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A Japanese company known for a game app based around virtual teen idols has filed for bankruptcy, the latest in a wave of corporate failures that has reached the highest level in 12 years as inflation and worker shortages hit weaker firms.

The campaign impersonates Xeno to infect devices with malware capable of stealing accounts, passwords and financial data, while also spying on victims.

Data science in blockchain-based gaming looks completely different from traditional studio analytics where developers track player behavior in a closed database to see how many people quit on level four.

LAS VEGAS—Roblox isn’t just a simple game creation engine anymore. It’s grown into a massive social platform that blends elements of Steam, VR Chat, and Fortnite. With more than 132 million daily active users, around half of whom are minors, ensuring user privacy is a monumental task.

Stephen JohnsonStephen JohnsonSenior Staff Writer ExperienceStephen Johnson is a senior staff writer at Lifehacker covering pop culture and technology, including the columns “The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture” and “What People Are Getting Wrong This Week.” Areas of ExpertiseEntertainmentTechHardware Read Full Bio andJoel CunninghamJoel CunninghamDeputy Editor ExperienceJoel Cunningham is Lifehacker’s Deputy Editor. He has…

Top 20 most-anticipated games of 2026, Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake tops the chart

Following the release of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey film on July 17, daily active users of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey increased significantly across all platforms.

A new report detailed exactly what Disney+’s biggest problem is, and if Disney wants its platform to be at the top of the streaming food chain, it needs to find a way to fix it at all costs. Disney+ is undoubtedly one of the world’s streaming giants, which is no surprise considering Disney has remained…

If there’s one word that sums up the streaming habits of Americans in the first six months of 2026, it’s “variety.” We’re bouncing wildly between the heavy drama of HBO’s The Pitt and the junk food TV perfection of Love Island USA, and hitting all kinds of stops along the way. They always said the…

Large language models have a spatial blindness problem. While OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude excel at text, they struggle with understanding how objects move through physical space – a critical gap on the path to artificial general intelligence. Now a startup called General Intuition is making a bold bet: video game data might be the…