Gaming

GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen’s Tweet Sends Stock Surging
GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen’s Tweet Sends Stock Surging
March 23, 2022  |  Stock Index

Video game retailer GameStop Corp.’s shares are up 12% early Wednesday (March 23) after surging more than 30% Tuesday, in part because Chairman Ryan Cohen said...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Netflix Set to Debut Mobile Games
Today in the Connected Economy: Netflix Set to Debut Mobile Games
March 22, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Netflix gets set to debut its mobile games line-up, while people in Argentina turn to gaming on the metaverse to...

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Netflix Launching New Mobile Games This Month
Netflix Launching New Mobile Games This Month
March 22, 2022  |  Subscription Commerce

Streaming giant Netflix on Tuesday (March 22) announced the release of several new Netflix Games on Android and iOS devices, available free to all subscribers...

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Biometrics for ID Called More Useful by 58% of Digital Account Holders
Biometrics for ID Called More Useful by 58% of Digital Account Holders
March 18, 2022  |  Digital Identity

Online gaming has experienced explosive growth buoyed in part by the global pandemic as well as by technological advances and changes in laws that introduced...

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Former Nintendo of America President Says Smaller Companies, Not Facebook Will Advance Metaverse
Former Nintendo of America President Says Smaller Companies, Not Facebook Will Advance Metaverse
March 13, 2022  |  Metaverse

Reggie Fils-Aime, a gaming industry veteran and former president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, has reservations about the metaverse, Bloomberg wrote Saturday...

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Fanatics Enters Trading Card Space With Zerocool Launch
Fanatics Enters Trading Card Space With Zerocool Launch
March 08, 2022  |  Merchant Innovation

Sports retailer Fanatics is set to launch a brand of trading cards in a bid to move beyond sports and into a broader pop culture...

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NFT Trader Immutable Notches $200M Series C at $2.5B Valuation
NFT Trader Immutable Notches $200M Series C at $2.5B Valuation
March 07, 2022  |  Investments

Immutable, an Aussie startup for trading NFTs on Ethereum, raised $200 million in a Series C funding round at a valuation of $2.5 billion, according...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Netflix’s ‘Next’ Move Is Gaming
Today in the Connected Economy: Netflix’s ‘Next’ Move Is Gaming
March 02, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Netflix gets into gaming with its planned acquisition of Next Games, while delivery service Gopuff expands across France. Plus, a...

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DraftKings Wins With Mobile iGaming as More States Legalize, Players Socialize
DraftKings Wins With Mobile iGaming as More States Legalize, Players Socialize
February 18, 2022  |  Earnings

Faced with mounting losses that spurred an investor selloff Friday (Feb. 18), daily fantasy sports (DFS) wagering platform DraftKings is betting hard on iGaming as...

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