Hideo Kojima is the mastermind behind hit action game franchise “Death Stranding,” set in a desolate, post-apocalyptic world in which humanity is threatened by zombie-like ghost creatures called “Beached Things.” But he’s also a big ol’ softie. Kojima, 62, recently revealed that he “casually” began streaming Netflix’s global hit animated movie “KPop Demon Hunters.” He […]
Netflix will soon let customers make their own customized gaming avatars — which will travel across the streamer’s collection of titles — through the acquisition of Ready Player Me, an avatar-creation platform based in Estonia. Netflix said it will use Ready Player Me’s development tools and infrastructure to power cross-game avatars, making it “fun and […]
The Game Awards keeps getting bigger each year. When the annual kudofest recognizing the best of the video-game industry kicked off in 2014, it registered 1.9 million livestreams. It has exploded exponentially since then: The 2025 Game Awards show on Dec. 11 broke viewership records with an estimated 171 million global livestreams of the full […]
Square Enix, the Japanese video game giant behind megahit “Final Fantasy” among other titles, is laying off an unknown number of employees in its North America and European publishing operations as it looks to streamline the business. The company made the disclosure in a presentation Thursday to investors as part of releasing its earnings for […]
