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A free-to-play, “massively multiplayer” online game set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s universe of hobbits, wizards and dragons is on its way from Amazon Game Studios in collaboration with Middle-earth Enterprises and Hong Kong-based interactive developer and publisher Leyou Technologies. As yet untitled (and undated), the game…

Netflix is kicking it really old school with its next kids series. The streamer is teaming with King Features for The Cuphead Show! an animated take on the globally popular video game from Studio MDHR that deploys 1930s-style animation. Famous for its wild boss-brawls, challenging gameplay and especially its retro…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has taken film and TV rights to the bestselling video game Myst, with plans to expand the existing mythology to develop a multi-platform universe that would include film, scripted and unscripted TV content. Village Roadshow will develop and work alongside the game’s original…

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite isn’t conjuring up the same sales magic as Pokémon GO. The new mobile game from Niantic, which allows players to experience the wizarding world of Harry Potter through their mobile devices, arrived in the U.S. and U.K. on Friday, June 22. While it debuted at #1 in the iOS app store, it’s…

Superstar gamer and YouTube titan Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is coming to a bookshelf near you. Two Random House imprints, Clarkson Potter and Ten Speed Press, will take the digital influencer to the printed page with three releases by year’s end. Clarkson Potter will release the Ninja: Get Good gamer guide and the Ninja No…

“Hello, wizards and witches!” Tiffany Haddish exclaimed as she walked out on the stage at Universal Studios Hollywood Tuesday night to host an exclusive preview event celebrating the release of the highly anticipated upcoming augmented reality (AR) real-world mobile game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, which is set to be…

Netflix made its first appearance at the E3 video game conference in LA Wednesday, showcasing new game efforts tied to Stranger Things and The Dark Crystal during a panel discussion. One news development during the session was the announcement of a Stranger Things mobile role-playing game, which is on tap for 2020…

Nostalgia was high earlier this week when Paramount released the first trailer for the big screen adaptation of the classic Sega video game Sonic the Hedgehog. It looked fun, but the Internet had one problem: the teeth of the titular character. As soon as the trailer dropped fans of the video game seemed to overlook…

The culmination of season eight on Fortnite saw a massive volcano eruption take out one of the online game’s most iconic locations. The Saturday culmination of season eight saw the volcano destroy Tilted Towers, which has been a centerpiece of the game for areas and one of its busiest locations. Other parts of the…

EXCLUSIVE: F. Gary Gray is developing to direct a film based on the hit action video game Saints Row. Greg Russo, who’s scripting the Mortal Kombat reboot at Warner Bros, is writing. Gray, who followed Straight Outta Compton with The Fate of the Furious, just completed Men In Black: International, which stars Chris…

Who knew that Twitch was game for original scripted programming? The online social video service is a natural destination for gamers who stream live content of their conquests and competitions but now the apparatus (and its live audience) are also being used by a series called Artificial to create meta entertainment…

Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard said it is laying off several hundred workers — about 8% of its total workforce of 9,600 — in a restructuring that will also boost the number of game developers by 20% during 2019. Shares in the Santa Monica-based maker of Call of Duty gained 4% in after-hours trading following…