Gaming

Home

Gaming

XDMind Is Tapping AI to Quickly Match Catalogs to Video — Can This Bump the Value of Music Catalogs?

April 12, 2023

Photo Credit: Maraisea XdMind opens up catalogs to AI-powered music sync in dynamic environments, a potentially lucrative development for IP owners. Adapting to user preferences, the technology selects the be... Read More...

Moments After Signing a Hipgnosis Deal, Reactional Music Raises a $2.05 Million Pre-Series A

Ashley King

April 12, 2023

Photo Credit: Reactional Music Reactional Music has closed a new funding round led by Amanotes and Butterfly Ventures. This pre-Series A funding round was also supported by a number of angel investors includ... Read More...

American Teens Aren’t Thrilled with the Metaverse — Only 4% Use VR Daily

Ashley King

April 10, 2023

Photo Credit: Remy Gieling A new report suggests American teens aren't thrilled with the VR metaverse—just 4% report daily use of VR headsets. According to a survey of 5,600 teens in America, VR ownership i... Read More...

Snoop Dogg Abruptly Exits FaZe Clan Board as Stock Plunges Into Worthlessness

Ashley King

April 6, 2023

Photo Credit: FaZe Clan FaZe Clan's IPO hasn't worked out so well for the gaming collective. The stock is down 95% from its IPO height—and Snoop Dogg is exiting through a doggy door. The gaming collective c... Read More...

Amazon Layoffs Impact Over 400 Twitch Employees — No Word Yet on Amazon Music

Ashley King

March 22, 2023

Photo Credit: ilgmyzin Twitch has announced layoffs impacting around 400 people as part of Amazon's broader layoffs. Details on other Amazon divisions, including Amazon Music, remain scant. Twitch CEO Emmett... Read More...

Epic Games’ Bandcamp Curates 11-Song ‘Radio Underground’ Soundtrack for Fortnite

Dylan Smith

February 22, 2023

Bandcamp has curated an 11-track playlist for Fortnite. Photo Credit: Vlad Gorshkov Nearly one year after Epic Games acquired Bandcamp, the indie music platform is officially curating tracks for Fortnite’s “R... Read More...

Lickd, Kobalt, and Empire Unveil Decentraland Partnership: ‘The Growing Popularity of the Metaverse Is Inevitable’

Dylan Smith

February 15, 2023

Decentraland's Vegas City area, where Lickd is offering users access to music from Empire and Kobalt. Photo Credit: Lickd UGC music licensing platform Lickd has announced a deal to bring the catalogs of Kobal... Read More...

Warner Music Group Unveils ‘Rhythm City’ Roblox Launch: ‘A First-of-Its-Kind Music-Themed Social Roleplay Experience’

Dylan Smith

January 30, 2023

A shot of WMG's Rhythm City "persistent music experience," which is expected to debut in Roblox on February 4th. Photo Credit: Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG) has unveiled the rollout of “... Read More...

45% of Game Developers Believe Metaverse ‘Will Never Deliver on its Promises’

Ashley King

January 24, 2023

Photo Credit: Javier Peñas Ahead of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), a survey about the state of the industry reveals little confidence in the future of the metaverse. GDC 2023 is slated for March 20, 2... Read More...

‘Fortnite’ Is Coming Back to the iPhone This Year, Says Epic CEO

Ashley King

January 4, 2023

Photo Credit: Joshua Hoehne Fortnite is coming back to the iPhone this year, Epic CEO teases. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney suggests that Fortnite will return to iOS and iPadOS this year. Epic has steered clear... Read More...

Epic Games Rock Band online servers shut down

Epic Games is Turning Off Rock Band Online Servers — Here’s The Impact

Ashley King

December 15, 2022

Photo Credit: Sergiy Galyonkin / CC by 2.0 Epic Games has outlined its plans to shut down online services for several games in the Rock Band franchise. According to the game developer, it will begin turning ... Read More...

HYBE Pushes into Gaming — Inks Publishing Deal with Flint’s Upcoming Dragon Blaze 2: Knights of Veda

Ashley King

November 21, 2022

Photo Credit: HYBE Corporation HYBE pushes into gaming with a global publishing deal with developer Flint upcoming massively multiplayer online game, Dragon Blaze 2: Knights of Veda. The deal was signed betw... Read More...

EU Commission Approves Microsoft’s $69B Activision Acquisition

Turntable LIVE is Now Bringing Artist-Hosted Listening Parties — All On the Classic Turntable Dancefloor

British Regulators Block $68.7B Microsoft/Activision Acquisition

Apple Triumphs in Antitrust Battle with Fortnite Maker Epic Games

Spotify Shuts Down Music Trivia Game Heardle After Less Than One Year of Ownership

XDMind Is Tapping AI to Quickly Match Catalogs to Video — Can This Bump the Value of Music Catalogs?

Moments After Signing a Hipgnosis Deal, Reactional Music Raises a $2.05 Million Pre-Series A

American Teens Aren’t Thrilled with the Metaverse — Only 4% Use VR Daily

Snoop Dogg Abruptly Exits FaZe Clan Board as Stock Plunges Into Worthlessness

Epic Games’ Bandcamp Curates 11-Song ‘Radio Underground’ Soundtrack for Fortnite

Lickd, Kobalt, and Empire Unveil Decentraland Partnership: ‘The Growing Popularity of the Metaverse Is Inevitable’

Warner Music Group Unveils ‘Rhythm City’ Roblox Launch: ‘A First-of-Its-Kind Music-Themed Social Roleplay Experience’

45% of Game Developers Believe Metaverse ‘Will Never Deliver on its Promises’

Epic Games is Turning Off Rock Band Online Servers — Here’s The Impact

HYBE Pushes into Gaming — Inks Publishing Deal with Flint’s Upcoming Dragon Blaze 2: Knights of Veda