U.S. Video Game Spending Increases 30% In Second Quarter to $11.6 Billion

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsMartin Owen’s sci-fi comedy Max Cloud has landed at Well Go USA, as the entertainment group secured the film’s North America distribution rights.Max Cloud, from the Let’s Be Evil and Killers Anonymous director, brings viewers back to an age of classic video games as a teenager named Sarah (Isabelle Allen) finds herself living in a virtual world populated by the her favorite game’s most infamous villains and bosses.

Premiere: "I think that could be a really interesting period around the Cold War. Traditionally, I think [the games have] gone back further than that.

Audrey Cleo Yap The Suicide Squad is ready to take on Superman — and, well, the entire Justice League.

Jordan Moreau DC FanDome, the first-ever virtual showcase for DC Comics, proved that it’s still possible to put on an engaging event packed with new announcements during the pandemic. Superhero fans got first-ever looks at Robert Pattinson as the next Batman and Dwayne Johnson as the anti-hero Black Adam.

Jordan Moreau After years of rumors and fan theories, a new “Batman” video game has finally been announced.“Gotham Knights” was revealed on Saturday at the DC FanDome virtual event.

High Score looks to change that, and while it isn't the game-changer we had hoped for, it's a solid nostalgia-fueled starting point for anyone interested in the early days of gaming, even if its approach to gaming is to mash as many buttons as it can and hope a solid story comes out of it. Covering gaming from the stand-up arcade cabinets of the late '70s and early '80s to the move to 3D graphics for home consoles and personal computers in the early 1990s, almost all of High Score's episodes are

Animal Farm is receiving the video game treatment later this year.From indie developer Nerial, Orwell’s Animal Farm is an adventure game set in the world of famous novel and will be using the medium of video gaming as a new method to share the timeless tale.

The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater video game franchise was an absolute revelation in the industry, as well as a huge attraction for gamers on the whole. I know even just personally, growing up it was one of the most popular things you could be playing, whether or not you knew anything about skateboarding, or even if you were interested in it.

Consumer video game spending in the U.S. totaled $3.6 billion across in July, according to the NPD Group, an increase of 32 percent compared to a year ago.

August 10, 2020The Def Jam fighting games are considered to be iconic in the fighting genre, combining a mix of over-the-top pro-wrestling moves and the grit of hip-hop artists, featuring the likes of Snoop Dogg, DMX, Eminem and many more.Def Jam’s gaming franchise made its debut in 2003 with Def Jam: Vendetta, followed by 2004’s Fight For NY, which included an extended roster.

Sufjan Stevens is set to release his new single ‘Video Game’ tomorrow (August 13).The track is the second to be previewed from the artist’s upcoming new album ‘The Ascension’, which is set for release on September 25.Following on from the arrival of the LP’s first single ‘America’, which came out last month, Stevens is now prepping the release of ‘Video Game’.

Director’s Chair has been revived and adapted, and is now available to be played online.The game, which starred Quentin Tarantino, allowed users to choose their favourite parts of Spielberg-shot footage and create their own version of the film as a director.Now, game creator and Carnegie University lecturer Paolo Pedercini has launched Director’s Choices, a new reboot of the game which can be played in a web browser.Pedercini describes the game as “an interactive movie made with bootlegged

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina’s leading online music firm Tencent Music Entertainment pointed to increased investment as the reason for a no better than flat performance in the first half of the year.Revenues for the April to June quarter were RMB6.93 billion ($981 million), an increase of 18% year-over-year, and up 14% to RMB13.2 billion for the first six months of the year.

Liberty Media, the company controlled by billionaire mogul John Malone that houses assets like audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the Atlanta Braves baseball club and the Formula One racing circuit, on Monday reported second-quarter financials as the novel coronavirus pandemic delayed events in its sports operations.

Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications, which earlier this year agreed to sell a majority stake to an investor group led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis, reported lower second-quarter financials amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

They say nobody puts Baby in a corner. But it turns out they do… a lot.

via Yahoo! Finance expected the company’s loss per share to slightly better at $4.29Revenue in the second quarter was just $19 million, down roughly 99% from the $1.5 billion in revenue AMC reported last year.

Chris Willman Music WriterA second-quarter earnings call with Live Nation execs Wednesday was full of hope, promise and even swagger… for 2021-22.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerFACEBOOK IS IN: Facebook has jumped into the music video game. The social media giant has announced it will now license content from Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group for Facebook Watch and via individual artists’ pages.