Gaming
Nintendo sheds US$14 billion value after chip squeeze fears grow
The gaming pioneer faces rising memory costs, which threaten to impair margins for its Switch 2 console
Tencent goes hands-on to reshape US$10 billion global games empire
The company is ubiquitous in China via its WeChat ecosystem and WeChat Pay
Roblox games ‘Grow a Garden’, ‘Jailbreak’ clinch movie deals
The company does not develop games itself but It provides tools for others to build titles
Netflix brings video games to its TV service for first time
The company has been offering games for four years, part of a plan to extend its reach beyond films and TV shows
EA agrees to US$55 billion sale in largest leveraged buyout on record
The video-game maker is selling to a consortium that includes Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and a fund founded by US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law
Electronic Arts nears takeover by Silver Lake, PIF
The video-game maker will release ‘Battlefield 6’ on Oct 10
Roblox tests TikTok-like app so players can share game action
The company has 111.8 million daily active users
Paramount to make live-action ‘Call of Duty’ movie
The Hollywood studio is already the home of a popular video-game adaptation, the ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ animated movies
Marina Bay Sands’ scale, success and bold expansion are a blessing and a curse for Singapore’s hotel sector
The integrated resort is outperforming the industry and its growth will augment its leading position
Sea’s ‘Free Fire’ becomes highest-earning mobile shooting game in US
Anime interest in America remains at an all-time high, with a large fan base for the ‘Naruto’ series, telling a ninja coming-of-age tale
