Gaming consoles are dead. Long live gaming consoles! For more than two decades, it’s been a regular topic of conversation: When might gaming consoles, the dedicated hardware that has been the core of the gaming biz, become obsolete — and be replaced by general-purpose platforms like PCs and smartphones? The debate has been stoked by […]

The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) has revealed the results of its 2024 council election, electing 13 new members to the leadership team. The council consist of 20 members: 12 film/tv/streaming members, five online media members, three broadcast/cable/streaming news members, and five officers, including president, secretary-treasurer and three vice presidents, each representing one work […]

Zack Snyder revealed a first look at Netflix’s upcoming video game set in the world of his “Rebel Moon” film franchise during the streamer’s “Geeked Week” event in Atlanta Thursday. Titled “Blood Line: A Rebel Moon Game,” the upcoming mobile offering is described as an “online co-operative action game takes on the role of a […]

Adam Conover returns to his CollegeHumor roots this week with new standup comedy special, “Adam Conover: Unmedicated,” which delves into the comedian’s history with ADD and his subsequent Adderall addiction. The show, which launched Wednesday, is streaming on Dropout (the indie platform owned by the rebranded CollegeHumor company) as part of its new “Dropout Presents” […]

Amazon Ads is launching a new experience on gaming platform “Fortnite” that will offer marketing opportunities to brands and have guaranteed promotion through Amazon-owned streamer Twitch. Titled “The Glitch,” the project is described as “an integrated galaxy of brand-customized playable worlds” within “Fortnite” created by “Halo” co-creator Alexander Seropian and his Look North World game […]

“Monopoly Go!” is crossing over with the Marvel universe for an in-game event that will bring Spider-Man, Wolverine, Deadpool, the Avengers and more of the iconic Disney-owned super hero characters into the mobile game. During the event, which will launch Sept. 26, “Monopoly Go!” maker Scopely says “Tycoons and Super Hero fans alike will immerse themselves in a […]

Electronic Arts’ popular free-to-play life-simulation video game franchise “The Sims” is breaking from tradition, with the gaming company confirming Tuesday that there are no plans for a “The Sims 5” game as the successor to the current edition, “The Sims 4.” Instead, “The Sims 4,” now a 10-year-old title and the longest-running installment in the […]

“The Sims” movie adaptation from Amazon MGM Studios has been officially confirmed by video game maker Electronic Arts. EA formally announced the project Tuesday, along with a slew of other reveals about the future of “The Sims” franchise, which is being produced by “Barbie” star Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap with Kate Herron, who helmed […]

Xbox and “S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2” maker GSC Game World are set to release a documentary following the developers of the sequel game as they work to complete the title while living amid the war in Ukraine, the studio’s home country. Per the description for the doc, titled “War Game: The Making of ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2,'”: “Previously based […]

Dan and Eugene Levy took the stage at the top of the Emmys on Sunday night to kick off the awards show on ABC with jokes galore, including a roast of “The Bear.” The opening segment of the 76th annual Emmy awards saw the duo (who mark the first-ever father and son to host TV’s biggest night) playfully […]

YouTube star and content creator KreekCraft, best known as the most popular Roblox livestreamer, has been signed by UTA. The streaming star was previously signed with CAA. KreekCraft currently averages 100 million monthly views on YouTube and has more than 10 million YouTube subscribers. His growing popularity correlates to gaming and social platform Roblox’s recent surge […]

Microsoft Gaming will lay off approximately 650 employees, or 3% of the Xbox owner’s global workforce, in a new round of eliminations following last year’s completion of its Activision Blizzard acquisition. The cuts will primarily impact staffers in “corporate and supporting functions,” per Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer. “For the past year, our goal has […]

Actor John Cena recently lent his talents to a marketing campaign for Supercell’s mobile game “Brawl Stars,” which has introduced a collaboration with Nickleodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants” amid the cartoon’s 25th anniversary. While a seemingly strange choice of star to promote the Paramount-Supercell teamup, Cena explained to Variety how his passion for mobile gaming and his […]

Future Games Show is expanding its event lineup with the Mobile Gaming Show. The Mobile Gaming Show will air on Sept. 26 at 1 p.m. ET/10 am p.t. PT across YouTube, Twitch, X, TikTok, Facebook, GamesRadar and more. The 30-minute show will be hosted by actor Ben Starr (Clive Rosfield in “Final Fantasy XVI”) and will feature exclusive […]

On the heels of Warner Bros. Games releasing “Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions” Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief financial officer has confirmed that a followup to 2023’s hit Wizarding World game “Hogwarts Legacy” is a goal for the team moving forward. “Obviously, a successor to ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ is one of the biggest priorities in a couple […]

Warner Bros. Discovery revealed the 2024 class for its second annual WBD Access Unlock Unscripted pipeline program, which focuses on diverse, mid-level producers on the rise to becoming the industry’s next unscripted TV showrunner. Thirteen producers were admitted for this year’s program, triple in size from 2023’s inaugural class. Those accepted came from US, Canada, […]

The “Made in NY” Awards ceremony will return this fall after a decade of handing out the honors behind the scenes. Created in 2006 by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, the “Made in NY” Awards celebrate excellence in New York City’s creative community and recognize the achievements of individuals and organizations that have […]

“The School for Good and Evil” author Soman Chainani has set his latest book, political fantasy novel “Young World.” The title, which is told through prose and two-color art, is described as “House of Cards” meets “Hunger Games.”  “Young World” follows the story of 17 year-old who, against all odds, gets elected President of the United States. Soon, […]

AMC Networks and Spectrum parent Charter Communications have reached an early renewal for their multiyear carriage deal. Top AMC series include “The Walking Dead” franchise, the Annie Rice adaptations “Interview with the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches,” “Dark Winds,” “Gangs of London” and other shows across AMC-owned cable networks BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV and We TV. […]