Create Music Acquires Monstercat—Adding Another Indie Label

Create Music acquires Monstercat label

Photo Credit: Kadyn Pierce Create Music Group has acquired Canadian independent label Monstercat—tacking on yet another indie label to its portfolio. The move closely follows the acquisition of !K7 and Deadmau5’s catalog. Monstercat has staff […]

Doja Cat Now Available On Meta Horizon Worlds’ Music Valley

Meta Horizons World Music Valley Doja Cat

Photo Credit: Meta Meta introduces three Doja Cat avatars for purchase and use in its VR Horizon Worlds. These are the latest “Fantastical Avatars”—equippable avatars in Meta’s Horizon Worlds—and users can purchase each of the […]

If you’re headed to Hatsune Miku’s first anime movie, read this first

A dark-haired girl in a school uniform gasps as she spots a tiny Hatsune Miku popping her head out of a wall screen in a music store. From Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing

I was barely five minutes into the new Hatsune Miku anime movie that hits theaters on April 17 when I realized I was definitely in over my head. I already knew that Colorful Stage! The […]

Daft Punk Rumored to Be Reuniting in Fortnite

Daft Punk Rumored to Be Reuniting in Fortnite

Fortnite‘s battle royale question “Where are we dropping?” might soon have a musical answer, as rumors point to legendary electronic music duo Daft Punk headlining the game’s next Festival event. The rumor comes courtesy of trusted Fortnite leaker @FNBRintel. While […]

Sabrina Carpenter Joins The Fortnite Universe

Women of Rock and Jazz

Sabrina Carpenter will soon enter the digital realm. The “Espresso” singer is set to continue her massively successful Short n’ Sweet album campaign—which has included a No. 1 single with “Please, Please, Please” and two […]

Unity CEO Matt Bromberg needed to end the ‘war’ against customers

Unity CEO Matt Bromberg needed to end the ‘war’ against customers

Today, I’m talking with Matt Bromberg, who is the CEO of Unity, one of the leading video game development platforms. He’s been in the job for less than a year, and in many ways, he […]

Aerosmith’s ‘I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’ In New Fortnite Trailer

Women of Rock and Jazz

Aerosmith’s 1998 track “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” appears in the latest trailer for Fortnite. The trailer is promoting the launch of Fortnite OG Season 3 on March 25. In the YouTube description, […]

UMG + Heat Partnership Brings Lil Wayne Music to Game Devs

UMG Heat Lil Wayne game music

Photo Credit: Cécile Boko (Lil Wayne) Universal Music Group and HEAT have announced a new collaborative initiative with Lil Wayne and CG5 to make their licensed music tracks available to game developers. First announced at […]

Netflix has a new plan for games

A screenshot of Travis Scott in Fortnite.

Netflix’s gaming strategy to date has been scattershot. Since Netflix gaming debuted in 2021, the streamer has launched indie darlings, streaming tie-ins, and blockbuster ports. There have been studio acquisitions, attempts at original AAA games, […]