Games/Entertainment

GameStop’s Stocks Drop by 26% After This Week’s Mass Stock Market Move

GameStop plummeted 26% on the stock market on May 17 after a week-long attempt to sell up to 45 million shares.


Take-Two Announces GTA 6 Release Date, Stays Mum on KSP 2 in Latest Earnings Call

Take-Two Interactive has announced that Grand Theft Auto 6 would be released by late 2025 in its latest earnings call, but denied reports about further Kerbal Space Program 2 upgrades and developments..

Las Vegas’ Renowned Mirage Hotel-Casino Is Closing, Transforming Into Luxury Hard Rock Hotel

The Las Vegas Strip's Mirage hotel-casino will close in July to become a luxury Hard Rock hotel...

Netflix Boasts 40 Million Users Subscribed to Ad-Supported Tier, Reveals Plans to Develop In-House Ad Tech Platform

Netflix reports 40 million monthly users of its ad-supported service, with the ads chief stating that the firm is creating its own platform for ad solutions...


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Vietnamese developer removes top-ranked Flappy Bird from app stores
Hanoi, Vietnam-based game developer Don Nguyen of dotGears took down the top-ranking mobile game Flappy Bird from both iOS and Google Play app stores today, reportedly due to the various criticisms he
Security researcher exposes Snapchat weakness that could crash phone
Security researcher Jamie Sanches has discovered and exposed a weakness within California-US-based photo messaging app Snapchat that could allow hackers to freeze and crash a user's phone.
US-based startup Snippit pockets $500K in seed round to launch an app that adds music clip to photos
San Francisco, California-based startup Snippit pocketed $500,000 in an internal family seed round to launch an app that lets users add a music clip to photos.
Former Citigroup CTO raises $1M for hardware startup Avegant on Kickstarter
Yobie Bejamin, the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Citigroup, raised $1 million on via crowdfunding platform Kickstarter for hardware startup Avegant's new kind of headset called Glyph.
US music streaming service Pandora to push native ads in connected cars
Oakland, California-based music streaming service Pandora is planning to push native advertising to connected vehicles in a bid to boost the company's total revenue, as announced during the company's
Amazon purchases Double Helix Games for undisclosed amount
Amazon has bought Double Helix Games, a gaming studio based in Irvine, California created from the merger of The Collective Inc and Shiny Entertainment. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, TechCrunc
San Francisco-based Apportable snags $5M from renowned investors
Renowned technology innovators invested $5 million to close the latest funding round of San Francisco-based mobile technology firm Apportable, bringing to $7.4 million total funds raised to date.
YouTube founders' startup AVOS laying off majority of workforce -sources
San Mateo, California-based Internet startup AVOS Systems is laying off 80% of its workforce because of the lack of traction, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Canadian games creator Big Viking to buy back Yoville from Zynga to avoid the game's early death
Toronto, Canada-based games creator Big Viking Games seeks to buy back Yoville from Zynga in a bid to avoid the game's early death, since the latter announced it would shut the game down on March.
Colorado-based startup TeamSnap scores $7.5M in Series B round for to develop app to manage the schedule of sports teams
Boulder, Colorado-based startup TeamSnap scored $7.5 million in a Series B funding round to develop its app that helps sports coaches and league officials manage the schedule of their sports teams.
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