Champions League game
Atletico Madrid is trying to bring a record number of spectators with disabilities to a Champions League match to raise awareness about inclusion and the need to promote better access to sport for ...Sports - ABC News - October 22 -
Party Icons raises $9M for mobile-1st gaming platform
Party Icons, a mobile-first gaming platform with three playable modes, said it has raised $9 million in funding despite market headwinds.Tech - VentureBeat - October 23 -
House Democrats launch $3M ad campaign focused on Project 2025
The House Democratic campaign arm on Wednesday launched a multimillion-dollar ad blitz focused on Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for the next Republican presidency that Democrats have been ...Politics - The Hill - October 16 -
Fraudsters steal more than £3m a day as cases rise
Fraud cases rise by 16% in the first half of the year, but total losses are down slightly, new data shows.Top stories - BBC News - October 17 -
Hernández: Jack Flaherty's immortalizing Game 1 holds special meaning for L.A.-raised pitcher
If the Dodgers go on to win a World Series, what Jack Flaherty accomplished in Game 1 of the NLCS against the Mets will define his career in his native L.A.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 14 -
Big 12 review says league games were not compromised by helmet communication issues after Texas Tech inquiry
The Big 12 has told its members to send in helmet communication equipment for encryption updatesSports - CBS Sports - October 31 -
Keywords acquires co-development studio Certain Affinity
Keywords Studios' latest acquisition is co-development studio Certain Affinity, which will join its Create division.Tech - VentureBeat - October 18 -
3M’s stock turns red as profit beat, but retail customers are still holding back
The maker of Post-it Notes saw it’s stock surge to a multi-year high, then pull a sharp U-turn into the red, even as earnings beat expectations.Business - MarketWatch - October 22 -
Universal Studios to Open Fourth Theme Park Next Year
Universal Epic Universe will open to visitors on May 22 and up its competition with Disney.Business - Inc. - October 17 -
How TiMi Studio revived Age of Empires Mobile for a new age of fans
Mobile gaming fans around the world are ready for battle as Age of Empires Mobile has launched worldwide on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Co-developed by TiMi Studio Group (Call of Duty: ...Tech - VentureBeat - October 18 -
Surgent Studios puts staff on hiatus while searching for a publisher
The developers behind Tales of Kenzera: ZAU risk furloughing their entire staff if they do not find a publishing partner soon.Tech - VentureBeat - October 18 -
Asana AI Studio now offers AI agent creation for workflow management
Work management platform Asana said multiple AI agents on a workflow system gets rid of "busy work."Tech - VentureBeat - October 22 -
Netflix shutters its only triple-A studio, loses major industry hires
Netflix has closed Team Blue, the LA-based internal studio, before it could release its alleged triple-A game.Tech - VentureBeat - October 22 -
Surgent Studios’ next project is Project Uso, an Afro-Gothic RPG
Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios told VGC that it is working on a game that it calls an Afro-Gothic RPG.Tech - VentureBeat - October 24 -
PlayStation Shuts Down Concord Permanently, Shutters Dev Firewalk Studios
Sony has announced that it has shut down Firewalk Studios, the developer behind the multiplayer-shooter game Concord. Additionally, Concord has been permanently sunset, dashing any hopes of a ...Tech - GameSpot - October 29 -
Sony is shutting down Firewalk Studios after disastrous Concord launch
Sony acquired the studio in 2023, with Concord seemingly a major part of the company's push into live-service games.Tech - VentureBeat - October 29 -
Solange Knowles, Danny Meyer and Darren Walker Honor the Studio Museum in Harlem
Artists, business executives and museum leaders turned out for the annual benefit, which raised more than $3.7 million for the museum.Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 30 -
Carol Lombardini, studio negotiator during Hollywood strikes, to step down
Carol Lombardini, who represented the major studios during last year's Hollywood strikes, is stepping down as president and chief negotiator of the AMPTP.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 6 days ago -
Social Media Layoffs Hit Meta
The tech giant confirmed an unspecified number of job cuts at WhatsApp and Instagram.Business - Inc. - October 17 -
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Japan’s Toho acquires North American animation company GKIDS, Studio Ghibli's US steward
The Japanese entertainment giant Toho has reached an agreement to acquire the Oscar-winning animation outfit GKIDS, the companies said TuesdayEntertainment - ABC News - October 15 -
Studio One Forever review – affectionate look back at LA’s legendary gay club
Frequented by those looking for a refuge from homophobia, this documentary charts the history of the venue and the effort to save its cultural legacy. ‘It used to be paradise. Now it’s a straight ...World - The Guardian - October 16 -
Alien: Romulus Will Release On VHS, Something No Major Studio Has Done In 18 Years
It's apparently been 18 years since a major studio has released a movie on VHS, but that drought will be broken when Alien: Romulus comes out for the outdated platform on December 3. That's right: ...Tech - GameSpot - October 21 -
Woman sentenced over social worker stabbing
Fiyori Kesete attacked the victim without warning, stabbing her in the arms and head.Top stories - BBC News - October 19 -
Meta Battles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit in Massachusetts
Meta, which owns and operates Facebook and Instagram, is facing accusations that it used tactics to get users hooked on its platforms.Business - Inc. - October 19 -
The TikTokification of Social Media May Finally Be Its Undoing
A case involving TikTok may have opened the door to holding platforms liable for the damage they cause.Top stories - The New York Times - October 21 -
Relive the 2024 offseason through social media
Some of the biggest moments this summer were documented through player reaction on social media.Sports - ESPN - October 22 -
Will Social Security be solvent under Trump or Harris?
Social Security is under threat regardless of who wins the election, but an analysis says Trump's agenda would drain the fund more quickly than Harris' plan.Top stories - ABC News - October 23
