Video Games
‘Mutant: Year Zero’ Game Movie in the Works (Exclusive)
The Beyond director Hasraf “HaZ” Dulull is set to produce and helm an animated feature based on Mutant: Year Zero Road to Eden, a tactical adventure video game. The Mutant: Year Zero movie is set in a post-apocalyptic world where an unlikely team of animal-mutants, led by a witty duck and a gruff boar, set out on a […]
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Equity Stands in “Total Solidarity” With Sister Union SAG-AFTRA Amid Video Game Strike
The British sister union of SAG-AFTRA is standing in “total solidarity” with its U.S. counterparts after a strike was called against major video game studios. SAG-AFTRA had been in talks over a new contract agreement for close to two years. It would cover voice and performance capture workers on titles from Disney Character Voices, Activision […]
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Hasbro, Bandai Namco Back UGC Game Studio Look North World, Bringing Seed Funding to $4.5M
Los Angeles-based Look North World, a user-generated content game studio and publisher led by founder and CEO Alexander Seropian, a founder of Halo developer Bungie and an ex-top executive at Disney’s former game development unit Disney Interactive Studios, has raised an additional $2.25 million, bringing its total seed funding to $4.5 million. The financing round, unveiled […]
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Kit Harington Returns to ‘Game of Thrones’ Franchise for ‘Legends’ Game
Kit Harington is dipping back into the world of Game of Thrones for the newly launched Legends game. The Emmy-nominated actor plays off his Jon Snow past in a new ad (below) that’s full of references to his iconic character. “The creativity and care taken to create Game of Thrones: Legends is obvious and it feels completely natural to […]
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Warner Bros. Acquires ‘MultiVersus’ Developer Player First Games
Warner Bros. Games has acquired Player First Games, the developer of the recently launched MultiVersus free-to-play platform fighter videogame. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Player First Games, based in Los Angeles, will join Warner Bros. Games and continue to be led by co-founders Tony Huynh, CEO and Chris White, chief technology officer. Huynh and […]
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‘Street Fighter’ Movie Lands 2026 Release From Sony
Street Fighter is preparing to boom into theaters in 2026. Sony Pictures announced Wednesday that the new movie based on the popular video game franchise will be released theatrically on March 20, 2026. The Legendary film is co-developed and produced with Capcom, the company behind the long-running series of fighting games. Also set to hit […]
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Blumhouse Games Debuts Initial Slate With 6 Horror-Themed Titles
Blumhouse has spent years bringing the supernatural and the deranged to the big screen, and now Blumhouse Games is bringing that ethos to the gaming sphere. The company revealed six horror-themed video games on Friday that are set to debut later in 2024 and beyond. Created in partnership with independent designers from across the globe, […]
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‘NBA 2K24: Kobe Bryant Edition’ Gets a New Price Drop — Here’s Where To Get the Game Online, Ahead of Season 7
With the NBA Playoffs in full swing, the video game NBA 2K24 is launching season 7 of its online play with new gear and skins for your team and players. And ahead of the new season — which launches on Friday, May 17 — NBA 2K24: Kobe Bryant Edition for PS5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo […]
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Producer Russell Binder Joins Venture Capital Firm Griffin Gaming Partners
Russell Binder, a veteran entertainment and gaming licensing agent in Hollywood and an executive producers of the hit horror movie Five Nights at Freddy’s, has joined venture capital firm Griffin Gaming Partners, which focuses on investments in the global gaming space, as a venture partner and intellectual property advisor. “With over two decades of experience as […]
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Fresh Off Epic Games Deal, Disney Bolsters Video Game Executive Ranks
The Walt Disney Co. is building out its video game business, announcing new hires and promotions in its gaming division as it seeks to grow its presence in the space. The newly-expanded executive ranks come just a couple of months after Disney announced a major deal with Epic Games in which it would invest $1.5 […]
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‘Fallout’ Receives Warm Reception at Canneseries Premiere With Ella Purnell, Kyle MacLachlan
The international audience at the Canneseries television festival was the first worldwide to take a deep dive into Amazon’s Fallout, the hotly anticipated adaptation of the blockbuster video game franchise. The first two episodes of the series screened Saturday night in Cannes, just under a week before the show rolls out worldwide on Prime Video. […]
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Paramount+ Bets on Another Video Game Adaptation
Paramount+, the home of the big-budget Halo live-action TV series, is betting on another video game property. The Paramount Global-backed streamer will be the home of Ark: The Animated Series, which is based on the popular adventure video game Ark: Survival Evolved. The first six episodes of the animated series, which features an all-star voice […]
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