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Jefferies hires Deutsche Bank’s Liddy to lead gaming, leisure and lodging in Europe Jefferies has hired nearly 70 managing directors within its investment bank in a year Wednesday, 17 January 2024 at 08:02 Jefferies has hired a senior Deutsche Bank dealmaker in London as the US-headquartered investment bank continues its recruitment spree. James Liddy is...

Topline Gamers could be at risk of permanent noise-induced hearing loss and other hearing problems, scientists warned on Tuesday, urging officials to minimize health risks for gamers amid growing interest in esports and a staggering global surge in video game popularity in recent years. Video games could damage hearing, researchers warn. getty Key Facts Gamers...

Results of a neuroscientific study suggest that violence in video games has no negative influence on the empathy of adults Neuroscientists from the University of Vienna and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have investigated whether playing violent video games leads to a reduction in human empathy. To do this, they had adult test subjects play...

Assassin’s Creed and Rainbow Six: Siege publisher Ubisoft is joining Korean game publisher WeMade’s Wemix’s blockchain node council as a partner, Wemix announced late last week. Ubisoft is now one of Wemix’s 40 partners running validator nodes for its new “Wemix 3.0” network, which is an Ethereum-compatible EVM blockchain. Previously, Wemix’s blockchain existed on the...

Families with children that attend Grand Meadow Public Schools received an email Sunday evening announcing classes were canceled Monday due to an online threat. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS sister station KAAL reports that the district’s superintendent said in the email that a threat was made to a Grand Meadow student via an online video game. Local...

K12 Enrichment Programs, a supplementary educational program designed to enrich the academic experience through extracurricular activities and contests, are calling upon public school students, from kindergarten through grade 12, to pitch their video game ideas from now until January 31, for a chance to win current generation gaming consoles like the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation...

Key Takeaways Adjust color temperature based on personal preference and use case to enhance visuals on your gaming monitor. Enable pixel overdrive to reduce ghosting and input latency, but be cautious not to apply too much overdrive. Disable auto brightness to avoid distracting dimming effects, and manually adjust brightness at a comfortable level for optimal...

Ubisoft’s co-op shooter Project U will be entering its next phase of playtesting in February, Insider Gaming has learned. Several sources have provided Insider Gaming with emails from the publisher, that were sent out earlier today, revealing that the game will have a PC-only Closed Test from February 1-6. The emails mark the next phase...

For Army West Point athletes Jaxon Hammond and Miles Stewart, playing the new College Football 25 video game is like competing on the practice field – just a little less sweaty. “We’re really competitive as a team,” Stewart said. “We have, like, dynasty mode with a bunch of people and franchises and people just, I’ll...