Acting in games – voice but also motion-capture and likeness – is a growing opportunity for actors. Tupac Shakur included, despite being dead.
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Ozzy Osbourne avatar is ‘not gonna be f***ing lame’ says son
Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne died last July, and plans for his legacy are firmly underway – including the announcement last week that he’s the latest musician being turned into a posthumous […]
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About those web3-metaverse land-plots that were so hot in 2022…
Remember the heyday of web3 metaverses? When Snoop Dogg was building a mansion in virtual world The Sandbox, followed by Warner Music Group?
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Chappell Roan is the latest headliner for Fortnite Festival
The number 13 may be unlucky for some, but Fortnite Festival’s Season 13 certainly isn’t for Chappell Roan.
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Google’s Project Genie creates AI-generated interactive worlds
Last August we wrote about Genie 3, a new ‘general purpose world model’ from Google using AI to create virtual worlds from text prompts. Now ‘Project Genie’ is rolling out for […]
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UMG strikes its final (maybe) deal of 2025: with Roblox
Universal Music Group’s dealmaking team has been on a tear in 2025, and its final deal of the year appears to be with Roblox.
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Netflix is acquiring avatar-focused startup Ready Player Me
Ready Player Me emerged during Peak Metaverse Hype a few years ago, with a focus on avatars. Now it is being acquired by Netflix.
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Music x metaverse: Coldplay x Meta, Yeat x Roblox, OZworld…
Hype around ‘music in the metaverse’ may have died down, but there are still plenty of music activations happening within games and virtual worlds. Three current examples reflect that trend. […]
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Connect Chats: Christine Osazuwa – ‘Build your team independent of corporations’
Music Ally Connect is coming up in January. Our series of Connect Chats interviews with speakers continues today with Christine Osazuwa.
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Meta’s WorldGen system generates 3D worlds from text prompts
While most of Music Ally’s GenAI focus goes into music, we’re keeping a watching brief on what’s happening with AI-generated images, video… and virtual worlds. Meta has a new research […]
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Game plans: Rolling Loud partners with Riot Games, Sunburn with Revenant
The formidable fandoms of gaming and hip-hop and electronic dance music will converge at two upcoming Indian festivals.
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EA launches music radio stations for its Battlefield 6 game
Battlefield 6 is one of the biggest game launches of 2025, with publisher EA recently reporting more than 7m sales in the first three days.
