In the series, contestants play kid’s games until only one contestant remains… alive. With over 130 million people having already watched the show, the company has decided it wants to turn the hit series into a video game.

CryptoKitties, a blockchain-based game created by Dapper Labs in 2017, gave birth to “one-of-a-kind” tradable and collectable digital characters, or NFTs. Now, NFT creation and transactions are rampant in the video game industry.

Also participating are Spotify founder, Daniel Ek, Singular, and the founders of FuboTV and King’s. Its Series A round comes just seven months after the seed round, which was led by Eurazeo and Headline. The company, Homa Games, is growing very quickly.

As Netflix moves further into the gaming market, expect more acquisitions to come. Night School Studio is best known for its “Oxenfree” debut game and currently has multiple titles available on Playstation, Xbox, Switch and PC.

Gone are the days of mall-based arcades, a pocketful of quarters and enormous standup single-game cabinets. They’ve long ago been replaced by in-home gaming consoles and PC’s. And now, most casual gamers access games that are available to them, 24/7, right in their pockets, on their mobile phones.

This malware was discovered in March of this year, claiming it can steal passwords, cookies, bank card details, browser autofill data, device data, & more. Despite being relatively new, the malware has infected gamers in Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region.

On October 22nd, it will release a game based the 2021 action movie, “Kate.” The Netflix distributed film stars Woody Harrelson and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and has quickly grown a cult following.

And if you’ve got a mint condition “The Legend of Zelda” cartridge in there, you could be looking at a near million-dollar payday. High quality video games from the 1980’s are now selling for top dollar. Recent auctions saw “Super Mario 64” and “The Legend of Zelda”, both in mint, unwrapped condition, sell for $1.56 million and $870,000, respectively.

Consumer spending on video game hardware, content, and accessories hit a record high in August, giving the industry its biggest August tally since 2008 & third-highest month ever! The video game industry was among the major beneficiaries of the lockdown restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

Importantly, Apple was deemed not a monopoly. However, the one major ruling that went in Epic’s favor - which was the crux of the lawsuit - allows gaming companies (or any transactional companies) to utilize in-app payment processing services outside of Apples App Store platform.