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Study: Gaming is community for young consumers

Hub’s annual Gaming 360 study underscores the central role of gaming, especially in the lives of young consumers. For young people, gaming is a part of daily life. The study shows that 91 per cent of those age 16-24 play mobile, console or PC video games. Half (53 per cent) play on a game console […]

October 10, 2024

Kartoon Channel’s gaming FAST channel on Samsung TV Plus

Kartoon Studios has launched Kartoon Channel’s videogame FAST channel through Samsung TV Plus in three European territories – the UK Italy, and Spain. In addition, through a joint venture with Power Kids, Kartoon Channel will be offered in India. These new territories will immediately provide Kartoon Channel with a footprint of over 1.5 billion new […]

October 8, 2024

Gimmick! Legacy Collection now on Steam

Clear River Games, a video game publisher specialising in classic and retro games, has announced a powerhouse platforming package with the release of Gimmick! Legacy Collection on Steam, a great value two-game bundle featuring a duo of platforming gems. Gamers can feast upon Gimmick! Special Edition and Gimmick! 2; paired beautifully in a discounted Steam […]

October 8, 2024

Netflix unveils Squid Game: Unleashed game

At Gamescom’s opening night in Cologne, Germany, attendees and viewers online got a first look at Squid Game: Unleashed coming exclusively to Netflix later this year. Netflix described Squid Game: Unleashed as “the ultimate game for fans of the history-making, Emmy award-winning series”. Developed by Boss Fight, a Netflix Game Studio, the game is a […]

August 21, 2024By Nik Roseveare

GINX TV launches on Freeview

Video-gaming content and live gameplay provider, GINX TV, has launched on Freeview in the UK, becoming available to 12 million homes via digital TV. The popular 24/7 television channel already airs in 28 countries and hosts a website with millions of unique users per month. “We are thrilled to be bringing GINX to Freeview, one […]

August 2, 2024

Report: Resurgence for video game live-streaming

Stream Hatchet, a streaming analytics and business intelligence platform and wholly-owned subsidiary of GameSquare Holdings, has published its 2024 second quarter Live-Streaming Trends Report. “Through the first half of 2024, Live-streaming has grown past the prior peak viewership experienced during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Live-streaming’s resurgence has been fueled over the past six months by […]

August 1, 2024

Report: German home electronics sales fall

German consumers are keeping their wallets firmly closed according to a study from HEMIX (Germany’s Home Electronics Market Index). The first 9 months of this year saw a 6.1 per cent fall in sales of a broad range of consumer electronics compared with the same period in 2022. TVs, the backbone of consumer electronics sales, […]

November 30, 2023By Chris Forrester

Modern Warfare III drives record traffic on Virgin Media O2

On November 8th, Virgin Media O2 experienced the largest spike ever on its broadband network driven by the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III video game. The day that the latest update in the Call of Duty saga was made available for gamers to preload, Virgin Media O2’s broadband network hit 25.1Tbps at peak, a […]

November 10, 2023

Samsung, Blacknut launch Free Game Pilot in US

Samsung Electronics and Blacknut have announced a new way for players to discover games on the Samsung Gaming Hub. In a new initiative, Samsung Gaming Hub players in the US can play select games for free on compatible Samsung Smart TVs, powered by Blacknut. This ‘Free Game Pilot’ will be active for a limited time, […]

November 10, 2023

Crunchyroll Game Vault goes live

Crunchyroll, the global home of anime, has enhanced its Mega Fan membership with the Crunchyroll Game Vault granting unlimited access to a growing library of mobile games specifically for fans of anime and anime-inspired entertainment, at no extra cost. Available to Crunchyroll Mega Fan members in more than 200 countries and territories, Crunchyroll Game Vault […]

November 8, 2023By Nik Roseveare