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Kotaku’s 15 Most-Read Stories Of 2024
31.12.2024
If you wind up on the wrong side of Reddit or YouTube, you’ll likely come across bold declarations proclaiming “what gamers want.” Nine times out of ten, these takes are given in bad faith, often by people more concerned with imposing what they want than with understanding what the majority...
People Are Emptying Redbox Machines For Free Following Bankruptcy
11.11.2024
Less than two years after self-help company Chicken Soup for the Soul bought Redbox, the corporation declared bankruptcy and now people are taking hundreds of movies out of the mostly abandoned DVD rental kiosks across the country. Some are even, with permission, taking the kiosks themselves. Read...
The Best (And Worst) Xbox 360 Moments
31.7.2024
Earlier this week, Microsoft shut down the Xbox 360’s digital store, effectively putting the final nail in the beloved console’s coffin. While it’s a shame that the nearly 20-year-old console’s marketplace is gone, it doesn’t take away from the Xbox 360’s legacy as a popular, innovative, and weird...
Chicken Soup For The Soul Kills Redbox
11.7.2024
Redbox is not long for this world. The DVD rental service’s parent company—Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment—has shifted its bankruptcy filing from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 and is liquidating its businesses and assets.Read more
Best Buy Will Soon Stop Selling Blu-rays And DVDs
3.1.2024
The days of walking into a store and spending hours slowly exploring aisles of movies new and old are ending, as Best Buy’s previously reported plans to stop selling physical media begin in 2024. Read more
Hollywood Has Future in Blockchain, NFTs Says Outgoing Warner Media CEO
7.4.2022
Jason Kilar, the outgoing CEO of Warner Media, has touted blockchain as a technology that could transform the entertainment industry. He also said the tech could bring about new forms of financing. Transforming the Entertainment Industry The outgoing CEO of Warner Media, Jason Kilar, has said...