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No, Tom Holland Was Not the Model for ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered’ Game
See what actual Peter Parker character model Ben Jordan looks like in real life
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UTA Names Activision Blizzard Executive Eugene Wu as Head of Esports Brand Partnerships
Wu is based in Los Angeles and will report to UTA esports lead Damon Lau
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How Gaming Hub Addicting Games Revived Itself A Decade After Its Sale to Viacom
“Our sweet spot going forward is really leveraging the Chromebook mobile developers,” Bill Karamouzis tells TheWrap
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Culture
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‘True Crime Obsessed’ Adds ‘Unsolved Mysteries’-Recap Podcast
Weekly audio episodes dedicated to Netflix’s reboot of classic true-crime TV show begin airing Oct. 8
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Apple Gives Tim Cook $38 Million to Stay CEO Through 2025
This is Cook’s first major stock grant since 2011
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David S Goyer to Produce ‘Batman Unburied,’ First Podcast for DC and Spotify
Goyer says the series will “explore the darker aspects of Bruce Wayne’s psychology”
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Zynga to Shut Down Original ‘Farmville,’ Once Facebook’s Most Popular Game, At End of 2020
FarmVille was the top game by daily active users on Facebook between August 2009 and December 2010
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Facebook Oversight Board Will Launch by Mid-October, More Than a Year After It Was First Announced
The internal group will begin reviewing cases of removed content by late October, with the Nov. 3 election around the corner
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Amazon Launches Game Streaming Service Luna
Luna joins the crowded field of cloud gaming services including Google’s Stadia, Xbox Game Pass and EA Play
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Here’s What Podcast Listeners Are Tuning Into During the Pandemic
TheGrill 2020: Industry experts from Audible, Dear Media and Rebel Girls say audiences continue to engage with podcasts despite an initial shift in March
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Basketball Fans Push Digital Game Spending to Record $10.8 Billion in August
“What’s happened since lockdown has started is spending month over month has jumped drastically,” SuperData analyst Carter Rogers tells TheWrap
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Move Over, Facebook: How Gaming Is Becoming the New Social Network
TheGrill 2020: Gaming and esports experts agree that the online multiplayer community is quickly becoming the destination for community fun
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News
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Spotify, Chernin Entertainment Sign Multiyear Deal to Adapt Podcast Content to Video
“Audio is by far the fastest-growing medium in the entertainment business,” founder Peter Chernin states
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Tribeca Film Festival Launches New Award for Video Games
Newly created Tribeca Games will honor video games that show “artistic excellence in storytelling”
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TikTok Owner ByteDance Wants Court to Reject Trump’s App Store Ban
A U.S. ban would cause “irreparable harm” to TikTok, interim CEO Vanessa Pappas says
