Members To Vote on Ratification of the Contract; Board Recommends a “Yes” Vote The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) National Board approved the tentative agreement with the video game bargaining group on terms for the Interactive Media Agreement. The contract will now be submitted to the membership for ratification. If[…..] […]
Southern Finance Digital Entertainment Research Group Releases Fifth Annual Report on Minors Protection in Mobile Games (2025 Edition) On this year’s Children’s Day, the Southern Finance Digital Entertainment Research Group launched its fifth consecutive annual report—Evaluation of Minors Protection Mechanisms in 20 Mobile Games (2025)—building upon assessments conducted from 2021 to 2024. The report provides a third-party[…..] […]
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[…..] […]
