In its market performance report for the second quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year, iGaming Ontario revealed significant growth across its regulated online gambling platforms. Between April and June 2024, the total gambling handle reached $18.4 billion, marking a 31% increase from the same period last year.
The report published by iGaming Ontario, which encompasses data from 50 licensed operators, indicated that total gaming revenue surged to $726 million in the quarter, a 34% increase year-over-year. This growth is attributed to robust performances in both casino games and sports betting sectors.
Casino Games Drive Revenue
Casino games continued to dominate the market, contributing approximately 84% of the tot…
Nearly a year ago, Rockstar Games debuted the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, which marks the franchise’s first sequel since Grand Theft Auto 5 in 2013. Fans had been hoping that today’s fiscal report for Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two Interactive, would include a new GTA 6 trailer. While that didn’t happen, Take-Two did confirm that the GTA sequel is still on track for a Fall 2025 release.
The information was shared as part of the latest Take-Two investors’ report, which listed a Fall 2025 window for GTA VI alongside broader release windows for multiple other games. Take-Two said Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country are set to be released during the company’s fiscal 2026, which should fall between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026. The other upcoming titles mention…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s popular G3T_H1GH parkour mode has returned in Season 4 Reloaded as G3T_H1GH3R, which includes a new map to traverse and more unique camos to unlock. Here’s how you can earn all three colorful camos, including the one that demands you find all Get Higher coins.
What is G3T_H1GH3R mode?
Get Higher is the return of MW3’s limited-time mode from the 420 event earlier this year, which tasked players with completing a retro-styled obstacle course. Now, the mode returns with a brand-new map to complete. Here you have a 15-minute timer, and you must parkour your way across the course and race against other players for the best time.
Along the way, you can e…
Ahead of Prime Day 2024, Amazon is running a 4th of July sale that encompasses a handful of cool gadgets like Kindle tablets, mini PCs, and Fire TVs. Some of the price cuts are the best we’ve seen all year, making this a great opportunity to check items off your wishlist ahead of Prime Day on July 16-17. To help you sift through the catalog, here are the best 4th of July deals at Amazon. These deals won’t stick around long, so be sure to check them out while you can.
If you aren’t a Prime member, now’s a great time to sign up. New members can get a 30-day membership for free and take advantage of all the upcoming Prime Day deals. Even if you aren’t eligible for a free trial, paying $15 for one month makes sense–even just for the early offers right now. Prime members can claim ove…
Is Astro, the star of Astro’s Playroom and Astro Bot, a Sony mascot? Nicolas Doucet isn’t so sure. While the soft-spoken head of Team Asobi recognizes that the plucky little robot has the makings of a marquee character, and while it’s become the face of the studio and even graces its logo, he also doesn’t think it’s his or the studio’s place to say. To hear him tell it, a mascot is grown organically out of affection from fans, not a status assigned by corporate masters. On a recent trip to Team Asobi’s studio in Japan, we got an up-close look at how Astro came to be and the design philosophy that drives the studio’s playful, polished little automaton.
Birth of a Baby Robot
It wasn’t long ago that Team Asobi’s work wasn’t meant to be seen direc…