Landmark Gaming Acquisition Finalized: FTC Drops Lawsuit Against Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Takeover The largest acquisition in gaming history has officially cleared its final hurdle as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) formally withdrew its antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft’s historic $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. This decision paves the way for the deal’s[…..] […]
More Germans are playing video games than ever before, Number of video game players in Germany rises to 37.5 million More and more people over 60 are playing video games Average age of players surpasses 39 for the first time Some 48 per cent of players are women, around 52 per cent are men It’s[…..] […]
Over 200 UK independent producers have signed an open letter addressed to BBC Film and Film4, urging the UK’s leading public service broadcasters (PSBs) to “reaffirm their core responsibility to support UK producers and safeguard the future of the UK independent film industry”. The letter has been compiled over the last 48 hours by producers’[…..] […]
On May 22nd, the 21st China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Fair was officially launched. In the afternoon of the same day, at the press conference on the “policy package” for promoting the high-quality development of the cultural industry in Guangdong Province, the “Several Policy Measures for Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Animation and Film[…..] […]
Source: Naavik Vietnam, the Southeast Asian nation once defined by manufacturing and outsourcing, is now a vibrant digital innovator — and mobile games are leading that movement. It has a thriving game development scene, with over 35K game programmers, a figure close to that of China, according to Emily Nguyen, Head of Sales for Google Ads,[…..] […]
It’s Official: Developers can now legally route players from their games to web shops in the U.S. For years, mobile developers had limited options for promoting their Web Shops. Platform restrictions made it risky to mention better deals outside the App Store — let alone link to them. To stay compliant, teams relied on indirect[…..] […]
The Guidelines for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by Primary and Secondary School Students (2025 Edition), officially issued by the Basic Education Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education in May 2025, defines the boundaries for the use of generative AI tools based on the cognitive levels of students at different educational stages. It[…..] […]
Screen Scotland has relaunched The Project Post Fund, a £1million incentive fund designed to bring large-scale post-production projects to Scotland. This relaunch follows a pilot run of the initiative which saw nine major projects supported, including HBO’s The Penguin. The fund is open to live-action and animated features, live-action and animated high-end drama or factual[…..] […]
A federal district court judge found that Apple willfully violated a court order in Epic Games vs. Apple antitrust case. Tim Sweeney, Epic Games’ CEO, tweeted about the court victory, saying “NO FEES on web transactions. Game over for the Apple Tax.” If Sweeney is correct in his interpretation of the ruling, it could be[…..] […]
Guangdong Press and Publication Bureau said in the activity of “Games Going to Sea to Lead the Trend”-Game Industry Development and Innovation Trend that Guangdong is closely relying on the key opportunity of the action plan of “Millions of Talents Getting to South Guangdong”, and releasing three favorable policies: focusing on the filing of small[…..] […]
