Gamers Join Aust-made Cult Of The Lamb

ames US video game giant Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft is in the process of purchasing, reported that sales in the first half of this year declined, with gamers spending less time in its powerhouse "Call of Duty"

British-Ghanaian gamer Annabel Ashalley-Anthony smiled at her brother Adam, after the tournament match at a gaming hub organized by Melanin Gamers, a collective she hopes will change the video game landscape.

world. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has recommended raising the console's retail price in Europe, the United Kingdom, Japan, China, Australia, Mexico and Canada, the company's top official Jim

On PC gaming platform Steam, Cult of the Lamb has seen hundreds of thousands of downloads, and while Wilton can't reveal the exact figures due to Massive Monster's backing by UK-listed Devolver Digital, pre-sales numbers show the game has already recouped its investment costs.

After her brother Alan was harassed online for the color of his skin, Ashalley-Anthony made it her mission to build a community where people could play together away from the racism, misogyny and homophobia sometimes associated with online games.

oment. "In order to offer unique entertainment to a wide range of customers, we want to avoid pricing people out," President Shuntaro Furukawa told the Nikkei business daily in an article published earlier t

Four years ago, Ashalley-Anthony and her two brothers established a crew of video game enthusiasts dedicated to providing a safe space for online gamers of diverse ethnicities, sexual orientations and gender identities.

unch In the height of the pandemic, video games offered people solace in isolation. But now that life is slowly returning to pre-crisis normal, and inflation is soaring, gaming companies are feeling

Ghana is one of the countries leading the way. The West African nation had the continent's second highest per-capita gaming population in 2021, with 27% of citizens actively playing, according to Esports analytics leader Newzoo.

play - Matt Piscatella, an analyst with market research group NPD, estimated that people in the United States will spend about $55.5 billion on gaming in total this year, less than last year but still up 28 percent from the pre-pandemic yea
lysts. "Higher prices in everyday spending categories such as food and gas, the return of experiential spending such as travel and attending live events, a lighter release slate of new games, and continued new generation console hardware supply constraints were all likely contributors to the decline seen in the second quarter," Piscat
Models in the runway show donned clothing with the message written on some of the pieces in the collection, referencing to the Black Lives Matter movement which was founded back in 2013, following the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin.

Emory was said to have started the conversation and began by criticizing West for his conduct during the final stages of Abloh's life, before he passed away from cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare cancer in November 2021, aged 41.

nment. Early in the pandemic, "people flocked to Twitch in droves -- streamers and viewers alike," said Brandon Williams, who goes by the handle "BWpaco" on the Amazon-owned platform where gamers broadcast video ga

'This ain't a game,' Kanye retorted.
'Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me. I told you this was war. Now gone get you some business.' 

Missed opportunity: West went on to express that he wanted to apologize to Abloh's family for taking up his time, and he went on to thank Emory for allowing him to express his feelings about the matter

The following day, the fashion designer lashed out at Vogue contributing editor, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, after she called out his behavior as 'indefensible' and that the merchandise was both 'dangerous and violent.'

The Grammy winner had written on Instagram: 'Spank my hand with the ruler i'll go sit in the "principal" office can't we talk about more important things like how late the show was or how Bernard Arnault killed my best friend everyone's got a right to an opinion right there's mine.'

Fueling the flames: After Ye posted a text message exchange with Mowalola in which he was told not to 'insult' the Vogue editor, Gigi proceeded to comment her own feelings on the situation, labeling him 'a bully' and pkv poker 'a joke' 

Over the course of their fiery exchange, Kanye goaded Diddy to 'come do something illegal to me' and vowed to 'use you as an example to show the Jewish people who told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me.' 

Mixed feelings: The Bound 2 songwriter also wrote that he 'scrame at Virgil, I was jealous of Virgil, I felt betrayed and lied to by Virgil [sic],' although he clarified that he also had 'love' for the late fashion industry figure

The 45-year-old was previously called out in a post that was shared to the 41-year-old designer's Instagram account earlier this week, in which he expressed that the rapper did not care about Virgil Abloh and spoke negatively of him prior to his death.