Cities: Skylines II toxicity and more layoffs | This week’s gaming news This week’s headlines, now in video form! Jessica Conditt Wed, Jan 31, 2024 Engadget It’s an awkward time to be a PC player. The platform has more games covering more genres than ever, and even standard PC hardware can deliver pristine, photorealistic … Continue reading Cities: Skylines II toxicity and more layoffs | This week’s gaming news
By The Conversation January 12, 2024 After 13-year-old Willis Gibson became the first human to beat the original Nintendo version of Tetris, he dedicated his special win to his father, who died in December 2023. The Oklahoma teen beat the game by defeating level after level until he reached the “kill screen”—that is, the … Continue reading What the world’s most impressive feats of gaming can teach nongamers about achievement
By Michael Grothaus November 27, 2023 Layoffs have hit the tech industry hard in 2023, and now another round is hitting even more employees. The latest company to lay off employees is ByteDance, owner of TikTok. The layoffs, which are expected to officially be announced today, will hit employees working for its Nuverse gaming … Continue reading TikTok owner ByteDance to lay off hundreds as it winds down its failed gaming division
Amazon cuts 180 jobs from its gaming division Its Crown Twitch channel is reportedly being shuttered as part of the cuts. Will Shanklin Mon, Nov 13, 2023 Eduardo Munoz / reuters Amazon has cut around 180 jobs from its gaming division. Sources from Reuters, Aftermath and Bloomberg reported on the cuts, which affected the entire … Continue reading Amazon cuts 180 jobs from its gaming division
India demands $12B from online gaming firms, cites tax evasion Radek Zielinski / Oct 25, 2023 In a massive crackdown, Indian tax authorities have issued notices to numerous online gaming companies demanding approximately 1 trillion rupees ($ 12.03 billion) in taxes that the companies allegedly evaded over the years, a senior government official revealed … Continue reading India demands $12B from online gaming firms, cites tax evasion
Jessica Conditt @JessConditt Pippin Barr is what happens when you hand a philosopher a video game controller. He received a Ph.D in Computer Science in 2008 with a thesis titled, Video Game Values: Play as Human-Computer Interaction. He’s built a tongue-in-cheek series of games based on Greek mythology where players are handed impossible tasks, … Continue reading Why we haven’t made the ‘Citizen Kane’ of gaming
Mat Smith @thatmatsmith Whether it’s Xbox Cloud gaming, Stadia, PlayStation Remote Play or just a very severe addiction to Apple Arcade, gamepads are a better way to play many games on your smartphone of choice. Normally that means using some kind of smartphone clip to attach your phone to your existing controller, propping up … Continue reading The best mobile gaming controllers for 2023
As the metaverse hype cycle wanes, marketers will target specific technologies that add value to their plans and strategies. Chris Wood on January 10, 2023 The metaverse talk over the last year unlocked the creativity of marketers to imagine how they will engage customers in the digital, virtual future. In the year to come, … Continue reading 2023 predictions: How marketers will approach web3, virtual experiences and gaming this year
The Art Of Gaming Marketing by Maggie Malek , November 18, 2022 The following was previously published in an earlier edition of Marketing Insider. One of the great loves of my life (and one of my best kept secrets — until now) is gaming. I have spent so much time online playing games, but it’s something … Continue reading The Art Of Gaming Marketing
The data collaboration serves advertisers using HMG’s Converged audience and data management platform. Chris Wood on October 28, 2022 Havas Media Group (HMG) North America announced a new partnership with connected TV (CTV) analytics company Samba TV that will help advertisers find and manage audiences on streaming, gaming and linear TV channels though HMG’s Converged … Continue reading Havas Media partners with Samba TV to integrate streaming, gaming and linear TV data
