In this week’s Media Briefing, senior reporter Kayleigh Barber talks with publishers about the status of their plans to return to in-person events and how the virtual versions will remain in the mix. Welcome back For the fully vaccinated, in-person events are knocking at the door, ready to be let back into media companies’ calendars…
When a new prostate cancer therapy is approved by the Food and Drug Administration, it’s especially pertinent to a small group of oncologists. And for the last half-century or so, drug firms left it up to reps to make in-person sales calls to tell them about it.But now, like a vaccine shot in the arm,…
Illustration: Jim CookeXbox Game Pass is one of the best deals in gaming today. For $10 a month, you get access to a Netflix-style library of video games that you can download and play whenever you want. Some marquee games hit the service the same day they’re released, as with The Outer Worlds. In other…
Image: Epic GamesTencent recently obtained a patent relating to digital asset inheritance that might allow games to pass on in-game items and currency when they die. According to video game industry analyst Daniel Ahmad, who first spotted the news on Monday, the Chinese tech giant originally filed for the patent in 2019 before securing it…
When Kratos met Black Panther. Image: Square Enix / Sony / KotakuThough his time in the role as the Marvel cinematic universe’s Black Panther was tragically cut short by colon cancer, actor Chadwick Boseman embodied the role of T’Challa so fully that it’s hard to imagine anyone else providing the character’s voice. Though initially reluctant,…
Gif: Valve / KotakuSteam Deck is a new portable gaming device from Valve that basically looks and functions exactly like a Nintendo Switch. Models start at $400 and will release December 2021, Valve announced today over on Steam.“We partnered with AMD to create Steam Deck’s custom APU, optimized for handheld gaming. It is a Zen…
You know, like TimeShift. You remember TimeShift. Gif: Saber InteractiveIn the late ‘00s, before every game became a MOBA and then pivoted to become a battle royale, it seemed like every other game was a shooter with some sort of gimmick to make it stand out from the Calls of Duty and Battlefields. From gravity…
Warcraft Gold League 2021 (WGL 2021) Summer Season is the second most anticipated tournament in Warcraft’s Esports scene. While veterans enthusiastically build their barracks and conquer creep camps, let’s take a look at what WGL 2021 Summer Season has to offer. Warcraft Gold League 2021 Summer Season Tournament Format and Players This particular league is…
Emojis aren’t just a fun form of digital communication–they’re also an important sales tool.Forty-two percent of emoji users are more likely to purchase products that are advertised using emojis, according to a new survey. Conducted by Adobe for World Emoji Day on July 17, the survey analyzed the behavior of 7,000 emoji users in the U.S, U.K, Germany, France, Japan, Australia…
In a previous article, I shared with you four situations in which you should never use email, and we got a lot of great comments. So today I want to share with you five times that you should use email instead of an alternative. Because in today’s fast-paced remote workplace, there is still a time and a…
