(Bloomberg) — Figma Inc.’s 250% surge in its debut session is the kind of coming-out party every startup dreams of when it goes public. Most Read from Bloomberg The finely choreographed process for the $1.2 billion IPO, culminating in a fully diluted valuation of more than $65 billion, also puts rivals on notice that Figma’s ambitions are expanding. The design …
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Sony’s recent lawsuit against Tencent’s Polaris Quest studio over the game Light of Motiram, for similarities to the Horizon franchise, reads like a bizarre déjà vu moment for me, and I think for many gamers. And it speaks to a deeper issue with games and creativity. The claim? That Tencent’s new open-world, but unreleased, adventure appears to have heavily borrowed …
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Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a sequel and anime spin-off, more than a decade after the original launched. The new video game is being developed by Dragami Games, successor to the original’s Kadokawa Games, which launched remaster project Lollipop Chainsaw RePop last year for PC and consoles. Lollipop Chainsaw won over a cult audience back in 2012 for its cheerleader-starring undead-slicing …
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Ubisoft has released its first-quarter financial results for the 2025-26 fiscal year, reporting “below expectations” earnings, a “lower-than-expected” performance for Rainbow Six Siege, an “unfavorable foreign exchange” impact, and “a partnership that is now expected to materialize in Q2.” Its back-catalog net bookings, however, were up 4% on the same period last year. “The first quarter delivered mixed results,” said …
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Freedom sounds good on Justin Bieber‘s Swag. On Friday, the pop king marked his return with his new album, and a source close to the musician tells Rolling Stone it’s “the purest form” of Bieber we’ve ever seen, especially after “breaking away” from longtime manager Scooter Braun. “Breaking away from Scooter Braun and his team has been something that Justin …
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