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It’s pretty obvious to anyone that’s been paying attention that the games industry is in a pretty rough place at the moment. No matter where you look, there are mass layoffs: Sony, Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Take-Two, Epic Games… the list goes on. The reasons are myriad, but generally companies place the reason for ‘restructuring’ at…

Around the end of August, Deadline reported that the 2026 box office has passed the $7 billion mark, and when you look at what helped that out, it’s not hard to understand: The Odyssey was major, as were hits like Project Hail Mary and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Without a doubt, horror has done its…

The European Commission has added ChatGPT to the small club of online services it polices most closely, making OpenAI’s chatbot the first AI assistant to fall under the strictest tier of the Digital Services Act. In the same decision on Monday, Brussels designated Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms. The compliance headaches that…

Another season of college football is underway, following a record-breaking year where viewers consumed more than 179 billion minutes across Nielsen-rated networks—a 9% increase year-over-year. Building on the inaugural NFL Fandom Index, Nielsen is expanding the franchise to the gridiron’s other powerhouse: the Nielsen Scarborough Local College Football Fandom Index, which identifies where the sport’s…