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Wall Street: Netflix’s gaming foray will cost time and money
Wall Street analysts have welcomed Netflix’s planned plunge into mobile gaming, calling it a sensible move to keep users’ eyes on screens while worrying it would take s...
CD Projekt’s The Witcher mobile game debut hindered by technical issues
CD Projekt said that its mobile game “The Witcher: Monster Slayer” was now available to download after technical issues impacted its launch, in another glitch for the P...
Nintendo to launch $349.99 Switch with upgraded display
Japan’s Nintendo will launch a new model of its Switch video game console with an upgraded display on Oct. 8, priced at $349.99, it said.
Chinese antitrust regulator to block Tencent’s videogaming merger
China’s antitrust regulator is set to formally block Tencent’s plan to merge the country’s top two videogame streaming sites, Huya and DouYu, three people familia...
French court sets date in Apple case over App Store developer contracts
A French court has set on the 17th of September as the date for hearing a case brought by the finance ministry against Apple over allegedly abusive contractual terms imposed by the...
Canada launches long-awaited auction of 5G spectrum
Canada is set to begin a hotly anticipated auction of the mobile telecommunications bandwidth necessary for 5G rollout, one that was delayed more than a year by the pandemic.
Spotlight on Xbox Game Pass as Microsoft showcases upcoming games
Microsoft on Sunday showcased 30 upcoming games and said most of those titles will be available on its monthly subscription service, Xbox Game Pass.
GameStop lures Amazon talent with grand plans and no frills
GameStop’s Chairman Ryan Cohen made a point of doing away with corporate excess such as a company plane and used the allure of rebuilding the videogame retailer to recruit Am...
‘Battlefield’ publisher EA says investigating recent data breach
Electronic Arts Inc is investigating a recent data breach, where some of its game source code and related tools were stolen, the videogame publisher has said, becoming the latest v...
US Senate passes bill to raise fees on biggest mergers
The US Senate has passed a bill that would increase fees that companies planning the biggest mergers pay to government antitrust agencies and give those agencies bigger budgets.
Cyberpunk maker reports slump in profit amid Playstation delisting
CD Projekt SA has reported that its profit fell by more than half in the first quarter from a year earlier as its flagship game, “Cyberpunk 2077,” was kept off SonyR...
Germans, French and Dutch want more say over tech giants’ start-up deals
Draft rules targeted at Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple should be beefed up to allow regulators to vet their acquisitions of start-up rivals, Germany, France and the Netherlands...
US Senate advances sweeping tech bill taking aim at China
The US Senate has advanced a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country’s ability to compete with Chinese tech, as Congress increasingly seeks to take a to...
Apple App Store profits look ‘disproportionate,’ US judge tells CEO Cook
A federal judge has grilled Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook over whether the iPhone maker’s App Store profits from developers such as “Fortnite” maker Epic Games are justi...