<p>“A Minecraft Movie” isn’t just a hit — after three weekends in theaters, the film is estimated to have grossed $344 million domestically and $720 million worldwide. That makes it the biggest movie of an admittedly underwhelming year at the box office (so far), and the second biggest video game movie of all time. Coming [&hellip;]</p>

<p>TikTok content creator Kelley Heyer sued the video game Roblox for using her dance to Charli XCX&#8217;s &#8220;Apple&#8221; without permission. Heyer posted the viral dance in June 2024, which fed off of the hype of Charli XCX&#8217;s hit summer album &#8220;Brat.&#8221; The dance became so popular that Charli XCX incorporated it into her live show [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Nintendo announced on Friday that it will open Switch 2 preorders in the U.S. on April 24, following a delay due to the Trump administration&#8217;s hefty tariffs. Fans feared the long-awaited console would spike in price due to Trump&#8217;s import rules on international goods, but Nintendo confirmed the Switch 2 will still cost $449.99 and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Not even Pokémon is safe from AI benchmarking controversy. Last week, a post on X went viral, claiming that Google&#8217;s latest Gemini model surpassed Anthropic&#8217;s flagship Claude model in the original Pokémon video game trilogy. Reportedly, Gemini had reached Lavender Town in a developer&#8217;s Twitch stream; Claude was stuck at Mount Moon as of late [&hellip;]</p>

<p>“Mythic Quest,” the Apple TV+ workplace comedy about the making of a popular online role-playing game, is ending after four seasons. A new version of the show’s fourth season finale — first aired on March 26, and now the de facto series finale — will premiere on Apple TV+ next week, with a new ending. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Season 7 of “Black Mirror” premiered on Thursday, introducing a new mobile game connected to one of its episodes. The game, titled &#8220;Thronglets,&#8221; from Netflix&#8217;s own Night School Studio, serves as a companion to the episode called “Plaything.” Players interact with virtual yellow pets and strive to keep them alive. If players are successful in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser said that the company did not factor in possible tariffs from the U.S. when deciding on the pricing for its Nintendo Switch 2 console, according to Wired. Nintendo unveiled its highly anticipated Switch 2 last week and announced that the console would be released on June 5, priced at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Microsoft has released a browser-based playable level of the classic video game Quake II. This functions as a tech demo for the gaming capabilities of Microsoft’s Copilot AI platform — though by the company’s own admission, the experience isn’t quite the same as playing a well-made game. You can try it out for yourself, using [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The big screen adaptation of video game mega-franchise Minecraft brought in $58 million on Friday, putting it on track for a $135 million opening weekend domestically — or potentially even more. That would give “A Minecraft Movie” the biggest opening of the year, beating out “Captain America: Brave New World” (which earned $88.8 million during [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Nintendo is delaying preorders for the newly announced Switch 2 in the U.S. due to concerns around President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Preorders will no longer begin on April 9. “Preorders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025, in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At a presentation unveiling the Nintendo Switch 2, longtime Nintendo producer Kouichi Kawamoto revealed that at one point, he considered calling the Switch’s successor the “Super Nintendo Switch.” It would have been a nice nod to Nintendo’s second console, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which followed the original NES about 35 years ago. But Kawamoto, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called out Apple and Google as &#8220;gangster-style businesses&#8221; engaged in illegal practices while speaking at a Y Combinator event on Wednesday. The executive also emphasized how the big tech companies&#8217; practices directly affected his own business by scaring [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Epic Games announced on Wednesday the acquisition of Loci, an AI platform for automated tagging 3D assets. The deal will help creators with the labor-intensive process of tagging as well as to help detect potential intellectual property (IP) violations. Loci, which uses computer vision models to understand 3D content, automatically tags 3D assets, making content [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Roblox, the popular gaming platform geared toward preteens, has made substantial updates to its safety policy in the last year following accusations of insufficient safety measures for children, which could expose them to risks like grooming, explicit content, and violent material.  The company announced Wednesday three new parental control features, including the option for them [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Nintendo unveiled new details on Wednesday about its hugely anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 gaming console, which will be the company&#8217;s first new console since the Nintendo Switch was introduced in 2017. The Nintendo Switch 2 will be released on June 5 and cost $450. At launch, the console will arrive both on its own and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google on Tuesday announced a new partnership with gaming company Roblox, which will allow advertisers to purchase and scale Roblox&#8217;s Rewarded Video and other immersive ad formats. That means marketers who want to reach the younger Gen Z audience that dominates the platform will be able to use Google Ad Manager to place their video [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Nintendo announced on Friday that its live-action &#8220;The Legend of Zelda&#8221; movie will premiere on March 26, 2027. It&#8217;s a little weird to announce this the day after a Nintendo Direct livestream, where the gaming company usually unloads all of its recent news. But that was intentional. The company wants fans to download its new [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Krafton, known for its titles PUBG and BGMI, has acquired a controlling stake in 12-year-old Indian mobile gaming studio Nautilus Mobile.</p>

<p>Nintendo announced on Thursday that it is working on Virtual Game Cards, a feature that makes digitally downloaded games more portable across different devices. With the highly awaited Nintendo Switch 2 on the horizon, these Virtual Game Cards will make it easier for users to port over their existing Switch games to their new devices. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Discord announced on Tuesday that it rebuilt its Overlay feature from the ground up. The new Overlay makes streaming games on Discord more user-friendly on the streamer&#8217;s end. In its legacy form, players could toggle the Overlay display to use Discord while playing games, but this would bring up the entire Discord client in the [&hellip;]</p>