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GTA 6 CEO says physical games ‘don’t make sense’ because they’re going to make billions anyway
Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick has argued that physical game discs increasingly “don’t really make sense” for consumers, particularly for large releases, as the company’s business is now overwhelmingly digital. The comments are significant because Grand Theft Auto 6 is expected to launch in boxed editions containing download codes rather than discs, highlighting a wider…
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Feel The Club boss Juan Carlos Dominguez talks promoting shows for Shakira – and putting Ecuador on the map for stadium tours
Feel The Club founder Juan Carlos Dominguez says the sell-out run of three Shakira concerts in Quito has demonstrated that Ecuador can support major international stadium tours. The shows, promoted with Live Nation, are presented as a landmark for a country that has often been bypassed by global touring acts, potentially encouraging artists and promoters…
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“Machines that weren’t game machines before will become game machines”: Take-Two CEO predicts that streaming will help fix the industry’s hardware pricing problem
Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick says increasingly expensive gaming hardware could be offset by reliable, low-latency game streaming within three years. He argues that streaming would let devices not normally considered gaming machines run high-end games, potentially expanding the addressable market and improving access in less affluent regions. Zelnick said PC versions of console releases…
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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick Won’t Rule Out GTA 6 on Disc at Some Point, Insists Decision Had Nothing to Do With Concern Over Leaks
Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick has said he will not rule out a physical-disc release of Grand Theft Auto 6 in future, despite the game being confirmed as digital-only at launch. He said the company chose what it believed was right for the project and argued that discs no longer make much sense for consumers,…
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Fox News AI Newsletter: AI company accused of favoring foreigners over American workers
OpenAI and a subsidiary have agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle US Justice Department allegations that they discriminated against American workers by favouring foreign employees on temporary work visas. The settlement places the AI company’s hiring practices under scrutiny as competition for technical talent intensifies across the sector. The Justice Department announced the agreement…
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N-able God mode flaw: Vendor confirms attackers reached customer networks as second hotfix lands
N-able has confirmed that attackers exploiting a critical zero-day in its N-central remote management platform reached customer networks, not just the management servers themselves. The incident matters because N-central is used by managed service providers to administer many organisations’ systems, making it a potentially valuable route for attackers to move downstream into customer environments. The…
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Paramount’s Warner Concessions In UK Gives “Powerful Credibility” To U.S. Lawsuit, Says Anti-Merger Group
Campaigners opposing Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery say the commitments required for UK approval strengthen the case of 12 US state attorneys general seeking to block the deal. Block the Merger argues that if remedies were needed in the less concentrated UK market, competition concerns in the United States are more…
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Seven killed after teen shooter opens fire at home and school in Thailand
A 14-year-old student killed seven people, including his grandparents and five teachers, in shootings at his home and school in Nonthaburi, near Bangkok, before taking his own life. The attack, Thailand’s second school shooting this year, has renewed concern over gun control and the enforcement of existing firearms laws. Twenty-three people were injured, with nine…
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Why GTA 6 Doesn’t Have Early Access, According To Take-Two
Take-Two has said Grand Theft Auto VI will not offer paid early access, meaning buyers of every edition will begin playing at the same time. The decision matters because it avoids giving premium-edition customers a head start on one of the industry’s most anticipated releases, limiting early spoilers and keeping the launch more equal for…
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Role Model Shares New Album ‘Chuck Timely & The Hourglass’ In Full
Role Model, the pop artist Tucker Pillsbury, has released his new album, ‘Chuck Timely & The Hourglass’, in full. The release marks the arrival of a self-written and self-produced project presented as a concise, colourful pop record with an exploratory feel. The album follows the June lead single ‘High Hopes 3000’ and the subsequent track…