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Bobby Kotick apologizes for ‘tone deaf’ response to sex discrimination charges at Activision Blizzard

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 28, 2021
5 min

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick apologized today for the “tone deaf” company response to allegations of sex discrimination at the big video game publisher....

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Favorite Nintendo 64 games and reassessing Metroid: Other M | Last of the Nintendogs 004

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 27, 2021
1 min

[iframe src=”https://anchor.fm/last-of-the-nintendogs/embed/episodes/004-FAVORITE-N64-GAMES-e153qkn” height=”102px” width=”700px” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”] On this episode of Last of the Nintendogs, the crew talks about their favorite Nintendo 64 games. And...

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AMD CEO: Processor shipments will grow despite chip shortage and improve more in 2022

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2021
3 min

Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su said the company should be able to grow and gain share despite the overall semiconductor industry shortage, and...

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3 min

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Xbox Game Pass and hardware sales push Microsoft gaming revenue up 11%

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 27, 2021
1 min

Gaming continues to return growth for Microsoft. The company reported its fourth-quarter earnings today, and game division generated $357 million more in the three-month...

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1 min

AMD CEO Lisa Su is a keynote speaker for CES 2021.

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AMD’s Q2 2021 revenue grew 99% to $3.85B on market share gains

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2021
3 min

Advanced Micro Devices reported its revenues and earnings for the second quarter ended June 30 exceeded expectations, with revenue growing 99% to $3.85 billion....

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3 min

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Activision Blizzard employees to protest leadership with walkout

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 27, 2021
2 min

Employees at Activision Blizzard are staging a walkout to protest the company leadership’s response to being sued by the California Department of Fair Employment...

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2 min

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Discord improves conversations by finally adding threads

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2021
5 min

Discord conversations can often get into the hundreds of messages, and to simplify that chatter, the company is launching “threads.” And as simple as...

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5 min

Game Devs of Color Expo is coming in September.

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Game Devs of Color Expo remains all-virtual when it kicks off September

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2021
4 min

The Game Devs of Color Expo will take place as an online-only event from September 23 to September 27. The sixth annual event will...

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4 min

Streamline worked on Balenciaga Afterworld Streetview.

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Why ex-Sony boss Shawn Layden is helping Streamline Media Group go global

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2021
6 min

Streamline Media Group is a game services company in Malaysia and the U.S., and it’s giving itself a boost in the global gaming market...

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6 min

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Eloelo raises $2.1M for creator-led social gaming platform in India

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2021
3 min

Eloelo, a startup that is India’s fastest growing creator-led live social gaming platform, has raised $2.1 million in funding. Founded in August 2020 by...

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3 min