Mina the Hollower , the highest-rated video game of 2026 so far, sold 300,000 copies in its first three days on the market, according to developer Yacht Club Games. Sean Velasco, studio co-founder and director, told Bloomberg on Tuesday that he’s thrilled with the critical reception for the new title, which came out on May 29. He said the strong sales mean that Yacht Club can keep operating withou...
Mina the Hollower , the highest-rated video game of 2026 so far, sold 300,000 copies in its first three days on the market, according to developer Yacht Club Games. Sean Velasco, studio co-founder and director, told Bloomberg on Tuesday that he’s thrilled with the critical reception for the new title, which came out on May 29. He said the strong sales mean that Yacht Club can keep operating without making cuts or taking outside investment, at least for now. Last year, Yacht Club executives told Bloomberg Businessweek that Mina the Hollower was a “make or break” moment for their studio . The game took more than six years to develop, forcing the studio to pause a planned second project and burn through much of its cash reserves. Yacht Club, which is owned by its co-founders and has around 15 employees, is relying on revenue from Mina the Hollower to keep operating. While the initial sales results for the throwback action-platformer game are impressive, Velasco said he was hoping the figure would be even higher. “I wonder how come the best-reviewed game of 2026 is not the fastest-selling game, so I feel a big fire lit to close that gap,” he wrote via text message. Many video-game makers have found it increasingly difficult to navigate a crowded, volatile market where they must compete not just against newly released games but also against so-called games as a service, which players stick with indefinitely.
Rather than a continuation of the company’s recent issues, isn’t this an example of the board doing what it is supposed to do? An easy narrative about the great BP boardroom drama runs like this: the plodding non-executive directors couldn’t handle the blunt ways of the hard-charging chair they had hired precisely to give the place a kick. Therefore the defenestration of Albert Manifold after only...
Rather than a continuation of the company’s recent issues, isn’t this an example of the board doing what it is supposed to do? An easy narrative about the great BP boardroom drama runs like this: the plodding non-executive directors couldn’t handle the blunt ways of the hard-charging chair they had hired precisely to give the place a kick. Therefore the defenestration of Albert Manifold after only eight months in post shows BP is even more dysfunctional than thought. The best outcome for shareholders, on this reading, would be a takeover bid from Shell to put everybody out of their misery. In the meantime, continues this interpretation, Amanda Blanc, the Aviva boss who is the senior independent director, should let somebody else lead the search for the next chair , given how her last production turned out. Continue reading...
AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) has shifted from a gaming-linked ad company into a high-margin AI software platform. Axon 2, the sale of its gaming business, and the push into e-commerce could create a powerful next chapter, but the stock's huge run and debt load make this a story investo
AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) has shifted from a gaming-linked ad company into a high-margin AI software platform. Axon 2, the sale of its gaming business, and the push into e-commerce could create a powerful next chapter, but the stock's huge run and debt load make this a story investo
zimmytws Triton Partners is nearing an agreement to buy Flender GmbH in a deal valuing the firm at about €3 billion ($3.5 billion). The European private equity firm is finalizing details of the acquisition from Carly Group ( CG ), according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, which cited people familiar with the matter. A transaction could be announced as soon as this week. Triton, Carlyle, and Flen...
zimmytws Triton Partners is nearing an agreement to buy Flender GmbH in a deal valuing the firm at about €3 billion ($3.5 billion). The European private equity firm is finalizing details of the acquisition from Carly Group ( CG ), according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, which cited people familiar with the matter. A transaction could be announced as soon as this week. Triton, Carlyle, and Flender declined to comment to Bloomberg. More on Carlyle The Carlyle Group: Undervalued Given Limited Private Credit Exposure The Carlyle Group Inc. (CG) Presents at Bernstein 42nd Annual Strategic Decisions Conference Transcript The Carlyle Group Inc. (CG) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Carlyle Group names CIA's former head lawyer as general counsel Large-cap industrial stocks ranked by quant ratings after earnings season
The second tranche of documents related to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador have been released. The documents, running at more than 1,000 pages, were supposed to reveal what ministers knew about Mandelson’s links to Epstein and the security process to approve his appointment, but instead have revealed government infighting and doubts about Keir Starmer’s premiership. Lucy Hough ...
The second tranche of documents related to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador have been released. The documents, running at more than 1,000 pages, were supposed to reveal what ministers knew about Mandelson’s links to Epstein and the security process to approve his appointment, but instead have revealed government infighting and doubts about Keir Starmer’s premiership. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s head of national news, Archie Bland. Continue reading...
In May 2026, ServiceNow held its annual general meeting, where shareholders rejected a proposal from John Chevedden to allow action by written consent. A wave of AI-focused partnerships with AWS, Nvidia, Experian and others has reinforced ServiceNow’s position at the heart of enterprise workflow automation and AI orchestration. We’ll now examine how ServiceNow’s expanding AI partnership ecosystem ...
In May 2026, ServiceNow held its annual general meeting, where shareholders rejected a proposal from John Chevedden to allow action by written consent. A wave of AI-focused partnerships with AWS, Nvidia, Experian and others has reinforced ServiceNow’s position at the heart of enterprise workflow automation and AI orchestration. We’ll now examine how ServiceNow’s expanding AI partnership ecosystem could reshape its investment narrative and investors’ expectations for future growth. Invest in...
A $10,000 ticket into the Roundhill Memory ETF (CBOE:DRAM) on its first day of trading, April 2, 2026, at the opening NAV of $27.76 would be worth roughly $22,800 on the close Friday, May 29, with the fund at $63.20. That is a 128% price return in 40 trading days, on an unleveraged, plain-vanilla equity ... DRAM Ran 128% in 40 Trading Days. Three Stocks Did All the Work.
A $10,000 ticket into the Roundhill Memory ETF (CBOE:DRAM) on its first day of trading, April 2, 2026, at the opening NAV of $27.76 would be worth roughly $22,800 on the close Friday, May 29, with the fund at $63.20. That is a 128% price return in 40 trading days, on an unleveraged, plain-vanilla equity ... DRAM Ran 128% in 40 Trading Days. Three Stocks Did All the Work.
'Crypto Spring': StanChart Sees Ethereum Outperforming As Mt. Gox Moves $739M BTC From Cold Wallets “Over the past week, we acquired 26,497 ETH,” Bitmine Immersion Technologies Chair, Tom Lee, said in a statement on Monday. “In our view, ETH prices are not reflecting the strengthening of Ethereum fundamentals, but then again, this is not surprising given we are in the early stages of crypto spring...
'Crypto Spring': StanChart Sees Ethereum Outperforming As Mt. Gox Moves $739M BTC From Cold Wallets “Over the past week, we acquired 26,497 ETH,” Bitmine Immersion Technologies Chair, Tom Lee, said in a statement on Monday. “In our view, ETH prices are not reflecting the strengthening of Ethereum fundamentals, but then again, this is not surprising given we are in the early stages of crypto spring .” As CoinTelegraph reports, Bitmine is the largest Ether treasury company with 5.4 million ETH worth more than $10.5 billion. It had slowed its pace of buying earlier this month after scooping up more than 100,000 Ether a week for three straight weeks. Lee told CNBC on Monday that there is disappointment in crypto at the moment because it hasn’t moved while other sectors like software are rallying , but argued that it “always happens at the end of crypto winter.” Lee argued that the thesis for Bitcoin and Ethereum that he believes in still stands; that they are likely to be the future of money , despite the short-term price downturn across the market and some long-term holders and whales selling . “As AI systems evolve, we’re now talking about using commerce and operating websites, you need decentralized identity and verification, and that’s really what crypto does,” he said. “We know Wall Street wants to go toward tokenization; it’s a vast improvement in efficiency of how money actually moves, and it’s an innovation. That only happens on Bitcoin, Ethereum and other smart contracts. The future isn’t changed.” Meanwhile, Bitcoin has tumbled to two-month lows, dramatically diverging from traditional equity markets' recent surge... Andri Fauzan Adziima, research lead at Bitrue Research Institute, told Cointelegraph that some analysts have noted that Bitcoin is the only major asset in contraction right now, and the divergence is notable. “It shows Bitcoin is trading more like a high-beta risk asset tied to macro sentiment rather than an independent hedge,” he added. “This gap...