At Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest 2023, Square Enix revealed the teaser trailer for the next FFXIV expansion, Dawntrail, in addition to bringing Xbox head Phil Spencer on stage to announce a digital-only Xbox Series […]
Photo Credit: Sara Larsson and Stephen Gyasi Less than one year after securing $1.33 million from investors, “self-serve music licensing platform” Freshsound has announced a €2 million ($2.18 million at the present exchange rate) raise […]
São Paulo, Brazil, as seen from the Altino Arantes Building. Photo Credit: Deni Williams Brazilian indie distributor and music recommendation platform Magroove has announced a $1.6 million raise and set its sights on spearheading an […]
Photo Credit: Bastian Riccardi As it attempts to generate $100 billion annually by 2032, Spotify is rapidly expanding Discovery Mode to indie artists – a move that’s spurring new criticism of the long-controversial offering. Multiple […]
From its exterior, the industrial metal dome nestled in the woods outside Stony Point, New York, could be anything: perhaps someone is doing horticulture experiments, or maybe it’s secretly a yurt. Stepping inside would reveal […]
Today at the February 27, 2023 Pokémon Presents, The Pokémon Company COO Takato Utsunomiya revealed two-part DLC expansion Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero, with Part 1: The Teal Mask arriving […]
Image: The Pokémon Company Pokémon Violet and Scarlet are about to get a lot bigger. Today, The Pokémon Company announced the first major downloadable add-ons for the games, which will explore the mysterious Area X […]
(l to r) Hybe chairman Bang Si-Hyuk, Quality Control CEO Pierre “P” Thomas, QC COO Kevin “Coach K” Lee, and Hybe America CEO Scooter Braun. Photo Credit: Eric Ray Davidson. After spearheading a number of […]
Photo Credit: Kakao Entertainment South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment, which operates several K-pop labels, a streaming service, and more, has announced the completion of a nearly $1 billion raise fueled by “leading sovereign wealth funds.” Kakao […]
Xceed’s co-founders, Luca Papaleo (left) and Mattia Franco. Photo Credit: Xceed Barcelona-headquartered events platform Xceed has announced the completion of a €2 million (currently $2.08 million) funding round. The nine-year-old company, which says that it […]
Resident Evil Village’s DLC made me scared of the doorways in my own home. It happened after an intense sequence in Shadows of Rose, the story campaign included with the new Winters’ Expansion. I figured […]
Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) dipped to a record low of $78.50 per share following news of TikTok parent ByteDance’s plans to spearhead a global streaming service expansion. Shares have since rebounded past the $80 mark, […]
In July, it came to light that ByteDance had filed a U.S. trademark application for “TikTok Music.” Now, the Beijing-headquartered company is reportedly in talks with the Big Three labels about a global expansion into […]
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty promises a more focused spy-thriller campaign that shows a never-before-seen and uglier part of Night City. This immediately helps with one of the original game’s non-technical problems, that of filtering out […]
The door is open for more stories in Jordan Peele’s Nope universe. The New York Times’ Mekado Murphy ran some Reddit speculation up the flagpole to the 43-year-old writer/director, informing him “there’s some online chatter about […]
Original Temptation Otis Williams, left, and Smokey Robinson speak in front of the Motown Museum in Detroit, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Daniel Mears/AP hide caption toggle caption Daniel Mears/AP Original Temptation Otis Williams, left, and […]
Photo Credit: Deezer Deezer is preparing for a major German expansion in partnership with RTL Group. French music streaming platform Deezer will begin a significant operation to expand in Germany, says the company’s CEO Jeronimo […]
Circus Records is revealing its second act. Flux Pavilion and Doctor P‘s storied label is expanding to new horizons—and new sounds—after the U.K.-based company announced plans to introduce a new imprint to the family: Circus […]
Later this month, clothing from the fashion marketplace Depop will be available in an expansion pack for The Sims 4 called High School Years (via Polygon). Depop describes itself as a “circular” and “community-powered” online […]
Today, Nintendo held its Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Nintendo Direct, which, exactly as promised, focused exclusively on the story and game mechanics of the upcoming Monolith Soft RPG. It also shared a couple other pertinent details […]