The second season of indie streamer Dropout’s Rekha Shankar-hosted “Smartypants” is set to debut in the first quarter of 2025 with numerous guest stars lined up for the new batch of episodes, including Hank Green. Per the second season description, “Join more secret gatherings of the Smartypants Society! Host Rekha Shankar welcomes new and returning […]

Ubisoft will be shutting down its free-to-play first-person shooter game “XDefiant” in the new year. On Tuesday, the game publisher announced that new downloads and player registrations would no longer be available for “XDefiant,” though the game would still be releasing its Season 3 content “in the near future” and the game’s servers will be […]

Fans will be able to check back into “White Lotus” in February, according to Warner Bros. Discovery global streaming chief JB Perrette. The exec revealed the news Tuesday during a tech and media conference hosted by Wells Fargo, along with HBO’s planned spring 2025 premiere for “The Last of Us” Season 2, a late 2025 […]

Along with its much-promoted Black Friday NFL game, Amazon is serving up a side helping of holiday sports content this week with its new docuseries about the history of the top-selling video game based on pigskin: “Madden NFL.” And no, the timing is not a coincidence, as “Madden” publisher EA Sports is keenly aware of […]

Chip and Joanna Gaines have been fixing up their content offering this fall with a focus on family-friendly content. Not that the Gaineses were ever producing programs not acceptable for kids (unless we’re counting some questionably dangerous choices made by Chip on “Fixer Upper” construction sites), but that these new unscripted titles are specifically made […]

Joel Zimmerman, more popularly known as musical artist Deadmau5, is partnering with Wargaming’s free-to-play game “World of Tanks Blitz” for an in-game holiday event. The collaboration kicks off Tuesday with the release of Deadmau5’s new track “Familiars” in a trailer tied to the “World of Tanks Blitz” experience. Per the description for the music video, “Deadmau5 […]

AMC Networks’ executive vice president of content strategy Blake Callaway will exit at the end of 2024 after 13 years with the company. Most recently, Callaway assisted in the acquisition of full operational control of BBC America (previously a joint venture with BBC Studios), and oversaw brand and content strategy for the company’s streamer Acorn […]

The Game Awards have re-teamed with Epic Games for fan voting in “Fortnite,” led this year by a “MetaHuman” version of host Geoff Keighley. Following last year’s inaugural in-game voting, the Game Awards will return to “Fortnite” for the 2024 show next month and let players vote for the best Fortnite island of the year. […]

Wow, 20 years ago today the team at Blizzard Entertainment launched its massive multiplayer online addition to the “Warcraft” franchise, and changed the gaming industry forever. While many MMOs have followed in “World of Warcraft’s” footsteps and drawn younger audiences into the genre, the power of the game that created a giant customer support team […]

Ubisoft has released a major update to open-world game “Star Wars Outlaws” in response to the widespread issues players had with the game’s stealth mechanics and other gameplay features. The “Outlaws” publisher also unveiled the title’s first downloadable content expansion, “Wild Card,” which heavily stars “Star Wars” character Lando Calrissian (who is featured in the […]

The team behind indie streamer Nebula’s hit travel competition series “Jet Lag: The Game” has revealed their next project: “Abolish Everything!,” a comedy debate series based on comedian Chandler Dean’s live show of the same name in New York City. Per the description for “Abolish Everything!,” which will be hosted by Dean himself, “comedian-abolitionists roast […]

The team behind Amazon’s cult hit sci-fi epic “The Expanse” has set a new series at Amazon MGM Studios. The project, a TV adaptation of book series “The Captive’s War,” is part of a development deal between Amazon and “The Expanse” creator’s newly launched multi-platform media company, Expanding Universe. Founded by “The Expanse” showrunner Naren […]

Disney vet Alexandra Weinberger has joined Amazon MGM Studios in the newly created role of chief of YA and comedy ongoing series. Three years ago, Amazon MGM Studios (then just Amazon Studios) organized its leadership team to focus on three areas: development, series, and IP and talent management. In her new position, Weinberger will head […]

A new installment of the “Backyard Sports” video game franchise is in the works. The project is one of multiple ideas in development from “Backyard Sports” rights holder Playground Productions, which is also considering a TV series or film adaptation of the iconic ’90s title. The untitled game is described as “a fresh and exciting […]

The nominations are in for the 2024 Game Awards and the people have spoken with their own opinions about the final nods issued by the voting committee, made up of multiple media outlets covering video games. Among the 29 categories, the most hotly contested is always the top honor, game of the year. This crop […]

The Game Awards 2024 nominations are being announced live by Geoff Keighley at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. This year’s show, which marks the 10th anniversary for the awards, features 29 competitive categories, including Game of the Year. The 2024 Game Awards will take place Dec. 12 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. […]

Following recent reports and criticisms of Roblox’s child-safety protections, the younger-skewing online gaming platform is implementing new measures, including the automatic blocking of direct messaging for users under the age of 13 and parents’ ability to regulate the level of “mature” content available to their kids, regardless of age. These changes to Roblox — which […]

Netflix’s new animated series “Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance” heads to “Fortnite” Friday with the release of game “Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance – Red vs. Blue.” Developed by “Gundam” IP owner Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Bungie founder Alexander Seropian’s user-generated content studio Look North World through Unreal Engine for “Fortnite,” the game is described as […]

Razer is best known as a maker of high-end gaming gear including keyboards, headphones and chairs. Now it’s pivoting into a different market: artificial-intelligence-powered tools that evaluate a company’s sustainability. Called Gaiadex, the new offering from Razer is a tool for producing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) — a process used to compare the environmental impacts […]