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AEW working on console game, mobile games with former WWE 2K series developer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Just weeks after All Elite Wrestling (AEW) marked the first year anniversary of its weekly flagship episodic wrestling show Dynamite, the wrestling promotion is marking another milestone. In a press conference held Tuesday evening online, the promotion would launch its gaming division, AEW Games, with some projects in the works. AEW co-executive vice president Kenny Omega would kick off the presentation with the announcement of their console game. The title of the project is not currently known, […]

todayNovember 10, 2020 49

Business & Lifestyle

ESPN to lay off 300 workers, won’t fill 200 open jobs

BRISTOL, Conn. (UPI) -- ESPN announced Thursday it will lay off 300 employees and will not fill about 200 open positions, marking its largest number of job cuts in five years. The sports network, which is owned by Disney, employs about 6,000 people worldwide, 4,000 of whom are in Bristol, Conn. It laid off 300 employees during a round of cuts in 2015. "Today is hard because ESPN has always been -- and will always be -- fortified by its […]

todayNovember 5, 2020 62

Business & Lifestyle

GameStop closed on Thanksgiving, Black Friday deals offered early

GRAPEVINE, Tex. -- If you were planning to huddle outside of your nearest GameStop store, save yourself the trip this year. This is assuming your closest store hasn't already closed or gone out of business due to the company's ongoing restructuring plan. GameStop is following the lead of other major retailers by being closed on Thanksgiving Day. Walmart and Target made similar announcements earlier this year. Normally, the video game retail giant has been opening up to Black Friday shoppers […]

todayOctober 27, 2020 35

Business & Lifestyle

After nearly seven months, Quibi to cease operations

LOS ANGELES -- Quibi, a short-form entertainment content streaming service, announced Wednesday that they will be shutting down some seven months after its public launch. A Wall Street Journal report states that amid mounting problems, the service has opted to shut itself down. Thus ends a year full of high-flying expectations for the entertainment start-up that raised $1.75 billion in capital. Founders Jeffrey Katzenberg, a film producer, and former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, issued a public statement that the […]

todayOctober 22, 2020 69

Bobby Likis Car Clinic

‘Bobby Likis Car Clinic’ calls it quits after nearly 30 years

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Bobby Likis, host of the nationally-syndicated, award-winning car-talk radio program "Bobby Likis Car Clinic", is calling it quits after nearly three decades on the air. Likis is retiring from his radio network and program after 29 years. This was announced in a press release last month. The grand finale aired on October 10 on affiliates nationwide and online, with some tape delay exceptions. Likis would host his inaugural broadcast in 1991 at WCOA in his home of […]

todayOctober 17, 2020 234

AEW News

14 match AEW Dark card leading to pre-Dynamite anniversary show

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- All Elite Wrestling (AEW) recently made an announcement that there will be 14 matches on the card for Tuesday's AEW Dark, which premieres at 7 p.m. Eastern. The show airs weekly on the promotion's YouTube channel. Dark Order scattered all over AEW Dark Dark Order's Evil Uno will be in a Fatal 4-Way match against Frankie Kazarian, The Blade (aka Braxton Sutter), and Jungle Boy. With Uno yet to fight in AEW non-tag team action, will he score […]

todayOctober 12, 2020 77

Business & Lifestyle

Warning signs gamers should seek in Microsoft buying Bethesda in recent deal

What would you do when you have $7.5 billion in your bank account? Would you build an exclusive beach house after acquiring a private island in the Pacific? How about renting out a snowy resort in the Alps so you can hit the slopes with your reliable Giro ski helmet and Burton snowboards? With that amount of money, most people won't need to work a day in their lives. They would enjoy what the world has to offer and fulfill whatever activity […]

todaySeptember 22, 2020 65

AEW News

AEW delays four live event shows further to summer 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- All Elite Wrestling (AEW) management made an announcement Friday regarding some live events that were upcoming. The announcement reveals that several upcoming events will be under rescheduling for 2021. Dynamite live shows in Rochester, St. Louis and Houston will be in June 2021 Dynamite will be awaiting their official regional debut in Rochester, N.Y. on June 16, 2021. This is the third rescheduling for the Blue Cross Arena. The original March 18 date was supposed to be […]

todaySeptember 13, 2020 47

Business & Lifestyle

GameStop reveals plans to close 450 stores

GRAVEVINE, Tex. -- GameStop reveals in a recent investor call that they will be closing more stores than in their initial plan. Company executives did reveal that they will close an additional 100 stores than in their current restructuring plan. Per the restructuring plan, the company had plans to close 300 underperforming stores permanently. However, this number is increasing since the investor brief in March. Store closures to continue through 2021 When asked regarding a timeframe for these additional store […]

todaySeptember 13, 2020 61

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