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Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Balatro” won Game of the Year at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) on Wednesday, just after “Consume Me” received the top prize at the Independent Games Festival Awards (IGFA). From LocalThunk and Playstack, “Balatro” is a indie roguelike deckbuilding game that has a “unique spin on the timeless card game Poker where players build unique decks with a variety of distinct cards to score points and defeat blinds within the roguelike gameplay.” During the 25th edition of annual awards show, which took place at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco amid the Game Developers Conference, “Balatro” also won Best Debut, Innovation Award and Best Design.

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2025 Names ‘Balatro’ Game Of The Year — Complete Winners List

LocalThunk’s Balatro, developed by Playstack, was deemed a royal flush as it was crowned Game of the Year at the 25th Game Developers Choice Awards. Handed out on Wednesday at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Balatro also snagged wins for Best Design, Best Debut and the Innovation Award.

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Kanye West’s New Album-Film, ‘Bully,’ Is Loaded With (Possibly Uncleared) Samples and Covers: ‘Close to You,’ ‘Can’t Hurry Love,’ Apparently a Verse From Playboi Carti, More

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Kanye West’s innovative use of samples was one of the hallmarks of his early hits — his slowed-down snippets of songs from Chaka Khan, Ray Charles, Daft Punk and more set a sonic path that countless artists would follow from that point on. But in recent years, as West’s behavior became more unpredictable and often aggressive, so too did his adherence to the legalities of samples, interpolations and straight covers of copyrighted songs and sounds.

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TransPerfect Acquires Blu Digital Group Following Acquisition of Technicolor Games (EXCLUSIVE)

Carolyn Giardina Language and AI tech developer TransPerfect continues to expand with the acquisition of Blue Digital Group, a provider of digital media services, cloud-based workflow automation, quality control, and content distribution technology for the media and entertainment industry. The news follows TransPerfect’s recent acquisition of Technicolor Games, a deal that was reached shortly after parent Technicolor filed for bankruptcy. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

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Pokémon confirms 2026 LEGO collab: “RIP my wallet”

Pokémon has confirmed a collaboration with LEGO will be released next year, the 30th anniversary of the hit video game series.LEGO has previously released a number of Super Mario sets, with Animal Crossing and The Legend Of Zelda also getting turned into LEGO in recent months. Now it seems a series of official Pokémon-inspired sets will launch next year.“For the first time, the LEGO Group will be bringing the most loved Pokémon to life in a brand-new way, with play experiences that will delight new and existing fans alike.

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Theater Owners Group Rebrands as Cinema United, Ditching NATO Name

Brent Lang Executive Editor The National Association of Theatre Owners, popularly known around the movie business as NATO, will no longer be confused with a favorite target of Donald Trump’s ire. The lobbying organization has been rechristened Cinema United.

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FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks To Resign This Spring

Geoffrey Starks, one of two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission, said that he will step down this spring.

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Pathé Films Joins Banijay and French AI Company Genario as Partners of World AI Film Festival With a Jury Chaired by ‘Emilia Perez’ Co-Writer

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Pathé Films, the revered French film group behind “The Count of Monte Cristo,” has partnered with Genario, the fast-expanding generative AI service aimed at screenwriters, to back the inaugural edition of the World AI Film Festival (WAiFF). Partners also include Banijay Entertainment which has been working with Genario to advance script development in-house.

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Lady Gaga hits back at “insane” ageism in pop: “I promise I’m just getting warmed up”

Lady Gaga has hit back at “ageism” in the music industry and reassured fans that she is “just getting warmed up”.The pop icon made the comments while on stage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where she was announced as the winner of the Innovator Award.Held last night (March 17), the event saw the hitmaker use her acceptance speech to share her love of the LGBTQ+ community and look back on the moments in her career that led her to this point. She also addressed the view that women are considered “too old” by the time they reach their mid-30s.“I don’t totally know how to think about this because winning an award honouring my entire career at 38 years old is a hard thing to get my head around,” she said in her acceptance speech.“On the one hand, I feel like I’ve been doing this forever.

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Tencent Music Hits High Note With Strong Q4 Results, Boosts Shareholder Returns

Naman Ramachandran Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), China‘s dominant music streaming platform, announced robust fourth-quarter 2024 financial results on Tuesday, marked by substantial growth in its music subscription business and expanded profit margins. The company, which operates popular apps including QQ Music, Kugou Music, and WeSing, reported total revenues of RMB7.46 billion ($1.02 billion) for Q4, representing an 8.2% year-over-year increase. This growth was primarily driven by the company’s online music services, which surged 16.1% to $799 million.

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Doechii Presents Lady Gaga With Innovator Award, Taylor Swift Wins Artist of the Year at iHeartRadio Music Awards

Thania Garcia The iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night were a starry affair that honored both new and veteran music stars. Mariah Carey and Lady Gaga were both present to receive special awards recognizing their decades-long careers in entertainment, while SZA took home the R&B artist of the year award for a third year. Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” was also named song of the year.

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Lady Gaga Explains How She Became the Innovator She Is Today During iHeartRadio Music Awards Speech

Lady Gaga was just honored with the Innovator Award at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards and she opened up about how she became the innovator she is today.

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iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025 - Full Performers & Presenters Lineup Revealed!

Tonight is the night of the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards and the show is airing live on Fox!

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Central London to get designated “quiet zones” amid ongoing nightlife battle

Metro.100 additional CCTV cameras are also reportedly set to be installed in efforts to improve the safety of the area, with emphasis placed on protecting LGBTQ+ venues.The move to appease residents is controversial for business owners in central London, who accuse the council of only listening to locals and not prioritising the area’s culture.Since Covid lockdowns, London has experienced a 19% decline in late night venues. Most recently, G-A-Y owner Jeremy Joseph shared that he had put the iconic Soho venue up for sale due to strict licensing rules in the area.

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‘The Shrouds’ Trailer: David Cronenberg Reckons With Mortality in a Gravedigging Tech Conspiracy Thriller

J. Kim Murphy Dead bingers are at the center of David Cronenberg‘s new thriller “The Shrouds,” now prepping to launch in North America after debuting at the Cannes Film Festival last summer. Janus Films has released the first full trailer for the film, which stars Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Sandrine Holt and recent Oscar-nominee Guy Pearce.

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How Vistage helped Stephens Bakery discover its recipe for success

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