In addition to highlighting achievements and awarding creators, the game awards also premiere new game titles and new information on already released titles. This year's event hosted in Los Angeles has 30 categories and winners for each. Top anticipated categories such as best narrative, best ongoing game, best RPG, and best Esports game, However, the most sought-after award is Game of the Year. this year was the biggest game award in history with 154 million livestreams shattering their previous viewership records.
The Detroit Auto Show, a major city-wide event, which has been missing from Detroit’s event list since COVID has recently been revitalized for the 2025 edition. The Detroit Auto Show started in 1965 and is regarded as one of the most important events in the automotive industry, featuring charity previews, performances, the auto exhibit, and experiences.
IE isn't the only group that is choosing to invest in the future of the gaming industry. The city of Madrid is also joining the development. The city hall of Madrid has decided to start a new project Madrid in Game. with Madrid being second in Europe for graduates with a videogame degree, Madrid is facing a 16.29% yearly growth with over 200 enterprises bringing an 800 million euro turnover city hall has made a list of strategic pillars to further the industry the cluster, and the campus.
With the past two years of mass job cuts 2024 looks to be taking the same route. Tech companies continue to announce layoffs, amid this advancement of technology. In January of this year over 34,000 people were laid off from over 40 different companies.
In total this year 457 tech companies have laid off 143,136 employees, for some companies these layoffs are a way of restructuring while others had to close down whole departments due to slow revenue growth.
Recently, the use of deepfakes has affected millions of people, many of whom have no clue that their photos are being used this way, especially women and children. Since 2020, 50 known bots have been made for deepfakes, with more than 4 million monthly users.
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