Cecilia D'Anastasio

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  • Roblox logo displayed on a screen and PlayStation DualSense controller are seen in this illustration.Tech

    Roblox tumbles as Hindenburg bets against gaming platform

    By Carmen Reinicke, Olivia Carville, and others
  • A GameStop in New York is seen from the sidewalk. People are seen passing the store and a young child is seen opening the door to leave the store.Finance

    GameStop reports unexpected profit despite fourth-straight quarter of declining sales

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • Bob IgerLifestyle

    Disney to invest $1.5 billion in Epic Games, with Marvel, Avatar, Star Wars characters coming to Fortnite

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • NintendoTech

    ‘Pokémon with guns’ is a smash hit—and infuriating to Nintendo diehards

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • Twitch headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Twitch, the popular site where people go to watch other people play video games, has lost at least six top employees since the beginning of the year, including the chief operating officer, chief content officer and head of creator development. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Amazon set to lay off 35% of its staff at streaming platform Twitch, still unprofitable 9 years after its acquisition

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 04: Felix Lengyel (xQc) accepts the Just Chatting award onstage during the 2022 YouTube Streamy Awards at The Beverly Hilton on December 04, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)Tech

    Video gamers face a poorer reality as YouTube and Twitch reconsider multi-million dollar streaming deals: ‘I don’t think that’s a sustainable business’

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • A GameStop store in New York, US, on Thursday, March 16, 2023. GameStop is scheduled to release earnings figures on March 21. Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    Shares in one-time meme stock darling GameStop plunge 20% after firing its CEO and reporting lackluster sales amid a struggle to revive its stores

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • UNITED STATES – MAY 18: FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan and SEC Chairman Gary Gensler testify during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing titled FY2023 Budget Request for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in Rayburn Building, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Tech

    FTC sues to stop Microsoft’s $69 billion blockbuster Activision deal that could ‘harm competition’ in the ‘dynamic’ video game industry

    By Leah Nylen, Dina Bass, and others
  • SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 07: Mary Kish and Kason Patterson speak during TwitchCon 2022 on October 07, 2022 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)Tech

    Twitch executives scramble to win back streamers’ trust after cutting payouts

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • Minecraft celebrity DreamLifestyle

    Minecraft celebrity Dream meets screaming fans after face reveal. ‘This is real. This is my life’

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • Grand Theft AutoTech

    Leak of ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ hits the internet in one of gaming’s rarest hacks

    By Jason Schreier, Cecilia D'Anastasio, and others
  • Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby KotickTech

    Activision Blizzard agrees to negotiations with CWA following historic union vote

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • TikTok launches livestream subscription serviceTech

    TikTok launches livestream subscription service to compete with Twitch

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • Fortnite photo illustrationTech

    iPhone users can play Fortnite again—but only on Xbox Cloud, Microsoft says

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 25: A man looks at GameStop at 6th Avenue on February 25, 2021 in New York. GameStop Corp. doubled its shares and and jumped another 19 percent today and the betting are that GameStop shares would spike to $800 on Friday. (Photo by John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Images)NFTs and Culture

    ‘No articulated strategy’: GameStop battered for its plan to open an NFT marketplace

    By Cecilia D'Anastasio and Bloomberg