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Ares Interactive raises $70M to build new generation of mobile-first, player-loved games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 3, 2026
5 min

Ares Interactive, a game developer and publisher, has raised $70 million to build cross-platform, next-generation free-to-play games. General Catalyst led the Series A round, with...

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ProbablyMonsters unveils Nekome: Nazi Hunter single-player combat game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 3, 2026
1 min

ProbablyMonsters today announced Nekome: Nazi Hunter, a single-player, third-person action combat game. In Nekome: Nazi Hunter, players step into the role of Vano Nastasu,...

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1 min

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Escape.ai will take AI-driven short films into connected TVs

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 3, 2026
4 min

Escape.ai, the visionary entertainment platform founded by The Matrix academy award winning designer John Gaeta, and Play.Works, a provider of games for big-screen TVs,...

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4 min

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Epic Games Store third-party spending rises 57% to $400M in 2025 | interview

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 3, 2026
7 min

It’s time for the 2025 edition of the Epic Games Store Year in Review. This year, the Epic Games Store saw player spending on...

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7 min

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Nintendo maintains profit forecast as Switch 2 crosses 17.37M sold

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 2, 2026
1 min

Nintendo said it would keep its full-year forecast for Switch 2 sales at 19 million after it reported its nine-month financials for its current fiscal...

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Gaming Culture

Fallout 76 goes free-to-play briefly as Fallout Season 2 reaches finale

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 2, 2026
1 min

To celebrate the season 2 finale of Fallout streaming show on Prime Video, Bethesda Game Studios is releasing a new trailer featuring Aaron Moten, who plays Maximus...

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Call of Duty beefs up Ricochet anti-cheat to detect unapproved devices

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 2, 2026
4 min

Activision announced it has updated its Ricochet anti-cheat tech to detect unapproved, third-party input modification devices and stronger security for Ranked Play coming to...

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4 min

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Entertainment

Remarkable Media’s Heli-D will fly a giant electronic display in the sky above the Super Bowl

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 2, 2026
5 min

Remarkable Media wants its Heli-D business to become the next entertainment media channel with its helicopters that fly immersive billboards in the sky. Heli-D...

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‘I made it my mission to try and connect brands and gaming in a meaningful way’: The BIG Show with Magali Huot

Posted byby Alexander Lee
February 2, 2026
2 min

Brands and advertisers are diving into gaming, and Magali Huot is ready to give them a helping hand. Of the major advertising agencies, Dentsu...

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Blizzard QA workers ratify union contract with Microsoft

Posted byby Alexander Lee
February 2, 2026
2 min

Blizzard quality assurance workers are unionizing. Today, February 2, an overwhelming majority of quality assurance staff at Blizzard’s offices in Albany, New York, and...

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